Just a regular day ...

at our house is back in a new way. Our version of regular went away when Matthew came along. I feel like we are making it back there though. The kids are growing and we are enjoying them as much as we can because they are only little once!

Grace - Miss Grace is now 3! Her birthday was almost a week ago. She is a true three year old in most ways. Her conversational skills have gone through the roof in the past few weeks. It is great to ask her a question and have her answer and hold a conversation with her. Grace LOVES to talk on the phone. I am thinking it is a good thing there is no cell reception here at the house. I wonder if that will still be the case when we break down and get her the cell phone I am sure she will beg for over and over and over again. If she sees you on the phone, she will jump up and down saying "gra-ma, gra-ma, Gracie talk." We are working on getting her to understand it isn't always grandma on the phone. No success on that yet which means I normally have to hang up the phone and call grandma so Grace can talk to her.

Sophie - Sophie is in her shy attached phase right now. She has been shy but now she will hide behind us if she isn't sure of other people. She is getting better about warming up to people though and even shared her toys with her great-grandma when she as here for Grace's birthday. Sophie does light up a room with her smile and giggles. I love her version of "bunie" (bunny) and "bankit" (blanket). She must have both to be comforted and to go to bed.

Matthew - Matthew is now pushing up. He pushes up with on the floor or on you and will hold his head really steady looking around. It is really neat to see his muscle strength progress so fast. He had his first full day of bottle drinking this past week. He was very good at taking the bottle from Grandma. I am happy about this because Sophie wasn't a bottle drinker. She would drink just enough to get by and then attach herself to me when I got home from work. It was very tiring so I am hoping that Matthew is willing to stock up during the day when I go back to work and not just wait for me. I can hope.

Mommy Thoughts - Matthew will be six weeks old tomorrow. We survived five weeks of having three kids under the age of three. It is hard to remember a lot of those five weeks. It seems like it is getting cleared and we can now get in and out of the van (the only vehicle we all fit in!) like pros so that is telling us we are hitting our grove. (We get annoyed at the people that take forever to get themselves in a car when we can get five people and typically a stroller into the van in less time.)
I still get the kids confused. Most often it is the middle of the night feedings and as I come back from dozing off I think I have Sophie instead Matthew. I am sure that confusion will continue though. My sister is proof that in that she is still B-Amy and G-Amy when my mom calls her at times! We will see what names these kids up with!

So our adventure with three kids continues. I have to say that it feels like our family is all here with us though. For that, I feel blessed and honored.