Hard to believe that Chase is now 2! He is a little pistol with an opinon all his own and convinced that everyone should want to do exactly what he wants all the time. He loves to play with his toys, particularly anything that has to do with Lightning McQueen or Bumble Bee from Transformers. You can also catch him every now and then cooking up something in his sister's kitchen . . . he gets that trait from his Daddy who is very much a better cook than I am. His laugh is contagious and his hair is to die for. Seriously, I get more compliments on how pretty his hair is.
Since my blog is new, I'm going to take the opportunity to remember just how our Chase came to be. Chase was very much our surprise baby. Brooke was a mere four months old when I began to wonder if I might be pregnant again. Convincing myself that it was impossible that I could be pregnant again, I avoided taking a pregnancy test for about two weeks. Kyle finally convinced me to take one during the July 4th holiday and sure enough we were expecting again. I cried. I immediately thought of Brooke and how her tenure as the baby would be cut short. I had just gone back to work and dreaded the thought of telling the male lawyers that I worked for that I was pregnant again. I really didn't want to get the "don't you know how this happens"look. I decided at that point that it was time to hang up my life as a lawyer for a little while to focus on our family. I didn't want to miss a single moment and wanted to enjoy some time with just Brooke before the baby came. Those last few months as a mommy of one were spent with lots of naps on the couch and fun with my little girl.
A few months later, I found myself holding our son and experiencing the awe and wonder of another baby. We showed up at 5:30 am for a scheduled C-section and by 8:04 am Chase Lawson had arrived weighing 7 lbs. 13 oz. and measuring 19 3/4 in. long. He was perfect, and I will never forget the look on Kyle's face as he looked at his son during those first few moments.
Chase was dark and handsome, just like his Daddy, from the beginning. He has Kyle's complexion and almost black hair. He was an easy baby. Kyle even joked one night by saying "did we really have another baby?" Brooke could have cared less that we had brought another baby home. She still considered herself the baby. I on the other hand was convinced I had ruined her childhood in some way and cried for the first few days that I was at home every time I looked at her because I was convinced that she was "sad." Craziness! It had to be the hormones in retrospect. The truth is that two years later I don't think that Brooke would have it any other way. She loves her brother, and it is evident to me even as young as they are that there will always be a special bond between them since they are so close together. We used to joke that it was like we had twins, but worse because at least with twins you would just be doing the same thing twice. As they get older, it truly is almost like we had a set of twins. God blessed us without question. I would choose to do it just the same.
Since my blog is new, I'm going to take the opportunity to remember just how our Chase came to be. Chase was very much our surprise baby. Brooke was a mere four months old when I began to wonder if I might be pregnant again. Convincing myself that it was impossible that I could be pregnant again, I avoided taking a pregnancy test for about two weeks. Kyle finally convinced me to take one during the July 4th holiday and sure enough we were expecting again. I cried. I immediately thought of Brooke and how her tenure as the baby would be cut short. I had just gone back to work and dreaded the thought of telling the male lawyers that I worked for that I was pregnant again. I really didn't want to get the "don't you know how this happens"look. I decided at that point that it was time to hang up my life as a lawyer for a little while to focus on our family. I didn't want to miss a single moment and wanted to enjoy some time with just Brooke before the baby came. Those last few months as a mommy of one were spent with lots of naps on the couch and fun with my little girl.
A few months later, I found myself holding our son and experiencing the awe and wonder of another baby. We showed up at 5:30 am for a scheduled C-section and by 8:04 am Chase Lawson had arrived weighing 7 lbs. 13 oz. and measuring 19 3/4 in. long. He was perfect, and I will never forget the look on Kyle's face as he looked at his son during those first few moments.
Chase was dark and handsome, just like his Daddy, from the beginning. He has Kyle's complexion and almost black hair. He was an easy baby. Kyle even joked one night by saying "did we really have another baby?" Brooke could have cared less that we had brought another baby home. She still considered herself the baby. I on the other hand was convinced I had ruined her childhood in some way and cried for the first few days that I was at home every time I looked at her because I was convinced that she was "sad." Craziness! It had to be the hormones in retrospect. The truth is that two years later I don't think that Brooke would have it any other way. She loves her brother, and it is evident to me even as young as they are that there will always be a special bond between them since they are so close together. We used to joke that it was like we had twins, but worse because at least with twins you would just be doing the same thing twice. As they get older, it truly is almost like we had a set of twins. God blessed us without question. I would choose to do it just the same.
I never realized your 2 were so close. As you know my youngest 2 are only 9 months apart too. I never knew we had this in common. Now they are 4,3,2 and it has become almost like having triplets...I LOVE IT! It was hard at first...but now we just move and grove like a well oiled machine...well most of the time:)
ReplyDeleteLove reading your blog! Welcome to blog world my friend!