My Baby

  Patrick is so excited there is a baby in mommy's tummy! I signed up online to a forum that sends you emails each week, and tells you how big your baby is this week, compared to food. Patrick loves this, and can not wait to find out how big the baby is now. And he tells everyone he meets, "My mommy has a baby in her belly and it's the size of a lemon!" He has really been excited about this and has been asking a lot of questions. "Where will the baby sleep?" and "Will the baby nurse?" He wants to be as involved as possible, and we have made sure that he is. He tries to talk to the baby already, and blows raspberries on my belly, which of course tickles me, and then before you know it I am laughing so hard, Patrick thinks it is an invitation for more. I love my child so much, and he is such a sweet child. I don't want him to disappear in the shadow of the new baby, so Jerry and I have made a deal, that we will divide our attention equally, and not stunt the emotional growth of our beloved baby boy.

  We have some set plans of things to do with the new baby, one of those things is to use a sling. I never knew of them when we had Patrick, and my goodness, how much easier my life could have been with one, lol. The next baby will be a sling baby. Patrick loves the idea, and compares the sling to a Kangaroos pouch, which it very much is. Ever since we have been pregnant, Patrick has taken extra special care of his baby dolls. Yes he has 2 baby dolls, he needs them too. He walks around, and mimics his father, which is the most incredible thing I have ever seen. He will carry that baby on his shoulder, and say, "Ssshhhhh! Daddy's got you, it's okay." Amazing! The things you teach your child by being loving and attentive to them, I think he already has the makings of a great father. Jerry is the best father ever too, and sets the best example ever to our son of what a father is, and should be. Patrick's attention to his baby doll has been amazing, he feeds the baby, and changes the baby's diaper, and loves the baby, and makes mommy hold the baby often, lol. I snapped a photo a little while back of Patrick walking around the house with his baby in his sling. 

   It amazes me how fast this baby, my baby has grown, and how big he is now. When the new baby does get here, Patrick will be 4. Time flies by way to fast.