Better than we could pray for

Monday, July 4, 2016

Sunday, July 3, 2016

You are our first baby to sleep in the car! But unfortunately that's currently the ONLY way you'll fall asleep...which is hard when you have two older siblings who don't want to just sit quietly in the car...

Genevieve's almost smile

The Frown at 5 weeks

Charlotte at 5 weeks

Samantha at 5 weeks-she was still in newborn onesies!!

Saturday, July 2, 2016

Kids Say

Charlotte

"La- la-la-la- basana."

"Nilk" (for milk)

"Matalia" (for Natalia)

Walking up to Katie's house in her sandals this morning the grass was wet with dew,

C, "Oh no! the grass is wet and my feet are getting wet!"

Me, "Would you like me to carry you?"

C, "Yes! ...Oh, no. no. You have Genevieve in your tummy. I'll walk. That would not be appropriate.

Samantha

I told Samantha to go look at a picture from when she was little and notice what she was wearing. Then I told her to come back and look at Genevieve. She got all excited and squealed, "Oh my goodness! We have TWO of that outfit?!"

I was telling Jeremy and Samantha the story of a boy at a b-day party who had had 8 pieces of cake and was going crazy. He was desperate for more and found a plate with 4 pieces, shoved another piece of cake (frosting side first) into his mouth and then spit back out onto the plate what he couldn't fit into his mouth. His mother was mortified and was disciplining him. It was a good lesson on self-control and what sugar does to you. Sam's response, "Oh. My. Goodness....what was his NAME?"

"Why does he feel nice?" "why would you ride a cowboy to save a horse?" "Why would you blind? (misheard-sweet Caroline)"
-Samantha shouting at a wedding...

"Stop asking questions and just DANCE!"
-my response

Samantha, "Charlotte! Stop it! You're hurting my shadow!"

Jeremy, "Samantha, she can't hurt your shadow."

Charlotte- with evil grin continues to stomp harder on Sam's shadow

"*Sigh* How many more weeks until we visit my Godparents? My heart is twisted in pain I miss them so much!"

Me, "Anything else for the grocery list that you can think of?"

Jeremy, "Tequilla! Rum! Vodka!"

Sam, "What? Are you speaking Spanish?"

BOTH:

C "Why are they making coffee?"

S "Because it wakes them up and puts them in a better mood!"

Thursday, June 30, 2016

June

New door

way too much screen time in June...

So. Many. Raspberries- first year the girls didnt eat them all. I actually froze some!

Charlotte is constantly on Sam's tail

Tummy Time!

Wednesday, June 29, 2016

4 weeks/ 1 month!

Due to the nature of you being #3, this post will be short as I have your older siblings who are begging for my attention!

You weigh...not sure, but my guess is 9 1/2 lbs...I haven't gotten to weigh you due to a sister with strep!

Contrary to the picture below and the perpetual frown on your face, you are quite content. Jeremy and I both find it so odd and slightly unsettling that we can set you down AWAKE and you will happily lay there for you know... 30 minutes or so! And if you don't get the hiccups, you last even longer (those darn hiccups...they annoy you so often!)

You are very different from your sisters already. You hate the papysan and rock and play, sleep MUCH better unswaddled, still are working on a good latch while nursing (Thank you Melissa!!)

and sleep in the carseat better than anywhere else. I never understood why anyone would want one of those stroller systems that attaches a carseat. Now I get it...it would be REALLY helpful to have one right now with the older two and a child who sleeps in the carseat!

You also loooooove soft music (instrumental is your favorite) and are already reacting to me when I walk into the room. If you are fed and not smacking your lips at me I get a few smiles!

At night, after a good 4 hr stretch in some other sleeping apparatus (sometimes carseat, sometimes the rock n play) you will only return to sleep if cuddled in my arms. This is fine, I just wish you didn't wiggle and squeak so much in your sleep.

As far as allergies, we're 99% sure you're sensitive to tree-nuts, which is really hard for me right now. I make an amazingly delicious, healthy, protein packed, go-to snack for the family that is made with almond flour. And it's all I've been wanting since I had to give it up. I'm sort of avoiding egg, and the family doesn't do corn, so who knows if those would affect you. But for now, I'm half-haphazardly avoiding those (I may have had a brownie bite at Applebee's last night).

Oh, just one request. Please just take the binky. I have having to convince you that you like it every.single.time. Just a request. No pressure or anything.