Matthew's New Things ... yes, things. Matthew is in 9M clothes as of Oct 5th. He is growing for sure. He will now smile on a regular basis and has a smile that melts your heart. He is trying to sit up and move around. He has slept in his crib the past two nights. His first sleep time at night is 7-8 hours.
Sophie's New Things ... Sophie is getting better at warming up to people faster. She enjoyed being held by her Grandpa during their recent visit after she warmed up to him. Sophie started saying her name recently. She will say "Sugar" more than "Sophie" but she has told me her name is Sophie a couple of times. Sophie's favorite thing right now is dancing. Yesterday when I got home from work. She took me straight to the kitchen to dance with her to the music playing out there. Talk about feeling special!
Grace's New Things ... Grace is full of herself! Grace loves to color. She is loving preschool and I think she wishes she could go every day. Our helpful Grace has disappeared for now. She doesn't like to help as much as she used to so I have to beg her to let the dog in if I am busy where she used to just run and get him. She is doing good about sleeping her in own bed instead of with Sophie which means more sleep for both of them! Grace still loves apples and thinks that picking apples at the apple orchard is one of the best activities ever!
Mommy Thoughts: Coming home to three little kids is the best thing ever. It doesn't matter if they are screaming, smiling, or beating each other up. They make me laugh and smile and feel an incredible since of pride in knowing they are my kids. I can only hope and pray that I can continue to let them live up to the great potential they each have within them already!
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Monday, September 21, 2009
Growing Silly Love
Matthew's New Thing: Mr Matthew turned two months old yesterday. The little man was maxing out his 3 month onesie I dressed him in yesterday morning so we decided to change out his clothes. At two months old, he is now in 6 month clothes! Most his winter clothes are in the 6 month size. I am thinking I need to get the boy some 9 month winter clothes. aye. (Growing)
Grace's New Thing: Brian often tells Grace "you are silly". She has started saying "noooo Gracie not sigy. Daddy sigy!" She then bursts out into in a huge belly laugh. It is amusing but then when she gets to the belly laugh part, you can't help but laugh with her over her enjoyment of telling her dad that he is silly. (Silly)
Sophie's New Thing: Sophie has started to tell me "I luv you". It melts me heart every time. Often when I scoop her up for a hug I will whisper in her ear "I love you". For the first time this weekend, she told it back it to me. She has repeated the phrase in the past but never said it without being asked. Melts a mamma's heart, I tell ya! (Love)
My Mommy Thought: If all we are able to do with our kids is "Grow Silly Love" then we have done pretty darn good. I think that is a phrase I will have to keep on using to remind myself to enjoy how precious the days of childhood are and how blessed we are to have them times three!
Grace's New Thing: Brian often tells Grace "you are silly". She has started saying "noooo Gracie not sigy. Daddy sigy!" She then bursts out into in a huge belly laugh. It is amusing but then when she gets to the belly laugh part, you can't help but laugh with her over her enjoyment of telling her dad that he is silly. (Silly)
Sophie's New Thing: Sophie has started to tell me "I luv you". It melts me heart every time. Often when I scoop her up for a hug I will whisper in her ear "I love you". For the first time this weekend, she told it back it to me. She has repeated the phrase in the past but never said it without being asked. Melts a mamma's heart, I tell ya! (Love)
My Mommy Thought: If all we are able to do with our kids is "Grow Silly Love" then we have done pretty darn good. I think that is a phrase I will have to keep on using to remind myself to enjoy how precious the days of childhood are and how blessed we are to have them times three!
Thursday, September 10, 2009
school, "beep, beep", and sleep ... life is busy
A First for Grace: Tuesday was Grace's first day of preschool! She goes twice a week, Tuesdays and Thursdays, for three hours. She took off when they got there the first day and didn't want to wait for Brian to gather her stuff out of the car. Grace now is a proud owner of "kitty shoes". They have Hello Kitty on the side who she has never seen but liked them on the side of her shoes.
