In the still of the night……..

It wasn’t so still……Henny Penny is in the habit of waking up still.  Usually, we can give him a bottle and he’ll fall back to sleep (I know, bad bad bad!).  Last night?  Not so much…..he took three sips and was pissed.  So I burped him and snuggled him……the little stinker just wanted his mama to hold him. (I really do cherish these moments but I need some sleep.) He started babbling away and blowing raspberries…..so I put him back in his bed, only for him to scream his head off again.  I let him fuss himself back to sleep.  Jess ended up getting up with him around 5 or so too.

He kept waking up when he was falling asleep.......but he was so darn cute!

According to babycenter, babies sometimes don’t sleep through the night until 9/12 months…….and midnight to 5am is considered sleeping through the night.  He’s only little once, I’ll try to remind myself that, as he’s screaming his head off.

In other news……Maddox hates my singing.  He usually tells me to stop singing and will cry if I don’t.  (he’s kind of dramatic) Last night…….I was singing to him and he was covering my mouth, then he put his hat on my head, covering my eyes…….AND BIT MY NOSE!  Apparently my singing is that bad!!!!!!  He felt really bad afterwards, apologizing multiple times….but it was a good lesson….we don’t bite anyone ( or sing to your child who hates it.)

I’m going to make it a point to keep my notebook near me to write down the funny things the boys say, it happens so often and then when I want to tell Jess or write it down…….I have forgotten. Hopefully I can add a little bit of kiddie convo to my blog soon!

All three boys sat on Santa’s lap for the first time (I know, I know…Maddox is 4).  They did really well, and filled him in on their wishes.  I can’t wait to see their faces on Christmas morning!!!!

Until next time......

Steph

NED!

One of my favorite times of the year is when Ned comes to visit.  Who is Ned, you ask?  He is our little elf, that reports back to Santa.  Naughty Ned.  As soon as I pulled him out of the Christmas box on Saturday, Maddox told me that Ned’s the one that strung toilet paper all over.  Mostly, I like to have him be naughty because it’s so fun to see their faces when they see the havoc he’s created.  He fits in really well with my boys J

  

So far he hasn’t done much, he was tired one of the nights and just rested on the mantle (bad mama forgot) and the other nights he played with their toys. 

All three boys got to see Santa and get their picture taken with him.  The wait was horribly long but I couldn’t change my mind about it because the boys were soooo excited.  It was pretty magical and totally worth it.  The boys were in awe, except Henny, he cried. They just need to get more elves to help with their photo taking/printing.

Another favorite thing of mine during the holiday is our work party.  We do white elephant gifts and eat delicious food.  Last time I made a “Shave your legs Barbie”…..it was pretty awesome, I cut some hair off the tip of my mom’s dog’s tail and glued it to her legs.  That’s also where this gem came from, I may or may not have picked it out of the garbage in the judge’s office…..

 He was so scared of it!!!

Jax informed me last night that he has a shop.  He makes pizzas in his shop that have white cheese, yellow cheese, sauce, crust and blue olives.  He assures me they taste good.  The boys love making “homemade” pizza with store bought crust.  I like it too because then I don’t have to make dinner J

Henny has learned to pick things up and eat them too!

And in closing, I offer you this beauty queen!

Steph