Photo Tag

Julie tagged me. You have to go to your 6th picture folder and publish your 6th picture. Could be scary! :) This is me getting back from whitewater rafting in June of 2007. My in-laws watched Asia and Ethan so Mike and I could go with Mike's brother Nathan and some friends up to the Hoback and raft. I was almost 8-months pregnant with Jacob. It was so much fun and Nathan took good care of me. We didn't even flip, thank goodness!

Happy St. Patrick's Day!

We celebrated St. Paddy's day with a breakfast of Leprechaun champions! On the menu was green eggs with ham and cheese, green pancakes in the shape of shamrocks, and green milk of course! We took some breakfast to Daddy who didn't have anything to eat. He goes to the Apple at 4:45 a.m. and then goes straight to EIPHD without time for breakfast. I think he liked that. Normally he just has a yogurt and cheese. He loves a hot breakfast!




Asia had to have green milk with every meal today.



I actually had a bit of a hard time eating green food. It's all in my head, I know, but there's something to be said about the appearance of food. I guess I should color everything on my plate green, then I wouldn't eat so dang much!

We all wore green shirts except for Ethan who doesn't really have a green shirt. He just had to wear one that had a green stripe in it. I had to give him a talk about pinching people and that he'd probably get in trouble at school if he pinched anyone not wearing green. He refrained from pinching and didn't get into trouble. Yaay! Not that he has trouble keeping his hands to himself, but you never know with boys!

I was going to make a wonderful St. Patrick's Day dinner, but I ran out of time and we had stroganoff instead. Russian food I think. That's close enough to Ireland, right?!

Mia's 4 Months Old!

We just went to Mia's 4-month old check-up with Doctor Packer. She is doing great! She is already 14 pounds (56th %) and 26 inches long (95th %). She's almost exactly the same size as Asia when she was 4-months old. Asia was 26" long and weighed 14lbs. 8 oz. They could be twins!



Mia likes to play with her hands and suck on them. She has become quite the drool monster. I hope she's not getting teeth already! She can roll from her tummy to her back and she likes to hold onto her toys and shake them.



She also likes to swing in her swing and be outside. It's actually been pretty nice lately so she can finally go outside without freezing her little tooshie off! She also does this funny thing where she puts her chin to her chest so it looks like she has no neck. Then she'll stare at you with funny, googly eyes and raise her eyebrows! What a silly girl!

Look What I Can Do!

My little Jacob is growing up to be quite a little character! His favorite thing to do lately is get the vacuum out and pretend to vacuum. He likes to try to "help" me vacuum also. He grabs onto the vacuum and wants to help me push it along. He kinda slows down the process, but he's learning right? Hopefully he'll still be enthusiastic about it when he can actually do it the right way and really help me out!




Another vacuum story. Jacob likes to sit right in the middle of the vacuum hose while I'm trying to vacuum. I don't know what it is he likes about it. Maybe it's like his own little play space and he feels safe inside of it. Sometimes it will get a little tight around him and he cracks up so hard! He's crazy!




Another funny thing. Jacob was eating his froot loops one morning and decided it would be fun to stick his finger inside the hole of the froot loop and eat them that way. I guess it was easier than using his spoon! When he got one on his finger, he smiled so big and was so proud of himself! Funny little dude!

Mia's 3 Months Old

Just wanted to post a bit about Mia. She's actually 3 and a half months old. She likes to play peek-a-boo, pat-a-cake, and sing Itsy Bitsy Spider. She's starting to grasp toys and bat at her toys in her play gym.

She looks just like her big sister with her big blue eyes and her big cheeks.

Here's Asia at 3 months:


Here's Mia at 3 months:

They definitely look related! Mia's even getting the fuzzy hair look that Asia sported for 6 months!

Mia has also found a new talent like her big sister; sucking her thumb!



She loves it! She will even suck both thumbs, not at the same time, but she will alternate. If one thumb is covered up, she will find her other thumb and suck it. I used to suck my left thumb and Asia sucked her right thumb. I think she sleeps so well because she can pacify herself with her thumb. She will sometimes be just in her crib in the morning, sucking away at her thumb, just content as could be. What a little sweetie.

She's getting to be very ticklish on her neck and sides of her belly. She will nurse about every 4 hours and will sleep 10 to 12 hours at night, with 3 naps during the day. She's a very happy, content baby and we love our Princess Mia!