Saturday, February 21, 2009

Three Pictures of the Kids

I snapped the above picture after baths tonight. Dad is out of town this week so I bribed Nathan that he can have his pacifier and his Bear Pillow if he gets out of the bath tub without complaining. It just so happened that today Reagan wanted to be like her big brother and she stole one of Nathan's extra paci's and her Lamb pillow. After baths I let the kids watch Mickey Mouse while I got Riley's bottle ready and I thought it would be cute to get a picture of all three kids in their sleepers sucking on pacifiers. With the twins getting older and Nathan only using a paci for sleeping, I'm guessing that there won't be a whole lot more opportunity for pacifier pictures.

This picture was taken at Breakfast on Saturday morning. Nathan and Reagan were very well behaved again. The funny thing about this breakfast was that a family sat down right next to us who had Boy /Girl twins and a little brother that was 18 months apart. The mom picked us out right away and she and I chatted for a little bit. She told me that she thought it was like having triplets. I imagine that only actually having triplets is like having triplets but having twins and a closely spaced sibling does present it's own set of challenges too.

Riley is wearing a 6-9 month shirt from Gram and the pants are Reagan's 12 month pants! The pants needed to be rolled up but they fit in the waist. I feel like Riley is a giant compared to how itty bitty the twins were.

Reagan's Dolly


For some reason we opened up the Baby Alive Doll today. I bought this doll at Christmas time, but we had so many gifts that I ended up saving her for a rainy day. Plus I wasn't really sure if Reagan was ready for a doll that did so many things.

Well boy was I wrong! Reagan LOVES her new dolly. She spent the whole day feeding her, giving her a bottle and paci, and walking her around in her doll stroller. This doll eats real doll food and then makes a "stinky" (as the doll says) in her diaper or on the potty! I helped Reagan change the dolly's diaper and put her on the potty one time. The doll was a lot of fun but it's just a little too much work for me to make sure the dolly doesn't have an "accident" in her diaper. I think that we will stick with pretend food and stop filling the doll's bottle with water for now.