Now that K is three, I see some big changes coming. First, I’ve noticed that he’s becoming a preschooler and no longer a toddler right before my eyes. He puts his own shoes on when he wants to. He is starting to use the potty. He has great conversational skills. He has a great imagination. He is dropping his nap. He is telling us that he wants to start wearing underwear and using the potty. It doesn’t seem real that he could go from such a tiny baby to this little boy. It is amazing and a little sad all at the same time.

A is growing up, too. I know it has to happen, but at the same time I’m not quite ready. A is walking. He’s dancing. He also pushes cars and makes a car-like noise. He is also slimming out. When I look at pictures of him from his birthday in July and now, I can see how he’s growing and looking more and more like K and Jason. If it weren’t for his blonde (WHERE DID HE GET THIS???) hair, I think he’d look almost exactly like Jason and K. As it is, I regularly get comments about the resemblance between the three of them. Luckily, I was the container that carried both K and A, so I can get at least that much credit.

I’ve always heard people say the same sorts of things about little kids. “Enjoy them when they’re small.” “They grow so fast.” “Before you know it they’ll be… (going off to school, driving, getting married, you name it).” Recently, I’ve been thinking about another saying. “The days may go slow, but the years go fast.”

And, because I’ve been overloading with pictures lately, here are a few more.

Baby K

K with his lego tower

Baby A

A eating a caramel apple

that International Babywearing Week is November 12-18? I didn’t know that until today.

One of the blogs that I regularly read is Adventures in Babywearing. In honor of Babywearing Week, Steph posted a giveaway. She is giving away a Pop Nest Sling or a Sparrow Hatchling Sling from Nonny & Boo.

If you are interested in winning, click on over to her site, and sign up on the Mr. Linky with some baby wearing pictures or some thoughts about babywearing if you don’t have any pictures. Here are some of my pictures. Happy Babywearing Week!

In Line to See Obama in April

A in the Kozy

K wearing Baby Ellie

Spaghetti was one of the first whole foods that both boys enjoyed digging into. We stripped them down to their diapers and let them make as big a mess as they wanted - something they both took advantage of.

Here are pictures of K from nearly two years ago and A from just last month, both enjoying their first spaghetti dinner.

5MinutesForMom is having a sleeping angel contest. They are giving away a South Shore Children’s Bedroom Set from Home & Bedroom Furniture. They are asking people to post pictures of their sleeping babies, and the winner will have their choice of either the Lily Rose or the Summer Breeze set. I would definitely choose Summer Breeze if I were to win.

So, here is the picture. It’s adorable, and it’s one of my favorites. We were at Jason’s parents’ house one day this summer. I ran a few errands, and when I came back, I walked in the front door and saw this…

My Sleeping Angels

I decided after trying all those lipsticks that I should probably post a picture of my normal lipstick. I think that when you see it, you’ll agree it looks fine. It’s nothing super obvious or flashy. it’s fine. That’s my problem with it, though. It’s just fine. I want something a little different and more exciting. Maybe raisinberry is it. I’ll have to think about it.

My usual look

Better late than never, right?

Yuck, yuck, yuck. Let’s just say that I couldn’t find a way to make this color work for me. I didn’t wear it out of the house. Lip gloss just didn’t do it. It was very obviously not me.

Pink Melon

Today’s lipstick is okay. I don’t feel like it’s the right shade for me, but I’m not ashamed to be seen wearing it either, so I guess that’s okay, too. I would not buy it for myself though. Oh, I forgot to add that I chose this color because my blush from Merle Normal is called Dusty Rose, so I thought they might go well together. I don’t think they do though.

Dusty Rose

This is my favorite so far. It’s not quite the right shade, but it’s fun, different, and oh-so-close! I think I might need to explore some of the colors that are like this one but just a little different.

Raisinberry

This one was okay, too. I’m not in love with it, but it was fine. I think if I had it, I’d wear it occasionally, but I wouldn’t seek it out most likely. It was a little too brown for me. I’m too picky!

Golden