Funnies

Sierra: "I just want to help you. Daddy said 'happy wife, happy life. And you're the wife, so if I help you it will make you happy and I'll have a happy life!"

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Sierra, talking about the weather: "I don't like hot days or cold days. I like in between but it never comes!" (Texas problems)

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Reid: what did Mommy say?

Sierra: I don't know, she always says so much, I don't remember

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Reid drew a picture with Jesus, Daddy, Sierra and Reid ...then he realized there was no room for me, so he turned the paper over and said to me "you're not in the picture since you're at Costco. So I'll draw you on the back with food since you're getting groceries."

(Front, upside down)

Me, on the back, upside down

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Any time we talk about how something isn't real (monsters, dragons, etc), Reid follows it up with "monsters aren't real, but dinosaurs are. They just aren't alive anymore. We don't know if they're in Heaven but when we go there, we'll see if they are or not. Maybe they're in a dinosaur heaven." (he says this often!)

Weston is 4 months!

At 4 months, Weston:

- 15lbs 9oz (51%), 26 in (83%), 43 cm (86%)

- can grab his toes

- is ticklish on his feet, arms, neck, thighs and laughs every time I change his clothes and socks

- "talks" loudly and often

- his favorite toy is his hands - watching them open and close

- plays in the exert saucer now!

- loves touching faces, pulling hair, being held, watching his wild big siblings, and standing

- does not like wind in his face, cold hands touching him, and pacifiers

- not at all interested in rolling over

- still lots of tummy pains (crying in his sleep and waking with tummy pains and inconsolable crying in the night), so so sad!

- still sleeping swaddled in the rock n play

His smiles melt your heart and his laughing is contagious. He is soooo loved and we are blessed and thankful for his life.

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!