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.

Welcome Elliott!

Elliott Robert Comerford was born on Wednesday, October 27th at 4:10 a.m. It was a very fast labor, about 3.5 hours total from first contraction to meeting the little man. He weighed in at 7 lbs. 5 oz. and is 20 inches long. We are in love!

So handsome!

I love this little guy!

Hm...wonder how I can get him out of here...

My crew...they are going to keep me busy!

I am going to have my hands full...I can tell already.

ZooBoo!

Yesterday Olivia and I had a date! Julian hung out at our neighbor's house while Olivia and I headed to the Houston Zoo for a fun morning with some friends! They had lots of different Halloween activities, like a pumpkin patch, trick-or-treating, tatooes, etc. We spent the morning just walking around and playing. It was a lot of fun!

Ally, Reed, and Olivia

Julian is ONE!

WOW!! Where did the last year go? Julian is such a sweet little boy. He LOVES to follow his big sister around and get into all of her toys. He is a great eater and will eat ANYTHING you put in front of him, without even really looking at it first. Down the hatch it goes. He is a super crawler, and is mega fast! He is pulling up on everything, and can cruise along the furniture and behind toys. He has stood up by himself a few times, but hasn't ventured out on his own for walking yet. He is so easy-going and well-tempered. Nothing (except the occasional bonk from Olivia) really phases him or upsets him. He transitioned super easily from the bottle to a cup and from formula to milk. This makes me a super happy Mommy.

He had a pretty fun birthday (I think). He slept in until about 8 or so. When he woke up, I made him some chocolate chip pancakes, which he devoured. Around 9 he took a nap...until almost noon! Then we had some lunch and headed to Toys-R-Us to pick out a birthday toy! He was rubbing his eyes when we got home, so he took another nap for almost 2 hours. When he woke up, we played with his new toy and then headed to McDonald's for his first ever Happy Meal. He ate almost all of his cheeseburger, and a few fries. We had to run to Target to get a storage bin set for all of his new birthday toys. When we got home, it was bath time. He LOVES taking baths. He played for a bit, had some milk, and then went to bed. Sounds like a fun day to me!

Yummy birthday pancakes!

Wow, I hope he doesn't eat like this when he starts dating.

All done!

A nice birthday nap in my bed!

Is this how I eat this thing?

He's not really sure of what he is about to eat.

More...I need more! :) Look at his little grin.

Almost done! He ate almost the whole thing!

Still hungry? :)

First haircut!

Today I took the kids for their first real haircut. Well, Olivia has had two other ones, but they were both when she was only 1 year old. They both did great! Olivia sat there in the chair and didn't move a muscle. Julian got a little squirmy, so I had to stand really close to him and hold his arms down. :)

Miss Olivia

Before

Before

She didn't move a muscle

Thank goodness for suckers.

What a cutie!

Ok, so it just occured to me that I did not take an "after" shot of Olivia. Coming soon!

Mr. Julian

Before

Such a big boy!

:) He did a great job!

Got a little squirmy...

Ta-da! Doesn't he look so handsome?

DORA!

We got to see Dora at our neighborhood Chick-fil-A yesterday! :) Olivia would NOT get close to Dora without her two bodyguards, Micah and Sophie! That was the only way I could get her to stand anywhere near her for a picture.