Tired

I think that tired is a theme that has been lingering around my house for a very long time. I'm still getting woken up by my boys 2-10 times a night. Last night was about 5. Good average number. And then I get woken up by Isabel to feed every 3 hours or so too. I'm wondering if I'll ever sleep again.
Yesterday at the park I put Isabel in the front seat to be able to watch the kids play. Jordan fell off the swing onto his head when it was almost time to go. He had missed his nap and was OVERLY tired. So he decided he needed to lay in Isabel's car seat. He fell asleep in her car seat and took an excellent nap.

Doing much better after his nap.

scripture purse

I made myself a scripture bag. Mostly wanted an excuse to make a cute purse for myself. I originally saw this purse on my friend, Kati's blogspot. I modified it to a bigger size and whipped this up. I had to make two different ones out of scrap fabric (meaning old pillow covers) so that I wouldn't mess up on my pretty fabric.
I did a zipper pocket and a regulare pocket on the inside.
The fabric is Heirloom by Joel Dewberry. Love it more everytime I look at it.

5 months old

I can't believe that my baby is 5 months old!!!! It's such a bitter sweet feeling. Glad she's growing. Kind of sad thinking that she's probably my last one and this is the last time around that I get to enjoy the fun discoveries that she makes daily. Yesterday she started staring at one of her hands like it was a fascinating toy. Pretty soon she'll figure out that she's in control of that very interesting object, and that it can do so many fun things. She's also sitting for about 10 seconds at a time by herself.

Say "cheese"!
Aaron loves cuddling Isabel. Jordan is like Dr. Jekyl and Mr. Hyde. He has moments where he is so sweet and cuddling, and the next moment where he's jealous and doing crazy things to her. I have to be careful with that loose cannon for a while.
I like this picture because it's so classic of my kids. Screaming, wiggling, crying, "look at my foot Mom!", and no chance of holding still for the camera (or in general). Love my munchkins!

keeping up with the Jones'

I made the boys some aprons for our cooking adventures we have. They love the cars material that my mom sent.

We've all heard the colloquialism keeping up with the Jones'. Around here there is no time to keep up with anybody, especially 2 active boys. Lately while I've been trying to actually cook a meal, or clean the house these two tasmanian devils have been ripping a path of destruction through the house.
This was great fun for them. A little less fun to untangle, but overall not too bad.
This is a short video of me walking in on them playing in their room. You never know what you'll find when you turn your back for 0.18 seconds. Actually this was pretty tame to what I find normally, but this is the first time I felt like smiling and trying to capture it on video. Most of the time it's me expressing my great displeasure.

First teeth

This morning I felt in Isabel's mouth and to my surprise found two bottom front teeth! She's had her hand constantly in her mouth for about a month. I thought it was just that she's learned to do something with her hands and that's it. I've felt before just in case, but these teeth are definitely well cut through the gums.

Isabel getting big

Just because I love this little girl!!!! She isn't really rolling yet, but she's very close to sitting by herself. She tries to rock while sitting up which makes her fall over. Yesterday she started intentionally reaching for things realizing that it was her hand touching not just a lucky coincidence. In about 1 week she'll be 5 months old! I can't believe it.
Lucky for me, Jordan is off with uncle Daniele so I have a little more peaceful time with these two.
Pink makes me happy. :)

Jordan has been a huge pill lately. Including as I urgently yell don't go there, he smiles at me while running directly to where I told him not to go. The result: more mud. Thank heavens my mom sent new shoes for Christmas and now we have a second pair of shoes for days when he dirties his shoes like this.

The day after Christmas is a holiday here. So we took a train to city in the middle of the mountains on good faith that there was a little town we could walk around and then go home. We got off the train and found that there was no such little town. There was however a lot of snow, and the boys had fun making their own version of a snowman.
My favorite comment from Paolo to explain geographically where we were: "If you spit, you'll hit the Tuscany".


I went for a little exploratory walk with Isabel. I walked up a very steep street to find I was in the middle of the mountain. So the pictures with me is half-way up the hill, and then the view from on top. Despite not having a definite end, I still had a lot of fun, and so did the boys.