Enna- 4 months

Enna,

There are no words to describe these pictures---eek! heart melting cuteness! You are a bundle of sweetness mixed with some intense personality. 

You were pretty much sick this entire month and it was hard for us. We spent A LOT of time together, you and me. You decided that Mommy was best for sleeping on, and that sleeping was way overrated, but we persevered through it all.

You pretty much stopped napping longer than 30 minutes give or take 10. You can even sleep for 5 minutes in the car and call it good. Crazy baby! You take about 3 naps a day (very short naps) which usually take awhile to get you settled down for. I tend to let you sleep in the baby carrier more often than not because it's the no hassle no fuss way to get you to conk out. If you think I'm trying to get you to take a nap, you all out scream like your life depends on it.

For all the lack of sleeping ( although, did I mention, you are doing pretty well at night?), you are pretty content and happy to be playing. You love your exersaucer and you pretty much stay in that most of the time while drooling, chewing on your hands, and grinning from ear to ear at us.

You are social. You love to talk and coo and smile at us all the time, but you also like your space and don't always like the hugs and squeezes you get from your siblings.

You are pretty easy to take places (an on the go baby), but being at home is hard because you hate to settle down to sleep and it makes it hard with our schedule and trying to homeschool!

You decided that you are now freaked out about taking a bath and scream like crazy when I put you in the water...on the flip side you giggle when I change your diaper. 

My favorite thing with you is nursing you every day. You are so sweet and you rub your little hands on me as you eat. You nurse a lot during the day. I started nursing you more on demand when you were sick so we haven't gotten back to a schedule really. I'd say you nurse about 2-3 hours though most of the time. 

You are such a great addition to our family and I am so blessed to have you. God is so good to us and we are so grateful for you.

Mama

Halloween 2013

Ugh...I'm almost a month behind in posting this!

Life is busy and full....full of good things, but just keeps me on my toes most of the time.

Nora is "Snow White" almost every day, so it seemed easy enough to just have her be that for Halloween. I crocheted up a little hat for Enna and she went as "Snow White's apple."

Aidan was supposed to be the Transformer "Bumblebee", but he decided the day of Halloween that he wanted to be a pirate again...so I dug through some boxes and scrounged up his costume from last year.

These 3. So blessed. So full of life over here.

Crazy to think that Enna was just beginning to form in my belly last year unbeknownst to me at the time...and here we are a year later!

So They Say...Funny Stuff I Don't Want to Forget

Nora was playing with a decorative cross that was sitting outside next to our koi pond. She looked up and said, "This is where Jesus died."

Nora praying one day as we got in the car (after a particularly not so great day full of naughtiness and my wrong responses): "Dear God, help us to be kind and good and that everybody can play on the Kindle." :)

Aidan was walking around the house with a stud finder. He put it on Enna and exclaimed, "This thing thinks Enna is made of wood!"

Asked Nora what happened to her face (there was a scratch on her forehead). She replied (sung to the tune of Jingle Bells) "Aidan, Aidan, Aidan all the way!"

Nora adding "d" to the end of things:
Do you want some root beerd?
It's a dinosaurd!
Juice makes my bottom sored.

Aidan explaining Gobstoppers:
"They get lighter and then they lose their strength."

I asked Nora what the snake's name was in the Garden of Eden. Her reply? "I don't know....naughty words?"

Nora asked me if we could pet animals at the zoo. I said, "No, I don't think so." She asked, "Are they fragile?" Aidan piped in and said, "Just the females!"

Nora stated after she had been punished: "My eyebrows are pouting!" (she often furrows her eyebrows when unhappy)

Aidan told Nora that her drawings of people did not look like people so he drew one of his own to show her how. She looked at his drawing and said, "That looks like a cricket!"

Awhile back I had told a story about my Grandma getting confused thinking a bar of soap she was given as a gift was supposed to be edible. She was gnawing on it and then exclaimed that it was soap and we all thought it was so hilarious. I don't remember directly telling this to the children, but they must have overheard because about a month later I was telling Nora not to eat toothpaste (she was sneaking in the bathroom during the day) and she replied, without missing a beat, "You said a Grandmother ate soap last day." I cracked up laughing and was shocked at her response.

Nora was walking behind Seth at the grocery store and he let out some gas (quietly). That girl has quite a nose and she loudly exclaimed, "Daddy, you have a stinky bottom!"

Louisburg Cider Mill-10-26-13

The last time we went to the cider mill Nora was just 3 weeks old and Aidan was barely 2.5. It was way more fun this time with the kids being older.

Trying to get a picture of these two without a pained expression on someone's face is so hard these days. Can't believe how big they are getting!

Enna's favorite place to sleep: on Mommy, but also in a baby carrier. My carrier of choice right now is the Lille baby. Very similar to the Ergo, but less bulky and the fit is more comfortable for me. Still gives the right kind of support to my back and shoulders though. I use this almost every day!

I was really wanting to get some pics of me and my girls. Unfortunately, Enna was sleeping during a lot of this outing, but I got to get some fun pics with my sweet Nora. She is such a delight and joy!

Love her!

And another...people say we look a lot alike, but I actually think she looks more like Seth's family.

Sun in their eyes, but holding hands. :) They are actually not too far off in height! Nora is wearing almost the same size clothes as Aidan and they are 2 years apart! People always assume they are closer in age.

Hay ride!

Love the confused expression on Nora's face!

And little Enn woke up to enjoy the ride too although it was a little bouncy!

Hill slide: This was new to us! The kids got filthy, but they went on the hay ride twice so they could go slide, so I would say it was a hit. :)

Enna was wearing a hat (by me) and a sweet little knit cardigan (from a friend).

When this girl is happy, it makes the world seem right. 

Waiting for cider donuts and apple cider! Trying to get a picture of all 3 is nearly impossible. Aidan loves to hold Enna though!

Me and the mill...a picture taken by a stranger. :)

My little Enna bear finally awake and helping me model my crocheted items (hat on Enna, scarf on me). It was such a gorgeous sunny day!