tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-48432210383213528122024-03-12T20:36:03.527-07:00All About the NsMrs Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16173679332279284302noreply@blogger.comBlogger237125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843221038321352812.post-64356323963958422182012-12-10T22:03:00.004-08:002012-12-10T22:03:28.985-08:00M's Haircut<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Mrs Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16173679332279284302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843221038321352812.post-35538676808950226062012-12-10T22:00:00.003-08:002012-12-10T22:00:44.068-08:00Puffles Comes For a Visit<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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At M's preschool, they have a special toy - Puffles - who visits each of the children in turn. Two weeks ago it was M's turn! He had a great time with Puffles. </div>
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All Miss E wants for Christmas is her two front teeth. Actually, she has a giant list of completely unattainable toys that cost like $100 each. Haha</div>
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In November Baby C learned how to climb up on the table. Now we keep the chairs far from the table. However, Baby C is now trying to shove chairs over to the table to climb up. She also learned how to climb up to the piano in a vain attempt to reach the tv.</div>
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Baby C cut 4 teeth in November!</div>
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We spent Thanksgiving with three other families whose extended families were far away. Lots of children and lots of babies! We all had fun.</div>
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Mr N caught a fish bigger than Baby C! She liked splashing it with water from the hose.</div>
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October Highlights:</div>
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Mr N caught another fish at the beginning of October. Yay salmon!</div>
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M as a ninja.</div>
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Baby C as a duckling.</div>
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The night before Halloween Mr N & I went to a haunted house with our friends. We dressed up because that is FUN. That zombie's pretty creepy, huh. I was a black widow and Mr N is a lumberjack. Just in case you are especially obtuse and cannot tell. :-)</div>
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<br />Mrs Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16173679332279284302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843221038321352812.post-303039145108662152012-08-08T21:39:00.001-07:002012-08-08T21:39:00.934-07:00Baby C Turned 1!Here's the video (having trouble with my computer, so it won't embed videos right now...):<br />
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A couple weeks ago we made our annual visit to the Enchanted Forest! Fun times were had by all!</div>
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E rode this ride several times by herself. She loves it!</div>
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Taking a little rest while we determine our next action.</div>
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<br />Mrs Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16173679332279284302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843221038321352812.post-60393202052683814862012-07-29T13:54:00.001-07:002012-07-29T13:54:14.462-07:00ZooE, playing Barbies: We're driving to Mexico! Here we are in Mexico! (different voice) Wow, that was a short drive! (first voice) Well, we live in Africa, remember?<br />
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<br />Mrs Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16173679332279284302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843221038321352812.post-78771823614898413822012-06-03T21:11:00.002-07:002012-06-03T21:11:27.229-07:00Miss E's 6th Birthday Party<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Miss E's 6th birthday party was Saturday. She requested a Hello Kitty cake. I'm pretty proud of how it turned out! It took a long time! </div>
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Miss E had six friends attend. They played Pin the Crown on the Princess and decorated visors with foam stickers. There was also plenty of running around outside and jumping on the trampoline. Everyone got a fairy wand or sword to take home depending on their gender. Those were a big hit!</div>
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For Miss E's actual birthday we will of course be making the trek to Chuck E Cheese so the kids can win AWESOME prizes. Miss E has requested Little Caesar's pizza for dinner. Haha<br />
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It is rather hard for Mr N & I to believe that our baby girl is turning 6. She has done fabulously at school. She has lots of friends and is progressing quite well at the 3 Rs. She is already excited to start 1st grade in the fall. Right now some of her favorite things to do are play pretend with her My Little Ponies, Barbies or paper dolls, play Hot Lava with her brother, and have friends over to play. She likes to sleep in the small recliner we have in the girls' room instead of her bed. She feels this keeps her hair silkier. She likes to walk around on her tiptoes "to look taller." She likes to be carried to bed by Mr N. Miss E is a delightful girl!!!!!</div>Mrs Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16173679332279284302noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843221038321352812.post-82632054557500212712012-06-03T20:39:00.000-07:002012-06-03T20:39:25.036-07:00Aunt T's Visit<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Mr N's sister, or "Aunt T" as the children like to call her, came to visit over Memorial Day weekend. It was great to see her! The weather took a turn for the worse, but Aunt T did not mind a bit as it is already quite hot in Texas where she lives.</div>
