Self traits photos

side by side comparison of my kids

FIRST SIGN OF PREGNANCY
Baby #1: missing period but really needed a drink, hence pregnancy test
Baby #2: missing period but really needed a drink again, hence pregnancy test
 

FATHERLY RESPONSE 
Baby #1: guess what?
Baby #2: oh boy..... is a yes.

MORNING SICKNESS
Baby #1: none
Baby #2: none


#1 CRAVED FOOD 
Baby #1: filet o fish
Baby #2: pickles


PREGNANCY THORN
Baby #1: bad bad eyelid eczema
Baby #2: major pelvic pain


GENDER PREFERENCE BEFORE ANATOMY SCAN
Baby #1: girl (super cool boy instead)
Baby #2: boy (super cool girl instead)


DELIVERY DAY
Baby #1: 3 days early
Baby #2: 3 days late


TOTAL HOURS OF LABOR
Baby #1: 17 hours
Baby #2: 5 hours


BIRTH PLAN
Baby #1: whatever happens happens
Baby #2: natural but again whatever happens happens

BIRTH REALITY
Baby #1: epidural at hour 7 and 4 centimeters dilated
Baby #2: natural all the way!

 
POSTPARTUM RECOVERY TIME
Baby #1: a few weeks
Baby #2: a few days

BEBE

NEWBORN TEMPERAMENT
Baby #1: a baby that never sleeps
Baby #2: a much chiller baby who just didn't sleep on her second day of life


BABY’S SLEEP PREFERENCE 
Baby #1: need nipple or human contact
Baby #2: slept independently in a swing at first 

BABY’S SLEEP MILESTONES
Baby #1: slept through the night at 10 months with vigorous sleep training
Baby #2: slept through the night at 7 months with a little sleep training


CRAWLED
Baby #1: 9 months
Baby #2: 10 months


WALKED
Baby #1: 11 months
Baby #2: 16 months


PACIFIER, and BOTTLE
Baby #1: none
Baby #2: none


BABY’S STANCE ON BABY WEARING
Baby #1: LOVE
Baby #2: excited somewhat


BREASTFEEDING
Baby #1: self weaned at 14 months
Baby #2: weaned at 13 months


PERSONALITY PROS
Baby #1: this boy have no fear
Baby #2: often content, but is getting sassy

BIG KIDS

POTTY TRAINING
Baby #1: 3 day potty training sucess
Baby #2: love the potty now at 19 month, sit on it and smile.  never peed


NAPS
Baby #1: stopped at 4 but you still need about 1 nap per week.
Baby #2: 1 nap (on most days) at 19 months


DAYCARE
Baby #1: first day at 11.5 years old
Baby #2: first day at 12.5 years old


TEMPERAMENT 
Baby #1: sensitive, loud and wild at times
Baby #2: happy, sassy and can be demanding


CONTRIBUTED PARENTAL GRIEF  
Baby #1: 100%
Baby #2: 100%

CONTRIBUTED HAPPINESS 
Baby #1: 100%
Baby #2: 100%

A hug and kiss

Faye: dada dada dada dada

Jasper: Dada is not here, but that ok.........  i will give you a hug and kiss.

Drawing and Tracing bugs

your new obsession with bugs...... you love to catch them, to kill them, to draw them, to trace them, to read about them, to talk about them, to dream about them.

you have also start to draw them daily.  You would sit there and trace and draw bugs over and over again.  your concentration while doing it is intense.

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a portrait of my children, once a week, every week in 2015.

jasper, age 3.5: you started to trace bugs.......

faye, 11 months: finally pulling up in your crib!  time to lower it.

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a portrait of my children, once a week, every week in 2015.

jasper, age 3.5: finally hot enough to do the wadding pool

faye, 11 months: love crawling around in the water

home depot - 3 years later

 

3 years ago.

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