On the upside, Avery has started reaching for faces. She looks right in my eyes and reaches out with both hands to touch my face. It melts my heart. So cute the way she seems to be saying "oh there you are, thanks for picking me up!" The downside is she has her first cold. I spent ALL night a few nights ago, holding her while she slept. She woke up every time I put her down. So we (really she slept) and I dozed in the chair in the living room and upstairs on the bed. Her fever reached 100.4 which isn't bad but still made her miserable :( Poor baby. Turns out it was just a cold and the next day she slept alot and was much better the day after that.

Matthew was up at 4am today :-P Ugh! He isn't feeling well either and was going to stay home from school but then we had a snow day anyway. He and Kaylis are ouside playing now, making a snowman and sleigh riding. Kaylis was the only one who slept wonderful last night. She asked to go to bed around 8pm and got up at 8:45am. If only the other two slept like that then I would be a lot more rested today! Oh well there's always tonight.

Tubing

1/17/10
We went snow tubing today! It was awesome! Uncle Andrew came with us and we all had a great time. The hill was bigger than we expected, which made Matt a bit nervous at first. I started out first and then he sent Kaylis after me. I was waiting at the bottom, very worried for her. I thought for sure she'd be crying. But she loved it and had a big smile on her face :)
Matthew had fun too! He wanted to race everyone down the hill.
Definately something we'll go back to do at least once every winter.
Avery spent the day with Nana and Paha. She is growing so fast. Her lastest thing is blowing raspberries. She also like to touch faces. Almost like she is studying your face. Very cute.

....continued from last night....
Matthew has amazing drawing talent. Recenty, an oil pastel picture he made in art class was chosen to be hung up at Barnes & Noble during the PTA book fair. We didn't get to go there and see it but he has since brought it home and its now hanging in the kitchen. Yesterday he gave me two pictures he drew in school. Typical of a 7yo boy he pulled two crumpled papers from the bottom of his backpack. But I don't care how crumpled because the drawings are great!! I can't wait to see how he grows as an artist.

First Entry -1/12/10

Life seems to fly by. Every day is over before I know it. I want to record every moment and be able to cherish it forever. So I started this blog to do just that. I want to look back years from now and read about all those little things that are so easy to forget. And I want my kids to have this as a keepsake of their childhood. My hope is that they can read my blogs one day and laugh, cry, or just remember their childhood.
So here goes......
As I sit here Avery is laying on the ottoman, cooing and gurgling. She is so tired but is fighting it. I don't mind. I see it as our little time together after the big kids are in bed.
Poor baby had her 4 month checkup at the dr. yesterday and had 3 shots. She's had a rough 24 hours. Hopefully tomorrow will be better.
Kaylis had her 1st day back at dance class today. She wore her new shoes, leotard and tights. It was great to see her learning new dance steps. She really loves it. I look forward to seeing how she grows in her dance abilities this year and can't wait til Nov. for her next recital.
Matthew is doing so great in school. I can tell he really tries. He's just a great kid overall. I wish I could say the same thing about other kids. Yesterday he had a conflict with a kid on the bus and ended up in the principal's office to talk about it and a few kids laughed at his new haircut. Today he said another boy embarassed him on the bus and some other kids were laughing. He takes it with a grain of salt and doesn't let it bother him too much. Boy it's tough to be a kid. All I wish is that he can find a way to shrug it off and still be who he is.