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Okay, I don’t want to gross anyone out too much, but I just want to say this for the record: although I do not know what it feels like to push a baby from my own body, I DO know what it feels like to go big Rudy lay some Alaska pipe drop the kids off at the pool stack some logs pinch a loaf go Number Two after the effects of hydromorphone hydrochloride have wreaked their internal havoc, and if childbirth is any worse than that, well thank the 8 lb, 6 oz baby jesus for the miracle of surgery because OH MY GOD THE PAIN THE PAIN KILL ME NOW.
Ahem. Onward, to the less unsavory blog content:
Dude, Cat is twice the size of the baby. That’s just wrong. Also note how she’s getting as much hair as possible on his pacifier. We’ll probably blow that off or wipe it on our shirts or something before cramming it back in his fuss-hole, we’re not unsanitary.
Riley would like everyone to know that he is still v. cute and charming, even though he suddenly seems about the size of a T-Rex.
SPEAKING OF CUTE. Hello, big brother kissing on the baby, could you DIE.
This last one is just in case you haven’t had your RDA of sucrose. I believe this child may be formed entirely of creme brulée. I mean, when he’s all angelic and sleeping like that, not so much when he’s making weird elephant trumpeting sounds from both ends at 3 AM.
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Beautiful !
Dylan is just gorgeous, Linda. BTW, the 10 second rule SO applies to pacifiers. Just think of it as boosting his immune system.
Awww! Riley is the bestest big brother EVAH!
Your doctor didn’t send you home with a script for stool softener? It’s available over the counter as well. Ouch. I remember that pain well.
Dylan is gorgeous and Riley looks like he’s doing a good job as big brother.
When Riley was born I thought of him as “Cutest Baby on the Internet”. I think he’s been promoted to “Cutest Toddler on the Internet” and Dylan can have the former title.
Gorgeous pics of your gorgeous family.
On that last picture, my daughter and I both let out a big, Awww, and ohhh, and how sweet! Best to you all — glad to know the pipes are clean.
Look at that squished up little ear… it’s is just starting to unfurl! Like a flower blooming or something! So damn cute.
That pic of your two boys together is just precious.
What Lara said…and I can’t get enough of these updates and pix.
From one that did push the baby from her body; the first #2 after childbirth was definitely worse than the birth itself. They should give you an epidural for that experience, ouch!
The boys are precious. I swear the pictures of the baby might be enough to get my body back in working order and I’ll be able to skip right over the clomid this month–my ovaries are in serious ache mode.
gorgeous sweetness! *head explodes*
Great pictures! Riley giving big bro kisses to Dylan makes me realize that the world is good.
Cat looks like my Sam! Identical.
It’s not like cats have to TRY to get hair on things. We have cat hair even in places that I swear they’ve never been. The fact that the pacifier has at some point in time been wet only helps matters. Anyway… beautiful boys. Glad Riley is handling everything so well.
I have the big over-sized chair that matches your couch and it is my favorite! :)
Oh, and your boys? They are edible! Creme Brulee definitely!
He is angelic. So worth all the crazy body issues afterwards.
That last picture made me almost want another one.
Toddlers DO seem ENORMOUS when the baby comes, huh? Noone ever prepared me for that!
Oh my jesus, I just cannot get over how gorgeous that baby is. So perfect in every way!
Ahhhh…. Smooth, pink baby skin and downy, fuzzy head. I will now have sweet dreams.
Is it bad form to brag of sweet slumber to a new mother? But your beautiful baby induced it! That makes it OK that you’re bleary-eyed and stumbling, right?
Aww, creme brulee baby! He’s so awesome.
“lay some alaska pipe”
Haaaaa. I find that particularly funny.
I love a gal who can talk about poop. THEIR poop. Awesome!
Heck yah, big brudders look so big once you bring bebe home. Before that they still look like lil’ baby.
That last photo is amazing, I love it! :)
i mean this in the best and most complimentary way possible:
after looking at pictures of dylan, i want to stick his entire head in my mouth. he’s just that deliciously beautiful.
man.
that brotherly love is pretty adorable while it lasts:)
you take such dynamic pictures…and riley is so photogenic!
