Multitasking Mom

Dear Sawyer,

This afternoon, I was helping GuhGaw with his homework while coloring with JieJie at the same time I was nursing you. Not gonna lie, I felt a little bit like Supermom!

Love,
Mom

Just For Kicks

Dear Sawyer,

Your newest activity: waving your arms and kicking your feet a lot!

Love,
Mom

Always My Baby

Dear Sawyer,

"I'll love you forever, I'll like you for always, as long as I'm living, my baby you'll be." - Robert Munsch

Love,
Mom

I'm Pooped

Dear Sawyer,

This morning, you pooped and it leaked out of your diaper and down your leg. This afternoon, your sister fell asleep in her stroller and had a poop accident so big, I had to throw away the shorts she was wearing and the pad she was sitting on. This evening, your brother jumped off of the toilet and some poop fell out of his butt and onto the floor.

Oh, the joys of motherhood.

Love,
Mom

Sleepless Morning

Dear Sawyer,

This is how this morning went:

2am: GuhGaw came into my room, woke me up and told me he had to pee, so I took him to the bathroom. Then I went back to sleep.

4am: I woke up and pumped breastmilk.

5am: I went back to bed but then JieJie woke up crying from a bad dream. I comforted her and told her to go back to sleep.

5:30am: You woke up, so I nursed you and went back to bed.

6am: Daddy's alarm went off and woke me up.

6:30am: Daddy accidentally set off the house alarm when he opened the front door. You, JieJie and GuhGaw miraculously didn't wake up but I did.

7am: I had to get up and wake GuhGaw up and get him ready for school.

Oh. My. GOD.

Love,
Mom

Growing Baby

Dear Sawyer,

You are doing so much growing! You have moved up to 6 months-sized clothing and size 2 diapers and you no longer fit in your bassinet (*sniff*), which I keep next to my bed, so last night, you slept in your crib in your own room by yourself for the very first time.

At 3 months old, you are a super happy baby--you smile every time I look at you and laugh a lot. You also babble very loudly when I talk to you, you get scared when I'm carrying you down the stairs (your whole body tenses and you clench your fists), you love to suck your fingers and you usually sleep from 9pm to about 5am, which I love!

Love,
Mom

Party Nap

Dear Sawyer,

GuhGaw had his birthday at an amusement park today, a typical noisy place filled with rumbling roller coasters, pumping music and hundreds of loud, boisterous kids. But you would have thought we were in the middle of a quiet, deserted library instead because you slept so soundly in your car seat during the entire three-hour party. You were awake when we were walking through the parking lot to get to the party but fell asleep shortly after that and did not wake up until we were in the car on our way back home after the party (you didn't even stir when I poked you every so often during the party to make sure you were still breathing).

I can't believe you slept through all of that noise! When we're at home, I'm constantly shushing your siblings and trying to make it as noiseless as possible so that you can rest, but you never take three-hour naps at home even when it is quiet, so I clearly I need to be blasting the club music instead!

Love,
Mom