Sophie's New Thing: "beep, beep" One night while trying to entertain Sophie while she sat in my lap, I touched her nose and said "beep, beep". Now several weeks later, Sophie will touch her nose or your nose and say "beep, beep". It is adorable. It is funny how that little pointless thing I did with Sophie that night has stuck around for weeks.
Matthew's New Thing: Matthew is pushing up like a champ. His neck control has really improved too. He is a good sleeper about half of the nights. It seems I get one good night and one not so good night. I am hoping the good nights align up with the days I am working starting next week. I hope he realizes that come October that I will be working every day (until he graduates college!) so he should be nice to his momma and sleep good. All the being said, it is hard to believe he is 7.5 weeks old already.
My Mommy Thoughts: Sometimes it still hits me that I am the mommy. How did that happen? Ok, well I know how but when did I get old enough to be the mommy three times over? Grace carries on conversations with us now and will say "yes, mommy" or "ok, mommy" and it still strikes me that I am the mommy for her. Maybe one day it won't be that same overwhelming feeling but at this point, I am hoping not because I really like those moments when I take a second to realize that I am the mommy!
The September Mommy Moment contest is up!
Sophie's New Thing: "beep, beep" One night while trying to entertain Sophie while she sat in my lap, I touched her nose and said "beep, beep". Now several weeks later, Sophie will touch her nose or your nose and say "beep, beep". It is adorable. It is funny how that little pointless thing I did with Sophie that night has stuck around for weeks.
Matthew's New Thing: Matthew is pushing up like a champ. His neck control has really improved too. He is a good sleeper about half of the nights. It seems I get one good night and one not so good night. I am hoping the good nights align up with the days I am working starting next week. I hope he realizes that come October that I will be working every day (until he graduates college!) so he should be nice to his momma and sleep good. All the being said, it is hard to believe he is 7.5 weeks old already.
My Mommy Thoughts: Sometimes it still hits me that I am the mommy. How did that happen? Ok, well I know how but when did I get old enough to be the mommy three times over? Grace carries on conversations with us now and will say "yes, mommy" or "ok, mommy" and it still strikes me that I am the mommy for her. Maybe one day it won't be that same overwhelming feeling but at this point, I am hoping not because I really like those moments when I take a second to realize that I am the mommy!
The September Mommy Moment contest is up!
Sunday, August 30, 2009
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.
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.
Thursday, August 20, 2009
Two little ladies and a dude!
Grace's New Thing and a First: Grace is in love with strawberries. She convinced Brian to buy her some during their grocery store trip this week. The thing is she puts the emphasis on the berry part of the word instead of the straw part. So it sounds like strawBERRIES.
Grace got her first hair cut today. OK, it was a trim. I bribed her with change (she loves "monies") and the hair dresser bribed her with a sucker to get her to sit still in my lap. Only an inch and half off but even at that more curls are there in her pretty golden locks!
Sophie's New Things: Sophie has learned to say "You're Welcome". She doesn't quiet get that you say it after someone tells you "Thank You" though. The other morning I got the girls up and told Sophie "Morning". She replied by saying "You're Welcome". She often says "Thank You. You're Welcome" when you give her something she is wanting. Too many manners can't be a bad thing though, right?! Sophie's other current saying is "Where are you, _____?" You can insert just about anything in the blank but the most often words are blanket (which sounds completely adorable!), daddy, mommy, Gracie, or baby.
Matthew's New Thing and Name: Well I guess growing and being hungry all of the time don't count do they? Last Wednesday, Matthew took his first bottle from Brian. He took another from my mom on last Friday. I left him a bottle today during my hair cut outing but the little guy slept the whole time. I think Brian bribed him or something!
I have been trying not to call Matthew my buddy since our dog is named Buddy and it really confuses the poor dog. So I started call him "dude". Sophie caught this the second time I said it and has the cutest version of "hey dude" in her sweet toddler voice.
Grace got her first hair cut today. OK, it was a trim. I bribed her with change (she loves "monies") and the hair dresser bribed her with a sucker to get her to sit still in my lap. Only an inch and half off but even at that more curls are there in her pretty golden locks!
