December 2010

This year we packed up the kiddos and headed North for Christmas! That's right...3 kids, 2 adults, and a 2 hour plane ride. All went very smoothly! Thank goodness! We spent the first few days at Lisa's house in Southern Indiana...very gorgeous! We hung out with the family and did our "Neeser" Christmas with my parents. Lots of fun! Then we headed farther North in the Suburban that we rented...for a 3+ hour road trip! Couldn't have asked for a better drive! We spent a few days in Peru visiting with Eric's parents and his sis and bro-in-law. We had a lot of fun with them, too! At this point, I think Olivia had consumed more sugar then she has ever seen in the past! :) We headed back to Lisa's house later in the week for some more fun. At one point, Lisa texted me to ask where we were, to which I replied, "Road trip HELL"...to sum it up. The rest of the visit was super fun, and we were sad to leave on Christmas day. The flight home was fairly uneventful. All in all, it was a super great trip and we would do it again in a heartbeat! :)

Whew, November was crazy!

Sorry I haven't posted in forever, but with three kiddos...it's just not gonna happen. A quick recap to the past month:

Olivia...has been feistier than ever. Her hobbies include picking on Julian, asking "why?", and standing in the corner. Ok, we love her dearly and she's (mostly) very sweet, but the past month has been really rough. She is GREAT to Elliott and always wants to touch and kiss him, but she's a complete bear to Julian. Poor little guy. I think she's taking all her new baby jealously out on Julian. In other news, she can spell her name, count to 20 (to 6 in Spanish), say her alphabet, and can recognize her name in writing. She loves to do puzzles and play in her little kitchen cooking us whatever we ask for!

Julian...where do I begin? He's in to EVERYTHING! Every time I turn around, he's either somewhere he shouldn't be or has something he shouldn't have. Two days ago we were at our friend's house. Their little girl had used the restroom (#2) and forgot to flush. Yes, that IS where this is going. Anyway, I noticed J was not in the room anymore, so I asked Micah to go check on him. He came running out with an awful look on his face and said, "He's pulling the toilet paper out of the toilet and putting it in his mouth!!" WHAT!?!? I jumped up so fast and ran into the bathroom. Julian had sneakily let himself into the bathroom and fished the USED toilet paper out of the potty and ATE IT!! Now, luckily I saw the toilet paper before it went into the potty, and it was poo-free....but still...SOOO GROSS!!! Now is a good time to mention that he will eat anything! He has a great appetite and is not picky at all!

Elliott...he mostly just eats, sleeps, and poos. :) You know the drill. He loves to lay on anyone who will hold him. He also loves the ottoman. His dislikes include the swing, the bouncer, and not being held. Not so helpful to a mom who has 2 other kiddos.