Note to self

Well, it's about time for me to post something... I just can't find five free minutes to do anything that I want to do these days. My good 'ole "me time" is few and far between and if I find it nowadays, I choose sleep over basically anything else. Right now, all four of my babes are sleeping. Yep, I said four. My fourth (Marshal) seems to have caught my 24 hour bug and is home in bed as well, so I am stealing these five free minutes I have to make note of a few things I have been meaning to record in the Wood Family history book (aka this blog). As I've said before, the purpose of this blog is mainly for my own usage to serve as our family photo album/baby books, so some of the info here will definitely be a real snoozer to most everyone else.

Let's see, Quincy has recently celebrated her 4th birthday. I have photos to post eventually of her party at Makutu's Island with all her favorite girlfriends. She had been so excited to turn four for months. Basically since we began to talk it up so she'd start getting a little more independent like a "big four-year-old". It seemed to have worked too well because now she's a little too big for her britches. She had a big summer in terms of swimming. She finished her ISR refresher at the beginning of the summer. She made huge strides during those two weeks. A huge improvement over last year when she hated the lessons and cried the whole time. Since her lessons ended Marshal has been swimming with her weekly and they have SO MUCH FUN together in the pool. She is now fearless (which is good and bad of course). She was so proud of herself this past weekend for jumping in off the side. It's so nice to see her try new things and not be afraid. That's our biggest frustration as parents. She has a habit of not wanting to try things even though we know she can do them, she just has no desire to try sometimes. Anyway, we are so proud of her and she is a real swimmer now.

She also moved up from the "Butterflies" to the "Grasshoppers" in Preschool. I think her teachers had a rougher time with it than she did. Once the day came it was time to move she didn't look back. She loves being "big". Now she won't stop talking about being five and going to kindergarten. Slow down kiddo!!!

Let's see, what else about Q... she is just coming into her own. She's developing her own idea and opinions lately, proving to be a bit more challenging but it's fun to be able to have real conversations with her. She's a quirky, funny kid. She still loves her princesses but seems to have moved more into the Barbie scene :) It's been so hot that we've been indoors all summer. Our goal for the Fall is to get the family outdoors more and get her more active outside. She has been fighting going to dance class lately so we think it's time for a break from dance. We'll try something else soon.

Now, for the babies' development... Let's see, they are now about 15 weeks. We finally moved them into their beds in their room about three weeks ago. It's going okay so far. They sleep from about 7 pm - 11pm, I wake them to eat and then put them back in bed. They wake religiously at 5am which is not very fun for me! I hope that eventually stretches out. They are not on a good schedule during the day at all. My fault for being so active. I haven't been able to dedicate myself to staying home during the days. I have too much going on! It's been a hinderence in developing a schedule for the little ones but it's been working okay for us so far. We are surviving I guess!

They have begun to love their Bumbo seats and like to sit and stare at each other. I put them facing each other with toes touching. They keep each other occupied for a little bit gooing and gawing. They have become quite chatty in just the past week, trying to talk back to us as we talk to them. They are becoming more "grabby" too. Especially Ollie. He grabs onto clothes and blankets now whereas a few weeks ago, neither really grabbed onto much other than maybe our fingers. They smile a ton and laugh. Ollie has laughed a lot but I have yet to hear Miley really let loose. She just gives super goofy grins all the time. Marshal says she has his dad's half smile. We call her "Smiley". Overall, they are just much more aware and interactive than ever. They've gotten so big so fast and we're looking forward to the progression.

So, only this week and next and I am supposed to be returning to work after being off for now 6 months. Can't believe it's been that long. Feels like yesterday that I was put on bed rest. It will be a new chapter since our routine will change again but it will be good. Now, I've got to go try to get some photos posted while I have the time!