Mmmm, creme brulee’ baby.
I don’t see enough Cat so I was mighty pleased to see her in this blog! She is huge + I love it!!! The last time I saw her she was on top of a cabinet “watching you masturbate”. I still laugh when I think of that picture + caption.
I had my C on the 2nd, been pooping like a champ all week. Didn’t mean to rub that in your face or any thing. . . I have been eating prunes. I heart the single wrapped ones; you should try them. They actually taste yummy.
Even from the very first picture of young Dylan, I have thought the resemblance of his older brother, Riley, was uncanny…even though, for the most part, for me, it’s hard to even tell if the newborn even remotely resembles more than a crumpled newspaper. I think those boys are going to look soooo much alike. I can’t wait to see more of these two delectable children.
As for the post C-section bowel actions. One word.
OY.
You make some very pretty babies! Riley was adorable when he was a baby, and Dylan is just as yummy.
Hubby and I are trying to be practical and are waiting until I can lose some extra poundage before embarking on the journey that is conceiving, but seeing all of this delicious cuteness is making me want another child, like NOW.
I have even been showing your pics to hubby in hopes that the cuteness will soften him, and he will agree to make a go of it like yesterday!
Beautiful baby – adorable big brother. That last photo – amazingly perfect. I can’t wait to watch Dylan go through all the same crazy stages that Riley did.
My little Tyrannosaurus is a few months behind Riley, and I swore I was done after him. Now I’m reconsidering if I find the right partner to make it worthwhile – but seeing Dylan makes me think it would definitely be worthwhile. Ahhhh new smooshy wrinkled babies.
Oh gosh, the one of big brother kissing baby made my eyes prickle a little and then the last one! The way Dylan is turned towards his mama’s loving (but seemingly enormous) hand like a daisy to the sun! The perfection of his skin, his hair, his tiny features! Oh the sweetness, I can barely stand it.
JB has the unfocused look of some who might be just a *wee* bit short on sleep.
Precious!!! Keep showing these pictures, and I’m gonna seriously think about having one, and I am DEAD set against kids!!! He’s just the cutest baby– I loved the picture with the scrunched up crying face you posted the other day.
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. And for the record, it’s just as painful having those lovely bowel movements after a vaginal birth….yikes—it was more painful than the actual labor in my opinion.
I hope Dylan inherits Riley’s mischevious grin.
That picture of Riley kissing Dylan makes my teeth hurt! Adorable!!
You guys make some cute kids!
OMG CAVITIES.
I love your baby blanket – the colors are awesome. And, yeah, another kissing picture, are you trying to destroy my ovaries with the cuteness? Jesus christ, woman, think of those of us who only have one child! Think of us!!
I have to pipe in to third what Lara and Leslie said…when Riley was born he was, in my mind, The Cutest Baby on the Internet. Now he hands over the reigns to Dylan. I know I’m one of many who have said this, but you have a gorgeous family and I wish you all the very best!
Oh, the brothers, they are so sweet. My eyes teared up a little at that one.
OMG the picture of Riley and Dylan just melts my heart!
I love the photos and the stories and the reminder that I will be doing all of this soon, VERY soon! Both boys are SO cute in a good sugary kind of way! Thanks for sharing.
The beginning of your post made me never wanted to have children (Alaska pipeline WHAT?) and by the end of your post I decided I want 15 of them right now, all piled up in a big family snuggle fest.
Cute kids!
After my C-section, I had to use Lamaze breathing to push what seemed like a dry grapefruit out of my bum. After that lovely experience, I was afraid to go so I think I held off so long I bound myself up. The grapefruit was followed by several dry loaves of french bread, if you know what I mean. I never knew it was possible to dread a BM as much as I did. Good luck with that.
Awww!
So adorable.
Isn’t it funny how we relax a bit with number 2(I am referring to second child-HA)you should see with number three. The cat could be sucking ON the pacifier and we’d probobly still use it on a crying baby.
you should totally enter that photo of Riley kissing his brother into a contest. At Parade magazine or something. It captures so well the family experience. It’s making my heart ache a bit.
