It's Spring-Love is in the air

 Someone might need to pinch me because these two kiddos are getting along way to well. Teddy absolutely adores his big sister, and Nora-well she just LOVES being the boss.
Do they whine about each other now and then when one wants to play army guys and one wants to pretend they are going on an adventure-yes. But, for the most part, they love being together.
Teddy will actually get upset when Nora goes to school, or say "I wish Nora was here".
Yesterday morning, he said "you know my favorite part of this family". I said "what". His reply- "Nora" and he gave her a big hug.
That just melts my heart. It's moments like those that I get all sentimental and wish time didn't go so fast and I didn't work, and I could just keep these three littles of mine LITTLE!!!
Nora remains a lover of all. She cares so much for her brothers and her family and friends. I made a comment that she will be a nurse or social worker, TJ said Peace Corp. :)

 Teddy wrapped up his little 3's Go To School Program, and really enjoyed it. He didn't mention many of the other kiddos, but loved showing us the crafts he did and telling us what he played with while at school.
Nora is doing better with school. She doesn't cry in the mornings any more which is a plus. She seems to feel more comfortable with school and understanding the routines and expectations.

This little dude is already 10 months old! I seriously don't know where months 4-10 went. He is army crawling super fast throughout the house-which means we REALLY need to put some gates up.  He just started pulling himself up on furniture and he enjoys picking up foods and feeding himself. He is a bit more reserved then the others were at his age. He takes a bit longer to warm up to new faces then his sister and brother did at this age. He loves mommy and daddy.
He's been sleeping a little better with each passing month.
The best part about this age is the behaviors and sounds he mimics. "uh oh" is one of our favorites. And my absolute favorite thing are his open mouth kisses! When those start fading you know your baby isn't a baby anymore. :(

Winter...

 So much for a light winter. We just had 19" dumped on us! The kids don't mind. They stayed outside building snowblobs and literally shoving their faces in snow for about an hour.
 We got away for the weekend which was really nice. TJ had the car packed and surprised me as I pulled up from work. We went to Lake Geneva and had a very relaxing weekend.

Updates: Nora is doing great. She does not love school, but likes parts of it. She would much rather listen to stories all day and play and talk, but now that the year is half over, she seems to be paying attention a little better and enjoys reading to us at times.
She is the best big sister and seriously has the biggest hear! Always caring for her brothers and others.

 Vinnie: Our little nugget. He has started to eat solid foods and loves it! He giggles at his big brother and sister all day long and just watches them. I wonder if he is storing all their tricks for later on.
He army crawls very fast and loves being held.
He is still not the best sleeper. Comes in bed with us at night still. I really should start fixing that.
He is just a happy little dude.

 This guy-oh Teddy! He keeps us on our toes. I absolutely love watching him play. He can play all day with his little green army guys, cars, and rescue bots.  He lines them all up, makes them talk to each other, and then typically knocks them all down. I often ask why he has to knock everything down and he tells me "because that's what monsters do".
He refers to the army guys specifically...there is the "laying down guys", "punchy guys", "glasses guys", and "pew pew guys".
He climbs on everything and has finally started going to the bathroom for both functions consistently. This took 4 rescue bots- but hey, whatever it takes.
He still loves to snuggle and often sneaks in our bed at night too.