December 2011--Happenings of the Party of Five

No blogs in a while means everything is going great at the Etue Estate.

Tyler is growing like a weed.  He is now eight months old and ALL boy!  He is sitting up and scooting around my house.  He is up on all fours and rocking, and grinning all the way.  Ty is eating like a hog!  Baby food, adult food, whatever he can get into his mouth.  On a typical day he eats his six jars of food and then whatever is on my plate.  We are in the process of switching him to a sippy cup, but that is challenging with any child, let alone a child with no suck.  He drinks from the rim of a cup better than a sippy.  But neither is very convient for mommy right now.  He only takes good bottle feedings from mommy so for now we just play that feeding game.  Tyler has managed to get all the ribbon off of our christmas tree and a few ornaments.  I have sense removed the ribbon since i was losing the battle.  Tyler has some new favs: pounding any and everything, saying mama repeatedly, computer cords, cell phones, pulling hair, head bunting, spinning the wheels of his trucks and the occassional barbie.  We have put away all his baby toys as he is more into toddler toys.  He loves his blocks, cars, and learning toys with buttons to push! 

The girls are still as crazy as always.  Preschool has become easier for Lexi, thank god.  It only took her three months to adjust to being away from me.  They are still each others best friends and love playing together.  They play daycare, preschool, disney world, and just about anything thing else that we really do, they imitate for weeks later.  They are trying to understand the season of Christmas.  And we laugh at their misunderstandings of it!  Howie our elf, is helping them learn some lessions along the way.  Although, Howie is giving us parents some lessons too, like how to move him before 3am when we awaken suddenly to relize we forgot to move him! 


We are already having an exciting holiday season.  We have made some home improvements including new paint thru the entire house, new tv/fireplace stand, and a new huge tv.  We are loving our newly designed spaces.  Merry Christmas to Mommy and Daddy!!  We have also been to our communities christmas light parade and festivites and are planning a trip to disney on ice before chrismas day arrives.  We are also looking foward to our girls first preschool christmas program.  Should be an interesting night watching Lexi have a meltdown infront of hundreds of people!   The kids will be having a grand christmas day with all their wish list toys already wrapped and locked in our basement bathroom.  We cannot wait to see all their smiles while celebrating the holidays with family.  The barbie shoes have been super glued on their barbie, and the trucks have been removed from the boxes.  Just a few more things to put together and we will be ready for the big day.  They are all at super fun ages!  And as soon as the holidays are over the Etues are becoming content with life.  We are no longer wishing for a new larger home, or larger toys, we are going to become content for a while and see where that gets us.  A new year with new dreams of loving what we already have,, each other!! 

2012 Etue Estate
In Our Home
We do second chances
We do gratitude
We do grace
We do laughter
We do mistakes
We do thank you's
We do real
We do muddy shoes
We do creativity
We do I'm sorry's
We do imperfect
We do funny
We do loud really well
We do hugs
We do family
We do love

I am having trouble uploading current pixs.  Will try again later.  Stay tuned to A Very Merry Etue Christmas!!!!  (Probably will be a sequel to National Lampoons Christmas Vacation!!)