3 Months

Now that she's almost 4 months old, here are some pics from 3 months...


What's our 3 month old up to?

• Talking away.  Hmmm...I look back in Adde's baby book and read how she was "talking" non-stop as a baby.  Not sure if Mark or I will get many words in anymore.
• Still a peanut - 11 lbs. 8 oz. and 21 3/4 in. long
• Sleeps like a champ!  12-13 hours at night and takes a few naps during the day.
• No longer wants/needs to be swaddled to sleep.  Prefers to have her arms up in the air.
• Does not enjoy being rocked or held to go to sleep.  Does better if she is put in the crib and fusses herself to sleep.  
• Wants to be social.  Is happy if she can see your face, however, she doesn't like someone (ie Adde) in her face all the time.
• Enjoys watching Adde wherever she goes.
• Laughs out loud.
• Can have enormous blowouts - biggest one ever happened tonight before company came.
• Melts your heart with her beautiful smile.

Thank you Jesus for another beautiful baby girl!  We are so grateful to have her as part of our family.

Titus is 5

We had a great day doing something special for T-man...making dog cookies.  Adde loved it and I enjoyed having her help because I didn't have to worry if she added the wrong amount of something or touched the dough after picking her nose.

Rolling...

cutting...

icing (with egg)...

ready for the oven...

yummy!  She actually tried one and said it was "chokey", I think meaning that it was hard and she couldn't chew it.

adding "frosting" and 5 candles.  (She has now added two more pieces of clothing to her outfit that came out of the laundry.  She also selected the yellow bee shirt to wear with purple pants.)  We put an Adde (big gingerbread man), Ella (little gingerbread man), and two heart cookies on his cake.

Here are two movies of her trying a second cookie and then lighting and giving the cake to Titus.

T-man, we love you!  Although our house would be a lot less hairy, we would miss you terribly.

Plenty

We have been blessed with lots of snow this November and December. Since Adde cannot pronounce the "sn" sound, we hear "Mommy, can we go out in the "no"?" And she makes "noballs" and "nomen". But she has fun. Just don't take her to the hill at the gas station to go downhill sledding.

Merry Christmas!

We went caroling with our MOPS group, so I got out the festive gear. Notice Adde is not in the picture...thanks for two year old attitudes. So we had to go back in the archives to find one. See any resemblance?

I guess I tried a bit harder with the first child...notice the tree in the background and the white cover over the bouncy.  Poor Eleanor is just plopped on the couch. (Just to clarify, the top picture is Eleanor and the bottom is Adde.)

Piling Up

I love to read, but time is sparse. Here's the pile I am working on right now.

Siblings without Rivalry - Fascinating...thanks to ECFE teachers for recommending.
Bittersweet - Short, thought provoking chapters.
Parenting with Love and Logic - Let's just say I refer back to this one ALOT!
The Me I Want to Be - Sort of stalled out on this one for a while, but intriguing insights into who I am.
The Power of a Whisper - Our small group study right now...very challenging to stay in tune with the voice of God.
The Bible - Most of my time is now spent in Isaiah.

Any other good reads out there?

Favorite Tummy Time Pose