Our little Bugaboo and Elmyra too February 18, 2011

The last few months have been a bit of a blur for our family starting with the birth of our son and then blasting through the holidays. I can hardly believe that we are more than half-way through February. My sweet newborn is already 3 and 1/2 months and Kins-face is almost 2 years!

I love the dynamic that Elijah has brought to our family. He is too sweet for words. Darren says that I am smitten by him. To which I could reply- Almost as smitten as he is by our darling, little girl.

I love his chubby cheeks. He is a little social bug that will almost always crack a smile when you make eye contact. For various reasons I always tell him that he is such a “guy”. One of which is that he is stinky. Seriously, his farts stink with man potency. But his farts are easily forgiven when he looks at me, coos and smiles. He melts my heart. One of my favorite things about him is that he loves to cuddle- in fact he’s cuddling in my lap right now as I type with one hand. And obviously, he is just so darn adorable- well I think so at least.

 

Kinsey loves him too. She has acquired the nickname, Elmyra. You remember Elmyra from Looney Tunes? You know, the I want to love you and kiss you and squeeze you and pet you and hug you and squish you girl…. You get the picture. And poor little E is often the object of her affection. When we first brought E home from the hospital, K kept asking to hold it. “Mommy, tinsey hooold it?” I often find her up in his grill repeating the things that she hears us call him as well as a few she comes up with on her own. She will be less than a millimeter from his face one decibel below yelling saying things like, “Hi bugaboo”, “Whatcha dooin Lijah”, “Hi! Hiii big guy”, ” bubba boy”, “Hi little man”- just to name a few. He’s usually a good sport.  She loves that he gets to ride in the backseat with her. If he starts crying she will yell above his crying, “Whats wrong Lijah? SH! SH! SH!” She will inform me, “Mommy, Lijah sad” and then I will suggest that maybe it will make him happy if she sings him a song. She will then belt out her version of Twinkle, Twinkle or the ABC song or a combo of both.

To be fair, E loves her too. His face lights up when he sees her. She offers him the best entertainment and has just started laughing at her, which is boosting her self-esteem. She tells me, “Mommy, I make Lijah laugh. Tinsey funny.” He really enjoys watching her play, dance and run around like a nut. I think he appreciates that she keeps life interesting.

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