january {the month that disappeared}

having a baby around the holidays,
meant by the time we got to january-
all we had to do is wait....with great expectation...for this mlittle to arrive.

so we spent time reenacting our own
live nativity....
mary {ggirl} on the donkey,
a shepherd girl {rtoddler} wearing a backpack {of course!}...
and nboy leading the way.

{this mama felt a teeny bit akin to mary this christmas season- being great with child herself- oh my.}






next we waged war with croup- part 2.
{here is rtoddler whispering a weak, miserable "cheese"...between fevers, colds, humidifiers & medicines}
mr.m. & i were forced back into: "we will never sleep thru the night...ever!"... practice for baby 4.




and a pajama day for this boy and his batbear....



and a pajama day for this dancing ballerina of a girly girl....



and then the removing of all signs of christmas....
and the setting up of valentines day....{yes, on january 1st}

and there were lots of snuggles & extra movie time.......



and there were endless days of art, painting & playdoh........





and then an epic man moment came via the lego millineum falcon.

mr.m. decided since he and nboy were to be officially outnumbered by the estrogen types-
that this christmas....would be a man celebration {between he & nboy, at least}
thus my husband- the ever frugal mr.m.- splurged like he's never splurged before
made a calculated decision in which resulted in this falcon ship.

{and maybe a few other boy toy's too...which will remain nameless...{you can thank me later, mr.m.}...}




and then, some how- in the irony's of life....
this preggo mama found her belly growing massive
day by day.....

as nboy built his shippy ship....
day by day.




and so- we grew together....

baby belly & falcon ship....

packet by packet-
level 1, complete!




my baby belly.....started the final stretching....
........another week- complete!



and on the building went....
level 2- complete!



and so the belly grew...and grew...and grew.
and this mama's "i cannot get any bigger! surely!?!" complaining to mr.m. may or may not have increased as well.

which may or may not have led him to more splurging {out of compassion, of course},
on fro yo....in january.




level 3...came together....
day by day......getting closer to the finale!



and still the belly grew...threatening to let the falcon building win....





then it happened.
the shippy ship building beat this mama to the ending....
and, nboy celebrated the completion of the falcon....he was thrilled!




and still there was no baby.....
and so we passed the time taking "last time you're preggo" pictures....



and still there was no baby....
and so went ate lots of meals at costco....and of course sampled ample amounts of samples.



and still...there was no baby....
so we tried to dance her into arrival....



but then of course-
eventually, i finished up my term as preggo mama...
and at long last our baby was born....as they always are.



{the actual time frame of events may have been altered slightly- for the writing style of this piece. but, i can do that...since i'm the mama!...;)...}