zu-zu-a-lu

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I know this babe hasn’t changed much since I posted pictures of her last. But I just can’t get enough of her. She’s growing up too fast. This week she
~ got shots (wah, wah)
~ was held by the doctor (wah, wah)
~ had a babysitter (wah, wah)
~ had 1st piggie tail
~ started playing with the doll house (yay!)
~ was a couch potato (traditional photo with smith babes. Go prune bites, thin mint cookies, and gatorade)
~ enjoyed the grass (yay!)
~ had red itchy eyes from the wind & sun (boo!)
~ started wearing leg warmers to bed (too funny & cute!)
~ cried it out for hours at night (i know, i know… we waited too long to make her learn this).

She just makes my heart happy… sweet little soul.

St. Patty’s Day

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I sort of forgot the morning of St. Patty’s day that it was a “holiday” (can it really be called that?). The kids were excited and talked about fun things we’d done in years past. This year I didn’t have a single plan – not even Lucky Charms cereal. But everyone wore green.

Even ‘Liza had a bit of green in her jammies. She looked so very cute in her Big Girl jammies (meaning – no feetsies… and a 2-piece set). This girlie is growing up so fast. She is so close to crawling. She army crawls a little. She pushes up on her knees. Sigh… Soon we will have a mobile baby. Jimmy reminds me that PROGRESS is good. It just tugs at my heart.

To end our day, a few of us went to visit Grandpa at the hospital.

Aunt Amy was there too. We ate tasty ice cream together and visited with Grandma Price, Jim & Amy DeMordaunt.

Here’s a glimpse of the fun “Heart Attack” welcome home project Hannah and Abe put together for Grandpa. Hopefully it won’t cause a real heart attack. Aaaak!

For dinner we had pizza with a few GREEN peppers. Does that count as fun? Ok – maybe not.

Overall – a fine St. Patty’s day.

Guess who is 7 months old?

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This cute little girlie ‘Liza Ruth! Wish I had stats or something, but I actually haven’t taken her in for her 6 month check-up. Oops!

Isn’t she a sweetie?! In the past week she’s really excelled at sitting up on her own. She does NOT like to lay down and she curves her neck up and cries so we’ll sit her up. She rolls everywhere and can get across a room somehow, but still doesn’t “get” crawling. She has pushed herself up a few times and even tucked those legs underneath. But she seems like a ‘chill’ babe who is going to take her merry old time doing things. She must take after her mother.

This is what happened in the middle of picture-time with Eliza. This girlie may never have a moment of peace & quiet. Good thing she delights in her brothers when they are sweeties to her.

I love these pictures because they show Eliza’s common faces… Well, at least the triangle mouth. The top photo was on a teething day. She had a bit of a runny nose and had some awesome tongue and lip somethin’ going on. The bottom one… I love. Is she going to sneeze? Or just happened to blink? Love it.

You see where this baby is? In the midst of dad wrestling with the boys. Hannah swooped in and saved her before she got trampled.

In other news:
~ Eliza does not like baby food. We’ve tried several times and she purses those lips quite tightly. Oh well… all in due time.
~ Sits up well.
~ Loves her daddy.
~ Is growing thicker blonde hair.
~ Pulls on her ears when tired.
~ Loves her a good warm bottle of formula.
~ Drools alot.
~ Seems to be teething and I’m thinking those top teeth might show themselves.
~ Does not like the wind or sun.
~ Is good in the car (not that we get in the car much… but at least she’s good)
~ We love our jolly little zu-zu.

I got $5, I got $5, I got $5, hey, hey, hey, HEY!

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Yesterday Abe went to his friend Jacob’s house to play. Jacob’s mom, Julie, has been trying to help my kids become better adjusted to dogs and cats. She told Abe that if he pet the dog, she would pay him $5. She didn’t think in a million years he’d do it. Well… here he is:

What a boy will do for $5! Really he should have paid her to play at their house. She provided some awesome activities like an outdoor photo scavenger hunt & an awesome bead activity that Abe loved. Well… anyhoo… Julie wanted to keep her word, even though I didn’t think it necessary to really hand over the cash. When Abe came home I asked him where he thought a great place would be for that $. Upstairs he ran with a smile and put that money in the ‘Temple Building Fund” jar. It’s gone to a good cause!

