Flying by...

Time is flying by. Our son is now 5 months old, which is so absurd. He has changed so much the last month. He smiles a lot more & he talks a lot more. He's working on sitting up & he's rolled over a few times. He laughs a little bit I know a lot of babies his age have/are doing a lot more. Mike's coworker's son (born a day earlier) sits up like a champ and he laughs like a champ. He's also 4 lbs heavier than Alex. Alex weighs 12lbs 8oz now, not sure on height/length. He wears size 3m & 3-6m clothes. 3m pants are a little short on him but the waist of 3-6 are so big. He wears size 2 diapers. He eats ALL THE TIME! Night time feedings average every 3 hrs. Once in a great while I get a 5-6 hr space but unfortunately sometimes I only get a 1.5-2.5 hr spacing. Ugh, the short spaces are really hard. Alex is getting good at grabbing things & gets excited now. He flails his arms & legs, it's so funny. He's starting to put everything in his mouth. He grabs his feet now & rolls to his side. Who cares about fully rolling over, he's good. :) He still sleeps in our room in the pack n play but we'll probably move him to his room after the holidays. We waited til 6 months with Katie too.

Katie adores her brother & always wants to be in his face, except when I could really use her to entertain him. When I'm doing chores she tends to ignore him. Katie is FINALLY saying F's. Fish is Fish instead of Shish now. Now to work on other letters she has trouble with. She has SO much energy, all the time. She's usually pretty good but girl can be a terror too. She's wearing size 3T & 2 or 3T pants. 2T pants are too short on her but ey, still use them sometimes. :)

Well, that's about it. These use to be a lot longer when updating about Katie.

4 months!

How is my mini munchkin 4 months old now? And how is it that my first munchkin was conceived 4 years ago next month?! My goodness!! My life has so truly changed in the last 4 years and it's amazing.
Mini Munchkin stats: 11 lbs 8.5 oz. I'll find out how tall next week at his 4m well baby appt. He "talks" all the time, mostly to his sister. He ADORES her & she adores him. They're going to have an amazing bond, that's for sure. He likes to push with his heels on his back. He does not enjoy tummy time but he sits on my chest a lot. His head is still very wobbly, not sure if it's suppose to be or not. He's wearing 3m clothes mostly but some 3-6m ones too. Size 1 diapers still. I think he might be going through a growth spurt, he eats a lot & is fussy a lot. Fun times in the house.

Katie is almost done with her soccer classes. She likes them some times & hates them other times. I don't think she's a big group activity person. She does better one on one. She is so smart & has SO much attitude. She amazes me every day.

Welp, the kid is fussing so off I go. Have a blessed day!

Update: Alex was 11 lbs 9oz & 23.25 inches long at his 4m appt.

3.5 months

Mr. Alex is 3.5 months old & he's growing like a weed. He was 10lbs 11.5oz at 3 months which is a one pound heavier than 2 months. Right on track, my little man. Life is still really hectic. Mike is currently at Ft. Polk, LA for a month. He only left a few days & it's been extremely hard. I've been super emotional, like pregnant women emotional (no, not pregnant). Katie started soccer classes almost 3 weeks ago & she loves it. It's 8 weeks of Saturday classes & it ends on Halloween. I hope she starts being more independent at the classes because it's hard to help her & lug around mister chunk. I'm hoping each class she'll be more independent & confident, I think confidence is a big part of her wanting me/mike right there & us needing to repeat what the coach says. That's about it. The kids are growing like weeds, it's going by so super fast.
Alex has laughed a tiny bit twice. The start of a laugh, just enough to know it's a laugh & not just a sound. He's still in 0-3 clothes, except sleepers he's in 0-3 & 3m. Size 1 diapers & probably will be for a while. I think that's it. :)

PICTURES!

Our First Family Photo, June 17th

June 17th

June 19th

4th of July (4 wks old-Alex)

July 13th (1 month)

Aug 13th (2 months)

Aug 16th, Katie's 3 yr & Alex 2 month shoot

Life with 2(kids)

One of my worries while pregnant was how I was going to raise 2 kids. I was use to one kid & the thought of a second scared me. I mean I wanted a second kid but when it happened so fast & the realization that life was really going to change, I got really scared. Everyone kept telling me it's easy. It's super easy. Kid 3 is the hard one but the second, oh, you barely notice. LIES! Fucking Lies! It has been SO hard going from one to two for me. Katie was such an easy baby & Alex is so demanding. A demanding baby & a demanding toddler is far from easy. It is mentally & physically exhausting. Sleep, I miss sleep! It might also help if I didn't have a second bad Csection that is still healing. It's been 11 wks & I'm still having wound care visits and appts. My last one took 5-6 months to heal. Anyways, my kiddos!
I updated all the time on Katie & her growth and I'm trying to remember with Alex. He's growing so much faster than our baby girl did. He is, a normal growing baby. Which is bittersweet. I loved my petite princess & I loved her staying in clothes forever.
I don't know what info I have entered for Alex so here it goes!
Birth/June 13th: 6lbs 6 oz. 19.75 inches
Lowest weight: 5lbs 13oz
June 29th(16 days old)- 6lbs 4oz 20inch
July 10th(4wks)- 6lbs 15oz 21 inches
Aug 7- 8lbs 13oz
Aug 13(2 months)- 9lbs 4oz
Aug 18- 9lbs 11oz 21.75 inches
I moved him into size 1 diapers the last week of July & into 0-3 clothes the first week of August. Mr. Alex(as his sissy calls him) weighed at 2 months what his sister did at 4 months. Bittersweet! Nicknames: Katie calls him Mr. Alex or Baby brother. Mike calls him Alex or brother man. Even my father in law has a nickname for him, Big Al. I have no idea but ok. I have no nickname for baby boy. I've tried Bubba, Bubby, Monkey, Chunkers. Nothing sticks or fits. I guess I'll stick with Alex or Mr. Alex. I just wish I had a personal nickname for him & maybe one day I will. We'll see.
Alex smiles, oh such a big sweet smile. All you have to do is talk to him or say "are you going to smile?" I love seeing his smile! He's starting to really take off on talking. The last week it's grown so much, louder & longer periods. Oh, his sweet voice. We might be in trouble, he might be more talkative than his sister. :) Then again, he has a sister in his face all the time so he's bound to do things sooner & want to catch up/be right in there with her. Aww. My babies.

