December is now 3 years old! We had her birthday party last Thursday, and it was princess themed. So she had Cinderella plates, the dessert plates were all of the Disney princesses, and there were tons of pink and purple balloons that had princess stickers all over them. December was super excited when we went to the party store and picked all of this out, as you might imagine!
The cake I made her was a princess castle -- a very PINK castle, as you can tell!
I looked up castle cakes online, and there was a how-to video for this one, which was quite helpful!
For dinner, we had December's favorite things: hot dogs, macaroni and cheese, fruit salad, and chips. For the hot dogs, we got every topping that we could think of -- chili, cheese, relish, mustard, onions, banana peppers, etc. There were 12 adults and 11 children at the party (some toddlers and some babies). Here you can see some of December's friends. December's in the front, and then from left to right are Noah, Samuel, and Andrew.
Do you remember the picture from earlier in the blog with the four pregnant girls standing in a line? Well, here's our four babies! Left to right (youngest to oldest): Abigail (only 9 days old in this picture), Benjamin (born Christmas Eve, I believe), Clara (born 3 days after Isaac), and Isaac.
Clara and Isaac holding hands (or, rather, holding fists...)
December playing with the My Little Ponies she got from Uncle Jeff, Auntie Erin, Caden, and Cayleigh for her birthday. She LOVES these ponies and plays with them constantly every day! She takes them from room to room (here she's in the bathroom with them) and plays for hours. She got a My Little Ponies dvd from Auntie Kelli at Christmas, and has learned the names of all of them...hm. Now I'm thinking I should have done a My Little Pony party! :o)
Here's December's new tricycle! She likes it alot, but she's still learning the pedalling motion...
December has recently fallen in love with nursery rhymes and has memorized lots of them. Here's me attempting to catch some of them in a video -- with some silly December results...
Here's the nursery rhymes she's saying:
Mary Mary Quite Contrary
Mary Mary quite contrary
How does your garden grow?
With silver bells and cockle shells
And pretty maids all in a row.
Humpty Dumpty Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall
Humpty Dumpty had a great fall
All the king's horses and all the king's men
Couldn't put Humpty together again.
Wee Willie Winkie
Wee Willie Winkie runs through town
Upstairs and downstairs in his nightgown
Rapping at the window, crying through the lock:
"Are the children in bed? For now it's 8 o'clock."
Isaac had his 2-month check up on Monday. Brad came along, too, which was good -- I had really wanted him there for some emotional support because Isaac was scheduled to get five immunizations. I prefer it when Brad is the one to hold Isaac down while he gets them because it's so incredibly sad to see Isaac get hurt. It's pretty tough for Brad, too, so he's kind to come and help out! We had to prepare December for Isaac's shots, too, because she can't handle it when Isaac gets hurt. She dissolves into tears if she hears him crying in pain. So we talked about it alot that morning and again while we were driving to the doctor. She did well -- only a few tears rolled down her face while Isaac was crying.
It was nice, though, because the doctor told us our insurance covered combination shots, which meant Isaac only had to get 3 shots, plus an oral one (which he didn't think tasted very good). I was super relieved -- and thankful -- that he had to get pricked two less times than what we thought! Anyways, here's his current specs: Head Circumference - 40cm (50th percentile), Weight - 12lbs. 10oz. (75th percentile), and Height - 24.25in. (90th percentile). So he's a tall guy! It makes sense, though, because I get lots of comments from people, and they say, "Oh, is he about three months old?" They've been asking that since he was about six or seven weeks old. I wasn't sure if it was just because those people weren't around babies very much and didn't know the difference between what a 6-week-old looks like and what a 3-month-old looks like, but I guess since Isaac is pretty tall, it makes him look older?!
My grandparents gave us a gift card to Home Depot for Christmas, and I was SUPER excited about it! It gave me the chance to finally get the flowers I wanted from their greenhouse -- I'd been having my eye on flowers from there for about a year now, and finally my wish came true!
I got some new flower pots, some soil, and flowers! This is an Impatiens plant.
Brad likes the leafy, more tropical-looking plants, so I thought this lily looked tropical-y enough for him.
The flower is finally blooming, and another one is on its way!
Brad, trying out a new look with a goatee. We both think that when he has a goatee, he looks like a youth pastor. If you're a youth pastor, I think it's almost a requirement that you grow a goatee...
Yay for Christmas money! My bathroom has changed from a ducky bathroom to a Monopoly bathroom! It was tough to put away my beloved ducky things, but one day I will have two bathrooms so that everything can be put up. But I've been in love with Monopoly bathrooms for a while now, so I was SUPER excited to get these! Here's the shower curtain, the towels, and the soap dish wheelbarrow on the back of the toilet.
The bathmat...
A closer look at the towels. They've turned the game pieces into soap dishes, a soap pump, the thimble as a cup, and the Scottie dog as a cottonball holder (though ours holds December's potty rewards)
A close-up of these pieces. The bathroom's not finished yet, though. I still want to get an actual Monopoly game and turn the game board into a clock and do more decorating with the game pieces. Fun stuff!
The shower curtain hooks are all the pieces from the game, too!
December is now 3 years old! We had her birthday party last Thursday, and it was princess themed. So she had Cinderella plates, the dessert plates were all of the Disney princesses, and there were tons of pink and purple balloons that had princess stickers all over them. December was super excited when we went to the party store and picked all of this out, as you might imagine!
The cake I made her was a princess castle -- a very PINK castle, as you can tell!
I looked up castle cakes online, and there was a how-to video for this one, which was quite helpful!
For dinner, we had December's favorite things: hot dogs, macaroni and cheese, fruit salad, and chips. For the hot dogs, we got every topping that we could think of -- chili, cheese, relish, mustard, onions, banana peppers, etc. There were 12 adults and 11 children at the party (some toddlers and some babies). Here you can see some of December's friends. December's in the front, and then from left to right are Noah, Samuel, and Andrew.
Do you remember the picture from earlier in the blog with the four pregnant girls standing in a line? Well, here's our four babies! Left to right (youngest to oldest): Abigail (only 9 days old in this picture), Benjamin (born Christmas Eve, I believe), Clara (born 3 days after Isaac), and Isaac.
Clara and Isaac holding hands (or, rather, holding fists...)
December playing with the My Little Ponies she got from Uncle Jeff, Auntie Erin, Caden, and Cayleigh for her birthday. She LOVES these ponies and plays with them constantly every day! She takes them from room to room (here she's in the bathroom with them) and plays for hours. She got a My Little Ponies dvd from Auntie Kelli at Christmas, and has learned the names of all of them...hm. Now I'm thinking I should have done a My Little Pony party! :o)
Here's December's new tricycle! She likes it alot, but she's still learning the pedalling motion...
