So I had a baby four months ago.

Bo is 4 months old. Ya.  That went by fast, like ten times faster than it did with Madilyn.  Also just because of his size and motor skills he seems even older.  He is off the charts in everything, and is bigger than madilyn was at 9 months.  He is almost 19 pounds and that was 2 weeks ago.  He is a mover.  He has very controlled rolls in both directions, can push his chest up off the ground, and LOVES the bouncer/jumper thing.  I think it must just be a second child thing, he is just always (relatively speaking of course) so happy to be standing in his bouncer in the playroom while Madilyn plays and talks all around him.
When we flew to Ohio a couple of weeks ago we had so many people ask if they were twins.  They are  similar in size but not that similar.  We just guessed they did not have kids.  One is running around and the other is still in an infant carseat.  come on.
I knew this age gap would be a little crazy but I really actually love it and now think that the average 2.5 year gap would be crazy.  Most of the time it is pretty low key, madilyn still takes a nice long nap if not two shorter naps and Bo is still 3 or 4 a day.  As long as I get one break where they are both asleep for at least 45 minutes at the same time I know I am going to make it though the day.  However, sometimes they manage to wake up within seconds of each other and I usually have a mini panic attack right then.
The tough times are when they are both crying and need something at the same time and trying to decide who to help first.  Or the fact that Bo LOATHS the his car seat and cries no matter what when we go for a drive for the first bit.  It makes me dread leaving the house sometimes.  But on the bright side his crying does not seem to bother madilyn too much.  She just says "shhhh" or "nonobobonono".
She is for real crazy for him. There are no jealously issues at this age gap, which is great.  We only have an issue with too much lovin.  "Madilyn, Bo does not want you to sit on him", "Madilyn, one kiss is enough", "Madilyn, he does not want your (fill in the blank)", "Madilyn, he is eating, you can't hold him" are all said about 100 times a day.  She LOVES giving hugs and kisses to him.  She can be in the middle of a full on tantrum, rolling on the floor and 75% of the time if I say, "hey go tell Bo why you are crying" she will get up and go find him and leave me.  The other 25% of the time is messy.  The girl can tantrum it up. *help*.
Never in a million years would I have guessed that I would be 23, married, and a stay at home mom of two under two. If you would have asked me 5 years ago I would have laughed and said what about a mission and grad school?
But this is an amazing mission, just without a designated time to actually get ready for the day and to go to bed.  I am so grateful for a loving Heavenly Father who had a much better plan for me.  And I am sure He has bigger and better plans than what I have in mind right now even.  And that is awesome.

Now enjoy 35 of the 700+ pictures I have taken in the last 4 months.

Pretty much love at first sight.

 The feeling was not mutual to start with. 

 Monthly family temple trip

 When is the last time you had that much fun?

 She was 15 months and he was 1.5 here. 

 Jordan was so proud of this moment. 

 I'll have to do a post on our car wash trips. 

 Jordan Blessed Bo on cinco de mayo

 Pretty much the one time he has smiled in his seat

 She ate that whole salad. Really.

 My whole world. 

tantrum.  

 Do you think that maybe I hold Bo like this a lot?

 Traveling with two under two

 All three passed out at BWI when our flight was delayed 4 hours

 He did this on his own. 

*this next statement comes from a mom whose kids have been asleep for almost four hours now, take it with a grain of salt. Kinda*
Holy cow Bo is so old already, and madilyn is such a little toddler, it makes my heart ache and rejoice.  I have loved this age gap.  Looking at these pictures makes me already excited to add more a few more of these munchkins to our gang.  I think I could be forever happy with a little itty bitty newborn always in our home, I already miss having a sweet little sleepy one.  Somedays are hard, and I can not deny that I miss the socialization and actually having real conversations, but having an excuse to wear running shorts and a t-shirt everyday is my kind of job.