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Let is be written and let it be known, Phoebe is the sweetest, easiest baby ever! She never cries. Even when she is hungry she doesn't cry. She kind of yells, "AHHH, AHHHH, AHHHHHHHHHHH!"  The only time I hear her cry is when she is eating. She kind of chokes and cries and has a little trouble whenever she eats. We're going to try Zantac but the good news is she is still gaining weight. She is such a cute little tub! She loves her brothers! They lay on her and pick her up and roll her around and for the most part she likes it all. She is so easy going! She sleeps anywhere and everywhere. Half the time I look down and find her sleeping on my hip.
I hate working...a lot. It breaks my heart to be so busy when she is small. I feel like I can't soak up enough of these sweet moments before they are gone. But I am trying to. When she goes down for a nap I must be so productive and then maybe half the time she is awake I have to just put down the phone and everything else and just say "if I miss another minute of this baby my heart will break, so Just Kidn Around will have to wait"
This week the doctor and the dentist have been the bane of my existence! They are so darn inflexible! The dentist will only fill my children's cavities during one hour of the day when they are in swimming lessons. The doctor schedules out 3 months in advance so Phoebe wont get a 4 month well check till she is 7 months. I am pulling my hair out and screaming in my brain with rage.
Strangely enough though when I got a call at young womens last night that a pipe broke at JKA and there was water everywhere and the contractor had made a mistake and the previous questionable owners were there giving orders, I was able to deal with that whole ordeal super calmly and clear-headedly. Of course I am pretty sure that was just a miracle because I was asking for help. The Lord is very good to me!

Penny in the belly

Yesterday Sammy came to us with a big smile on his face and said proudly, " I ate a money and now it is in my tummy and I am going to die!"

He wasn't wheezing or anything so I didn't panic but Max did. He started crying hysterically saying, "I know he didn't eat it, I know he didn't!" We calmed Max down and then called the doctor who told us we needed to take him to the Urgent Care mainly because Sammy kept saying he could feel it in his neck.

It was bedtime so I was just going to take Sammy but Max wouldn't hear of it. He was super worried about his brother! He threw a big fit until we decided to just all go. Poor Max, it was so sweet to see him so worried about little Sam.

Once Sammy found out he had to go to the doctor he started saying, "No I didn't eat a penny. I was just kidding!"

Then when we got him in the car he said thoughtfully, "They can't break me though. I am too hard."

He must have thought we wanted to get the money back. I assured him that we didn't care at all about the money, we were just worried about him and that I wouldn't let ANYBODY hurt my boy!

He was just as proud as he could be laying on the x-ray table. Max was back in the waiting room with me worrying again, "Mommy will there be electricity all over the room? Will lightning come to Sammy?"

Bad as it sounds we laughed when we saw the X-ray. No need to worry anymore since it was in his stomach.

Little Monkey! What are we going to do with you! Sammy is hilarious! And dangerous! He is so strong-willed there is just no telling him anything. Then tonight after screaming and kicking for 2 hours about sleeping in his own bed he finally calmed down and gave me 5 kisses and some sweet snuggles before he finally fell asleep. I love that Boy! Also sweet sweet Max for always taking such good care of Sammy! I am so grateful they love each other so much! 

Poor Max, Sammy, and poor Phoebe. Adorable things are said everyday that I no longer have the mental wherewithal to remember. Sorry Kids, just know you were adorable even if Mommy couldn't get it all down on paper before it flew out of my head.

Sammy was driving with my sister talking about something that she couldnt understand so she just said, "Mmm." Sammy got upset and said, "No, not Mmmm. I am not delicious."

we had a family reunion recently. Max has been praying, "Please bless my Mommy and Daddy, and my cousins, and my next cousins, and EVERYONE in the WORLD!"

Awfully fun to get together with the family! I loved hearing all the old talents and  also all the new kiddos! We have got the most talented family ever! Its crazy! This was one of my favorite moments of the reunion. Heather and Hillary sounded so beautiful together and it was so cute to see Dadu sitting there enjoying listening to them so much.

Phoebe talking and cooing with Dadu. He just adores her! What a lucky little baby! I think the feeling is mutual :)

Max is always saying "SWEET!" about stuff

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Max loves angry birds...nothing new, bet seriously, he LOVES angry birds. It is so cute to see him trying to figure out a new level. The boy is so little but he can figure out even the really  hard ones. He shows Javier how to do them sometimes.

 He is a motivated little pianist too! He loves to practice every day and he plays his little repertoire for everyone who comes to our house. We need to get him in some lessons!

 Max and Sammy as always are inseparable adorable little friends who never stop pretending and just enjoy each other so much

 Max is a goof-ball! He is always doing silly things like taking these punching pictures to make people laugh.

