Toddler Life

Elias decided to start fighting his naps a bit. I figured out that he wasn’t so opposed if I pushed it back a half hour and became religious about him being in bed by 1pm and not a minute later. Phew. 

This particular day was a mess. He only got 30 minutes of sleep. We had to pick up the big boys so he fell back to sleep in the car. 

I’ve been at the hospital for IV fluids twice a week for almost 10 weeks now, so I try to spread out the babysitting among family and friends. Elias LOVES playing with Baby J and holding him. Thanks to all those who take turns watching him!

Parish Bazaar

Logan and the boys had fun again this year working the Fishing Game. Augustine’s bestie helped out too. 

Lewis didn’t play bingo, he just practiced.

Logan is getting really good at the silent auction! It stresses the heck out of me, so I tell him one or two items I’m interested in, and he does his best. This year he got both of my requests! Baby diaper bag for me, Lego Mass set for the boys. 

Lewis got some good game prizes this year, and was sure to bring a few home to share with Elias. He is very thoughtful. Elias hates crowds so he and I went home for naps. When I asked Elias if he wanted to play any games he said, “I will play NO games. I do NOT want a sucker.” and flung his arm in front of himself for emphasis. 

Augustine put the Mass set together with some help from Lewis and played legos for the rest of the afternoon.

This & That

The big boys pray after Mass prayers with the priest every Sunday. Sometimes the priest lets a kid lead the prayers in the microphone. It’s one of Augustine’s favorite things to do. 

After three long months of doing absolutely nothing in the kitchen, I decided to bake scones. It went really well, but I was exhausted after two batches. I’ve always had to use a water glass to make them round, but now I have Grandma Carlson’s biscuit cutter, and it works perfectly. 

We had snack and a play date with some of the cousin’s who were visiting G&G for the weekend. Homemade cinnamon rolls...is there a yummier snack?! And the house smelled amazing, which is about as much cinnamon roll as I can “eat” these days. Thank you, pregnancy. 

I’m on the low carb diet already, and it definitely makes me feel better. The goal is to not have a 10 lb baby again due to gestational diabetes. I tried zoodles for the first time. Not bad at all! Definitely fulfilled my spaghetti craving. I still can’t drink more than 3oz of water at a time without being horribly nauseous for the rest of the day, so Gatorade and ginger ale it is. They’re pretty good mixed together too. 
The boys went to work with Logan one evening to help with a student cookout event. They had fun bussing hot-of-the-grill steaks and hot dogs to the parish hall for students. 

Family Pics 2018

What Elias Has Been Up To

Being a hipster baby. 

Holding babies. Tonight he got hurt and I asked him if he wanted me to hold him. He said, “I want our baby to hold me.” and awkwardly cuddled my belly. 

I asked Elias to turn around and smile for the picture and he kept right on cutting paper while saying “I has to get this budget done for Daddy!”

Snow goes a long way with this guy. Snow and sprinkles go even further. 

Time at Home

The big boys had a few days off of school, so we enjoyed all of Lewis’ new art supplies he got for his birthday. I’d say Lewis’ love language is glitter glue. 

Grandma’s Bowl

My Grandma used to put her famous potato salad in this bowl. We’re not much for potato salad, but we like stuffed eggs a lot, so we decided to make it our stuffed eggs bowl. In my mind, potato salad and egg salad are similar. 

He did a really nice job! Delicious!