February
Here we are in February already…I just can’t believe it. The past year has gone by in a blur and I still feel like I haven’t really had the chance to call Pittsburgh my home yet. Once the weather is better and spring is here, I plan on getting out more with the family and finally checking out all the neat things that this city offers. Someday, Scott and I will get to have a date night (maybe for our birthdays in March) and check out a drag club downtown. However, with our early bedtimes of 8:30pm these days, I have to wonder if we’ll be awake by the time doors open.
Gabe is going to be 2 next week on Valentine’s day. So much has happened in his growth and development over the past year. He’s turning into a little boy who talks and dances and shows affection. The baby Gabe is almost gone. Despite the toddler nuttiness sometimes, this age seems really fun and I’m looking forward to learning more about what makes him tick. He’s incredibly wacky and ridiculous and loves to sing songs in his gibberish speak. I’ll miss Gabrielese once he starts forming more sentences and really talking. Talking! It seems surreal to me to think that eventually, I’ll actually be able to have a conversation with him! We are now at the point when he can let us know what he wants most of the time, a skill that took ages to master.
Little Alice continues to be a Zen baby and puts herself to sleep on most nights without me having to do anything else besides lay her in her crib. I’m constantly amazed by this. One wonderful thing about having a second baby was that we finally got to really savor those first few months with her. Gabe was challenging and I don’t really remember much about his newborn period besides chaotic sleep schedules and feeding issues. With Alice, I was determined to slow down and just hang out with her, all cuddled up like you think it’s going to be before you even have a kid. Those moments helped me relax and I started thinking about how quickly our little babies grow up. If you blink, you might miss it. Although, that’s not something you tend to think about when you are going through the craziness.
Gabe is going to be 2 next week on Valentine’s day. So much has happened in his growth and development over the past year. He’s turning into a little boy who talks and dances and shows affection. The baby Gabe is almost gone. Despite the toddler nuttiness sometimes, this age seems really fun and I’m looking forward to learning more about what makes him tick. He’s incredibly wacky and ridiculous and loves to sing songs in his gibberish speak. I’ll miss Gabrielese once he starts forming more sentences and really talking. Talking! It seems surreal to me to think that eventually, I’ll actually be able to have a conversation with him! We are now at the point when he can let us know what he wants most of the time, a skill that took ages to master.
Little Alice continues to be a Zen baby and puts herself to sleep on most nights without me having to do anything else besides lay her in her crib. I’m constantly amazed by this. One wonderful thing about having a second baby was that we finally got to really savor those first few months with her. Gabe was challenging and I don’t really remember much about his newborn period besides chaotic sleep schedules and feeding issues. With Alice, I was determined to slow down and just hang out with her, all cuddled up like you think it’s going to be before you even have a kid. Those moments helped me relax and I started thinking about how quickly our little babies grow up. If you blink, you might miss it. Although, that’s not something you tend to think about when you are going through the craziness.