What's Up

I haven't been very good at keeping up with what everyone is up to on here lately. So here is a quick update, bullet point style:

Noah Red:

• 20 months old (WHAAAT?!)
• sweet as sugar
• big time Mama's Boy
• officially overly attached to a pacifier
• sleeps like a champ (7 p.m. to 7 a.m.)
• loves his school and his MEESHA (teacher)
• says more and more every day
• can name every stuffed animal in his collection (Pluto, frog, frog, wubby, Tigger, Cookie)
• Has mad love for Elmo
• learning the art of temper tantrums (throwing objects: check. Screaming: check.)
• loves socks and shoes
• no longer snacks on cracker type stuff much. He wants real food and wants it NOW
• names most of his friends at school
• most of the time he can be found playing with/destroying sister's favorite possessions
• must snuggle in the recliner with his mama for 15-30 minutes in the recliner every morning before he can face the world
• has no idea how much his little world will change in 6 months

Hope:

• 5 years, 2 months old
• still pretty tiny
• would prefer shots to having a doctor put a tongue depressor in her mouth at a doctor appointment
• loves her school
• enjoys gymnastics
• has funny dreams that she likes to wake up and talk about
• says she wants a sister, but will be happy with a brother because she likes Noah
• sad to say, but a daddy's girl all the way
• learning the art of the knock knock joke
• gets herself completely dressed from head to toe every morning. Usually without me reminding her.
• loves her mimi, Nenny and cousins somethin' fierce
• would eat PB&J for every meal, every day if allowed. With a side of yogurt.
• shown huge improvement with some of her sensory issues this year
• needs to know the schedule. Everything that happens on Thursdays, should happen every Thursday, etc. If the schedule changes, we have to talk about it a lot before hand or she is just not ok.
• is a dancing, hopping, hula hooping, singing, giggling ball of sunshine

Jill:

• 11 weeks pregnant
• eating around the clock to keep from being nauseous.
• huge because I eat all the time and third baby, but I am completely okay with that! I would rather be huge than sick any day.
• will soon only be working 2 days a week
• still really unorganized. Feeling pressured to get it together now that I will be home more though. Wish me luck.
• taking on the big bad insurance company, and totally prepared to lose. They won't pay for my 20 week ultrasound.
• has the best babies ever (sorry people, it's true. I'm sure yours are great too.)

John

• works about 1,000, 000 hours a week (it's just an approximate guess)
• determined to run a half marathon in March
• works REALLY hard
• is Super Dad, taking on most of the dirty work on the weekends
• man, he works a lot
• enjoys going to the gym when he's not, um, working
• is way nicer than I am (no surprise there)