Elijah-isms

According to Elijah:

He gets superpowers from the sun into his eyes. He has "nocturnal eyes"--which is why he no longer wants to sleep with any kind of night light.

Bethany is not a human--"hers is a hu-baby"

Happy Family

Hmm--do you think that EJ and Lydia like thier new sissy?

Not me Monday!

I didn't do a lot this week . . .

I haven't been heard saying "Don't pee-pee on Dora, we don't want to make Dora mad!" several times a day this week as we have gone from no pants or panties to regular clothes again. And I most certainly didn't let my little girl go completely bottomless for FIVE days to just get potty training over with quickly. Nope--I wouldn't want her to run around like that. (And I most definitely didn't take pictures to humiliate her later on in life).

I also didn't make cookies with my kids this morning at 9:30am after we got back from the gym. Nope--my three year old most certainly doesn't know that cookies have butter, flour, sugar and eggs. And even if he did, he wouldn't ask if we have each ingredient before suggesting we make chocolate chip cookies with the chocolate chips that I most certainly DIDN'T bribe my one-year old with to make her go to the potty.

I also didn't zip both children upside down in sleeping bags with books down at the bottom just so Bethany could nurse without them climbing all over us. No--surely they might suffocate or get overheated. And my two children didn't think it was absolutely hilarious to be reading books in sleeping bags with flashlights.

I also didn't move a little table close to the playroom couch so that they could jump from the table to the couch and burn off some of that cookie energy and be ready for early naps. I would never suggest my kiddos do something wild and crazy like that. And we most certainly NEVER jump on the furniture in the playroom.

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Funny T-Shirts

Yes--I am a dork

Cute and Cuter

Cute are the outfits we've been dressing Lydia in to potty train--shirt, leg warmers (baby legs), socks and nothing else. Though we have started to try underwear--she has a lot of accidents, I guess because they feel so much like cloth diapers :(

Cuter are the piggy tails she was sporting today.

Tummy Time . . .

Bethany hates tummy time.

How much does Bethany hate tummy time?

She hates it so much that she can now roll over.

Oh yeah--three times today that chick flipped from her belly to her back with no help at all from her siblings. Yikes! One month and one day old--beat her brother by 2 full weeks!

Go Bethany Go!

Snow much fun!

Took the kids out today by myself--not too bad. Toughest part was getting them both dressed and undressed without getting anyone grumpy. Baby Bethany even got in on the fun.

"Gotcha' mom!" After clocking me with a huge ice chunk.

Ice chunk fight--I had to call an end to this quickly. EJ was in one of those devilish moods and kept running up and stuffing ice down Lydia's coat, then he stole her gloves so she couldn't pick up ice to retaliate.

Baby Bethany and Lydia--EJ refused to get in the picture. I just wanted to document she was here during the snow. She slept the whole time we were out there--snug as a bug in her snowsuit.

Happy One Month Bethany!

Hard to believe we've already had Bethany for a month!
Here's what she can do:

• EAT--Bethany you eat every 2 or 3 hours around the clock. Sometimes at night you want to wake up EVERY hour :( But you are growing so well!! I got on the scale at the gym today and it says you're at about 9 lbs! You are generally quick--about 20 minutes total--but you hate nursing in public and will eat just enough to take the edge off and then wait until we are back home and finish up.
• SLEEP-you like to be awake right after you eat and then you like to nap. You LOVE to be swaddled. You like your swing sometimes but normally Lydia tries to swing you so much that you would prefer to just be upstairs in your pack and play. You hate to sleep in the quiet and we have to have white noise or EJ and Lyddie have to be playing if you are going to sleep.
• Hold up your head--you hate tummy time but you are good at it. You can hold up your head and look left and right. When I have you by myself you just lay there and scream. When you are on tummy time and your brother and sissy are playing you are constantly on the move--running your defense.
• Suck a paci--you just started doing this yesterday. I hated forcing the paci but you were sucking your fists and your daddy and I REFUSE to have a thumb sucker!! When you are tired I swaddle you so you can't get your hands and plug your fuss with the paci. You like it now!
• Smile--you have only smiled two times and both were at your brother. You love your brother and tolerate him well.
• Put up with a lot!! Your brother and sissy are constantly loving on you. You are generally long suffering. You have a lot more patience for Elijah than Lydia because he is generally much more gentile.

We love you Bethy-poo and we are glad you came to us!

Snow pics

It did snow and here are the proof pictures. The kids had so much fun playing it was hard to get them to slow down enough for a picture!

Here's Elijah and his "ice scultures" (sculptures) which he threw like snowballs, tried to sell to cars passing by and ate, blendered up, as snow cream.
Lydia liked snow cream but she also liked to just eat the snow too.

Happy Birthday Justin!

We hung streamers, made signs, made a death by chocolate cake and homemade "hot pockets" per daddy's request. Pretty good birthday I think.