TWO

These pictures are all from awhile ago, and Abraham has already changed soooo much!  I was pretty nervous about having child number 2.  I remembered how tired I was with Macy and how I wanted (and did) sleep until noon when she was really little. I was also so worried about Macy feeling betrayed and jealous.  I was also a little concerned about having a boy and how I would feel towards him.  I have only ever known loving a girl baby...how would a boy be different?  Well I am pleased to say that the transition has not been near as difficult as I thought it was going to be!  Maybe it is because Abraham is such an easy baby, or maybe because Macy has dealt really well with the new addition, and maybe it has a little to do with the fact that I am more experienced and not as stressed as I was with Macy.

 Whatever it is though, I am glad.  I feel like I am really enjoying this newborn stage with Abraham.  He took to nursing like a fish to water (Thank Heavens!) and, although he was up every 2 hours to eat through the night for the first 7 weeks, I am happy and in a very good place.  Abraham is growing like a weed...and I am not kidding.  He was 6 lbs 13 oz at birth.  He weighed in at a whopping 11 lbs 4 oz at one month, and when I weighed him two weeks later, it said 13 lbs.  We will find out his two month stats tomorrow along with Macy's two year stats.  I always said how I wanted a chubby baby and man have I got one.  My favorite nickname for him right now is Chunka.

 Macy has decided that she wants a binky all of the time now because baby has one.  I'm fine with it except when she takes his binky and sucks on it...yuck!

 After my family left and it was just our little family at home, Macy would say over and over,"Hold you."  I thought that she was talking to me and wanting me to hold her all of the time.  Come to find out, it wasn't me she wanted, it was the baby.  She asks to hold him constantly and would hold him non stop if I let her.

 I never could have Imagined how much I could love two children!  At times I feel like I am cheating on Macy with how much I love Abraham, but then I think of Macy and my heart is full of love for her.  I love having a boy!  I thought it would be so weird, but it isn't.  He is my little buddy and I can't wait to teach him how to be a gentleman.  I look forward to him going on a mission and being a good daddy someday.  All I know is that the woman he marries better be a good one (sound like a mom to you?).

 Abraham is so chill.  He almost NEVER cries.  He will just chill where I put him down.  If he is opposed to something I do...he gives a tiny little whimper.   My mom says it must be the Hawaiian in him.

 Macy is growing up to be a lot like me.  Before I thought that she was going to be just like Clark, but alas she is not.  She is her mother's daughter that's for sure.  She makes so many facial expressions like me, she talks like me, she is super social, a wanderer, a dancer, and very independent.  There only a couple things not like me...she is cautious (no complaints about that) and she likes to make people laugh.  I mean, I would love to make people laugh, but it just isn't one of my strong suits...I am more of the laugher.  She is also super into the ABC's.  She loves to sing the song and she can identify quite a few.  She can also make the sounds of the ones she knows.

 I really hope that as my children grow up that they will have a true love and kinship with one another.  I know that there will probably be fights and a little sibling rivalry, but I hope that the love that they have for each other will win over that.  If anyone has any suggestions for how to foster that love for each other in siblings, let me know! As for now, they could not be more fond of each other.

 Clark was so excited about having a son.  He feels such a special responsibility to teach him and guide him on correct paths.  Their love and bond is precious.  One thing I didn't expect out of Abraham's birth was how it would bond he and Macy.  Clark has had to take on more responsibilities for taking care of Macy like getting her if she wakes up in the night and other things when I am busy feeding Abraham.  Due to this, Clark and Macy have become best little buds.  They play together so cutely and she even calls for him when she wakes up.  This brings so much joy to my soul!

 This is Macy's first gingerbread house that she made at our ward Christmas party.  She wanted to eat all of the candy rather than stick it on a house...and so she did.  And then threw it on the floor and stomped on the graham crackers til they were mush.

 I don't know if any of you have seen Kung Fu Panda 2, but Abraham looks just like baby Po.  A panda bear was a perfect choice of stuffed animal for this little/big guy.

Man how the time has flown.  Abraham turned two months old today and Macy turned two years old on the 16th of December.  A favorite quote I like to remember is, "The days are long, but the years are short."  Isn't that so true?  I will have to do another post for Macy's birthday and Abraham at two months, but for now, I hope you enjoyed.