Today I had the most awesome conversation with Leo. He came into the bathroom right as I was getting out of the shower because going potty by himself is just way too scary. He said to me:

"Mom, how come that part of your tummy hangs down like that?"
Me: "Because I'm fat. And also because I've had 3 babies. Growing babies does sad things to your body."
Leo: "Is it ever going to go away?"
Me: "I sure hope so. That's why I'm eating special food right now and trying to be extra healthy, so my body can get smaller and work better."
Leo: "But what will happen to that part of your tummy when it gets smaller? Will it just go away?"
Me: "I hope so, but we'll have to wait and see."
Leo: "But mom, it's really big. I don't think it's going to go away. And mom, when Jaxon stops eating milk are your boobs going to go, you know, back up?"
Me: "Sadly, no. When I'm done nursing they will be even flatter and lower than they are right now."
Leo: "Whoa."

A Comparison

At (approximately) 2 months:

Leo

Jay

and Jaxon

Merry Christmas!

from Jaxon.

(And the rest of us.)

(Adorably embarrassing Christmas outfit courtesy of Grandma Reber.)

So, Ty didn't have a blanket when he put Jaxon down.

Turns out that laundry works just as well.

(Don't worry. It was clean.)

So it turns out that this one:

is not having a hard time being a big brother.

At all.

In fact, he really loves it.

He would hold "baby Jaxon" all day if we let him.

And he's incredibly helpful.

And super sweet.

And that makes me very, very happy.

This one:

has figured out that if you can fake sick until the bus leaves you get to stay home all day.

Between that discovery and several days of actually being sick, he's missed quite a lot of school in the past few weeks.

I'm doing my best to make sure that staying home is no fun.

(No computer, no friends, no playing outside)

So far it just makes for a really complain-y fake-sicko.

I'm really glad Christmas Break is almost here.

I like to call this series,

"Sure I'll smile, mom. Just not while that thing is in my face."

Though he did eventually give in.

P.S. I'm just going to go ahead and pretend it hasn't been 2 months since I last posted.