Third Birthday

Three years and one day ago a teeny tiny, fuzz covered , wrinkly , red, baby boy came into our world and shook it up. It has been a blast ! Even with such heavy hearts we can look at Sebastian and remember that miracles really do occur.

Due to the kind heart and quick thinking of family , Sebastian had a lovely birthday party hosted at their house and was able to play with cousins he had only seen previously in passing. It was a welcomed break from our current days. Sebastian was the recipient of many great gifts , one of which , a kiddy laptop toy , he played with until we pried it out of his little hands at bedtime , lol.

Around here we are doing as well as expected , I guess. Sebastian is starting to act out in ways he never has before whining, pushing, crying and even hitting !! These are so uncharacteristic of him it is a bit hard for me to even write it. As some has pointed out his is getting to "that age " - (the threes are the new terrible twos , ya know ;oP) but I think , primarily, he is having trouble "adjusting" ( for a lack of better words) to this new life we now have. He may or may not realize his Grandma is gone , he hasn't mentioned anything or even alluded to it , other than dragging his blankie around with him all the time but I know something feels amiss to him.

My mom often helped get him ready for bed and snuggled with him until he fell asleep or that would post up in front of the TV and watch cartoons together , DH and I can ( and DO) do those things but of course we aren't Grandma.

On the other hand I know he notices Mommy and Daddy are acting much different and Daddy is currently his primary care taker ( and doing a fab job if I may say ! ) so that is also throwing him off a bit.

On a lighter note....

Thanks to my friend Ellie every time Sebastian now sees Barack Obama he jabs at it and says " Pres-a-dent O-ba-ma " This made for a very interesting time watching the inauguration.. lol....

Also during the inauguration Sebastian kept asking for us to play the Wii ( he loves to watch) ... repeatedly. I finally said that once Obama was done speaking that we would turn in on , within what seemed like a nanosecond of his speech commencing Sebastian jabbed the TV screen and informed us " Pres-a dent O-ba-ma all done , turn off , play Wii " So much for the kiddo sucking up history ....*sigh* lol