Our silly kids

We were trying to head out the door one day and after putting Noah in his car seat I went into the other room to grab something. I came back to find this:

"Look Mom," the kids said, "it's King Noah!"

Speaking of royalty, we have a lot of "bossy-bosses" in our house. Brandon has trained Hailey and Tanner not to get up until 7:00 a.m.; they will, however get up to check the kitchen clock to see how early/late it is. Hailey informed us the other day that she always sends Tanner out to check the clock "because," she says with a smile, "he is my servant."

I'm drinking soy milk these days to help with Noah's reflux. Hailey and Tanner love the stuff and want some every time they see me drinking it (we tell them that it's just for Mommy). Well, Tanner saw me putting it on my cereal and in his cutest two-year-old voice says, "Mom, here's my big deal, you (and points) share some of your soy milk wif me (points to self)! That's my big deal. Okay?" I caved pretty quickly with that request.

My favorite word that Tanner says, "icker-ish" (licorice).

My favorite thing that Hailey says, "Yes, Mama." Music to my ears.

Hailey lost her two front teeth within two days of each other. I have to admit I was a little disappointed that it happened the week after Christmas and not the week before. Brandon thought I was crazy, but come on, it is a once in a lifetime opportunity to sing, "All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth," and actually mean it! Oh well, the Tooth Fairy came regardless. (But after finding two quarters under her pillow again Hailey complained, "Two quarters? Why does the Tooth Fariy always only bring quarters?" Maybe next time the Tooth Fairy will bring two pennies instead.)

We went bowling the day after Christmas. It's fun going bowling with the kids because we have the excuse to use bumpers! (It turns out that bowling on the Wii doesn't really translate to real world.)

Noah is almost six months old and continues to make us smile! It's hard to not smile at this chunky baby!

Sledding

On New Year's Day we took the kids out for their first sledding experience and we had a blast! Noah slept through pretty much the whole thing, but Hailey and Tanner really got into it. Tanner started out scared but it didn't take long for him to start having fun. Hailey, on the other hand, started out fearless but realized after her first run that it was a little scary, but still mostly fun!

This is the sledding hill behind a high school. The best (and pretty much the only) sledding hill around.

We'll be back for more . . . as soon as there is enough snow again.

Make a Smilebox greeting

Long, long ago in a galaxy far, far away . . .

We had a fun filled Halloween here in Washington. We lucked out with a warm night so no coats over the costumes! That always helps to have a positive experience.




As you might have guessed, our kids are slightly obsession with Star Wars. They chose Darth Vader and Princess Leia of their own accord so, a week before Halloween, I decided to include Noah in the fun and make him our little Yoda.

Darth turned to the light side of the force.

Noah's Growin'!

We survived the first two months! Two more and hopefully some of us will start getting a better night's sleep . . . hopefully . . .

2 weeks-ish

Noah is a good boy and his brother and sister love him! He has reflux (a.k.a. GERD) but we're three for three with that now, so at least I know the symptoms, know the meds, and know how to treat it. So far we know that he does not care for pepperoni or chocolate. I can live without pepperoni, but I am starting to miss chocolate. Oh well, he's worth it!

Oh yeah! And please notice that even though we have had three reflux babies in a row, we have not had three red-headed babies in a row! He's blondish to light brown ("baige" to you Tuellers). Don't get me wrong, I love my beautiful red-head kids, but I am so excited to not be left out in family pictures anymore! Maybe I'll get some credit for his looks this time around!

2 weeks-ish


I wish I could still get him to take a binki. *sigh*

After my parents where here for the first week, Grammie Sherri came to help out for a week. We visited the Columbia River Temple here in the Tri-Cities. We're so glad that everywhere we've lived there has always been a temple close by.

Isn't it nice having Grandma around?

The kids survived the summer with water fun. We went through two pools this summer, popped them both.

Recently, Tanner informed us that, "I a MAN-BOY!" And that he is! You can almost see the testosterone pulsing through his veins!

And our big girl Hailey started kindergarden! There weren't any tears from her or me, we were both ready! (There are some days that I feel ready for all day school!) She just loves doing grown-up things like riding the bus and eating lunch at school once a week. I think school will be a good fit for Hailey!

Hailey's first day of kindergarden.

And Noah just keeps getting bigger!

6 weeks old

He is now 2 months old and it is so satisfying to see him smile! We can hardly wait to see his personality emerge.

(notice the blond? Oh yeah!)

Noah

Our little Noah James was born Tuesday, July 14, 2009 at 6:16 pm. He weighed 7 lbs. 8oz. and was 20 inches long.

Hailey is a little nurturer. She loves to hold Noah, check on him and every time he cries she tells me, "He's hungry!"

Tanner will ask to hold him but it literally only lasts for about three seconds and he's done. We were lucky to get this shot.

We're lucky to have Grandpa Dennis and Gramma Marti here to help! Noah loves sleeping on Grandpa.