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Monday saw us dragging Aunt T to Lowe's so we could get ceiling fans for all the bedrooms. Fun! Don't worry, we also squeezed in trips to Michaels & Craft Warehouse so Aunt T could get some cool beads for her jewelry making! Come visit us again soon Aunt T!!</div>Mrs Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16173679332279284302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843221038321352812.post-41016845729904625472012-06-03T20:14:00.001-07:002012-06-03T20:14:49.116-07:00Bathtime!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Baby C celebrated by learning to wave AND crawl on her exact 9 month birthday! Today she crawled over to the laptop and was quite pleased with herself when she reached it. Haha M & I were cheering, but E was saying, "Oh no!" because she shares a room with C now, so that meant all the tiny toys E adores have to be tidied up all the time. I am ruthless - I have let Baby C crumple up papers E left out but wanted to keep.<br />
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<li>She goes to bed around 6pm and wakes around 6:30am. If I am lucky. Though a couple weeks ago she was sleeping regularly til 7am. I'd like that back. Don't suggest - I already tried keeping her up late, she woke up at 6:15am. That trick doesn't work on my babies for some reason.</li>
<li>She thinks E & M are the coolest people ever.</li>
<li>She likes to be held by her momma. I think she would be perfectly content for me to tote her around all day.</li>
<li>She loves peekaboo. I think that is a universal truth of babies.</li>
<li>She has a funny grunty laugh sometimes - almost like she is laughing against her will.</li>
<li>Her siblings love to get right in her face and say something loud. Sometimes she thinks this is funny and sometimes they knock her over because they are small children with undeveloped gross motor skills. I believe I say, "Get out of C's face," 6,322 times a day.</li>
<li>She grins <i>all the time</i>. She even grins at the children when they are crying and it makes them crazy. This in turn makes me laugh, laugh, laugh.</li>
<li>She self-soothes with thumb sucking but only for like 2 seconds at a time. When she's really upset her routine is: she'll cry, suck her thumb for 2 seconds, pull her thumb out, start to cry a few moments later, repeat. We can't figure out why she doesn't just leave it in. But anyway, she likes to have a binky around, but I think she just thinks it's funny. She likes to play with it in bed.</li>
<li>She is the wiggliest baby <i>ever</i>. She wiggles nonstop. Even while nursing. Constantly moving. Thus a major nickname for her is Wiggle Worm.</li>
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They ran around and played for a while in the backyard. Then we had cake & ice cream. Then more playing. Then presents & goody bags and everyone went home happy. (The crying boy was fine once his mom returned to hang out.) The party was just an hour and there were no organized games. M is the oldest of his friends so I just didn't think the little ones would be up to it. They were perfectly content to run around.</div>
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The theme was chosen by M - airplane cake, volcano & dinosaur centerpiece & plates, and colorful decorations. My children can never stick to one thing for a theme - they love to have a bit of this and that.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;">My two girls posed for me in Baby C's room yesterday. Baby C is nearly 8 months old and thisclose to crawling (nooooo!). Miss E is counting the days til her 6th birthday. It's not til June, she's just very excited. :D</span></div>
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Our little sweetie smiled beautifully on Valentine's Day in a quick photo snapped by Mr N.</div>
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Can you believe she will be seven months old in a few days??? I sure can't. Baby C is developing her torso strength and can sit up unassisted for up to half a minute if she doesn't try to grab something. Then she topples over. She wasn't much of one for baby food. The only thing I could get her to really eat was green beans. Not that I tried much. She pretty much skipped right to real food. She enjoys cheese and bananas and especially loves bread. Mr N gave her some strawberry smoothie the other day - wowee did she go for that!</div>
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M caught his first frog and was SO happy! </div>
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E & M have recently been learning a great deal about science. E really likes dinosaurs and natural disasters so they both love to watch whatever shows they can find about those things on Netflix. M also loves planets and space. He loves to have me search Google Images for astronauts, the moon, spaceships, and various planets. I took the kids to the non-fiction section of the kids' section of the library for the first time ever, and they were seriously acting like it was Christmas and they got everything they had ever dreamt of. I showed them some <a href="http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=eyewitness+books&x=0&y=0" target="_blank">Eyewitness</a> books and they went crazy! We came home with a giant pile. It was so fun. They especially loved Dinosaur, Human Body, Ocean, Moon, Volcano & Earthquake, Weather, and Water.</div>
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The kids like to help me cook. E got a craft apron from Aunt Jeanie for Christmas. M wears one of my aprons. </div>