Hannah’s Newspaper

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I just had to share Hannah’s most recent project. She and a friend wanted to do a class newspaper so they came up ideas and notes. She came home and typed everything in and I helped her format it. My favorite part is when she said she drew the picture in 5 seconds. And I asked her how anyone would know the quiz answers. “Because we learn this at school” was her reply. I think she’s smarter than me at math. Nice! Anyhoo… Hannah loves to write and she’s a creative little soul. Even though I doubt her chores were completed today, I’m glad she had a little creative outlet… a bit of excitement in this winter season.

Roly Poly

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Right now, Eliza reminds me of a Roly Poly Potato Bug. She’s so squishy and soft and she pulls those feet up to eat them and then she rolls around the house. She doesn’t crawl at all, but she can make it across the room somehow by rolling around. She’s such a cute little bug!

Bright Eyes

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I love my zu-zu, even when she is snoggy. She is a dear babe.

p.s. Eliza and I have matching bald spots – right there in front by our parts. My hair fell out after having a baby. It’s short and pokey now as it grows back in. Eliza’s hair started growing in thicker the past 2 weeks so she has pokeys. Matchy-Matchy!

The End of a Great Season

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This is for Grandma & Grandpa. I know they’d love to see the kids play in a game. So – I recorded a wee little bit. Abe’s in the green shirt (#15 white). He made 3 baskets tonight (all of which I missed seeing – aaaak!).

p.s. ummmm, and yes… after wrestling and tickling and laying on the gym floor (that reminded me way too much of a wrestling mat), we brought those boys home and threw them in the shower. Oh – glorious soap and warm water… and clean little boys.

We do love you…

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I’ve been giving Truman a hard time on the bloggie lately. He deserves a little break for this kiddo is really special. He’s learning (often the hard way) – aren’t we all?! But he is a sweet kid. I love when he comes and lays by me in bed. He’s so serious, but often I can get him to laugh. I love when he’s snuggly when he just wakes up and will sit on my lap for a while. I love when he wants to dance to cello wars. I love when he wants to watch “pets. save ming-ming.” His voice is so cute. I love that he’s so skinny. He’s a cute little person. Right now his hair is long and so it pokes out in all directions. Today was a relaxed day at home (like most of our winter days). He picked his own shirt which was a white undershirt. Then we had popsicles for a mid-morning snack. He thoroughly enjoyed his creamsicle though you can see most ended up on his shirt. Later we had s’mores for after-school snacks. He carefully watched how Abe held and ate his, and then Tru followed his example. He ate it all and had a good wash afterwards. Tru’s a good kid. I think he’ll be a great leader someday. He’s a little serious, intent, and full of purpose… yes, he needs oodles of guidance to channel his energy and smarts… but he’ll get there.. yes, he will.

Now Max… he’s a character… a cute character though. On Sunday he was so excited for the Smith fam to come over and very seriously – for 4 hours, asked at least every 5 minutes if it was time for them to come. Jimmy was incredibly patient answering his questions. Max is obsessed with what time it is though he doesn’t understand the concept of minutes/hours. He’s cute though. Yesterday I laid down by him in quiet time. He snuggled up and put his face so close to mine with noses touching. He squinted his eyes (to be charming) and gave me a big closed-mouth smile. It was so darling. He is a happy child.

This has been our week. Tru and Max end up wrestling or running around or swinging stuffed animals at each other. They seem to enjoy themselves until ‘someone gets their eye poked out.’ The other day Abe, Max, and Tru were rough-housing upstairs. I decided we need to build a sturdier home with strong walls, floor/ceiling, with lots of insulation so nobody else will feel the house shake with all that noise. Boys are sure interesting people. They show love to each other in creative ways!