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Four years ago today a horrible thing happened. A little boy who was playing with his friends and thinking of nothing but fun and laughter, died in the most heartbreakingly, tragic accident. A little boy who was, from all accounts, rambunctious and silly and whose parents surely dreamed of his future and loved him endlessly.</div>
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A little boy who was only slightly older than my little boy is now.</div>
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Every year it’s hard to pass this day by without a deeply heavy heart and wonder how a parent could ever survive that kind of pain. Even after sitting on the threshold of losing a child last fall, frozen in a hospital hallway and envisioning myself as “one of those parents,” I still can’t fully imagine the doctor walking out and delivering news far worse than what we got.</div>
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Maybe the hardest part of secondary tragedy is the fear of it becoming your own. The “what if’s” can chase you down and sit on your chest; make it hard to breathe or move. Fear is paralyzing and I can feel the mist settling on me now. I try to fight it, try to wipe it away, but it’s everywhere and it’s invisible and it multiplies quicker than I can clear it.</div>
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But I know by the way it steals all air and joy and lightness from the room that it is not from the Lord, it is not (and never will be) what he desires for me. Therefore I must find a way to reject it, and the only way I know how to keep from drowning in the rising waters of it’s lies is to cling to the words that are strong enough to buoy me to the surface.</div>
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Isaiah 43:1-2<br />But now, this is what the Lord says—<br />he who created you, Jacob,<br />he who formed you, Israel:<br />“Do not fear, for I have redeemed you;<br />I have summoned you by name; you are mine.<br />2 When you pass through the waters,<br />I will be with you;<br />and when you pass through the rivers,<br />they will not sweep over you.<br />When you walk through the fire,<br />you will not be burned;<br />the flames will not set you ablaze.</div>
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He doesn’t suggest it, doesn’t even give an “if then” promise. HE DECLARES IT. He HAS. He IS. He WILL BE. He creates truth and fact because he is the author of our story, and all creation is exactly as he says it will be. Who am I to reject that which is concrete and unchanging; to question the only certainty that will exist for all eternity?</div>
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He CREATED me.<br />He FORMED me.<br />He commands me,<br />DO NOT HAVE FEAR, I HAVE SAVED YOU.</div>
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He has CALLED ME to Him, by MY name.</div>
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He DECLARES over me:<br />YOU.<br />ARE.<br />MINE.</div>
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With zero hesitation, He speaks words that leave no room for the lies of fear:<br />When the waters rise, I WILL BE WITH YOU.<br />Even as they swell and crash, THEY WILL NOT TAKE YOU.<br />When the fire surrounds you,<br />YOU WILL NOT BE BURNED.<br />Refined, but NOT SET ABLAZE.</div>
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So today, in the name of Jack, I am choosing to have no fear. I am sitting on my boat as waves try to overtake me, and clinging to the mast I know to be true: The Creator of all things is for me, therefore who can stand up against me? What lies can paralyze me and steal my joy?</div>
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I will look the storm directly in the face and declare with no waiver in my voice: He is with me. I will not be taken. I AM HIS.</div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">You are finally rolling back-and-forth on a regular basis, but you prefer to get around by scooting backwards on your back instead of rolling over onto your tummy</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">You love table food, it is your favorite activity. I will put you in your high chair and you will snack for almost an hour at night. Foods you like: tomato, avocado, zucchini, apple, pickles, baby puffs. You still almost exclusively like baby food made from fruit (no veggies! Except avocado and carrot)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">You love growling at me and having me growl back. And you think it’s funny when I say “ma ma” and “da da”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Baby love, this month has been sooooo much better! You have finally gotten into a normal sleep schedule (even though you still wake up multiple times a night wanting your paci) and you seem to be a little more content when you’re awake. You still want a lot of attention and hate being left alone, but you’re becoming much more flexible. And you are laughing so much more! You are the bravest of all three kids, loving to be fully thrown in the air and to be genuinely surprised/scared by me saying “BOO!” when you’re not expecting it. You just laugh and wait for me to do it again! You also don’t mind being passed around to strangers or childcare workers. You’ll keep an eye on me but you’ve never cried at drop off.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We are so happy things have finally turned a corner and that you seem to be happier. We love you to the moon!</span></div>
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<li>You are in the 60th percentile for height and 50th for weight (37 pounds). People still mistake you and Titus for twins all the time.</li>
<li>You are incredibly social! You are always hoping someone will be coming over to play.</li>
<li>You are also sneaky, you will try to hide and get away with what you can.</li>
<li>Your favorite foods are peanut butter sandwiches, bananas, yogurt, toast, cheese, chicken and french fries, and any type of cracker/chip. You are a very picky eater and it's hard to get you to eat!</li>
<li>You imitate everything I do with Baby Collins ("it's okay Baby Love, we're almost home!" "I know Lovie, we're almost there.")</li>
<li>Your favorite activities are playing tea party, anything with Titus, and pretending to be a mommy to your babies.</li>
<li>Your favorite shows are Tangled (Rapunzel), Curious George, Sing, and Boss Baby.</li>
<li>You have gotten so much better with Collins! You have finally figured out how to play with her without squishing her (most of the time). You help me by putting her paci in or entertaining her while I shower.</li>
<li>You made up a song called "I love Everything" that you sing every night before bed (you basically just sing "I love" followed by whatever pops into your head :)</li>
<li>You ask me to give you "Anna Hair" like in Frozen, but it's still not long enough for much besides pigtails.</li>
<li>You LOVE bath time. Sometimes you'll take two baths a day just because you want to play in the bath.</li>
<li>You are really perceptive of people's emotions and know how to make them laugh or feel better.</li>
<li>You make friends wherever you go and are very inclusive when playing.</li>
<li>You cry really easily when things aren't going your way, it's almost like a magic trick how quickly you can make tears appear and disappear ;)</li>
<li>You don't really like any sports or have an interest in learning to ride your bike. You do, however, love taking gymnastics!</li>
<li>You go to the library with Aunt Ashley every Monday and it's one of your favorite weekly activities</li>
<li>You generally have a very positive attitude, thinking that almost anything could be fun. For instance, Titus is over going to the gym and playing in the play place but you always like to go because there are other kids there to play with.</li>
<li>You don't really like to color or do crafts, but you do love to play with anything you can manipulate with your hands (play-doh, sand, etc.)</li>
<li>You still have the sweetest, highest little voice and an adorable closed mouth smile and model stance when I take your picture</li>
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When Grandma talks about what I was like as a little girl it sounds a whole lot like how you are now! You are generally pretty laid back, can easily get into things you shouldn't, and are an overall happy child who enjoys most things. Christmas and birthdays are so much fun with you because every single little things brings you joy. My favorite thing about you right now is how polite you are and how you have learned what to say to make people feel good. For instance, you automatically say "thank you, Mommy!" for things I wasn't even thinking you thank me for. Or out of nowhere you will pay me a genuine compliment about something I'm wearing like you're a grownup! We love you so much, Haddie Mae!</div>
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<li>You weigh almost 40 pounds and are still measuring in the 3rd percentile for your size.</li>
<li>You are small for your age, in fact, you like to tell me you're the smallest kid in your kindergarten class. But this doesn't seem to bother you, it's more observational than anything!</li>
<li>You go to sleep around 7:30pm and sleep til 6:30/7:00am. You've always been a good night sleeper! Once you're out, you're OUT.</li>
<li>You are really into crafts right now, you like anything where you create or build something from nothing. You draw family portraits, cut out race cars, and make all kids of games for us to play. Your art set is at the kitchen table most days of the week.</li>
<li>You love Collins so much, but sometimes you love her too hard. One time you headbutted her by accident because you were dancing too close to her face... But other times you are so sweet with her and know just how to help entertain her while I cook or clean :)</li>
<li>You are way ahead in school, you can read signs everywhere we go in public and we're practicing multiplication at home. The downside is that you are bored of being at school and so most days you ask not to go.</li>
<li>You LOVE playing soccer! This is a big deal because it's the first sport you've played where you didn't just blow up and quit when things don't go your way.</li>
<li>You're still obsessed with marble towers, marble mazes, anything with marbles...</li>
<li>Once you're in a bad mood you prefer to stay that way, finding something wrong with everything. Usually Daddy has to act silly to get you out of your funk.</li>
<li>You make love notes for everyone in the family and leave them out for us to find.</li>
<li>Your favorite foods are spaghetti, sausage rolls, and cheeseburgers. Even though vegetables aren't your favorite, you are a really good eater and try everything once, then you usually end up eating it all!</li>
<li>You can't handle it when Haddie or Collins is hurt or upset and you start yelling at us to help them</li>
<li>You love babies! And you are so good with them, they love interacting with you.</li>
<li>You have gotten really into watching sports with Daddy.</li>
<li>You have been really scared to go swimming (you also hate being cold) but after swimming once with us at FAC you seemed a little more confident and excited about it</li>
<li>You really love cooking! You help Grandmother cook when you stay the night at her house and it's one of your favorite things</li>
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We have loved watching you grow this year since you've started school. It's always amazing to hear you say something out of the blue that I had no idea you knew anything about (habitats, recycling, how tall cows are...) You have also gotten way better and understanding sarcasm and when people are joking, which makes you really happy because you feel in on it :) You still get upset and overwhelmed easily (which usually results in you being angry) but you're not yelling as much as you used to, you say a lot of things like "I'll never do anything like this again" or "you must not love me then." It's all very dramatic and would be kind of funny if it wasn't so serious to you. But on the other hand, you can be incredibly fun and encouraging to others. I asked your teacher what you were like at school and she said your favorite thing is to help other students. She also said you were kind and inclusive which was all I had really hoped for your first year of school. You are also very faithful, constantly telling us that God made you unique and everything different about each of us is exactly what God wanted us to be. We love you, buddy!</div>
