Sweet Jesse

Jesse is such a sweet little boy. He is at such a fun stage right now. He laughs and smiles all the time. I love the 3-6 month stage. The first few weeks were pretty tough, but Jesse has gotten much easier. We all love him so much.  It is great to hear him laugh.  He also loves his brother and sisters.  Emma is his mini-mommy.  She walks around with him when she can’t bear to hear him cry.  I’ll have to post more on that later.

Tummy Time

Finally Found His Thumb

One of my Favorite Things

Seeing my children happily playing together is one of the most rewarding things I know. Especially when it isn’t loud or destructive. I feel like I go through days where I don’t enjoy my children. I love them very much, but when I am tired or too task oriented I miss the joy that could be mine. This was one particular day where I felt privileged to be the mom to these three beautiful children. God has really blessed us. Here they are playing with a cute little dish set I got from Target. Who knew this clearance item would bring so much fun. It is great to watch them pretend and play house together. Cate talking in her own 2 year old gibberish is very sweet. James trying to act like he has a deep voice like his daddy. Emma serving her family and giving instructions to them very calmly. They see everything we do as parents. It is scary how much they copy or remember.  I think Cate came up with the hands in the toaster all by herself.  Maybe she has seen daddy do that I don’t know.  He has done some strange things before.

Playing Together

Men hunt for their food

James is a hunter! He searches for his food high and low. We have found things from the refrigerator, pantry and cabinets spread out on the counters. He does all this in stealth before anyone wakes up. It is like he has set out a buffet line with all his favorites. Chocolate ice cream, chocolate milk, really anything that is sweet or might be sweet. After weeks of this we decided to put James on the Feingold diet. Here is a picture after we found he had pillaged a cabinet.

James' buffet line

Little Emeril, Bam!

My kids seem to have a sweet tooth like their momma. I gave Cate a bowl of some yummy peach cobbler I made the other night and went to feed Jesse. Normally if Cate has food she is content for a while. She saw some of the ingredients that were still out on the counter and decided to kick it up a few notches. I think she saw what she thought was sugar. Nope not sugar. It was salt. A lot of salt. I wish I could have seen her take her first bite after she made her improvements.

Little Emeril