20 months old and 2 weeks old

WOW! Do I seriously have two kids now?! For anyone who's wondering, the answer is YES. It is extremely tough with two under two. Whoever said it was easy simply lied! I'm pretty sure it gets a tad bit easier once the second one is older and they can play together, but I'm pretty sure the first three months... or even six months is going to be a toughie. 

To make Lukey feel special and loved still, we've been alternating between special time with Mommy and special time with Daddy. Daddy currently gets more Lukey time right now because Mommy is tied down to Charlotte every 3-4 hours. Here we are in Millbrae having some eggettes (we sort of spoiled our dinner, oh well!).

Mommy & Lukey "special time" playing with sidewalk chalk outside.

"Special time" with Uncle Sanz too...

Our beautiful 2 week old (she's a very good baby!)

This is what life in the future will most likely look like when Daddy goes back to work.

Our Little Valentine

One week ago, our second little bundle of joy came into this world. She was surprisingly small and thin (according to our standards since her older brother weighed two pounds more and to this day is still chubby and sturdy). Happy one week baby girl!

Welcome Charlotte Shinn

 

 

As always, Mommy hates staying in the hospital so we left after three days.

My loves! 

When we move again, we're going to upgrade to a king size bed for our family of four!

Mommy Fun Day

People often ask if I enjoy being a stay at home mom... after giving a little spew on how tiring it is sometimes and how there are just those days, there's always those good days out there too where you forget all the bad and fall in love with your kid(s) all over again. 

As you can see, today was just one of those good days (after many so-so and a bad day the past couple weeks). When you see that boy light up and run around with a smile on his face, you can't help but smile too, regardless of  how tired you are of being so very, very pregnant. And the best part is after running around like a mad man for a while, he turns around, finds you, and runs into your arms with the biggest smile on his face just to hug Mommy. I love my crazy boy.

Maybe homeboy knows that this is the last Wednesday Mommy will be taking only him to this play gym and he's taking in all he can. Who knows... kids are smart beings.

I asked him if he wanted to take a picture to send to Daddy and he said "dah" (yes). Even without telling him to do so, he stuck out his tongue, cause that's how Mommy & Lukey take self-portraits together.

You're running out of time, Lucas!

My 19 month old only child

My baby is on his way to becoming a 2 year old! Time is flying by much too quickly! I can't believe that this is the last month he will be an only child too. It seemed like yesterday when I found out I was pregnant (Father's day weekend), and now we're going to be a family of four on Valentine's!

 After church, we decided to go get some Philz and eat at Sancho's Taqueria (a family fave). Hopefully, baby girl will grow to love Mexican food like the rest of her family. (btw, BEST fish tacos ever!!!) If I don't make it to next Sunday, this will be our last after church family meal with just the three of us. Exciting and terrifying at the same time...

We went to a birthday party this weekend and this was the very first time Lucas ate a whole cupcake on his own! He was quite the hyper one afterwards. Good thing he listened to me and ran around for a while. I'll admit, he's a pretty happy sugar-high guy. However, I did not want to take him home and deal with his crazy hyperness during this late stage in my pregnancy.

A Different Kind of Valentine's

This year, Valentine's day will be different... quite possibly for the rest of our lives! If all goes well and baby girl does not want to come out early, we will be celebrating a different kind of thing every Valentine's day from here on out! (All Mommy is hoping for is to watch the Super Bowl in the comfort of her own home and then baby girl is free to come out early if she pleases.)

All the laundry's done, room is ready, everything is prepared to the best of our ability. Right now, we're just playing the waiting game.

Extremely empty pink room... waiting to be used. Any day now...

Creeper

You see this beautiful mugger? He doesn't look scary at all in broad daylight. But when you turn around in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom and you see this child just standing there, staring at you, whether it be 2am or 5:54am, it's a bit creepy!

For the past week, homeboy has woken up in the middle of the night and walked to Mommy's side of the bed and just stands there for who knows how long, and stares. I'm not really sure what this is, but the most logical hypothesis would be sleepwalking. Once I wake up and notice him there, I walk him back to his room and tell him it's still "night night" time and he goes back down without putting up a fight. His brain and legs still knows what I'm talking about... but it's just a tad bit creepy turning around and seeing this beautiful child just standing there looking at you.

Hopefully this is just due to the cold weather.