"Oh My Mama Loves Me"

Before Anthony was born I loved the song "Love Me Like a Rock" by Paul Simon. I used to think to myself I couldn't wait to sing this to my little boy when he's born. Well Tony put it on a birthday CD he made for me this last year. I would listen to this song often in the car and one day Anthony said "Hey mom could you play that song again the mama loves me song." I couldn't play it again quick enough. My heart just melted when he was in his carseat singing this song. He would sing it really loud "My mama loves me she loves me she loves me like a rock." He probably just liked the song but I thought it was a very big deal him singing it 50 times. I felt like he sang it to me everytime.

ABCD...

Avabelle sings the abc's so beautifully you can say a letter in the middle of the alphabet and she'll pick up the next set of letters. She started singing them at 13 months but can really sing them a lot more clearly now. I especially love how she sways back and forth when she sings them. She is such a bright and beautiful girl.

Anthony

Anthony is my first born and an incredibly loving boy. Wow we wanted him so much before he came. When he got here I felt like a mother bear not wanting anyone to touch my baby. He was such a huge baby weighing 8lbs 1oz. He made my heart melt when he was a baby and still does until this very day. There is something about your first born that makes them extra special. Also the love between a mother and son cannot be replicated. I remember bringing him home from the hospital and playing the song "I knew I loved you" by Savage Garden and crying the whole way through it. It was so true when it said I think I dreamed you into life. Anthony was such a laid back healthy baby. He was always in the 90th percentile for height and weight. He actually has now went to the 50th for weight and 80th for height. He is still a solid boy. He started sleeping with us again about 7 months ago when dad was out of town for work. I wanted to make sure he was safe with me. Well he never left so we bought a bigger bed. I love cuddling with him when we go to bed. He hugs me and tells me "Mom we love eachother so much." I can't explain how incredible I feel after he says that. Everything he says is genuine and amazing. He is very charming with his words. I know he's big to be sleeping with us but we don't mind and he loves laying in the middle of both of us. He'll outgrow it soon and I'll be sad.

Avabelle

Ava is 15 months right now and I love her so much. I remember before I had her I wondered if I could possibly have a girl and love her as much as my Anthony. But I sure did she was so precious and loving and slept with us until she was 7 months. She is incrediblly loving and very cudly. I couldn't have asked for a more sweet girl. Her temperment is funny she looks just like her dad but somehow acts just like her mom. She is really good at reading people for being so little, and wherever we go people make a huge deal of her. So much that when someone doesn't pay attention to her she doesn't know how to respond. She is charming and the most beautiful girl I have ever seen in my whole life. I just can't stop staring at her and neither can all the grandparents. They feel the same about this sweet beautiful girl. Of course dads heart beats faster everytime she's around. I have never seen him adore anything so much as he does Avabelle, there is just something about the father daughter bond that is so special and priceless. She's a huge deal to me too, and I seem to cry everytime, "In My Daughters Eyes" by Martina McBride comes on the radio or "Isn't She Lovely" by Stevie Wonder. A mother has so many dreams and ambitions for her baby girl. I love her more than words could possibly say, just like dad said, "She is the little girl I've always dreamed of." I have to agree with him.

First Entry

I am a mom who has a 3 year old son and a 1 year old daughter, and a terrific high school sweetheart husband. They are all my pride and joy. I never thought I could possibly be in love with all of them so much. It's a non-stop job that is worth every minute. Every age they turn I never want them to get older because they are so precious. Although it is pretty nice when they start doing things for themselves :-). The saying I try to live by is, "It is not how much you've done for your children in the end, but what you have taught them to do for themselves that will make them successful human beings." I believe as a mom it is incredibly hard to let your children do for themselves and not do everything for them. I feel like I grow with them as they grow for themselves. I learn so much from them just as much as they learn from me. They teach me how important life is and how to be more happy, playful, and live life fully. I feel like I am a successful mother not because I am perfect but because I keep trying everyday. I also feel like having Tony as a husband is the most support I could have ever dreamed of. We are an amazing team that works very well together. Nothing is better than having someone who is on the same page as you when you're raising your children. It is the best feeling in the world. I couldn't have dreamed of a more perfect life. We have so much love, respect and admiration for eachother. I had a friend come over and she told us that we all have so much love for eachother. I teared up thinking to myself that was the best compliment anyone has ever given me.