Friday, October 07, 2011

Quick takes

1. Let me get the complaining out of the way first. Sometimes I really hate pumping. Like this morning, when Leo was in our bed sleeping so peacefully, and I had to get up and pump, and Ken had to get in the shower, so I had to move him to his bed where he woke up and cried the whole time I was downstairs pumping. That doesn't happen often, but when it does, I just can't wait for this to be over. On the other hand, I'm SO glad I've been able to keep this up for 10 months tomorrow! No plans on stopping anytime soon either. Ok I'm done complaining.

2. We hit the apple orchard again this week. The weather for this entire week was absolutely gorgeous so we made sure to enjoy it!

John Paul, look at the camera.

The CAMERA. Look at the CAMERA.

John Paul. Look. at. the. camera.

THE CAMERA.
3. OK one more small complaint. This sweet boy is going through the special needs nipples like crazy. He's chewing on them and making the holes bigger and then they're unusable. I just bought 4 of them today. $56. He's working on drinking out of a cup.

(John Paul! The camera is RIGHT HERE.)
4. I gave Leo his second haircut! I made sure to leave the curls on top. Actually the top was the only part that needed cutting!
5. Since Leo started crawling, I've really enjoyed watching all 3 of them play together on the floor. (This was his before haircut pic.)
6. Madeleine's absolute favorite thing to do is catch bugs. Here's how much I love her. This week I caught a beetle, 2 grasshoppers, and a giant scary looking black spider with yellow stripes. You would have thought it was Christmas morning.
7. Leo got to ride the dinosaur at the "dinosaur playground" as John Paul calls it. No pictures of this, but this week I figured out how to put Leo in the ergo on my back. My life has completely changed! We've gone on hikes, to stores and playgrounds, and I can even cook with him on my back! Totally hands free, it's amazing. I can't believe it took me 3 kids to figure this one out. He is super happy back there too.
7. Our hike at this beautiful park. I asked Ken what he thought his kids did on this hike (without showing him pictures.) He said, Madeleine looked for bugs and John Paul threw things and hit things with sticks. Right on the money.
Check back for Leo's 10 month pics tomorrow! 10 months!

3 comments:

Monica said...

LOVE when the kids move to the back position in the ergo! Sooo comfortable for everyone!

Jamie Jo said...

I couldn't do much of anything without my backpack!! it does start to pull on my neck and shoulder muscles after a while though, but it's so worth it!!

Nice to know those pumping problems...I'm hoping to somehow get ahead a little so I can feed then pump...is this a possibility? I also have those older kiddos who can help now with holding and whatever. My 5th baby was the easiest because I had those older ones so I could do normal things, like go to the bathroom and not worry about the next oldest hurting the baby!

It's really hard to get good look the camera in the eye pictures outside, there's too much to look at!

Love those curls!
Great job on the pumping!!

Carla Dobs said...

Where do you get the special needs nipples for 4 for $56???

I just had to buy 2 at my local Buy Buy Baby and they were $25 each!!

Henry does the same chewing thing and then they definitely do not work as well...

Carla
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