Wrestle Buddies

When Isaiah was born I was immediately blown away with how different he was from the girls. He was a brut from the start. He had his first black eye at 5 months old because he was raring to go and jump off things and wrestle with whoever would give him the time of day. He made gun noises, car noises, and toot noises as a really young toddler. He ate dirt. He touched poop. Honestly, he was just...gross.
After we had him I prayed for him to have a brother. Sure, having sisters is great, but I could really see him longing for another boy. Once we knew we were having our last baby I prayed and prayed that we'd have a boy. I just knew that's what we'd get. The day we found out Eli was a boy I rejoiced for Isaiah, because I knew it would be a really amazing adventure for him.
When Eli was born Isaiah was a little sad to see such a tiny baby. The day after he was born he said, "Oh...He didn't growed up yet. He's still a baby! I wanted to play with him!" Eli had that same boyish spirit. He's so fearless and bold.
It's been so amazing to watch the boys develop into brothers. Isaiah is not ashamed to kiss his brother a hundred times a day. He loves him so much. When Eli was younger Isaiah would take his toys over to where Eli was laying and he'd play beside him. He'd put toys in his hands and make sounds for him. Eli would(and still does)just stare at him with wonder.
Now that Eli is crawling it is SO much fun to watch those two play. Isaiah will be sitting in the floor, and Eli will see him and crawl over and just start pounding on him. They'll just laugh and mini-wrestle around on the floor. Isaiah is still very gentle with Eli, but he's teaching him to be manly. Eli squeals and laughs at his brother. Isaiah can't wait for the day Eli gets to sleep with him in their bunk beds. He has a lot of plans for the two of them.
Such a blessing to have BROTHERS! Yay! I never EVER knew how much having boys would bless MY heart. I know now how Manly felt when the girls were born. My heart swells for those boys. There's just something different about having boys. Oh how I love my BOYS!!

My "I'm not an infant!!" BABY, Eli. Five months old. Crawling, sitting, standing, cruising! Where did his babydom go!?

Eli crawled up to me squealing from Isaiah chasing him. Isaiah said, "Go ahead. Take a picture of us wrestlin'!"

My big fuzzy-head boy saying "hi."

Eli looks a little nervous, but I promise he was having a good time. I think the look is from my camera flash, which is a little bright.

I Yike Addi!



I really love it as the kids grow and the dynamics change among them. Right now, Mia is their favorite. I guess it's because she's cute and little and does just about everything they ask her to. Addi sends Mia in to do her dirty work a LOT. I'll hear Addi say, "MMMMIIIIIAAA, come here." Then she'll whisper something to Mia and end by saying, "Now, go tell momma what I said, but don't tell her I told you to say it." Sneaky little thing.

They have a lot of fun together too. Last night, I put the two girls in the bath, and watched how good they get along and how much they love each other. Mia wants to be just like Addison. She'll say, "I wanna do it yike ADDI!"

Last night I was doing a deep condition on Addi's hair(because she had a dirt fight with her brother and had nasty dirty hair), and had it up in a bun while I was washing Mia. Mia kept looking at Addi's hair and finally asked, "Momma, I yike Addi hair too? My hair?" So I put what tiny bit of hair she has up into a bun too and we went on with bath time.

 Afterwards they put on their matching nightgowns and wanted their hair "same same" again.

I just love having these sweet sisters be so close.  I mean who else can you pretend to lick? HA!

Book People Unite??

Is it just me, or is this commercial a little creepy?

Don't get me wrong. I'm all about reading. I mean, I love a good book just as much as the next. My kids probably like reading more than doing anything else in the world. This commercial just gives me the heebeejeebees. Ewhuuu!(That's the sound of me being grossed out!) It reminds me of Disney Country Bears or something. When it shows Humpty Dumpty riding down the street on the bike singing I just have to look away.
I was so interested in this particular commercial(which I saw on my favorite station, I should mention-LWN) after we watched it that I googled it, made this post, and even found this making of the commercial video, which we thought was actually even more entertaining than the commercial itself...

 

And, while we're talking about this commercial(well, I am anyway) it has to be said that LeVar Burton is the great non-aging man! For real, though! Shouldn't he be bald or grey or like...80? I guess the rainbow has been good to him. Really good. But really, take a look. It's in a book!