Wednesday, May 24, 2006

Quick Update

We had our 6 month check up last week with our pediatrician. Elizabeth weighed 11 pounds 13 ounces, Joshua weighed 13 pounds 11 ounces and Abigail weighed 9 pounds 12 ounces! Yeah!

This past week Elizabeth started to suck her thumb.....hmmm.......



This past weekend we had a family shower at Shane's parents house. It was nice to spend time with his extended family. We are very grateful for their generosity and kindness.

Josh continues to enjoy rolling over onto his tummy and to grasp at rattles and toys. Abby loves to hold little blankets or her bib and she still loves to talk. The other night Shane was making animal sounds and Abby would smile at each animal sound until he got to the horse sound, then Abigail would get this scared look on her face and become startled. It was so funny! Elizabeth is really good at holding up her head and loves to giggle and laugh at her mobile or other inanimate objects.



In the last couple weeks one of Christine's co-workers and her daughter came over to see the babies. We had so much fun. We spent time reading, taking baths and cuddling.


Sunday, May 14, 2006

Ironing

This past week I ironed a couple clothing items for the kids for the first time. I couldn't help but think of my mom when I was doing this. I can picture her now in our kitchen ironing something for me to wear.....I can't imagine how many times she did this over the years for me. I love so much about my mom.....here are just a few things......she is a loving wife to my dad, she always started our days with a joyful attitude, she avoided talking negatively about others, she challenged me to make goals and knew that I could accomplish them, she sacrificed things so I could have things, she loves the Lord, she is an encourager, she is very attentive, she reaches out to others and is interested in them. I love so much about her, I'm glad that she is my mom.
So, I hope the ironing I did this past week is just the beginning of my journey to be a mom like my mom. I love you mom!

Thank you Lord that I am a mom this year. Last year I didn't know if I would ever be a mom and this year you blessed me beyond what I could have imagined.

Thursday, May 11, 2006

What's New?

Bath time!



Playing around!



Our trio!

Thursday, May 04, 2006

Hi from Abigail!

Hi this is Abby! I noticed that mommy and daddy haven't been writing for a few days so I thought that I would say hi and let you know what we have been doing. The last couple months we have started doing more and more things. In February, we were reaching for the toys in our cribs and the dangling toys from our car seats. We also liked looking at mom and dad a lot. Then in March, we decided that it might be fun to smile at mom and dad.....they liked that a lot. At the end of March, Elizabeth started sleeping all thru the night. Josh and I thought it was still fun to get up and play with mom & dad or whatever friends would come to feed us during the night. But in April, Josh & I decided to sleep thru the night too. I think mommy & daddy are really proud of us for sleeping so long! We also started talking a lot more, I especially love to talk, I think I've heard mommy and daddy call it babbling. Elizabeth and I talk, Josh talks too, but he likes to listen a bit more than us girls. We all can roll from our tummies to our backs. I even saw Josh roll from his back to his tummy......Ella and I are too busy talking to worry about that rolling stuff. We are starting to notice things, our feet and hands, and we are noticing each other too. I like to look at Ella and Josh and I especially like to talk to them and see what they have to say. We have been getting bigger too. A couple weeks ago I weighed 8'2", Josh weighed 12'6", and Elizabeth weighed 10'9".....we are growing! These days Josh likes to sit in the exersaucer, I like to swing, and Ella loves to giggle and talk to her "friends" on her crib mobile.

We have been having a fun week. Mommy is on vacation so we have had some field trips. We went to visit daddy and all his nice friends at work. We went to the hospital where we were born, visited Janie in Indianapolis, and even went out to eat for the first time. I wasn't impressed with the food that mommy and daddy ate, they didn't even have any milk!

Well speaking of milk, I think my little tummy is hungry so I better go. I'll tell daddy tonight to put some pictures of us on here soon. Thanks so much for praying for us and for helping mommy and daddy take care of us.