Looking Back

I was browsing through pictures from when Sammie was a baby. She was so tiny. I found this picture and thought it was pretty funny. I've been a little overwhelmed with three kids. Abby is having many newborn moments lately. She's been so fussy today and has hardly slept. The poor little baby is just so sad and can't calm down. She has some really great days too. Today is just one of those days. I keep telling myself it will get easier in the next few months. Right?

Some Sammie Sayings

Sammie walks around with these sunglasses on and flips her wrist and says,
"I'm a fashion girl."

Sammie got to see the kindergarten bus everyday when we picked Olivia up from school and now when we ask her what she wants to be when she grows up she says,
"When I grow up I want to be a bus driver. A kinnergarden bus driver."

Sammie was sick with a fever the other day. Olivia had been sick for several days already. I found Sammie laying on her bed and she kept insisting that she was not sick.
Me: "I think you are sick honey."
Sammie: (All tired and groggy sounding) "I'm not sick. Olivia is sick. She has a fever."
Me: "I think you are sick too. You have a fever."
Sammie: "I am NOT sick! Olivia IS sick."

Happy 1 Month!

Abby had her 1 month checkup. 10 lbs and 20.5 inches! She gained a whole 2 pounds this first month. I can tell. She seems so much heavier. Hopefully I'll have strong arms from carrying her. She's a cutie. She is a great baby...doesn't fuss too much, is sleeping well at night. Naps are another story. She gets overstimulated really easily. Her doctor was remarking how alert she was today. I said, "Yeah, then she doesn't sleep." "She's really overstimulated. That's why she is having a hard time falling asleep", she said.
I can only get her to sleep in her swing if she gets all wound up or in her little bouncy chair with the vibrator on. It's kind of hard not to get wound up when your older sisters are in your face all the time. They luuuuv their baby sister. They really can't wait for Abby to start playing with them. I hope we get out of this phase soon. She just has a hard time adjusting to all the sounds around her. My other girls went through this too at this age. It's a Biron baby thing I guess. Usually by three months they have outgrown it. For now, it's whatever I can do to get her to sleep.

Happy Father's Day

Sorry about the pink bag honey. I really should have taken the time to at least find more masculine wrapping for our number one man who is so important to us. All we have is pink and girlie around here. The funny thing is that I don't even think you noticed or cared that it was pink. You have completely embraced being a father of girls.
I love it when you play with them and sing to them. I love watching you tickle them and be goofy. You take them places, cook them dinner, shower them with hugs and kisses, and even might play barbies if they give you puppy eyes. You show them what is means to be a dad by taking time for them. You have a way with the girls that is so special. I love how the girls look at you with admiration and their eyes just say, "That's my dad." Someday those eyes might be rolling instead. I hope not too much. I hope they will always know what a wonderful and dedicated father they have--I'm sure they always will.

Getting Bigger Every Day

"I slept so well last night for my mom and dad. Yipee!"

Just a little Sharpie here and there...

I got tired of naked barbies laying around. Olivia actually came up with the solution. Barbie swimsuits!

Why, oh Why?

Do you have to make messes like this? At least they are playing and using their imaginations. Even if they are only imagining one thing for about 1 minute before they go to the next, then the next, then the next. This is just an afternoon of play. It's not this bad every day, but it sure isn't fun to clean up. Lots of whining involved.

Sammie the Singer

Sammie has been singing everything these days. She loves singing a song now and then, but she mostly sings things that most people would say. Instead of asking for help with closing her umbrella she sings, "Please, could you close this for me." She adds a nice vibrato in there too. She will ask me for things and tell me things all in song. It's getting pretty normal now. Everything has vibrato. My girls like to sing like opera singers. I don't know where they got it from. It's not like I walk around singing everything like an opera singer. Too funny.