The blog-bug has not bitten me in quite a while. I am trying to get motivated with that. I still enjoy "blog-stalking" others and see how their lives are. I should probably allow others the same.
It is freezing here (-5 degrees last night!), so the girls and I are doing our best to have fun inside.
Olivia and Evalyn are fighting less...actually they are just getting better about not drawing blood when they fight (baby steps forward). Avery is ginormous and is already wearing clothes that her sisters were walking in. Her abs are looking better than mine since she is always trying to pull her head and shoulders up when she is laying on her back. Jacob is loving teaching and passed two more Praxis exams with flying colors. I am slowly heading toward normal and have actually starting "running" every day (notice the quotation marks). I count it as "running" since I am rhythmically moving faster than a walk and gasping for air.
I am excited for Christmas. We made felt decorations this year so the girls are able to decorate and redecorate the tree to their hearts desire. More pictures later.
My grandmother gave Olivia this gingerbread kit for her first Christmas. 3 years later, we've finally opened it up and enjoyed it. All I can say is that it is Awesome and Easy and Fun to do with the young 'uns. I will be looking for more of these kits in the after Christmas sales.
Avery Jane is sleeping through the night. Seriously. I use to say that when the other girls were sleeping 5 hours at a time, but this girl sleeps 8-10 hours... straight. Now that the body has adjusted to that, I'm enjoying it too. I'm frantically knocking on wood now as I recognize I might have just jinxed it. Her eyes are still not brown, but not blue either. She has this deep belly laugh that her daddy just melts for and helps remind her mommy to just breathe and smile.
This is my big, beautiful, bossy, brown-eyed girl. She can talk herself into and out of any situation. She tells her younger sister stories at night to help them both fall asleep. She has her mother's overactive imagination and her daddy's smile. If anyone had any ideas how to keep life fun while at the same time lessening the drama, I would appreciate them.
Awww.....
Back to reality.Evalyn loves here new sister. She wants to do all these fun things with Avery that Olivia does that with her. However, we have to constantly remind Evalyn that "even though Avery is almost as big as you, she is still a baby". I don't know how much it is sinking in.
Evalyn is my adorable little munchkin. She is talking all the time now and is still my reliable garbage disposal. When music comes on, she spins and spins and spins until she is dizzy and has no choice but to lay down. Hil ar ious.
And check out this handsome devil! Remember school pictures? Jacob get to take one every year...for the rest of his life. Ah, the ol' blue background. I love it. I keep trying to convince him to grow a beard or something because it would help age him. My junior in high school. I love him. Even when I'm going crazy, I know I love him.Would that be in spite of my going crazy, or one of the side effects? Hmmm....
