Some new pictures!

Ross playing around after naptime:
Reid & Lucy chilling:
Reid cheering for the Buckeyes last Saturday:

Why?

That is suddenly the question Reid is asking. And he is asking it A LOT. It started a few nights ago when I came home from the grocery store. Jeremy took Ross & Lucy for a walk and it was just Reid & I at home. It went something like this:

Reid: Why did you buy flour?
Me: Because we needed it and it was on sale.
Reid: Mommy, you bought apples. Why did you buy apples?
Me: Because we were out of apples.
Reid: Why did you buy applesauce?
Me: Because we are almost out of applesauce and you and Ross eat a lot of it.
Reid: Are you washing the dishes?
Me: Yes.
Reid: Why?
Me: Because they are dirty.
Reid: Why are you putting that in the refrigerator?
Me: Because it needs to be kept cold so that it won't spoil.

Anyway...you get the drift, I'm sure. This went on for more than a 1/2 hour and he must have asked me 100 questions. It was amusing more than anything else. I wonder how long this stage will last? And I must remember not to answer with sarcasm, something that Jeremy & my conversation usually is dripping with. Afterall, he is asking these questions because he doesn't know...

And I must not forget to mention that Ross did something very very important this morning. He peed on the potty for the 1st time!!!! Yeah! Now, I know this doesn't necessarily mean he will potty train soon, but it is the first step. He's been asking to sit on the potty recently, but hasn't had any success until now. Woohoo! Yeah for first steps!

Oh, it has been a long week!

I'm glad this week is over. Nothing major (besides the peeing on the elliptical incident) has happened, it has just been long and tiring. It seems that I need to resign myself to having at least one crying child at all times. And usually it is Lucy. She has taken to being awake in the mornings when I have to get the boys around, which means I just cannot hold her (and I don't even like to carry her in the sling because I just can't get done what I need to get done that way).

Lucy is still sleeping well, but is often difficult to get to sleep. We've been trying to get her in bed for 1 1/2 hours now. She'll fall asleep with us holding her, then we lay her down, she sleeps for 3 minutes and then wake completely irritated. We pick her up and her eyes droop shut almost instantly. Sigh...I'll concentrate on the fact that she'll sleep for a good 6 hour stretch instead of the difficult bedtime routine.

Oh, and Lucy went in for her 2 week check-up today (even though she is almost 3 weeks old). She weight in at 9 lbs 12 oz and looks good! She is, also, starting to be awake a lot more and has started checking out her surroundings a lot. No real smiles yet, though!

The boys were in fine form today. Reid must have spent 45 minutes in time out today for hitting, pushing, kicking, etc. Ross was, of course, his target. He's just testing every limit right now. And, of course, Ross likes to retaliate. They'll get through this little phase, I'm sure, but they sure are testing my patience.

On a positive note, I managed to get 20 minutes on the elliptical today, which I feel really good about. I didn't push it on resistance or speed and I felt like I could have run for an hour. As long as I still feel good tomorrow, I'm going to try to do this every day. I really have missed working out. I won't be able to do weight training again until at least 4 weeks postpartum, but I'll just have to wait until then to see how I'm feeling. Prior to getting pregnant I was going to a class called "Body Pump" (a 1 hour barbel class) one or two times a week and really enjoyed it -- I can't wait to get back to it again! Prior to getting pregnant with Reid (almost four years ago) I was in the middle of a weight loss streak and I want to pick up where I left off. Once I hit my target weight (which I'm not sharing), my reward is to go sky diving. I can't wait to go!

For those of you who are wondering who Lucy looks like...

She looks a lot like Reid as a baby. The top is obviously Lucy, the bottom one is Reid when he was a few days old. Pretty close, huh? And I think Reid looks a lot like John.

Grrrr...

Reid is driving me nuts! He purposefully woke Ross up today when I laid him (Reid) down for his nap (Ross was already in the room asleep). I had to remove him from his room and put him in my room, which required moving Lucy who was already asleep in my room. I laid down on the couch to take a nap only to be woken up 5 minutes later by Reid crying. Now, this is unusual, as he usually sleeps well. So, what do I find when I enter my room? Reid, standing on my elliptical, with wet pants. The first problem is that he isn't supposed to be on my elliptical. The second is that he wet himself. The third is that he had put my pillow on the floor at some point and pee splattered all over it. And the fourth problem is that the elliptical is fairly heavy and hard to move, which makes cleaning up the mess a huge ordeal. Oh yeah, and did I mention I just washed my sheets today? So, the washing machine is running AGAIN!

Someone once said to me about children "the days are long, but the years short". This is all too true, I know, because I look at Hannah (now 12) and wonder how she got so big. Right now, however, I'm in the throws of the long days...

Oh, how wonderful a glass of good wine sounds right now!

Bows!

I have a confession to make. I have developed an obsession with bows. Lucy doesn't have enough hair yet to clip anything into it right now. Good thing I found bows on headbands. I was so excited to get my first order in the mail yesterday (and I've already put a second order in now that I've had a chance to check them out in person). Doesn't she look sweet? I think she needs one in every color...

We went to the zoo today!

After having lived in North Carolina for 2+ years now, we finally made the trip to the zoo. It is 1 1/2 hours away, so we haven't gone simply because of the drive. I have to say, I think it is the nicest zoo I've ever been to. It is set-up a lot like a park and the habitats are all "natural" -- there isn't a lot of fencing, cement or buildings visible while at the zoo.

Reid spent the entire morning obsessing about alligators. He must have asked Jeremy & I at least a hundred times if the alligators would get him, because he didn't want them to bite him. I'm not sure where this fear of alligators came from, as the only books we have with alligators in them are pretty friendly and cartoonish. The alligators did end up being his favorite thing, though, in spite of the fact that they didn't move while he was there!

Lucy slept almost the entire way through the zoo, with the exception of when I had to feed her half-way through. Ross even took a little nap in the stroller. As you can see from the picture below, he should have a stiff neck tonight!

I think the boys enjoyed the zoo, but it was a long day all around. It is certainly going to take some time to figure out how to efficiently handle the three little ones when we are out and about!