Weston- Months 3-5

I've always said (to myself) that my second child would never have second child syndrome.  I would surely document, photograph and blog about all of my children equally. Ha. Haha. We'll just add that to the list of stuff I do as a parent that I was naïve enough to think I wouldn't. It's a long list....
So, I don't know if it's life with two, or just life lately that has been so crazy busy.  There's a lot going on, like all the time!  I think if time speeds up anymore I'm going to start to actually feel the gravitational shift.  HOW has it already been 5.5 months since we brought Weston home!? Just how?
OK... I have some catching up to do.... Here's a recap of the past few months:

At Three Months:

Loves: Hungry Caterpillar, being walked around

Now he is: Rolling Over both ways, gaining mobility, very smiley and interactive. Started crawling at the end of 3 months.

Sleeping: Still 3-5 hours at a time at night, 30 min - 2 hour naps during the day (Not consistent)

3 months

Watching TV together

3 mo- here comes the personality

3 mo- so fun and happy

3 mo-starting to explore

3.5 mo

3.5 Mo- will not stay in his chair

3 mo + 3 weeks- what I wake up to

They love each other

At Four Months:

 

Loves: Hungry Caterpillar and Mickey Mouse Club, watching his brother and the dog, playing with Mommy or Daddy

Now he is: So, so mobile!  Crawling with tummy on the ground and tries all 4's, just doesn't quite have to coordination to move his hands and feet at the same time. Can sit propped up or for short periods by himself. 

Sleeping: I should just erase this part. It's not getting any better :(

4 mo

4 mo + 3 weeks- fully crawling

First Plane Ride

Trouble Maker! (4 mo)

At Five Months:

Loves: To climb everything! Crawling, getting into everything, chasing the dog, watching his big brother 

Now he is: Crawling quick! Pulling up to a stand and trying to balance, trying to stand in the middle of a room, but hasn't gotten it yet.  Eating pureed foods & baby cereal. 

Sleeping: Please say a prayer for me. This is NOT getting better. Maybe worse.  Trying to sleep train. Sleeping in his crib. Up every 2-3 hours.

5 mo- pulls up to a stand and climbs everything - helps himself to his brother's toys :)

5 mo- sitting/ Crawling transitions from sit to crawl on his own

5.5 mo- Furniture cruisin

Because he's my second child, I would have preferred him to stay an infant as long as possible.  I would have encouraged Weston to be a late bloomer. Just lay in my arms a little longer, wait a bit longer to crawl, sit, walk etc.  But... the opposite couldn't be more true.  Weston was an infant for about a week.  After that he was determined to grow up at warp speed.  Before 4 months he was crawling.  Granted it was uncoordinated and involved a lot of face plants.  But within a few short weeks he had it figured out and mastered.  At about 4.5 months he was pulling himself up to a stand.  Frustrated that the only way to get down was to crash, he continued that fiercely until he had that mastered. At 5 months he's cruising furniture and refuses to stay off his feet.  I can only imagine it will be a short time before he figures out the walking thing.  This is amazing to watch, but also kind of heart breaking.  He is growing and changing so fast and I am sadly missing those few short days of having a newborn.  I love this sweet, talented little guy more than I can even begin to describe.  Life with 2 kids is just that much sweeter. I LOVE my boys!

Hudson

 Hudson continues to do great.  He is getting to be such a good swimmer, and loves swimming in Grandma and Grandpa's pool.  He can jump off the diving board and swim across the pool without a life jacket or any help.  We still do swimming lessons when we're not too busy, but haven't been too consistent this summer.  I've taken the opportunity to do some fun things with him this summer while I've been off of work, like zoo trips, LEGOLAND, and SeaWorld. Its been nice to be able to go places in the middle of the week!  He's the perfect age to be a big brother and loves Weston.  They're starting to be able to interact more each day and it's pretty fun to watch.  Hudson has been taking a summer drama class at school twice a week, and next week is his big performance!  I love that he's trying new things.  He's been begging to start karate, so looks like that will be next.  

Weston turns 6 months next week, and I have to get back to work soon (I have managed to put it off for 6 months!!!) So, I'll have new updates soon.  Lots of love till then! xo

3 Years | 2 Months

Hudson

At Three Years Old: 

Height: 36 in

Weight: 27 lbs

Loves: Soccer, swimming, Riding his scooter & bike, Digging in the dirt, Nerf guns & Paw Patrol

What's New:  Hudson is more or less potty trained!  We still have some accidents here and there but he's in big boy undies all of the time.  He moves up to the preschool class this week.  This is an exciting transition because this class is where he will stay until kindergarten.  This class has 3-5 year olds and is more focused on academics.  He will learn to read and write and all sorts of life skills in this class, which is pretty neat.

