Three children

I love looking back on this blog and am sure I will enjoy it even more when I am older. I feel like I am constantly behind on the stories that I want to share so instead of just quitting altogether, I will try to write at least a bit about the main 3....

Elsie is 3 years old....

 

She is a feisty little girl. She fights us on a lot of things and frequently challenges the boundaries. She sometimes pushes me to the limits and causes me to take deep breaths....but that spunk that stresses me out also makes my heart melt. Example: we did an art project the other day where we made flowers and Elsie asked for brown paint. I said no. Once we were done, I was helping 2 kids wash their hands while Elsie finished the project. I came back to find that Elsie had taken out the brown paint and put a dollop on everyone's project. She had her mind set and wanted to explore. However, that same wild heart will cause her to run over to me, jump on my lap while giving me a hug and say "I love you soooooo."

She still loves music and dancing. She sings something on a daily basis, whether it be songs she knows or something she just makes up on the spot. My favorite was when she and daddy were into American idol Alex's version of "say something" and she could be caught singing "say something I'm giving up on you, I'm sorry that I couldn't get to you..."

She is so loving and loves her family and daycare friends so much. She can be spunky to the kids but also likes giving them hugs and holding hands. It has been especially sweet to watch her with the baby that is here now. She will talk softly and touch gently and say, "it's ok, don't be sad, be happy". She loves her cousin and calls her Bella or Belly. She likes to help her play. Her best friends are Macy and Holden and she has so much fun with them every day. She gets excited on a Sunday night to know they are coming back.

Favorite activities are art projects, building castles and towers with blocks, playing outside and working on climbing all sorts of ladders available (at parks, etc), coloring, listening to books, helping/watching mom with dishes, baking and cooking, etc.,playing with babies, playing kitchen stuff, the list goes on...

Cora is 18 months....

 

This girl surprises me all of the time. She is a little peanut who loves to act like a big girl. She just reached 20 pounds at her last doc appt. She loves to climb and explore. She is able to climb up the tall kitchen chairs and sit at the kitchen table. She has had her fair share of falls from all of her climbing and antics but bounces back quickly so I don't worry.

She talks like crazy. Her language has definately exploded over the last few months. It would be impossible for me to list out all of the things she says. I think it was between 15-16 months when I noticed her word explosion and could count up to 50 words that she was saying, and it has been growing from there. She says "I love you" to us every day and it was really cute the other day when she actually said "I love you daddy." The other day I pulled out an apple squeezer and she actually said "applesauce", I was just surprised she said that long of a word. Other common/daily words include milk, puppy doggy, out, up, all done, ABCs (when asking to read the book), eat, cereal, breakfast, please, up, book, no, kiss, hug, thank you, etc. people that she says are mommy, daddy, Elsie, Bella, Angie, Nana, Papa, Macy, baby Grayson. Sometimes she will open a book, or look at one with us, and just start naming things. The other day she pointed to a book cover and pointed to the pictures and said, "balloon, house, frog.."

She is still a total Mommy's girl and needs snuggles and to be held by me off and on throughout the day. I love it. She is a very good snuggler, not just with me but everyone. She likes to be rocked and cuddled. She will wake up in the morning and yell "mommyyy, mommyyy..."

Her best friend is her cousin Bella. I would say that Cora treats her the same way that Elsie treats Cora. She likes to play with her but will sometimes boss her around. But Bella will get away with doing things to Cora that Elsie wouldn't, like tipping her over or pulling her hair (in playful ways). Cora will yelp at Elsie when she is bothering her.

Last but not least, the third child....

I got the proof on the evening of March 26 that I am pregnant

It was a total surprise but I would say I got over the shock a couple nights earlier. That Sunday night I felt my period coming, but it never did show. During that Tuesday night, I woke up with the complete certainty that I was pregnant. It was one of those middle of the night anxiety things but I just felt like I knew. To be more exact, I woke up with the thought, 'I am pregnant with a little boy.' However, I forgot about it during the day and felt less certain. By that Thursday, I just had to know, and sure enough, the seed had planted.

What followed was excitement mixed with a whole lot of nervousness. I was more nervous about everything because it wasn't quite in the plans yet. Cora was also a suprise but we had been hoping that she would come that way. To be honest, when I got pregnant this time, I was really enjoying not being pregnant and preferred not to think about the third baby quite yet. I think I talked about something I was nervous about on a daily is for a few weeks....having to change up daycare, having to take maternity leave and leave families without daycare, having 2 littles and a baby to myself during tax season, the things people would say("you're going to be busy!"), etc. When I was 8 weeks along, we all went to a dating ultrasound. For convenience reasons, the girls came with. We all saw the little baby and the little heartbeat and that made things very exciting. I've gained perspective and am no longer nervous and just excited. Life will never be without its stressors and we will get through those things just fine. I am excited to meet and know this little one, and complete our little family....whether it is another sweet little girl, or our first baby boy.

Today, at 15 weeks...

 

Dominican Republic at the end of April....

 

 

 

 

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