i am listening to the album i played frequently for august while he was in utero.

watching him sit in front of me and kick his feet and look at me as the music plays brings about some of the most amazing feelings ever.

surreal…beautiful…truly indescribable.

i have a little, tiny, beautiful miracle.

thank you, Jesus.

i realize that i am REALLY behind on these. better late than never, right?

i also realize the timestamp on this. i, obviously, cannot sleep. but insomnia is usually good for productivity, so here ya’ go.

the cutest two month old ay-round!!!
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dear august,

today, you are two months and five days old. you are currently laying in my lap, fresh out of a bath you shared with mommy, and you’re sleepily nursing. you’re wearing white terry cloth pee jays that have embroidered bees on them and say, “tiny little bee.”

my tiny little bee. your fists are up on either side of your head. this seems to be a favorite position for you. that and when you sleep on your side with your face all schnuggled against me.

last night, you snuggled against me and daddy on the other side of me. i was a mommy sandwich. i couldn’t feel any more special or loved.
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HAPPY TWO MONTH BIRTHDAY TO AUGUST!

and HAPPY 1000th DAY ANNIVERSARY TO UUUUSSS!!!

august is sleeping in his bassinet right now. he has been sleeping in there for the past few nights.

of course he gets up around four-five and is probably more awake than he was the times before that i’ll feed and lay him back in there…so then, i usually just coax him to lay with me and sleep so i can get a few more hours in and we don’t have neighbors banging against the walls at four am because the baby is screaming at the top of his lungs.
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we had august’s second month check up today. everything looked good.

he is 10 lbs 13 oz and 22 1/4″ (from 5 lbs 13 oz and 20″ when he was born). he’s close to doubled his weight. he really needs to calm down– he’s growing wayyy too fast!

we also got a couple of his vaccinations today. he handled them like a champ. seriously. i think i handled them worse than he did. i literally didn’t watch and, instead, buried my face in the side of his and hummed in his ear to comfort him…of course, now that i think of it…i was probably pretty much pathetically comforting myself as well.
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