Merry Christmas!

Everyday life

Another Ava photo special.

Pre-tooth

It looks like he's crawling, but he can't actually really move yet. Love that cloth diaper bum, huh?

Thanks Heather!

Gingerbread men, the girls loved them :)

Yummers

The cutest thing ever. You and I both know it.







North loved the cereal when mixed with my milk, but not so much just with water. When it was mixed with my milk he just wanted to drink it, grabbing the bowl and putting it to his mouth. Surprisingly I'm not really sad he's eating already. He's still my baby, and still my little man. I'm more excited he's experiencing more joy in life and I can't wait to discover more about this little spirit we have been entrusted with! We also discovered he will drink out of a bottle! Never tried it before, but what the heck, he's almost 6 months, why not give it a try?

First Tooth

I am having major computer issues, so much so that I can't find it worthwhile to even want to start up my computer. It inevitably will overheat and turn off within 10 minutes. So no pictures again, sorry!

North got his first small little tooth at 5 1/2 mo. It's caused major sleep disruptions. He cries almost every hour through the night. I think the girls tolerated pain much better than him. Could it be that girls have a higher pain tolerance than boys? His crying has been giving me a huge stress headache.

I am trying to get everything ready for the holidays. Last minute orders have been placed, now I just need to receive them and ship them off to their destinations! We are staying in Mi for the holidays which I am thankful for, but I can see how people get tired of toting their kids around to all their family each holiday. It is serious work, nothing relaxing about it. It has also been snowing a little, which is nice.

Ava and Violet are doing very well. Ava read her first words this week, which was very exciting! Violet is still really resistant to learning, so I'm being patient with her. All 3 of us girls have had colds so we're still trying to recover.

I really will try to post more often. My life just feels so chaotic right now!!