Wednesday, January 26, 2011

V is 3

Please enjoy some straight from the camera, completely unedited, red eye pictures from V's big day.


It made my day that he wanted to wear this for the rest of the afternoon and night!



After dinner with Mom Mom and Pop Pop it was time for presents.



And then time for cake.




He did a great job of spitting out his candles.





V appears to be having some sort of reactions to that much chocolate. But I will still treasure the rare shot of me and all my babies.

Happy Birthday to the little man that cracks me up in so many ways. He was the first baby we actually tried to have. He was my first completely natural, unmedicated birth. The first baby that I was able to hold on my chest right after he was born. So amazing. When he was a baby and still nursing he would cry when he was hungry, but when I held him and he would stop crying to wait for me to have myself ready to feed him and look at me as if to make sure it was me or perhaps say thank you. He loves his siblings and copies the older two. He is great at sharing for a 3 year old. Not perfect, but I'm impressed by his ability to share unprompted with smaller ones or even his older brother and sister. He can be so goofy and make us all laugh. He loves to sing and dance and has some moves that come from who knows where. He's a lover, a cuddler and has a sweet spirit that always seeks reconciliation with a "so sorry" as he's crying. I'm treasuring this time with him as it flies by. He is truly a joy in our lives.

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Tuesday, January 18, 2011

Winter bleh.

I'm just not a winter person. No secret there. But to focus on the positive I will list a few things I do appreciate about the colder months.
  • the excuse to not go anywhere w/ four children in tow
  • I can stay in my sweats or pj's all day (except for when I leave the house) in order to keep warm
  • the snow can be pretty
  • hot beverages: coffee, tea, hot chocolate
  • reading with the kids on snow days

That's all that comes to me right now.



Yesterday we tried to make butter. Skimmed some cream off the top of our raw milk and had a shaking party.


Everyone got in on the fun, and we were able to produce a few chunks. Haven't tried it yet.

Last night Dennis and I had a date. These date nights are rare for us simply because we are too cheap to want to pay for a babysitter, or to mess with trying to find one. It's ridiculous. But, my man arranged for his mom to come up last night and we went and used his gift card he got for Christmas at the Olive Garden. And for the first time in a long time I wasn't disappointed with my meal. Then we wandered around Target. Yes, we can live it up. Don't be sad that you can't be us. There is only one us.



High Fashion.







And this is what this morning was about. Sitting on the potty. We did get one result in the pot and no accidents as of yet!

Friday, January 14, 2011

Wednesday, January 05, 2011

The 3 of Us


Now that we are back to our regular scheduled programming it's just the 3 of us again. The older 2 are at school, Den is at work and now it's me and the 2 boys in blue. Before B was moving around it just felt like I was spending my day's with V, but now that B is scooting around he's definitely part of the show. It's been really fun to see V interact with his baby brother. I can honestly say that I have not once seen any tinge of jealousy displayed in a negative way. He loves him and is super sweet to him by singing to him, sharing his toys (although sometimes I must intercept what he's sharing) and even yesterday he tried to share some cheerios. I'm loving my little boys.

story of the morning:

Me: V...what do you want for your birthday?
V:..um...birthday...(giggling)...um....cake!
Me: okay, what kind of cake?
V: um....chocket!
Me: okay...what color do you want your cake to be?
V: (still giggling) um...color...ice cream!

that's my boy.

Saturday, January 01, 2011

Happy New Year

We'll be sad to leave this view, but it's time to go home.

New Year's Eve dinner, yum.

Some old slides and then speed scrabble!

Almost made it to midnight, but fell asleep laughing to the Marx Brothers. E asked if she could go to bed at 11:15.


Another great year with my love. Here's to another!