Go State! Big game today

My future Spartans!!!!!

cute kids

square head

This was his first non-sponge bath. He was not all that impressed.

first spray

I was very worried about having a little boy and dealing with the penis. I was not really looking forward to that part at all. The circumcision alone was freaking me out. Just made me hurt for him and how was I going to learn not only how to take care of a penis but a sore one was just more than I wanted to deal with. I had heard so many horror stories about being "sprayed." So it has been a great surprise bc it's been so easy. You don't do anything with the circumcision, just leave it alone. I can do that! I have only been sprayed once and it was my fault! It was about 10 days after he was born. I was changing his diaper and noticed his belly button grossness had fallen off. All the sudden I noticed the stump of grossness stuck to his sleeper. As I was laughing I called my mom to see the grossness and his pretty new belly button. She came up as did the girls to see it and just then the spray happened. It didn't get me, it sprayed up and at the wall. We all just stood there for a second amazed and then the laughing started. The puddle he created on the floor was pretty impressive.

smarty pants

Av is learning so much this year. It is just amazing the things she knows. She can recognize every letter including lower case, knows the sounds of some of the letter, knows the days of the week, counts everything, and loves pretending to read. She reads to herself, reads to her sister, reads to her "friends" and reads to us. She is starting to understand simple math too. She knows her full name, her sisters, and her brothers and can spell and write Camille's and Everett's too. She is truly amazing!

She also started back to PT this week at hbr. She had been doing OT there. Her PT was amazed at how strong she has gotten. Her PT had her take a wooden wagon with 6lbs in it and pull it down a hill (using her strength to stop the wagon from racing down the hill) and then pushed the wagon back up the hill. She is also jumping much higher off the ground. She is the best!!

"football with daddy"

A few weekends ago John got up with Camille. They sat down on the couch with her "fruit bar" and he turned on cartoons for her. After watching for a few minutes she looked up at him and said, "watch daddy's football game." The cards had been on late the night before and she went to bed knowing daddy was watching football. It melted his heart and was music to his ears. Since then they have been watching football together. Last weekend John had 2 tickets to the U of L football game. It was during a halloween party at Caroline's house so we knew Av would want to go there and not the football game. We asked her and as we thought she wanted to go to the halloween party. Next John asked Camille and she jumped up and said, "football game with daddy!!!" She was so excited. They went out and got her a Cards tshirt and a Cards tattoo for her cheek. After 40 minutes of trying to get her to nap we gave up and off they left. She of course was asleep 2 minutes into the drive but that quick cat nap was enough. She loved it!!! Loved looking at everything, cheering with daddy and the Cardinal bird!! They stayed way longer than we ever thought she would make it. "Football with daddy!!" So cute!

silly Camille

So I'm just going to catch up on some stuff I've missed writing about.

Recently after taking a shower with me Camille was running around naked. I was getting ready. She came stomping into my bathroom wearing nothing but one of E's bibs and some plastic high heel princess shoes. What a sight.

After that she was downstairs (dressed) and I was upstairs feeding E. I could hear her downstairs and it sounded like she was saying, "piece of bread, piece of bread." I was kind of ignoring her and next thing I knew she had dragged the brand new loaf of bread up the stairs. Yep, she wanted a piece of bread. She is something else.

I'm back

Took a few weeks off but now I'm back. Have to write about sweet sweet baby E. He is just amazing. So sweet and good. He has been sleeping and eating well. A very content baby. His sisters have so far adjusted well to his arrival. They seem to love him very much and are helpful. C is a little rough. You have to watch her around him like a hawk but Av, she is amazing. I left him upstairs in his chair and went downstairs to get something for C. Av stayed with him and just sat with him and talked to him. He just watched her and looked up at her like she was the best thing in the world. So far we are all doing pretty well. My help left over a week ago and I am managing. I get them all out of the house 4 days a week to take Av to school. So far we have not been late once. We have made it to all of our music classes, speech, and hbr. Yesterday I took all 3 of them out by myself for the day and we just enjoyed each other. It was a very nice day. He was 3 weeks old yesterday and we are good. Actually we are great! I just feel so lucky so have my family. I could not love them anymore than I do.

Boo at the zoo

Year 3

I have 2 other pics just likes this one. Only difference is what a big girl Av is becoming. She loves her Mickey Mouse blow up and gets so excited every year.

Artist

She loves anything that has to do with art. She sat there painting for close to an hour that day. Look how intent she is on it. Notice the blue paint in her hair. Such an artist she paints with both hands.

fall festival

It was such a perfect fall day. The girls spent most of the time collecting leaves, acorns, pine cones, and sticks. They were so happy to just be outside. Everett was very good. Slept through most of it. C was very happy with the Krispy Kreme that you got to dip in chocolate and sprinkles. Av didn't like hers so much. The forth one is C dunking under a limb. The last pic of Av is her hiding for hide and seek.

State beats Michigan

what's cooking??

I have a pic of Av doing the same thing right around this same age. It's funny how they all go through the same stages and get the same ideas in their heads.

Checking out his new room

going home

more Everett

ice chips

While I was in the hospital all Camille cared about were the ice chips. The minute she walked in the room, "ice, ice, ice" was all we heard from her. You will notice in most of the pics her cup of ice.

Everett is here!!!

Everett John

last Saturday as a fam of 4

We spent Saturday in the park. It was a perfect day. So pretty out and very nice to enjoy each other before baby brother came. We were all ready for the big Spartan game and U of L game so the kids were decked out. Looked so cute. Here are some pics. The next day we went back to the park and first thing Camille plopped down in the same pic spot and said, "take my picture." So funny. No pics that day. Sorry C!