Sophie's New Things: Sophie has learned to say "You're Welcome". She doesn't quiet get that you say it after someone tells you "Thank You" though. The other morning I got the girls up and told Sophie "Morning". She replied by saying "You're Welcome". She often says "Thank You. You're Welcome" when you give her something she is wanting. Too many manners can't be a bad thing though, right?! Sophie's other current saying is "Where are you, _____?" You can insert just about anything in the blank but the most often words are blanket (which sounds completely adorable!), daddy, mommy, Gracie, or baby.
Matthew's New Thing and Name: Well I guess growing and being hungry all of the time don't count do they? Last Wednesday, Matthew took his first bottle from Brian. He took another from my mom on last Friday. I left him a bottle today during my hair cut outing but the little guy slept the whole time. I think Brian bribed him or something!
I have been trying not to call Matthew my buddy since our dog is named Buddy and it really confuses the poor dog. So I started call him "dude". Sophie caught this the second time I said it and has the cutest version of "hey dude" in her sweet toddler voice.
Monday, August 10, 2009
Good things come in threes
My sister claims that three is her lucky number but today I am going to take claims of the number three.
We have three under three for another two weeks (ok that isn't a three but it is close!)
Matthew is a proud three weeks old today. Yesterday, August 9th, was my due date with him. He was one day shy of being three weeks early. I tried to imagine still being pregnant yesterday and I just couldn't do it. I was miserable when he did come with the hip pain I was having and the lack of sleep due to that pain, I can't even imagine going through that for another three weeks. I think he knew I needed a break and my body was maxed out. We guess that he is about 10 lbs now. (He was 8 lbs 10 ounces when he was born.) I think he is happy to be here and is proud to be three weeks old and claim July as his birthday month instead of sharing August with Miss Grace.
Matthew's New Thing: Matthew is really working at holding is head up on his own. It takes a lot of effort for him to do this.
Grace loves to hold Matthew. She will sit and hold him until he fusses and then she gives him up. She also decides to inform me when he is hungry. This is by loudly stating "baby hungry" over and over and over again.
Sophie loves to give Matthew kisses. She will kiss his head very sweetly when he fusses. She has also learned from Grace to loudly tell us "baby fuss" when he is screaming, as if we can't already hear him ourselves.
Besides adapting to life with their little brother, the girls are still each their own child.
Grace and Sophie's New Shared Thing: Grace loves to sleep with Sophie. We have given up and just tuck them into Sophie's bed together. Sophie lets Grace sleep with her ... well most of the time. Sophie gets annoyed sometimes and will start fussing because Grace is taking up her space in her bed. She does this as soon as Brian gets into bed so he has to get out of bed to go move Grace to her bed. Some how Sophie's fussing never wakes Grace. I guess they will be sleeping together until Sophie finally tells Grace to go sleep in her own bed!
So life with three under three is hectic, exhausting, and leaves me frazzled but the moments where the girls both sit and hold their brother or give him kisses or the blissful moments where all three of them are asleep make me realize just how blessed we are with the good things that come in threes.
We have three under three for another two weeks (ok that isn't a three but it is close!)
Matthew is a proud three weeks old today. Yesterday, August 9th, was my due date with him. He was one day shy of being three weeks early. I tried to imagine still being pregnant yesterday and I just couldn't do it. I was miserable when he did come with the hip pain I was having and the lack of sleep due to that pain, I can't even imagine going through that for another three weeks. I think he knew I needed a break and my body was maxed out. We guess that he is about 10 lbs now. (He was 8 lbs 10 ounces when he was born.) I think he is happy to be here and is proud to be three weeks old and claim July as his birthday month instead of sharing August with Miss Grace.
Matthew's New Thing: Matthew is really working at holding is head up on his own. It takes a lot of effort for him to do this.
