Saturday...

Justin went to Legoland with twin friends of his from school - he'll be home in a few mins.


Faith has been cracking us up with her jibberish - she understands English well but doesn't speak a word! Unfortunately none of us understand FaithieAnnish very well. The girl refuses to sign, except eat, too. The little one can sure get into trouble too.

Justin got a note sent home yesterday that had a permission slip for him to work with a special reading tutor at school. First thought was that he was doing well... then I was thinking - Maybe not - he does have a tendancy to try to just memorize words and not truely read- then I look up the program on the web and it's saying stuff about "for struggling readers in 1st, 2nd, & 3rd grades"... So, I emailed his teacher and she said that it's newly offered for K' and it's b/c he's doing super well and is beyond his classmates. He's also been choosen for a math study.

Paige - not too much- She had daddy day today and just loves it! She is super cute. The girl is so athletic and really is doing well at gymnastics lately.

an update of sorts... Here I am with a 6yr old, 4.5 yr old, and 14mth old...

We had multiple celebrations with various family members - making it birthday week. J's parents were here the weekend before his bday, then we had his bday, and then his party the week after that. At times my now 6 year old can be a challenge- the attitude can really come out at times, but overall he's a good boy. He just got an excellence award at school for being the kid who tries the hardest and overall does a great job - he was so proud to be picked out of his whole class for that!

Paige --- paige is Paige... a trouble making princess who seems to believe she's almost a teenager! She is a pretty happy girl who at times can get all bent out of shape over the littlest things. She loves dressing up, playing with dolls, and getting dirty in mud! She likes her new preschool and I think she'll do great in K' next year. I have to admit it'll be really nice to drop them both off together. Right now I'm thinking of having her go to late kindergarden (10:30-2:30), but 3 days a week I'd drop her off with Justin at 8am and she'd do K' extended care. Our school charges a flat weekly rate ($60) so to make it worth it, I'd have to use it at least 3 mornings. This would be good for me b/c I work 2 nights a week and I'd get some sleep in that way. Then I'd pick her up at 2:30 with Justin.

Faithie Anne- My happy baby girl! She's officially a toddler and already we're seeing the terrible twos. She knows she's the baby and has rights as such :) She thinks she's in charge of her siblings and it's hard not to give into her screaming at times. She gets very upset when sister (or occasionally brother) closes the bedroom door on her and kicks her out or doesn't let her join in. Last night she was in hysterics b/c Paige was touching her high chair!! Faithie was hold the high chair screaming and pushing paige - P thought this was funny - once she stepped away, she stopped. Faithie doesn't talk yet, but she definately communicates! She's super cute and charming, despite what I said above.


For me- work is going well. I still work in the hospital 1-2 nights a week and recently started doing home health visits through my hospital. I really like the home health and would love to eventually do it more as my main job and the in hospital as my secondary position but timing isn't right for that yet.

We went to a 5 year old birthday party today and Faith was so cute. She has a thing for sitting in little chairs lately and found one she loved. It was a princess party and Paige said even Faith had to dress up - so she got a little tutu and put it on over her jeans.






Justin's birthday is on Monday and he's very excited!

A few of our professional Christmas photos. These are from the proofs I got online

Christmas was fun!

The kids enjoyed Christmas time and are already looking forward to next year.

Faithie is getting older!~



I was trying to dress Faith last night and seriously everything was too small on her! I mean I couldn't snap onsies or snap shirts around her neck! So, I went through her closet and the poor baby has no clothes :) She does have plenty of pants, but that is it ... she has 3 dresses, 3 short sleeve tops, 6 long sleeve tops. I guess I need to get her some more clothes... or make them since I have lots of fabric and not lots of money right now.
Edited :) I just found a few of P's old clothes that will fit so she now has a handful of things, but I guess mama will have to sew soon.

Faithie has been getting more chatty in the last few weeks too. She doesn't say any words clearly yet, but we *think* she's saying or tyring to say Justin, Paige, sister, and GO... but not really sure of it :)

She also had a sudden tooth growing burst - poor thing has been teething constantly for about 2 weeks - I think she's getting her 4th tooth in this two week period now!

she dances :) It's so cute - she rocks back and forth and smiles. She'll push her toy to make noise - dances- then stops when it stops.