A Lucy Day

Yesterday was a Lucy day. I have been feeling like she gets overlooked sometimes in this crazy household and so I was trying to make a special effort to play with her. We started with building a fort to eat our snack in. Lucy's new favorite snack is apples dipped in caramel and pb. So we headed into the fort to eat and decided we needed a picture.

Now you will have to excuse my appearance. It was also my cleaning day and so I had not showered and was trying to fit in a few cleaning jobs while still playing...so I know, I look lovely.

After our snack and books, we decided to do Lucy's hair and take her picture. So we did.

She is such a babe.

The rest of the day was nonstop Lucy fun. We played store, read books, colored and she chatted with me ALL day.

It was a great day!

First Swim Meet

Noah and Grace have been on a swim team since last March. They have become very strong swimmers and we have loved watching them swim. They had their first swim meet on Saturday and we were all very nervous! But they both did an excellent job and we are so proud of them!

These videos are of Noah's 2 races and Grace's 1 race. It was kind of a weird setup because we were up in the viewing area behind a glass wall. So we could not cheer for the kids and we are not right down by the water. But if you listen, you will hear the announcer say their names...they loved that part!

Grace was racing with 8 year olds and did such a fantastic job. She took 3rd in her heat and 10th overall!

Noah took first overall in the backstroke!

Noah took first in his heat and 2nd overall in freestyle!

9 Months

Time flies.

Jake is a food snob. He will not eat baby food and only wants a few bites of one thing and then he needs something different. He loves chicken nuggets and that is the only thing he will eat consistently. He had his 9 month check up this week and he has not gained any weight since his 6 month checkup. So I am determined to fatten him up before his next checkup. We'll see if he is a willing participant....my guess is no.

Now that he is so mobile. and so fast, he crawls to wherever I am to let me know he is not happy.

One of my new favorite things about Jake is that he has a fake cry! It is so hilarious. He closes his eyes, opens his mouth and scrunches up his nose and tries to make a crying sound. We laugh every time he does it. I haven't caught it on video yet, but hope to do that soon.

Jake recently discovered this little cupboard in my kitchen. It is the perfect size for him! He is quite adventurous and loves to climb the stairs. He still puts everything he sees into his mouth and lets me know when I need to vacuum.

Jake absolutely LOVES Noah. They wake up early together every morning and Noah gets him out of his bed and takes him downstairs to play. If Noah is in the room, Jake wants him. And I think we have decided that "Noah" is Jake's first word. He is only babbling, of course, but it sounds a lot like "Noah!"

Jake loves to give kisses. Noah is a good sport and wipes off the slobber.

Halloween....a little late

We had a very special treat for Halloween this year. Grandma Bird came for a visit! The kids were so excited to see her and to take her trick or treating.

I bought Jake a lion costume that ended up not working out. So he got to wear the tigger costume from when Noah was 4 months old. It was a little short. Lucy was Fancy Nancy! She was so cute and if you are not familiar with the Fancy Nancy books, you are missing out!

After taking this picture, Noah decided he was "uncomfortable" with all that face paint. So we hurry and washed it off before heading out to trick or treat. Grace started out as Hannah Montana but in the end decided a witch was a better choice. My Mom made this witch costume and my sisters and I all took turns wearing it. It is so fun to see my little girl wearing it now. And I love the stripey tights.

This is Aaron as the hulk. I found this costume at Goodwill about 4 years ago and every year Aaron puts it on, we all laugh, and then he takes it off. Classic.