The first two pictures were taken at the hospital. Thomas and Nathan very happily welcomed their new cousin, Benjamin into the world. Benjamin is a beautiful baby with incredibly kissable cheeks. Picture 3 and 4 are after Benjamin went home. I love the picture of him in his basket as it reminded me of Nathan sleeping in his basket the first several weeks of his life at home!
Here is a few cute tidbits from the last several weeks that I've kept a note of.
In January, Thomas found the baby monitor speaker downstairs in our hutch drawer. He took it out and showed to me telling me that it was for Lillian sleeping. I couldn't believe he remembered this as we had used it for that very reason when baby Lillian was visiting at the beginning of December. I guess it surprised me as I didn't know he was listening or paying any attention when Sara and I set it up over a month ago!
One afternoon I was laying down with Thomas who was not going to sleep. Finally I said, why aren't you sleeping? He told me "my eyes still working"! Too cute.
We were in the kitchen and I was putting dishes away. I knocked down a bunch of plastic cups and Nathan said "oh, dear" and Thomas said "you scared me!" It cracks me up when they use my phrases. When something bad happens like they spill something, I find myself saying, "this is not good" I guess I say this in place of saying you're bad or this is bad. Thomas now says "this is not good" whenever things aren't going as he expected. I have to smile when I hear him say this. Thomas' Dad was setting them up on top of our cabinets and Thomas clearly told him he didn't want to go up there because it was "dangerous". A big word for such a little kid and no one else was saying that then so he came up with that on his own.
We were driving over to Albany and saw a bunch of diggers lined up by the road. I said to Thomas, "cool!" and I heard him in the back going "cold!". I guess he took my slang literally.
Thomas asked my Mom if her coffee was hot and she said no. So he asked "is it warm?" He is getting the concepts!
When we were driving home from Albany, Thomas said, "Mommy, my bugger all gone." I said, "where is it?" (thinking he had wiped it on something". He said, "In my belly". I said "that's gross!" and he said "I want it!" We definitely need to curtail the bugger eating!!!
