Great Day

Today is what great days are made of...
Slept in this morning until 8:30am... Michael woke up earlier and took care of the two older boys.  After a quick breakfast Michael took Zeke and Ki to the bank and Home Depot.  Little did we know that today was craft day at Home Depot so the boys got to make a wooden race car.  While they were gone Zach and I hung out.  I changed the sheets on the beds and then just snuggled with Zach.  Michael brought the boys home and then he and Zeke left for a special day.  Michael took Zeke to the RV show in town while Ki and I spent some time together.  Ki and I ate lunch together and then we laid down for a two hour nap.  We woke up from our nap and fed Zach and played with Zach until he fell back to sleep.  Once Zach was back to sleep Ki and I spent some time wrestling and racing cars.  Michael came home with Zeke and brought us all dinner.  After dinner the boys showered.  Right now I am sitting here at the dinner table sipping a cup of chai tea and everyone is snuggled on the couch watching television. 
A great day indeed!

There is only one you!

I know that I had mentioned my new ventures a few weeks back and I thought I would post the websites for each of them for you to scope out for yourself!

Uppercase Living

Initials, inc.

Let me know if you want to host a party or are interested in some of the products!

I did it!

Today was my first day of going out with all three boys all by myself... And I survived. The plan was not to be on my own with all three boys but Michael's work load changed today. The plan was that Michael would stay home with Zach while I took Zeke to preschool and Ki and I would go to MOPS then after Zeke was done with school I would take him to his OT appointment and Ki would come too. This morning as I woke up and heard Michael in the closet getting dressed you can imagine my surprise. Michael informs me that he was leaving for work, when questioned he said that he thought he told me about the change. When he left I was bummed and thought... Well there goes the day! I called Michael and asked him if I could go about my day as planned and just add Zach into the maddness. So at eight it was set, I had to leave the house with all three boys and we had to be out the door in thirty five minutes! I did it! I packed lunches for the boys, got everything together for Zach, repacked the diaper bag for all three boys and we were out the door at 8:45am. I got Zeke in his class for preschool, Ki in his MOPS class and Zach and I made it to MOPS. I did it all by myself. We got home from all our stuff today at 2:45pm... A long day but we did it, Zeke was a huge helper, Ki was a trooper like always and Zach did awesome for his first time out and about!

Growth chart... Redo

I just found this and thought that some of you might like it too. I know that when we go to the doctor and get the percentiles for our boys we are always in the eighty and ninety percentiles... This bypasses the need to worry about the numbers. As I read about the percentiles I discovered that they are based on bottle fed caucasians... Now that is not everyone so rest and know that your little one is growing just how God intended!

Inches and pounds: How much, how fast

Birth to 12 months
Infants add 10 inches in length and triple their birth weight.

12 to 24 months
Toddlers add 5 inches and 6 pounds.

2 to 10 years
Most kids have settled into their growth patterns, adding about 2 1/2 inches and 6 pounds each year.

Puberty
Girls grow 9 inches and gain 15 to 55 pounds; boys grow 11 inches and gain up to 65 pounds.

Life

Last night as I was looking through my pictures I realized that as a mom there are some pictures of my kids that will forever be grained in my head.  I think that if someone were to ask me to summarize life in pictures I could do it in a matter of minutes...  Something like this -