...you should spray some capri's!

so...i can't believe that it has already been a month since i have last recorded tidbits of my girls' lives. well, actually, i kind of can. i am astonished that i haven't given up completely. this last month has been so busy...Adam got a new job, Mae is trying to cut some teeth, Haven is...well...Haven, we went car shopping. i should not be surprised by the hectic schedule the 4 of us keep. i am just growing tired of it, i guess.
Haven is now 39 months old. (can i stop using months already? that's a lot of math to do in my head!!) her vocabulary is spectacular! just this morning, while on my way to work, she was telling me all about the 'fish place', a.k.a. Bass Pro. Adam apparently took them there a couple of weeks ago while i was working. she told me all about the escalators and how you could see everything from way up high, even the waterfalls. she seriously amazes me with everything she remembers about everything and how she can describe things in such a vivid manner. perhaps i will have my vocab nerd after all.
the best thing about having a 3 year old, i have decided, is most definately the conversations. her crazy obsession with talking like a robot, trying to repeat commercials, even just making up a silly story....all things i love and am afraid i will forget. the funniest thing i think she has said this week was trying to repeat what she heard on TV. she saw a commercial for Febreeze. about 10 minutes later, she comes up to me and says "it smells like some coconuts in here. you should spray some capri's!" i had no idea what she was talking about at first, but then she got a really silly smile on her face and i somehow made the connection to the commercial. what a funny funny girl!
Mae is doing fabulously at (almost) 4 months! we are still suffering through her bouts of panic when - gasp! - someone absentmindedly puts her down. she will scream and scream until she is picked up. then she will let out a little whimper or two and then - success! a happy baby! i am just calling her a people person. :o) poor Mae! she so desperately wants to roll over. and has done so a time or two with the assistance of a feather mattress and a living room pillow. soon she will do this feat soley on her own! she still will not tolerate a binky. instead she prefers her fist. especially now that she is teething...she will cram that chunky little hand in her bulbous little cheeks and chomp away. i had to move her up to size 3 diapers this week, soley due to the fact that size 2's were getting quite snug around the waist. at least i don't have to worry about her gaining weight! she has an appointment with Dr. Veenstra next week and i am considering taking bets for how much she will weigh in. any takers?
she is sitting up in the Bumbo seat like a pro and loves to hang out in the Boppy gym, batting away at all the toys Haven hooks on there. Haven really likes to entertain her...the other night, Haven found that if she made a funny strawberry-esque noise, Maelie will scream with glee. this activity went on for at least 15 minutes straight! hilarious entertainment, indeed!
i can't believe the last 4 months have flown by so fast. i think our time with Mae is passing much quicker than it did with Haven...possibly because there are more distractions around! overall the last month has been a triumph for the Timberlakes. Adam with his new job, Haven learning new things every day, Maelie changing and growing every second, and me...loving being a mom all over again.

...a talking rock!

i didn't get to spend a whole lot of time with the girls today. i worked a full day, so Adam was on baby duty. however, he had a pretty full day! he took the girls to belton to his mom's, drove their 4runner over to 80th & antioch to pick up a daybed we bought for Haven on craigslist, drove back to our house to drop off the bed, then back to belton to get the girls, then back home. when i got home, Haven's old bed was in pieces in the hallway and the new bed was ready to be put together! what a guy!! all while taking care of a crazy 3 year old and paying lots and lots of attention to a sweet little baby. Haven was pretty funny when i got home...she hid under a blanket and was saying "i'm a rock...a talking rock!" i would love to know how her brain works.

the bed is huge in her room! but maybe i am just used to her low bed with no headboard. this bed is at normal height, so its like another step up for her. i finished the busy book for my neice's bday tonight, so i didn't get much of a chance to hang out with the girls after the bed business. i miss them lots on the days that i work a full 9 hours. maybe when Adam gets his job figured out, i can move towards my original plan of only working 6 hours on thursdays and fridays. that would be really nice! i feel like i am already home a lot more, just with working 30 hours. but it would be nice to have that extra time in the morning since i get off work so late. Mae is looking so big already! i told Adam tonight that i wish her feet would get a little bigger so she could wear some of the thousands of pairs of shoes that are waiting for her!

...those birds are friends!

i am starting this because i have fallen really far behind on Haven's baby book and have yet to start Maelie's. i am the youngest of 3 girls and it is funny (and a little sad) to see physically how my mom just got shorter and shorter on time as more kids were added to the family. just in the area of home movies, there are something like 35 of Colette, 8 of Stacy, and 1/2 of a reel from me....which was basically me lying on the floor while one of the sisters butted their way in front of the camera or danced around the living room! so, being the tortured youngest child that i am, i want my girls to have complete and thorough records of their existance. and since i am seriously lagging behind in the "producing something tangible" department, so begins my blog.

currently, Haven is 3 and Maelie is 10 1/2 weeks old. Haven is into saying really funny things - also another reason for this blog! Maelie is just starting to introduce her little self to us and i know i am going to love her personality...whatever it turns out to be! she has started smiling in the last couple of weeks and loves to be held. that is totally my fault...i prayed to Jesus to give me a baby who would love to be held...but i forgot to mention that i didn't mean 24-7! but that is who she is and it is my job to plesantly accomodate her.

yesterday was July 4th and we had a pretty good day. Adam worked a double shift, so i was on solo baby duty. i am working on some felt projects and had to restock some felt and floss, so we went to JoAnn's. Haven was very pleasant during the whole thing...saying hi to old co-workers and being generally good-natured. so i rewarded with a trip to MickyD's. as we are in the drive through, waiting to order, i noticed 2 birds getting a little...um...fresh with each other. apparently, Haven noticed too, because she said "those birds are friends! they like each other!" to which i replied, "um...yes...they are friendly!" she got a dinosaur from the new Ice Age movie in her happy meal...his thing is you push on his little arms and his mouth opens and closes. so i am driving over to visit Adam at work, and she says (in a mean dinosaur sort of voice) "i want my chicky nugget!!" i look back at her and she has opened the dinosaurs mouth and shoved a chicky nugget in there and was making the dino "chew"! added bonus - i got a happy meal too, so she has 2 dinosaurs! on the trip home, she was making the dinos dance and do syncronized jumping jacks. i have a very uniqe child!

Maelie, meanwhile, slept through the entire thing. she was a really good sleeper yesterday. i didnt partake in the whole fireworks thing because she was having grouchy time and needed to be held. so she has yet to experience that. on the way home from Fred & Carla's, Maelie cried for at least 1/2 of the trip. at one point, i turned on the overhead light in my car and asked Haven if Maelie was ok. Haven looks over and says "no, she's crying". thanks Captain Obvious!! but seriously, Haven has been a really big help to me. I can always ask her to hand me something, or even go get something out of Mae's room, and she always obeys. (just in this area...the obeying thing in general is definately a work in process!!)