I Could Get Used to This!

Cleaning up her toys is a horrible chore, but she loves doing dishes with me (a skill she learned at my mom's while we were in the hospital with Teddy).  She washed the overflow dishes that wouldn't fit in the dishwasher and I rinsed, dried and put away.  It was very pleasant.  Doing dishes used to be my preferred chore too -- my mom had an automatic dishwasher for YEARS before she actually started using it.  I guess my brother and I were just too good :) (you know, other than breaking a whole set of dishes trying to put them away...)

A Smooth Day

Not everyday as a stay-at-home mother of three has been smooth around here, (hence the big holes in my blogging.  I totally have a backlog of posts that I want to get to before I forget these early days, the events we've celebrated in them, and the people we've shared Teddy with).  Today was one of the smooth ones though (once we got past the early morning irrational meltdown of a three-year-old).  Teddy napped well this morning while the girls were at school allowing me to make their rainbow skirts that they have been begging for.  After lunch my mom called and invited us over to play for the afternoon.  I had about half an hour to put together a casserole for dinner.  In that half hour the girls played well together and Teddy fell asleep on his own in the "rock 'n' play".  This was perhaps the best moment of the day!  I was able to get dinner prepped and the kids packed up and in the car and off to my parents for a fun afternoon.  I am quickly learning that if I want to get a home-cooked meal on the table for dinner I need to at least prep the meal when Teddy is napping -- even if that nap is at 1:00 in the afternoon...

 

ahhh.  A baby who seems to like to sleep.  Wonderful!

Snack time at Lainey's is always a favorite

Peyton trying to figure Teddy out :)

Teddy and Grandpa had a great chat this afternoon

{RaINbOwS}

The girls went to a rainbow themed birthday party last weekend and we made the birthday girl a rainbow tutu for a gift.  Super easy and super fun. 

Of course, we had to buy enough fabric to make tutus for the girls as well.  I think they are ready for the circus! :D

Achoo!

We've had lots of runny noses around here the past week or so and Merrill stayed home from school yesterday because of a fever the night before.  The fever was short-lived and she was able to go back to school today.  When I picked her up at lunchtime I asked her how she was feeling.  She said "good, but I bless-youed a couple of times."  I had to ask her to repeat herself a  few times before I got what she was saying!  Funny girl also says "bless you" after she sneezes.  Makes me smile every time.

{One Month}

This is the outfit that I bought for my sister's gender reveal party (that she didn't need because she was having a girl) that I just couldn't part with even though we were supposedly done having children.  Turns out my heart knew something my head didn't at the time.  So glad we listened to our hearts!

• 10 pounds 3 ounces -- 58th percentile
• 22.5 inches long -- 88th percentile
• head circumference 14.25 inches -- 18th percentile (he has Uncle Brandon's pea head!!)
• beautiful blue eyes that are so easy to get lost in
• slowly losing his hair
• smiling
• trying very hard to coo -- and succeeding more and more
• sleeping anywhere between 2 1/2-6 hours at a time at night
• loves bathtime
• loves to be talked to and sung to
• tolerates tummy time well
• remains pretty mellow most days
• is staying awake more and more during the day
• is my handsome little man!

Just Dance!

I know two little girls who were VERY excited to get their new dance gear for the year. 

The girls have been to two classes now and are learning how to shuffle and "ball-chain" in their tap shoes and are continuing to learn ballet moves, terms for muscles and bones, music styles, and just having fun with other little girls who also love to twirl in tutus :). (the video was taken before the girls' first class, so that's pure, raw talent up there:D)

{Lovely}

Millie would note that while I said "lovely," I did not mean "lovely."  My little girl is starting to get sarcasm -- which she's going to need in this family ;).  Cause, yeah, I don't mean lovely when I look at the above pictures.  I mean "UGH.  What now?!"  A clogged connection on the furnace led to a fair amount of water damage in Scott's office and office closet.  We got an estimate to have a cleaning company come out and take care of everything; it was a bit ridiculous ($1000-$2000 ...) but wasn't ridiculous enough to claim on insurance (go figure) so my dad came over last night and he and Scott started a bit of minor demolition.  Once everything dries out we just have to figure out what we're going to replace the carpet with.  We've always said we would like to turn that closet into a bathroom, so maybe now is the time to look into that -- I certainly don't want to put new carpet and drywall in there knowing we may tear it out in the next couple of years.  Not really a project we were looking to do right now, but hey, maybe it will be a blessing in disguise...

Fortunately, I have these little cuties to make me smile in the meantime :).

They ARE lovely!