I don't update much and I have no intentions of fixing that but I really wanted to remember something that happened today. I was driving down to do some shopping with the boys and a Bruno Mars song came on. I was immediately transported back to just before Weston was born and Landon still couldn't really talk. Somehow Bruno Mars became his favorite music and when a song ended he would immediately say, "gen" (again), which was one of the few words he could actually say. I remembered listening to the same few songs over and over every time we were in the car because they made him happy, and at that time in his life happy was hard to come by so I did everything I could that would make him happy. That's likely the hardest time in my life, mostly because of Landon and the frustrations we had with him--his incessant biting, long-lasting tantrums all day every day, him not being able to talk, etc. along with me being pregnant in a hot apartment through the hot summer. It was rough. And I didn't know if it would ever get better or if he was literally going to break me (that's what I thought would happen most days).
But today when that song came on I started crying, not because of the awful memories but because of how far he has come, and how proud of him I am for it. He still drives me crazy and there are still things that I can't figure out how to deal with him on but he's such a funny, sweet, thoughtful, smart kid. He's a good big brother (most of the time), he does well in preschool, he amazes me with some of the things he can do, and I love him to pieces. He has some quirks but I hope those are the things that will become his strengths in life. When life seems as if it is too hard and the awfulness may never end, I can say from experience that it will get better...and it might even get great.
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Seth Jeffery Carter
Our baby boy, Seth Jeffery Carter, was born on November 23, 2013. Unfortunately, he wasn't due until April 24, 2014. He was born at 12:58 a.m. weighing 33 grams (1.16 ounces) and was 5 inches long.
The last pregnancy photo I got, 2 days before he was born (18 weeks).
The only photo we got of him.
His tiny hand prints.
It was hard to get good ones because his bones were so soft I didn't want them to push hard to keep trying for better ones. I placed the dime for size comparison.
It was hard to get good ones because his bones were so soft I didn't want them to push hard to keep trying for better ones. I placed the dime for size comparison.
The molds of his little hands and feet
I wish I could look forward to him arriving in the next couple of months so I could hold him and love him, but for now, all I get to do is hope that I can know him in the next life.
Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Friday, August 30, 2013
Discovery Gateway Children's Museum
We decided to take the boys down to the Discovery Gateway Children's Museum since we've never done anything like that with them + we had a coupon that made it affordable + Cami invited us to go with her and Cole.
A lot of the exhibits were geared toward a little bit older kids, some weren't working right, and my weird clean-freak issues came out because I could just feel all of the germs crawling on my hands....but for the most part we loved it. The boys both had lots of fun, and there were lots of different activities. I'm really glad we went because they got to play with things that they normally wouldn't have, and they really liked it. They're both so hesitant to try new things when other people are around that some of the things took a little coaxing, but once they figured out that place was really just a giant playhouse filled with activities galore, they loosened up a bit. Weston's favorite part was probably the balls that you can put in different tubes and they go to different places/get sucked up in a vacuum type thing; Landon's favorite part may have been the Lincoln Logs or maybe the giant foam blocks that he built a house with and hid in it. I did realize again how much I was to stress respect and good manners with my children because the children who lack it were pretty annoying.
A lot of the exhibits were geared toward a little bit older kids, some weren't working right, and my weird clean-freak issues came out because I could just feel all of the germs crawling on my hands....but for the most part we loved it. The boys both had lots of fun, and there were lots of different activities. I'm really glad we went because they got to play with things that they normally wouldn't have, and they really liked it. They're both so hesitant to try new things when other people are around that some of the things took a little coaxing, but once they figured out that place was really just a giant playhouse filled with activities galore, they loosened up a bit. Weston's favorite part was probably the balls that you can put in different tubes and they go to different places/get sucked up in a vacuum type thing; Landon's favorite part may have been the Lincoln Logs or maybe the giant foam blocks that he built a house with and hid in it. I did realize again how much I was to stress respect and good manners with my children because the children who lack it were pretty annoying.
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