Abnormally cute kids. For real.
i am 8 weeks post c-section and colace and citrucel are a staple in my diet … and, it still hurts like a bitch to take a shit.
glad i’m not alone in this … but, i feel for ya.
Hi Linda, you and your family are simply awesome. Dylan is such a little angel and Riley, he’s such a great kid. My son is about 2 months younger than Riley and I will be having a baby girl in about 2 months’ time. Reading your blog inspires me and helps me feel less nervous about having two small kids in the house. Thank you for your blog, for your honesty and for all your kindness and non-judgmentalism towards people who do things or think differently from you.
I love your site. I enjoy reading about your family and I love your pictures. I’ve noticed when JB is in the pictures he ALMOST ALWAYS has a child or animal by him as close as they can get. That’s a sure way to tell that he is an incredibly nice man. You are all lucky to have each other. Keep posting Linda. You always brighten my day.
Dem bebes is gorgeous. And I just have to say on the post-c-section bm talk (hee) OMG!!!! It took me two hours and I straight up cried. It was the most horrific thing about child birth for me. I think my doctor had me on iron pills which hello?!?! Did not help. And I was clueless…sooo young….and so very clueless.
I would say something about how cute your kids are, but melting into a big puddle has prevented me from doing so.
So beautiful! I can hardly take it.
I had a vag birth, still cant go and its been 18 weeks. Its all softners around here, and even with that I feel like Im turing inside out. Nice.
Ohhh man. that last pic is sooo yummy.
I remember my first, you know, after my vag birth. Dude, talk about wrong.
Oh Linda, Colace was my friend after my c/s! It saved my ass, so to speak! Try it!
Riley is cute as ever and looks like a great big brother!
Dylan has the smoochiest face! Lurv baby cheeks!
Hope you feel better soon!
My ovaries burst into jealous flames at the picture of Riley kissing Dylan. Too much cuteness!
Well. For the record, I did deliver vaginally (though with the help of an epidural, thanks to all that is holy). Even though the epi seemed to be wearing off by the time I delivered (i.e. I was whimpering quietly and breathing through the pain for 2 hours before they realized I was fully dilated and it was showtime), that was NOTHING to how painful my first post-delivery BM was. Don’t know if it was the episiotomy stitches, the general soreness of being just 2 days postpartum, or what, but I’ve never felt such pain in my life. I seriously considered suicide, just so I wouldn’t have to actually go. And thank you to the stool softener pushers out there, but I’d taken those as directed, and they DID NOT HELP AT ALL. How’s that for krazee?
But I lived through it, and everything got better after that, amen.
Dylan is TOTALLY decadent. And the kiss from Riley puts the cherry on top. :)
Oh my ovaries!
You guys leave the nicest comments, I swear. And H: I just laughed so hard at your dry grapefruit story I think I may have ruptured something. Oh god.
First: Dylan has the sweetest face!! So beautiful!
Second: I had my son the “old-fashioned” way and can I tell you, I think I was more scared of that first trip to the bathroom than I had been about the labor and delivery. And with good reason. It. Was. Horrible. I feel your pain.
OK…as a non-child-bearing (yet) female, can I enquire as to WHY the first BM is so bad?
Does all the liquid in your body disappear or something so it feels like passing a pile of twigs??
there is no sentiment I can express that hasn’t already been said here, SO SWEET, I want to bite off both of their noses and chew them like bubble gum. (ok, that sounds “TOO fweaky” but I know you know what I mean)
Your nails look fantastic!
Awwww….So, so cute!
Too cute, Dylan is indeed a creme brulee baby – yum!
And Riley kissing him on the head, yep, just died.
Oh, and yay Cat! :)
I am so amazed at how cute your boys are. Riley is going to be breaking hearts in the future I think, that grin is awesome.
In your list of metaphors for “number two” you forgot: Taking the Browns to the Super Bowl. (That’s a football reference, BTW!)
Oh, those ears. Those still-squishy, velvety soft, completely foldable, just-like-a-puppy’s ears! I. Must. Touch.
What the hell?!!! It hurts to poo?!! Pregnancy gives you gas? Placenta looks like a liver? They never tell you this stuff!