Max: Did you give Sammy the cat medicine?"
Me: "Cat Medicine???"
Max: "You know the one that I'm allergic to."
    (He had an allergic reaction to augmentin a month or so ago) I died laughing!

 He had a good birthday a couple weeks ago. Poor Sammy was crazy sick with Pneumonia so it wasn't as cool as I had planned but Max was still thrilled with his new toys and birthday cake.

 For his last day of preschool we went out to his friend Alec's farm in Nampa. It was amazing!

 Preschool has been amazing for Max this year! He has learned so so much and developed so much confidence! I love to see his little problem-solving brain at work. He is always talking things through with me and giving me great ideas for how we can fix our dilemmas. He is so very creative and he just loved his sweet place in their little classroom world. He made a lot of great friends, especially his best friend David. Max talks about David all the time and they did everything at school together. It is so sad that David lives on the other side of town :(

His teachers gave him this baby tree. It is crazy for me to think that my Max is getting old. He is starting to be so competent and confident and grown-up. I am so proud of him and all he is learning! No matter how big he gets though, he will always be my baby, even when that tree is 50 feet high!

Phoebe Loo Who

Phoebe is getting so big and cute!

 She is even adorable when she cries. I probably shouldn't have taken this picture, but she was just so cute with her pouty little lip.

 Phoebe has a sweet personality. I think she seems mellower than my boys (of course she is only 4 months, there is still lots of time for her to get crazy) But so far she is such an easy baby! She sleeps all night long, she hardly cries. She is usually very content just to sit on my hip all day and observe the world.

  She's a cute little smiler and laugher these days. She loves it when we play with her feet. running games and foot clapping games are so funny!

 She's a little beauty! I just can't get enough of those cute little leg rolls.

 I love it that Phoebe loves to snuggle! Whenever I hold her she will always nuzzle into me and get a great fist-full of my hair so she can hold on tight. And she wraps her little hand around my arm like she's hugging me. Sweet baby girl! I love you so much!

Samuel

Sammy's first day of preschool his teacher asked him what he would like to be called and he told her "Samuel" , so Samuel he was even though he throws a big fit if his Daddy or I call him that he wanted to be Samuel at school.

 Sammy is hillarious!! He is so so so strong willed right now it kills me, but I tell myself he is going to be so successful in life. The kid knows what he wants and he will not settle or be distracted or sidetracked by anything!

 He went to school every Wednesday this year and I got to go with him. I love his school! It was worth the  tuition for me just to have this forced time to focus only on him, poor poor middle child, he doesn't get that kind of attention very often. It was so fun playing with him. Sammy loves to play pretend and preschool was no different. He would find one animal or car or object for himself and one for me and we would play that one game of pretend usually for most of the hour. He has got a looooong attention span! Most of the other kids would jump from one activity to the next, but not my Sammy.

 Sammy is ever in Awe of his big brother although he is in denial right now that Max is the big brother. He is always saying that Max is too little to do things and that he is big enough. Like "Max, only I can hold Phoebe ALL BY MYSELF because I am bog enough, but you aren't big enough".

 This day they both fell asleep on top of me. Because Sammy becomes a little tyrant when he is tired and he wakes up every night he has been sleeping in our bed. There is just no way once he gets there that we will be able to talk him into going back to his bed without hours of screaming and tears and waking up siblings involved. Some days I wake up feeling like I have been hit by a truck, True, but the truth is, I love snuggling my precious boy. Just like Max at this age, I think I miss him when he isn't there.

 Adorable boy loves to help me cook. Max has never been interested in this except if we are making cookies, but Sammy loves to help me cook anything. He will sit up on the counter and watch and help and talk to me. His reasoning right now is adorable. He talks everything out to himself with long repeated explanations as he is figuring out why we do the things we do. I need a video of him talking to me.

 Sammy is absoluetly enamored with Phoebe. He wants to hold her all day long. I have to actually argue with him to get the chance to hold her myself. He calls her his baby and he loves to make her laugh.

 My Mom dropped in the other day and held Phoebe. When she said, "I think I better go." Sammy looked at her distrustfully and said shyly, "Okay, just leave Phoebe here...You can just give her to my mom." He was afraid Mom would take her with her.

 Sammy is pretty crazy about both his siblings. The other day I was telling him how lucky is to have a brither and a sister and he said, "Yeah, and wouldn't it be sad if Phoebe was all alone at home and Max and I were tied up? But then I would get out my light saber and cut us free and fight all the bad guys."

 Both my boys have been really into star wars lately. My favorite thing is that Sammy is always talking about "Dart Mater" I love this boy! He keeps me laughing all day and he is so very tender and loving! Sammy my dear boy!

And here is cute little ninja Sammy!