Brothers

Vincent has turned out to be an amazing big brother. We, of course, were not sure what to expect when Owen arrived. Vincent's reaction to his brother has been a very pleasant surprise. He is incredibly loving, gentle (as gentle as a 3 y/o can be!), caring, and fun! Owen thinks Vincent is the funniest thing ever. He laughs and laughs and whatever Vincent is doing. I think they are going to be life long friends, at least I hope so!!!

Owen part 2

Owen. I had a hard time believing I would ever be able to love someone else the way I love Vincent. I knew I would, because people have been doing it for a long time. The second this little boy was born, my heart expanded.

Owen's birth was much more calm than Vincent's. There was no emergency. I walked myself back to the OR. We listened to music while they prepped me and started surgery. Everyone was laughing and talking. I can still hear that first cry. It's so insane how there wasn't a baby in the room when you got there, but there is when you leave!

Owen has been a good baby. We've been able to nurse which is a major accomplishment for me. I tried so hard with Vincent. He was so small and it just never worked. Owen is a champion sleeper too. We got majorly lucky with this one!!

I love to see how different my boys are as people. Owen is very laid back and go with the flow. He only cries when he's hungry or tired. He's such a cheerful, happy, smiley baby. He brings so much joy to our family. We are so incredibly blessed to have this precious soul in our lives.

Owen

This post is going to be completely dedicated to the new little man in our lives

We decided around October of '09 that we were ready to try for another baby. In January of '10, I found out I was pregnant. The baby's due date was October 12, 2010. I was nervous that we would have a repeat of the early delivery that we had with Vincent. After a lot of agonzing over it, I decided that a repeat C-section would be the way to go. Baby's birth date was set for October 6, 2010 at 12:00 p.m.

14 weeks

18 weeks




22 weeks

31 weeks

35 weeks (a view from the top)


36 weeks

Owen David Lomellin was born on October 6, 2010 at 12:26 p.m. He weighed 7lbs 3 oz and was 21 inches long. We were madly in love again.

More pictures and stories about our Owie bear to come....

"It's been too long" doesn't even begin to describe it.

I'm a horrible blogger. This doesn't really matter to anyone but me, and maybe my kids. Yes, I said kids, plural, but we'll get to that. My only reason for this blog is to keep a diary of sorts about my children. It's easy to forget things they are doing or saying and it's nice to have a place to record those. No one else reads this blog, so it's only them and myself that I'm letting down.

Quite a bit has happened since I last posted. Vincent turned 2, we had another baby, you know, the usual. We have a new daycare also, which has turned out to be the perfect place for us!

We'll start with Vincent. Vincent is growing up to be such a smart, funny, loving, strong-willed little boy. We had a rough time with the 2's and I have been told the 3's are worse. So far, I don't think I agree with that. However, he's only been 3 for 2 months, so we'll see. His daycare does preschool and we are constantly amazed at what a little sponge he is. He can count to 10 and almost to 20 (17,18, & 19 usually get skipped). He knows all his colors, his alphabet and all his shapes. The kid knows crescent, rhombus, pentagon, octagon, spiral, it's crazy!!

His favorite things right now are dinosaurs, Toy Story any type of ball/sport.

Here are some more recent pictures of our little man:

This age is amazing. It's been such a trip watching him blossom into this little person, full of his own opinions and ideas. It can be frustrating sometimes, but he is the greatest gift.