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Monday, July 20, 2009

Sibling Sizes

I was looking at Kate's thighs the other day and noticing that they had suddenly gotten HUGE! I wondered how she compared with Addison and thought I should measure them. Then came my (BRILLIANT!) idea to measure all of the children and see how they compared. Not their thighs, but head and height. So here goes:

Head circumference (OK, so none of this is very scientific as there could be user error!)

Bailey: 21"
Emma: 20"
Nathan: 19"
Kate: 17"
Addison: 17"

I think it is funny that they are all so close in head size. Guess you do grow into your head!

Height (also tried my best to be accurate, but who knows)

Bailey: 52"
Emma: 43"
Nathan: 34"
Kate: 25"
Addison: 25 1/2"

So there is a pattern with height. There is 9 inches between each sibling (except the twins of course).

I did happen to measure the twins thighs just for fun and Kate's are 1 inch larger around than Addison's.

Eating pumpkin. They love it!

Addison says "What's Up?!"

Kate looking like an English spy staring you down.

Crazy eyes Addison.

Whahhh??!!!

Bailey's Party and Not So Party

Bailey went with me last Saturday to pick out his cake and ice cream (triple chocolate fudge with milk chocolate frosting), Sponge Bob decorations and a big #8 candle.

We forgot to wrap his present, and it gets unwrapped so fast, so Ben put the present under his shirt and came out so Bailey could "open it"

Ben giving birth to Heely's, courtesy of craigslist and a spoiled little boy who never wore the ones his parents bought for them so we got Bailey brand new ones for cheap! (OK, big run on sentence, but you get the point)

Nathan really wanted to be in the picture.

Goosebumps!

The birthday boy.

Tonight was supposed to be Bailey's "friend party." I told him he could bring three of his buddies and we could do something. He chose Burger King with the play place. Well, about ten minutes into the party Bailey did not feel well. Once we got everyone packed up after they ate, Bailey ended up throwing up in an empty BK bag covered with a Toys R Us bag I had in the car. He threw up three times by the time we got his friends home. So, child #3 has gotten this nasty flu bug. Hopefully this is the end! All in all, Bailey had a great birthday and is looking forward to his baptism in a few weeks!

Sunday, July 19, 2009

Happy 8th Birthday!

Today, my baby is 8. Going into 3rd grade and sometimes talks like a 12 year old. Bailey's current obsessions are Goosebumps, Bakugan, having friends, being keeper of the TIVO remote and going online. Bailey counts down to his birthday starting July 20th every year. He loves holidays, wrestling and boxing with Dad. (He gave up the Daddy a while ago) If I had to leave for the day and Bailey was left at home (hypothetical right now, of course!), he would be able to cook himself breakfast, lunch and dinner. His specialty is peanut butter sandwiches, but he can also use the toaster rather well. He takes good care of his little brother, and when no one is looking, Emma is still his best friend.
Ben and I had talked about posting all the birth stories of the kids on here so they get into the book. So, if you are not interested as to how Bailey came into this world, go ahead and stop here.

Being my first baby, I had no idea really what to expect. I think I had assumed my due date would come and presto! Bailey was born on a Thursday, and I had only stopped working the Saturday before. The week before Bailey came, my doctor stripped my membranes because she was going out of town soon and was trying to see if Bailey would come before then. I had an appt. on my due date (the 17th) and there was still no signs of serious labor. So, she stripped them again, hoping he would at least come the next day. It wasn't until 3 a.m. on the 19th that Bailey started to knock on our door. I woke Ben up because I wanted to go on a walk. I wanted to keep the contractions going and thought we should walk around before actually making our way to the hospital.
I called my doctor that morning around 7, in between eating a bagel and cream cheese and watching Little House on the Prairie. She was on call just until she left that day for her vacation. Since we lived about a half hour away from Reno and the hospital, I wanted to make sure we left in time. I didn't want any babies born on the side of the freeway.
We made our way to the hospital, got checked in and all hooked up. I had a mean first nurse who talked about how she gave birth to all of her kids without pain. She tried to convince me to keep waiting a little longer to get the epidural. Well, after waiting and more and more pain, the crazy eyed mommy sounded possesed as she told the almost new daddy to get in the hallway and start yelling until someone brought her an epidural! Once I was hooked up (after a reaaaallly long time because the anesthesiologist had some emergency c-sections), I felt much better and took a nap until I was fully dilated. I pushed for three hours before Bailey came out. I was threatened with a c-section at the end because his oxygen was dropping so low. They had to use a vacuum, but he did make his appearance at 9:37 p.m. It was a loooonnnggg day. He was 7 pounds 4 ounces and 21 1/ inches long and the most somber little thing you have ever seen.

