Thursday, October 27, 2011

2 Months

Smiley Face




Pouty Face

Both equally cute. It's the chubby cheeks!


She is growing so fast. Here are a few of my favorite moments...




  • She growls-at night when she wakes up to eat if I don't get her fast enough she'll start growling, then when I comment about the growling, she will smile because she already "knows."

  • Elise likes to smile, she started smiling a couple of weeks ago and is especially happy in the morning when she first wakes up.

  • Nights are getting better, the last 5 nights she has only woken up once during the night! Hallelujah!

  • She has a happy to sad speed of about 1 second. First a warning cry and then flat out angry yelps.

  • Bath time is an intense work out. This little girl creates white caps in the tub with her vicious kicking/splashing.

  • Elise is an "easy" baby, most of the time. She knows what she wants and is easily soothed. The only thing is, is sometimes its hard to hold her for hours at a time and she refuses a pacifier. sigh. However, it's a perfect reason not to do my dishes. Sorry can't clean holding my precious baby. Thank you Elise.

  • Elise is a great communicator. Whenever I talk to her she will reply to all of my comments. She listens to me better than anyone and always says the right thing, "coo." She also grunts at me in the morning until I get out of bed, at which point she promptly burrows into my king size bed, ALONE, and goes back to sleep. I believe it is a sibling conspiracy to get me up in the morning. And no she isn't in my bed all night, she takes over Jed's spot when he goes to work.

  • Swaddling comforts her and when she is tired and only wants to go to sleep, this is the best way to calm her.

  • She is oh so snugly and loves to burrow.

  • She still gets hiccups at least once a day, this has been going on since she was only 26 weeks into the cooker.

  • Toys are starting to fascinate her. There is a bee rattle on her bouncy chair and she will stare at it for 20 minutes, talking to it and viciously kicking in its general direction. It's a love/hate relationship. I don't think she likes that it won't talk back to her and yet is so close to her face.

Jara and Jack are doing well. Jack has never intentionally hurt her and Jara loves to hold her and sing songs to her, and make fun of Jack with her, yes it's already started.


Hooray for two months!

Monday, October 24, 2011

The Farm

Staheli Farm that is, not that other place all my childhood animals disappeared to, or the place where I might end up, i.e. the funny farm. ANYWAY...
Over the weekend the Watson's were visiting, so the Watson's and Wheeler's made a field trip (get it "field" haha) to Farmland. I want a farm like this one complete with my very own...


Cottage
The kids were so fascinated as they peered into the witch's hut/cottage. Inside was decorated oh so wicked.


Bouncy Balloon
This has got to make animals of all shape and size very, very happy.


Haunted Furnishings (in front of the aforementioned witch's cottage)
HGTV couldn't have done it better. Don't I look comfortable in my natural environment?


Pumpkin Patch
Yes I subjected my children to the cheesy torture of pumpkin patch pictures. They are so adorable. How can one resist?


We had to take this beauty home for Jara, she really wanted a green pumpkin.



Farm Limousine

Or a trap meant to contain children while waiting in line for hay rides.


Scarecrow

Even Elise got in the picture to measure "How tall this fall?" She slept the rest of the time.

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

The Reason

The multiple reasons why I am hitting the cookies before 9 o' clock:

-i've really been awake long enough for it to be at least noon, so why not?
-my son-bless his little heart-has already smeared diaper cream all over the house, watercolored the tile, and poured a bottle of shampoo down the tub.
-i can't have a normal conversation with people without unknowingly repeating myself. i only know I do this when i get the funny look.
-i still have no grasp on grammar it sailed out the window when i was pregnant
-i can't put down my little baby, which wouldn't be a problem, if i didn't have two other children and a bladder
-my husband hasn't been home in four saturday's, some of those days have been work related but still...
-i dreamt about Voldermort AGAIN!
-i can't sleep at night, even when i get the chance, because my daughter's princess "ipod" music-with-no-words is stuck in my head. ahhh

So if you see me around and i'm muttering to myself and i look a little dazed, run the other way, because i might just tell you this whole bitter diatribe again.

Friday, October 14, 2011

Blessing Day


Elise on her big day. She was beautiful and happy. No crying or fussing, only kicking grandpa in the head (because he is much shorter than daddy.)

Elise and I afterwards, after the tears stopped flowing. Mine not Elise's. Why am I as so emotional, it couldn't be because I just had a baby, could it???



Our little family outside of the Moapa church building. Elise is the second of our children to be blessed in the Muddy River Spanish Branch.




Yes, Jed had a difficult time holding Elise in her princess dress. Too much dress, too little baby but isn't it the loveliest dress you've ever seen?