Update

WOW...it has been a long time since I have been consistent with this blog. It is always on my mind, but somehow these three small children are taking up all of my time. There is not much in the way of downtime these days! BUT I love having this great documentation of our daily lives, so I am going to try to make it more of a priority. I wanted to start by giving an update on each of the kiddos. Carson: He is really growing up! He recently turned 5 and is headed to Kindergarten next month. I have seen great changes in him over the last six months. I am really proud of the little boy that he is (90% of the time, not the 10% of the time that he is fighting with his sister). Carson enjoys writing now and is very proud of his drawings. We bought some leveled readers and he is starting to read some Level 1 Lego City books. Listening to my son read a page from a book is one of my proudest mama moments! I get so excited when he gets through a page without my help and he beams with pride. I'm really enjoying this stage with Carson. He continues to be inquisitive and has a silly sense of humor. Legos are still his favorite toy. Carson loves all things Star Wars and all superheroes. We are working on his little temper when his sister drives him crazy, which she is very good at. Brooke: Oh Brooke...where do I begin? Well...she is 3! Brookie Pants is a bit of a bossy pants lately and wanting to assert her independence. In some ways this is great as she is such a great helper with Dylan. She adores her baby brother and really is great at helping feed, bathe, diaper, and play with him. I love to see her sweet and nurturing side when she takes care of her brother. Brooke is also a mini-mama to her baby dolls. Dolls and Barbies are her favorite things to play with these days. She continues to love dancing and singing too. Brooke still dances around the house and makes songs up to sing to us. She is quite the drama queen! I am trying to make special time with her as I think sometimes she acts up and has tantrums in fulfilling her middle child role. We like to get our nails together, go swimming, and eat out. Brooke often asks to go to out to dinner to a restaurant and her favorite food is still "fancy cheese". My favorite thing to do with her is snuggle with her at bedtime and tell her what are plan is for the following day. Another thing I love about Brooke is that whenever I am frustrated with her she calls out to me "Mama, I love you!". We often call her a "piece of work". She is such a character! Dylan: Dylan is the sweetest baby. He honestly is so happy all the time. Just thinking about his little face makes me smile. He is six months old now and has hit many milestones lately. Just in the last few weeks he has started sitting up, grabbing toys, using his pincer grip to pick up puffs, and tonight I discovered his first tooth popping through. Dylan is a big eater and eats way more baby food than the other kids did at this age. He seems like chunky monkey baby to me, but it is just because the other two were so small. Dylan is 50th percentile for height and 10-25th percentile for weight. He has reflux like the others, but he doesn't seem to be bothered by it. I will be so thrilled when the spit up phase is over! I feel like I constantly smell like baby barf. It amazes me how much I love this baby boy. I know this probably sounds silly, but I feel like it makes my heart hurt how much I love him. He is such a joy and adores his mama. That moment when I go to him in his crib after he wakes up and he looks up at me with such love is the highlight of my day. I love hearing his laugh too! Dylan is finally happy in the car and in the stroller too. He has turned out to be quite the easy-going guy. Thank goodness! We have enough craziness as family of five. Well that sums up the kids. Me...well, I am exhausted and feeling like I can never get anything accomplished! I am so happy to be the mom of these 3 great kids, but life is certainly busy. Dave is busy at work as always, but he makes family time a priority. The house gets much louder when Dave gets home as he transforms into "tickle monster" and squeals and laughter can be heard as he chases the kids around the kitchen as I try to make dinner. Our home is happy chaos!