We had a fun and eventful day yesterday - ENT appointment for J & G, Toys R Us, Jimmy Johns for lunch, then to the outlet mall to get Grace a pair of tennis shoes. Then we got a sign that it was time to go home! Jack, Erin, and I stayed in the van while Colin and Grace went to get the shoes. At that time, Jack was telling me he REALLY had to go potty. I had to resort to having him pee in the Jimmy John's cup (how convenient having a boy!), then Erin started crying, so I went to get her out of the her car seat, and there was poop everywhere. She had a major blow out all over herself, her clothes, the car seat...you name it! I went through about 20 wipes trying to get her cleaned, took her clothes off and wrapped her in a blanket, and I texted Colin. He came out to the car with Grace who had pooped while they were shoe shopping. Of course we had no wipes left....
Erin - She has been awake so much more lately, and I haven't been able to get much of anything done today. Now she and Grace are both asleep, so I'm jumping on to post some pictures. She still is sleeping great at night. She is getting SO big, and I love all of her rolls. It looks like she has about rubber bands wrapped around each thigh. So adorable! She still smiles quite often too, and I think she will be quite social like her brother! She is mostly content and relaxed, but she will let us know when she isn't happy about something!
Grace - She makes us laugh a whole lot every day! She is pretty much a canary, and repeats everything you say. Even if you ask her a question, rather than answering the question, she just repeats the last word that you said. "Grace, do you want some chicken?" "Chicken." "Grace, do you want to take a bath?" "Bath." She loves the movie Tangled, and can sit through most of it. She especially enjoys the singing and dancing scenes, and imitates them. There is one part that she and Jack clap and run around in circles imitating Rapunzel and Eugene.
VIDEO (but Jack was at school). She is still taking her pants and diaper off during naps and at night quite often. While I was working on this post, she pooped, took her diaper off, then started yelling "poop" at me. Hopefully potty training is in her near future!
Jack - We have no clue where he comes up with some of the things he says, but he cracks us up too. The other day I went to pick him up from school, and there was a lady waiting to meet me. It was a girl's mom. A girl who he talks about quite often and tells us that she chases him. She was going on about how her daughter never stops talking about Jack, and that she had to meet his parents so we could set up some play dates. Mr. Social Butterfly! He loves the movie Lion King since I've introduced it to him this week. He tells us he only likes the little lions though, not the big ones. He is also all about talking about his "favorite color" - red. I think he is phasing out his nap, which makes Colin and I cringe! He will still be having a "quiet time" in his room, even if he doesn't sleep.
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| Ready to Boiler Up on the Day of the Notre Dame/Purdue game...not so great, just like last year! |
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| All my future Boilermakers |
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| They like to take turns holding Erin, who looks bigger than 1.5 year old Gracie! |
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| I've been trying to get a lot of pictures with all 3 of them. This is the common pose, because they just keep trading off the baby. |
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| These two will have a special relationship I think! They look alike, and Jack is in love with his baby Erin! |
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| All the kids love my new stroller! I didn't even tell them to hold hands. They enjoy sitting next to each other. I've been able to get walks in every day too, which has been great. |
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| We took a break from our walk to play at the "purple park". |
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| My little monkey |
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| Roi needs to learn manners when going for walks....which is probably my fault because I'm bad about taking him on walks. |
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| J & G had trail mix in her room. I thought they were enjoying a snack at the white table, but boy was I wrong! These did not vacuum up either!!! |
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| Another walk! |
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| A Publix run before picking up Jack from school. |
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| He had to go to the bathroom, and there was no stopping him! I had to have Colin drive to bring us wipes. He got it on video too, but I'll spare Jack the future embarrassment. |
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| Posing after I got her hair done for the day. |
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| We went back to Toddler Time at Sky Zone this week. This time we didn't make it to the morning session, so we went at 1:00 and skipped naps. Not very many kids came (probably nap time for them too). We were the only ones there for a bit at the beginning, and Colin and I were having a bit too much fun! |
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| Based on this picture, I think I missed my calling as a cheerleader :) At one point we were sort of playing dodgeball when I came running across the entire gym and couldn't stop. I ran into the trampoline wall with my head and sunglasses went flying, my hair was everywhere. My neck is still a bit stiff from it! Colin is still laughing the sight of the whole thing! lol This place is soooo fun, and I'm going to go to an aerobics class on Thursday night. I'm really excited (and nervous too). |
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| There was a great sunset this night when we were coming home, so I told Jack I wanted to take a picture. By the time I got back outside, it was gone. |
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| Testing out his new car seat in daddy's truck |
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| Super Grace |
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| Again, what a proud big brother Jack is! Grace is proud too, but she is bored since it isn't her turn to hold Erin. |
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| Look how long Erin is! I'm excited for her 2 month well visit to see what percentiles she falls into. |
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| Sisters |
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| loooooove this picture |
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| And just like THAT, my summer break / maternity leave is over. I sure am going to miss these smiling faces come Monday!!! :'( I'm trying to convince Colin to take Sunday off so we can have a family day, and so I can have lots of distractions from thinking about being gone all week. |
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| We went for their ear tube check ups. Everything looked great. Jack weighed 33.6 lbs., and Grace 20.4. Jack was talking to the doctor like he had known him all his life. |
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| I'm soaking up every little cuddley nap I can get from this one. |
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| Happy Fall! |
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| Colin and Jack came home from grocery shopping with a new pair of Halloween jammies for everyone! |
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| Tummy Time |
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| Posing before we left to take Jack to school. |
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| My happy little girl |
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| Smiley too! |
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| This was our walk this morning. Erin loves getting out in the fresh air! |
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| Dancing during Tangled |
