Shorts

Angel's learning to drink from a straw cup. She toddled over to Seraph, took the straw cup out of her mouth, and put the straw on Seraph's lips. 'Uhhhh, uhhhhh', she insisted. Seraph did NOT open her mouth....but she did smile at the gift.

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Seraph took a real bath last night :) ('til now, it's been sponge baths.) I think she liked it. Her muscles are getting stronger. She likes to be held more, to be carried around on my hip like other babies.

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Strong Bear: Daddy, you can go fishing but you can't go to church - you're too big to go to church.

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Mom: Oh, we should do Finch's hair.

Delightful Finch: [immediately runs out of the room!! and when I find her] No. No. Do Bear hair! No, do Angel hair! No No NO do Daddy hair!!

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Beautiful Rabbit: Mom, Dad, watch! [holds Angel up high and spins around and around as Angel smiles] I think she's motion sick.

Haqon: She's not old enough to get motion sick, but she might be dizzy.

Beautiful Rabbit: [spins with Angel again]

Mom: Rabbit, put Angel down and go brush your hair for church.

[Beautiful Rabbit puts Angel down and runs for the stairs to get her brush. Angel immediately chases after her sister, giggling...only instead of getting to the stairs, she swerves left and full on crashes into the wall.]

Beautiful Rabbit: [between giggles] Yep. I think she's dizzy.

Quiche

I stumbled upon a food that everyone will eat - quiche!! Delightful Finch is in a non-eating phase. Strong Bear won't eat anything green. Beautiful Rabbit complains about anything new. Angel doesn't have any molars yet. Haqon isn't eating starches. [Seraph ate peaches today! Baby food peaches. Not as good as oatmeal. Better than applesauce.]

So here's my recipe for happy tummies:

5-6 eggs

2 cups water

2/3 cup powdered milk

2/3 scoop whey powder

5-6 tsp lemon juice

a bit of pepper

6 green olives (thinly sliced)

mix well

add:

1-2 cups cooked Quinoa (very filling!)

1 package thawed/drained spinach

1/4 lb Feta Cheese (Ok, I really had to guess how much cheese in a lb)

bake at 375 for 30-40 minutes (it was closer to 60 before it was ready)

sprinkle cheese on top for 7 minutes (cheddar/Parmesan)

let cool. Enjoy.

I had to trick Bear into tasting a non-green part. Rabbit cleaned her plate without being prompted and asked for seconds. Finch ate every scrap. Angel finished hers and asked for more. (Then fell asleep in her chair.) Haqon even liked it :)

The best part - no one suffered from bedtime-hunger tonight. Woot!

They're not sleeping....it's just so bright!!

Strong Bear

This is my Family Night attempt at drawing Strong Bear. It doesn't look that much like him...but he gets a kick out of being a cartoon.

I love washable markers...and crayons..and pencils. They should all be washable. Infact, in my house they are....which is good because no matter how many times we drill, "only draw on the paper" it always looks prettier on the floor or the wall.

Cordless

Seraph doesn't require her feeding tube or oxygen all the time. She was playing in the chair earlier but Angel got jealous. Now Angel is in the chair eating Cheerios and Seraph is jealous.

I love seeing them do real twin stuff :)

Therapy went well today. Seraph fed herself oatmeal. She didn't want to open her mouth unless she was holding the spoon.

Silly Mommy

Angel discovered how to climb up and over the couch to go visit Seraph. Seraph is more awake/alert than ever. She isn't sleeping all day like she used to and gets bored when no one plays with her.

So, we removed the furniture barrier between Seraph and the rest of the kids. All the kids LOVE being all together again. Angel has been gentle with Seraph....only swiping her toys sometimes.

Seraph loves being able to see everyone all the time. The other kids go over and play with her more.

Thanks, Angel.

The twins like playing near each other again.

I'm a little worried about Seraph. Not super worried. It's

just that she has these crying fits. Nothing really helps calm her down. It happens mostly at night which kills sleeping time for mommy and daddy.

Mostly I just feel bad because I can't figure out how to make it better. I can't tell if it's gas (which we can vent) or leaking g-tube or teething....or withdrawl from the meds we just finished weaning.

It's probably teething (molars + eye teeth). She forgets to cry when she's distracted. Sometimes she wants to be held! She doesn't cry when we're going on walks in the stroller.

We try everying! ...and she calms down, but only for about 10 minutes. Eventually she zonks out for the night. I can't figure out what's going on.

Visiting the Temple

We love to see the temple....but it's too bright to keep our eyes open! We had a great time at the open house today. It was super hot!! Beautiful Rabbit wanted to stay forEVAH! (no surprise there)

Love you, sweet family :)