Friday, September 23, 2011
We all enjoy Becca so much. This is a fun age.
Apparently this is the best way to watch Mickey Mouse. On a bucket. I love how she's the only one in the family who could get away with this. Noone else's feet would fit! Oh, to be two.
Thursday, September 22, 2011
We had no idea that we'd be starting a tradition when took our first picture here in 2007. I guess we'll need to come back in four years and take another.
It felt like it took a good hour to get this shot but it actually only took about fifteen minutes...
We have so many bloopers of this picture, it's hilarious! One kid ready, that kid gone and another in it's place, someone's back, someone screaming....family pictures with kids are always an adventure.
Autumn, Heidi, and Esther on one of our last family walks on campus before Eric graduated!
Wednesday, September 21, 2011
This summer we dubbed our Fridays as "Family Fun Fridays". One week we went to the Los Angeles Temple and Visitor's Center. I love how they've redone the Visitor's Center to be more interactive. The girls loved it too.
Eric's Mom & Dad have a picture on their wall of Eric and Anna standing in front of the temple, arms crossed, looking so serious (they were supposed to be looking reverent).
We just had to make our own but I don't think they look very serious (or reverent)...but they sure look cute!
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
I love how each of the girls' personalities comes out in this shot of all four of them.
Monday, September 19, 2011
I guess I won't wait for the six-month mark to revive my blog. It's starting to reflect how I really journal....
Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz!
But really, I'm ready to write again.
Sunday, September 18, 2011
(to Rae) I am so sick. So dumb. Super ouchy cough. Checking for a fever. I wish you lived down the street.
Esther fell asleep on the floor again. All cozy under the red blanket.
Haven't felt her forehead. But will soon when I get up to make lunch. Autumn had a fever of 102.8 but I'll take her temp soon since she's had motrin since the first temp.
Just felt Autumn's forehead and can tell her fever broke.
Wish Esther's hair were longer already...it's growing so slowly!
Monday, April 4, 2011
I was talking to a friend last week about how much I dislike helping my girls learn to "not suck" on their thumbs/fingers. I dislike it as much as I loved it when they were babies. Make sense?
The fact of the matter is, babies are wired to suck. (I can't think of any other way to say that but I realize how weird it sounds. I'm not being sarcastic or goofy. Just stating facts.) That's how they get their food. It's an instinct. Whether the food comes from the breast or a bottle is irrelevant. The vast majority of babies know what to do when presented with milk.
So here's my theory.
If babies don't get to suck as much as they want to while eating, they will find another outlet. If a baby takes forever to eat, they'll be less likely to suck their thumb or need a pacifier. If a baby eats very quickly, they'll be more likely to enjoy a thumb or pacifier.
If I take a quick tally of my own kids, it looks like this:
Thumb-suckers/very fast eaters (because of very fast let-down!) = 4
That's 4 for 4 in case you're not paying attention.
I can't remember all the details from my 11 nieces and nephews. One definitely didn't need either thumb or pacifier and ate for long periods of time. That fits the theory. Another needed a pacifier for a short time. I wonder if he ate for shorter periods during that time? But generally, he ate for long stretches of time so that still works for the most part. One niece used a pacifier. She finished her meals faster than her brothers who didn't need pacifiers. That fits too.
I realize there will always be anomalies in any theory. But even if someone blows it out of the water -- could this still be a practical theory? What do you think? What has been your experience with your kids?
If this holds true with enough people, I can chalk it up as one more thing I wish I'd known sooner....
The other that comes to mind most immediately is directly related. It's when I learned that babies don't LIKE or DISLIKE pacifiers, they have to LEARN to like them. And in relation to this, they have to need them, I guess. But if I had known both of these things combined, I could have kept at the pacifier to supplement the need to suck....Nowadays I wish I could take away their digits the way I could take away a pacifier. But then...hindsight IS always 20/20.
I'm also realizing this could be old news. It's not "my" theory. It's just my "I just realized this" and "do you think so too?" theory. Maybe there's some parenting book out there that touches on this very subject. I wouldn't be surprised. But it's news to me right now and I think it's kind of fascinating....
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