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"Bean trays" were a big hit here this week and kept the kids entertained for hours. They created elaborate stories to accompany their play. I saw this on the web somewhere. Thanks, Internet!</div>Mrs Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16173679332279284302noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843221038321352812.post-44752562367331845862012-01-09T21:54:00.000-08:002012-01-09T21:55:06.273-08:00E's Cat SongI like to take a catnap in bed.<br />
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I don't like rabbits.<br />
I don't like dogs;<br />
We fight all the time.<br />
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Inspired to clean by the beautiful floor!</div>
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Our friends EdgyK and her husband Stenny helped us. Without their help we would have gone nutz and it would have taken a LOT longer.</div>
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I am being useful here, it just doesn't look like it. Haha I was dictating measurements while EdgyK marked the laminate. (Blogger loaded these pics all jumbled up.) Here you can see we were nearly done with the kitchen. The kitchen took a long time because of all those corners we had to measure around.</div>
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M discovered the advantages of a wood floor.</div>
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Here is the picture of how far we got the first day. We finished the kitchen. We had friends coming over that evening, and EdgyK had a family party to attend, so we stopped around 5pm.</div>
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M and E used the boxes as coffins. My kids are so morbid. They did a mummy exhibit and drew bodies inside the coffins.</div>
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When everything got ripped up, we discovered there was a half-inch difference between the dining room and the kitchen. Mr N had to run to the store and get some boards to even things up. This set us back about two hours.</div>
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Day 2 dawned bright and early. It was New Years Eve and Stenny & EdgyK showed up at 8am to floor the dining room. That's earrrrrrly in case you were wondering. </div>
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Okay so admittedly I did not work as hard as Mr N, EdgyK, or Stenny. I was on baby duty a lot. It's its own form of hard work! Day 2 while the baby was napping it was me, EdgyK and Mr N on floor duty while Stenny was our cutter.</div>
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Mr N picked up a set of laminate installation tools on a whim during his trip to Home Depot on Day 1 and they turned out to be VERY useful. The dining room was much faster to floor due to its large rectangular shape. We finished laying laminate around 1pm and Stenny stayed and helped Mr N nail all the baseboards back on. They were done around 2pm.</div>Mrs Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16173679332279284302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843221038321352812.post-44467433796679216842012-01-09T16:24:00.000-08:002012-01-09T17:29:08.212-08:00Dining Room - Before<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Between Christmas and New Years, Mr N had the entire week off. At the top of a very short "Honey Do" list was ripping out the carpet of the dining room and cheap laminate of the kitchen and replacing it with the highest quality wood laminate we could afford. Look at that nasty carpet! Naturally we didn't bother vacuuming before snapping this pic.</div>
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Here's a picture of the laminate in the kitchen. Mr N had already pulled the fridge out. Sorry the lights in the kitchen are pretty yellow. There was nothing major wrong with the laminate; there were several small holes and dings in it and there was discoloration in the entire center where we walk around. </div>Mrs Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16173679332279284302noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843221038321352812.post-61740135911006168102012-01-03T23:14:00.000-08:002012-01-09T17:29:16.770-08:00Sibling Love!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We decorated a gingerbread house on Christmas Eve.</div>
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We went on a marathon walk (nearly 2 miles) and watched that old stop-motion animation movie of how Kris Kringle became Santa Claus and had pizza for dinner. It is a tradition from Mr N's family to watch a movie and eat pizza on Christmas Eve night. </div>
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The children got to open one present Christmas Eve - their new pajamas. We were worried they would take forever to fall asleep, but they both conked out right away. Apparently the long walk coupled with weeks of anticipation was too much for our little ones.</div>
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Here is the living room after Santa visited!</div>
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Our Christmas tree.</div>
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The children posing with their stockings.</div>
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The baby ponders the joys of Christmas.</div>
