Spoons

Well, life with three little munchkins has proven challenging and time consuming (as evidenced by my lack of blogging!) Wyatt is 2 1/2 months old and makes my heart melt every time he smiles. The girls have definitely had to adjust quite a bit and although we've had some bumps in the road, I would say all in all they are handling it quite well.

One of the biggest things the girls have had to learn the past couple of months is to entertain themselves. They've always been pretty good about playing on their own for a while, but with all the feedings and diaper changes that go along with a newborn I just don't have as much time with them as usual. The interesting part comes when I am finished taking care of Wyatt and I go look for the girls to see what they've been doing for the last unsupervised half hour.

So, the other day I was feeding Wyatt on the family room couch while the girls went their own ways. Sydney went upstairs and P was making some kind of racket in the kitchen and "barn". I couldn't wait to see what P was up to, so as soon as Wyatt was fed I went in to see what was going on. This is what I found:




At first I laughed, and then I said, "That's cool, P. What are those? People standing in a line?" Now, those of you that know P well, know that she has an extremely vivid imagination. So it's not entirely ridiculous for me to think that she has concocted some story about these spoons being something completely different.

After I asked her the question, she looked at me in a somewhat confused way. And then she said, "No mom. They're spoons in a piano." The funny thing is that she said it with a tone and a look on her face that indicated she thought I was some kind of weirdo for thinking they were anything but spoons in a piano. Sure, she pretends the arms of our couches are horses but thinking spoons are people? C'mon...

Jack Wyatt

Two days ago we welcomed little Jack Wyatt into the world. As some of you know, the last month has been a rocky one full of emotions of fear, relief, anticipation. But through it all, God has proven His sovereignty once again and made it very clear to me that He has everything in His hands. There is nothing like the miracle of a tiny baby and I feel honored that the Lord has entrusted Wyatt into Jason and my hands.

The most asked question I think I've gotten is.....Who does Wyatt look like? I really think he's a good blend of the two girls. But of course, at this stage in their life, it's hard to tell what they'll really end up looking like. So, I dug up baby pictures of the two girls and decided to put them side by side with a baby picture of Wyatt. What do you think?

Presleigh



Sydney



Wyatt

Stylin'

I love naptime. Not my own (although if it existed I would indeed love it!). I really relish the time the girls are sleeping. It comes just about every day around 1:00 pm when I get S&P all squared away in their beds for a couple of hours. And as any stay at home mom would tell you, those couple of hours are vital for our sanity. Praise God for making sleep a major requirement for little children....otherwise I'd be in the loony bin by now.

But lately I've looked forward to the end of naptime only to see what sort of outfit P is sporting as she walks down the stairs. See, with the arrival of baby Wyatt coming upon us, Jason and I have been really encouraging P to get dressed on her own. She has picked up on it quickly and enjoys showing off her new skill. Perhaps a little too much....

I went to check on her the other day during naptime and this is what I found. Wouldn't her hands be hot?





And this afternoon she walked down the stairs looking like this. That's right...tights OVER her shorts. Fantastic.





While P likes to tell me she's "stylin'", I think I'll be picking out her outfits for a while...

One in a billion

Remember how I said the last six months involved about a billion things that mainly involved two little mischievous girls? Well, this would be one of those things...

I was downstairs cleaning up after lunch and the girls had gone upstairs to play before their naps. They were playing very well together so I (of course) took advantage and decided to take the time to get some other things done downstairs while they occupied themselves. About 15 minutes had gone by when my mom instincts kicked in and said "Hey dummy....it's too quiet up there. You should check it out."

So I sneak upstairs only to overhear in the playroom Sydney say, "Give one to mommy." Then I hear P say "No, Sydney. Don't give one to mommy. She will be angry." I immediately reveal myself to them, curious to know what exactly it was that I would be angry about. I look in the room and my eye instantly goes to their "craft" table on which I find this





That's right. Thirteen unwrapped and already licked lollipops neatly lined up in a row (courtesy of P, no doubt). It appears they had found my "secret" hiding place for their bucket o'lollipops and were deciding which color they liked the best. P had 2 in each hand, also unwrapped and already licked, and Sydney had one in each hand...one of which she was so kindly going to give to me so I could join in on their little slice of heaven.

Surprisingly enough, their only punishment was to help clean up the wrappers strewn about the floor and bid farewell to their lollipops in the trashcan. And yes, the bucket o'lollipops is now hidden once again, this time way up high where they won't be able to reach them for a long time. Or so I think...

6 months....

Sooooo.....a lot has happened since I last posted. Life just got really hectic and I really didn't think anyone read this blog anymore anyway, so I set it aside. However, after some heckling this weekend by my sister-in-law and mother-in-law (love you guys!) I decided that perhaps I should dust off the ole laptop and get back to blogging. Here's a recap of what all has happened over the last 6 months:

Our little munchkin celebrated her 3rd birthday



We found out we will be welcoming baby #3 in mid-July. After much anticipation and perspiration (on Jason's part) we found out it would be a boy. S&P cannot wait to meet Baby Wyatt. :)




We took a family vacation to New York to visit relatives and enjoy some snow



Our little squidster celebrated her 2nd birthday



And of course there are about a thousand other things that went on around here most of which include 2 little munchkins and their mischievous personalities. Perhaps I will be able to catch everyone up over time....