How Do You Know the Water is Wet?

Last night was a little rougher than usual for me and the baby guy.  My throat was sore and he woke up more often and fussier than usual.  I felt like half the night was spent torturing the poor guy with the booger sucker so he could breathe through his nose. 

When we woke up we cuddled in bed for a while.  His eyes were all watery and he was serious, but no fever.

After a while Neely joined us for a little cuddling, and she was feeling fine.

Cason arrived, and we got up to get breakfast and get ready for the day.  After we ate Reed still seemed sleepy, so he nursed and had a nice little nap. 

The nap seemed to help a lot.  He was more smiley after that.

Neely was extra hilarious today.  Also had some extra feisty moments, but they were mixed in with lots of super lovey moments.   They found Paige's Kindle and headphones and were really excited.  Cason actually found it, so he got the first turn.  Neely tormented him by putting her foot up in front of the screen.

They worked out a system after a while.

When that got old, Neely was a big weirdo for a while.

Man, I love her. 

At one point, I was changing a diaper on the couch, and she came up to lie down all casual on the couch, with her feet up on my leg, (and her legs crossed of course) and one hand behind her head.  She took a sip of her water and goes "So......" with this cool guy look on her face.  I tried to quickly grab my phone to get a picture, but of course she had moved a bit.  (Now that I look at this pic it looks like there's a nasty bug on the floor.  Just a Lego guy, not a roach, don't worry)

 They did their chores for the day, and played so well together, and the tv only came on for about a half episode of Dora.  I love days when they just play and don't even ask about tv or video games.  

When Paige comes home, there's usually a bit of fighting for a while.  As she says, she "uses up" all her niceness at school.  Ha.  Today they almost had a fight, and then suddenly everyone was happy and sweet.  It was perfect.

 They even started making up a little show for me, that ended in these little poses.

Reed was waking up from another long nap about this time, and needed a new outfit.

His siblings get so excited when he smiles, and immediately swarm him.  Neely forces him to hold her finger and then talks about how much they love each other.
 

Soon after, Reed accomplished his first lying to standing pullup. He gave me a big proud smile.  Then he did it a few more times, and smiled over at his proud big brother, seriously looking like he was making sure Cason saw, while Neely said "I'll help lift his booty." 

Here's a pic of Neely while we picked up the playroom tonight, for no other reason than I think she looks cute.

She "helped" us give Reed his bath tonight, and asked Jess "So....how do you know the water is wet?"  Haha.

If Reed and I weren't sick, Jess didn't have to work, and Paige didn't have school, today would have been perfecto.  It was still pretty close.