family time, finishing our kitchen project (hopefully), and just being home the four of us.
I love tip-toeing into their room after they are fast asleep. love tucking the blankets up around them. I love holding their warm hands in mine for a moment or two. I pray over them and bless them. I soak them in while the moon is high in the sky. I wish time would slow down just a little bit more each day; these days with seem to pass much too quickly. I love them so much my heart can burst. My blessings. To the moon and back my sweet baby boys.
**I wanted to say thank you for the kind words and prayers on my last post. D has done some more reading and research and there is a chance we got some false positives on that long food list. for now we are continuing to start slowly...and trying to really just focus on gluten free and ease our way into diary free. we will be talking with the dr. with our concerns but three days into this and I'm surprised how much food and healthy things the boys are eating. They aren't starving that's for sure. And if anything they are getting more variety and healthy food choices. We are continuing to take this one day at a time. It means a lot to have so much support through family and friends. It takes a village ;)
A few more random things. August 28th we have our 18 week ultrasound; the day after C starts his one day a week preschool (we visited again today; every time we visit I am affirmed with the feeling that we made the right choice putting him at meadowlark and I have a feeling he's going to really grow, socially, in such a nurturing and safe environment away from home) Next week we meet his new Occupational Therapist at Pediatric Pathways. Miss A will be moving (next week is her last week with us) and we are so sad (I may have cried on the way home!) I am anxious about what these two major changes will bring weeks apart. I have a feeling Caleb will surprise us with adjusting to these two changes; but at the same time I am nervous because he has been doing so well in OT lately and he is coming up on being there a year. I don't want this to set us back and I am anxious to go down to once a week. But- as my mom says- change is good and I know deep down that everything will work out and that God has this all under control. It is also the week after Lucas turns two and D and I celebrate five years of wedded bliss ;) I feel like the last week of August is just jam packed with milestones, celebrations, beginnings, and filled with hope for what the future holds.
My favorite moment this week pregnancy wise (as I'm way overdue for a baby bump update) was hearing the baby's heart beat for the first time with the boys in the room. I'm not sure they really understood even if we talked about it; but there was this moment when I looked over at them as the heart was beating loudly for us to hear and Lucas just gave me the biggest grin ever and laughed. I know they are going to be such sweet big brothers and that just makes my heart so happy.
(I also need to do an update post on lucas! It'll be coming when he turns two but right now I just love how verbal he is becoming and watching his personality take shape. He gets very focused (totally has that engineering mind) and loves puzzles. I was surprised because I hadn't sat down and done them with him in awhile, but he pulls them out on his own and works on them. Basically he just goes to town on them and surprised me with how fast he could do it on his own. Little things like that highlight the boys' different interests and strengths and I love watching those kinds of things emerge. I love how their different personalities and interests compliment each other and seem to balance out our family. I love seeing sparks of what is to come; music, books, language, literacy, singing, imagination, and empathy are caleb's strong suits and Lucas is; busy, adventurous, joyful, focused, loves puzzles, trains, and putting different things together. It is so fun to watch them grow and learn and play together.
Okay now, hope you have a wonderful weekend!
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