March 2011
Eli loves to take baths. During these baths he gets out and in the tub a few times. We often see his naked bum zooming down the hall, back and forth from tub to living room.
February 2011
Eli is our Italian mama. He loves to yell after his brothers,"Is-ia!" and "Ti-yaus!"
February 2011
Isaac asks me if he can buy a new helicopter. I say, "Well, we don't have any money right now." He says, "We can buy some money!"
February 2011
Anytime Titus hears clapping from the television, he happily starts to clap!
February 2011
Isaac says, "Mom, you need to tell Daddy to be nice to me, then give him a spanking."
February 2011
We have the missionaries over for dinner. We are all gathered around the table, Matt is holding Eli, and is saying the blessing on the food. Eli lets out 3 or 4 loud toots. He laughs hysterically.
January 2011
Eli wakes up during the middle of the night, and Matt looks after him. Matt gives him a drink, and starts changing his diaper. As soon as the dirty diaper comes off, Eli lets out a nice big toot. He laughs sleepily, and goes back to sleep.
January 2011
Isaac is not happy about the pjs picked out for him. He says, "I don't like these. They are serious."
January 2011
I'm cutting Isaac's finger nails. He says, "Mom that hurt my figure nails... but not my weenie!"
January 2011
Isaac wasn't feeling well, so Matt laid him on the couch to rest, and turned on the TV to a news program. After a few minutes, Isaac says to me, "Mom, I don't like this word show. I like my show."
January 2011
Isaac, whining about having a runny nose: "My boogers won't stay in my nose."
January 2011
Isaac is jumping on our bed, showing me all his sweet jumping moves. After 3 seat drops in a row, he says, "It's pretty easy."
"It is?" I say.
"Yeah," he responds, "it is easy like pooping."
January 8, 2011
Eli loves to pray. Or the act of praying. He folds his arms at the beginning of every meal without being prompted. BUT whenever he sees someone fold his/her arms, just to stand and relax, he insists on having a prayer. With arms folded, he'll screech at the person till a prayer is given. This also happens during meals. There are times when we have 3 prayers on the food during one meal!
January 2011
I lay Titus on the couch beside Matt and head to the kitchen. A minute later I hear a little *thump,* but hearing no screaming, I think nothing of it. 10 seconds pass, then Matt exclaims, "Titus, how did you end up on the floor?!"
December 2010
We pull up to a grocery store to quickly pick something up. I get out, and Matt says that he will stay in the van with the boys. We hear Isaac say to his brother, "K, Eli, don't cry this time."
December 2010
Matt and Isaac are walking down the apartment stairs.
Matt, "Isaac, you need to go faster, bud."
Isaac, "No, Dad you need to go slower."
Matt, "No Isaac, you need to go faster."
Isaac, "I can't go faster, I have smaller feet!"
December 2010
Isaac is drinking a cold glass of orange juice. He comments, "Mom, this orange juice is hot and smooth."
December 2010
It is early in the morning. Isaac walks out of his room and the first thing he says to me is, "My tummy hurts, I think a show would make it feel better."
December 2010
Eli is very whinny. Obviously he wanted a snack. But he did just want any plan old snack. Dill pickles with a side of cheddar cheese? Sure!
November 2010
Titus is on smily child. However it is Isaac that makes him crack up! If Isaac makes a silly face and shouts weird noises, Titus will die of laughter.
November 2010
When Isaac wants to know where something goes (to be put away, etc.), he asks where it lives. For instance, "Where do these colors live?" of "Does this shoe live here?"
Fall 2010
When Eli shakes his head "yes," it is a very quick movement. Almost like head banging!
November 2010
"Isaac, did you finish your quesadilla?" I ask.
Isaac, "No, it have a hair on it from Monsters, Inc."
November 22, 2010
Eli has figured out how to push pee out. When naked he looks down, smiles, and pushing will all his might to get any little drops out. He feels very accomplished.
Fall 2010
"Mom!" yells Isaac, "I need some toilet paper!"
I walk in the bathroom and hand Isaac the toilet paper. Isaac looks at me, while sitting on the pot, and says, "Mom, I have a MASSIVE poop!"
November 2010
Isaac is drinking some whole milk and says, "Mom, I don't like this. It tastes like butter."
November 2010
I'm explaining to Isaac what a great-grandmother is. I say, "She is my grandma, or Grammie's mother. You haven't seen her in a long time."
