December

These three are my world

Two littles

I'm not going to lie and say I wasn't nervous about what life was going to be like once we brought Arizona home. Would Kingston like her as much as he did my belly? Would he be jealous and angry at us? Will I still have that special time with my little man while caring for this new little girl?

Being home as a family of four has exceeded my expectations and has surprised me at how not crazy it is. Granted, I do have chandler home all week and he has been super hero dad. But I heard horror stories (and I mean horror stories) about what bringing home number 2 could be like so I was prepared for the worst. Thankfully Kingston has been in heaven this week having his dada home all day playing those crazy games he loves. Its like the weekend all week! i'm sure he is thinking. But all in all it is calm and fun and just kind of exciting.

A special mention to Chandler for being super hero mom and dad while I rest up. He cleans, plays with babies, watches Arizona while kingston and i play, and is constantly telling me to go nap while he holds down the fort. Super. Hero.

Arizona is such a docile sweet baby. I literally think she may be an angel. Kingston wasn't the easiest newborn so I wasn't sure what to expect this time around. She sleeps through everything (and I mean Kingston cooking num nums in his pots and pans EVERYTHING), eats really well, never cries, and is just so content and happy. We are in LOVE. Even if she were the crankiest baby around she's got enough cuteness to cover it.

And these two littles together... My hurt can't take it! Kingston adores her, never forgets she's around and asks about her constantly. He always wants to hold her and kiss her and pretend to eat her (: when we took her to the drs yesterday he wailed, crying out for his bebe as they weighed and checked her out. Already so protective of his little sister. I am so proud of how he took to being a big brother. No resentment or jealousy just pure love and adoration for his little sister. He is incredible.

I know this isn't normal everyday life yet, and I am still curious how its going to work just me and the two littles during the day, but right now it is perfect.

I am so thankful to God for these two incredible blessings he's given us. I couldn't ask for more.

Big brother

Kingston has started coming up to me and lifting up my shirt to see my belly. He then asks me to talk to the baby girl and brings his toys to push on my belly and show her. Then he gives my belly a bunch of kisses. I don't know how he knows, but he truly does and it completely melts me. He is going to be the best big brother.

A post I want to remember

My sweet 17 month old.. Can't believe how fast you've grown and how much you've learned! I will always cherish cuddling down for naps together and the way you say "momma" and rub my arm when you're sleepy. You are my world now and forever my sweet baby boy <3

Kingston Elijah's Birthday :)

AHH our baby is ONE! so crazy. almost 3 hours ago (after exactly 12 minutes and 3 pushes!) that little stinker was born and our lives have been SO MUCH RICHER since :) we had so much fun with him today. we went out to ann arbor for breakfast, took him swimming, and stopped by at a park. he had a blast and by the end of the day we were all beat haha. Here is a little snippet of the birthday boy pictures from this very special day <3 my heart just swells every time i look at these! I LOVE THIS BOY!!

Swings!!

First time on them and he was laughing and smiling so much it was adorable.

Little bug walking

Of course our good camera's sd card was full when he started walking so here are some screenshots I took from the video of him walking on my phone (:

I was so happy, I was light headed when he started giggling and walking to me. Such an incredible feeling! I'm so proud of him. he is learning so much.

That last one cracks me up because he looks like he's dancing. I will definitely use the canon today to get a clearer shot and put that up.


He is so big <3

Sleep training

We're training Kingston to sleep through the night this week. He is so used to nursing at night I was anticipating it to be really hard. It actually hasn't been too bad! When he wakes up at 2 he likes to talk to himself and whine for an hour or two though lol chan gets a kick out of him touching his face and saying "dadadada" (: but he is gradually learning how to put himself back to sleep each night which is all chan and I really wanted. today will be night 6 of sleep training. The roughest will probably be what starts tomorrow (no cuddling when they wake up). Although I expected him to have a really hard time with it up until now, which he surprisingly hasn't so here's to hoping the rest goes as well!

Words

I want to remember the words Kingston first starts saying so here is a list of what I can remember him saying so far (: (some more often than others)

Dadda
Momma
Thank you
Bubba
Baby
Dong (a game he plays with daddy)
Bob
Ball
Dog
Buh bye
Uh oh
Yay

That's what I can remember right now.
He is definitely an early talker > walker kinda baby haha.

whoops...

ahhh i am not very good at keeping up with this! I just update my twitter a lot with all the pictures of Kingston... if you have a twitter, my username is @jesswelling.

Kingston's birthday present came in this weekend and we set up his AWESOME TEEPEE that we all play in and read books together under. we were too excited to wait so now we have to find another small toy to wrap so he has something to open friday morning!

aside from that, we just had a really fun weekend together as a family. went to the mall and hung around the house a lot which was nice :) i really adore watching chandler and kingston play together. it is so precious and makes my heart so happy.

t-11 days until bubba's birthday!!!

Hello again (:

today i said goodbye to facebook. completely and definitely this time. i feel like, for me, it was nothing but negative. i still love to share though, hence returning to my blog :)

lately i've just been prepping for kingston's birthday and hunting down some really awesome design inspiration blogs. this is my new favorite. awesome clothes, awesome family, and wonderful home decor! mildly obsessed with it at the moment, as i'm pretty sure anyone could tell by my pinterest haha. looking forward to adding some nice new pieces to our little home in the near future.

here are a few of my pins that are really inspiring me at the moment:

Been a while...

isn't that awesome? inspiration.