The Hopperton Family: March 2011

We finally made it to the doctor last Tuesday. Everyone is doing great and growing well!

Madelyn 16lbs 15oz (0%), 29 in tall (6%), HC (5%)

Lila weighs 21lbs 6 oz (19% percentile for 16 month old), 31 1/2 in tall (68%), Head circumference-HC (19%)

Carter weighs 26lbs 5oz (67%), 32 in tall (63%), HC (58%)

Madelyn 16lbs 15oz (0%), 29 in tall (6%), HC (5%)

We have windows in our house that go to the floor and outside our living room we have a wrap around porch that the window sills are pretty much flush with. I had just put the screens in and opened up the windows. The kids were playing behind a chair (their hide out) and I was sitting in the middle of the living room floor. I hear this strange nose come from that direction and look over to see the screen falling out of the window from behind the chair. I jump up and look over the chair and there sits Carter on the porch...he had pushed so hard on the screen he knock out it right out rolling on to the porch. HILARIOUS!!! He was fine of course because he basically just rolled over the sill. Needless to say we will no longer be having any of the windows open that they can reach:-) There is never a dull moment in this house!!!

Showing off our personalities…

Lila is still the diva…posing for the camera as always. She is also loving telling her brother and sister…no no no…when they are doing something she really wants to do but know she's not suppose too and making sure that they all have the right cups and blankies. She is Mother Lila!

Laid back Madelyn…just hanging out doing her own thing. She is most contented just playing by herself. She gets pretty angry if someone takes her toy so she has learned to just go off by herself and everybody is happy. She is walking great and all the stiffness in her legs I was worried about is long gone!!

And Carter…he loves to pick on the girls anything just to irritate them (just like his daddy). He doesn’t mind if someone steals his toys he just goes and gets the next one. However, he doesn’t and I repeat does not listen when he is doing something he is not suppose to do (I think he has selective hearing). I sure hope that changes.

Never a dull moment….

Madelyn running with daddy’s remote…they all three love remotes

Carter got behind the gate that blocks this table and stuck his fingers into the candle (which was not lit) and got black residue all over his nose…silly boy and of course not listening to mom!

Lila loves dragging out this toy. Its a play tunnel and she does this at least once a day. She drags it all over the house crying until we open it up and then she wants nothing to do it…go figure!

We had a playdate at our house last week with our friend Autumn!

Autumn and Madelyn…screaming in excitement

Autumn tackling Carter again…if you remember the last time we played Autumn beat up on Carter. Id like to say he just knows better than to beat up a girl…haha!

Autumn and Lila looking outside

Sweet Autumn!

New Spring PJS…we look so big!

The girls modeling their new “baby legs”. Aren’t they cute?

This is a video of Carter pacing back and forth. I am not sure what he was doing but just to warn you it is 3:20 of him pacing back and forth so you may want to skip through it. I just found it quite amazing that this could amuse him!!!

Carter Pacing

We have been enjoying these beautiful days outside we have had here recently. The cooler ones and the very unusually warm ones. Each of them love the outdoors. Lila enjoys just running around crazy. Madelyn loves to swing and Carter loves the playhouse and digging in the dirt!!

One cozy coupe with three kids is not a good idea. They fought the entire time of who’s turn it was!

Race ya…Lila and Carter trying to be the first to get to the back yard.

Just a swingin’…they love love love the swings and they hate getting out!

And they enjoy having their snack time outside on the picnic table!

The adventures of Carter’s tongue. I think this is just how Carter concentrates…the tongue just helps him figure it all i out!

The Girls enjoying the sunshine!

Madelyn just taking it all in!!

Lila was so intrigued by everything in the yard

Here’s to hoping the warm weather returns very soon because today we sure missed our afternoon of playing outside!!!

Happy 16 Months old!!

Since January the flu bug has hit us so hard. We got struck again this week but this time mommy got it. Very early Tuesday morning the girls got sick in their beds but woke up in the morning as if nothing had happened. So two nights ago I woke up and did the same thing and laid back down thinking oh I feel so much better I will wake up in the morning and be fine and we will head to our 15 months checkup. Well I woke up every hour if not every half up getting sick in a bucket next to the bed. I was sicker than I have been in a long time. Thankfully Mamoo Hopperton had spent the night to help us go to the doctor the next day which I ended up canceling. Brad was leaving to go out of town for three days and I am not sure I could have done it without her because I was so sick. I guess my old body is as resilient as the kiddos. I can say that I will be very sympathtic from here on out when the babies are sick because I sure felt like I was going to die at any minute!!

Here are some pathetic pictures of how are new year has been so far…exhausting

I love this picture of Madelyn…chillin in Grammy Whetsel’s lap

This cracks me up…Lila and Carter thought it would be fun to help Maggie (our dog) eat her food. What makes it even funnier is that Maggie doesn’t really like the kids. She is constantly barking at them which I kind of think is her way of playing with them but I just couldn’t believe that she was letting them feed her…dog food at that!!!

Lila loves these sunglasses in fact she will bring them to me and want me to put them on her and she actually wears. Madelyn on the other hand wears them for a second and takes them right off and you can’t keep them on Carter’s face long enough to even get a picture!