Austin Turns 3/ Sleepover in the fort/ Reading Made Fun/ Smiles from Alyssa!

Austin Turns 3!

It is hard to believe that our Austin is big boy three now! We celebrated his birthday with Poppie and Grandma Barbie and even Grandma Rae Rae was there from Idaho! Austin requested Macaroni and Cheese for supper so mom and I found and made the dish from scratch. It actually tasted pretty great! After dinner, we played some fun games like "Don't Eat Pete" and "Hot/Cold" while on the hunt for minature kit kats. It was a great evening and we all really enjoyed seeing Austin so excited and happy!

Austin blowing out the candles

Austin loves his new sister! Opening GiftsPoppie and Jaxson playing "Don't Eat Pete!"Singing to our birthday boy!

(Jaxson tried to steal the show here....)I got a bat and ball!!!!

(you all need to know that Austin has a potential profession as a baseball player. He can hit it amazingly well for being just barely 3!SLEEPING IN THE FORT

On Saturday, it was quite cold outside in the morning so the kids found a huge box in the basement to play with. The next thing I knew, it became "the fort." They LOVED cutting out doors and windows and slipping through. By nighttime, they requested a sleepover in the fort so we dragged it into the boys' room. The ceiling was off at this point, but the kids had a blast! Two of the three made it through the night! Austin came in around 3:00am and was finished with his sleepover....

READING MADE FUN!

The other night, I asked Taylor to read her books through before she read them to me. She asked if she could read to the baby. The next time I saw her, this was what I saw:
Now who wouldn't enjoy reading to an audiance like this?SMILES FROM ALYSSA!

Oh, and how she has been trying! And succeeding! It is so hard to capture the perfect smile. As I uploaded these, I thought, "Man, these pictures don't even capture how cute her smile is yet!" Oh well, another blog entry for another day.....

Another shot of Austin with his baby.

What I forgot about newborns.....

10. A newborn's spit comes in all consistencies, from runny to curdy

9. A newborn knows no schedule and therefore, I lose my ability to control what and when

8. A newborn has the ability to chew a hole in my nipple that even caused my doctor to gasp outloud a few days ago

7. A newborn reminds me of a little mouse

6. A newborn has the most delicious smell in the world, period!

5. A newborn can squirt poop on Dad better than any younster I know

4. A newborn begins smiling somewhere around the 6 week mark which means we are in heaven right now!

3. A newborn loves to be held, cuddled and loves to sleep on chests

2. A newborn, whose only ability to communicate is to cry, can make one drop everything he/she is doing and run to the child's side (sidenote: this ability is lost once they become toddlers and throw tantrums)

1. A newborn creates a new bliss, high and joy that I am so very blessed to experience again!