Cinderella

Doesn't she look like a little Cinderella in these pictures? I was thinking that yesterday as we assembled her outfit. The hair tie, dirt on the face and clothes, and those boots. She loves those boots. The neighbor gave them to her and she always wants to wear them. Very cute.

What is she thinking?

So...Elizabeth has these favorite pajamas. You guessed it...they are red with polka dots and a very Christmas themed...and very flannel. She loves them so much that she finds them...every night...in her pj drawer and cuddles with them as she sleeps. She sometimes finds them during the day and carries them around the house. Let me also tell you that it is 104 degrees outside and we like to keep our house at about 78. It still feels very warm in here. She is crying...I'm not sure what she is saying, but crying holding these pjs. I don't know what she wants from me. So...I think...let's put them on her and she won't want to be in them long since it's really hot. About 45 min. later she wants them off. So, we take them off. 5 min later, she wants them on again. Does any of this sound familiar???undecisiveness??? So, we compromise and she is happy again. Arms in...feet out and we are a happy child.

today...we swaddle

If many of you know Martin very well, he does not like to be swaddled. He prefers to be

cuddled/held until he falls asleep and then he like to be put on his belly to sleep. We do this routine for all sleep...naps and at night. Today, he's been a bit fussy and I thought I tried everything. I tried feeding him, changing him, rocking him to sleep...I sang...nothing worked. Elizabeth walked into his room and it dawned on me that I should try something new. I swaddled him. He hasn't been wrapped that tightly since he was born. I guess that was precisely what he wanted too. He fell right asleep within 2 minutes. It's really nice when you find a tactic that works. It still...although sometimes...works on Elizabeth too.

Such a ham

Elizabeth is such a ham in this picture. I asked her to say cheese as I took the picture, and I think it came out really cute. It definitely shows her personality here. We sure do think she's wonderful!

And we have a winner!

And we have a winner!!! I decided to put aside the rice cereal and just try bananas. He couldn't wait to get more. I am super excited that my boy like something. I guess I already knew that he would like bananas...it seems like all kids do, but I was trying to hold back on that and get in some vegetables first. I've been trying every couple of days with the rice cereal and he just doesn't like it. I will try it again after today and mix the banana in with it, but I wanted to skip the hassle of making it and mixing in the banana just in case he would reject it again. He ended up eating 3/4 of a container of banana. I'm hoping that his stomach can handle it and can digest it okay, or else we are in for a long night ahead. All I can do is cross my fingers now.

So grateful for naps

Marty took Monday off. It was nice, because we got to spend the day together. Sunday we were debating what we should do for and decided that we were going to stay close, just in case he needed to get to the pharmacy. Monday morning we decided to go up to Eugene and spend the day. It's about an hour drive. We took the kids to see the movie UP (really I wanted to see it). Since it has been out for months I didn't have a problem taking the kids. There wouldn't be many people there. Elizabeth and Martin were great. We went to Target and Costco to get some small things and we were in and out quickly. I think our mistake came when we went to dinner. By then, Elizabeth was done. I think she was done a little earlier, but I can't pin down when it was. All I know is that we were out in the car before Marty. During this whole venture, she slept maybe 15 minutes and then was up again. She did sleep in the car on the way home, but I don't think car sleeping is as restful as when you sleep in your bed. Elizabeth was a prime example of that yesterday. Sometimes when I get excited that we are going to go so something fun, I do forget about the consequences of the kids not getting in their nap. It is so true that they are more pleasant to be around and are happy when they get their rest. I am thankful that Martin is still young enough to take a nap where ever he is...car seat, couch, bed, swing....but I know that won't go on forever.

Martin's feeding

Martin is at his 4 month mark and we began him on Rice cereal...the recommendation. He however, does not like it! We tried giving him a bit of Sweet Potatoe in his cereal, and as you can see...he doesn't like that either. So, back to square one...waiting some more time and trying again. Hopefully he gets to the point where he will like eating.

Martin's blessing

I realized I haven't posted any pictures of Martin's blessing. He was blessed June 28th in Heber. It was really nice to see everyone and we had a wonderful time.


Marty and Martin...so handsome

Daniel, my dad (Reg), Marty, Martin, & George

everyone that came...

our family

4 months already!

We had a great time in Arizona. The blessing was wonderful and we were glad that so many of our friends and family were there.
Martin went in this morning for his 4 month well baby check. He ended up peeing all over the nurse who took his measurements. I feel really bad that he did that, but at the same time it was really funny. Later in the visit, I heard her telling the doctor that she had been peed on twice. It was only about 9:30 in the morning, so she's in for a long day. Anyway, Martin was 24 inches long and weighs 15.12 pounds. That puts him in the 75th percentile for weight. He really is a big boy. The doctor was also impressed that he's rolling over already. She said that she expects him to be an early crawler...but I don't think I'm ready for that, so we'll hold off on that for now. It ended up being a really good visit. I had Eileen watch Elizabeth so I could get some 1-1 time with Martin for the visit. Elizabeth was shouting YEAH, YEAH when I stopped to drop her off. I think she was excited to play with the girls. It was too cute.