Esther @ 1 Month

Stats

7 lbs 13 oz (15%)

20 inches (7%)

This has to be super fast while Esther is sleeping and Micah is coloring....

• Growing out of newborn clothes (can't stretch out too well in them) but most 0-3 still looks huge on her, especially the arms
• Takes 1 good nap in her crib most mornings
• Totally clingy the rest of the day and wants Mommy to hold her.
• Eats like a champs...also comfort nurses a lot in the afternoon/evening
• Will occasionally take a plug
• Most nights wakes up around midnight and 4:00 to eat. Each can last 30-90 minutes.
• I definitely feel better rested some days than others.
• Brothers are still in love with their sister. Listening and getting along don't always go as well.
• Esther was baptized December 7th.

1 month old!
(Still so tiny)

Comparing...

Esther	Micah	Isaiah
7 lbs 13 oz (15%)	10 lbs, 4 oz (75%)	11 lbs, 2 oz (76%)
20 inches (7%)	21 3/8" (50%)	22" (65%)

Conversations with Isaiah 05.010

Isaiah: Mom! You need to come get my sister! She's sooooo heavy!

(I finished making his lunch and grabbed Esther)

Isaiah: Oh my gosh. My arms! My legs! It feels like I've been shot!

Conversations with Isaiah 05.009

"What the nutcracker!"

Conversations with Micah 02.14

Micah's new favorite movie is Puss in Boots. But he calls it "Boobs". So he will say "I wanna watch Boobs". This especially throws me off when I'm nursing Esther...

Conversations with Isaiah 05.009

Me: Look! Your forearms have huge muscles!
Isaiah: I don't have four arms!

Conversations with Isaiah 05.008

Isaiah: How many doughnuts are we getting?
Me: A dozen. Do you know how many that is?
Isaiah: A hundred?
Me: (laughing) No...
Isaiah: A thousand?
Me: Nope!
Isaiah: Infinity?
Me: Uhhhhhh...twelve.

Conversations with Micah 02.13

Micah was playing in the curtains...

Me: Whatcha doing, Bug?
Micah: I dunno.
Me: Are you a ghost? Do you say 'Ooooooo'?
Micah: Yeah, I a ghost. Ooooooo I creeeeeepy!

Conversations with Micah 02.12

I came home from the hospital and walked in the door holding Esther wrapped in a blanket. Micah saw me and said "Hi, Mom! What do you have?" I guess we didn't explain the `she will come home too` part very well.

Introducing: Esther

Esther Diane Spencer

Born 12:08 pm

6 lbs 3 oz

19 3/4 inches

Conversations with Micah 02.11

Me: I'm going to the bathroom and then we're going to get Isaiah from school.
Micah: Okay...good luck!

Conversations with Micah 02.10

I had to repeatedly tell Micah not to touch a huge, creepy spider. He kept going up to look at it and would get really close. I know he's not afraid to pick them up so I finally warned him that the spider might bite him and it would hurt. He looked at me and said "spider kiss my cheek".

No, son. Stay away!

Conversations with Micah 02.09

Micah reached over and stuck his hand down my shirt, then said "I love you boobs"

Conversations with Isaiah 05.007

We were discussing why I give my kids names from the Bible (basically jealousy...how ironic). I said something about my siblings names being Elizabeth, Aaron, Joel and Rebecca.

Isaiah: You forgot one!
Me: No....who'd I miss?
Isaiah: Auntie Beeb!

Conversations with Micah 02.08

I called Mabel a chicken when she ran away from Micah...

Micah: Mommy, you a chicken.
Me: I'm not a chicken!

Micah: You hair a chicken!

Me: My hair is a chicken? Do you know what a chicken is?
Micah: Bok-bok-bok-bok chickaletta!

(This is Chickaletta)

Conversations with Micah 02.07

I went in to the bathroom to shower this morning and Micah followed me in. As soon as he got in the bathroom (where the only lights were on so far) he squeezed his eyes shut and asked "Mommy, where are my eyeballs?"

Conversations with Micah 02.06

9:00 Saturday morning...

Me: Micah, what do you want to watch?
Micah: FOOTBALL!!!!

