Part Two...

So, here's the rest of the story on the boys holding Molly. For honesty's sake (and so James can know how things usually end up here) I'm posting this video of Josiah holding Molly, because yes, he got his turn. However, it had a not so pretty ending. Watch closely at the end, you'll see the little "extra" Micah kept leaving on her face. Like I said before, she has no idea what's coming her way...but neither do I for that matter! :)



Ok, I just watched it on the blog and the picture is too little for you to really see, but every time Micah "kisses" her at the end, there is a big line of drool he leaves behind on her face because he is laughing too hard to completely close his mouth. YUCK!

Daddy's Little Helper

This morning John was running late for work. Josiah was asking him to do something with him (I missed what) and this is the following dialogue (Oh, and at some point in time this morning, Josiah had crawled in bed with us):
John: "No, I don't have time."
Josiah: "Why?"
John: "Because I think someone kept turning my alarm off before it woke me up."
Josiah: "I didn't turn the alarm off."
John: "You didn't push any of the buttons on the clock?"
Josiah: "Well, I just kept pushing the one to make the music stop so you could sleep longer."

Awwwwwww...

John: "Like I said, I think someone kept turning off my alarm."
Josiah: "That music was your alarm?"
John: "Yes."
Josiah: "Oh."

Ok...that story reminded me of another. It's probably the other story I was going to post about Josiah last week. Anywho...at school there is a door we go in in the mornings to drop Josiah off. It's down the hallway from the classrooms, though, so it is only open in the mornings and then they lock it and set the alarm to go off if it is opened, since no one is out there to see who is coming in. When they set the alarm, they put a sign on the door that looks like a stop sign and says "STOP. Opening door will cause alarm to sound." (0r something like that) Josiah was asking about this sign one day in the car. He was asking why they hang it up. So I explained they locked the door for safety reasons and put the sign up to remind people not to open it because it would make the alarm go off. Josiah said, "No, if you open the door it makes the alarm go on, not off." I didn't know how to explain this (one of many) strange phrasing in the English language, so I just let it go. But, isn't it strange that we turn the alarm on so that it will go off?

Watch out for Grandma!

This happened last friday at Grandma Day...

We were sitting at the table eating lunch, as usual. Grandma got up to get something (I think coffee) and Josiah yelled out, "Grandma's on the loose--HELP!" No one knows why he yelled that, but we all just started laughing because it was so random!

So, on Sunday I'm telling John this story because it was funny and Josiah hears my re-enactment of it. Well, anytime he hears you retell a story about him he is sure to re-create it for you. He loves to be the center of attention and he loves to act things out, so this is a highlight of the day for him, I'm sure. Anyhow, he starts yelling it again for John like he did at grandma's and then he decides to change it a bit and announces, "Now THIS is going to be the funniest of all!....I'm on the loose, HELP!" Micah wants to get in on the attention, um, I mean, action, so he says, "Daddy, this is going to be the STRANGEST of all!...I'm on the loo, HELP!" HA-HA! He doesn't always pronounce an 's' in the middle of a word, so 'loose' came out as 'loo.' John and I laughed even harder at that. Which of course meant that Micah repeated it about 10 times. So, watch out for Micah in the loo...apparently there's trouble brewing! (I don't really want to explore the truth behind that statement...)

Oh, and here is the video I told you about last week...and a bonus one for being so patient! This first one is Micah and Josiah laughing over Emilia. That sweet girl has no idea what's in store for her with these two older brothers!


And this second one is Molly's first photo shoot with multiple cameras...Micah is starting to try out his photography skills! I thought it was so cute how he was down on the floor snapping away like he was an old pro. I missed most of the times where he said her name or things like "You're so cute!" but hopefully you can imagine that part.

A Little of This, a Little of That

Where to start? I guess I'll start with Micah's drawings because it's what keeps coming to mind...
Micah drew this picture the other day. Want to guess what it is?

Why, it's space ships, of course! What were you thinking?? He's only 2 for crying out loud! :)

Ok, here is another of his drawings. It is the first time (other than the "space ships") that he has drawn something specific--and this one is even recognizable!

Ok, it's MOSTLY recognizable. It's a robot. Blue robot, of course, since no other color exists to Micah (you may have noticed that the "space ships" were blue, too).



Josiah made up a new song recently...
"I can walk through the air 'cause I'm Luke Skywalker."
It is somewhat humorous to me that he knows the Star Wars characters since he has never seen the movies, doesn't have any books about it and yet, thanks to his parents love of the movies, he not only knows the characters but also several key lines from the movies. "Luke, I am your fah-thur" (By the way, it's hysterical to hear him say this line because he tries to make his 4 year old voice really deep and scratchy)



Everyone keeps asking how the boys are doing with Emilia. To be honest, they not only like having a sister, they LOVE her. I have been surprised and amazed at how well they have adapted to our new little one and by how much affection they have for her. Yesterday when I was trying to get Molly to sleep (which she was fighting super hard), Josiah came back and laid with her and me on the bed and patted her back trying to calm her down--with her constantly screaming. No "why is she crying?" or "Why wont she stop?" or anything like that. He just came back, asked if he could snuggle us and then rubbed her back to try and calm her. It was so sweet.



Today when I was dropping Josiah off at school I left Micah and Molly in the car. When I came back Micah was singing. He said, "Mommy, I was singing baby Molly a lullabye while you were gone." One of my favorite moments of the lsst couple weeks was when Emilia was crying and Micah came running into the living room and said, "Mommy, baby Molly is calling for you. Come see!" Then he led me, beckoning me on with several little waves of his hand, back to where Molly was "sleeping." Micah climbed on the bed and over to her and rubbed her face and said, "Shhh, shhh. It's ok Molly. Mommy's here now. It's ok." Yeah. The boys love their sister.



Little Miss Emilia is doing very well. She loves to eat and sleep, as all good babies do. She also LOVES to stretch. I think she even beats her dad in this category! One time when I was trying to feed her she was still in the process of waking up and, seriously, she stretched for 5 minutes. No kidding! Arms up, legs straight, arch back, scrunch face, arms in, legs in, legs out, face up, chin down, squirm. Repeat process. I hope you get to see the production sometime because it's really quite cute!



Molly has also ALREADY outdone her brothers. She has peed and pooped on John!! Ha-ha!! After the FIRST poop (yes, there's been more than one!) John said, "I made it through two boys without even being peed on and now I have a little girl and within 2 weeks she pees AND poops on me!"

This is her "drunk on milk" look:


Seems like there was another Josiah story I was going to tell you...my sleep deprived brain can't come up with it right now, though. I'll have to add it later. I've got a video to add, anyway, so look for those to be coming your way soon. (And remember, "soon" is a relative term and I do have a newborn) :)

My "SuperBoys"





Oh, and I'll go ahead and tell on myself. I've already missed the first big milestone in my third child's life....I forgot the camera on her first Easter. :(

Some Pictures From Today

I feel like Molly has changed so much in the past four days....maybe not in what she does because, let's face it, there's just not much that newborns do, but in how she looks. When she was first born she had quite a bit of swelling and bruising on her face. Most of that has gone down now and so she looks different to me. Maybe you wont think so, but I'm going to share some new pics with you anyway!

This is how she usually sleeps--mouth wide open!


And just so you know she DOES have eyeballs: