ezra

ezra finally got to his 8 week check up, 2 weeks later! he weighed in at 11lbs 14oz from 11lbs 1oz, 3 weeks ago. he is 59cm long which i think is 23in? all of which is 25th percentile. all good! he got his first set of shots today as well. he didn’t like them very much! i also took noah with me and he had his preschool booster shots, one in each arm. he didn’t like them either!! ha ha =) but by the time we left the drs there were no more tears! so all was well =)

these were taken last night so they’ll class as his 10 week photos =) he likes his wee animals and was getting them to jingle and everything!!

since i have this new layout, i put up 2 different sized photos…do you have trouble with it uploading? i mean is it taking too long? is one size better than the other? thanks!

success

we had a successful morning doing our school work. an hour and a half straight with no whinning, no leaving the table and just doing our work! first day of creation, reading Genesis, singing the old testament books song, learning about the sun, ( our book on planets still has pluto as a planet! oops!!) making an character named ‘un’ to then match up with some letters to spell and READ words! he did great and i was the one that *stopped* and told them we were finished!!

ezra is doing well. saturday night after a very very fussy evening, he settled in and slept from 11:30 till 7:15! i think thats his longest sleep yet! yippee. though i don’t want a repeat of that evening! when he is wide awake and you put him up on your shoulder, he does this crazy stary eyed, fighting with his arms and sticks his tongue out to the left of his mouth! its so funny!! will definitely have to get a video of it sometime!

jonah and noah both are still not really talking. sometimes i could really scream with the lack of communication! its so frustrating at times. jonah is following after noah, despite our best efforts at getting words out of him!

servants…

apparently we are making micah into a servant! last night micah was carrying into the kitchen the juice from the table. he dropped a carton and it spilled a wee bit. so i handed him a cloth to clean it up. micah said ‘why do i have to do everything? what am i? your servant?!’ oh my goodness! it was so hysterical! and ofcourse we had a friend over for dinner who heard every word!! oh dear…the things they say!

i put together a collage of photos yesterday…micah, noah and jonah all have a matching top so thought we take some photos =)

photo strips

just trying out a new blog photo strip….

getting a wee bit better…

jonah wasn’t up quite so much last night. just a bit around midnight, though ofcourse it was just as andy and i settled in bed, got all comfy and then… he starts crying! but he went back to sleep after a bit of fussing and slept through till morning. and he didn’t cry too much when i changed his nappy this morning, so that was nice!

ezra doesn’t settle easily in the evenings. he feeds quite often and will finally settle down for the night somewhere between 11 and 12. last night he slept till nearly 5 i think. i laid in bed to feed him so we both went back to sleep until 7ish. but he is quite good during the day, he is awake more and more and likes to lay on the bed looking around as his brothers play around him. he is cooing and smiling, though not a lot. we go tomorrow for his first doctor check-up and shots! oh the joys =)
he is 8 weeks today! picture to follow =)
*edited* see post above for photos!

more of the chicken pox

jonah and ezra broke out in spots on thursday night/friday morning. jonah i think has it the worst of them all. he can barely walk right as they are just clustered under his nappy, inbetween his legs. so sad to see, it looks really painful. ezra thankfully just has a handful of spots, hardly noticalbe, but definitely chicken pox as they have the blistered/scabbed tops to them. bless him! guess breastfeeding doesn’t help 100%!!
so atleast we’ve all had it now and we won’t have to ever worry about it again really =) here is a photo or two of jonah:

waiting for it all to clear so that our friends and their new baby can come over for a meal! i haven’t seen joseph since he was 1 day…i’m sure he’s grown a lot!!

back 2 school

monday we started back to school after a 7-8 week maternity leave.  well, andy did a bit of school work with micah when he was off, but i haven’t done anything until this week!

monday was pretty good, tuesday was ok but jonah was a bit hard work! and yesterday we waited until after lunch when both little boys were sleeping. we have ordered and are waiting on a new curriculum called ‘my father’s world’ which i can’t wait to get my hands on. so until then, andy set us out our weeks work, so i can follow and have something planned for each day! so much easier, i really need that bit of notes to follow and give me ideas, otherwise i am floundering =) and to think that i had applied for college as an education major! so glad i switched!!

7 weeks

i can’t believe that this little man

has been with us for 7 weeks! its gone by so quickly. we are definitely settled, though its not always the same routine. he has his ‘colicky’ hours in the evenings and sometimes i can’t seem to put him down at all! last night and some night last week he has slept through the night, about 12-7 which has been lovely!! i hope this is the start of something good! but i’m not crossing my fingers!
here are some photos from yesterday:

coffee cake

so i found this recipe for coffee cake and made it yesterday for the 3rd time and thought i’d share it as it is delicious!! this time i used almond flavouring instead of vanilla as i didn’t have any vanilla. its soooo good that i can’t wait until break time or lunch time to indulge in some more!

Coffee Cake

2 cups plain flour
3/4 cups white sugar
2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup butter
1 egg
3/4 cup milk (or as needed)
1and1/2 tsp vanilla

topping:1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup white sugar
1/2 cup brown sugar
1 tsp cinnamon
1/4 cup cubed cold butter

pre-heat oven to 350 degrees/190 degrees/gas mark 4, grease and flour 9X13 pan
make topping first. add dry and then cut in the butter or use your fingers to mix it till all crumbly. put in fridge or freezer till ready for it.
in large bowl add flour, sugar, bp and salt. add butter and mix. it will be crumbly.
crack egg into measuring cup and beat, then add milk up to 1 cup line. stir in vanilla.
pour into cake mixture and mix till moist.
spread in pan and add topping.
bake 25-30 minutes.
ENJOY =)

(i don’t have a picture but if i remember when i eat some more today, i’ll take one and post it.)

micah said..

micah the other day when handed a biscuit, “wow, i’ve never seen this biscuit before. oh, its 2 biscuits with some chocolate in it. clever mommy!”