Want to remember...

Anna
“I did that when I was 2” = a long time ago
Carla
“beu-ful” = beautiful…her adjective for lots of things, some of which aren’t particularly lovely, such as a toy wrench or a crayon or a plastic yogurt cup …”is it beuful?”
You sing a lot: God Our Father, the clean-up song from Anna’s school, abc’s (completely, and also little sections, such as “qrs”, funny combos, such as: "jingle bells, merrily, merrily"
About Ben: “he’s getting bigger”, “he’s getting more hair”, he’s almost as big as me”, “you’rrrrrrre so cute!” (like Anna says)
“I’m sooooooooooooo hungry”, “I’m soooooooooo thirsty”, or “super-duper hungry”, etc
Ben
At about 3.5 mo, you began sucking your first 2 left fingers … at which point, you became EVEN more content, which I didn’t think was possible.
You’re really ticklish, and giggle so cutely, and right at 4 mo you began squeaking – so cute …I think you’re trying to scream like your sisters.

Carla's S-words!

pooch = smooch
pilin' = smiling
pell = smell ~ converted to spelling!
pill = spill

Well, I can't think of more now, but there are some others, and they are all funny :)

Erin's wedding reception

Carla: "Can we pweeeese go back to there? Pwitty pweeeeeese!"

Carla gets excited about "going home" when we are already here - I guess she thinks we are "leaving home"....

A day in the life of Carla.

"Young lady, young lady, come over here young lady, you are in trouble, get in time out, come here little lady"
Pwese! (fast and sweet, not long and begging)
Picinic parties with little guys
Go-ginas and peanits
Toooodles!
Can I ….? so many different things you ask permission to do
Sorry with sweet hugs after often hurting Anna
Great job Mommy! *after I sang ABCs
Little pumpers!
"Can you put him on both my laps?"
"Hold you ON THE FLOOR!"

What is Ben up to?

You love to be held, swaddled, and sucking different fingers

Tues night- you were born!, met dad, mom, grandmas, nursed well, awake almost 3 hr
Wed – met sisters, genni, Kayla, MB
Thurs-met elizabeth, welcome home!
Fri-met uncle nick
Sat – 8 lb 12.2 oz, Huge hands and “paws” as dr hellerstein says, met AnnMarie
Sun- first mass, visit from Grandma M, Pas, Terese, Erin, Wards
Mon- 9 lb 2 oz, look great, don’t have to return until you're 1 month old!, day w/ Giuseppe and Grandma J, then evening w/Aunt Maureen, you're healed from your circumcision
Tues – last night you slept almost 5 hr! (11-3:45), all poop in potty- first day, peed and spit up on me; first time for both
Tues night – you smiled 5x at night!!!, tummy time!
Wed – 5 hrs last night!
Slept 7+ hours 3x