So it's true what they say...

About second children that is... Much less gets documented!  In my defense, I do have thousands of pictures already and I do have a baby book started, but I had to laugh when I got a request for a blog update and I realized my last post was a year ago!  Well, that's partially due to the busyness of having two children, but more due to the fact that the littlest one doesn't exactly love to sleep.  Time to myself has been pretty much non-existent the last few months!  It's a good thing he's so stinkin' cute.  So now that our newest little guy will be 6 months old next week, how do I sum up half a year?  

After pursuing a VBAC, our big boy was born by c-section on 8-8-13.  He was 9lbs 2oz and came out screaming his little lungs out.  He was beautiful from the start and after that first outburst, he was quite quiet for the first month, rarely crying, nursing well and sleeping lots.

He loves to be held, snuggled and loved on.  We are quickly discovering that although they look so much alike and are almost identical size-wise, Nathan is quite different than his big brother in many ways.  He is much less vocal and wild than Josiah was at this age... More smiley and yet very focused and determined.  He is more of a Mama's boy and prefers me most of the time... Which is both wonderful and exhausting.  Daddy and Josiah are definitely favorites too. He loves to smile at people from a distance but is a little hesitant up close.  

And sleep... Oh don't get me started.  This boy.... Let's just say he loves his mama close all night too.  Breastfeeding has gone wonderfully with him... Maybe a little more so than I expected.  At this rate I'm a little scared I won't be able to wean him in time for middle school!  Ha! Hopefully we'll have a breakthrough before too long... I'm sleep deprived to say the least.  His little brain is just exploding with new developments though ... He's rolling all over the place, sitting up so well, discovering his voice and loving to play.  

Josiah is a wonderful big brother.  It's hard having to push your first baby to grow up a little faster now that there's another baby to care for but Josiah has done well.  I miss our one-on-one times but I cherish the moments of seeing them interact together and I know Josiah is learning a lot about not having everything cater to him and having to care for someone else too.  He loves to make Nathan smile and laugh and is really quite helpful much of the time.  He also started preschool this fall and that has been a great experience for him.  He's so ridiculously smart that I don't know how challenged he has been by the curriculum but it's still been an invaluable experience for him to make new friends, interact in a classroom setting, and have some routine and I'm so glad he's had the opportunity this year.  We are gearing up to start homeschooling next fall with kindergarten.  I know he will miss going to school but I'm excited to make it a special year for him and to keep fostering his love of learning. Although considering he can already read and do basic math, I don't know what we will work on first.  I just hope by September, Nathan will be sleeping better and I will have the energy to focus on it all!

So there's a quick little recap and I'll let pictures tell the rest of the story :)