Grace loves to hold Matthew. She will sit and hold him until he fusses and then she gives him up. She also decides to inform me when he is hungry. This is by loudly stating "baby hungry" over and over and over again.
Sophie loves to give Matthew kisses. She will kiss his head very sweetly when he fusses. She has also learned from Grace to loudly tell us "baby fuss" when he is screaming, as if we can't already hear him ourselves.
Besides adapting to life with their little brother, the girls are still each their own child.
Grace and Sophie's New Shared Thing: Grace loves to sleep with Sophie. We have given up and just tuck them into Sophie's bed together. Sophie lets Grace sleep with her ... well most of the time. Sophie gets annoyed sometimes and will start fussing because Grace is taking up her space in her bed. She does this as soon as Brian gets into bed so he has to get out of bed to go move Grace to her bed. Some how Sophie's fussing never wakes Grace. I guess they will be sleeping together until Sophie finally tells Grace to go sleep in her own bed!
So life with three under three is hectic, exhausting, and leaves me frazzled but the moments where the girls both sit and hold their brother or give him kisses or the blissful moments where all three of them are asleep make me realize just how blessed we are with the good things that come in threes.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Three under three ...
Well life happens in ways that we don't plan but we believe that there is a Higher plan than the one we have. We have been blessed with a family of three kids under the age of three. Mr. Matthew decided he didn't want any chance of us combining his birthday with his oldest sister's birthday and showed up in July.
Here is our life as defined by our kiddos ...
Grace and Sophie are 15.5 months apart in age.
Grace and Matthew are 35 months apart in age.
Sophie and Matthew are 19 months apart in age.
A few updates ...
Grace's New Thing: "Running" Grace will run around the main level of house saying "running" over and over and over again. She can keep this up for a pretty decent amount of time. The first two minutes or so are cute. After about five minutes of it, you just want her to stop but you realize if she has THAT much energy, you better just let the child run around until she can't any more.
Grace also has almost all of her colors down. Green is still sometimes blue but she is doing really good with her colors.
Sophie's New Thing: Sophie is in love with her brother. She has decided to say "Matthew". She loves to give him kisses. Yesterday, I found her with half the box of wipes out on the coffee table. I couldn't figure out what she was doing with them until I saw a baby doll on the changing pad she had laid out and she was wiping the baby with the wipes like she kept seeing me do with Matthew. Sophie loves to help with anything related to Matthew even it is throwing a yucky diaper in the trash for me! Bless her!
Matthew's FIRST New Thing: How exciting! Matthew is already turning his head side to side. This is pretty huge for him. When he was born, he was a floppy rag doll. He had absolutely no neck control. So for him to be able to hold his head up some and move it side to side when laying on you or during tummy time at a week old is a huge deal!
Here is our life as defined by our kiddos ...
Grace and Sophie are 15.5 months apart in age.
Grace and Matthew are 35 months apart in age.
Sophie and Matthew are 19 months apart in age.
A few updates ...
Grace's New Thing: "Running" Grace will run around the main level of house saying "running" over and over and over again. She can keep this up for a pretty decent amount of time. The first two minutes or so are cute. After about five minutes of it, you just want her to stop but you realize if she has THAT much energy, you better just let the child run around until she can't any more.
Grace also has almost all of her colors down. Green is still sometimes blue but she is doing really good with her colors.
Sophie's New Thing: Sophie is in love with her brother. She has decided to say "Matthew". She loves to give him kisses. Yesterday, I found her with half the box of wipes out on the coffee table. I couldn't figure out what she was doing with them until I saw a baby doll on the changing pad she had laid out and she was wiping the baby with the wipes like she kept seeing me do with Matthew. Sophie loves to help with anything related to Matthew even it is throwing a yucky diaper in the trash for me! Bless her!
Matthew's FIRST New Thing: How exciting! Matthew is already turning his head side to side. This is pretty huge for him. When he was born, he was a floppy rag doll. He had absolutely no neck control. So for him to be able to hold his head up some and move it side to side when laying on you or during tummy time at a week old is a huge deal!
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