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<li>You are in the 5th percentile for weight (14.4lbs) and 10th percentile for height. Big cheeks but small mostly everywhere else!</li>
<li>You wear 3-6 month clothes (barely) and size 3 diapers</li>
<li>You have recently started being ticklish</li>
<li>You generally wake up around 6:30-7 and then take a nap around 9 and another nap around 1-2. You wake up around 3:30 and then stay awake until bedtime around 6:30-7.</li>
<li>You still sleep in your swing at night and for naps</li>
<li>You eat baby food twice a day, almost exclusively fruits. Your favorites are apple and pear.</li>
<li>When I feed you you try to grab the spoon and play with it. You also like to put your fingers in your mouth while eating, definitely a messy baby!</li>
<li>When I'm making you a bottle you will open your mouth and start kicking your legs from excitement</li>
<li>You sleep swaddled and in your swing for naptime and even for a lot of night time. It seems like when you lay flat in the crib your reflux bothers you a lot more and you wake up 3-5 times a night.</li>
<li>You have been sick the last couple of weeks with a cold/cough and it's been HORRIBLE. You take hours to finally get down at night (we're usually fighting you from 7-11) and wake up fussy a couple times at night and get a bottle and ibuprofen. You wake up early (6 or so) and take both your naps, but we have to go put your paci in multiple times each nap.</li>
<li>You like to sit in the jumper and look out the window, especially if Titus and Haddie are outside playing.</li>
<li>You have starting wanting to sit up a lot more. You still can't do it without help but you're getting much stronger.</li>
<li>When we go to the gym you don't ever want to nap in childcare but they say you're generally happy, especially when you can watch the big kids play</li>
<li>You are constantly chewing on your hands, toys, clothes, whatever you can grab. I keep thinking you'll pop a tooth any day, but so far, nothing!</li>
<li>You roll over both ways but you hate to be on your stomach.</li>
<li>When you are really happy and excited you open you mouth and then eventually shove your hand in it, like you just can't take the excitement anymore.</li>
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<li>You are still very petite at 13.5 pounds, wear size 2 diapers and 0-3 month clothes (they’re starting to get snug but 3-6 months are huge on you).</li>
<li>You smile pretty easily but you make us work for a laugh. When you do laugh it’s low and growly like Titus!</li>
<li>We switched you to formula with rice cereal and it’s made a huge difference! No more massive spit ups and you are generally more content because you are more full.</li>
<li>You have started trying some food, although it’s definitely more for practice than actual sustenance, you don’t eat very much of it. So far you have really liked peas, anything with banana, and kind of like pear and apple. You did not care for carrots or peaches, I guess they were too tart for you!</li>
<li>You have a “general” schedule, but you love to toss it out the window half the time. Typically, you go to bed around 7, wake up around 6-6:30, take a nap at 9, and another nap around 2. You refuse to take a late afternoon cat nap, so you have a pretty long awake stretch before bed.</li>
<li>Your naps are usually 1.5-2.5 hours long.</li>
<li>It’s not unusual for you to go to bed at 7 and then wake back up around 9ish and want to eat again.</li>
<li>You sleep swaddled and in your swing for naptime and even for a lot of night time. It seems like when you lay flat in the crib your reflux bothers you a lot more and you wake up 3-5 times a night.</li>
<li>You still don’t really like your car seat...</li>
<li>You love when your siblings “play” with you, as long as they remember not to lay on you.</li>
<li>Your hair is definitely still red and your eyes seem to be more blue than Haddie’s.</li>
<li>You love bath time! It’s become one of our favorite times of the evening (it’s also one of the only things that calms you down when you’re tired but it’s too early for bedtime).</li>
<li>You like being outside if it’s warm. You especially like laying on a blanket under a tree and watching the wind blow the leaves.</li>
<li>You have had some random times where you wake up crying in pain, so I’m not sure but you may be getting close to teething. I usually just give you some Tylenol and you go back to normal.</li>
<li>You have strong tummy muscles (when I lay you flat you like to Superman) but you still refuse to roll over! Lazy baby :)</li>
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<li><span style="font-size: small;">You wear size 2 diapers and 0-3 month clothes</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">You still sleep in your swaddle sack, which is good because if your hands are free you love to take your paci out and place with it</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">You nap twice a day and sometimes a late afternoon catnap if I can convince you to take it.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">You prefer an early bedtime and are often asleep for the night by 6:30, then you will wake up around 6am for the day.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">You Enjoy being outside if you’re in the baby carrier</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">You laugh when I gasp loudly</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">You love to be bounced on my knee while I sing “She’ll be Coming Round the Mountain”</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">You Have your hands in your mouth at all times and love to suck on two fingers</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">You love your hands so much you e en try to put them in your mouth alongside the bottle when you eat</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">You rub your feet together when you’re trying to go to sleep</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">You sleep in your swing for naps and the crib for bedtime. Unlike your siblings, you do not want to take a nap being held or laying down with me.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">You only want to eat in your nursery with little distraction, otherwise you don’t each much at all</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">You are getting better with your car seat and will sometimes fall asleep in it</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">Your favorite “toy” is the playmat, although you would prefer to always be held</span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">We’ve had a babysitter come over a couple times this month and you weren’t an easy baby for them. Bless our sweet sitters!</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: small;">This has honestly been a very tough month. You've been in a lot of pain from your reflux and the schedule has all but gone out the window, which leaves a very exhausted mommy and daddy! But while it hasn't been easy, we are still incredibly grateful that we have you. We always felt like our family wasn't complete with just Titus and Haddie, and I can't wait to watch you fill in the gap as you grow up with them. We love you, sweet girl! Fussy baby and all :)</span></div>
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<li>You weight 12 pounds (up to the 20th percentile!) and are fitting perfectly in 0-3 month clothes and size 1 diapers</li>
<li>You've gone from pooping with every diaper to about once a day (thank goodness!)</li>
<li>You still sleep in your "wings" swaddle</li>
<li>You have gotten much better at keeping your paci in</li>
<li>You’ve started trying to play with and bat at the hanging toys on your playmat and chair</li>
<li>You try and hold your bottle when you eat</li>
<li>You are fully on formula but have to use the sensitive kind or else you get cranky</li>
<li>You have been having such trouble eating (starting a bottle but only eating a half ounce then crying) that we started medicine for reflux (1.3mL of Prevacid, twice a day). It’s already helped so much!</li>
<li>You still want to be held a lot</li>
<li>You are finally napping a little better! If we are home and you are in the swing you will take a couple good naps a day. You still frequently wake up after about 30-45 minutes, but I can usually put your paci back in or rock you and you will go back to sleep.</li>
<li>A very rough schedule for our day looks like this: Wake around 7/8am, nap around 10am, nap around 1/2pm, cat nap around 5pm, bedtime around 7/8pm.</li>
<li>Bedtime still requires a couple different rounds of rocking, burping, putting your paci in, but it's getting a little easier each day.</li>
<li>You definitely prefer Mommy to everyone else. If you are tired or cranky you usually won't calm down for anyone but me.</li>
<li>You love to smile, especially when I'm talking to you. </li>
<li>You've started to laugh a little. Your favorite thing is bouncing on my knee while I sing "She'll Be Coming Round the Mountain" which makes you giggle every time.</li>
<li>You don't like "playing" by yourself for very long, you definitely prefer to be held or talked to as opposed to laying on your playmat</li>
<li>Your brother and sister adore you! Too much, in fact. I'm constantly trying to keep them from smothering you or putting their hands all over your face.</li>
<li>You still hate your carseat.</li>
<li>If you can catch sight of the tv you will get locked in.</li>
<li>You love love love chewing on your hands.</li>
<li>You have finally started enjoying bath time a little more, you kick and splash in the water. But you still hate getting out into the colder room air and cry every time.</li>
<li>You are the most high-maintenance of my babies, you require a lot more specific care to get you to eat, sleep, be content, etc.</li>
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Well, Baby Love, it's been quite a month! We realized you have reflux and got you on some medication, which has been totally life changing. We were struggling to get you to eat anything (I would literally have to take you into the darkened nursery, hold you facing out so you could look at the fan, and shush/rock you just to get you to eat a couple ounces). And because you were always hungry, you wouldn't sleep. And then you wouldn't eat because you were so sleepy... It was a terrible and exhausting cycle for everyone. But generally speaking, you are a much happier baby now. I can't tell you how happy it makes me when you smile and giggle at me! I smother your chubby cheeks with kisses and you try and open your mouth to catch me each time. We love you to the moon and back!</div>
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<li>You are in the 5th percentile for weight (9.5lbs) and the 10th percentile for height. The doctor says you are perfectly healthy just very petite!</li>
<li>You were nursing for 45 minutes and still seemed hungry afterward so I moved to exclusively pumping and giving bottles to make sure you were getting enough milk. We supplement with formula and you seem to do just fine with it.</li>
<li>You started smiling at 8 weeks and it’s precious!</li>
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<li>You have started to be interested in the toys that hang off your baby bouncer</li>
<li>You sometimes need to eat in a quiet, dark place or else you get distracted.</li>
<li>Most nights your bedtime routine starts around 7:30/8. You were waking up so often that we started putting you in the swing and you sleep there til about 9/10 and take another bottle, then sleep in the swing (motion off) until around 4 when you wake up to eat. You sleep the rest of the night in the rock n' play and wake up around 8 for the day.</li>
