Smartest Child ALIVE

Henry: "Mr. Tony has pants."
Me: "Good, it's good he wears pants. He had better wear pants." (Mr. Tony and his wife are Henry's Junior Church teachers)
Henry: "... and he has arms. And Uncle Adam has pants. And he has a head."

you've got a friend in me...

mama meme

Proud Mommy Survey
If you are a proud mommy fill this out and post
1. Age?
4, 3, & 15 months
2. Name?
Austen Frederick, Henry Clifford, & Aaron Mark
3. Birthday?
Nov 16
Sept 2
June 7
4. Time of birth?
10:13 am (had to look that up! yikes!)
3:22 am
7:35 pm
5. How long did labor last?
13 hrs
12 hrs
7 hrs
6. Who was there?
Austen- Ty & my mom
Henner- Ty & my mom
Aaron- Ty & "Aunt" Rachel
7. How long was your delivery procedure?
2 hrs
10 minutes
30 minutes
8. Weight?
Austen 7 lb 14 oz
Henry 9 lb 10 oz
Aaron 9 lb 3 oz
9. Length?
Austen- 19 and a pinch inches
Henry- 20 inches (had to look that one up too!)
Aaron- 21 inches
10. Any hair?
Austen had a substantial amount of hair
Henner was virtually bald
and Aaron had and still has just enough hair to look like Gollum
11. Who does baby look like?
Austen is Tyson part 2
Henry is everyone
Aaron looks like a baby thing still so who knows
12. Be honest…how much weight did you gain during pregnancy?
16 lb
16 lb
7 lb
13. Was baby early or late?
Austen was 4 days early
Henry was 3 hours and 22 minutes late
Aaron was a week and a half early (and this, my friends, is the way to go :)
14. Who drove you home from hospital?
Ty
15. How many baby showers did you have?
3-one each
16. When did baby start sleeping through the night?
Austen 3 months
Henry 2 weeks
Aaron 4 weeks
17. Did you breastfeed?
yup for
16 months
9 months
and 10 months
18. if not, what kind of formula?
then used
similac for Henner
enfamil for Aaron
19. Who keeps your baby the most?
Me
20. When do you wanna have another?
Around the middle of November...
21.. How did you pick the name?
Ty had 'Austen' picked before he even knew me
I picked Henry's cuz I love old fashioned names
Aaron got named after Ty's grandpa who died about a year before he was born
and all of their middle names are after our fathers or step fathers
22. Did you go home or somewhere else when you left the hospital?
home
23. Anyone spend the night with you first night home?
mom
mom
mom in law/grandma in law

The appetite of a boy, age 4

He ate:
2 bowls (heaping) of macaroni and cheese
hot dogs
2 bowls of popcorn
1 bag of fruit snacks
1 roll
2 cookies
1 cupcake
1 string cheese
3 large cups of apple juice

within 3 hours.
then he asked for more.
Sensing my reluctance to feed him anything else, he proceeded to explain how hungry he was:

"I am as hungry as 11 cats, 6 chickens, 9 dogs, and 6 children."

Aaron loves The Baker

Ahhhhhh CHOO!

Today Austen sneezed.

Then Henner did.

(cuz he has a cold)

Austen got so mad, he thought, I guess that Henner was copying him.
He said, "HENNER you sneezed and I sneezed and I sneezed and you can't"
Henry: "I sneezed." (matter-of-fact, not taunting his brother-Henry is a tiny bit clueless)

Austen: "NOOOOOO! I sneezed, and you can't!"
Henry: "I sneezed."
Austen: "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! MOM!!! HENNER SNEEZED AFTER ME!!!!"
... and so on
He was yelling at Henry, with anger, because Henry "copied" him.

I found myself saying something I never even thought I would never say because who thinks this, but I said "Austen, Henry can sneeze too!"

Involuntary Nap

I told Henry he didn't have to take a nap on his birthday.



















Happy Birthday, Buzz Lightyear!