new mommy

My littlest sister had her baby a few weeks ago--yay congratulations!!!....and as much as I dislike this photo of me, it's the only one with my eyes not doing the funky half shut thingy I do with most photos. Of course, Amber looks great. So stare at her. She had her little baby girl, Kambrie, and has entered that zombie-like state known as "mother of a newborn". Poor poor Amber. Just seeing her posts on Facebook make me cringe at the thought of doing it all over again. And I'm not saying I am, so please, no announcements here. Just remembering the late nights, early mornings, surviving on 3 hours of sleep or so sometimes...If I lived closer, I'd do the nighttime bottle feedings for Amber though. Did you know Cheers comes on at 2am? That's a great show! While I was up for nights on end with Aria, or maybe it was Liam as a newborn, I watched about 3 seasons of "24" in mere days.
Those were the times! Now I can barely cram in a half hour of good tv in my day.
Funny thing is, time does fly, and even though the nights were long and tiresome, I do miss that sweet cuddly stage, where baby would snuggle all night long in my arms, they'd sleep anywhere and through anything, they looked like they were thinking thoughts of heaven, and smelled so wonderful.... I may just have to head to Amber's for a baby fix... :)

liam's a year older!

Can you believe my little boy is three now?! I feel like Foghorn Leghorn sayin, "Well, I say, I say, I can't believe it." (I miss Looney Tunes)I let him pick out his own cake flavor and frosting. Guess what. Chocolate, with chocolate. He LOVES chocolate. I like to think that's from his mother.

We went roller skating, which may not have been his idea, but do you know how hard it is to find a REAL running train in the middle of January in this area? Besides the Amtrak that costs an arm and a leg? He loved skating, especially the green slushy he got towards the end. Yum...pure sugar.

The skating place was great, you can bring a stroller right out on the floor, so the three big kids got skates with Dad, and I got to keep my shoes on and push Aria around in the stroller. Ended up being me pushing the stroller, Ammon and Liam on each side holding on for dear life, Shayla sitting IN the stroller after she smashed her finger and refused to go on, and Aria just maxin and relaxin.

Liam is SUCH a fun kid to be around. His little raspy voice telling me interesting tidbits of info all day...like the location of every garbage truck in his visual field, as well as any bobtail (a semitruck without a trailer), stories of dinosaurs stealing his socks and shoes, how Lightning McQueen can do anything, and the best are the hugs and "I love you's" all day long. Happy birthday little Liam!