<li>You only really nap in the swing and they’re only catnaps, usually 30-45 minutes.</li>
<li>You still hate your car seat, although if we don’t stop moving and your paci is in you will fall asleep eventually.</li>
<li>When you’re having a hard time falling asleep you like to nuzzle your face into the crook of my arm.</li>
<li>When you’re really hungry you put your hands in your mouth and I have to battle you to let the bottle in.</li>
<li>You got your first cold this week and have had a lot of trouble sleeping and eating. You also got your two month shots and absolutely lost your mind! I’ve never seen you cry so hard and be so mad.</li>
<li>You like to sleep in the “wings” sleep sack that allows your arms to be up by your face.</li>
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This has been a month of exciting firsts and also exhausting challenges. We had your first Thanksgiving and Christmas and while you didn't have any idea it was happening, we were glad to have you with us for the holidays this year! Nursing has not gone as expected, it's been a very stressful and unsuccessful journey this time. But luckily, by baby #3 I know that expectations are everything, and I have set my bar pretty low so it's all going to be just fine :) We love every precious, high-maintenance bit of you!</div>
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<b>Dear Collins,</b><br />
<i>At one month old...</i><br />
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<li>You weigh 8.2lbs, which is two pounds more than when you were born!</li>
<li>You have graduated from premie clothes and are fitting perfectly in newborn sizes.</li>
<li>You nurse every 2.5-3 hours during the day for about 30 minutes. You still get very sleepy while nursing so the process often takes 45 minutes because we do a lot of burping and changing diapers to keep you awake.</li>
<li>You usually cluster feed in the evenings, eating every hour and a half from 5-9.</li>
<li>You don't like to fall asleep for naps or bed at night.</li>
<li>The only place you like to nap is in the baby bjorn, as soon as I put you in and walk around the house with you, you fall dead asleep.</li>
<li>At night time you often fight going to sleep for an hour (sometimes two), but once you go to sleep you stay asleep! You usually do at least a 5 hour stretch and last night you slept for 7 straight hours!</li>
<li>Even when you are fighting sleep you aren't much of a crier, more of a whiner. You will fidget and whine and make random loud noises, but thankfully, you rarely ever full on cry.</li>
<li>You use a paci to fall asleep during the day but spit it out after you fall asleep. You don't need it to go back to sleep at night.</li>
<li>You sleep in the rock n' play at night time.</li>
<li>You HATE your car seat. You cry the whole time you're in it unless your paci is in</li>
<li>When we put you by the Christmas tree you lay very still and stare at it. You do the same thing on our bed when I turn the ceiling fan on.</li>
<li>You have started making some cooing noises the past couple of days.</li>
<li>For the most part we hang out at home because it's easier to manage your long nursing sessions. We've been to church once and you slept through the whole thing (in the baby bjorn, of course).</li>
<li>You don't seem to have any major problems with reflux but you are a major spitter upper. You also get hiccups ALL the time while nursing which you don't like and makes it hard to eat.</li>
<li>Your brother and sister love you very much! Sometimes too much, they are always in your face.</li>
<li>You seem very concerned and confused when you get a bath, but you don't seem to dislike it. You do hate being taken out of the bath, no matter how hot the room is you don't like the change in temperature. You generally only get upset when you are cold.</li>
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<i>At three and a half years old...</i><br />
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<li>You weigh about 35lbs and are pretty average height and weight for your age, although you are petite and thin.</li>
<li>You are a very picky eater, it's our biggest battle with you. Your favorites foods are banana, yogurt, cheese, and basically any type of cracker or chip.</li>
<li>You are very dramatic when you don't get your way, there is a lot of wailing and tears involved, although the tears magically dry up as soon as you get your way.</li>
<li>You get so excited about the little things, I love seeing the joy you have in life!</li>
<li>Your favorite activities are playing with play-doh and anything that you can make into friends. You will literally take plastic eggs and make them into a mommy egg and a baby egg and then play pretend with them.</li>
<li>You love baby Collins a whole lot, sometimes way too much. You try to pick her up (she's only 4 weeks old!), want to hold her at all times (you get really jealous when anyone else is holding her), and are constantly getting reminded not to touch her face or pacifiers.</li>
<li>You hate getting in trouble but you also like to push the boundaries</li>
<li>You sneak into Titus' room and wake him up almost every morning. You also ask to sleep in his bed at night but then you won't go to sleep!</li>
<li>You love all things princessy and girly- you only want to wear dresses</li>
<li>You are very affectionate and love to hold hands or randomly give big hugs just because you're happy</li>
<li>You love My Little Pony and PJ Masks (You were Owlet, a girl superhero from PJM for halloween this year)</li>
<li>You do funny little dance moves randomly to make us laugh. In fact, you love to do lots of little things to get a laugh out of people.</li>
<li>Your hair has finally grown back enough to look like an actual hairstyle and it's really cute</li>
<li>When you go to the bathroom you ask me to close the door so you can have some "price-acy"</li>
<li>You tell me all the time, "Mommy, you're my bestest friend."</li>
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<b>Dear Titus,</b><br />
<i>At five and a half years old...</i><br />
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<li>You weigh just under 40lbs and are still very small for your age (in the 5-10th percentile for height)</li>
<li>You LOVE kindergarten! I was a little nervous about it this summer, but you are thriving with the routine of it all</li>
<li>Everyone at school loves you, especially the older kids. I joke that you are the Butterfield Elementary Mascot</li>
<li>You have gotten much better at learning to use words when you are upset, except with your sister who you still usually just hit or push when you're angry</li>
<li>You love to make books using construction paper and a three hole punch. Sometimes you will ask us how to spell words but a lot of times the whole book consists of words like "No!" "OK!" and other small words you can spell on your own.</li>
<li>You like to do the same activities at home that you do at school (math stations, which word doesn't belong, etc.)</li>
<li>Your favorite Encore class is PE</li>
<li>You are a really good big brother to Baby Collins. You talk to her sweetly and know not to touch her face or hands.</li>
<li>You love drawing with chalk in the driveway. Usually it's either marble mazes or writing numbers (sometimes you'll just write all the way to 100 because you can)</li>
<li>You still don't have much of an interest in sports. Daddy wanted to get you to play catch but you weren't into it, so he showed you a video on hand-eye coordination and now you like to play catch (except you say "let's play hand eye coordination!")</li>
<li>You do like to play dodge ball upstairs or make up games like throwing a ball into a laundry basket</li>
<li>For breakfast you like to eat a waffle with nutella or cheerios. If you had it your way, you'd eat a Wendy's cheeseburger for every meal. Your favorite halloween candy was Kit Kat Bars.</li>
<li>You went to a Razorback football game with Daddy and loved it. Now you ask to go to every game and get upset when you can't.</li>
<li>We were doing gymnastics which you were very good at, but since school started you got too tired and frustrated doing it after school so we're taking a break.</li>
<li>You love poop jokes.</li>
<li>You and Haddie are extremely competitive and want whatever the other person has. One day while you were at school I took Haddie to McDonald's for lunch and you have never let me live down how unfair it was that she got a Happy Meal and you didn't.</li>
<li>Most nights you go to sleep by 8:00 and would sleep til 6:30-7 if Haddie would let you, but she usually comes into your room by 6:30 and wakes you up for the day</li>
<li>We taught you the word defiant this month because you decided you want to be in charge and started saying the opposite of whatever we say just because you can</li>
<li>When Haddie says something that doesn't make sense you and I will catch each other's eye and start giggling (I love this so much!)</li>
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But then a weird thing started to happen. <span style="font-size: 12pt;">When I saw photos of myself, I would have this moment of surprise and disorientation almost every time because the image didn’t </span><i style="font-size: 12pt;">look</i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> like how I </span><i style="font-size: 12pt;">felt</i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">. Anyone ever had this moment? At the time, my kids were 3 and 1 and I hadn't taken much time for myself since starting our family. And the thing was, it wasn't that I was having a pity party over the way I looked. It was just that I would look at the photo of that moment, and I would remember exactly how I felt and what I was saying and doing, and those feelings were never frumpy or lost or forgotten like the way I often felt I <i>looked</i>. Inside I felt young and bright eyed and like my life was full of wonderful surprises and joys, and it was bizarre to feel like I didn't seen that in myself in a still shot.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">So I decided to make a change. <b>And hear me say this:</b> I truly believe your physical body is not what defines you. Even at my most out of shape or least trendy, I was always witty and smart and kind and no amount of exterior change could take that away from me. </span>But I also decided there was nothing wrong with enjoying the fun things that come along with being a girl. <span style="font-size: 12pt;">I was confident in who I was because I was confident in who made me, but now I was ready to look in the mirror and see the girl I felt like I was inside, the girl who had been lost while focusing on everyone else but herself.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.aisle-9.com/food/5-compliment-worthy-crockpot-recipes-for-busy-moms/" target="_blank">Five Compliment Worthy Crockpot Recipes for Busy Moms</a></span><br />
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<span class="s1">Do you ever feel like you just have so much on your plate you don't even know where to begin? As a mom of toddlers, I feel like I'm constantly forgetting things and dropping the ball. But every parent who's a life stage ahead of me says you shouldn't expect for it to slow down; kids grow bigger and they get busier. The big picture can be overwhelming, I don't even always know what to tackle first on my to-do list. The questions start swarming in my head and I feel like I need 50 hours in a day instead of 24. </span></div>
