Life on our corner

Probably 6 months ago Audrey asked me if she could get her ears pierced.  I said we could talk to Daddy, but I am sure that if she stopped sucking her thumb and paci he would let her.  She gave me a look like "Got me there, Mom cuz we both know that isn't happening!"  Audrey has a deep need to suck something to go to sleep.  It started with her thumb, and we did get her switched to a pacifier just to get her to stop sucking her thumb (so many germs!)  She has tried to stop sucking but it would last all of three seconds she would ask "How am I going to sleep?  What am I going to suck?"  We always felt like we were asking her to sleep with her eyes open.  Many times if she lost her paci in her sleep in her thumb would go with her even knowing.  But last week Monday at nap time she willingly gave me her paci and asked me to tape up her thumbs.  She has been working so hard.  Running downstairs after her nap and asking me...

I bundled up the little two for Reuben's two year and Elise's 2 month check ups.  Here's is how it rounded out... Reuben was 33 squared, he was almost 33 pounds and 33.25 inches.  Puts him at the top of the charts for weight and closer to the bottom for height.  Any surprise there?  I was surprised to look back and see that Jonah was 33 pounds at his two year too, but he was 35 inches, not quite so compact!  We talked a little about the dairy thing. Reuben is back off after we concluded that our experiment failed.  I know that nutritionally he is fine without milk and that it is just inconvenient for me.  It could be worse. Elise is a peanut!  I knew she was small but at 10 lbs 14 ounces she is only in the 3 percentile!  A quick glance at Miss Audrey she was only 10-9 but 2 inches shorter (but to honest I never had much faith in Mary Greeley's measuring techniques of infants.  I think that one kid that "shrunk" between appointment...

We are learning to tell time around here but had to take a break to change a diaper.  Elise was so happy I had to grab the camera! The camera flash made her a little wide eyed, but she was having a great time!