Interests:My Savior Jesus, my husband Steve, my kiddos Siena, Carter, and Penelope--and the glory of God! Expertise:Nothing really, just seeking to be a good wife and mommy
FYI, I seem to have been a day off re: Penny turning 5 mos--she turns on the 1st, I just lost track of what day it was
Anyway, some more new pics up on flickr, Dec set, including our tree--it doesn't look half bad, now that it's decorated and all! Whew, I was nervous there for a bit.
Quick update on the kids - Siena is thriving in her preschool "studies." A real auditory learner - good listener and soaks things up like a sponge, so very easy to teach. She speaks (and thinks) so much like an adult, she cracks us up or melts our hearts with the things she says. Very insightful and thoughtful girl.
Carter is saying more and more words each day. Understands most of what we say now, and responds to questions with "yeah" or "no." Goes back and forth between responding to training and not. A very passionate spirit - from passionately happy to passionately angry (often in a matter of 2 seconds!). Still active, athletic, and daring to the max. No joke, 110% boy.
Penny is really experimenting with her vocal chords these days, eating baby oatmeal well, and getting pretty squirmy-wormy active! Esp. when taking her bottles. She ADORES her siblings, esp Carter, which is funny since he's the one who tends to be the biggest hazard to her, haha. But she must just be able to sense his *intense* love for her somehow..so sweet.
As so very lovable as these kiddos are, I still def sin in anger too often times with them (very sad but true), but sure shows them and me just how much Umma needs a Savior and Helper myself! And though it sure can be tempting and tiring being a mommy, my kiddos are seriously sooo fun (esp. together!) and I love each of them to pieces! What a joy and honor to be their mom.
Height - 26 1/4 in (97th percentile) Weight - 15 lb, 15 oz (92nd percentile) Head circumference - 16 1/4 in (50th percentile) WHOA - She's really big now! Hehe. I tell ya, I always worry in the beginning when my babies are so small..but then they never seem to have a problem growing after that! My guess is it's cuz of the formula Well whatever the reason praise the Lord, I know it's only by His hand and grace that she is healthy and growing.
Some things I want to record for my memory - Started rolling at 3.5mos; been doing great sharing a room with her big sis for the past month now; laughing out loud just by seeing/hearing me laugh, or by being tickled; always sucks her left middle and ring fingers together to self-soothe (was actually able to get her off the paci pretty easily, so I could move her into Siena's room); falls asleep on her own great, due to her finger-sucking; takes four 6-oz bottles a day; still sleeps a lot (12-13hrs at night, 2-3.5hr morning nap, 3-4hr afternoon nap), esp. in the carseat; can stay awake anywhere between 1 and 4 hrs at a time; been sitting up some, usu. tri-pod style; very social baby, loves to see people's faces; likes to grab a lot (i.e. people's hair); very vocal, no longer just cooing but babbling loudly now; been drooling a lot; pretty sensitive to being cold, but not so much to sound or light. In general still quite the sweetheart, incredibly content, happy, and so patient!
Her current normal schedule, ever since 2.5mos: btw 7:30 and 8:30am - Wakes and eats; plays btw 9 and 10am - down for 1st nap btw 11:30 and 1:30pm - Wakes and eats; plays btw 1 and 3pm - down for 2nd nap btw 4 and 6pm - Wakes and eats; plays btw 7 and 8pm - Eats then goes to bed for the night, sleeping straight til morning This video still makes us smile:
Ever since we brought home our pumpkins from the farm a few weeks back, and I had told Siena about the different things we can do with them, she's just been waaiting to get on that.
So, just the other day we finally brought them in from our doorstep..
and carved/decorated them:
roasted the seeds (pretty tasty):
and made pumpkin pie (ok, so I copped out of making my own pumpkin puree from fresh pumpkin and just went with canned, but I did make a pie crust from scratch for the first time--is actually super easy, now that I finally bought a pastry blender):
Anyway FYI, new videos plus a few more pics up on flickr Oct album.
A real auditory learner - good listener and soaks things up like a sponge, so very easy to teach. She speaks (and thinks) so much like an adult, she cracks us up or melts our hearts with the things she says. Very insightful and thoughtful girl.