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<span class="s1"><i>Am I teaching my kids good character? Do I participate enough in my husband's ministry job? Should I play a more active role in our church? Am I exercising enough? Am I eating healthy enough? Will God allow us to have another baby? If we can even get pregnant, how tight will our budget be with three kids while I'm staying home? Should I go back to work? Should we sign the kids up for sports already? Should I lead a small group? Am I teaching my kids about volunteering and serving others? Should I continue pursuing a career in graphic design after the kids are in school? Or do something with more of a steady income? When will I have time to finish all these house projects? Am I modeling how deal with hard things to my kids? What am I doing with the specific gifts God has given me? What are we going to do about the broken dishwasher? Should I be discipling more young women? How are we going to pay this bill? Am I meeting my husband's needs? Have I even seen him much this week or have things been too crazy? What even are <u>my</u> needs right now? When will I have time to do all this laundry and clean the house? HOW WILL I FIND TIME FOR ALL THESE THINGS??</i></span></div>
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<span class="s1">So many questions, so many directions. And then it hits me, I'll never be able to solve all those questions and problems in a given week/month/year. But here's a question I can focus on:</span></div>
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<span class="s1"><b>What is my God-given purpose in </b></span><span class="s2"><b><u>THIS</u></b></span><span class="s1"><b> season? </b></span></div>
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<span class="s1">For each of us, this is different. For all of us, it's important. </span></div>
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<span class="s1">Some of you may have read that and known IMMEDIATELY what your God-given purpose is in this season. Some of you may have had a lightbulb moment that this is exactly why you feel so lost, you're unsure of what task you should be focusing on. Both of those are ok. Now is when you allow yourself time to think it over.</span></div>
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<span class="s1">For me, once I posed the question and cleared out the clutter in my mind, it was pretty clear. I feel very peaceful about being home with my kids, that is a very specific role and list of duties that I can nail down. For this season, I need to focus on helping Titus learn to express his emotions in a healthy way and how to problem solve instead of exploding. He's having way fewer of his out-of-control tantrums, and I really believe that is happening because I've been home with him and his life is consistent. <i>This is my purpose.</i></span><br />
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<span class="s1">God gave me that little boy and knew I would make a great mommy for him, that I could handle the outbursts and love him through it; that I could calm him down and bring him comfort like no one else. <i>This is my purpose. </i></span><br />
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<span class="s1">That when he wants to start screaming because he's unable to put into words how he feels, he needs me to look him in the eyes and explain things to him in an adult manner that most people don't use for kids, because he's unique and it works for him. <i>This is my purpose. </i></span><br />
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To tie shoes and brush hair and cut up apples because sometimes, you're too small to do things on your own. <i>This is my purpose. </i><br />
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To sit down with my kids and tickle them and teach them that joy can trump all other emotions if you let it. <i>This is my purpose. </i><br />
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To empower my little girl to be more than pretty by showering her with compliments about how she's smart and funny and silly and sweet and brave. <i>This is my purpose. </i><br />
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<span class="s1">To teach them that sometimes, life isn't all about you. They don't know how much I serve them now, but one day they will look back and realize the sacrifices I have made (just like I did with my mom) and that sometimes loving someone means putting their needs first. </span><i>This is my purpose. </i></div>
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<span class="s1">That's mine. Yours is yours. None is better, none is worse. There are so many things I could be doing or focusing on. But when you try to juggle them all, no one person or thing gets your full ability. I feel so much clearer when I let the other things fall away and lean into my purpose in this stage.</span></div>
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<span class="s1"><b>There will come a time for all the rest, because there is a season for everything.</b> A season for laughter and dancing, a season for mourning and tears. A season for hard work and a season for respite. A season for speaking many words and a season for speaking few while we hear others instead. A season for health and a season where your body doesn't act or look how you want. A season for serving others and a season for recognizing your own needs. A season for your anger and a season for offering forgiveness. A season for pushing through trials and a season for relishing the good days. A season of recognition and a season of humble selflessness. A season for independence and a season for vulnerability. A season to celebrate new life and a season to let go in death. A season to cry out in anguish and a season to cry out in praise.</span><br />
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<span class="s1"><b>But not all of those have to be accomplished all at once.</b></span></div>
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<span class="s1">For me, this is a season of service, sacrifice, and nurturing. Realizing my God-given purpose for this season doesn't make all of those other questions magically disappear. And it definitely doesn't mean there won't be a season in the future where my God-given purpose is directed at one of them. But it does make me feel washed over in grace to know I can focus on the task at hand and set a more realistic bar for what is expected of me.</span></div>
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<b style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Dear Haddie,</span></b></div>
<i style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">At almost 3 years old...</span></i><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You weigh 33 pounds and are busting out of your 2T clothes. You are still petite, but you are getting too tall for most of your pants.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You sleep from about 8:00pm-7:00am and take a two hour nap about half the days of the week</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Your favorite foods are cheese, yogurt, pickles, bananas, pizza, carrots, chips, and anything that you can dip (you love the "white sauce" *ranch* and salsa). You recently ate a bowlful of plain spinach, which was hysterical since you generally hate vegetables.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You sing ALLLLL the time. When you wake up in the morning, I hear you singing in you crib and that's how I know you're awake</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You like singing so much you will pretend to know the words to songs you've never heard just so you can sing along</span></li>
<li>You want to wear princess dresses all the time and have gotten much more picky about what kind of shoes or bows you wear</li>
<li>Everywhere we go you take something with us. It's never the same thing, but you always need something by your side (today it was your piggy bank)</li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You give REALLY good hugs. Like, squeeze your arms and legs around me and hold on super tight, hugs</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You're favorite Christmas present was the giant dollhouse you got and your favorite birthday presents were dress up dolls</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">After months of being mortal enemies, you and Titus are now inseparable. It is not unusual for the two of you to go hang out upstairs for an hour while I'm cooking or cleaning</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You LOVED the Christmas lights. Every morning as soon as you got out of bed, you would march over to the tree and ask me to turn them on. You also loved driving around and looking at lights on houses</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You love going to school and walk into your classroom like a big girl </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">At church you like to go sit with me and listen to the worship before going to the nursery</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You cry big tears really fast</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">If you get scolded you will immediately burst into tears and you won't calm down until you're being held</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You love doing arts and crafts at school</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You are still in your crib and you love playing in it by yourself after naptime and in the morning</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You say you would like to potty like a big girl but when I actually try to get you on the potty you refuse.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Your favorite show is My Little Pony but you also love Blaze and the Monster Machines, which is about monster trucks. You basically love whatever Titus loves.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You still use a paci but only for naps and night time. Pacis stay in your crib.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You get so excited to see Zi-Zi (Zion) and Connieee (Conner) when we go to school</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You don't have nearly as much interest in letters as Titus did at your age</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Your hair is still tinted red, but it looks much more blonde now. If your eyebrows weren't still reddish I might think you were turning into a permanent blonde!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Because you are tall and Titus is short, we get asked about 4 times a week if you are twins</span></li>
<li>You enjoy being the class clown. You love being silly and making people laugh. Right now, that's by replacing words in your favorites songs with the word poop ("twinkle twinkle little POOP"). We can thank your brother for teaching you that trick. </li>
<li><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Sometimes I feel like you're talking to me like a grown up. You say phrases in the right context I didn't even realize you knew. It makes me giggle every time. </span></li>
<li>When Titus apologizes for hitting you he has to say, "I'm sorry for hitting you, do you forgive me?" But you never know how to respond, so he says, "say yes" and you do. Now when you want something, you try to pull that trick on me. "I have a popsicle, mommy? Say yes."</li>
<li>You like to pat my tummy and say hi to the baby. You also pulled up daddy's shirt and patted his belly and said, "you have baby, too?"</li>
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<span style="font-size: 15px;">Baby Love we are just thrilled with you! I can already tell you are going to be the goofy one in the family. You love making people laugh and you love laughing. Generally speaking, you are very laid back and enjoy doing whatever is the most fun. You are incredibly social (you make friends at the park all the time) and you love playing with anything you can cuddle or nurture (stuffed animals, dolls, plastic animals...). I have loved getting to watch your personality develop because I feel like you will be a lot like me (Grandma thinks so too). We love you so much, sweet girl!</span></div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528785220098906370.post-50156734591000076492016-12-30T08:53:00.000-08:002018-02-03T08:54:30.710-08:00Titus: 2016 Wrap Up<div style="background-color: white; display: inline; line-height: 24px;">
