Happy birthday, Jack!

Jack celebrated his third birthday on November 17th.

It's hard to believe that my first baby is already three.

It feels like just yesterday he was this sweet little baby...




...and now he's this sweet little boy.




He is such a wonderful big brother, and is excited to meet the new baby (he's pretty certain it's a girl). He talks so well, with a very big vocabulary, and is very inquisitive. He's kind, thoughtful and sensitive, much like his Daddy, and is rarely seen without his trusty sidekick, Lamby ("Wammy"), pictured above.

We love you so very much, Jackie! Happy birthday!

Anniversaries

Patrick and I celebrated our fourth wedding anniversary on November 5th, and the fifth anniversary of our first meeting on December 5th.

It's hard to believe that in just five short years, we met, married, moved to Pennsylvania, and are expecting our third child. It was a whirlwind romance, sort of buckle-your-seatbelts-and-hang-on-for-dear-life, but we are both so blessed.

I was sick for our wedding anniversary, so instead of a weekend away, we spent one night overnight in Annapolis, Maryland. It was lovely and we had a great time. On the ride home, Patrick's phone rang, and in a RARE (as in probably the first time it's happened) instance, he asked me to answer it for him. The number was listed, but there was no name given, so neither of us knew who it was, and the conversation went like this:

Me: Hello?
Her: Is Patrick there?
Me: Can I tell him who's calling?
Her: Uh...um....it's....uh.... (mumbling) it's Royer's Flowers.

Oh no.

My wonderful husband had ordered flowers for me and they were ready to be picked up. Sweet man. He knows that my favorite flowers are ranunculus (the orange ones above) and freesia (the white ones above), and they were absolutely gorgeous.

I am so blessed to have such a thoughtful, caring man for a husband!

I love you, Patrick!

Baby bump

Baby T is due on January 24th. The above photo was taken at 20 weeks.

We can't wait to find out if it's a boy or a girl!

We can wait for the sleepless nights, so we've been praying since the + test that this babe might be one of those rare, sleeps-through-the-night-the-first-week-home children that you read about in fairy tales and legends.


30 weeks - pop!

35 weeks - maternity shirts are almost not long enough. Combine an already-long torso with a 52-inch waist (yes, I measured it. I have a love/hate relationship with my Mommy Measure - but love you, Pam!), and there are just not that many shirts up for the challenge. I refuse to have the belly sticking out like Rachel Green on "Friends," so I'm mostly resorting to extra-large baggy t-shirts. They're unflattering, but they cover the stretch marks.

It's hard to believe that it will only be about a month before we have a new family member!

Elmo and Kermit

The boys loved Halloween.

Trick-or-treating was just surreal for Jack - collecting candy door-to-door? Just for dressing up and asking "trick or treat?"

The world is a magical place!

Getting them both to sit still beside their pumpkins, on the other hand...

Dear Diary...

...remember when I used to have a blog?

And I'd update it fairly regularly with photos of my children and tidbits about what we'd been up to recently?

And people far away could check in and see how adorable the boys are and how big they're getting and it was a nice way to stay in touch and keep people posted?

Yeah...that was awesome.

I'd like to get back to that and update it again so there's not a big gap between Halloween and the arrival of our new baby in FIVE (six) SHORT WEEKS!!

Mmmmkay? Mmmmmkay.
xoxo
Eileen


Dear Eileen,
HOP TO IT!
Diary