Delaney Alina is One Month Old - 08.31.2019

Delaney Alina is one month old!

This has felt like a very long but quick month! Delaney is keeping us on our toes - doing things differently than her siblings. She took to nursing really well, which is a whole new ball game for feeding. She falls asleep in the car seat, which neither of her siblings did at this age.

This week, she seems to have turned a corner on sleeping/eating and has begun to nap a little better and not be as fussy and demanding as she's been for the first few weeks. It's possible this is due to settling some tummy bubbles with gas drops. But also, just hitting the 4 week mark has allowed her to spend a little more time awake and go back to sleep without insisting on eating. Some of her feedings have stretched to 3 hours apart instead of so many that have been only 1-1.5 hours apart. This is life-giving to mama.

This little angel is such a gift. We're grateful for her to complete our family!

 Emery, Everett, and Delaney at one month old.

Emery Annabelle is Seven and a Half - 08.27.2019

Emery Annabelle is seven and a half!

Emery recently became a big sister to a new baby sister, Delaney. Emery is a great helper with the baby and comforts her when she cries.

Emery started second grade last week. Her favorite thing so far her new math workbook. Emery's favorite school subject is math. Her favorite color is blue.

Emery has lost two teeth on the bottom, and one on the top is loose. The tooth fairy brought her a dollar the first time and a gold dollar coin the second time.

Emery likes playing with Everett unless of course he's destroying her stuff. She likes to dress him up and treat him like a baby doll.

Emery likes going to the pool and going down the water slide. This summer she got roller skates and has gotten much better at skating. She enjoys using sidewalk chalk and blowing bubbles with Everett.

When she grows up, Emery wants to be a marine biologist. She calls it "the fishy thing." She loves learning about marine animals, primarily thanks to reruns of Octonauts.

Emery likes making videos on the computer and playing on an app called Pixel Art - where she fills in a picture one pixel at a time with numbered squares for each color.

Emery is growing up to be a persistent, inquisitive, independent young lady.

Everett Matthew is Twenty-Two Months Old - 08.10.2019

Everett Matthew is twenty-two months!

This was a big month for Everett - his baby sister, Delaney, was born 7/31! Suddenly, he looked like the largest child in the world compared to this tiny little girl. Initially, he was not interested in the baby but he has come around a bit. He's been very clingy to daddy and a little mad at mommy, but hopefully he will continue to warm up to his new sister.

We recently moved Everett to a new bedroom. He's done really well with the transition.

Everett has added a few words to his vocabulary like "uh-guy" (ok), "buckle," "peek-e-boo," "one, two," "ray" (rain), E (pointing to an E or a 3), and probably several more.

Everett has changed from calling Emery, "Ah-da" to calling her "Girl." Delaney is known as "baby."

Everett probably has canine teeth coming in, but he won't let anyone look. He's been chewing on his pacifier, which we give him or he chews on everything else!

Everett likes the song "I like to eat eat eat apples and bananas." He sings "eye eye eye apple."

We're continuing to love seeing this little guy grow up - now as a little brother AND a big brother!