Celebrate With Me!!!!!!!

We have three reasons to celebrate!!!

1- The kids are back to healthy again... They've all battled a fever and rotten cold and are on the mend. Kermit has pink eye now, but at least it's not a fever! Let's hope we don't share this though!

2- Baby Girl's Dr told us to try this lotion called Vanicream for her dry excema filled skin. We put it on her twice a day and WOW, her skin is beautiful!!! We are thrilled.

3- After 9 months of what Mama calls "No Sleep for Mom" Baby Girl is sleeping through the night finally!!!!!!! She goes to bed at 8:30 and sleeps until 9 the next morning! Now if Mama would stop getting up to go check on her, she might get a full nights sleep too!

Guess Who's 9 Months?!?!

I've said it before and I'll say it again, TIME FLIES!!! I just can't believe my baby is 9 months old already. Baby Girl is the sweetest addition to our family and is such a blessing in our home.

Here are her stats as of her appt today.

Weight - 13lbs 10oz - 1%

Height - 26 1/2inches - 20%

Head - 43cm - 25%

So, she's tiny still. In fact she only gained 2.5oz since her weight check last month. We've determined that we just grow really small kids. Master Chief and I were both small children, as were our siblings. Strangely enough, Miss Piggy, who started out smaller, was actually almost 2lbs bigger by 9 months, so Baby Girl is really quite small! But, dynamite comes in small packages!

Here are some fun things about Baby Girl.

-She has one tooth, she got it 2 weeks ago

-She started army crawling almost 2 weeks ago and is now on her knees rocking back and forth

-She will only eat baby food if it is off of an adult spoon

-If you are eating, she must eat what you're eating

-She is still nursing!!!!!!!

-She is sleeping through the night as of last week, FINALLY

-She is starting to just take 2 naps a day now
-She loves to be tickled - everywhere! Her neck is the most ticklish spot
-Because she's so small, she can still wear some of her 0-3 month clothes. 6-9 month pants are pretty big on her, but shirts fit okay.

-She pulls her socks off within seconds of anyone putting them on

-She loves to eat pizza when we share with her

-She says MAMA!!!!!!!

We adore her! Kermit and Miss Piggy get so excited when she wakes up from her naps and love to play with her. They are the best brother and sister ever!

This is the face she most often pulls, it cracks us up! This is how we find her sleeping at night!

I tried to get a cute picture of her in her Valentines Day outfit yesterday, but didn't do very well! Once we took her clothes off she was all smiles though!

There's that scrunch nose face again!There's a happy girl!She's got excema, and that's no fun. She's still cute though!

Catching Up! Miss Piggy's Birthday... One Month Late!

Miss Piggy has celebrated her 5th birthday, finally! The 10.5 weeks she has to wait between her birthday and Kermits is so hard! But the day came and there was lots of fun.

Miss Piggy couldn't decide what kind of party to have. A tea party, a swim party, a bowling party, somewhere special with just the family, a dress up party. The list went on and on! Finally she decided and was pretty excited to have a Princess Pizza Party. Miss Piggy is very helpful around the house, doing her chores and what we ask of her. She loves to clean things up and make big messes! She loves school and specifically enjoys art. She creates things at home all the time. Miss Piggy loves to dance and sings often. She is blessed with the talent of hearing a song one time and knowing all the words. She loves all things pink, hearts, and girly! She loves her little sister and is so good to her, taking care of her with toys and picking out her clothes to wear. Her best friend is her brother and they can play all day long together!!! Miss Piggy doesn't really like boys, but she says she is going to marry her daddy!

Miss Piggy is one of our little miracle babies and we are so proud of her and love to have her as part of our family.

8 Month Cutie!

Baby Girl is a little over 8 months old now and is rolling all over the place, sitting very well and is almost going from tummy to sitting and is starting to push off with her knees and feet to get places. She's feeding herself little finger food puffs and love french fries. She's also figured out how to drink out of a straw and can clap her hands! She loves to scrunch up her nose and almost snort! She's just so much fun. Kermit and Miss Piggy just can't get enough of her. They shower her with kisses and hugs, they race to get her jammies and fight over who gets to give her a rice puff to eat! We sure do love her! We did take her in for a weight check last week. She is now 13lbs 7.5oz! We are happy she is back to growing. (She was 12lbs 8oz at 6 months, 12lbs 10oz at 7 months, so almost a full pound gained!)

Look at the belly buttons!

Miss Piggy got the movie Snow White for Christmas and they've watched it a few times now. Dopey is their favorite dwarf. But this afternoon I found Kermit drawing Snow White and all 7 Dwarfs. I LOVE their belly buttons and missing arms!

What Mama has been up to

I got a new sewing machine for Christmas and I've been having some fun!

My first project was an apron for Miss Piggy's birthday.And my second project was a new purse/bag. This was a little more challenging as the directions are wrong on the pattern! My mom and I made these 2 bags but we feel like we've made about 12 after having to unpick a zillion times!

As a note, somehow my mom and I always end up with projects where directions are not right. A few years ago we decided to paint her living room wall. We did a belagio faux. SEVEN coats later I called the Behr people and they confirmed that you can not do it on a textured wall and agreed that they should put that somewhere in their directions.

At least we have fun creating these memories!

Kermitisms - A Note About Ham and Eggs

I must record these things. Kermit has a love affair with food. Here are a few of his fun food facts...

We went to the deli a year or so ago and got some ham freshly sliced and Master Chief snuck some out of the bag and gave it to Kermit. Kermit popped it into his mouth and excitedly exclaimed, "Oh man, that's some good ham." He said it with such feeling, it was so funny! You'd think he'd never had ham before. And so his love affair with ham began.

This morning at breakfast we had ham and eggs. He made a 'double ham sandwich' and devoured it! He's a ham head.

His favorite thing to do with eggs though makes me gag a little. He loves to drown his eggs in syrup. He says it makes it taste SO good!

So there you have it, go try some syrup on your eggs today!