More Milestones

I must say that I have absolutely loved having a little girl! Lily has definitely captured each of our hearts (even her brother's!). The sad thing is that she is growing and changing way too fast!

She has now been crawling (the correct way) for almost a month and 2 weeks ago, in one day, she began pulling up on anything and everything she can get the little tips of her fingers on. Besides already getting a couple of bruises on her forehead from falling when she pulls up, I've had to move her crib to a new wall (to keep her from going crazy playing with curtains that hung beside her crib), I've had to find baskets to place in front of cords that look so good to chew on, and I've become much less productive, as I can't leave Lilian anywhere without her getting into or onto something that could be dangerous. I'm now working very slowly with a baby on my hip or working on something for a minute or two and then running back into the room she's in to check on her. (Thankfully, our house is very small.)

Actually...I am so thankful that our house is full of children that sometimes make it hard to be neat and productive. They are truly a joy and wonderful blessing!

How quickly we forget about these precious stages!

Fun in the Mud!

After 2 1/2 days of rain and 5 inches of snow, our yard was pretty soggy for days. As it began to warm up late last week, the boys began to spend more time outside. They were playing outside one afternoon, having a great time and getting along very well. Their fun began in the garage and on the driveway and sidewalk, where it was nice and dry. As I checked on them throughout their play time I was just waiting for them to venture into the yard, and hence the mud. They had on play clothes and were having such a great time, I had already decided I was going to let them get as messy as their little hearts desired.

Sure enough, I peaked out the door to check on "their fun" and they were having some! Their shoes and pants were wet up to their knees, they had mud on their faces, and they were using sticks and their fingers to play some game in a mud hole. Who knew one little mud whole could be so much fun?!

Great Snow!

So I'm way behind on this blog. I have much I'd like to blog about, but I think I'll start with pictures from our snow last week.

The snow began Sunday afternoon, and it was great to be able to watch most of it fall. It seems that on the rare occasion that it does snow, it always happens in the middle of the night. This time, we were able to watch a lot of it accumulate before going to bed.

We awoke to a good 5 inches. The boys played in the yard a little with DJ and then went sledding down a hill in our neighborhood with some neighbors and their dad. I'm really glad I wasn't there to watch that, after hearing stories from DJ about Ty being on the front and Micah on the back and flying over a ditch and a downed power line. I would have definitely ruined all of the fun if I had been supervising (though I wonder how much supervising DJ was doing?) :)

The snow was beautiful to look at and Lily and I enjoyed our warm home together, while the boys had their fun outside.

Happy Eight Months!

I have much more to blog about!! Hope to post soon!

Seven Months Old

Lilian turned 7 months old this past Tuesday. Though this was the day Micah was so sick, I took a few minutes to snap a few pictures of our pretty little girl while he was getting a breathing treatment.

Lilian's Milestones

How is it that they grow up so fast?!

Last week, in the span of 3 days, Lilian learned so many new things. She began to crawl (or her version of crawling), imitated a wave several times, finally began reaching for me, and is now sitting up very well.

The four of us are having so much fun experiencing her sweet and smiley personality and watching her change and grow so quickly. I think it is true that each child grows up a little quicker. I do wish it would slow down!

This is a video I took last Saturday. A day after Lily realized she could go and get where and what she wanted.

Poor Micah!

These are a few pictures from Micah's recent 2 day stay in the hospital. For the first time in over 2 years, he had a really bad asthma episode and was having to work so hard to breathe that his pediatrician felt he needed to be admitted to the hospital for steroids, antibiotics, and fluids. I think the poor boy will forever be terrified of the doctor's office, nurses, and a hospital room. He had blood drawn from his finger, a shot in each leg, 2 different tests that involved a swab and then a hose up both nostrils, a chest x-ray, continual breathing treatments, and blood pressure and temperature checks. If that weren't enough, he was dehydrated enough that when they tried to put the IV in his hands they blew the vein each time so they had to call the nurses from the nursery up to put the IV in his foot (as seen in the picture). On top of that, Thursday morning before we came home nursing students were on the pediatric floor. We had 3 in and out of our room and one got to learn how to remove all of the tape from Micah's foot and take his IV out.

Overall, Micah did wonderful and is feeling much better!