<b><span style="font-family: inherit;">Dear Titus,</span></b><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>at almost 5 years old...</i></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You have hit a growth spurt and you have outgrown all your 3T jammies (finally!) You weight 38 pounds and are very proud of that fact.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">This growth spurt also means you have been eating A LOT. A typical day for you involves two waffles for breakfast, a full lunch, an early afternoon snack, an early dinner (tonight was two hot dogs and two PB&J sandwiches) and then usually another second dinner before you head off to bed.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Your favorite shows are Transformers, Blaze and the Monster Machines and Sid the Science Kid</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You love all things legos right now (lego toys, lego movies, lego games)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You and Haddie have been SO MUCH BETTER. We went through a month or two where you did nothing but fight and nitpick and scream at each other, it drove me absolutely crazy. But now, for the most part, you play so well together and are inseparable.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Every night at bedtime you tell me, "but I'm just not sleepy! I can't sleep!" and then you fall asleep 3-5 minutes later</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You are all about the poop jokes right now. And by jokes, I mean saying things like "Is your hair made of POOP??" and then laughing at yourself. I told you that poop jokes are for boys and you can only make them with Daddy and your guy friends.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You are finally starting to understand when we are teasing you instead of always taking everything so literal (although you are still 100% literal with everyone else besides Daddy and me).</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You are currently obsessed with "wrapping presents" which consists of taking hot wheels or marbles and wrapping them in toilet paper and taping them shut.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Your emotional control has gotten much better although you still have multiple outbursts a day where you are redlining over small things (usually things that have a simple solution but you get upset before you think to ask for help)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You say that Brooks is your best friend and Brooks said, "I'm basically a part of your family, we're like brothers" which is pretty darn cute</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You are asking for bunk beds so that friends can stay over. We'll have to wait and see if I'm ready for that...</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You still love school although you don't like any of the craft projects (you get very frustrated because you are such a concrete thinker. Drawing things frustrate you, I think part of this is because you are a perfectionist. So when you have to draw a person you get really upset because you think it doesn't look right)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">We say the phrase "if you don't have something kind to say, don't say anything at all" quite a bit. Your four year old attitude has kicked in ;)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You love having Haddie follow you around. You make up all kinds of games and activities and she does almost anything you want</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Anytime you trip you yell, "I don't LIKE our new house!" even though you just fell because you lost your balance</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You are really into legos </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Anytime a kid is doing something you don't like you yell, "NO MA'AM!" even if it's a boy</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You love watching daddy play football on the Xbox even though you don't really ever want to actually PLAY football.</span></li>
<li>You still make a "d" sound instead of "th" (weather = wedder, another = anudder)</li>
<li>You are obsessed with the weather and ask Siri for an update about a dozen times a day.<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #454545; font-family: inherit;"> </span></li>
<li>Every morning you wake up at 7 and are allowed to play with the iPad. Around 7:30, Haddie will start calling our, "Titus! Titus!" And you go down and crawl in her crib and play with her until I come in.<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #454545; font-family: inherit;"> </span></li>
<li>You ask permission all the time, even about things like taking your shoes off or jumping in a puddle. I love this about you! It's so respectful and sweet. However this does not apply when you are angry or frustrated and you could care less what I think ;)</li>
<li>You say, "you know what I was thinking?" All the time, and then you pitch me an idea like getting donuts or playing gator golf.<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #454545; font-family: inherit;"> </span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: transparent; font-family: inherit;">We call you Captain Safety because you are ALL about everyone being safe and you keep us all in line</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You have started wearing some 4T clothes, although the waist is still a little big and your 3T clothes still fit just fine.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You don't nap anymore unless you are sick, but you are really good at having "rest time" where you get to play with your marble tower, writing board, or ipad.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You said your favorite friend to play with is Brooks.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">The best part about you no longer napping is that you go to bed around 7:45 (AND ALL THE PARENTS SAID AMEN). </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You wake up around 6:45 no matter what time you go to sleep, whether it's 7:30 or 10:30.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You think it's funny to laugh in this really obnoxious way that you know your sister hates</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You and Haddie are both really into Paw Patrol right now and you spend a good portion of the day arguing about who gets to play with which pup. You say your favorite toys are your Rescue Bots.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You still don't really like many artistic things, you never want to sing songs with us and drawing can frustrate you because you don't feel like you're doing it "right." You much prefer doing mazes (you even draw your own mazes and have Daddy finish them!) or something more concrete in thinking.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Your favorite special activities are going bowling and playing putt-putt.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You still love school very much!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">When you and Haddie play well together you are BEST friends</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You love watching YouTube videos about hamsters, marble tracks, and surprise eggs</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">We started a zero tolerance policy to you yelling "NO!!!" anytime we give you a specific instruction (you would yell it even to something like, "lets put your shoes on"). It took a couple of days, but I'm glad we got over that!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You got really into exploring bugs in the backyard this summer</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Cold weather is not your jam. You hate being cold AND you have too much energy to be inside</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You are a GREAT eater! You actually like a lot of vegetables, including salad. And when I make you try a bite of everything on your plate you usually end up liking it.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Your favorite thing to eat is nutella. Nutella on waffles, nutella sandwiches, nutella to dip with strawberries... You are also really into hot dogs and always request "the kind on the bread!" (bun) with mustard only.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You fell off a stool and got your first stitches this month. It was much more traumatizing for me than for you! I almost passed out after they finished stitching you up...</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">We stayed Grandmother's for a few weeks while the new house was renovated and you kept asking, "are we going to live in the old house or the new house? Or Grandmother's house forever?" It was a little confusing for you and threw off your nightime sleep a little after we moved into the new house, but you eventually got used to it. Now when people come over you greet them at the door and say, "come up to my new play room, it's SO huge and fun!"</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You are always the first person to be willing to give a hug and you aren't afraid to talk to almost anyone (especially if they come over to our house)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Speaking of hugs, you are incredibly empathetic. If you sense that any of us are upset you immediately climb in our laps and cuddle.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You have become obsessed with Lucy, like follow her around the house all day even after she is done playing with you, kind of obsessed. She is very sweet and patient with your crazy antics, but we have to tell you to leave her alone sometimes.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">You are a very unique kid, Titus James! You can still be incredibly short-tempered and have loud, tearful, angry meltdowns, but you can also be very gentle and thoughtful and kind. You get very upset if we don't leave the house every day, saying once it is dark outside, "but we didn't even go any places today!" Your favorite places to go are McDonald's Play Place, the gym, school and to Brooks' house (where you build legos and car tracks in his room for hours). I think you are ready to be in kindergarten full-time (you definitely get bored with us at the house), but I'm not sure how I feel about you being gone every day! We love you so much, every sassy, dramatic, aggressive, silly part of you.</span></div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528785220098906370.post-83973414869223612952016-12-04T14:25:00.002-08:002016-12-04T14:42:16.410-08:00Haddie: Fall 2016 update<span style="font-family: inherit;">Dear Haddie,</span><ul style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px;">
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You wear 2T clothes and are about to be 3T in some things</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You are only an inch or two shy of Titus' four year old height mark, even at 2.5. You're not necessarily tall for your age, but you're definitely growing faster than Titus has!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You say your best friends are Conner and Rynn.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You are still a very picky eater. Right now the only guarantees are french fries, pickles, cereal and peanut butter. Your favorites are probably "pinana" (banana) and "see-yull" (cereal), and you are mostly living on milk.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You have started making up songs and when you're done singing you'll say, "dat's a good song." You love singing in general, we hear you singing in your crib ALL the time. Your favorite songs are Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Let It Go & Itsy Bitsy Spider.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You hated being dropped off at school when we first went back in September (even though you enjoyed being there once I left). But the last few weeks you haven't cried at drop off and marched right in like a big girl!</span></li>
