Fun and Crazy Girl

Leah is so much fun! Our family would not be the same without this little ball of energy!

She speaks so, SO, well and I just love hearing what she has to say next. She uses the word "actually" all of the time, which is just so cute to hear! Whenever it's time to eat she'll say, "Actually, Mom, I'm just not hungry right now." Or, "I actually like *this* instead of *that*."

She is constantly saying "I love you SO much" to me, Doug, Noah, and Isaac. And she's so genuine when she says it...it's very sweet.

She changes her clothes ALL.OF.THE.TIME! At least 6 times per day. It's ridiculous, but that's her thing and she loves to change her look up...every few hours. She has some dress up dresses that she got for Christmas that she is just in love with...especially her Cinderella dress. She actually went to the store the other day wearing it...there was no way that I was going to convince her otherwise, and I wasn't about to go to the store with an upset 2 year old! It was great fun!

She is not the best eater in the world, but at least she'll eat something at every meal. I tell her that her button {meaning her belly button} is hungry and that she has to feed it...she believes me and will eat and say "I need to fill up my button". Ha!

She LOVES Barney! I'm not a huge fan, BUT I can tolerate it. The good thing about Barney, is that she has learned SO many songs! She LOVES to sing and she has ALL of the songs memorized. It's pretty great to watch her sing AND dance along when they sing. It's classic :). Oh, and she thinks that Barney is a GIRL. And don't convince her otherwise. If you ask her why Barney's a girl, she says that "She's purple!". Good point.

She has an attitude. It's a good one too! If you try to get her to do something that she doesn't want to do, watch out! She doesn't neccessarily cry, but, instead, has this "you can't tell me what to do" attitude and she'll scowl and stomp her feet too. She'll even run into her room and shut the room. I laugh every time! She's going to be a great teenager...I can just feel it!

She's a smart cookie...she knows her ABC's, can count to 20, knows her colors and shapes {even a diamond and hexagon}...

She loves music, singing, and dancing. I'm starting her in dance next month...should be fun!

She absolutely loves to talk on the phone and every.single.time that I am on the phone, she will constantly ask who it is and if she can talk to them. Noah was never like this...he still isn't a fan of talking on the phone. Must be a girl thing :).

She does not like to have her picture taken...makes me sad. She runs every time I pull out the camera. Sometimes she will come and tell me to take her picture, and as soon as those words are spoken, I hurry and grab the camera and jump on the opportunity.

If you ask her when is her birthday, she'll say "March 21...I'm going to be THREE!". She is well aware that her birthday is next month...she is constantly reminding me that she wants a pink princess party.

I better enjoy this last month of Leah being 2...I don't want her to turn 3! She's growing up too fast for my liking...

Shoveling

It snowed today...this is *supposed* to be one of the last storms of the year. I'll believe it when I see it ;).

The one thing that I really don't mind about the snow is shoveling the driveway and walks. I've just always enjoyed doing this, and I'm lucky that Noah loves it too! Whenever it snows, he keeps reminding me that we need to shovel...even when it's freezing outside. I swear, kids have no sense of what cold is...he'll go outside and play in the snow no matter how cold it is!

Well, Noah was more than willing to help me shovel this morning. We have a pretty big driveway, so it takes a while, but Noah is actually a really good helper and is very focused when it comes to shoveling! I'm so thankful that he loves to help!

What is LOVE?

According to Noah, LOVE is...

How cute is that?!?! I just love getting stuff like this from my babes...seeing this made me have a grin that lasted the rest of the day, or even longer! I love being a Mom!

"What?"

I seriously can't leave this little guy alone for a second. Little stinker!