Thank you for reason 9072 why it’s better for me to adopt.
So, I just have to add one thing to this. Normal Labor = Pushing = Hemorrhoids. Never experienced that before and good GOD was that painful. Seriously, go get a stool softener so you don’t cry every time you think you need to go take care of business. Also, if you go to Safeway, ask for the generic colace from the Pharmacist. It’s the same stuff as what’s on the other side of the counter and 1/2 the price! I’m embarrassed I know so much about this.
Lastly, seeing those pictures makes me want to get pregnant again so my little man can dote on his little sibling. Beautiful.
Theory: Sweetness of baby is directly proportional to amount of ice cream consumed daily during pregnancy.
With only 6 weeks left I am waaaay behind…
“Hello, big brother kissing on the baby, could you DIE.” Yes, yes I could.
Amazing pictures, all of them. The one of Riley kissing Dylan is fantastic, of course, but also, the one of Riley by himself?
Wow. What a great looking little boy.
Oh yeah they start out creme brulee but they end up like Pecan Pie. A little nutty but still really sweet!
My baby is 20. I now gaze at his baby and laugh when I think of what he is in for (ok and a little jealous too).
I did not have a CS but have heard they are worse because when you are done, then the hurting begins instead of vice versa. Plus it is longer discomfort than labor pains.
Also, look at your completely fabulous nails! Holy crap.
(All of the pictures are the sweetest things ever, even the one of Cat. But the one of Riley and Dylan actually made me weepy!)
Dylan is positively made of whipped cream. He’s DARLING. And dude, I love Riley. And still, like I said, he looks so little to me with his wee dimpled elbows. I can’t stand it.
And to the commenter above who said they noticed that JB always has an animal or a kid with him, which indicates that he’s a nice man: I agree. I’ve always noticed that, too.
Absolutely darling photos. You and JB make some darn fine babies.
MiraLax. That’s all I have to say.
Any opioid should be prescribed with a stool sofener. What was the doctor thinking!?
So, um, I DID get a whackload of stool softeners (ugh, worst term EVER) and Colace and I STILL felt like I was, well, shitting an actual real brick. Seriously, I am still traumatized.
I am SO glad someone else talked about ‘dropping the kids off at the pool’ after medicated childbirth because GOOD GOD I was on the bed crying after one particularly bad episode. Luckily it all fades away and we can forget it ever happened.
Speaking as the chronically constipated woman with baby fever…
Sundry: Poop trauma and babies? Possibly the best Blog Entry Evah! Can I come over and play with dem boys? (i mean that in the most NON-stalkerish way possible.)
H-thanks for the laugh too! I almost shot my morning high fiber bowl of oats out my nose. Seriously dude, grapefruit? french bread? I actually have a little poop envy.
OMG – didn’t you JUST tell the internet world you were prego? Boy how time flies – except when you are the prego.
He’s beautiful. What a gorgeous family. I sure hope the Riley loves his brother forever and ever even when Dylan plays with his toys.
Wow, your kids are gorgeous.
I’ve been there, done that, with the C-section recovery. It gets better. (I promise!)
OMG so so CUTE!! Your boys are gorgeous! Congrats!
I think I actually tasted sugar when I saw the pic of Riley kissing Dylan! Too sweet!
Re: after-birth poop – without too much tmi, just be glad it didn’t get impacted. I wanted to die.
Re: Cat – hooray for black kittehs! My black kitteh likes to bat binkies around for fun, and my son pops it in his mouth with no prior cleaning. Oh well.
I can’t even TAKE all these sweet photos of your monchable boys.
Also, I LOVE the blanket Dylan’s wrapped in (first photo). Between the blankets and the hats and the perfect little face, it’s almost unfair how darling that baby is.
Word. How come no one mentions that your rectum will feel the effects long after your girly parts recover?
Hey, how is it possible that you are able to continue updating your blog and posting pictures, and .. functioning as though nothing has happened? If I remember correctly, when my daughter was Dylan’s age, I was thrilled if I could write an email in peace. You’re either really good at this, or Dylan is a really really great baby!
You have gorgeous little boys!