Wrong words

At ages 3 and 5, Reid and Sierra can say most words correctly. But there are still a few that they don't...and they make me smile :)

* binocliers (binoculars)

* calcliator (calculator)

* ridiclious (ridiculous)

Nicknames

Sierra and Reid call Weston "Cutie" and "My Cutie". ...as in "where's Cutie?! There's my Cutie! Hey Cutie!" It's sweet :)

Weston's other nicknames:

- Chubs

- Westony and Westony Destiny and Westony Bo Bestony (Reid came up with these and he's the only one who uses them!)

- sweet boy

- buddy and bud

- cutesie wootsie

Sierra calls herself "Sissy" and Reid is "Bro-y" :)

Weston, 3 months

3 months seems like the first big age milestone. It's the end of the 4th trimester!

This past month, Weston......

- found his hands and constantly has them in his mouth

- started grabbing and pulling the toys that hang from the play mat and bouncer

- has lost a lot of hair...but still has a lot

- went two weeks of sleeping 8-11hrs (and then back to waking up again)

- is laughing more

- got his first hair trim (by me), around his ears, side burns and at base of his neck. It was crazy long for a 3 mo old boy!

- is a drooling fool

- has become a cat napper

- still having tummy and poop issues :(

We can't get enough of him! He gets so many hugs and kisses every day from all of us. He loves watching the big kids dance!! When I hum while I'm rocking him, he coos sweet "humming" sounds with me :)

Sierra is FIVE

I can't believe we have a 5 year old!!! How did that happen?!

She has grown up so much in the last year. She is still just as spirited as she was as a newborn - but with more sass! She is smart, silly, beautiful, sweet, sassy, strong-willed and so much fun! We love you so much, baby girl!

Some of her favorite things:

* all things crafty - drawing, coloring, beads, creative projects

* math - she loves learning addition and subtraction!

* playing pretend with buddies - stuffed animals are still her favorite toys

* eating breakfast foods at any time of day, especially cereal

* sun butter and honey sandwiches - she would eat 2 a day if we let her

* her brothers- she loves playing with Reid all day and trying to get Weston to laugh

* watching anything on TV/movies

* school and playing with her friends

* dresses - it's all she wears and she has her own sense of "matching" style!

* dates with Daddy

* cuddling

* her love languages are definitely quality time and touch...and food :)

Girly drawings

Sierra is getting so good with her drawing and coloring! I LOVE to see her artwork!

Everything about her drawings is so girly :)

She did this at school. They go to a playroom and can either play with toys or draw. She draws every time. She knows the colors of the rainbow in the correct order :)

Ariel! She was looking at a picture of Ariel and did pretty good copying it!

The birthday card she made me. Daddy cut the heart and she did the rest. She couldn't spell "Happy Birthday" by herself, but knew the first letter of each word, so she wrote "HB"

Upside down but that's Elsa with one braid and Anna with two

Oops, another one upside down. This is our house with a window for each kid's room. I love how she was testing colors on the side - I used to do that too!

Siblings

Oh my how Sierra and Reid love their Weston!!! All day I am telling them to be gentle, don't poke, dont lean on him, use quiet voices, give him some space, etc etc. They adore him!! It's so fun now that they can get him to smile and laugh too! He loves when they sing and dance for him :) Sierra just can't wait until he is big enough to play with them. I pray that all three are good friends for life!!!

Reid's "beds"

Reid is so funny about how he sleeps. Some nights he wants to sleep on the floor - he makes himself a little pallet with a pillow, a blanket to lay on and one to cover him, some buddies and his water. Some nights he wants his head at the foot of the bed. Some nights he pits all of his buddies in the bed and other nights he only wants one. Each night is different in some way. But whatever his plan is for that night, he is particular and stubborn about it. As long as its not a safety issue, we let him decide ...stopped fighting that battle long ago.

Here are a couple photos I've taken

On top of his covers, using buddies as his pillows.

He built a fort/cave in the small space between his bed and the wall. He went to sleep back there but when I checked on him later, he had tucked himself back into his bed. The next morning he told me it was too hot in the fort.

Silly kiddo!