Austin C.

I'm ashamed that I haven't posted more pictures of (or info. about) Austin C. (that's what I call him most of the time, and I'm not sure why). He deserves a post of his own.

-He is so patient with me and Sally, I almost feel guilty sometimes. Sally likes to climb on top of him and kiss him repeatedly, and he hardly complains. He seems to understand that he is child #2 and has an older sister that is very demanding of mommy's time (especially since potty training is still going on), and he patiently waits his turn for mommy's full attention (which he really likes once Sally has gone to bed).

-He is very smiley and has recently started laughing.





-He has a great zeal for kicking at batting at toys in his bouncy seat--he takes it very seriously (I need to get a video). He is getting really good at reaching out and grabbing things in front of him.

-He drools like crazy, although as far as I can tell he has no teeth coming in.

-He sleeps well, but not as well as Sally did when she was his age. This frustrates me, although I know that it shouldn't and I feel guilty when I get annoyed at his occasional 5 AM wakings. Sally simply was a championship sleeper and I was spoiled (although she is trying me now--she hasn't napped since last September, and she plays in her room for sometimes more than an hour after she has been put to bed, and there doesn't seem to be anything that I can do about it).

-He is happy and very easy-going. He doesn't mind being passed around (although this may be changing--yesterday and today he had unprecedented meltdowns when confronted by strangers).

-He has very strong legs and loves "standing". He isn't a snuggly baby (neither was Sally), and always wants to be looking around and flailing his long limbs.

I am so thankful that Austin is such a good baby. He has made the transition from one child to two a breeze. I can't imagine life without my sweet little blue-eyed boy.



There's more I'd like to say about my little guy, but this will do for now. I tend to skip out on posting things that I'd really like to because I have the problem of waiting for the perfect opportunity to really sit down and put my thoughts together and mulling things over in my mind for so long that I get way behind and have to move on. I'm obviously not a very consistent or exciting blogger, but I'm trying to do better at at least getting posts out there even if the quality is less than what I'd like it to be.