<li style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You go to bed around 7:30/8 and wake up around 7/7:30 with a 2 hour nap around 1pm.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">About that nap... You have really been fighting it lately, and bedtime for that matter. It is not unusual for you to throw a fit for 15-30 minutes after being put down.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Everyone is saying "I can't believe how much she has started talking since I saw her last!"</span></li>
<li style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Your favorite toys are barbies, your Elsa doll and anything that comes in a Happy Meal.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You almost always take something wherever we go (a Paw Patrol dog, a tiny pig, your pull-along puppy) and then INSIST on taking it inside wherever we go.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You wear a princess dress almost every single day.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You. Are. Stubborn. If you aren't getting what you want you will throw things and yell "no!" while sobbing BIG angry tears.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You have started handing me your pacis in the car or after naps, sometimes without me even asking! I think we're getting close to retiring the pacis...</span></li>
<li style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You love sitting in your crib or high chair alone with your favorite toys and just playing. I secretly think it's because it's the only place Titus can't get to you and mess up your toys :)</span></li>
<li style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Your favorite shows are Paw Patrol, Blaze and the Monster Machines, and Team Umi-Zoomi. Which are also Titus' favorite shows, so I think you mostly like them because he does.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Everything needs to kiss and hug, followed by, "awwww!" Pacis, animals, shoes...</span></li>
<li style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The thing you say most is, "what dat?" about every noise you hear or unidentified object you see.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You get SO excited when friends come over, like cheering and jumping and hugging when they walk in the door.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You are incredibly loving, you give hugs to almost everyone and ask Daddy and I if we can snuggle all the time.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Haddie girl, you are so much fun. You and Titus look different and definitely act different, and I am loving getting to know your little personality. You are definitely passionate about having fun, animals, cartoons and being able to do everything Brother can do. You are pretty fearless and adventurous and can get equally as dirty as you can girly and princessy. At school you love to do crafts and socialize and your teacher says you love music time and sing and dance along to every song. We think you are so sweet, spunky and fun, Baby Love!</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You have hit a growth spurt and are catching up in height to Titus. People mistake you for twins pretty often</span></li>
<li style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Your favorite foods are... no food. You don't want to eat much of anything. Most of your meals consist of the same rotation of a few things: pickles, turkey, yogurt, goldfish, strawberries. You sometimes scarf down pizza, spaghetti, or french fries, and then other times you don't care for them at all. You will eat a little ice cream or other desserts, but not a lot.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You really like to dance and you especially like it if we're dancing with you because you imitate our moves (it's hilarious)</span></li>
<li style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Most of this summer you spent in just a diaper or even naked. By noon you are usually wet, muddy or a combination of both</span></li>
<li style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You don't seem to miss school at all, but you do ask about "Si Si?" which is what you call Zion, your best friend in your class</span></li>
<li style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">One of our friends said you have the highest, sweetest voice of any toddler she's met. It's so true, everything about your voice is ultra feminine!</span></li>
<li style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You have started going to bed later, like 8/8:30 and wake up around 7/7:30. You still take a great afternoon nap, usually 2 hours and sometimes as long as 3.5 hours.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You are obsessed with other babies, although sometimes your affection is still too rough</span></li>
<li style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Your favorite toy right now is an old hand-me-down Finding Nemo or the stuffed cat you got from Grandmother</span></li>
<li style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You have started throwing a lot more fits. There are a lot of tears accompanied by melodramatic sobbing. These can go on for a looooonnnnng time and I am starting to get a picture of how 13 may look for you ;)</span></li>
<li style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You love playing in the stream at Gulley Park, your favorite part is throwing rocks in the water</span></li>
<li style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I have been trying to not give you the paci in the car (only in the crib) and you will wail from the backseat, "PAAAAA-CCCEEEEEEYYY" LIKE YOU ARE DYING. This is also hilarious to me</span></li>
<li style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Your play really well independently, but you also like to play with Titus a lot (when he's being nice to you)</span></li>
<li style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You love making animal noises and when we ask you what sound a Haddie makes you say, "Ah Hah-eeeee!" and pat your chest</span></li>
<li style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Your favorite shows are Little Einsteins, Rescue Bots (thank to Brother you're obsessed too) and Horton Hears a Who</span></li>
<li style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">I hear you say frequently to your dolls/animals/pacis, "no ma'am!" which is clearly something you have been hearing a lot lately</span></li>
<li style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You have recently discovered Princess outfits/jewelry/shoes and walk around with a wand saying, "Princess time!"</span></li>
<li style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You say, "no ma'am!" all the time to Titus (you don't know "no sir!" is a thing). This is mostly because a) you hear that from me, and b) Titus says it to you A LOT</span></li>
<li style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">When you wake up in the morning Titus usually brings you books and toys in your crib. This is one of your favorite things!</span></li>
<li style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You have recently started to not like bedtime very much (kicking and screaming when you are getting your jammies put on). Once we put you in the crib and leave the room you start to cry, but you always calm down almost immediately when we sing to you through the baby monitor.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: inherit;">Titus recently developed a fear of thunder and after one particularly scary freak out, you became scared too. Now when I ask you if you want to go outside, you frequently say, "no tanks. It waining." (even though it never is)</li>
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<span style="font-family: "century gothic";"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 24px;">You have started talking so much and I'm loving hearing you put 2-3 word sentences together. When you are throwing a fit I will ask you to use your words and you usually say, "that." Which isn't super helpful but eventually you usually explain what I need to know. When we went to the beach this summer you were a little nervous about the water, but it didn't take much to convince you it would be a good time. You liked to go out past the waves with me and just lay back with your floaties, cross your ankles, and close your eyes while you floated in the sun. This pretty much sums you up: laid back, fun loving, adventurous, a big time momma's girl, and a casual lounger. We love you, sweet girl!</span></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You must be going through a growth spurt because you are eating all the time. You are wearing 3T things and have outgrown everything 2T (which is a big deal for you!)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You rarely take naps anymore (maybe once or twice a week) so we try to get you to sleep by 8/8:30. If you take a nap, it may be more like 9/9:30 before you fall asleep. </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You try the same excuses to get out of bed every night. </span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">I need to go potty</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">I'm still hungry (no matter how much you've eaten)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Wait wait wait, I NEED TO TELL YOU SOMETHING! (it's never important)</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You like to sing, "Hangin tough!" because Daddy sang it to you once and you thought it was funny. You also sing the Nationwide Car Insurance jingle with Nanay ("Nationwide is on your siiiiide!")</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Your L's still sound like W's</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You refer to all kids and babies younger than you as "her" or "she" even if it's a boy</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Out of nowhere you developed this really thick southern accent. A lot of one syllable words have become two syllables for you </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">When you are getting in trouble you will start fake giggling and cover your mouth, I can't tell if you are doing it to be defiant or if you are trying to make me laugh so you don't get in trouble. Either way, it can be pretty infuriating.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You talk about, pretend, watch, tell stories about Rescue Bots ALL THE TIME. As much as I get tired of watching the same show, I am glad you've found something you like to pretend when you play by yourself.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">When you pretend to be a Rescue Bot you call yourself "Hokeekeewah" and then transform into objects (car, boat, vacuum, drill...)</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You are really missing school and keep asking when we get to go back</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">I overhear you trying to explain things to Haddie a lot and it's really funny ("No Haddie, we don't put the blocks on the kitchen set! The blocks go in the toy box, silly.")</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You love watching YouTube videos about tornados</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">When you have to go to timeout or I get you in trouble you like to growl because you know you're not allowed to talk back. You are learning the hard way that is also considered disrespectful.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Your favorite activity with Daddy is building our large USA map</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Your infatuation with getting under Haddie's skin has only gotten worse. You spend a lot of time playing in your room alone because you can't keep your hands to yourself. Or worse, you like to steal her toys and run away, teasing her because she can't catch you</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You LOVE swimming. Like, obsessively love it. Last year it still kind of scared you, but this year you've been so happy to wear the floaties and even jump off the diving board all alone</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You have learned to buckle yourself into your carseat and are so incredibly proud</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Your favorite foods are raspberries, PB&J, pickles, pepperoni, ice cream and applesauce</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Most of your stories include "My best friends, Brooks, Garrison, Maddox and Rozy"</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">We are really working on "obeying the first time." I will tell you, "go back to bed please" and I'll have to repeat myself. Then when I get off the couch and you know you're in trouble, you say, "I'm doing it now!!!" and hope that will keep you out of trouble. