Three Months

My baby is three months old! Louisa is a delight---happy and mellow. Not the best nighttime sleeper but we're managing (well, she's doing just fine-I'm struggling!). She loves to be held and snuggled and LOVES to watch the big kids. She warms our hearts and completes our family. We love her to pieces.

First Big Snow

It started to snow last nite--I had been putting off buying their snowsuits for weeks, so I hurried to the store--in the snow, of course. When I arrived home, the kids were outside playing in the snow (sans snowsuits)--loving every minute of it. I can't say that I was thrilled to see the snow--in fact, I've been dreading it--associating the snow with endless days of being stuck inside with three little ones---ugh. But I loved watching Laney and Elliot in the snow and loved it when Laney yelled, 'It's finally wintertime!!!'.


By morning, there was tons of snow---16 inches or something like that. Laney was thrilled with the snow and went outside to play three times before 9:30 AM--oh, the attention span of a three year old.


Elliot ran right outside, didn't know what to make of all of the snow and just belly flopped into it--then got stuck and spent the better part of the rest of the day yelling at the snow, from the indoors--'Yucky snow, me fell and stuck in snow, yucky snow'.

The Gang

I can't believe that all three of them are mine!

Baby Sweetness

And this is why people keep having babies---because they're just too sweet.

For The Grandparents.....

Thanksgiving Recital

Dave referred to Laney's preschool Thanksgiving recital as 'a highlight' in his life! Yes, it was that cute. Take a bunch of 3-year olds, put turkey hats on them and then have them sing little songs, and it's just about the sweetest thing that anyone has ever seen.

Laney was placed front and center---because she's so cute--or so her daddy thinks (really, she was in the front because she's so little!). Laney took her job very seriously--intently singing all of the songs and doing all of the little hand motions.

The whole thing was just super cute and sweet. We can't wait for the Spring Recital!




And Laney's fans:

Hot Chocolate

Auntie Lynde came into town a couple of days before Elliot's birthday. She's been a huge help--doing dishes, cooking dinner, folding laundry, playing with Laney and Elliot and snuggling with Baby Louisa-Lynde's an expert baby-snuggler (runs in the family!). Lynde could not have come at a better time--she arrived just as I was about to lose my mind after taking care of sick kids for a week and stressing over anything and everything.

Lynde made the kids hot chocolate one night---needless to say, they loved it!