Fun with Reece and the "Poop Face"

Last week, Hannah, Catherine and I went to Meredith's to see her beautiful new wood floors and play with Reecey Baby (Hannah calls him that).

We had so much fun. Reece was fascinated with Catherine and Hannah LOVES her Reecey Baby. Meredith cooked a good lunch of turkey burgers and Velveeta shells and cheese. We chatted for a while and the babies mostly slept.

Reece kept pulling Catherine's headband off, so I put it on him. He didn't even see phased by it! I know his daddy would LOVE this picture. HA!

Today, Catherine was in a pretty good mood while I was changing her diaper and getting her dressed, so I whipped out the camera. I got some good pictures of the many faces of Catherine.

I even caught the "poop face" in action! IT'S HILARIOUS!

Hannah came strutting in to the room with two purses, some heels and was gabbing it up on her phone to her Daddy. She is so funny!

Emma was at school, but I will do a post all about her tomorrow...she is doing great!

Etsy

Help! I need serious help!

I look at stuff on Etsy all the time and want to buy things. However, I CANNOT figure out how!

Please someone help me...I need an instruction manual...a very child-like instruction manual (maybe even one with pictures!)

If you know how to do this, email me. bwilli4@yahoo.com

Thanks for your help...and know I will probably have tons of questions. I always do (just ask my husband...or my mom...or...you get the picture!)

Um...What are you selling?

On the way home the other night, I saw this sign...






Only in Arkansas....

Elmo Show

Tuesday evening, Hannah and I headed to Ft. Smith to watch Elmo's Green Thumb. She was so excited...it felt like we were NEVER going to get there.

We made it and got to our seats. While we were passing time (we got there 45 minutes early), we took some pictures. The one below is the only one of us that turned out decent.

Finally the show started. Hannah climbed up on my lap and was in awe. It was a great show and she loved it all. After it was over, she asked me, "Was Elmo too tired? He had to go home and go night-night like me, right Mommy?" SO CUTE!

We had a great time together. It wasn't over until 9 and we still had the drive home. Hannah and I were talking and singing up a storm. She was telling me about how much she LOVES Taylor Swift and fell asleep mid-sentence! I love this girl!

1 Month Old

Today, Catherine is one month old! She is so adorable and other than the small temper tantrums that she throws (mainly when no one is holding her), she is a good baby.

Catherine is sleeping 5-6 hours at a time at night. She eats 4 oz every 4 hours during the day. Catherine has recently started cooing and becoming very aware of her surrounds (and her noisy sisters). She laughs ALOT in her sleep...we can't wait for her to do it when she's awake.

One of her two bottom teeth broke through the skin this weekend and the second is sure to follow! We love her very much and her sisters just dote on her! We are so blessed!

Temper Temper

Catherine has quite the little temper! She's gonna be a fire cracker!

While Emma is at school...

Hannah and I are getting our very first "one-on-one" play time, with a few interruptions from Miss Catherine. Of course, we let her play too.

It so fun to interact with Hannah and see what she is like with our her big sister to follow around all day. We do miss Emma very much. Every day when Hannah gets up from nap, she says "Let's go get Emma!" She asks like 100 times until it's time to leave.



We have been playing babies and taking our babies Target. It's been a fun day. I even snapped some pictures of Hannah being a good big sister. She loves being the oldest one around during the day and being my helper!

I love this big ball of energy! (Enjoy her crazy smile...this is all I get!)

Big Fun!

I decided before Catherine came that I need to make sure to spend some "one-on-one" time doing something super fun with each of the other girls. (since Catherine consumes so much of my attention on a typical day).

Hannah's day is next Tuesday. We are going to see Elmo's Green Thumb! She is super excited. (Emma's day isn't until October...so stay tuned!)Travis is going to stay home with the other two while Hannah and I go and spend some good QT together. I am so excited...we are going to have blast! (TONS OF PICTURES NEXT WEEK!)

IT.WAS.AWESOME!

Finally FINALLY...I got to go pick up Emma at school today.

She had a GREAT time! She said she only cried for a minute after I left and then she showed her teacher how she could write her name and draw a heart. This is what I heard when she got in the car:

"IT.WAS.AWESOME! The playground in huge and my friends from Coleman's, Abby and Cole, are at this school and we went to music class and it was pink and the music teachers name was Mrs. Tears and she has a pink cage. In the cage are rats and next week we get to hold them and I didn't sleep during rest time because the music was up too loud. And, Mommy, everytime I looked out the window today, I thought about you." (melt.my.heart) "I love school and I am going to go back tomorrow and we are going to be in a different class tomorrow for activities and next week we will have our regular teacher and I ate all my lunch and it was SO good. Can I take a juice box AND a water bottle tomorrow? Guess what else? I didn't even go to the office today! YAY ME!"

Yeah...that was how it went...I didn't get a word in. Needless to say, she loved it and can't wait to go back tomorrow. After she told me everything, she called her Daddy at work and then Honey (while she ate her snack).

Hannah missed her so much today. (I will post about our day later...it was a messy one!) She has followed Emma to every room she went to today...even the bathroom! (I think Emma secretly missed her too!). As I type this they are playing "Coffee Baby" (no idea what that is...). Catherine is, of course, asleep...

I love these girls!

Emma's First Day (Morning Post)

This morning was such an exciting morning in our house!

EMMA'S FIRST DAY OF KINDERGARTEN!

This is the first time since Catherine was born that I HAD to be somewhere with three kids in the morning...

We got up. Travis fixed a yummy breakfast of eggs, bacon and toast. He also made her lunch. I got the girls all dressed. Then, we waited...we were ready to go a FULL hour before it was time! I guess tomorrow we can sleep in a little!

Emma was so excited and talking up a storm before we got in the car. Hannah was excited for her sister. Catherine...well...she slept through the fun!



Once we got in the car and headed to school, it was a different story! Emma was quiet. We were talking to her with only one word responses. I knew then...she was nervous!

We pulled up to the school and found a parking spot. Travis and the little girls stayed in the car while I took Emma in. As we were walking in, she said "My tummy hurts, Mommy". I asked her if it was because she was nervous and she said yes.

We got to her classroom and found out that her friend, Abby, from Preschool was in her class. I thought, "Good, someone to calm her down." But, as we got further into the room, I realized there were 5 girls in there and they were all crying.

Emma was tough at first, but when I went to leave, her eyes teared up and the head dropped. I told her it was going to be fun and I had to leave. She whispered "Ok" and gave me a hug and a kiss.




I walked out...in tears of course. But, she will be fine. I can't wait to pick her up and hear all about her day this afternoon! I will post all about it!