Friday, October 28, 2011

Long and Short

I can't believe it's been over a week (ha..almost 2) since I posted last - hence my title "long and short"...

My days seem so long...they start early with Isaac (or rather go throughout the night!) and is a marathon with my active big boys and ends late with mr. Isaac....they seem so long! Then I stop and realize - it's FRIDAY ALREADY? Wasn't it JUST Friday? Yep. The weeks are flying by.

Long days. Short weeks. Lack of blog posts and updates. Oops.

So here's some updates in no particular order:

*Isaac is CUTE as ever. We're anxiously awaiting the first awake smile (we've seen plenty of sleepy gas smiles:)

*Isaac loves to nurse! We're still working on the love of sleeping:) He's had a handful of good nights (aka: 4 hr stretch of sleeping) but as soon as I brag about it he reverts to the good ole wake-every-two-hour deal. ick.

*Judah's working on potty training - we tried while I was pregnant but as my belly got bigger my motivation to 'train' him got smaller. Ah well. He's doing really well this time around! He's awesome at staying dry but hasn't mastered the BM part of it...at all. GROSS. It'll happen though!

*Judah's vocab is increasing everyday - I LOVE hearing all the things that float through a 2.5yo mind. I love listen in on Ethan and Judah chatting in their room...precious!

*Ethan is growing up too fast. His thought processes on things are super impressive! He loves to ask questions and learn new things. Our 'Preschool' is going well - we're working on letters, phonics, patterns, and whatever else Ethan shows interest in!

*Ethan informed us that when he grows up he's going to be an 'animal rescuer' but he won't rescue scary animals. He also informed us that this is going to happen when he's FIVE. So..in his brain FIVE = grown up. I guess that makes me ancient:)

I'm loving this crazy time with a preschooler, toddler and newborn! There are times when the days feel so LONG but then I remind myself how FAST the weeks/months are going and don't want to wish this time away...so I'm gonna embrace these long days and (try to) ENJOY them:)

Saturday, October 15, 2011

Time

Time is flying - my baby is now 4 weeks old! Oy. It's 6:20pm as I type this and at 6:24pm precious Isaac was born! It feels like yesterday and it also feels like forever ago...crazy how that works!

My baby is four weeks old and I am very sick. Sick with a nasty head cold. boo. Clogged sinuses, scratchy throat, chills, ickiness. I had big plans to write up a sentimental 4 week post with recent pics of the babe but....aint gonna happen. I will show you some cute pics from a week ago!My three beautiful boys hanging out together! The big boys are loving little Isaac - they love to watch his random movements and exclaim "Isaac touched my nose!" - "Isaac touched my hand!" oh the little joys in life:) We went to an apple orchard last week for my moms birthday - it was a BEAUTIFUL day out! Like 80's in October with no humidity...pinch me. Of course we had to try for a decent family picture - cuz that's what you do when you're outside and it's nice out:)

Here's hoping that my body kicks this cold soon and that no one else catches it! Joe's had (what seems to be the same sickness) a few weeks ago so hopefully he's safe...and Isaac should be safe from my breastmilk...right? So, to try and keep two toddlers away from my germs and keep them washing their hands - I'll let you know how that goes:)