Six Months

Six months ago I was settling in and becoming aware that I am a mother of two boys. Jim after being up all night with me in labor was working with some clients that found the house of their dreams, and trying to keep me happy although he wasn't able to be at the hospital.

Ben came into this world fast and hard. Remembering back it was a pretty hard labor but it ended up being quick. When he came out my first thought (actually second thought after "look at all that hair") was wow he is so small 7lbs. 2ozs. Ean who was 8lbs. 7ozs. was sooo big and after expecting Ben to be so much bigger I was a little shocked.

Ben was so small we had to buy smaller clothes because the 0-3 months clothes were swimming on him. A friend brought us a bunch of newborn/preemie clothes and those fit him good.

As I look back on my posts, I remember how good he was in the beginning and then how tough it got for a while. Now Ben is the best baby in the world. He will sit and play or watch us do whatever it is we ar edoing or let me get Ean handled and doens't care. He is very patient when hungry and now that he is at daycare is on a wonderful little schedule.

He has grown and changed so much. At first he had all the likeness of Jim and Tom and now everybody tells me how much he looks like me and Ean. He has the best temperment and never really cries. He will whine and grumble when he wants to be fed or talked to but is pretty content to sit wherever you place him.

Ben loves his big brother so much and Ean feels the same. It is so cute to see Ben stare and smile at Ean and when Ean will randomly hug and kiss Ben. I think they are going to be the best of pals as they grow up.

Things have changed so much in the last six months. Not only Ben but all of us. We are finally in a good schedule. It takes a long time to seetle into a routine and get used to satisfying everybodies needs and getting everything done that has to be done during a normal day and week. Moving less than two weeks before you have a baby (second baby no less) is not smart. I finally in the past few weekends have gotten the boys room totally situated. I had SO MANY clothes to sort through and get rid of and put away. I gave away 10 boxes full of clothes Ben had already grown out of or I knew would never wear (wrong season for his size). I took pictures of the after but not the before (you would have been shocked and amazed how awful it was before. Lisa's post reminded me of it. There was a narrow path from the door to the dresser and the door to Ean's bed.

As you can tell above Ean's bed there has been some redectorating going on, so that has to be fixed, but I haven't decided what I will do yet. Ean's clothes are all in the drawers under his bed and Ben's are in the dresser you can barely see in the right picture on the right. Now that they are organized it takes only minutes to put laundry away and the room stays clean.

About a month ago I finally got tired of getting up a couple times a night and having Ben in our bed half of the night and decided to put him to sleep in his own bed. I didn't want to risk him waking Ean up at night so I put him in our closet (it is a big walk-in so don't call CPS) in the port-a-crib. The first couple of nights were hard but now he expects it and even likes it. He has a bed time and it leaves time for Ean to have one on one time with us before he goes to bed. He usually goes to bed at 8pm and doesn't wake up until 5am then goes back to his bed and doesn't get up until we wake him up.

We have always said it seems like he has an old soul, because he looks at you and studies what you do like he understands everything. There is something about his eyes that make him seem like a grown man in a baby's body. He is really growing and making his own way in life I am excited to see what he is like in another 6 months and then for the years to come.

I am going to leave you with a video we took after Ean's party of Ean making Ben laugh