Week in review

Here we are, enjoying Fathers' Day out on our deck.
Twins being wiggly (I have a video of the wiggly part, but can't get it to upload.)
Brothers reading.
Aedyn making yogurt pie for Fathers' Day. (That's sour dough starter in the jar, it's not for the pie.)
I am tired. I can't get more than 5 hours of sleep on a good night and none of those hours are consecutive. Thankfully, Eric's schedule changes this week so he will be able to help with the early morning routine when everyone needs diaper changes and fed at the same time. I also have a mother's helper coming for a few hours each afternoon, mostly to play with Aedyn, and this helps tremendously (THANK YOU S and J) and I'm able to get something on the table for supper, even if it's scrambled eggs and toast, repeatedly. BUT I'm grateful for each day with our three kids!

Happy Hemi-Birthday, Justice!

Loves: Banana/Rice meals, nursing, chewing on anything, waking in the morning, cuddling

Talents: grinning for photos, holding his sister's hand while they lay next to each other to nurse/bottle eat, sucking on his own toes

Accomplishments: great solid food eating skills, cutting 1 tooth with 1 on the way

Favorite Words

I love Aedyn's pronunciation of many words. Sometimes they are his own words, entirely.

squiffy: squishy

skaw-yee: coffee (I almost cried when A corrected himself and said 'coffee' the conventional way today.)

skeekens: chickens

nook: (until recently, gawk): milk

mimi vahm: minivan

Eh-ee-ah: Eliyah

J...Ustice: he's working on getting the J in there

wittle waahm: little lamb

oct-oct-coc-ta-gon: octagon

scoikel: circle

k-tangle: rectangle

hesh: fish

brawn cwackos: graham crackers

Babies Edition

How do you pronounce it?

We intend Eliyah's name to sound like Elliot, changing only the final sound.  Please respond: should we consider spelling her name with two L's?

Eliyah or Elliyah?

It's a Girl!

Meet our new baby! We are pursuing her adoption while she lives with as. Eliyah (the new name we gave her) is 6 and 1/2 weeks old and seems very easy going so far. For instance, she squirms so little that she has kept socks on for the 13 hours since Eric picked her up in Florida. Babies keep socks on?! We are working on a very open adoption as Eliyah's birth mom is a great mom and is becoming a good friend. We're keeping quiet with details and, as we've planned this new addition for only 5 days, everything is a bit jumbled. Also, I'm writing this at 2am. PS: We need a minivan!
(It's now 8 hours later, Justice and Eliyah are napping at the SAME TIME! and Aedyn went to Sunday School with our wonderful neighbors [thank you!] isn't Eliyah darling!)

Super Great Marriage!!

I just reread the previous post and I sound so under-enthused about our 5th anniversary! Well, that's just because I was rushing to get the post done and get all the photos in the right places. I am THRILLED to celebrate with my amazing husband our excellent life together! Yeah for marriage! Yeah for being with the one who perfectly complements me! Yeah for the life God is gifting us with!

xoxoxoxo, my darling!

Morning

Hi. It's been a long time since posting.

Eric and I celebrated our 5th anniversary. We went to a really nice restaurant and ate a great meal. Then we went to see Startrek.

This is the first time we've ever gone to dinner and a movie in one date. If we have had the money to do so, we could always think of ways we would rather use that money. It was fun to have 2 dates in 1!

Jenny visited us and our friend Sara has beeen over lots, so I've had good company and I LOVE that.


Justice is our doll who loves to coo and cuddle and is beginning to become interested in food. He's sitting up better and has the BEST giggle.


Aedyn did a great job sitting for a haircut yesterday and he's loving coloring and sculpting play-doh and playing colors and letter games.


AND we decided on the location of our next home! We'll be moving to southwest Wisconsin where Eric will start his family practice w/OB. We're really excited about this. Eric had solid offers from all the places he interviewed in person and we had a lot to consider in choosing. We've got another year to enjoy our friends here in our Southern state and we will treasure it.