Lilia's First bath

I don't know what it is but my kinds umbilical cords take FOREVER to fall off. Most peoples fall off after a week tops! Nope not my kids. My mom says that it is because I have such a health cord. I like to think she is right ;) Lilly's  was hard to bear because around day 9 it really really started to smell. I went to get her baby pictures and I was so gross out by her stinky belly button. Finally around day 12 a big chunk fell off which really helped with the smell. However all the little pieces didn't fall off until today. Well let me tell you I was very happy this happened and we got her in the bath ASAP. (for the record she did receive little sponge baths, but I just felt she really needed a legit bath). Lilly loved it. She kind of acted like she was in a hot tub. She just laid there and looked around. Super sweet! She didn't ever make a sound. She just looked around and enjoyed herself. Phew I sure dislike when  a baby is screaming during their bath.

Uh Oh Trill

Last year Trill got touched and I thought for sure it was the last time and it wouldn't happen again until Lilly was older, but nope I was wrong. I have conflicting stories, how it happened, but he was touched that's for sure. The same day Trill was touched I was having some discipline issues with the boys. Plus I was worried the real meaning of Christmas was being lost on them. Tonight at scripture study Eli and I had a really good conversation about the season and what makes Jesus happy. We talked about service and how serving others is the best way to show them love and to show Christ we loved him. After Eli and Liam went to bed I had  what I think was a really good idea how to deal with all three of my problems. I brought Trill back healthy with this note that said...

Eli & Liam,
Sorry I wasn't here yesterday. As you know I was touched and I lost a lot of my Christmas magic. I told Santa that you guys were having a bad day and he thought it was best that i stay home in the North Pole to get better. I snuck back and heard you reading your scriptures and talking with your mom. You said some wonderful things about Jesus and what Christmas was really about. i am back to watch you guys again and I am sure hope you do those wonderful things you talked about with your mother. I know that would make Jesus and Santa really happy. I am glad to be back in your home but please do not touch me again. Merry Christmas.

Love Trill

As you can see I also placed them both on a picture showing Santa looking at the Christ child. I thought that was a nice touch.

2 weeks

Today Lilly had her two week well check. I think the normally do a month but for some reason they wanted to see Lilly at two weeks.

Lilly's two weeks stats are:

Weight: 8lbs 6oz 50th%tile

Height: 21.25 in 75th%tile

Head:  14.25 50th%tile

So are she is tall so we are excited about this. She is finally back at her birth weight which is really good. I am not used to having a baby stay small for so long. Both the boys weight went down for one day and then they shoot up and just stayed up. Lilly has dropped and is just now back at her birth size. I think that is totally crazy. Everything about this little girl is totally pleasant. Like I said I swear she has smiled at me since the day she was born. She keeps a pretty good schedule already and she has has slept for 5 hours streches at night. The best part of this little girl (right now) is that she doesn't wake up until 7 or 8 which makes a big difference for me. The boys would wake up for the day at like 6 and well sometimes still do. I do not do well with anytime before 7 so this is awesome to say the least. I am really curious what he eye color will be. For some reason when I look at them I am convinced they are not going to stay blue. Right now I think they may be green like her daddy. I guess only time will tell us on this one.

Liam's & underRoo's

Liam has been ready for some time to be potty trained. I have personally been putting it off. I worried about him having set backs after his sister got here so I just figured I would wait. I don't know why but the other day Jacob and I just decided to go for it. We bought Liam underoos. He is doing great and is doing the same thing Eli did when he was learning. He has figured out if he pees he gets a treat. So Liam will walk up to us which feels like every 30 seconds and yell pee pee pee. We follow him in there and sure enough he pees. Sometimes it's only a drop but he is doing it. Things are going well because Jacob is home. We shall see what happens when it's just me.

Cute Stories

My children are constantly telling me cute this so here are a few of their cute stories.

• Every day Liam says to me, "my belly hurts." At first I was always thinking he was sick or going to throw up or something. Then I quickly realized that just means he is hungry He wants food. So basically every morning the first thing I hear is my belly hurts. Then maybe two more times in the day when he really wants a snack.
• Liam's other phrase is, "You broke my heart." This is basically his way of saying you hurt his feelings. He will look at you with the saddest face and then say you broke my heart and then instantly your heart is broken too. 
• Liam found one of our stuffed animals and it's a little seahorse that plays songs. Lately I have noticed he carries it like Lilly and copies me. Then he started to call it his baby and ask me where his baby is or that he forgot his baby. Monkey see monkey do.
• One day Lilia was crying while I was making dinner. All the sudden I noticed that she stopped. I had my back to her and I turned around to see Eli was holding and rocking her. He even had his hand on her back patting it. He was so proud of him self. I notice sometime he likes when she cries so he can pick her up and make her happy. One time I am pretty sure he just set her down so she would fuss and he could make her happy. He really is so sweet with her. 

