First thing is that Oliver is 6 months old already! What?!? How did that happen! It seriously feels like just yesterday we were driving to the hospital to have him. He is still such a happy boy and smiles all the time! He puts up with a lot from his sisters being all over him and he will not stop laughing and smiling at them. He is getting very mobile and so close to crawling. He has the army crawl down pat and can get across the room quickly! We can't leave him for too long or it's anyone's guess what he is going to be doing when you get back. Oliver is also starting to sleep better at night. Seems like February and March were a little rough with him waking up at least once but usually twice to eat at night. He started oatmeal at 4 months and now over the last couple of weeks we have added bananas, avocados, and squash. And because of how mobile he is and how much he rolls we have stopped swaddling him at all ( we had been doing just his lower half once he could roll). I think a combination of these things has led to a better sleep for all of us. :) He will usually sleep from 8:30- 5ish and then will fall asleep until we wake him up when it's time to leave for the morning about 6:15.
He has his 6 month appointment next week so I don't have his official stats yet but I think he's probably just under 20 pounds...only 8 pounds less than his sisters.
Amelia & Quinn continue to be hilarious....and a lot of work. There are moments where I see glimpses of certain things being easier....and then reality usually sets in. They are getting better at just going downstairs and playing, but they are still 2.5 year old girls and some kind of fight or argument eventually breaks out. They are also very independent and somewhat stubborn so convincing them they are wrong about anything is almost impossible--especially when you are outnumbered 2:1.
They still love reading and singing. They love to do anything with stickers and coloring, anything outside or at the park, or anything with their bikes/trikes.
They also say the most hilarious things. Quinn is into asking us if we like pop. She will ask us at the most random times such as when we are heading out the door in the morning. We don't even keep pop in the house typically so I don't know where this came from. I think we had some with pizza a couple weeks ago and its been on her mind ever since.....Mommy you like pop? Daddy you like pop? Gramma like pop? Oliver like pop? No Oliver only drinks Milk. Amy (daycare provider) like pop?
On Thursday night we were having supper and I asked the girls if they knew who was coming over tomorrow (Friday) night. Quinn said "Grandpa and Grandma. I love them. I love them come to our house." So precious! Then Kevin asked if they knew who was coming to our house next week. They didn't know. So told them Grandpa John was coming! And Amelia says "I don't want to touch him." Kevin and I looked at each other like where in the world is this going...and asked her why not? She says back "Cause he's dirty!" LOL OK that makes sense. Sometimes when we skype Grandpa is still in the barn or in the shower from coming in from the barn. Or we get snapchats of Grandpa working in the barn getting dirty. So we told her that Grandpa would shower before he comes. :) Now we hear them having conversations with each other about how Grandpa is coming over but reassuring each other that he will shower first. The mind of a two year old!
Which brings me to my next topic. You might be wondering why Grandpa is coming out randomly at the end of April!? He is actually coming to help us move out of our house!! Yep, we bought and sold our house over the last month and a half. Actually our house was only on the market for 24 hours when we had our first offer and we had a house in mind that we put an offer on as soon as ours was listed. A whirlwind and a lot of work later we are closing on our new house on April 27. We actually can start moving into the garage next week Saturday and Kevin's dad was nice enough to come help with the move, painting, etc. We are excited!! The new to us house is actually older--built in the 80s and in a mature neighborhood with lots of trees. The house has storage and space--which we are out of in our current house. It's a little outdated but nothing that we can't work on over time. And I am excited that it's different from the cookie cutter style we are in right now. I'll make sure to take some pictures and post next time. In the mean time, here are a few pics from Easter and some others:
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| This is actually how 3/4 of our pics turned out on Easter. It was SOO bright! |
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