Weston

At Two Months:

Height: 23.75 in

Weight: 10lbs 8oz

 

Loves: TV, lights, being held/ cuddled, bottles

Now he is: Smiles and laughs, coos and baby babbles, grabbing things.

Sleeping: Still 3-5 hours at a time at night, 30 min - 2 hour naps during the day (Not consistent)

 

It is scary how fast time is going by with two!  Weston already seems so big and Hudson blossomed into a full fledged kid over night.  This time is escaping faster than I would like but I am truly enjoying these baby days!  Weston is so much fun.  He's getting much easier as we've gotten to know each other now. I'm so glad I'm taking extra time off work to be home.  I'm not sure I'll ever be ready to go back. 
Hudson had his (first) birthday party this year.  I think it might have been the best day of his 3 year life!  He had a blast and played all. day. long!  We got a HUGE jumpy and Grandpa ran the bbq.  There was tons of kids, food, fun, and of course cake.  It was a pretty fun time.

This Mother's Day I am feeling like one lucky Mama.  I have the best little boys!

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Weston Graham Villoria

Weston Graham Villoria

Born 5:13am February 27, 2017

7lbs 4oz

20 inches

 

  Somehow I thought that after the baby was born I would have hours of downtime.  Since this has taken me a month to finally write/ post, clearly that is not the case!  I can barely find the time to get one or two meals in, let alone clean the house, do the endless laundry that keeps piling up, or write a blog post!  Life with 2 littles is busy!

Weston's Birth Story:

 On Sunday, Feb 26th I woke up at 3am to contractions.  I'd been having contractions often for awhile so I wasn't really concerned, except these felt different. And by different, I mean painful.  There were also a few other clues that made me think "today is the day!" My contractions were every 10 minutes... for the next 12 hours.  At 3pm they started to really increase in intensity and went to every 5 minutes.  This is when I wished I'd packed my hospital bag ahead of time.  I knew I still had plenty of time, but packing during contractions just sucks.  over the next few hours they just got more painful.  By 7:30 they were getting unbearable and I decided I was ready to go to the hospital.  When they checked me in and told me I was only at 2cm I was devastated.  I'd been at this for 17 hours at this point and I was at 2cm!  They wouldn't let me get an epidural until I hit 5cm so I spent the next two hours "moving around" and taking a long hot shower.  It was around 11pm before I got the epidural and about an hour before it was actually working.  It was heaven when it finally kicked in! Once I was able to relax a little things started moving pretty quick.  I felt the baby move down into position and an hour later a midwife came in and said I was ready to push!  I was SO excited, this was really happening!  I pushed for maybe 20 minutes before the nurses checked me and told me I needed to stop and I was NOT fully dilated.  This was bad, because they'd turned off my epidural to push and now the baby was really low and putting a ton of pressure on my low back.  The pain was so bad I think I started to go into shock.  I started shaking uncontrollably and throwing up and the baby went into distress.  The Dr came in and said we needed to do an emergency C-section "right now!"  I couldn't believe I'd made it that far and I was going to have a C-section.  In my pain induced frantic state I yelled "no, I'm not having a c-section" and to my shock, the Dr turned to the nurse and said "document patient denies suggested C-section." I didn't even know I could do that!  The Dr told me I was putting my baby's life at risk, but I just knew that he was in distress because I was in distress.  I threw on the oxygen mask and started taking deep slow breaths.  The baby's heart rate regulated and the Dr checked me and said I was at 10cm and could push when I was ready.  Three pushes later, Weston was born! And as I held my brand new baby, for the second time in my life, my heart filled with more love and joy than I knew possible.

Life Since:

We came home the day after Weston was born.  I was pretty eager to get out of the hospital and since I didn't have a C-section and was able to move around.  We've spent the last month adjusting to being a family of 4.  Trying to keep Hudson's routine as "normal" as possible and balancing an unpredictable new family member that could be sleeping, hungry, or crying at anytime.

Hudson is a great big brother.  He loves to "pet" his baby brother and is so sweet with him.  He's growing up so fast lately and gaining independence by the day.  Weston is growing a lot too... but in other ways.  He looks so much like Hudson did when he was born, but he is such a different baby. It's been a whole new learning curve.  I don't know where the time is going, I can't believe its already been a whole month.  I'm loving this time, but also sad its going so fast.