"Oh," says Isaac, "I not see her before, hey! Have you seen gummy worms? I like the green ones. They're very good."
October 2010
When Isaac is excited about something, like playing football or dancing to Matt's guitar, he says enthusiastically: "Woot! Woot!"
October 2010
Isaac picked out an amazing pumpkin to carve. He must wait, very anxiously, two days till carving. Right before Matt plunges the knife in the pumpkin, Isaac says in a very soft voice with no inflation and a blank look on his face: "I am very excited."
October 22, 2010
Eli's first word: "Bu-baw" (football). He, Matt and Isaac were playing with the football. He started saying "bu-baw, bu-baw, bu-baw!" Pretty amazing.
October 23, 2010
Titus has started to roll over from back to tummy. Though he's not sure what to do once he's on his tummy. Hmm... scream till I put him on his back side again? The roll over onto his tummy once more? Yup!
October 22, 2010
Eli is in a goofy mood. He's throwing himself backwards all over the bed. At one point he sits up, on the edge of the bed, smiles--and while I'm charging over the bed (and nursing Titus) to save him--he throws himself backwards off the bed. Hurt, scared, upset crying ensues.
October 2010
Isaac is not happy about the pjs picked out for him. He says, "I don't like these. They are serious."
January 2011
I'm cutting Isaac's finger nails. He says, "Mom that hurt my figure nails... but not my weenie!"
January 2011
Isaac wasn't feeling well, so Matt laid him on the couch to rest, and turned on the TV to a news program. After a few minutes, Isaac says to me, "Mom, I don't like this word show. I like my show."
January 2011
Isaac, whining about having a runny nose: "My boogers won't stay in my nose."
January 2011
Isaac is jumping on our bed, showing me all his sweet jumping moves. After 3 seat drops in a row, he says, "It's pretty easy."
"It is?" I say.
"Yeah," he responds, "it is easy like pooping."
January 8, 2011
Eli loves to pray. Or the act of praying. He folds his arms at the beginning of every meal without being prompted. BUT whenever he sees someone fold his/her arms, just to stand and relax, he insists on having a prayer. With arms folded, he'll screech at the person till a prayer is given. This also happens during meals. There are times when we have 3 prayers on the food during one meal!
January 2011
I lay Titus on the couch beside Matt and head to the kitchen. A minute later I hear a little *thump,* but hearing no screaming, I think nothing of it. 10 seconds pass, then Matt exclaims, "Titus, how did you end up on the floor?!"
December 2010
We pull up to a grocery store to quickly pick something up. I get out, and Matt says that he will stay in the van with the boys. We hear Isaac say to his brother, "K, Eli, don't cry this time."
December 2010
Matt and Isaac are walking down the apartment stairs.
Matt, "Isaac, you need to go faster, bud."
Isaac, "No, Dad you need to go slower."
Matt, "No Isaac, you need to go faster."
Isaac, "I can't go faster, I have smaller feet!"
December 2010
Isaac is drinking a cold glass of orange juice. He comments, "Mom, this orange juice is hot and smooth."
December 2010
It is early in the morning. Isaac walks out of his room and the first thing he says to me is, "My tummy hurts, I think a show would make it feel better."
December 2010
Eli is very whinny. Obviously he wanted a snack. But he did just want any plan old snack. Dill pickles with a side of cheddar cheese? Sure!
November 2010
Titus is on smily child. However it is Isaac that makes him crack up! If Isaac makes a silly face and shouts weird noises, Titus will die of laughter.
November 2010
When Isaac wants to know where something goes (to be put away, etc.), he asks where it lives. For instance, "Where do these colors live?" of "Does this shoe live here?"
Fall 2010
When Eli shakes his head "yes," it is a very quick movement. Almost like head banging!
November 2010
"Isaac, did you finish your quesadilla?" I ask.
Isaac, "No, it have a hair on it from Monsters, Inc."
November 22, 2010
Eli has figured out how to push pee out. When naked he looks down, smiles, and pushing will all his might to get any little drops out. He feels very accomplished.
Fall 2010
"Mom!" yells Isaac, "I need some toilet paper!"
I walk in the bathroom and hand Isaac the toilet paper. Isaac looks at me, while sitting on the pot, and says, "Mom, I have a MASSIVE poop!"
November 2010
Isaac is drinking some whole milk and says, "Mom, I don't like this. It tastes like butter."
