We're Happy!

This rendition of "If You're Happy and You Know It" is in honor of my mom who finished radiation treatments today!  Woohoo!!!  Yeah for Grammy!

Yep! Already!

Little Dude has had a busy week!!!

Saturday - grabbed things and started putting them in his mouth

Sunday - rolled from his tummy to his back!

Monday - Laughs!!

Wednesday - First tooth!!!!!!!!!

Thursday - 4 months old!

Saturday - Finds his feet - grabs his toes!

Whew, it's a lot of work being a baby!

3 Months!!!

Yep, it's true!  3 months have passed since this little man's enterance into the outside world.  He's smiling so much and making more and more noises.  He's sleeping great and he's so much fun to have in our family!  We love this little guy!

TCKs

TCK stands for Third Culture Kids.  TCKs are people who spent a significant part of their childhood (before the age of 18) in a culture that was not one of their parents'.  Looks like my kids fit that description!  Here's a video I came across that shows a glimpse of what life looks like for those kids - specifically why it is so hard for them to say where "home" is.

Barcelona

Last week we got to go to Barcelona!  Jonah and I first attended a women's conference with women from our organization.  It was such a great time!  Super encouraging and a lot of fun!

Then my wonderful and brave husband drove TWELVE hours with the girls and met Jonah and I there for a long weekend.  We had a great time together.  It's always good to get away and  something out of the normal routine.  Here's some pictures from the weekend.

The Olympic Stadium

Dunkin Donuts!!! We don't have these here!

Balloon hats and getting as many kids on the stroller as we could!

Little man was a great traveler!

Happy girls!

The statue guy.  We really thought he was actually a statue at first!

We didn't manage to get a picture of the whole family... We have to work on that!

It was a fun weekend!  Vacation with kids goes at a whole different speed.  We just take things slowly and figure that we won't actually see and do a whole lot. Then whatever we do see is a bonus!

What are the Kids Up To???

Big Sister:

Just got her first bike!!!  She loves riding it fast around the park!

She's a great big sister!  (She does NOT, however, like to hear the baby cry or get spit up on her!)

She's still going to preschool a few mornings a week and is speaking more and more Portuguese!

Little Sister:

Oh the personality!  She's definitley TWO and is getting much braver in testing her limits and seeing how far she can go.

She loves to read books!
Her curly hair can be a little crazy! 

Building Legos has become a favorite acivity. 

Also, she LOVES her little brother.  She must say, "Look Mommy, it's Jonah!" about 100 times a day!

Baby Brother:

Growing, growing, growing!!!

He started smiling a week or two ago!  So fun!

So far he's been pretty easy going about getting carted around everywhere after his sisters.  We're loving having him as part of our family!

So there's our kiddos!  They're doing really well and we're so thankful!

...Mommy and Daddy are doing pretty well too!  :-)

1 Month Old - Already!

How is it possible that a whole month has passed already??? 

Our little man is doing well.  He's eating A LOT, sleeping pretty well, and growig!!!  We went to the pediatrician last week and he had gained a whole kilo (2.2 lbs) in 3 weeks!! 

His sisters are loving him like crazy.  Carly must say, "Look, Mommy, it's Baby Jonah!" at least 15 times a day.  Katie told me the other day, "Jonah is such a cutie.  I like having a brother!"  So sweet! 

I wouldn't mind if he decided to start sleeping for longer stretches at night and eating a little less frequently but, hey, we've got a healthy, happy baby so I won't complain! 

Thanks for checking in on us!