In the thick of it

Whew!  Man life is cray cray!  Just wanted to report on it all.  But I love it.  But it sure is crazy.  I am just in the middle of being a complete mom.  A bottleneck if you will.  Can't even express how much I LOVE it.  I love Moses' little bear paw hands and Lizzie's self-imposed delayed gratification habits I have recently notice and Grace's little head bobbing.  Man we have some cute babies.  Oh and yeah Paul is still unemployed so I am pretty stressed about that but hey I am living life, yesiree and I LOVE it!  Thank you Heavenly Father for my life!!

Moses is 18 months old!!

So yeah my baby boy of the cute little fat rolls and pudgy, wudginess is 18 months.  I am so proud of him and I love Moses soooo much!

• Says Mama, Dada, hat, car, ball and pretty much anything I tell him to say
• Points to body parts
• Loves to do whatever Lizzie does
• Is such a great cuddler
• Is really starting to get into trains and cars
• Folds his arms when we pray.  The CUTEST thing I have ever seen.
• 27 pounds and 33 inches long (85% and 68% percentile)
• Giggles a lot and loves when I chase him
• Did such a great job at nursery this Sunday.  First time ever and was off playing in a jiffy and didn't even meltdown even without a nap.

Oh Mowie, I love you so much!

Just some random kiddie pics

 Lizzie and Moses are getting to be such great friends.  I am so grateful for that.

So yeah I'm 35

That's right!  Yipee!!  Happy to be alive, married to my hunky hubby, and with three lovely babes.  We spent the evening at City Creek window shopping and eating at yummy Texas de Brazil.  Wow their lamb chops were unforgettable!  In the morning, he got the kids up and dressed them while I slept a little to catch up on a rough night.  Then, he gave me ice cream cake and made me delicious crepes.  Paul is such a great cook.  Very impressive.  Thank you hubby.  So yeah birthday bliss for me.  So grateful for another year.  I read today that life is just a series of moments strung together.  I want to make the best of those moments and I guess that's why I blog, to remember them.  Here's to a good life and maybe 35 more years of it!  What will it bring, I wonder??

Grace is four months old!

I forgot what a biggie four months is!  She is officially out of the "fourth trimester."  I can almost see the grey matter and synapses in her brain clicking and joining together.  So funny how watching a baby grow is like physical therapy in a way.  Here's what new with this cutie.

• 26 inches long (93 percentile), 15.13 pounds (75 percentile), and 41 /12 cm head circumference (67 percentile, but I never have understood why this is important)
• She is SUCH a smiler.  Smiles for miles.  Every single time I pick her up from her crib she is sooo happy.
• You won't believe it but she is a self-burping baby, literally from day one.  You sit her up and one cute burp comes out and then she is happy as a clam.  Amazing!  No reflux here at all.
• She doesn't smile as much at her siblings but she's getting better at recognizing and being okay with them.
• Lizzie and Moses, bye the way, absolutely adore her.  The just stare at her in love and wonder.  So fun to watch.
• She doesn't love tummy time but she'll do it and is getting better at it.
• She is saying sounds more and more. 
• She has started to grab the rings above her play gym.  I think I was there when I saw it click in her brain that when she grabs and ring and pulls, she makes it move.  Cool to witness.  

Well, Gracie Lu.  I love you terribly.  You are so sweet and cuddly and I love to hold you cheek to cheek.  Smoochies!

The bottleneck

My coworker came up with this term and said it means when your life is just crazy with kids and life and stuff.  That's how I feel.  Crazy times, but fun.  Times where all three kids are crying all at once for no obvious reason and times where 

Anyhoo, I am tired a lot because Grace, for some weird reason I can't figure out cause there's no pattern to it, only sleep through the night about every third day.  Some mornings I just grip my sheets in fear waiting for her to squeak.  My she is a cutie though.  Also, I do funny things, being sleep deprived, like put Moses under the play gym instead of her.  hehe.  So yeah life is crazy and I barely have time to breathe and Paul is interviewing for a couple of jobs and who knows what will happen for him job wise.  

But I also have much to be grateful for.  There are some great talks during this general conference weekend I have been listening to.  For the first time too, the speakers are speaking in their native tongue.  Very cool.  Also, we are all very healthy.  No sickies here.  I'm just saying though these are crazy, messy times.  

Dear Kids

So I recently ran into this cool article in LDSliving.com called

100 LDS Journal Starters For When You Don't Feel Like Writing.   Pretty great ideas here.  So I've decided to try to tackle this one:  Letter to my kids explaining why the gospel is important to you and what you hope they’ll learn about Christ as they grow up.  

Dear kids,

The gospel is so important to me because it is focused on Jesus, our Savior and Redeemer.  He is always around us and with us if we are focused on his Teachings and are living His commandments. As you grow up, I hope you know this about our Savior.  He forgives others and so must we.  He is always near, we just need to fine tune our spirit so that we can feel closer to Him.  He created this world and all that is in it so He knows us, better than ourselves.  He atoned for us and experienced all of our pains and joys.  He loves us and will be our advocate before the father.  Thank you dear Savior for Thine understanding heart.  

Love,

Nelda