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">I hear you tell Haddie a lot, "no ma'am!" because you love making her reinforce the rules</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You frequently pretend to be a Transformer named "Hokekewah" who transforms into a vacuum cleaner, car, drill, and many other things.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You LOVED the beach so much! Your favorite activity was to put on your floaties and go with Daddy to where the waves were breaking and take them in the chest. Sometimes they would splash you in the face or even knock you over, but you loved every second of it!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Your love to draw robots on your magnet board, along with lots of spelling and some "Spanish words" (which are mostly just scribbly lines</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You have developed a fear of thunder so now anytime you think it's going to storm you panic and run inside</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">I can't believe at this time next year we will be preparing to send you off to kindergarten! I'm still in denial. I don't know what Haddie and I will do without you around! The other night you spent the night at Mimmy and Nanay's house and Haddie kept walking around and checking all of our rooms, saying, "Bubba? Ty-tis?" Even though you don't always get along, she can't imagine a day without you and neither can I. I love seeing you use your imagination to set up pretend situations with your Rescue Bots, the way you draw marble machines and mazes on your drawing board, and hearing you suggest a plan for the day, followed by, "Does that sound like a good idea?" We love you so much, I am so thankful for this final year at home with you!</span></span><br />
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<b style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Dear Haddie,</span></b></div>
<i style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">At 2 years old...</span></i><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You weigh 26 pounds, are 33 inches tall and wear 2T clothes (sometime still 18-24m because you're very petite)</span></li>
<li style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Your favorite foods are cheese, crackers, pizza, pepperoni, baby food pouches, bananas, waffles, cheerios, yogurt, fruit gummies, and carbs.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">If you see me with a Coke you whiiiiiiiine and whine and whine until I share with you</span></li>
<li style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You don't run, you prance. Sometimes I call you Fancy Prancy.</span></li>
<li style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You are finally doing better about dropoffs, you only cry </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">occasionally</span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> at church or school</span></li>
<li style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You sleep like a teenager. You have been sleeping from 7:30-8ish and take a 2+ hour nap ever day. </span></li>
<li style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">you get VERY jealous when I'm holding anyone else, including your brother. If you're on my lap and he tries to join us you push him off </span></li>
<li style="font-family: inherit;">You are finally leaving your ponytail/pigtails in, yay! For a few hours at least, and then you pull them out</li>
<li style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You don't like for me to mess with your accessories. Coats and shoes must be left on at all times (including at school)</span></li>
<li style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You walked around the house drinking out of your sippy cup and spitting it on the floor. It is so gross but you think its hilarious. You also like to dump your yogurt shake on the table which earned you your first (and only) real spanking </span></li>
<li style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You are pretty athletic. Not only are you not scared of many things at the playground, but you seem to run/climb/slide pretty easily!</span></li>
<li style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You love babies and point them out wherever we go, but you pronounce it like the French word, Bebe, which is so adorable</span></li>
<li style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You love finding my lip gloss or Chapstick so you can pucker up while and have me put it on you</span></li>
<li style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You only get your pacifier for sleep or the car and as long as you don't realize I took it away, it doesn't usually seem to bother you</span></li>
<li style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Your favorite toy is the water table outside</span></li>
<li style="font-family: inherit;">If you find dog poop in the yard you will squish it in your hands (GROSS)</li>
<li style="font-family: inherit;">You carry a purse around with all your treasure in it (usually a pacifier, lego baby, and a cell phone)</li>
<li style="font-family: inherit;">Brother picks on you sometimes, but you've learned how to milk it. Even if he barely or accidentally runs into you, you start whining like he hurt you really bad</li>
<li style="font-family: inherit;">You are in a real "mommy's girl" stage. You only want me to hold you and you cry if I even put you in the carseat and don't climb into the driver's seat immediately</li>
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px;">Sometimes I just look at your Daddy and say, "look how adorable Haddie is! I just can't get over it!" But it's true, your sweet little dimple and big blue eyes frequently catch me off guard when I see you smiling at me in the rearview mirror. Grandma Susie says you like to "keep us busy" which is a sweet way of saying you are into everything! Which is true :) But that is one of my favorite things about you, how adventurous you are. It's pretty rare to find you a) bored or b) afraid to try something out. You will follow Titus around and do everything he does and more! And if you fall down, you usually just get back up and keep going. Plus you are very easygoing and rarely get demanding (unless you want your pacifier, then you are ruthless), so for the most part, not much seems to bother you. We love you to the moon and back, baby love!</span></div>
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<b style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Dear Titus,</span></b></div>
<i style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">At 4 years old...</span></i><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You weigh 33 pounds, measure 37 inches tall and wear 3T clothes (pants are still too long and your waist it tiny!)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You go to bed around 8:15/8:30 but don't usually fall asleep until 9:00. You wake up around 6:30 most days, but know to stay in your room until your OK to Wake alarm light comes on at 7:00.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">When daddy is singing the same song over and over again you say, "Daddy, sewiouswy!" (which is also something mommy says)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You start most sentence with "how abouuuuttt..." Or "Hey, I have an idea!"</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You say, "oh, c'mon!" to a lot of things, mostly inanimate objects ("oh, cmon blocks! Stand up already!")</span><div class="p1" style="background-color: white; line-height: 24px;">
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">"being funny" is a big thing for you. After you knock over a tower or jump off a stair you will say, "was that funny?"</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">When school was out for Spring Break you were pretty devastated. Lately you have become really interested in compost/gardening and recycling because you learned about them at school</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You really struggle with bedtime and naptime and not wanting to go to sleep, but we have started using a timer to let you know when it is time to go to bed and that has helped a lot</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You love watching videos in Spanish</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You are SO competitive. Everything is about winning right now </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">When you and Daddy build with the Jenga blocks you always request him to make the "Entire State Building"</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You say that everything hurts. Putting on your shirt, getting your hair washed, taking shoes off...</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You really like to mess with Haddie which drives me crazy. You just get in her space and make noises or poke her or whatever buttons you know she would hate having pushed</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You are SO literal. You had a book parade at school where everyone dresses up like a book character and you said that couldn't happen because it's not Halloween (then told me you wanted to be a TV for Halloween). You were also really thrown off by your birthday party being on April 2nd but your actual birthday not being until the 10th</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You run through the house yelling, "look! I'm running adagio!" (The word for "fast tempo" you learned from Little Einsteins)</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Your favorite excuse for getting out of bed is "I need to tell you something." This often happens at 5:30/6am and you are either 1) still half asleep and talking about your dream ("Haddie ate my sausage roll. I left it on the table and then she ate it all gone!!!") or just something you make up so you don't have to go back to sleep ("I had to blow my nose, here's my Kleenex")</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You're really into "forever" right now. "Will I be in timeout forever? Is Brooks going home forever? Will daddy be at work forever?"</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You are a savorer. It takes you 4 bites to finish a single m&m. </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You are the justice police, constantly going around getting other kids in trouble for breaking rules or making other kids cry</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You nap 3-4 days a week, but on the days you don't nap, you do a good job of making up pretend games in your bed with your pillows and stuff animals</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You still get overstimulated and need quiet time to calm down. When something isn't working right or you don't get your way you still get very emotional and it's hard to get you to take a breath and listen. But once you calm down it's much easier to communicate.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You respond really strong to other's people's emotions. You don't really care if I threaten to get you in trouble for disobeying, but if I tell you your bad choices are hurting my feelings or look like I'm going to cry you immediately change your behavior and come give me a hug and apologize.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">"How does _____ work?" is a big thing for you right now. How does breathing work? How do germs work? How does water work in your body? How do toots work? How do cars work? How does running work? How does the sun work?</span></li>
