Thanksgiving 2013

My parents and Colin came to visit us this Thanksgiving.  So nice to have family in town.  My kids wanted to know where Victor and I were going when Grandma and Papa got here.  Ha!  No where this time kiddos.  (The last two times they visited we were gone - hospital in August and Charleston in March). 

Here are some photos of our weekend so far...

 Story time

 Puzzle time

 New toys we bought from a neighbor that's outgrown them

 Sweet, sweet baby

 It's a tough life

 Dad suggested to me a few weeks ago that he, Victor, and Colin

would cook Thanksgiving dinner while Mom and I went to the spa.

I tried to arrange massages but the local salon was booked this weekend.

So no spa but we did go to the gym together and had a restful day.

Dad it seems liked the supervisor role.

Colin made the turkey, gravy, and soup (for lunch).

Victor did the rest of dinner - cinnamon roles, brownies, brocolli, 

mac and cheese, and scalloped potatoes. 

Apparently, I need to get the guy in the kitchen more often!

Dad did do all the dishes this weekend.

 Dinner was disrupted by a bloody tooth!

After a little wiggling, Erik lost tooth #1.

His two front bottom adult teeth are already in, so I 'm glad

one of the baby teeth is finally out!

The other front tooth isn't loose at all.

We will continue to call him Mr. Shark until he no longer has

two rows of visible teeth. 

 Post-dinner Starwars monopoly

Erik is a happy boy!

We also skyped with Daron and Feifei

and wish they and Kevin could be here too!

I hope you all had a nice Thanksgiving!

Kyle - 3 Months!

Can you believe our little baby is already 3 months old?!  Not a newborn anymore I guess.

Kyle is a fantastic baby!  He is an amazing sleeper.  I was very convinced he would have reflux too, since all the others did, but he does not.  No reflux = baby sleeping in his crib at 2.5 months for 8-9 hours in a row.   Completely amazing!  For the past 2 weeks he has been going to bed at 6:30 and sleeping most nights until 2:30 or so.   The feeding session takes about 30 minutes but he goes back down, usually awake without fussing, and gets up again around 6:00.  He sleeps so well I actually miss him! He also has a bald spot. Ha!  The other kiddos were all sleeping on Victor's chest or in their bouncy chair still at this point.

Kyle is a very content little guy.  He wakes up in the morning happy as a clam and just smiles and coos for about 30 minutes.  I love it!  He likes to be held a lot.  If he is awake, he would prefer to be in our arms.   He still likes his "plug" but doesn't need it as much.   He's not quite as happy as Carson was (hard to beat that!) but overall if laid back and content.

He loves to watch everything and tracks well.  The kids find this quite funny because he turns his head watching them run back and forth across the room.  It's cute.  He rolls over from front to back fairly often and has good head control.   He still had dark blue-gray eyes.  He has new hair growing in which appears to be very dark brown.  

He nurses well and eats every 2-3 hours during the day, and once at night.  He weighs 13 pounds.   I had mastitis earlier this month, right after he started sleeping better.  It's resolved quickly thankfully!

I am so so grateful for our little guy!  He is a wonderful addition to our family!

Some Thanksgiving Day Fun - Photos

 We hope you have a blessed Thanksgiving.

Here are a few fun photos of our great kids!