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Day Three Hundred Sixty-Six.

A quiet end to the year. Sort of. I wanted to get out of the house with just Liam to spend some Christmas gift cards (with my quietest kid), but Gavin and Ellie whined and whimpered about not getting to go.  Gavin even brought me an album of his baby pictures and with honest tears running down his little face he said, "You liked me better as a baby didn't you mama???" Well, that guilt was enough to earn him and Ellie a shopping trip with me, and whenever the two of them kept running off and hiding in clothes racks, dancing (very oddly) in giant mirrors or bouncing balls all over Old Navy, I brought his little tear filled face to mind... I could've probably gotten much better shots than these but I was kind of embarrassed to be documenting them being so crazy.

And Liam...he didn't make a peep till the ride home when he let me know he'd kindly like some milk, please.

Don't go too far, I'll be back tomorrow with year four of my project 365 :)

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Day Three Hundred Sixty-Five.

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Day Three Hundred Sixty-four.

The blustery weather was perfect for a princessy playdate :)

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Day Three Hundred Sixty-Three.

It rained all.day.long.

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Day Three Hundred Sixty-Two.

Liam's first pair of babylegs and Owen being a big helper. Today was a good day for Owen, he didn't try and smush baby brother, not even once. A miracle and a first! 

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Day Three Hundred Sixty-One.

Probably a good thing the tree is being put away soon (maybe even tomorrow!)

And can't believe this sweet critter is already a month old! ::sniff::

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Day Three Hundred Fifty-Eight.

Christmas at Nana and Poppy's was exhausting.

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Day Three Hundred Fifty-six.

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Day Three Hundred Fifty-five.

She adores him. And loves taking pictures with him. :) Yay! Considering I don't have any pictures of her with Owen (and her looking happy until many months in)

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Day Three Hundred Fifty-four.



Pretty much sums up our day. "You will smile and be happy about it!" Let's just say today was full of messes and parenting fails and tomorrow better not be a repeat!

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Day Three Hundred Fifty-Three.

I bought Gavin a "how to draw dinosaurs" book and it occupied him for, no kidding, three hours this afternoon. He loved it! It even inspired Ellie to draw for awhile (and write her name for the first time!) Gavin hung his favorite picture up in his room and was just so proud of it. I'm glad he's been more interested in drawing again lately, I've been missing all his artwork :)

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Day Three Hundred Fifty-Two.

The only time tummy time is safe for Liam is when it's naptime for Owen. Tummytime/Owen's naptime was very.very. short-lived today, we're hoping for better results tomorrow. (Both for Liam's tummy time and mama's sanity).

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Day Three Hundred Fifty-One.

Owen's been sleeping in his big boy bed for almost 3 weeks now (coincidentally the same amount of time since Liam was born, even though Liam is still in our room for the next few weeks at least). I've been terrified to move him out of containment err, the crib because of how wild and crazy he is in his waking hours. But it actually has gone really well, he even naps sweetly in his bed. He might play with toys for a few minutes, but he's always in his bed if you check on him. Like tonight, he usually has brought a few books in bed to read, or toys to play with, he's often turned the wrong direction too. Always sweetly surrounded by his favorite things; a tractor, a truck, a book about ducks and one about meowmeows, and six or seven blankies ;)

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Day Three Hundred Fifty.

The 3 second journey to a nap...Liam style. Just don't dare turn the swing on.

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Day Three Hundred Forty-Eight.

Sweet baby boy finally has a "real" belly button.

His sweet little chicken legs and giant feet, new belly button and how he loves to sleep in the swing, but only if it's not turned on...little details I don't want to forget. 

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Day Three Hundred Forty-Seven.

Napping by the light of the Christmas tree was a popular activity this afternoon.

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Day Three Hundred Forty-Six. (twenty days to go!!)

Baby brother was so snuggly and hard to resist this afternoon. 

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Day Three Hundred Forty-Five.

I am skipping around with the days lately, maybe I'm a little sleep deprived? I just don't always get the blog done for some reason...

Must be this little reason. He's really such a good baby but much like how he always kept me awake kicking and rolling around in the middle of the night, that's when he prefers to eat and eat and eat. I guess that's why he's tipping the scales at over 10 lbs at only 2 weeks old.

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Day Three Hundred Forty-Four.

Liam's first walk in the woods, where Ellie found a giant heart leaf :)

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Day Three Hundred Forty-Three.

I promise he's not really this sad about being a big brother. But I do think he felt a little left out from all the love and attention here ;)

Really he'd like to spend all day kissing his baby.

Love all these sweet little feet, life may be extra crazy with them all running around but I wouldn't have it any other way!

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Day Three Hundred Forty.

The search for Christmas jammies for everyone was exhausting (I knew I should've ordered early!), getting 4 (3?) kids to sit and look in my general direction was impossible, so we'll be trying again for a Christmas card picture but these were my favorites from tonight.

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Day Three Hundred Thirty-Nine.

Sorry for the overshare ;) Liam was super cooperative today. Mama couldn't resist.

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Day Three Hundred Thirty-Eight.

We spent the entire afternoon in the pediatrician's office. Poor Ellie had a tick bite that needed to be seen and while there we got Liam's bili levels checked. Three hours and some change later, the tick bite wasn't any better (head still stuck) and the machine couldn't read Liam's levels...tears (from me, not Ellie who was so brave and let that nurse pick at her bite for ten minutes unsuccessfully without a single squeak or tear), and tears from Liam when she poked him to death trying to get blood and I am exhausted. Thank goodness for my mother in law staying in town later (much later) than expected to help me out with the appointment while Daddy watched Owen and Gavin (who is demon possessed it seems from the steroids from his croup experience).  Liam was adorable today with his one-eyed pirate look modeled in the first picture, that's how he stared me down all morning while he nursed, and Ellie has been stuck like glue to Mimi all weekend, she was really sad for her to leave, so I of course had to capture her being all cute with Mimi at the doctor's office.  Phew, all I can say is I hope tomorrow is calmer!