Kid Quotes

A list on my phone, of cute/funny things that have been said and done by the kids lately, is growing.  I think it's time to put them down here.  

One day we were driving and Cason was trying to convince us to stop and get a drink somewhere.  He goes "My froat(throat) is drier than a bug that hasn't drunk for 2000 years."

The kids have these little toys that are basically made from yarn wrapped around wire or something, and there are a bunch of little characters.  Well Neely started unwrapping hers one day and pretty quickly unraveled the arms until they were gone.  Paige was comforting her and said "I'm sorry.  Flowery would have long arms if you didn't unwrap her.  But we can't change the past.  Because we don't have a time machine."

There are several for Neely, since she is a three year old and they are hilarious.  The girls were playing together one day and Paige told her "I'm the doctor who is measuring your head."  Neely said, all excitedly, "YEAH!  And I'm the person who drinks water when I'm tired."  

Another day Paige was telling Cason "Girls rule, boys drool."  Neely defended him and yelled "NO!  Cason is good.  Because I'm calling Cason good.  Because Cason loves me and I love to hug Cason."

She had a little bug one day, who she named "cloudy".  She told me "Mama, my bug cloudy's Jacob name is Bau."  Jacob name means your last name.  So I guess her bug is Cloudy Bau.  Ha.  

She'll sometimes be staring off in the distance, thinking deep thoughts, and then will suddenly share them with us.  One day it was "If someone doesn't have a doggy, someone has to share a doggy."  :)

They were big on playing Simon Says for a while there.  One day Neely wanted me to open a door for her and she told me "Simon says, OPEN THAT DOOR LIKE A MAMA!"

One day she told me "Mama?  God wants us to be happy....AND God wants us to go potty." 

She loves Daniel Tiger lately, and applies what she learns from it to her life all on her own a lot.  One day she and Cason were fighting about a toy.  She refused to give it to Cason, he stormed off, and after a minute she calmed down and called him back, saying "Okay, you can have a turn."  Then she sang a song from the show "You can take a turn, then I'll get it back".  

Another time they were building some Lego creation together, and she sang "Friends help each other, yes they doooo, it's truuuuue."  

Just last night she was begging to play "Marbly"(the Lego Marvel PS3 game she loves).  We told her no and she was NOT happy.  She threw a pretty intense fit for a few moments there, and then suddenly got quiet.  She started singing, "When you're feeling mad, take a deep breath.....and COUNT to four."  Then she held up her fingers, counted, and took a deep breath to calm herself down.  Ha!

She has bangs now, which you've all probably seen in pictures by now, but I hadn't mentioned it.  She'd been asking for a haircut.  I decided to try my hand at some bangs.  I watched a bunch of youtube videos  and gave it a shot.  They actually turned out pretty cute, and she liked them at first.  Then she started pushing them away from her forehead and telling me "I don't WIKE them upside down."  Ha.  

Paige got some bangs a few days ago too, and now Neely will let hers hang "upside down" to look like her sister.  :)  I don't have a picture of Paige's bangs yet, but here's one of her a few weeks ago when she lost her second tooth.

New Years Eve 2013

This New Years Eve, my aunt Dawn and aunt Gail were in town, so we all went over to my Grandad's.  On the way there we stopped for some In'N'Out.

I didn't get many decent pictures over there, but we  didn't stay long either.  

We had a little time outside by the fire, a little time inside while the kids performed (mostly break dancing) for aunt Dawn...

...and then Neely puked everywhere and we headed home.  The kids had each chosen a special drink to bring along, and Neely picked a bright red fruit punch type thing.  Soon after drinking it, she threw it all up, and we headed home.  We gave her a bath and got comfy on the couch to watch a movie and wait for midnight. 

Neely felt fine after that, so I think it's the red dye that did it.  She fell asleep before long, and so did Reed.  Paige almost made it to midnight, but not quite.  There were only three of us left to toast and have sparkling apple cider.

He was pretty proud of himself for making it, and happy to have a little special time with us I think.

Neely may not have made it to midnight, but she was still feeling the effects of her late night in the morning.

Ha!

January So Far

Apparently I'm not good at balancing things, especially with a new baby.  Sometimes I think I need to make it happen-clean and blog and sew and read and bla bla bla, but then Jess reminds me I have to put my baby down to do those things, and that's not gonna fly.  :)  Those things will still be there when he's older and crawling and doesn't want me to hold him.  

So for now, every 2 weeks or so I'll dump 140 pictures on you here.  Reed continues to be a lovey boy.

Also a handsome boy.

 He thinks he's pretty big now, and doesn't very often want to be held facing us anymore.  He wants to see the world.

He's seriously considering rolling from back to front now, too.

So far it's been a really warm January, so we've spent some time outside.  

All the big kids have new bikes, now.  Paige got hers for Christmas, and the other two needed them too.  Neely's never had her own and Cason was getting a little too big for his.  They helped pay for their new bikes with gift cards they got at Christmas (Thanks Aunt Mindy and Uncle Randy!).  Cason helped Neely decorate hers.

 

She does great on her bike. 

Cason took a couple of weeks to get the hang of his (It's pretty big) but loves it now. 

We've gone on lots of bike rides.  Jess makes sure all the bike riders are safe, and I push Reed in the stroller, which he enjoys..

