elephant, smiles, and boats

you may not know, some of you do :), but heidi is seemingly part elephant. she is always squealing and grunting. she sounds like a little elephant :) it was really unsettling to me at first, and i must say that i'm not totally comfortable with it, especially when she does it at night and i can't see her to make sure she is ok (short of getting out of bed to look at her. which i've done, but i try really hard not to because it does seem a bit extreme since she has done this since she was out of the womb and nothing has happened to her yet :) ). my best guess is that she is doing it to keep herself from spitting up? either that or she is a baby elephant.

since we were in the hospital she has been smiling in her sleep, but i think it was last week (the days really run together) she started to smile at us. she smiled at eric first and the only one for a bit. i think we've all gotten in a little bit on the love though lately. fun to see her little person starting to show thru.

a couple of days ago i was reading/singing a book to boden. it is a book that takes different kid songs and changes the words but keeps the tune. i have read it a lot to kids at school. they all really like it. as i was reading/singing it, i was thinking that this book was really over boden's head. the humor in it was more mature than him (seems like 2nd grade they start to really get it) and he doesn't know enough of the tunes, let alone the ability to hear the tune to different words. well, he proved me wrong on one count. i finished one of the songs and was about to turn the page to the next when, when he says, "like row, row your boat mom." all matter of fact. maybe i don't give him enough credit or know what kids his age are capable of, but i was truely shocked! he was right! the tune was 'row, row your boat!' i told him how smart he was and what good ears he had and we sang it again as well as the original 'row, row your boat.'

big brother is here

check out this video of heidi and boden giving each other some love.

ride the horse!

here is a shot of boden enjoying the horse ride at meijer's.  paid for with the penny he carried in his pocket from home.

sick

eric is sick! he never gets sick! super bad timing with a newborn not even a month old! came home from work today physically shaking and very ashen looking. said it was like a light switch about an hour before he left, he just started shaking and couldn't stop and felt horrible. we have quarantined him to the backroom and i've lysoled (sp?) everything he touched, but i'm terribly afraid one of the rest of us is going to get sick, especially heidi. please, please pray that he will get better quick and that none of the rest of us will get it....

holding

boden gets a kick out of holding heidi.

scream!

boden is getting it out of his system.

snow tunnel

boden really enjoys climbing around in the snow

he especially liked today's snow tunnel. just like henry!

parmesan cheese

for those of you who know boden and his eating habits, you know huge this is!  check out this video.

bode in the store

this video is a bit long and old, but it gives an idea what it is like at the store with boden

kids update

here are a few tidbits on what is happening with the kids:

1. heidi is sleeping pretty good. not through the night, but definitely reasonable. sometimes she sleeps too good and has trouble eating a full meal.
2. boden has gotten into putting a blanket on heidi. it would be great if he did it just once while she is napping, but he does it over and over and over.
3. heidi does well "exercising" on her tummy.
4. boden started swimming lessons on thursday. it started rough, but ended positive.

alpha

this video features bode at the breakfast table

ring around

this video features bode at the piano

weigh in

on monday, heidi had a weigh in at the doctor.  she was supposed to have gained around 0.5 to 1 ounce a day from her previous checkup.  we were a bit concerned because she didn't seem to be eating quite as much as we thought she should (based solely on boden's performance).  well, she seems to be good to go.  she had gained 9.5 ounces since her last visit.  or about 2 ounces a day.  she now weighs 8 lbs 3 ounces.  

as i write this boden is "singing" the alphabet song to himself, in bed.  something new.  sure beats wailing out that he needs is blanket back on.

tractor on the sidewalk

here is boden farming the sidewalk.

bye bye

the kids had to say goodbye to amma and big papa this morning.  the kids (mom and dad, too) have really enjoyed having them around and will miss them greatly.  

brendam docks

boden is already hard at work this morning at the brendam docks. there isn't even time for breakfast.