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We didn't take many pictures of Christmas morning, it's mostly video. I'll upload that...sometime. We had a lovely Christmas and hope you did too!</div>Mrs Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16173679332279284302noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843221038321352812.post-69761478734906056192011-12-12T22:26:00.000-08:002011-12-12T22:26:21.494-08:00This Girl's So Cute!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Mrs Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16173679332279284302noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843221038321352812.post-33594743292670234032011-11-30T23:15:00.000-08:002011-11-30T23:26:57.761-08:00Updates to the Kitchen<div style="text-align: center;">Our dishwasher has been dying a slow death for about a year now. We were planning to replace it with some tax refund money. About a week before Thanksgiving, our oven suddenly popped loudly. The stovetop worked, but the oven was completely out. The replacement part was nearly as costly as a new oven, so it was time to head to Lowe's. They were having a pre-Black Friday sale, and the prices were great, so we got an oven<span style="font-style: italic;"> and</span> a dishwasher! They are so pretty. And they both work. So, you know, yay!<br /><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-U6oloivnCas/TtcqSOCKvJI/AAAAAAAABWQ/Dwq6mpB4IaY/s1600/086.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-U6oloivnCas/TtcqSOCKvJI/AAAAAAAABWQ/Dwq6mpB4IaY/s400/086.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681055947444370578" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lJUT_7Xi3Z0/TtcqSJcslgI/AAAAAAAABWc/kdzboHFFk_k/s1600/087.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-lJUT_7Xi3Z0/TtcqSJcslgI/AAAAAAAABWc/kdzboHFFk_k/s400/087.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681055946213463554" border="0" /></a>Mrs Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16173679332279284302noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843221038321352812.post-80895604771411797732011-11-30T22:58:00.000-08:002011-11-30T23:15:54.629-08:00Late November<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DXuAE530S_8/TtcnFJKLgeI/AAAAAAAABV4/KpLuCc9D4cE/s1600/062.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DXuAE530S_8/TtcnFJKLgeI/AAAAAAAABV4/KpLuCc9D4cE/s400/062.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681052424262615522" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rQyExqjOnp8/TtcnELPT6dI/AAAAAAAABVs/QWCpMogcYWU/s1600/071.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rQyExqjOnp8/TtcnELPT6dI/AAAAAAAABVs/QWCpMogcYWU/s400/071.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681052407641139666" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bPPady2U_dM/TtcnDyw7FbI/AAAAAAAABVg/abfgR39AQSA/s1600/078.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-bPPady2U_dM/TtcnDyw7FbI/AAAAAAAABVg/abfgR39AQSA/s400/078.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681052401071232434" border="0" /></a><br />(E is patting Baby's C's head, if you couldn't tell.)<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sYkVAYLzJII/TtcnFeTa_CI/AAAAAAAABWE/XaEbk5O4LA8/s1600/057.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sYkVAYLzJII/TtcnFeTa_CI/AAAAAAAABWE/XaEbk5O4LA8/s400/057.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681052429938523170" border="0" /></a><br />E made potions in these sippy cups and was very proud of them. I like how E & M are posing so similarly (unplanned). I'm not really sure how she got her potions to be blue...perhaps I should look into that.<br /></div>Mrs Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16173679332279284302noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4843221038321352812.post-88709375938751512042011-11-30T22:40:00.000-08:002011-11-30T22:58:21.004-08:00Baby C, 4 Months<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tLil2C3ls_U/TtcjJPyAu7I/AAAAAAAABVI/zroDeRooeMI/s1600/014.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-tLil2C3ls_U/TtcjJPyAu7I/AAAAAAAABVI/zroDeRooeMI/s400/014.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681048096713259954" border="0" /></a><br /><br />Baby C will be four months old in a week! I find it hard to believe that just four months ago she was born; it feels like she has always been part of our family. We all adore her.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2UdVUIhVBvI/TtcjI4aqy2I/AAAAAAAABU8/ufKZzUXKuAY/s1600/015.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-2UdVUIhVBvI/TtcjI4aqy2I/AAAAAAAABU8/ufKZzUXKuAY/s400/015.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681048090441337698" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_pDG03uRdMQ/TtcjIPxtkYI/AAAAAAAABUw/lPsKCf_wB3g/s1600/020.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_pDG03uRdMQ/TtcjIPxtkYI/AAAAAAAABUw/lPsKCf_wB3g/s400/020.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681048079532134786" border="0" /></a><br />Baby C is such a happy, smiley baby. She smiles sweetly at all of us. Right now her favorite person is me, can't say I mind it! Honestly I am adoring her special smiles and how she follows me with her eyes wherever I go.<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HAQSUMwkQXM/TtcjH9lVeNI/AAAAAAAABUk/L4H0O0juxlA/s1600/028.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 267px; height: 400px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-HAQSUMwkQXM/TtcjH9lVeNI/AAAAAAAABUk/L4H0O0juxlA/s400/028.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681048074648385746" border="0" /></a><br />Baby C's likes:<br /><ul><li>Her big brother and sister</li><li>Mommy</li><li>Daddy</li><li>Being held as much as possible</li><li>Being swaddled tightly</li><li>Snuggling with Mama in bed whenever I'll let her</li></ul><br />Baby C's dislikes:<br /><ul><li>Napping during the day for longer than 45 minutes (totally forgiven because she sleeps so well at night)</li><li>Not being held</li><li>Me taking more than 30 seconds to start nursing her<br /></li></ul></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-k6ZjPYLwpHc/TtcjJy8xxNI/AAAAAAAABVU/7oC7iqTRV4g/s1600/010.JPG"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 267px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-k6ZjPYLwpHc/TtcjJy8xxNI/AAAAAAAABVU/7oC7iqTRV4g/s400/010.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5681048106153657554" border="0" /></a>Mrs Nhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16173679332279284302noreply@blogger.com2