Four Generations

Today we invited my grandparents to come and visit us and have brunch after church. We have not seen them for a little while and since we live so close now, we are excited to have them. They love to see the kids and I love for my kids to visit with them. I think it is important for our children to spend as much time as they can with them. Our children are so blessed to have them a part of their lives. My parents came over too and my mom made a nice egg dish that everyone--including the girls--loved. Thanks for visiting with us today :)

Following the leader to church

Anna misses Granddad--here they are before mass.

Don't leave me!!

Grandfather, Jack and Elizabeth. I think Grandfather was teaching Jack to count in different languages. Once they got to ten, they pretended like they fell asleep!

Granddad and Grandmother playing with the girls. They love the slide.

Elizabeth

Grandmother, Elizabeth, Kate and Grandmom

Grandmother, Grandmom and Anna

Anna was the only one that would let Grandmother hold her.

All smiles!

Four generations

Elizabeth and Kate. The girls love to get in this cabinet. Grandmom taught them how to do this one night this week.

Kate in the cabinet. Elizabeth wants her turn!

Elizabeth

Anna

Kate

Straight Out of the 70s...

These pictures are fun. While I was organizing my storage room a few days ago, (I have finally opened my last box in the basement!) I came across a small box labeled 'Laura's old clothes'. My mom gave my sisters and I some of our dresses last Christmas and I thought that was all the clothes that she saved. However, I was wrong! The clothes in the box were mostly 18 month to 4T in summer and winter. I washed it all and soaked a few items (boy was I messy, is that were Jack gets it from?). I decided to dress the girls in the clothes today since my parents were coming over. My dad didn't remember much of it until I told him. My mom knew right away. I think they got a kick out of the seeing girls in my old clothing.

I think Kate's little outfit was too big. There was a red dress that goes over the shirt, but it was way too big. So she just wore the shirt with leggings.

Funny, I remember this outfit on Anna. I guess I remember it from pictures.

Trying to talk on the phone but the cord wasn't long enough :)

Elizabeth, of any of my kids, looks the most like I did as a baby.

Helping Grandmom peel potatoes

Elizabeth has her Granddad's light blue eyes.

Kate wore my PJs tonight after Anna wore them last night.

Winnie-the-pooh PJs. My sisters and I wore these so much, my dad used to call them our uniforms.

18 Month Check-up

Today, the girls saw Dr. Jim and thankfully I had two extra set of hands (thanks Grandmom and Brittany) which makes these appointments go much more smoothly. They only got one shot today--Hep A, the last shot in the series of baby shots. But even as I write this, I know they will need flu shots each year and who knows what other vaccines they will come up with in the next few years! However, I am glad those appointments of needing four or five shots are long behind us.

As predicted, Elizabeth and Kate were not big fans of Dr. Jim, both screaming throughtout the office visit. The screaming started right when we started to undress them to be weighed. Elizabeth actually peed on the scale--whoops! Thank goodness I don't have sickly kids and have to go into that office more often. Thankfully, none of the girls have ever been to the doctor for being sick--except for Kate's vomiting bug last November. How lucky am I?

Waiting on Dr. Jim

Elizabeth--my little peanut brittle
16 lbs. 6 oz. 
29 inches long (2nd percentile)
46 cm head (35th percentile)

Kate-Kate--my little mischief maker

16 lbs. 12 oz.

28.75 inches long (1st percentile)

45 cm head (13th percentile)

Anna-- my little chubbers

16 lbs. 14 oz.

29.5 inches long (5th percentile)

45.5 cm head (22nd percentile)

While Dr. Jim was examining Kate, he told me he thought I should put the girls in gymnastics. I am pretty sure he doesn't know I was a gymnast, nor that I come from a huge family of gymnasts and my three aunts own a gymnastics club in town. He told me gymnastics, even for a few years, is good for preemies for coordination and body awareness. Three little gymnasts? Hmmm.

Eighteen Month Olds

Time seems like it is speeding up! I can't believe the girls are 18 months old. It seem like their birthday was yesterday and it was 6 months ago. They are now actually closer to age two and I am having a hard time thinking about them being two. Where did my babies go?

Elizabeth

Kate

Anna

Jack fell asleep one afternoon last week here on the chair next to me while I was on the phone with comcast--that is another story for another day. But, he was a real tired boy :)