When it's raining.....

You get your umbrella out and sit on the patio with your best bud.

[5] Months with [Little Dude]

Isaac is often called "Little Dude" around here. He is already 5 months old!

So here are his stats and noteworthy items:

* Height: 17 lbs 15 oz

* Length: Long (for lack of an exact weight)  :)

* Started solids this week. He is very excited about eating! I will do a whole post on that later.

* Got sick for the first time. Oh it was so sad. He had a little fever for a good 7 days and was just not liking any of it. He now just has a runny nose which is bothering him when he sleeps but otherwise he is good.

* Rolls everywhere. He has figured out how to turn if he wants to face another way and he just figured out how to continuously roll to get somewhere. It's so cute.

* Still prefers his tummy. He is rarely on his back...even when playing.

* Does not like strangers and if mommy is in the room he is fairly certain she should be holding him. And I am not even exaggerating that one bit.

* Starting to sit, almost has the hang of it...but does pretty good with a boppy around him.
* He does this funny leaning thing where if Jon or someone else is holding him and he hears my voice or sees me he leans as far as he can in that direction. It is so funny. The other day Jon had him while I was in the shower and we were talking and Isaac kept leaning and was getting fidgety. So Jon finally lifted him over the shower curtain and as soon as he saw me he got a big ole grin lol. It was so cute.

* Schedule...ha ha...funny. He is completely different than Ethan. Ethan thrived on his schedule. He woke up at the same time, ate at the same time, went to bed at the same time and napped at the same time. Almost to the exact minute. And that is how he wanted it.

Isaac...no way. After 5 months of trying I have given up. He wakes up sometimes at 630, sometimes at 8. He eats every 3 hours, although today it was 4...go figure. He naps...but not when I think he should. But oh man he is the happiest boy so I have come to the conclusion that something must be right and he obviously is in charge not me lol. It's very hard but I am learning to just go with the flow for Isaac. I am still working on the naps but I figure if he is happy then I am happy.

* Good eater still. In fact he thinks we should eat every 4 hours at night too! I am trying to convince him otherwise, but I think I am loosing there as well.

* Screams, Yells, Shrieks  in happiness all the time. He has a loud yell let me tell you.

* FIRST TOOTH - his first tooth came through on April 12!! I was not expecting a tooth already.

Boy I sure do love this little guy!!

(if someone could please tell me why blogger insists on turning this picture even though the original was saved the correct way I would really appreciate it!!!)

Creation - Day 1

I decided to make Friday's a fun day over here (although I'd like to think every day is fun here ha ha) and do something special. We had a creation "themed day" over here. Now I use the term "themed day" loosely because my friend Kelly has full on theme days that are awesome. But for lack of another term that is what I am calling it.

I didn't spend one dollar on this theme day!! Here is what I did......................

Breakfast greeted them with their Easter baskets we made filled with some chocolate eggs...because who doesn't like chocolate, a jar and a little "flag" type thing that has day one on it. The jar was what we were going to do for their craft but I didn't tell them what we were going to do with it so they were very curious. Ethan wanted to know why it wasn't full of applesauce.

After breakfast and some playtime we read the story of creation and learned about what God did the first day. But since I am reading it to a 3 year old and a 4 year old I decided to spice it up a bit. Since the first day was about how he separated the darkness from the light I read the story in my laundry room in the dark. The kids thought this was the funniest thing ever. Then when we discussed how it was completely dark and when suddenly there was light I turned on one of our brightest flashlights. You would have thought I was taking these kids to Disneyland with their giggles and laughter.

{I didn't take a picture of our laundry room story time since it was dark - so insert imaginary picture here}

Then they played for a while because Baby "I" needed to eat and to go down for a nap and Baby "B" needed his bottle and a nap too.

Then like 45 minutes later lol....we got around to our project. So for this I had to get a little creative because I do not know how to represent light and dark in a craft. I decided to do something with a candle. First I was going to have them make candles but then I remembered that I have 4 children during the day and perhaps I should do something a little simpler. So I started thinking of ways to make candle holders.

Here is what I came up with: Tissue paper + Mod Podge + Glass Jar = loads of fun and one pretty cute candle holder.

Next week we will do day 2 and I have no idea what we will do yet. I should get working on that.

Spring Break

I had a lot planned for Ethan and I over spring break. I didn't have all four kids so we were going to venture out from the house. Something we don't do often since I am not brave to take all four by myself anywhere. but early in the middle of the night Monday Ethan woke up with a cough. One of the ones where mommy knows exactly what it is without getting up. Sure enough he ended up getting croup. Poor guy was wheezing on Monday and you could hear him breathing in the other room. So we ended up going to the doctor and he got a steroid. 

Next thing I knew my sweet baby Isaac had a fever and was feeling pretty crummy. This was Isaac's first time being sick. I will go ahead and speak for him and say he didn't appreciate it. He is still stuffed up but gladly his fever is gone.  Isaac hasn't slept good since Monday night at all. He is restless, stuffy and just wants mommy. Sometimes he doesn't even know what he wants he is just angry lol.

My mom was sweet and came over a few times to rock him so I could take a break and make dinner and shower. It's the simple things haha. But he is on the mend and I am glad that I can be here for him to help him feel better...even if it is 24 hours a day all hours of the night. ;) It's still the best job in the world!

I have tons of fun planned for these kiddos so I must run and get things together.

Memory Verse

The first memory verse Ethan ever memorized was "Love your neighbor as yourself" Luke 10:27.  Except when I would say it to him and ask him to repeat it he would say "I love my neighbor as myself". Isn't that cute.

And when I tried to teach him the next verse for the week he was convinced that it was still "I love my neighbor as myself". In fact...he insists that is the only memory verse lol. So we are still working on the concept of memorizing more than one. But I guess you have to start somewhere.

The Pout

Isaac is such a happy baby.

Seriously a happy baby.

But every once and a while he has a pout.

A pout that will make your little heart skip a beat and you will do pretty much whatever he wants.....

And then there is his angry pout. Oh it is the pout of all pouts...

And when I see it.....I fix whatever the problem is as fast as I can lol...

(this is the only picture I have of this pout. My dad took it at Christmas. It comes so quickly it is hard to capture. Trust me I have tried many times...)

Wednesday...

I am so glad today is Wednesday....because that means tomorrow is Thursday. Thursday is my favorite day of the week (excluding weekends obviously). I don't know why they have just always been that way. I think it started a long time ago when Friends and ER were on. Man I miss the days of Friends, Will and Grace and ER lol. How sad is that haha. It's a good thing I have Big Bang Theory and Rules of Engagement. :)

Today didn't start good. I had a hard time sleeping. Isaac was up playing in his crib from 3:30 to 5:30...and Ethan woke up at 6:45. At least Isaac was playing and wasn't crying or screaming. I just laid in bed and listed to him talk and giggle and everyone once and a while a smile would come across my face because I just couldn't help it.  Jon was here this morning because our furnace is broken. We have been without heat since Wednesday morning. The fixer people were coming and it's a little hard to deal with them and four kids so he was nice and stayed home. You would think having him here would be helpful...but he doesn't know our routine lol. The kids get hyper and then he goes upstairs to work. So that added to the mix.

Since our heat was out I was using the fireplace downstairs to heat the house. I forgot it was on and momentarily stepped into the kitchen....and then I heard a cry. A cry that you don't hear very often and the kind where you know exactly what has happened without even looking. Poor Brady had touched the fireplace. He ended up with a blister on his finger.  I felt and still feel awful. I am thankful that it was just a blister because I know it could have been much worse.

But tomorrow will be a better day. Even if I don't get much sleep. I will make it a better day.