Always feel like I should be writing more. These are supposed to be five minutes of writing but it always turns out to be more. Also we are much busier now that Avery has arrived. Our "routine" with the triplets has been altered.
Avery our third daughter was born 8-9-10, I chose that date, (her actual due date was 8-11-10), so once it was going to be a scheduled c-section, why not choose a fun date.
Avery is very cute and is progressing extremely quickly, now 3 months, as if she wants to catch up to the triplets and be a set of quadruplets. She is different than the triplets in that at her two month appointment she was at the 62% for height and the 90% for weight, while the triplets were on the small side. She interacts great with a huge smile when you look at her. She is also unique from our other girls in that she has two dimples. Sleep is not yet ideal, and she wakes once a night 3-5 AM.
Darcy is very funny. She is extremely mothering, to Cooper, to her stuffed animal dog, "Woof-woof" that she sleeps with. Woof-woof is included in the bedtime ritual of story time. She even includes Woof-woof when the book has an activity, like feel Daddy' scruffy beard. Darcy is by far our best eater, least fussy, likes food and eats what we serve. The other night after dinner I was eating sorbet which she had previously tried and given the"no-like" thumbs down verdict. When I then offered some to her brother and sister and she saw how much they were enjoying it, she decided to give it another try. Immediately she told me, "Daddy sit down", and pointed to the chair next to her to ensure she would get more.
Cooper is funny and has become mister chatty Cathy. He is constantly talking -to others and to himself. He likes doing numbers before bed and has memorized which number is associated with an animal or object. He is in love with his blue cow, the same one her has had for more than 2 years. He has sucked the ears so much that the ears are threads and he is now doing brain surgery, having sucked two ear holes in the cow's "skull". Cooper does not like to eat. He refuses help when we sit down to eat and has to do it by himself, but he rarely complains of hunger.
Bryce is still Bryce. She is funny funny, an dis a challenge. She knows between right and wrong and often chooses the "wrong" choice as she loves the attention. Any attention is good. She also loves massages/tickles. She she was an infant she would hold her arms straight out in the air from a lying position as long as she was receiving "an arm massage" . Her eyes would glass over in pleasure. That went away for a while but has come back and before bed she asks for "tickles" and holds her arms out, and remains still just as when she was a baby.
Our sometimes funny life with 5 kids.
