Interesting Happenings

These past few days have been rather interesting. On Sunday Annabelle decided to launch herself out of her crib--yes, I said launch. The child has no inhibitions. She has been to the e.r. three times, has a chip in her front tooth, and has managed to get a black eye. There is a big personality in that little body!

Yesterday she decided to poop all over her crib-disgusting! When I got home Glenn told me what happened. I sure am happy all the poop incidents have happened when I haven't been home. Ten years ago I never would have thought that I would write a blog post with the word poop in it--times are a changing.

To top it all off-David is not feeling well. My little man is running a fever and sleeping a lot! The last time I remember him running a fever was when he was a year old. He is usually so full of energy and life that it is strange having him tell me that he just wants to sleep. Hopefully in a couple days he will be back to his usual self terrorizing his sister.

Well, that about sums up the beginning of our week. Hopefully it ends with an awesome trip to Apple Hill!

Photo Shoot

When I locked the keys in the car it gave Glenn ample time to take a LOT of pictures. Here they are.

David's Funnies

The other day he says, "Mommy, I appreciate you." :-) Melt my heart little man.

Last night he was praying for dinner and he says, "Come quickly dear Lord God and thank you for this dinner." I have no idea where he heard that but it made me laugh.

4 Months

I know this is a late, but our little man is 4 months old--hard to believe. This little guy has brought so much joy to our home. He always has a smile and seldom cries. He tolerates all the pokes from his siblings with smiles. I never could have imagined just how special he would be to us. We are so blessed. This month's info.

• Wearing a size 2 diaper.
• Smiles all the time and has the cutest little laugh.
  
• Still spitting up like crazy.
• He drools--a lot.
• Still haven't developed a liking for the car seat.
• He is sleeping about 10-11 hours a night.
• He lays on his belly and pushes himself into the corner before he goes to sleep.
• Grabbing the toys on the exersaucer.
• Loves to chew on his hands.
• Pulls my hair and smiles.
• Loves to take walks. When we take him for a walk he just chills back there and looks around.
• E went to his first soccer game--Lord willing, one day we will watch him play soccer.

You haven't changes too much except that you are becoming more and more alert. Elijah--I say this all the time but I love you so much and am so thankful to see your gummy grin every morning.

D & E

I love this picture because you can see how happy "E" is with David talking to him. It is so awesome to watch David with Elijah. He loves his little brother and helps so much. The other day E was laying down and David was telling him, "This is your eye, this is your nose, this is your chin," etc. It was sweet and made me smile. I love my boys!

He is getting so big!

Little Miss

I Have Mad Skills

We went to Austin's soccer game looking forward to cheering the team on to victory. We should have "read the signs" when we got there and left. The game was canceled because the other team forfeited. Glenn suggested we just go home, but not me, I wanted to go watch the boys scrimmage (a.k.a., visit with all the ladies). We hung around and then when it was over I started looking for the keys. We walk over to the van and they were on the driver's seat. Like I said, I have mad skills. You would think that this would not come as a surprise to Glenn with my track record, but he looked at me as if he was in shock. I said sorry and he called Progressive. We waited.

While we waited in the parking lot Glenn told the story of me locking the keys in the car with David in the car. Horrible--surprised I didn't get mother of the year--hahaha. Amanda called and reminded me to tell Glenn that he should have known what he was getting into the first time he came to Michigan. I managed to lock the keys in the car at Tahquamenon Falls, which I learned takes nearly 3 hours for a locksmith to find. To this day my cousin Jake tells me that was the worst day of his life. Since that time I have faithfully locked the keys in the car several times.

While we waited Glenn had the kids do a photo shoot and in between pictures I let them jump in a mud puddle. Disaster turned to family fun time.