Complete

It's official, our family is complete. We have two beautiful, wonderful children and are so very blessed with them, but we've made the decision that Hannah and Nicholas will be our only children. Tony's big day was this past Friday - snip, snip and we're done! He was really nervous about going, but overall, he said it wasn't that big of a deal. He was a bit flushed when he came out of the office and had to sit for a few minutes to gather himself, but then he was OK. I dropped him back off at home and went back to work. I had expected him to be resting for the afternoon, but instead, he had vacuumed and other stuff around the house, so I guess his recovery wasn't so bad. We hung out at home Friday night though, no one felt like doing much.

It was a long week. By Friday's, I'm wiped out and exhausted! Nicholas didn't do so well at night the latter part of the week. He was having a hard time going down for the night and then was waking up by 2. Thursday night, we had some pretty major storms roll through. Hannah got up around 1 in the morning, scared of the storm. She saw the TV was still on since Tony fell asleep on the couch, so she finished the night on the couch with him. This is how I found her after I got up - Tony had gone back up to bed to lay with Nicholas while I got ready since he was so restless too.

Nicholas has been trying to suck his fingers. It makes me crazy and I'm doing everything I can to try to stop him! Everytime he puts them in his mouth, I try to take them out and replace them with his binky. I just know that I can eventually take a binky away, but not so much with his fingers! I'm hoping it's just his recent discovery of his hands and not a true habit. He really likes to cuddle with burp clothes and blankets too. It's hard at bedtime because he wants one by his face, but of course, we can't leave one with him.

Little Mommy mimmicks all the things I do with him. This was Hannah doing a little yoga with Nicholas before leaving in the morning Friday. It was cute!

Hannah said something funny Friday morning. She was eating breakfast and I was feeding Nicholas and was talking to her about which movie she wanted to take to daycare. I suggested taking her new Barbie and the Mermaid Tale that she had just gotten last Sunday. We were having this discussion about it that she obviously didn't know which movie I was talking about - she had it mixed up with another one. Then all of a sudden, she said, "Oh, Barbie and the Mermaid Tale!" and I said, "yes, that's what I said". She laughed and told me, "Mommy, my brain was still sleeping and I forgot". It was cute!

Saturday morning, I woke up to breakfast made for me by Tony - it was very nice! He was going to bring it to me in bed, but I got up just as he was finishing. I probably wouldnt' have eaten it there anyway - too messy! I took Hannah to swimming lessons and Tony stayed home with Nicholas. This is what happens when I leave him alone to pick out his outfit!

Tony took Hannah out to my mom's to spend the night since she hadn't stayed with them for such a long time. While they were there, I went to get my massage from Mother's Day. It was really great. It actually hurt quite a bit and the massage therapist asked me if I was in pain. My hands and back were very tight and full of knots. She tried to work out a lot of it, but said it would take several sessions to get it done. It was nice though. I guess I should go more often and not wait until I'm in pain.

We took Nicholas to get his 3 month pictures taken at 4:00. He did so awesome! He was full of smiles! I was afraid because he was super happy before we left and then he fell asleep in the car on the way to the mall. I thought he might be cranky, but he was so happy! Here's a picture of him before we left.

We went to Whitey's for dinner - great burgers! Then to the store and then to Jack & Dawn's for a little while. It was sort of fun having just Nicholas with us - easy again, but boring too! Tony and I were wondering what to do with ourselves after
dinner last night! We slept in this morning - it was great! Until like 9:00!!! Of course, Nicholas was in bed with me. He slept the first part of the night on the couch with Tony. I got up around 4:30 nervous to not hear Nicholas and found them cuddled up on the couch together. I fed him and then brought him back to bed. I'm probably going to regret letting him sleep in our bed, but it works and he's only little for a short while, so I guess it'll be OK for now.

Here he is again with his cuteness, playing with his rattle. He's really interacting a lot more these past couple weeks. Strong and getting so big! And just stinkin' cute!!!!

Then he wrapped himself up in a blanket on the ottoman and boppy and fell asleep!

We went to Lowes and the grocery store and then came home and took naps for a while. Hannah came home and I made dinner. Tony gave Hannah a bath and we just hung out watching TV. It was a really nice weekend!