Where do I even begin? The boys are seriously growing up right before our eyes. Before I became a parent, and even shortly after becoming one for the first time, I remember so many people telling me to cherish each and every day because children grow up so fast, and how true that is. Eli's first year went fast, but Kealan's has seriously just been a blur, perhaps thats what happens with second children? I was just texting a friend the other day who has three little boys, and one of her texts was "oh my gosh, he is 8 months old?!" She was referring to her youngest ;) So I think the time just seems to fly by even faster the more kids you have.
Kealan is now NINE months old. I seriously can't believe it. It seems like just yesterday I was pregnant with him and worrying about whether he was going to come early or not.. and as we all know he came right on his 'due date' and made quite the entrance ;) While the first four months of this little guy's life was.. well.. lets just put it.. a nightmare.. he is the sweetest little guy with a big personality! We have referred to him as a bird many of times, being that he loves to scream, not in a crying sort of way, but screeching scream.. he seriously sounds like an angry bird. It's just one of his little personality traits that makes him Kealan ;) I seriously love watching him learn and observe new things every day, the world is a giant playground to him right now. He is quite the opposite of his brother in that he 'talks' all the time, in fact, I think he talks more than Eli. He babbles constantly, says 'mama', 'dada', and makes all sorts of other letter sounds. He is such a fun little guy to be around and loves his older brother. He tries to play with him, heck, even just to put his hands on him makes him incredibly happy, he just loves being next to him. It melts my heart. He has also taken a great interest in our cats.. he isn't exactly the nicest and unfortunately attacked Occie's face the other day. Thankfully, we have very tame and understanding cats ;) Another thing about this boy is that he has a temper.. we joke all the time that he is a 'mini B' and he really is. Not only does this kid look exactly like him, he acts exactly like him. It's really quite funny, being that Eli is a miniature form of mama ;)
Eli recently turned two years old.. again, where does the time go? He is making remarkable progress in his development and we are very proud of him. While he attends speech therapy pretty regularly and is considered 'behind' in language development, his teachers are not concerned at all. They just continue to tell us he is a quiet and very intelligent child and will talk when he wants. With that said, he is quite the opposite of his brother, he is still a quiet and shy guy who just likes to play by himself and do everything on his own. His favorite thing in this world right now and for the last 6 months is puzzles. This kid can put together a puzzle faster than I can. He has a few mini 'jigsaw' puzzles, well jigsaw puzzles for a 5 year old, but still.. he is a pro at putting together puzzles. He also is very interested in the piano. He really enjoys playing each different key, he will sit and play forever. And like any toddler, he is in to EVERYTHING. If he wants it, he will find it. And food, this guy lives for food (again just like mama) he goes to the pantry and picks out what he wants and brings it to us to open, or sometimes he just opens it himself. Oh and bathtubs.. does anyone else have a 2 year old who is obsessed with bath tubs? Where ever he is, he has to immediately run and go find the bathtub. Yeah, I don't really get it, but it makes him the happiest guy on the planet and there's really no harm in it, so I let him go search for bathtubs to stare at all he wants.. Okay now that the random bathtub obsession has been thrown in, I have to say he is a very cuddly guy and is still a daddy's boy, although mama still gets random hugs about twice a day too. As for his relationship with his brother.. he can be very sweet to him and give him kisses, but he mostly just likes to take away his toys and push him down when he is sitting up or crawling to get some place. I think the biggest shocker was when Kealan really started 'talking' a lot, he just looks at him in awe.
I am learning so many new things about motherhood every day, just when I think I have finally mastered the art of motherhood, one of the boys throws that confidence straight out the window. I love love love being a mother and being able to watch my boys grow and learn new things every day is a huge blessing to me. It makes me incredibly sad that my youngest will soon be ONE and technically a toddler.. I have known nothing but pregnancy and babies for the past three years, its a change and I will miss it, but I am so excited to see them grow and develop more and maybe, just maybe, actually play together one day, one can only hope ;)
Oh and I realize this post has just been all over the place with grammar, punctuation, and 4 very large paragraphs that should be broken up, but hey.. I have a 9 month old and a 2 year old in the next room and its eerily quiet, so seeya!