Conversations with Micah 02.05

Isaiah: See ya later, alligator!
Micah: See ya later, Mommy-gator!

Conversations with Isaiah 05.006

Me: Isaiah, Micah wants to go for a walk. Do you want to go with us? We're going to go a different way.
Isaiah: Where?
Me: That way, there's a path.
Isaiah: Can we bring a shovel?
Me: A shovel? Why?!
Isaiah: So we can look for buried treasure!

Conversations with Micah 02.04

Micah was pointing at different places on a map...

Me: That's Australia
Micah: Australia.... (He said it really well)
Me: China
Micah: China
Me: Mongolia
Micah: Mommy-go-yuh

Coversations with Micah 02.03

I went running out the front door after Echo slipped out this morning. In my pj's. When I didn't see her I tried to go back in and the door was locked! Thankfully, Isaiah let me in...once he heard me knocking.

Me: Micah, did you lock me out?
Micah (you have to imagine he's using a stereotypical cowboy voice): Yuuuuuuup.

Coversations with Micah 02.02

Micah: Mom, I gotta go work
Me: Really? Where do you work?
Micah: Home Depot

Isaiah Lost a Tooth

Isaiah lost his first tooth! He even pulled it himself

Conversations with Micah 02.01

Micah finished up his breakfast this morning...

Micah: All done! Cookie?
Me: No! No cookies for breakfast.
Micah:....Coffee?

Conversations with Isaiah 05.005

Mommy...this doesn't taste like apple. It tastes like cat food.

Conversations with Isaiah 05.004

Me: Dangit! Why can't I get this door unlocked?
Isaiah: I dunno....cuz you're pregnant?

New Family Member

That sickness I've been experiencing the past couple weeks isn't from stress....

#3 is on the way! ETA: November 18, 2014!

Conversations with Isaiah 05.003

Jeremy: Be careful, Isaiah, the water's hot.
Isaiah: Like a panda in stew?
Jeremy:....when will you ever have stewed panda?
Isaiah: Never!

Micah @ 2 Years

Stats

22 lbs, 4 oz (6%)

33" (20%)

Comparing...

Micah	Isaiah
22 lbs, 4 oz (6%)	31 lbs, 2 oz (82%)
33" (20%)	35" (69%)

Conversations with Isaiah 05.002

We were discussion direction with a compass...

Me: Which way is my car?
Isaiah: East!
Me: Nooo...which way is north?
Isaiah: That way!
Me: Right! So which way is my car from where you're standing?
Isaiah: West?
Me: No...Find the 'N' on your compass.
Isaiah: Okaaaay....
Me: Now what's the opposite side of 'N'?
Isaiah: Twenty!!!

Isaiah @ 5 Years

Stats

45 lbs (65%)

42 1/2" (50%)

Conversations with Isaiah 04.048

Isaiah: I don't like it!
Me: It's seaweed...it's from the ocean.
Isaiah: Awwwww....I don't like ocean stuff!

Conversations with Isaiah 04.047

At lunch Isaiah was telling me he didn't want to try my mushrooms. Then he said...

"I know. If you guys are gone and I want to eat something I can just go to w, w, w dot Disney dot com slash try it you'll like it"

Don't know WHERE the home alone thing came from...but he's sure got the proper website address format down!

Conversations with Micah 01.02

Today, Micah brought me Isaiah's Darth Vader mask from Halloween. He handed it to me saying "bad guy". I put it on him and he walked away hissing "baaaaad guyyyyyy"

Conversations with Isaiah 04.046

We went to visit Jeremy at work today and on the way back to the car Isaiah was goofing off, fell in a snow pile and started freaking out...

Isaiah: My hands hurt!
Me: I'm sorry, Buddy. Give them a minute to warm up and they will feel better.
Isaiah: No it won't! I have FROSTBITE!
Me (After I finished laughing): No you don't. Your hands will be fine.
Isaiah: Yes I do!
Me: No you don't. If you had frostbite your fingers would turn black and fall off.
Isaiah: Yes I do!
Me: Okay, fine.

We drive down the road for a minute....

Isaiah: Does it hurt if your fingers fall off?