Tate's Hiding Place

Tater never ceases to amaze me. My dad and brother visited Monday and the twins flipped out per usual. They just freak when new people come over. ANYWAYS. To win their affections my brother took out his wallet and handed my 15 month old a five dollar bill. This says a lot about his experience with small children, but I digress. I would have bet said $5 that Tate would rip it into pieces or put it promptly in his mouth, but he did neither. Tate took the money as if knowing exactly it's worth and headed straight for the nursery. He tucked it safely in his crib next to his blankie and walked out! We could have died laughing and from the shock of it. Tate just looked at us like "What was I supposed to do with it? It's 5 bucks!" Since then several items have been deemed valuable enough to warrant hiding/saving in his special place: mommy's flip flop, baby brother's bib, and all burp cloths he can gather (he still loves to carry them around and does NOT like baby brother using them now). For now he doesn't notice as I remove his treasures before nap times, usually to their right owners and places -but that fiver is his, he's earned it.

So here's to my little boy growing up faster than I'd like and keeping us guessing and laughing every day.

I am alive

Just Barely.

After 41 hours of labor, Bennett arrived Tuesday at 6:50PM
8 lbs, 3 oz 19 inches

We are exhausted, but praying for God to pull us through the newborn-no sleep phase.

Thankful

Today was another one of THOSE days. I actually sat on the couch and cried in front of my kids which I have never done before. Long story short, there was bleeding, throwing of food, and whining (Oh, the whining!) and one exhausted mommy. Then God showed up.
Sometimes I don't feel like He will, at least not in a tangible way.
But He did.

Less than an hour later, my sweet friend showed up to drop off coffee for me and my husband walked in the front door early from work to help out.

Thank you God for showing up through people I love today. I really needed to see that.

Tick Tock

I need to have this baby before I kill my husband.

Last night-

Me: "I heard squats can induce labor, I'm doing some of those!" (start squatting as much as a huge prego can)

Sean: (eyes piles of folded laundry) "WAIT! Don't do that!" ( I'm thinking, oh honey, are you worried about me? How sweet)
"If you're going to exert yourself you might as well put away that laundry..."

Me: DEATH GLARE

Sean: mumble mumble something about housework and WISELY picks up laundry himself and runs to the bedroom to put it away.

Seriously, people. Barely escaped with his life.

Time to break out the duct tape

Sadly, I don't have any pics to accompany this post. Most of you have walked in on a similar incident in your own house anyway. 7am : Go into nursery and pick up babies.
7:01 am: Realize Tate is not wearing a diaper
7:02-7:05 am: Change diapers, settle babies in living room.
7:05 am: Wonder about wear the missing diaper is and worse yet, what is may have contained.
7:06 am: Fears confirmed-diaper mashed in corner and poop (I'll save you the gruesome details) everywhere else.

Thank goodness his hands and mouth were clean. I am NOT ready to handle that.

Also, I am very much STILL pregnant. Ugh.

Stuck

Seems this little boy is not interested in joining us. For the 3rd week in a row I am stuck at 1 cm and just 50% effaced. He has been moving like crazy and I have been having what I *think* are contractions, but no dice. I am due in 8 days so if he hasn't come by next thursday we will start talking induction. Awesome. Because I so LOVED being induced last time.

Anyway, it was 102 here today. Maybe he is waiting until it is a cooler temp outside my belly than inside.

Way Back When-esday

Event: Beat the Summer Heat
When: Last August
Age: 4 months old

This was hanging out at a friend's in the shade. It was nowhere NEAR the 100 degree weather we are having this summer thank goodness. Gracie wore no diaper to air out a nasty diaper rash.



A few weeks later we went to Grandma and Grandpa's in California and took our first dip in a swimming pool! They handled it great and were EXHAUSTED afterwards.