Kendall and Sharon Batson: September 2007

Saturday, September 15, 2007

Just a little update here...

This pic is just a couple days after we brought baby home, but it shows the love the Eli has for Noah. He's still jealous and we're still trying to teach him how to be gentile, but when he gets a chance he loves to give kisses.

September 14th, 2007. Noah is one month old today. This is also the 36th anniversary of my parents' wedding. Some pretty incredible things have happened in those 36 years.

Not sure what this face means, but I think it's as close as we get to a smile for the camera these days. Kendall and I were watching a movie the other night and Noah started laughing right at a really funny part. It made us giggle too.

Sunday, September 9th...I think.

Finally transitioning Noah into cloth after about 2 1/2 weeks...love the fat bum!

Eli still thinks he's the center of our universe.

Darrin and Alex flew into Spokane on August 13th. The were kind enough to drive all the way down to Pullman (about 1.5 hours one way) just to see me and have lunch. I had insisted on this because I didn't feel like I should leave town since it seemed like I might have a baby soon. I was still 3+ weeks before my EDD. They came of course and I felt really great that day (yes, I know I didn't look so hot!) and I felt a little foolish for insisting they come to me rather then me meeting them in Spokane.

Well...my water broke early the next morning. I guess we were close after all!

E1 & E2 tearing it up to Billy Jean!

Tuesday, September 4, 2007

Good morning world!

Okay, well good morning to the one or two people who might read this....
I've been pretty bad about keeping up with posts and pictures. I don't know why...maybe it could be the fact that I have a 19 month old, a 3 week old, a 9 year old and a 33 year old that need my attention more than this silly computer? Maybe? The truth is that the baby takes up most of my time and I divide the rest between my other boys.

Noah is growing like a weed. He's alreay 9 pounds and looks completely different than he did at birth. I should have remembered that this happens (Eli did the same, of course), but it still alarms me that my baby will grow too fast and not be my "little" guy for long. I'm even having to come to grips with the fact that Eli is no longer my baby baby. He's still a baby technically. He's adjusting in his own way. We help him hold Noah and I think that is helping him learn a little better how to be gentle and soft. Usually he just wants to grab Noah's hands and feet. HE is obsessed with toes....everyone's toes! I think he doesn't understand why mine have this funky deep pink color on them. HE gives me a very quizical look every time.

Eric and Kendall are in school....thank goodness. As much as I love having them around, I really love that routine and structure are once again part of our lives. It helps me in huge ways.

love, me

Who's saying what?

September 12, 2009
Oh to be in so much wonder of the world as a two year old! Noah looks at new things every day and loves to say, "Wow! Amazing!" Oh yeah and he calls everything wonderful too!

July 23, 2009
Since about May or so Eli has been very interested in how old he is. When we ask him, he says, "I freezer old!"
I made the mistake once of giving him 3 of some sort of treat, saying that he got 3 because he's 3 years old. Now, anytime I give him anything he says, "But I freezer old!" Meaning, I MUST give him 3!

A couple of weeks ago we were going to play with the Huismans. Eli knew he would see Greg and he started asking, "Mommy Greggars freezer old too?" "Yes, Eli, Greggars is 3 years old just like you." He thought for a moment and then figured out, "Oh! He same big are me!" I love 3 year old grammer.

Eli has also memorized when his birthday is. When we ask him he says, "My burfday is Febrary!" Since his birthday is on the 5th, I showed him that he could hold up all 5 fingers. Now when we ask him he says, really loudly, "My burfday Febrary fift!" with whole lot of spit and a very proud extended high five-style hand.

Today at the park Noah was having a blast climbing UP the slide. IT was a fairly tall slide and he felt very accomplished. When he would get to the top, he'd hang his head over and look for either me or Eli then say, "What doing?" Then he'd laugh and slide on down. This was repeated a bunch of times.

Some of Noah's phrases lately, "Where are you?" "Oh, there I are!" "I wanna hide" (usually under a blanket or a table, etc.) He'll tell us a whole lot of gibberish that we don't understand, while holding his hands out, palms up, like he's explaining something. Then he says, "K?", very know-it-all like we should know exactly what he's talking about.

11-09-08
"Don't mess with me!"
This is said as he waves his finger at me and gives me a squinted-eye look.

September 2008
"I wanna like pirate!" As he climbs up and sits on top of the toilet tank. Anyone seen that commercial?

"I wanna like friends!" This means that he wants to hold hands and walk toward whereever it is HE wants to go.

"I wanna sleep mommy." This means that I have to lay down and fall asleep with him.

"I wanna need it." He wants to need just about anything that anyone else has.

July 2008
This is what I heard from the back of the van tonight. "bacons? (translation: spankins? as in do you need spankins?). Time out! bacons! time out!" Wow, is this how I sound to him?

"Later! Catch the bus!" As he puts on his really cool free IKEA backpack (upside down, mind you) and is heading toward the door. But before getting to the door he had to come back and get his good bye kiss. He just wants to be like daddy and big brother!

"Out!", he screams to me, pointing his finger to get me out of HIS kitchen (which, by the way, he pronounces chichen). Hmmm...where would he get this kind of bossiness?