  

...and he falls asleep in there a lot of the time.  It's especially nice when this happens during the weekend.  We can just park him there in the front yard, with pandora playing for him, and Jess and I both can get work done at the same time.  

Reed likes his stroller naps and wakes up happy.

One things we're working on is the backyard.  It's currently a wasteland.  Jess and his dad tore out the junky little wall that went around our grill.  

 

They had help.

 

We have plans to make it nice back there again.  Hopefully a playhouse will be in the works before too long.  We had to tear the fig tree out, for a few reasons, one of which being that it was the main culprit in our plumbing disaster right before we moved to OKC.  So the playhouse will hopefully go where it was.  Paige loved climbing in it, so she staged a protest, sitting in the branches to keep Jess from chopping it down.   Cason was a big help to Jess though.  In fact, he's pretty big on helping his dad with everything lately.

When we are indoors lately, the kids have been playing so well together.  Cason and Neely usually try to convince me to let them play their Lego Marvel game on the PS3 in the morning, but when I remind them they can't until daddy gets home (no real reason for that, other than it automatically cuts WAY down on how much time they play) they give up and go to the playroom.  I'll hear them playing the cutest games together for HOURS in there.  Even Paige gets home and plays really well with them lately.  (Usually she has a bit of a cranky spell when she first gets home, after all that time having to be nice to everyone all day.  Ha!  But not lately, she gets home and they all play really well.)  

It's usually Lego related, or superhero related.

They throw in some fun with the books and toys they got at Christmas too, though.

Neely plays doctor with her kit from Aunt Veronica.  Even Reed had his blood pressure checked recently.  He's good to go.

I'll end this with a few pictures that have no story to go with them.

Sleeping in:

Bros:

Random funny toy discoveries.  This time it's cat hugs in a boppy:

 A boy who loves his daddy:

Dog treat maker:

Stinkbug napper:

 Cat lover:

Multitasker:

Smoothie spiller:

3 Month Old Reed

Reed is three months old somehow.  He weighs 14 lbs 10 oz, and is 24.75 inches long.  He climbed 31% on the weight chart in the last month, which didn't suprise me, after how much eating and sleeping he did in December.   

He's actually not much smaller than Cason was at this age now.  Sometimes I look at him and he doesn't look very chubby.  Other times he does.

 I moved him up to 3-6 month clothing several weeks ago, probably late November/early December.  It's always a little sad, but the cute new clothes I get to see him in make it a little easier.

When he wasn't sleeping or eating, he was getting things done.  He likes to kick off of people's hands during tummy time, to propel himself forward. 

The day after Christmas he rolled for the first time.  I put him down for tummy time in his room, and he immediately started trying to roll.  Cason walked in, and we cheered him on.  He got most of the way over, and I sent Cason to get daddy.  The whole family ran in to watch and cheer.  He was kind of nervous to finish the roll, so he hung out at about 3/4 of the way over for a minute or so.  We cheered him on, and he suddenly rolled all the way to his back.  Everyone yelled and clapped, and he looked startled for a second by it all.

Cason wanted to be in the celebratory photos.

He's done it several times since then, but always when my back is turned.  I'll put him down for tummy time while I fold laundry.  So while I'm setting something in a pile or hanging it up, he'll roll over while my back is turned and I turn around to find him on his back.  I finally thought to get my camera ready before I put him down, the other day.

His siblings still love him and don't give him a whole lot of space most of the time.  

He doesn't usually mind though.  Even when they do things like this:

He did give Cason this look one day though.

Haha!

He's starting to pay more attention to them, and give them lots of smiles and talks.  Speaking of which, he LOVES to talk.  I don't remember thinking any of the other three enjoyed it quite this much.  He's good at it too.  He'll usually say something to me, and then wait and listen to my response, before telling me some more.  Sometimes he just wants someone to listen though.

He also noticed Gia was here.  He seemed to be a fan.

I mentioned in one post how he was always so happy, and spent lots of time examining us.  We got lots of smiles, but not nonstop, because a lot of the time he was busy inspecting us. 

That has changed.  I guess he's used to us now, and the inspecting doesn't happen anymore.  Just gazing sweetly...

....and lots of happy smiles.  They come so easily, I don't have to work for them at all anymore. 

 Sometimes he smiles at you first...

...and then you smile back, which makes him even happier, so his smile grows and he starts squirming around like he's so happy he doesn't know what to do with himself.  BEST.

He likes to take selfies with mama.

He's still knows how to cuddle...

...but likes to spend more time facing forward then he used to.  He wants to see the world, and will start fussing until I finally accept that he wants to be held facing away.

The day he turned 3 months old was the first day he laughed.  It was in the evening and I had changed his diaper and went to pull off his shirt to change it.  As I pulled up on one of the sleeves to get it off of his arm, my finger brushed near his armpit, and he tensed up and started laughing.  I yelled at Jess to get back in the room, and try to get video.  I got him to do it again, and his laugh is so cute.  When I can get videos to work again I'll post it.

He is SUCH a good boy.  Yes, I capitalized, underlined, italicized, and made that bold.  For good reason.  He is joyful and loving and sweet and so so soulful.  I can't even describe him.  He couldn't be more loved.