Getting Bigger

Adam has embraced getting bigger and no longer wants me to call him "baby" or refer to him as "baby brother". Part of this process was handing over his binkies the day after his birthday in December. He has asked for them a few times, including recently, which surprised me. It has been almost 4 months since they made their exit. I wondered if maybe he sees Ashlyn's binkies and they spark some deep desire. Yesterday, a light bulb popped on in my head when he asked for his binky. I said "NO! You're too big for your binky!!" He said "Yeah because Sabrina told me to stop getting bigger!!!" Maybe he's just trying to figure out a way to please all the adults who adore how cute he is at this stage and are telling him to stop growing and that he's getting too big. He's a smart kid!

New Arrival

Our new arrival, Ashlyn, has led to another "new arrival" of sorts for Adam. His "kitty" has now become his "baby". His "baby" was named "Christine" (after Ashlyn's middle name) but her name has recently changed to "Trevor Gardner" (Trevor, after Adam's middle name). Kitty has been accompanying Adam around the house more frequently. Yesterday when he went to play at his Aunt Sabrina's house, I went to put Ashlyn in her swing and found that he had left his kitty napping there. It made me smile how sweet he was to carefully
tuck Kitty in under Ashlyn's blanket. He is just as sweet with Ashlyn too. He adores his new baby sister. He is not jealous of her at all, thankfully!

Brand New Big Brother

The boys have taken to Ashlyn better than I thought they would. Adam has been the biggest sweetheart to her. He tells everyone about his new baby sister named "Ash-win Kisstine". He always wants to say hi to her & give her kisses. He loves her and has been the most excited of the boys about her joining our family despite the fact that she's taking away some of his spotlight. I love to see him be sweet to her. 

Pink

No I did not wash our white clothes with a red sock. I have been sorting through clothes to get them ready for her. Having all this pink around us is something that is so foreign in this house!

Big Night

It was a big night for 2 of my boys. 

Hunter lost his first top tooth. He has been working on it all day. After his shower he was standing in front of the mirror wiggling it. I told him he should try to twist it. It was out a few minutes later. He was SO happy! He said, "Now I get some money tonight!" He is already having trouble with his "s's". 

Our other milestone was reached by Adam tonight.

He got to sleep in the big bed in Hunter's room. He was so thrilled to qualify as a "big boy" and get to sleep with Hunter. I have been dragging my feet about moving him. I just like them all in their own little space. I feel like they sleep better and I have somewhere to send them when they are all fighting. It was easier on me because Adam was excited about it. I don't like change at all, but if they are willing & excited, I can make an effort to accept it. We'll see how the rest of the night goes. Hopefully he will stay put and want to sleep there again tomorrow so I can start getting his room ready for the baby. She will be here 8 weeks from yesterday!! It seems like such a short time compared with what I want to get done and now a fire has been lit under my bum. Time to get cracking!! I can rest after the baby comes. Haha yeah right. 

Baseball Injury

The boys are starting baseball so Trevor took them outside to play some catch. About 10 minutes later, Trevor came in, carrying Adam, telling me that he got hit in the face with the ball and he may have a broken nose. He pulled Adam away from his shirt where his head was buried and all I saw was blood. Jacob had thrown the ball and it ended up in Adam's face somehow. He felt really bad. We cleaned up the blood & iced it down. Thankfully, it doesn't appear to be broken. Just very, very swollen. He can barely breathe out of it. I'm pretty sure we are in for a black eye or two in the next few days! The joys of having boys!

Meet the Teacher Breakfast

 

The boys had their Primary meet the teacher breakfast and the incoming Sunbeams were told to bring a toy.  Adam couldn't decide between his Power Ranger gloves, his Batarang handcuffs, his Robin mask and his stethoscope, so he just brought them all.  Thankfully, his teacher helped him remove his gloves so he could eat his donut, but they were back on his hands when I picked him up an hour later. These are his favorite things right now and he carries them almost every time we leave the house. I guess they are his accessories. Haha