thankful!

tomorrow reese will be eight weeks old. how is eight weeks an eternity when you are pregnant but flies by once they are here? anyway, time to start writing some of this down!!

because some things i just don't want to forget:

that starting at 5 weeks, reese locked in on us and gives us smiles and coos. when she does, link gets so excited and sweetly screams, "it's SO cute!" melt me.

when link was born the song playing in the background was "dead or alive" by bon jovi (yes, we forgot to make a playlist so it was just on the radio). when reese was born it was "beautiful day" by U2. if you know link, bon jovi fits. and i couldn't love him more for it. however, i'm hoping reese will fit the U2 mold and be chill. :)

TMI - but that when i get out the breast pump link yells, "mama gotta go do nilks (milks)!!!!" for real. it's hilarious. he also occasionally pretends to pump as well. kills me.

that starting about a week ago, so at seven weeks, reese started sleeping in 8-11 hour stretches at night. she is the best!!! her brother has been waking early, so it is bittersweet, but whatever, we will take it! thank you baby girl.

that at three years and two months, link is a TALKER. he talks all the time, and if he can't think of anything to say he asks me random questions, a lot of which he knows the answer to, haha - if reese is asleep, "where's reese eyes?" or sings his ABC's or counts...i'm not exaggerating. he talks CONSTANTLY. :)

so far these two look a lot alike and have a lot of similarities (at least as babies) - aside from just looking alike and being born a week apart, but the way they like to be soothed, held, sleeping habits, eating habits, it's really kind of crazy.

at this time of year, it's good to remember what we are truly thankful for. and i want to remember that this experience has been one of the most challenging of my life - taking care of a CRAZY three year old and a newborn is no small task, but it is also the most rewarding. i swear i would have twenty kids (okay, maybe not twenty...but a lot) if my body could hold up for it. they are a blessing and i truly cannot imagine life without our little nuggets. love them to pieces. thank you God, for our sweet family!