November 2010
I'm explaining to Isaac what a great-grandmother is. I say, "She is my grandma, or Grammie's mother. You haven't seen her in a long time."
"Oh," says Isaac, "I not see her before, hey! Have you seen gummy worms? I like the green ones. They're very good."
October 2010
When Isaac is excited about something, like playing football or dancing to Matt's guitar, he says enthusiastically: "Woot! Woot!"
October 2010
Isaac picked out an amazing pumpkin to carve. He must wait, very anxiously, two days till carving. Right before Matt plunges the knife in the pumpkin, Isaac says in a very soft voice with no inflation and a blank look on his face: "I am very excited."
October 22, 2010
Eli's first word: "Bu-baw" (football). He, Matt and Isaac were playing with the football. He started saying "bu-baw, bu-baw, bu-baw!" Pretty amazing.
October 23, 2010
Titus has started to roll over from back to tummy. Though he's not sure what to do once he's on his tummy. Hmm... scream till I put him on his back side again? The roll over onto his tummy once more? Yup!
October 22, 2010
Eli is in a goofy mood. He's throwing himself backwards all over the bed. At one point he sits up, on the edge of the bed, smiles--and while I'm charging over the bed (and nursing Titus) to save him--he throws himself backwards off the bed. Hurt, scared, upset crying ensues.
October 2010
Isaac beat boxes. He has many beats, and some are named. There's the "electric guitar" beat box, the "acoustic guitar" beat box, and the "bass guitar with a head" beat box. Sometimes they are mixed, and given the name. "I do a-coustic guitar whid bass guitar beat box!"
Fall 2010
We are in the car, on our way back home, in the middle of the city.
Isaac says, "Mom, I need to go pee."
Me, "Can you wait till we get home?"
Isaac, "How bout I pee on some of these trees?"
Me, "No can't do that. Do you want people to see your bum?"
Isaac, "Oh. When we get home I can pee on our tree! Does that sound like a good idea?"
October 2010
Eli loves to sit with and on people. Like on his 3 month old brother laying on the floor, or on his daddy's head when he's trying to take a nap. Eli also likes to share his love by biting. The small of my back, for instance, and Titus' fingers if I don't watch closely enough.
September 2010
I am reading a book to Isaac all about jet-fighter planes. At the end of a long paragraph explaining a how the Harrier fighter plane takes off without a runway, he says, "Hum, that's very interesting."
September 2010
Isaac is using the bathroom in a public restroom, which has automatically flushing toilets. By the time the toilet has automatically flushed three times on him, while sitting doing his business, Isaac has had it! He says, very frustrated like, "Stop doing that! I hate you!"
September 2010
When Eli is mad at us because we either A) tell him "No," or B) ignore him too long, he "runs" to his room, screaming the whole time, and stands behind his crib, still screaming.
September 2010
Isaac is wondering what his cousins' daddy looks like. I say, "Well he has dark hair."
"Oh," Isaac replies, "my daddy has owie hair."
August 2010
Fall 2010
We are in the car, on our way back home, in the middle of the city.
Isaac says, "Mom, I need to go pee."
Me, "Can you wait till we get home?"
Isaac, "How bout I pee on some of these trees?"
Me, "No can't do that. Do you want people to see your bum?"
Isaac, "Oh. When we get home I can pee on our tree! Does that sound like a good idea?"
October 2010
Eli loves to sit with and on people. Like on his 3 month old brother laying on the floor, or on his daddy's head when he's trying to take a nap. Eli also likes to share his love by biting. The small of my back, for instance, and Titus' fingers if I don't watch closely enough.
September 2010
I am reading a book to Isaac all about jet-fighter planes. At the end of a long paragraph explaining a how the Harrier fighter plane takes off without a runway, he says, "Hum, that's very interesting."
September 2010
Isaac is using the bathroom in a public restroom, which has automatically flushing toilets. By the time the toilet has automatically flushed three times on him, while sitting doing his business, Isaac has had it! He says, very frustrated like, "Stop doing that! I hate you!"
September 2010
When Eli is mad at us because we either A) tell him "No," or B) ignore him too long, he "runs" to his room, screaming the whole time, and stands behind his crib, still screaming.
September 2010
Isaac is wondering what his cousins' daddy looks like. I say, "Well he has dark hair."
"Oh," Isaac replies, "my daddy has owie hair."
August 2010