Isaac ~ 8 Months

This has not been the best month for Isaac. He has pretty much been under the weather the entire month due to being sick and getting two teeth. It has worn me out too...I'm beginning to think that sick kids is just as hard on Mommy as it is on the kiddos. Needless to say, I'm a bit tired. AND...just when I thought that Isaac was getting better, he started to get sick again this past weekend. Breaks my heart! But, on top of being sick, he is still such a happy little guy. Yes, he has his moments when all he want is for us to hold him, but I love those moments because I know that they don't last long. Here are some actual *highlights* from this past month:

~ He has two cute little teeth. I just LOVE when he smiles and grins so that we can see them!
~ He is growing like a weed. He is such a long little boy, but he's way skinny...just like his bro and sis. It looks like I have another stringbean on my hands...good thing I'm good at finding clothes and altering them for the kiddos :).
~ He is on the move! He is everywhere and into everything! He doesn't stop or slow down when he is on the ground. He is the fastest little crawler...I think that he is moving around a lot faster than Noah and Leah were at his age. We definitely can't leave him alone anymore.
~ He is SO determined to get what he wants. AND, if he doesn't get his way, he'll let you know how he feels about it.
~ He is finally a good little sleeper. I am VERY thankful for that!
~ He's our little snuggle-bug. He absolutely loves to be held and cuddled. It's the best!
~ Now...he's a good sleeper once he goes to sleep, but getting him to sleep is another story. Since he likes to cuddle, he *won't* go to bed in his crib by himself. He will *only* go to sleep if he is held until he falls asleep. He's so spoiled!
~ He absolutely loves to eat solids now...especially peas! He LOVES them! When we're feeding him, and he wants more, he starts to kick his legs like crazy. It's so dang funny. This goes back to his determination to get what he wants ;).
~ Leah thinks that she is Isaac's second mommy and says that he's her baby. She is constantly trying to hold him, and he absolutely hates it when she does this. I know that she does this all out of love...but she's two...
~ He went through a phase this past month where he was sucking his finger constantly. He doesn't do it as often anymore, but it was pretty cute when he was doing it.

We can't imagine our family without him. He's a little treasure and we can't get enough of him :). Now...I just need to figure out a way to make time stop because I am just LOVING having a little baby around the house! I better enjoy every minute, because I'm well aware of how fast the time goes by.


Bright green pea lips!
Sucking on his little finger. Love that look!
He chews on everything...his favorite is to chew on Noah's trains. Noah doesn't think it's very funny.
Isaac always has something in his hand. He loves these little rings and usually crawls around with one in each hand.
Making a mess.
Tolerating his sister.

Happy Valentine's Day!

I spent my day lovin' on these three special babes. They are my everything...along with their most wonderful father! I am so lucky to have four very special Valentines!

Children's Museum

We are getting a *little* tired of staying inside...there is only so much that I can do to keep the kiddos entertained. So, there was a deal on a pass to the Children's Museum, so I jumped on the opportunity to get it so that we could have somewhere to go on these cold days. We went for the first time this past week and the kids had so.much.fun! The smiles on their faces didn't leave the entire time...good times.

Leah LOVED playing with the balls...you put them in this pipe and the air sucks them up into the maze of pipes over head. Very fascinating.
Isaac enjoyed sitting in Grandma's arms and watching everything that was going on.
Leah all dressed up like a construction worker.
Noah could have spent the entire time playing on the crane and building. He LOVES this kind of stuff!

Playing in the water was a huge hit!
And playing in the cars was even more fun :).
There is this room upstairs with all of these fun toys...stuff that I've never even seen before. Even I had a fun time playing.
We definitely look forward to going back!

Isaac's First Teeth

Can you see them??

So...on top of being very sick over the past 2 weeks, my little guy has also been teething like crazy. His first tooth *finally* popped through last week, and his second made its appearance just the other day. I really can't tell you how miserable Isaac has been due to his teeth...it makes me so sad to see him in pain. Needless to say, there has been a lot of crying lately. But, as soon as that second tooth came in, his smiles started to delight us once again. I'm so happy to have my happy little baby back...at least untill *all* of those other teeth come in.

And here are some other pictures of Isaac that are so, so, cute :).