Today is officially my last day EVER of maternity leave...and I'm finding it a lot harder to go back to work this time around. Maybe for that same reason...I know that I will never have maternity leave again...or lets hope I don't. The last time I went back to work I was already pregnant with Levi, so it was really just a countdown to being off work again. This time, there is no countdown, it's just life as it is.
And for some reason, Levi feels younger at 9 1/2 months than Benjamin did...I think I just compare him more to Benjamin and that makes him seem that much younger. With Benjamin, the first thing I missed was his first crawl. I got home from work one morning and just a little earlier Ben decided to crawl across the room. I was so sad to have missed it! Now with Levi...he's not crawling yet either. But yet somehow he's been getting across the room to the satellite box and DVD player...always when we aren't in the room! Well...we figured it out today...he's a bum scootcher! And so cute! So I feel a little better now (a very small bit) about going back to work, now that I didn't miss this one small milestone. But yet after being alone with the boys for a lot of the last week, I'm ready for some "adultness" in my life too. And Brad will have the opportunity to spend more time with the boys...which is such a blessing...something that I would never withhold from him.
So tomorrow it is...back to the grind. I was going to say "back to the early mornings"...but work could actually be classified as sleeping-in these days since Levi seems to be our early bird, awake before 6am each morning. That's one thing about kids, they change your perspective about time and what sleeping in is!! One day I'll sleep till 7 again...hopefully!
Monday, May 30, 2011
Monday, May 23, 2011
First Family Camping
We had a fabulous weekend...going out for the first time camping with the boys. And our first time taking our camper out...and what a blessing it was...I can't imagine tenting with two little kids! The weather was beautiful and the bugs not horrible so that made the experience all the better. We went down to a small regional park just as hour from home so the trip was nice and quick.
We spent most of our time just "relaxing"...if you want to call constantly running after Benjamin relaxing. He loved it out there. Thankfully we had some helping hands in the site next to us, so he was often occupied which made our life a lot easier! And it worried us a bit less when we suddenly couldn't find him...which happened quite often. A leash may be in order for the next camping trip! But he loved it out there...playing in the leaves, eating dirt, kicking balls, sticking his hands in the fire...things that little boys do. The only things we have to work on now is getting rid of his fear of water and swings...then we'll be set.
Levi was wonderful...much more content than at home...makes me think I should stick him out on the deck more often! I think he had so many new things to see that he forgot that we wasn't being entertained by us. The only thing that did not go as well as we had hoped was sleeping. Levi was up at 5:45 each morning...which isn't abnormal, but I think we were hoping being outside all day would make him sleep better...I guess not. And with him being up that early, Ben pops up next to him with his sweet "hi" and then there is no getting him back to bed either. So by the time the campground started coming alive we'd already had bacon and eggs and were ready for a nap!
Despite the lack of sleep we look forward to our next camping experiences with the boys and creating hopefully memories they will remember fondly for their lifetime.
We spent most of our time just "relaxing"...if you want to call constantly running after Benjamin relaxing. He loved it out there. Thankfully we had some helping hands in the site next to us, so he was often occupied which made our life a lot easier! And it worried us a bit less when we suddenly couldn't find him...which happened quite often. A leash may be in order for the next camping trip! But he loved it out there...playing in the leaves, eating dirt, kicking balls, sticking his hands in the fire...things that little boys do. The only things we have to work on now is getting rid of his fear of water and swings...then we'll be set.
Levi was wonderful...much more content than at home...makes me think I should stick him out on the deck more often! I think he had so many new things to see that he forgot that we wasn't being entertained by us. The only thing that did not go as well as we had hoped was sleeping. Levi was up at 5:45 each morning...which isn't abnormal, but I think we were hoping being outside all day would make him sleep better...I guess not. And with him being up that early, Ben pops up next to him with his sweet "hi" and then there is no getting him back to bed either. So by the time the campground started coming alive we'd already had bacon and eggs and were ready for a nap!
Despite the lack of sleep we look forward to our next camping experiences with the boys and creating hopefully memories they will remember fondly for their lifetime.
Friday, May 13, 2011
Giggles
Ben loves to "paint" with his paintbrush and paint can (aka. baby food jar). I came into the kitchen to hear loads of giggles...Ben was "painting" Levi's highchair and Levi thought it was so funny. As Levi laughed Ben thought it was funnier too. I just love seeing the interactions starting between them...it's just so fun to see!
Sunday, May 8, 2011
The Gift of my Mom
This morning was a wonderful Mother's Day morning...the gift was Levi sleeping until 7:30am...which is unheard of...he's our little early bird. Mind you, he decided in the middle of the night to be awake, so really he just let me/us make up the time he kept us up during the night. But no matter what...I slept till 7:30!
As my boys get older I love being a mom more and more. I have found the first months of both boys lives extremely stressful and can't say that I've loved them (the months, not the boys!). I love my boys...and I love being a mom. I love having Ben repeatedly say "hi" to me throughout the day...as if it's the first time in the day he's seen me. I love his giggles and his energy. I love being the one he clings to when he's sad. And Levi, he's my boy. He loves being held, and even though at times I don't like that about him, I love his cuddles. He gets so excited when you come into the room, knowing that hopefully he will be picked up and held. I love his smiles and his tongue smacks. They are my boys and I love them to bits...and hope that I will always be able to be there for them throughout all the times of their lives.
This morning they played a beautiful song called, "When you come home" and it talks about a mom always being there for her son...always being there when he needs her. And it really got me thinking...and quite teary...thinking about how blessed I am. I can't imagine how life would be without my mom. When I was in grade 6, I remember the day very vividly. My dad waking me up in the morning to tell me that my mom (who was in visiting in Winnipeg at the time) had suddenly become very ill and she was being flown back home. After 2 long weeks, they found a brain aneurysm. It was a very long recovery and it was quite tough on my sister, dad and I. I am so very very thankful and blessed that my mom survived and that we didn't have to go through our teens without a mom. Those were such difficult years for me and I don't think I could have gotten through the struggles I did without her being there! Life would have been much much different. It makes Mother's Day a lot more meaningful. Love you mom!
As my boys get older I love being a mom more and more. I have found the first months of both boys lives extremely stressful and can't say that I've loved them (the months, not the boys!). I love my boys...and I love being a mom. I love having Ben repeatedly say "hi" to me throughout the day...as if it's the first time in the day he's seen me. I love his giggles and his energy. I love being the one he clings to when he's sad. And Levi, he's my boy. He loves being held, and even though at times I don't like that about him, I love his cuddles. He gets so excited when you come into the room, knowing that hopefully he will be picked up and held. I love his smiles and his tongue smacks. They are my boys and I love them to bits...and hope that I will always be able to be there for them throughout all the times of their lives.
This morning they played a beautiful song called, "When you come home" and it talks about a mom always being there for her son...always being there when he needs her. And it really got me thinking...and quite teary...thinking about how blessed I am. I can't imagine how life would be without my mom. When I was in grade 6, I remember the day very vividly. My dad waking me up in the morning to tell me that my mom (who was in visiting in Winnipeg at the time) had suddenly become very ill and she was being flown back home. After 2 long weeks, they found a brain aneurysm. It was a very long recovery and it was quite tough on my sister, dad and I. I am so very very thankful and blessed that my mom survived and that we didn't have to go through our teens without a mom. Those were such difficult years for me and I don't think I could have gotten through the struggles I did without her being there! Life would have been much much different. It makes Mother's Day a lot more meaningful. Love you mom!
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