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One of the biggest changes in you over the last few months is how rough you are! You are always wanting to wrestle or tackle or jump around. You say that your favorite thing to do with Daddy is to wrestle and your favorite thing to do with Mommy is to cuddle. That's the way I like it! Save the rough housing for when Daddy gets home. Sometimes you try to do it with Haddie, too (it's not a surprise for me to hear her crying and come in the room to find out you tried to take her out at the knees). Sometimes you just growl or roar for no reason, just because you have too much energy and aggression built up. That's when I bundle you up and send you outside! On the other hand, you are still a major softie, too. You are so sweet to tell us how much you love us and ask to cuddle throughout the day. You also give hugs to almost anyone who walks in the door! Your stories are endless and you are funny without meaning to be. Your stubborness can be tiring sometimes, but we are praying that it will make you a great leader some day. We are so proud to be your mommy and daddy. I love you to the moon and back, to infinity and beyond, forever and ever!</div>
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<b style="background-color: white; color: grey; font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Dear Haddie,</span></b></div>
<i style="background-color: white; color: grey; font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">At almost 2 years old...</span></i><br />
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<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You weigh 23 pounds and have finally moved up to 18-24 month clothes, although some of them are still a little big and pants are long on you</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You sleep from about 7:30pm-7:00am and take one nap at 1pm (usually 2 hours). You have started fighting your naps on occasion, but overall you are still an easy sleeper</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Your favorite foods are pickles, cheese, yogurt, broccoli, french fries, any type of cracker/carb, pizza and bananas</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You are climbing EVERYWHERE.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You currently do not like taking a bath, mostly because you hate having your hair washed</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You have started repeating a lot more words and it's so adorable. I love hearing your sweet little voice!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You think it is so funny to give me kisses for some reason. Every time you do, you burst out in giggles</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You are incredibly nurturing. Your favorite Christmas gift was the baby stroller we got for you, you push your baby around all day and feed her a bottle and kiss her. You also like to sit in the stroller yourself to watch tv!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You still like to do anything that Titus is doing</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You really love playing on the piano</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You still get upset with I drop you off at school or the church nursery, but it only lasts for a couple of minutes</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You can be BOSSY! When you want something, you want it right. then.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">We still change your clothes at least twice a day because you are so messy</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You love dancing! Even if someone just says "let's dance!" you'll still dance without music. But anytime you hear music you start moving back and forth subconsciously </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You want to be outside all the time, but don't understand the concept of being cold. You get so mad if I don't let you go out when it's raining and yucky!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Your favorite show is Masha and the Bear. You do so much better sitting still for a movie or show than Titus did at this age</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">At any given time you are usually carrying around 2-3 pacifiers</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You are still a little shy around strangers but when we see friends (especially Ms. Stephanie and Ms. Heather) you go up and give great big, cuddly hugs.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Your favorite activity is definitely running around and being one of the big kids. If Titus and the big boys are chasing each other through the house you are running right alongside them, even though you don't know what they're doing!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Your dimples are getting more obvious and they are so adorable!</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Everytime you touch something or climb on something you are not supposed to we tell you no, and then when you stop you start clapping and say, "yay!!" as if cheering for yourself will make us forget you were disobeying</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: inherit;">You will keep a bow clip in but you HATE having your hair in a ponytail or pigtails. Which is a real shame because it is so adorable!</span></li>
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<span style="color: grey; font-family: Century Gothic;"><span style="font-family: inherit; line-height: 24px;">This was the first year that you could really participate in the holidays and it was so much fun to see the joy that you and Titus had spending time with family and opening gifts. You didn't really care about the gifts at all, Titus actually opened most of yours, but you sure loved the Christmas tree and trying to take off the ornaments without getting caught! Every time you smile you light up the room, there's not a single person you've met that doesn't adore your sweet personality and shy little smile. Your big blue eyes and strawberry blonde hair are such a stunning combination and people comment on it allllllll the time. I guess you'll just have to get used to that, Baby Love! We feel so blessed to have you in our lives, thank you for multiplying the joy of our family.</span></span></div>
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528785220098906370.post-10790676567208725672016-01-09T12:20:00.000-08:002016-01-09T16:11:24.847-08:00Titus 2015 Wrap Up<b style="background-color: white; color: grey; font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">Dear Titus,</b><br />
<i style="background-color: white; color: grey; font-family: 'Century Gothic'; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px;">At almost 4 years old...</i><br />
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<li>You are still pretty small for your age, which I think has helped me stay in denial about how old you're getting :) You wear 2T in pants and 3T in shirts, although those can be too big for you sometimes.</li>
<li>You're really interested in directions right now. Are we turning right or left? Which direction are we driving?</li>
<li>Your favorite toy is the marble tower we got you. You make all kinds of "machines" with the pieces and like to watch YouTube videos of marble runs that other people have created</li>
<li>You also really like drawing "machines" on your drawing board and they are usually replicas of marble machines you have seen on youtube.</li>
<li>Another favorite activity is anything that is arts and crafts. You got a paint spinner for Christmas and you ask to use it at least once a day every day (it's basically a piece of paper that you put paint on and spin it, then it turns into a tie dye pattern of sorts). You call it your "paint machine" because everything is a machine right now!</li>
<li>Your favorite drink is chocolate milk and your favorite foods are pickles, tomatoes, pizza, french fries, almost all berries, cereal, waffle with peanut butter and popsicles (of course!) You have recently started being a much better eater, requesting things like salad, peas, broccoli, or other "vegabulls" (which generally means stir fry veggies). I have been very impressed with your willingness to try healthy food!</li>
<li>You LOVE school (Mother's Day Out). You have been so upset over Christmas break that we haven't gone to school at all.</li>
<li>You love to play a game called "You Better Run" with Daddy, where Daddy says, "you better run!" and then you take off down the hall and he tries to hit you with a ball and you fall down. Then you switch and try to hit daddy AND YOU BOTH LOVE IT.</li>
<li>You have moved from fit throwing to whining, and I definitely think I might have liked the fit throwing better. I have learned that every new age has it's own stage, but this is one that I'm ready to leave behind!</li>
<li>You really like to reinforce the rules with Haddie, it's like having a 3rd parent around (except you are even more strict than we are! ha)</li>
<li>You still don't really like it when anyone sings or dances around you (especially if it's loud)</li>
<li>You went through a phase where you were afraid of monsters and would wake up having nightmares, thankfully that has passed for the most part (sometimes there are still scary shadows)</li>
<li>Your favorite movies/shows are Team Umizoomi, Little Einsteins, Curious George, Madagascar: Penguins Movie, and Horton Hears a Who</li>
<li>You get VERY stir crazy if we don't get out of the house every day. I can already tell we are going to have to get creative this winter!</li>
<li>Bedtime routine has gotten much easier but you are really fighting naptime now. You probably skip your nap at least twice a week so instead I let you have "quiet time" in your room where you either build machines with your marble run or play your letter apps on the iPad.</li>
<li>You tell me that your best friends are Garrison, Brooks and Rozy</li>
<li>Our current discipline struggle is learning to obey the first time. Especially when you are told to go to timeout, you try to run to the other parent and have them "save" you from timeout (all while screaming). Big no no.</li>
<li>You are in an extra cuddly phase. You are always climbing into my lap or asking for longer snuggles at bedtime. Today I was doing my makeup and I heard you call out from the living room, "Mommy, will you come cuddle with me?" You literally want to hug and cuddle and snuggle on the couch ALL THE TIME. I love it forever.</li>
<li>You still have trouble not losing control of your emotions when you are frustrated, but usually a hug, a deep breath and some "quiet time" on my lap or in your room helps you calm down. You have gotten better at expressing yourself with words instead of just exploding when you're upset</li>
<li>Your favorite book right now is Dragons Love Tacos</li>
<li>You say "chechup" instead of ketchup and it's adorable. I also love hearing you stretch your vocabulary and say things like "humongous" for the first time</li>
<li>You have FINALLY realized it's nice to say "I love you too" in response to someone saying I love you. It's so cute and lovely and I try to squeeze it out of you at least 5 times a day</li>
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Before I go to bed at night I always come in and check on you (mostly because you rarely ever have the cover on and 50% of the time are sideways or upside down in your bed). But after I tuck you in I always push your hair out of your face and kiss your sweet cheeks. This is the only time where I catch a glimpse of the baby you used to be; the chubby little cheeks, the dimples in your hand, the way you curl up with your stuffed broccoli. Sometimes I slip my hand in yours and even in your dreams you squeeze my hand right back and pull me close to you. We love you to the moon and back, little man.</div>
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