Lillian or Lily is doing great! I can hardly believe that she is 4 months old. She has both Ethan and Matthew's personality. She can be loud and outgoing and other time be mellow. I am so shocked at what an amazing baby she is. I never expected her to be so easy. I can only hope she stays like that. Last week she started rolling from her back to her front and then a couple of days she did front to back. Also for like the past couple weeks she has been playing peek-a-boo. Yep peek-a-boo. I don't mean laughing when I do it either, she actually lifts the blanket over her face, peeks over it and then drops the blanket and laughs when you say boo! She is so smart : ) Bet you can't tell how proud I am.
Matthew still is ummm... creative. Yeah we will go with that. He is very smart, a little too smart. My friends mom said that Matt just thinks and wants to know how it works or comes up with ways to get what he wants and that is why he gets into trouble. Since she is a professional we will go with her opinion rather then mine... that he is just trouble. It amazes me how much he has developed over that past year and how far he has come. He has calmed a little (praising God there) but he has come up with new ways to achieve his goals. So far we have had two sets of stitches and I am betting that the third I will end up with a visit from DHS. The first he fell and bit through his lip--and stuck his tongue through the hole just cause he wanted to and the second he got into the dishwasher to get a knife and open his stolen package of fruit snacks. Matt has added a new addition to his face this year--a pair of glasses. It seems that he has a severe light sensitivity and he does such a great job keeping them on, really I swear. Since getting his glasses he has also stopped running into so many thing which is a nice change. Matt has been a wonderful big brother and has helped me so much these last couple of months. I am so proud of how good he has been with Lily and amazed at how much he loves her. He really is a good kid.
Ethan... well.... we are in the fighting fives. I swear that he has turned into a hell spawn, but my mom assures me that his attitude is an exact replica of mine. Which I have been told is a just punishment for my past sins. Figures. I always thought he was an angel. Over the course of the last year he has become mean. Just really mean. Even though he was getting enough sleep he was crabby and complained of being tired. So I talked to his doctor and it seems as though Ethan has sleep apnea. He has really large tonsils (lately to match his really big mouth, lol) and he snores. Plus he had like most of the other symptoms on the list. So we were referred to an ENT (Ears, Nose and Throat Doctor) and they want to take his tonsils out. So on August 7th he will be having them removed. Its a bit scary to have to do this, but they said that they don't want to wait any longer. I am hoping that this will bring back the child I used to know! I know that his attitude will probably still be there, but I am hoping that he will want to be more active and start being a little nicer. They said I would probably see a huge difference. Keeping my fingers crossed that we are making the right decision to have them removed. I do hope that he keeps telling all his wonderful stories. He tells the most wonderful, creative stories. I bet he will be a writer.
Jason is still working at Wells Fargo and he has been doing something a bit different since Lily was born. He is doing a project role for Quality Assurance. Which he likes better, but it seems to carry more stress. Hopefully they will make it permanent since he now has Saturday and Sunday off and works M-F 8 4:30.
I have been keeping pretty busy with Lily and the boys. It seems like the weeks are flying by and soon my baby will be going to kindergarten. I am going back to school this fall so that I can do family and marriage counseling. It is a little scary to be going back and a little exciting too. Hopefully things don't go to crazy.
Anyway that is about it so I will leave you with some pictures of the kids!
