First up, Shelby-girl!
1. Shelby is the epitome of a morning person. She is always the first one to wake up in our house, and she literally wakes up singing some days. I've never met a person who wakes up as happy as she does!
2. Shelby's class was recently hosting Morning Ceremony for their school, and Shelby was nominated to read a sentence she wrote aloud in front of the entire school. Below is a video of her speaking, I love how excited she was after she finished!!!
3. Shelby is always, always, always reading or writing. Below is a poem she wrote back in February & a song that she wrote yesterday.
And as a side note, did you see that joke book in Shelby's hands in the picture above? Her school was hosting a book swap this week for the students, and they were also collecting books to take to kids at St. Jude's Children's Ranch. All on her own, Shelby told us she wanted to donate her joke book b/c she thought the jokes might cheer up the kids who were sick.
Next is Hadley!!
1. Hadley loves anything & everything blue b/c her eyes are blue. Blue is a big deal to her. She has always referred to Derek as her "blue eye BFF," and she was very excited when Brady was born with blue eyes. We were admittedly a bit nervous when his eyes started to turn hazel a couple months ago, but thankfully she still loves him despite his eye color! ;)
2. Hadley loves the dirt. One of the dads of a little boy in Shelby's class who we often see at drop-off/pick-up calls Hadley "dirt princess."
3. Hadley is the best "middle" kid ever. She adores being Shelby's little sister & Brady's big sister. She fulfills both roles beautifully. If you ask her what she wants for treat after dinner, her response will usually be: "Shelby, what are you having?" She is the classic little sister & wants to do whatever her big sister does, and she loves to take care Brady and help me with him any chance she gets.
{I feel like this picture needs an explanation ;) Hadley was finishing up her lunch & Brady crawled over to her chair. She was so happy to have him close to her while she ate, she was talking & singing to him all throughout her meal. Such a good big sis!!}
{Hadley loves when Shelby reads to her!}
Brady
1. Brady's favorite song is Itsy Bitsy Spider. He can be hungry, tired, or mad...but if you start singing the Itsy Bitsy Spider, all is right in the world again!
2. Brady is starting to pull up more & more, so we brought out the music table him the other day! He is really enjoying it.
And today he figured out how to pull up to standing while playing on the music table!
3. I got the girls a bunch of cute new spring clothes a while back...evidence pictured below.
But I put off buying anything new for Brady b/c he was kind of in between sizes & I didn't know when exactly it would warm up here. Then this happened:
Poor Brady was sporting winter jammies in March that were way too small, and as if that wasn't bad enough then his toe had to pop through! Ha! Thankfully, his new PJs were already on the way!
Derek
1. Derek is our family's little travel agent. He is always busy scheming & planning adventures for us! The most recent trips he's been working on are reserving a houseboat for us over Labor Day weekend & a trip to the Grand Canyon over Thanksgiving!
2. I still need to get our last house tour post up with pics of the exterior! Derek has been hard at work lately tackling outdoor projects. He's been working on our garden, figuring out how to get rid of a stump in our backyard (he has watched countless YouTube videos on the best way to do this, ha!), and he replaced one of Shelby's window screens for me--yay!! The window screen has been driving me crazy ever since we moved in. Shelby's three bedroom windows are on the front of the house, and the middle window was missing a screen. So not only was it making her room waaaay hotter, but it was a total eyesore too. Our property manager didn't think it was "necessary" to replace, and we could have paid someone to do it...but Derek decided he wanted to buy an extension ladder & a screen kit to do himself. I'm so thrilled this project is done!!
3. Derek is itching to take the girls fishing, so he's been adding fishing stuff to my Amazon cart lately. Hopefully they'll get to go fishing soon!
And last, but not least, ME!
2. I feel like an old lady b/c I have started to complain about my back hurting! ;) I wear Brady a lot, but I've never once minded it. Well, a couple weeks ago, we had a busy Saturday where we had a fun run/walk at Shelby's school in the morning & then we explored Lake Mead in the afternoon...between those two activities on one day, it was a lot of walking while baby-wearing. I didn't feel it at the time, but the next morning I woke up with a bit of a sore back. It probably would have been fine if I just let it rest for a day or two, but I wear Brady every single day. So my back never got the chance to recover. So now every day when I put him on, I feel every ounce of his little body! Hopefully he'll decide to start tolerating the stroller a bit more with age so I don't have to wear him quite as often. But the other part of me is okay with wearing him for as long as he wants me to, he's our baby!!!!! And I know this phase will be over all too soon & he'll be running around after his big sisters...and then I'll be longing for the days when he was so content to be in the carrier!
3. I'm trying to put myself out there more to make new friends lately! Since Brady was born so soon after we moved here coupled with the fact that there is no military presence in our community, making friends has been a bit of a challenge for me. I've made plenty of friends, but no real good friends yet. Hadley & I have a playdate with a new friend scheduled for next week, fingers crossed it goes well for both of us! ;)
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