Jealousy or drama king?

Drama King for sure!

As we were getting ready to get out the door this morning, I found Sebastian with Nate's old soothie (Nate actually never really used it). He was walking around pretending to cry and even sat on the baby's swing (thank godness he's not too heavy) pretending to be a baby. He thinks it's hilarious... and so do I!

Time to move out!

of our room that is!

Nathan is a BIG boy (nearly 18 lbs at 3 months) and I feel bad that he is still in the pack-n-play in our room, so I think it's time to move him out into his own room. I made a few "sleep mistakes" with Sebastian (who STILL sleeps with us) and I hope to not make them again - we live and learn, right??- I *think* we'll give it a try tonight! Wish me luck!

nap time, what's that??

For about a two months now, I have been having a really hard time getting Sebastian to go down for a nap. A day without a nap for all of us usually equals TORTURE because, by 5 o'clock Sebastian becomes the crankiest child ever and I have to admit I look forward to that break from him for a bit. Sometimes driving around works but getting two kids in a car to drive to no where is a big pain in the butt!

So, I have made up a new rule, if your not sleeping then you have to be quiet for at least an hour so mommy can have a break (I am sure you know how often that works out).

Today, things were a bit too quiet (with a toddler quiet=trouble) so I went and checked on him and this is how I found him.

Don't mind the poor quality of the photo, I wasn't using a flash and bumped up to ISO to 1600.

Sebastian's new do!

Brothers

Today when I went to pick up Sebastian and Nate at the gym's daycare after my class, the lady who watches them told me how protective Sebastian is of his baby brother. He wouldn't let anyone but him touch him and constantly came by him to make sure he was ok. How sweet is that?? I am SO proud of Sebastian. He is such an amazing big brother.

Being a stay-at-home-mom of two is hectic most of the times, but seeing you children love each other just makes it all worth it!

He's 3 months old already!!

My baby is 3 months old! Can you believe it??
A year ago I thought I'd never have another baby and now my gift from God (that is what Nathaniel means) is 3 months old!!
He is truely a blessing and has brought so much love and joy into our family.

What is baby up to these days?
- He is sleeping through the night!! 7-8-9 or even 10 hours in a row!!
- He sleeps swaddled only!
- He is over 17 pounds so you can imagine that most of his day is spent on the boob.
- He has been rolling over from belly to back since he was 9 weeks old.
- He started smiling at 5 weeks old (actually 2 days before he turned 5 weeks).
- He lovessssssss to talk (wonder where he got that from?).
- He smiles all the time especially to his buddy, our ceiling fan LOL
- He loves to be in his swing on his boucer in the middle of the house so he can people watch.
- He never cries unless something is wrong.
- He loves his bath. That's all I can think of now.
Here are some pictures I took of him for his 3 month mini photo shoot :) I just think he is getting cuter by the minute, don't you think?

if you wondering what the strange sock looking things are, they are called babylegs and they are AWESOME!

Playing is exhausting

Nathan is finally getting the hang of his play gym. He enjoys staring at the dangling toys and is now starting to try to catch them. I usually put him on the mat when I take a shower. This is how I found him this after I came out!

Chef Sebastian

One of Sebastian's favorite thing to do is to help out in the kitchen. The part he loves best is to mix the brownie mix when Eric makes desert. We sit him on the counter near us and keeps a watchful eye on everything we do!

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Happy baby!

Nathan has been SUCH a happy baby these past few weeks. He smiles all day long, literally. Before that we always had to work real hard for a smile. Now he giggles and smiles no matter what we do and I absolutely love it.

Here is a smile I was able to catch!

Nate & Mia

Today my friend Eden and I went to lunch on Atlantic Ave. Her little girl Mia is Nate's girlfriend (she is 3 weeks older- he likes older women-lol). After lunch we took them both for a few photo's on the beach!
Check out how white and huge Nate is next to her!

Monster Trucks

Saturday evening we took Sebastian to see Monster Trucks (Nate stayed with grand-ma). Sebastian is such a boy and is totally obssessed with trucks and dirt so I thought this show would be perfect for us to go see with him. Eric was a bit hesitant in taking him at first but boy did we have a great time. Sebastian sat still through the entire show and cheered his heart out! It's amazing to see the world through your children's eyes, it makes things even more fun than they would have been without them there! Plus it was nice to spend some quality one on one time with our little man!

We had purchased "VIP tickets" which allowed us to participate in the small pre-show Pit Party. It was fun seeing the huge trucks up close and take a few pictures with the drivers :)

Brothers

The boys are always so relaxed after their bath and massage (who wouldn't be?). It's usually a great time for me to pick up the camera and take pictures of them, so here are a few I took 2 nights ago.

Sebastian loves Nate (I know I say it all the time). I can't ever manage to get him to look at the camera for me anymore but if I ask him to pose with his baby brother, he is the best model ever.




















this is Seb singing to Nate using his hand as a microphone!

Cellulite has never looked this good! I love my little monkey's chunky butt!

making a funny face!

What do we do all day?

I think since being a SAHM (stay-at-home mom) the question I hear the most is "What do you do all day?".... well, I sit on my [big] butt and eat bonbons ALLLLLLLLL day long while watching soap operas.
seriously though, how stupid is that question? I actually keep very busy with the kids. We go to the zoo, the park, the library, the gym, we do arts and crafts, read books and the list goes on and on. While I don't believe in having a schedule, I do try to do something new everyday with at least one day of "laziness" at home.
Today we painted. Nathan was napping so I took advantage of my alone time with Seb to paint. Well of course, in the middle of painting, Nate wakes up with a huge poopy diaper! So I go to change him and this is what I come back to see...

Being at home with my kids is the best, they even teach me things everyday like today : DON'T LEAVE YOUR CHILD UNATTENDED WITH PAINT!!!

Just because they are SO cute!

Sebastian's fake smile!

Fearless!

I made a deal with Sebastian this morning : You behave and let mommy clean the house and I'll take you to Butterfly World (yes yes AGAIN).
He held his end of the bargain so as soon as I was done, off we went!
It was BURNING hot but as usual, we had a great time. Sebastian is definately more and more use to the place and had no fear (he usually is a bit jumpy) when feeding the birds (maybe one day I'll remember what kind of birds they are!).

Waiting patiently for a butterfly to land on him!

Nate chillin' in the stroller!

This one is for you Papa!

I bought this onesie when I was pregnant , I knew my dad would love seeing his grand-son in it one day...

So I sent him this picture and he actually replied to me (he is not an email kind of guy) and said how proud he was and how cute his grand-son was! :) He also asked for em to blow it up for him so that he could put it up in his living room for all to see. I knew he would love it...

Je t'aime papa cheri!

Let's go fishin!

Eric has been bugging me to get Sebastian this game...I guess he really liked it as a kid himself and thought Sebastian would like it too. Well I caved in (because Sebastian doesn't have enough toys-yeah right!-).

He's been playing with it for days now so I think it's safe to say he loves the game too...like father, like son!