There is something about the sky in the Houston area. I don’t know what it is, but it immediately connects me to Noah. Maybe the clouds form a certain way here that they don’t in Nashville. Maybe its that I can see the horizon. Maybe it is just that my mind connects Noah to this town. Whatever it is I like it. I like the memories. We shared some balloons with brother today.
I will never get used to seeing my son’s name on this stone.
More photos, mostly for Daddy since he is missing his girls. There is a lot of swimming going on around here. I think Oma was suckered into the pool at least 3 different times in the last 2 days. I know they are having fun.We have another week of swim lessons and cousin camp starts tomorrow. So I will have at least 1.5 days without the big girls, a mini vacation for me…well, except for this web project I cannot get myself to finish.
The week has been busy already. We played with the cousins this weekend and the girls are in swim lessons 4x a week. Alyssa did great, and Megan…well, she acted just like Alyssa did at her age. Sometimes she needs a little convincing to try something and her teacher decided she didn’t want to “break her trust” with Megan. So we sat on the edge screaming. Today was much better, in fact completely opposite. She walked right over to her teacher, hopped in and then screamed when it was time to get out. I cannot win with this child.
We have swam everyday so far, went to see UP with Daddy tonight and attempted to get Alyssa’s ear’s pierced. She wants to do it so bad, but just can’t sit still and let the girls do it. I can’t say I am too disappointed. I am the one who keeps asking her, but then secretly inside, I really don’t want her to do it.
Then Audrey. She seems to be growing before my eyes. She is happy, talking and rolling her way from the rocking chair into the coffee table and more. She cannot sit up yet, but appears to be trying to crawl. What? Can you physically crawl before sitting up?
We celebrated Alyssa’s birthday a little early this year since we are traveling to Houston this week. She has been wanting a slumber party for awhile and we finally did it. There were only 2 other girls so it was very manageable. They were all so nice to let Megan tag along all night too. They both have younger sisters so they probably didn’t even notice. We had a silly string fight which turned more into “lets just spray the silly string all over the yard then roll it all up into a gooey ball of grossness,” the girls dressed up as what they called “fashion models,” we painted nails and had popcorn and a movie. They had alot of fun together and were all three asleep by 10:45pm. Those who have slumbered with Alyssa in the past will not be surprised that she was the last one awake. They got up about 7 am and went downstairs to color at the table all by themselves. We had a great party and are blessed to have good friends to celebrate with us this year. See all pics
Megan got her first “real” haircut. You can call it “real” because she did more than just trim the edges, or because I actually took my camera to document it. But as far as her scrapbook (if I ever finish it) goes, this will be her first haircut.
She must have felt like a big girl with this new style, because she attempted to paint her toe nails today.
I came in the bathroom to find her with the polish open and splattered all over the counter. Remarkably none on her clothes or the rug. When I asked her what happened, she said, ” I spilled it everywhere”.
Mommy: “What were you doing?”
Megan: “Trying to open it so I could paint these two.”
Despite the paint running down her toes, she didn’t do too bad for her first time. Oh that kid!
I think at this age Alyssa was reciting bible stories, but they are all different, right? Megan likes to read this book before her nap and she does very well with voices too. Enjoy the video!
Audrey has done great with her cereal this week. It is fun for her to be at this new stage, the only problem is that she was my easiest child to get ready. Wake, quick feed, dressed, and we are out the door. Now that 25 min process has been stretched to an hour to allow for her to have a real breakfast. Luckily, summer is coming and maybe we can all eat breakfast together instead of Alyssa before the bus, Megan at 7:45 and Audrey at 8:30. I vote for everyone to sleep until 8:00, then we can all eat together. Any objections?
Despite these pictures, Audrey did very well with her first bites of cereal. She has been watching me put food in my mouth for the last week or so and I just picked this day to start her on cereal. She seemed to open up and enjoy it more than I remember the other girls, but after digging up videos, they did all about the same. I cannot say it enough – “they grow up too fast!” See Video
Observations from the videos:
1. I am still using the same bowls and spoons 5 yrs later.
2. All three girls are in different houses.
3. Alyssa was the only one that could really sit on her own in the highchair.
4. My voice gets very high when I say “It’s your first bite.”
5. My new HD video camera rocks.
You have turned my mourning into dancing.
You have turned my sorrow into joy.
I like this picture. I like that they are getting to the age where they can entertain themselves, even if only long enough to take this photo.
