Christmas tent

Trial run with Ashley's new camcorder.  This is Ashley's creation for the kids on Christmas.  Boring unless you are a grandparent.

Hi, I'm 4 months old

Hi, My Name is Juliet and I am 4 Months Old!

Juliet is becoming such a little person, no longer a newborn!  She reaches for things with her hands, burries her head down into my chest when she is hungry (she knows where the food is:), beams from ear to ear when she sees Isaac after a day away at school, fusses when we put her to bed because she wants to be "social",  spits by blowing through her lips and talks to us with coos, shrieks and giggles all day long.  It's soooooo fun!  I used to think I didn't like this age so much.  I'd said before that I wished we could jump from the newborn stage straight to 14 months.  What was I thinking!!??  Who would want to skip this?  (unless you have a colicky baby, of course;)

 Is she sweet or is it just me??!!

ooooo I just want to eat her!!  throw her in a soup!  

As a side note I said that randomly the other day and Isaac laughed his little head off.  We've taken to calling her Joop Soup now.  He squeezes her little hand, puts his face suffocatingly close to hers and say, "I wanna put you in a soup!!"

On the downside I'm finally feeling the effects of having two children vs three.  I no longer have the "I just had a baby excuse" and Juliet doesn't sleep all day anymore.  Needless to say, I'm not getting much done.  Some days I just throw my hands up and say....oh well.  The house will just have to stay messy, or that project unfinished or there will be no side dishes at dinner that night.  And somedays I just plop down and watch a movie.  Most days I can live with that.  But somedays I want control over my life again.  I've been working out early in the mornings and late at night, getting out of the house without any children and that has been crucial for me.  I hate getting all mushy or "braggy" in a public sphere where my husband is concerned but since this blog has become more and more just for our little family I feel comfortable saying how grateful I am for Joey.  Some days I feel like the luckiest girl in the world!!  Joey is so hands on and helpful with the kids.  He truly understands the plight of stay-at-home mothers.  (it's not always a plight but lets be honest....sometimes, IT IS!!)  He doesn't ask if I need a break or how I'm doing, he just walks in the door and takes the baby.  He knows me well enough to know that I hate to put people out, including him so if I say, "no, I'm fine, I can hold her" (and most of the time I really am fine) he doesn't let me "be tough".  He just takes her.  He makes time to be home with the kids so that I can get out every once in a while.  He calls before coming home from work to see if I need something from the store.  He does all the laundry and if I'm in a bad, snippy mood he lets it roll off his back (he understands bad moods;)  Overall I'm most appreciative of, in awe of and even surprised at his ability to understand me so well...without any words from me.  He respects what I do and more than that, the frustration that comes with what I don't do.  And that understanding goes miles and miles for me.  Marriage is no cake walk, it can be so hard sometimes!!  But just like everything that has its opposite, it can be so blissfully fulfilling as well.  It really does seem to get better, richer, and deeper with its age.  Was that mushy enough;)  That's  for you Isaac, Georgie and Juliet to read one day when we're dead and gone..."Dad really was so good to Mom!!"...he deserves that credit!  I love you Joey!!  oh!?!, was this supposed to be all about Juliet?:)  Well, I guess where one is concerned all of us are!!  I love YOU Juliet!

xoxo