Happenings

Most of this post is about Russ and Anne because they are at such fun ages right now where they are learning new things and doing such cute things.

Russ did not want to wear his costume for Halloween and it was pulling teeth to get him to put it on, but all of a sudden he loves wearing it. Go figure. He will bring me his costume to put on and then I put it on him and he is all happy for a minute and then he takes it off and almost immediately he brings it to me to put on him again. It gets a little old.

With all of the super warm day we have been having we have taken advantage of the park and Annie really loves to swing.

I took Annie to the Dr. for her 9 month appointment and she is just a teenie tiny. 15 lbs. 5 oz. and 26 and a half inches. I really love my little tiny girls. Thats not to say that if I had a chubby one that I wouldn't love that too. She had to get her finger pricked to test her iron levels and she didn't make a peep, she just looked at her blood like "hmm thats interesting". Its nice that she hasn't gotten to the dramatic age yet, because they all get there at some point.

Russ loves to watch the garbage trucks and Janie likes to go out there with him too. One day they were taking forever so I went out there and they were just sitting next to each other on the grass. I tried to take a picture but they saw me and Jane decided they needed to pose.

I have stopped giving Russy naps everyday because he is staying up so late on the nights that he gets them. It has been very reluctant on my part because I just really need that time with them asleep, but he really doesn't need them and most days that I don't give him one he is just fine and hasn't seemed sleepy at all. But one day the girls had a movie on and he found his blanket that he is only supposed to get for naps and this happened. He woke up so grumpy too, which stinks because he almost always wakes up so happy.

When we go to Chick Fil A we always smash into a small booth because it is too hard to try and find a bigger spot together. The kids all looked so cute smashed in there that I had to get a picture. I love how Russ has his hands on his cheeks.

Then Annie saw me take out my camera and she immediately smiled. It was so cute that she knew what she was supposed to do when the camera came out. I love her little scrunched faced smile.

I was cooking one day and Russy was playing in the pantry, I heard him say what I thought was him saying our Last name, "hicheys" because he can't say his R's, and I turned around to tell him "Good job buddy you know our last name" and I saw him chomping on my baking chocolate bar. He was saying Hersheys. It was pretty funny.

Russ seriously loves the ipad. He calls it "my hipad" he always wants to watch diggers and trucks on it, but he also will say "watch puter guy" because Keivn watches Eli the computer guy and Russ just wants to be like his dad. So funny. I was using it one day and I set it down and he said "my turn?" and the he wanted to watch Eli the Computer Guy and he watched it for a while. It was too funny.

Yes this is all the kids doing something on the ipad. It bothers me a little how easily they get obsessed with that thing, so I rarely let them use it. Maybe I am a bad mom because every other kid out there pretty much has their own, but I refuse to go there. I don't think it is necessary for kids to have that. I love that my kids are so good at using their imaginations to play. They come up with such creative things to do together. They keep asking when they can get their own ipad or kindle and I keep telling them when they can pay for it themselves because I will never buy it. I hope I stick by my word. :/

Annie has finally reached the point where we can feed her most anything. She doesn't seem to choke and she does really well feeding herself. She is especially fond of berrries and even veggies too. It is so nice in the beginning when they will eat pretty much everything. It just stinks later on when they start to get picky because it is something that they used to eat that they no longer will.

Annie's hair has really started to come in good, and the stuff on top that never fell out has gotten really long. Its crazy how after I take out her little pony it will just stick straight up on her head. She looks like a little rooster.

Russy is at such a fun age. He has gotten so sweet and he loves to to give kisses and hugs. But the thing that I love the most right now is when I am lounging around on the couch or whatever, he will say "Russy nuggle Mom" and he comes and just lays with me and snuggles. It totally melts my heart. Of course he likes to do it with his dad the most, but he will still do it with me so I am happy.

 

I just love this cute picture of my babies. How did they all get so big!

I have rasied a bunch of counter apes! I really want them to be wtih me in the kitchen, but why oh why do they feel like they have to all be on the counter! Sometimes I can handle it and sometimes it just make me crazy! We made some brownies and this time it was actually really fun to have them up there.