More baby cuteness

Things are continuing to go well here with our brand new 1 week old baby! Theodore is a really easy baby so far -- he sleeps well in his crib, sleeps well at night, eats well, and generally only cries when he's 1) hungry or 2) tired. Oh, and sometimes for diaper changes. Of course, that may all change as he approaches the dreaded Colic Stage. ;-)

Oliver and Buttercup are still his #1 fans, and it's so fun to see how they each show their love for him in different ways. Buttercup loves to touch him, kiss him, hold him, pat him, rock him, etc -- basically, she mimics everything I do for him. And she has been SO gentle and good with him, I am so impressed with her! Oliver also likes to hold him, but mainly prefers to sing to him or show him things instead of the touchy-feely stuff. :-)

Snoozin'

Introducing Theodore!

He's finally here!!! Our sweet baby boy was born on Monday, after a short (but crazy intense!) labor and delivery. He weighed 9lb 3oz and was 20" long -- almost 1lb bigger than Oliver, and 2lbs bigger than Buttercup! He and I were doing fine, so we got to go home 24 hours later, which was awesome.

So far, he's a good sleeper and eater, and has already outgrown newborn size diapers! Oliver and Buttercup love him so much and rush off to wash their hands several times a day so they can take turns holding him. :-) We couldn't be happier!!

Welcome to the world, sweet boy!!!!

A furry friend for baby brother

When I was pregnant with Oliver, Dennis and I went to the Build a Bear Factory and made this stuffed frog for Oliver:


And when Buttercup was born, Dennis and I took Oliver to the same store and he picked out and made this dog for Buttercup:


So since baby brother will (hopefully) be here before we know it, it was time for Oliver and Buttercup to make a friend for him! They both decided on a blue bear dotted with multicolored peace signs (lol!) and Oliver picked out his outfit (Captain Rex), and Buttercup picked out his shoes (sparkly white "church" shoes!). I think Theodore will love it! :-)

Fifteen more days -- reposted

Not sure why Blogger deleted my post! Here's another one with my big ole 37 week (now 38 week) belly. :-)

He did it!

Oliver has been saving his allowance for a while to buy another Lego Star Wars set, and last week, he decided to spend all of his money (with a little help from Mom and Dad) to buy Luke's Landspeeder. This set has about 160 pieces, and I thought he might be able to put it together by himself, since he can put together a 30-40 piece set with no problem. Besides, it takes me for.ev.er. to put Lego sets together, so that way he wouldn't have to wait until his daddy got home from work to put it together. :-)

I opened the box for him and dumped the Legos on the table, and he got to work right away. Three or four times he asked me to help him find certain pieces, but he put the entire thing together by himself (excluding the curvy tube-like pieces on the front of the speeder). :-)




I'm super impressed!

Craft time

Buttercup loves doing crafts, especially drawing/writing and using scissors. Any time I ask her what she wants to do, she says, "SCISSORS! I CUT PAPER!!!!" Ha ha! Also very cute is that she likes to collect her scraps of paper and talk to them like they're her babies. "Ready to go HEB? Want to sit in cart and have snack?" :-D



Oliver likes to work in his cutting-and-pasting jigsaw puzzle workbook:


He also likes to make his own crafts. The other day, I was sitting at the table with them and reading a magazine while they worked with their scissors. I wasn't really paying attention to what they were doing (other than making sure Buttercup only cut paper and not her clothes, hair, skin, etc). Every once in a while Oliver would ask Buttercup to pass him a glue stick or crayon, and then he said, "Hey Mom, I made a crocodile!" You can't tell from the picture, but he used the zig-zag scissors for the teeth and claws. Pretty cool, huh? :-)