Ellie's thoughts about her baby brother

I found this video of Ellie answering questions about her baby brother about a month before he was born. So cute.

My main squeeze

A few words to describe the little man in my life, who I have a major crush on. 

Happy. It is so easy to get this kid to smile and laugh. He has such an easygoing temperament, 

and I hope that sticks around.

Chunky. It makes me so happy to have a baby with fat rolls on his thighs. Don't even get me started on his squish-able bum. Poor kid gets squeezed and smothered with kisses about 90 times a day. 

Active. He rolls everywhere and gets up on his hands and feet, something Ellie didn't do for a long, long time (The girl crawled at 13 months). He tries to jump out of our arms and kicks like crazy. 

Hungry. It took months for me to help him nurse every three hours instead of every hour and a half or less. He recently started freaking out whenever he saw one of us eat, and he literally would grab food from my hands and quickly shove it in his mouth. We are slowly introducing some basic foods (since he is allergy prone) and his favorite so far is a chard and banana smoothie. 

Ellie is pretty obsessed with her "little chunky monk" as she calls him, and she is having more fun with him now that he is getting more interactive every day. She helps me a lot by getting things for him and keeping him happy while I try and get something done. My favorite is when they have laughing attacks together. Is there a better sound than hearing your own kiddos laugh? 

2013

Happy New Year! 

I love the fresh-start feeling of January.

I love making goals. 

This year, I am especially excited about limiting refined sugar, doing Cross Fit at least three times a week and  taking some time every day to read and study by myself. 

I am also determined to have an unusually happy winter. My last one was rough — but having pregnancy insomnia had a lot to do with that.

I hope your holidays were dreamy and that your 2013 has started off well.
Here are a few of my favorite moments from 2012:

Went to New York City for the first time with my sisters and mom
Took Ellie on a trip to Park City before her brother was born
Ran 3 5Ks as a family of four (I was pregnant for all of them and Ellie was in the stroller)
Clay ran his second half marathon
Gave birth to my sweet baby boy after expecting a long labor but having a short,
unexpected home birth instead
A special blessing day for Camden — I'll never forget the happiness and peace I felt that day
Went to Hawaii with my family and wanted to stay there forever
Had a memorable Christmas with family