Mommy Memories

• While Jacob and I were in the hospital Linda had our boys. One day she made them a yummy lunch and they ate it in the back yard. I guess Eli and Liam were in the back yard getting Rollie Pollies and when she came out Eli put them in his armpit while he ate lunch. She said everyone once and a while they would drop out and he would just pick it up, put it back in and start eating. He didn't want to loose his Rollie Pollies.
• Linda told me another funny story. While she had the boys she caught Eli biting his toe nails. She said Eli don't do that it's yummy and germs will get in your body. He look shocked and grossed out. After talking to Linda he decided that he did not want germs in his body. He then said his tummy was going to be lonely because he wasn't going to eat anymore germs.
• Jacob play madden on the PlayStation and he lets Eli think he is playing too. Liam even grabs a Wii remote and pretends he is playing. Each play one of the boys coming running into the room to tell me what happened. Usually it's good news like Cardinals touchdown. Or Fitzgerald caught the ball. They are very excited and love it.
• Liam has been very curious about everything with sister or his words baby ister. He wants to know why I feed her like that, why she is sleeping all the time, why are we quit and things like that. Eli thinks everything is totally normally and has transitioned like Lilia has been here his whole life.
• Eli is such a sweet heart and teaches me every day. I can get frustrated and I would not be calm and he is such a great example of kindness. For example Jacob and Eli were playing the Madden game and Jacob threw a touchdown. Jacob was pretty upset about it and said, "Dad, Dad it's okay. I am not mad." I hope that we are as kind and patience with this sweet boy as he is with us.
• Liam loves hats. He mainly grabs his shark beanie hat out of his hat drawer but the other day he found their train hat from Chama. He put it on got really excited and yelled at me, "All aboard!" I didn't even know he knew that went with trains. It was crazy cute.
• When Lilia came home Eli wanted to know why she wasn't watching him play. I explained that he eyes couldn't see that far yet. I told him soon she would but right now her vision was very blurry. He asked me a lot of questions about it but seemed fine with the answers. That night while he was saying his prayers he said," please bless baby sister that he eyes will get better and she can see better." It was so sweet.
• Jacob was told about a friend who's dog ate their newborn. I have been nervous about having Marley even around Lilia and then after that story it put us both on edge. Jacob wanted Marley to smell her so while I wasn't looking he took Lilia over to Marley. Jacob then came and told me  Marley wouldn't even smell her. He wanted to show me but I didn't want him to take Lilia to the dog as he could snap at her or something( by the way Marley has never done that, but I was a scared mother). Jacob still wanted to show me and Liam freaked he ran in between his dad and Marley and said no. He would not let his father take her over there. Poor Lilia she will never be able to date. She has two very good and protective brothers.

Life as a family of 5

I have been told over and over since we had our first that the third child is the kicker and it is very hard. Since I was a little afraid to cross over into this territory we delayed having Lilly for a little while. After praying we felt it was time to just bite the bullet and have our third child. The whole time I was pregnant we would pray and hope that she was a mild child. That we could make the transition. I am so very happy to say that my prayers have been answered. Lilly is such a pleasant little girl. I swear she smiles at me since the day she was born. I think she is just so happy to have her body and be in our family. I was also really scared to have a little girl. Now I am thinking what was I afraid of little girls are just wonderful. Boys are fun and I will always love my boys, but having a girl is a whole new fun adventure.

The boys are adjusting too. I haven't had any melt downs and anything like that. They truly love her and if anything have already become very protective of her. Jacob went to show her to Marley and Liam freaked he stood in between Marley and Lilia and would not let Jacob take her any closer. I wonder if this beautiful little girl will ever get a date with her two older protective brothers.

My parents haven't been able to come over much because of my dad's cancer. We have had a little cold so my dad and mom need to keep their distance. They brought us dinner the other night and I got to take these sweet shots of my dad playing with my boys. Liam and Eli sure do own him. Liam in particular they are kind of kindred spirit they have really bonded over old westerns!