Tag Archives: Children

Nov15

…because I wanted to write something about what’s happening now.

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…because I wanted to write something about what’s happening now.
Juniper.

Juniper

Things are finally starting to fall in to place with Juniper and Miles. Having two kids is just… well, it’s harder than I would have imagined. Trying to keep up with the needs of an infant and a 3 year old has been a real test of my patience. Miles still isn’t fully potty trained, but at least he’s doing all his #2 in the potty. Juniper is passed the colic, but is now dealing with teething. I’ll take pee pee diapers over poopie diapers and teething over colic any day.

As far as brothers go, they are pretty awesome. I can see the love that they have for each other get stronger every day. Miles loves to help me take care of Juniper. Whether it’s throwing out a dirty diaper, fetching me some wipes or rocking him in his seat to calm his crying, he is a fantastic big brother. I try to imagine what they will be like as teenagers. Will they be close friends or have separate interests? Will they fight or defend each other? Will they still be good boys or will I want to sell them to the gypsies? Only time will tell.

The holidays are coming up fast. Thanksgiving will be here in a little over a week and then Christmas. Miles is talking about writing a letter to Santa and we need to start thinking about our Christmas photo/video we do every year. Now that our family is complete, it’ll be nice to document it with one of our usual silly projects. Stay tuned!

Lastly, I love my little family. That being said, I need to find more time for myself so that I can continue to feel the love.

Jan18

Oh boy

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Oh boy
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As of yesterday, my destiny became clear. My lot in life is to be surrounded by hansom men. Oh the horror!

The second and hopefully last ultrasound of my pregnancy was yesterday morning and showed us that there is most definitely another little man growing inside of me to carry on the Bonner name. I was a little surprised because not only was I sure the baby was a girl, but everyone I came into contact with was sure as well. After seeing his tiny face in close up profile, I am in love. His nose, lips, forehead etc.. they are perfection. I’m also filled with relief over the fact that he is the appropriate size and weight for a baby at his stage of development and that all his major organs are in fine working order.

I fear that It may take us the entirety of the pregnancy to come up with a name, since we’ve had GIRL in mind all these months. Oh! He just kicked me!! I guess I’d better cut out all the girl talk. He must be a very sensitive boy. OK then, right… boys names. Really I’m at a loss. We used up all of our favorites on Miles. Miles Angelo Sebastian Bonner. Good names all of them. I’m sure that after dredging through the baby name books again, we’ll come up with something wonderful. I’d say that I’m open to suggestions, but then people tend to get all sad when you don’t totally love the name they suggest. I also won’t be sharing the name we finally choose until he’s born. I know it’s weird, but I feel like it’s creepy or bad luck or something to refer to the not yet born baby by its name. I have no idea where this phobia comes from, but there it is.

On the very positive side to having another son, Miles will have someone to talk and talk and talk to about cars, trains, trucks and the like other than me! Woohoo!!