Saturday, July 18, 2009

Abram has some competition

This is Talmage Wigginton. He is a few months younger than K and A, but quite the large man! His momma took this picture on the 4th of July. They are all so coordinated in their patriotic outfits!

In reference to my title, for those who might not know the background-Abram Morgan is the little baby born a few days after the twins. We joke with the Morgans about our kids marrying each other since we have a good mix of ages that could be matched up well (if you throw a few Thompson girls in there). But, in reality, we have two, so one for each boy! Now if we an only convince them once they are all grown up:)

Monday, July 13, 2009

Chronicles of the Last few Days

It came! The horrible nasty flu from our friends down the street...So far only Nathan got it, but it is ick-y! Kate and Addison have fevers and are stuffy, but no crazy puking. Even when those two are sick, they are still good babies. Here is a picture of how Kate fell asleep today while playing on the floor...

I had no idea how she got a hold of that towel.

BAKUGAN! Is the in thing in our house. Even Daddy joined in and bought some that are "his." Really, this was just his way of letting Nathan and Emma have some to play with since they haven't done chores to earn money like Bailey. With Bailey's birthday, he has also gotten some as well. What a nice Dad:) He does join in on the fun....

It's the Oram Bakugan Brawl. They all play, it's so cute.

Potty.

Well, we have made the jump. Although I fear writing it down that it will not keep happening. But for the last three weeks Nathan will go on his potty as long as he is completely naked. This makes it difficult to go anywhere and the sight of him getting on and off the trampoline is not pretty. But when he is naked, he doesn't have accidents. Well, after his flu I thought, OH great! Back to square one. But, today he did so well in underwear. It is the next step to being fully clothed. We had only the partial accidents where he still can make it to the toilet. Hopefully soon he will be able to wear clothes:) Although it has cut down on laundry!

I know I posted the video earlier, but I though this pic of Kate was so funny. It looks like she's doing a jig. The girls still love, love these seats. And if you notice, they too are not dressed. No, we are not potty training, but during the summer when we are not going anywhere anyway, well...no reason to get them dressed right? Like I said, major laundry saver!

I think only five weeks until school starts again! I am actually not looking forward to it yet. The kids are for the most part really enjoying each other, and I don't have to get up early in the morning. It is now officially five months until law school is over. I think at times we feel like that train in Dumbo. You know at the beginning of the movie when the train is carrying all the circus animals and is slowly saying "I think I can, I think I can" (In this raspy voice). Then as he gets over the hill, his voice picks up speed and he says "I thought I could, I thought I could" Then it starts to go into the happy little music? Well, you get the point... We are on the hill, huffing and puffing about ready to get to the other side (just in time for the next hill, haha!)

Saturday, July 4, 2009

Happy Fourth of July!

If I get this post in before midnight, it will still be dated July 4th for when we print the blog, so I'd better get started!

Kate and Addison in their Patriotic outfits. They were the only members of the family to dress in red, white and blue. Addison is saying "America is #1!"

I did not have two summer outfits with red, so I cut the sleeves off of a turtleneck for Kate to wear and put her in white shorts and the blue headband. I forgot I only had one 4th of July outfit since the girls wear Emma's old clothes. And I would have felt bad if only one of them was festive.

We went to the Summer's house for swimming and BBQ. Here is Nathan and Madelyn Morgan in their vest gear. Nathan actually got in the pool and played quite a bit.

The kids love this huge round blow up thing they have at the Summer's. There is a hole in the middle where you can jump in and swim under everyone. The kids all like to jump onto this from the side of the pool.

Today, Emma and Isaac were buddies. Who knows about tomorrow...

Fast forward to night time. Kate and Addison fell asleep on their magical blankets in one of the bedrooms, and we all went to the front to light fireworks. Emma was mad that she had to sit in the round chair.

Nathan did not sit with us, but sat with some of our friends in this chair. He would not budge the entire time, but they said that he kept talking to them and saying it was fun.

Here we are, yes a picture of us on the blog, wow...

I just realized our shirts kind of match.

Emma is now mad that #1 she can't sit in the chair she wanted to, #2 she is hungry, #3 she wants candy to fill that hunger, #4 she is cold and #5 I was taking a picture of her