Wyatt

All about Wyatt.

Wyatt is almost 4 months old now. For the first 2.5 months, he ate every 2 to 2.5 hours. Then over the course of just a few weeks he dropped down to waking me up only once between 10 pm and 8 am. Yahoo!

Wyatt is a smiley little guy. He particularly likes my smiles, my silly dances, and his siblings.

Wyatt loves me. He saves his biggest smiles for me and looks at my face out of a group of admirers. He doesn't have much control of his arms yet, but he will lean is head toward me to try and get out of another person's arms and into mine.

He recently graduated to size 3-6 month clothing and size 2 diapers. I won't know how much he weighs until his next appointment with the pediatrician.

Wyatt is trying to laugh. It comes out as a funny little gasp, but it is a start.

Wyatt is beginning to explore the world with his mouth. In particular, he gums his hands and my shirt.

Wyatt resists naptime, but rarely cries when he awakens from his sleep. Instead he smiles at his turtle quilt that hangs be his crib.

Wyatt is a special part of our family and life wouldn't be complete without him.

A Boasting Posting

The title should be a warning, if you are not a doting grandparent, aunt, or uncle - you may want to skip this posting.

I just have to glow a bit about my little reader, Elise. At 4 years old, she continues to amaze and startle us with her ability. During this last vacation to Portland, Grammi and Aunt Lori each brought her 20+ books from the library. We guessed that she should be in books aimed at 1rst graders. As each load of books came in, she sat down and spent a couple of hours reading through them all. Having conquered those, she started pulling full length chapter books off of the book shelves to read. Instead of short books, she prefers to read the Little House on the Prairie series, Too Much Salt and Pepper, the American Girl books, or whatever book I'm reading.

I do have to wonder just what she will be reading when she starts 1rst grade in 2.5 years.

P.S. I asked Elise to read this blog out loud to me and the only words she didn't know were doting, ability, conquered, length, and 1rst.

Christmas in Pictures

It is pain to put these pictures in the right order, so these are randomly ordered pictures from December.

Wyatt with his new quilt, made by Aunt Summer and Kay Kay.

Cousins Wyatt and Rose.

Proud Uncle Jeffrey with our first niece, Rose.

Elise and Zion sporting their Christmas pajamas.

Me, the kids, and my Grandpa Tom.

Decorating Christmas cookies.


Family of 5!

Our new minivan and car topper ready for the drive to McMinnville, TN.

Daddy and son catching some sleep.

I made a box house for the kids. They played in it for days. Sometimes the box really is more fun than the contents.

Go Vikings!

Our little glow-worm.

Zion snuggling on his new snake quilt.

Elise with her new butterfly quilt.

Sweet santa.

Our first niece, Rose.

Flyin Zion

Kay Kay with her newest grandbabies.

Uncle Dave, Aunt Summer, and the kids all wearing jumpers that Summer made for them.

Family picture

My favorite spot for celebrating Christmas - Grandma Ruth and Grandpa Tom's home in Tennessee.