Quick update on Katie.
24 lbs & 34.5 inches (aug 18th). Aww, my baby girl is growing. I really need to update on her too.
My baby girl.... is no longer a baby girl. Ok, I know she hasn't been for a while but still. I feel like she's grown up so much since Alex came. She is so helpful, her vocabulary & understanding seem to have vastly improved, the kid has one hell of a memory! She's using the big potty now, I threw out the little one. I got her a step stool for downstairs & in the last week she carries that thing EVERYWHERE! She takes it to turn on lights, the reach things, feed her fishes. :) The other day she told me the blinds were opened wrong. I was feeding brother so I couldn't get up then. Next thing I know she had gotten her stool & turned the blinds the way she wanted. I was shocked! All so she could look in at me from outside, like a stalker. That made me realize A) wow, she's so smart B) she's so grown up. She has a big girl bed coming eventually. Oh & she's learned to peddle a bike, just yesterday. Well, she was taught before but yesterday she actually rode it herself. Yay, baby girl!

Family of 4!

On June 13th at 9:52 am we became a family of 4(5 including Hershey). Alexander Curtis Cosgrave was born weighing 6lbs 6oz & was 19.75 inches long. He looked just like his sister. Katie was so excited to meet him & hold him. Unfortunately my Csection was another bad one & it's going to take months of healing. Boo to that. At 1 week old he weighed 6lbs 1oz & at 2wks 2d he was 6lbs 4.5oz. He's probably at his birth weight now, at almost 3 weeks. Same as his sister was, with weight loss & gain in the first few weeks. It's been a crazy busy few weeks, not just from having 2 kids but because of all the appts we've had. Mostly mine but a few of Bubba's/Bubbie/still trying to figure out a good nickname. Alex has met his Grandma(my mom), his Nini & Appa(mike's parents), & his Auntie Tricia(my sister). Katie loves being a big sister! She loves to hold him & help with him. She's been a huge help, like I knew she would. Breastfeeding has been a journey but he's finally got the hang out of it.
I'm not sure what else to write. My mind doesn't work too well currently. I'll write more later I'm sure but just wanted to share the basic info. Our son is here & it's crazy surreal. :)

39 weeks

39 weeks! Days from having this baby & sadly I expected him to be here. I had my membranes swept on Monday & in all honesty I thought I would've been dilated to a 3-4 since 2 weeks ago I was at 2. She swept my membranes but said I was only a 1. WHAT! A 1? How do you un-dilated? I was also 50% efface which would excite me if I were actually somewhat dilated. Boo!!! The appt was so long, I wasn't called back until about a half hour past my appt time, then I sat in the room for a good 5 mins before the nurse even came back to just do my blood pressure. I figured since it was my last week the ultrasound wouldn't be a big deal because honestly, in my mind, it's pointless. Baby is active, there has been no complications, why do I need a BBP check? So I had to go get one of those after my appt and I was so frustrated by it all that I came home in a bad mood. My mom seems to think I need to kiss her ass & she threw a fit when I told her "I'm pissed & don't want to talk about it". I didn't want too, I was really upset & frustrated. I don't know how the bleep I undilated so what's the point in asking?! I moved my Csection from Thursday to Saturday because Mike has a 3 day but now I regret it. I would be less than 24 hrs away from having a son & it's now 3 days away. I've lost my mucus plug over the last almost 24 hours & it's really disgusting! Really really disgusting! No bloody show, just some blood on Monday from the sweeping. I think I've had very minor contractions/Braxton hicks but they lead nowhere. Waa Waa! Guess baby boy isn't coming on his own, even with the sweeping encouragement. I have my last appt tomorrow & I'm not sure if I should even ask for another sweep. I want too, I kind of want one last chance to have him but we'll see. I'm just kind of discouraged about this whole labor.

In any case, I will have a son within 3 days & we will be a family of 4 (5 with Hershey). I will be holding my son in within 72 hours! It will be the longest 3 days of my life but still, 3 days! Katie is so excited & keeps talking about going to the hospital & baby brother. Family of 4 by June 13th!

Also, a kind of fun thing is Katie was born on the 31st & Baby Boy will be born on the 13th! That's kind of really cool in my book!