December Fun

 

My 4 sweet babies

I just had to add this one because I thought it was so funny!

Baking Christmas cookies while Daddy and Carter went Christmas Shopping!

Lila loved adding the ingredients

Madelyn wanted to make her own cookies.  She needed her own flour, sugar and baking soda.

We make really good cookies!

Now time for Christmas Sticker fun!

And then some dancing with Daddy!

They really enjoyed helping wrap gifts!

And then decorating the packages!

They were really into Fred our Elf on the Shelf too.  They couldn’t wait to get up in the morning to see where he had moved to.  They were so inquisitive about where he had gone and what he had told Santa.  And they thought everything Fred did was hilarious. What a fun (but trying) age!!

And Santa…well lets just say that they were trying to figure out who this Santa guy was and what exactly he was going to be doing on Christmas. But I can assure you now that they cannot wait until next Christmas.  Every night they ask if Santa is coming tomorrow.  Oh no…we need NO more Santa until next year!

And we needed birthday cake everyday because we were celebrating Jesus’ birthday and the lights on the tree were candles!!!  What an awesome imagination!!!

Molly is 3 months old

 

Molly turned 3 months old on December 17th!

She is full of smiles and coos.  She has even started squealing and gets really excited and says ah ah ah when she knows its time to eat.

She loves her bumbo seat and prefers to be sitting up where she can look around.  And really loves her wubbanub and hugs it with her arm and can even get it up to her mouth.

She has a big personality already and if she gets upset and starts to cry she prefers to be over your shoulder while you stand up.  If you sit down she starts crying again and stops immediately when you stand back up!

Discovering all the fun toys around!

Oh wow mom this doll she is cool.

On December 20th she started lifting her head up while on her belly and looking around.  She loves this new view. I was taking some pictures of her in front of the tree on Christmas day and she rolled right over from her belly to her back!!!

Busy Christmas Weekend

 

The first weekend in December was a very busy one for us. First off Saturday morning we headed to our annual Tri State Multiples Santa lunch. 

Getting ready to go

Our big family! We got to Santa again and once again to my surprise Lila jumped right onto his lap while Carter and Madelyn wouldn’t go near him right away.

But it didn’t take too long for everyone to warm up.

After we left the lunch we were starting our trek to Jackson for the Annual Whetsel family and friends Christmas party at the skating rink.

We made a stop at Toys R Us on the way there to use a gift card they each received for their birthdays.  This was the first time ever they would go into a toy store and pick out something they wanted.  They were so excited to pick something out and mom and dad was having a blast watching them. Madelyn knew exactly what she wanted she had been talking about a Fur Pupppy for weeks.  Lila had picked up Dora ponies but when she seen the Pink Fur Puppy she had to have it along with the puppy’s mommy.  How can you tell a child the puppy has to leave its mommy…she we caved! Carter decided on an Army plane for kids 5+.  I wondered to myself what he would do with it and tried and tried to encourage him to look around something different and he did although he had to have that plane. He actually still loves it.

Saturday night we visited with Courtney, Sage, Sabella and Saylor.  Saylor was born just 4 days after Molly.  The kids loved Saylor and each had to have their chance to hold her.

Sage and Sabella holding Molly

Lila, Madelyn and Carter holding Saylor and Carter sang twinkle twinkle little star to hear…so sweet!

On Sunday, we had so much fun at the Rink party.  Lila and Carter tried skating for a little while but Madelyn wasn’t too thrilled about trying it.

Once again, Lila surprised me by being the only one to jump on Roller Roo’s lap!

Having so much fun

What a fun filled weekend!

3 year checkup

 

Lila, Carter and Madelyn had their 3 year checkup.  So hard to believe they are already 3 and growing like weeds!

Lila 30lbs 3oz 39 in

Carter 35lbs 3oz 39 1/4 in

Madelyn 24lbs 6oz 37 in (she finally made the 1% for her weight)

Thanksgiving, Trains and Santa

 

We had a great Thanksgiving. After battling the stomach bug for a week and half we were finally well enough to enjoy a little turkey.  I am so thankful this was the first stomach bug that we have had in 3 years and Madelyn and Molly seemed to escape it. Even mommy and daddy got it!  I don’t care to do that again anytime soon. 

Happy Thanksgiving from The Hopperton’s

I am just loving all of these beautiful smiles

The Saturday after Thanksgiving we went to see the Trains at the Cincinnati Museum.  The kids loved it!  They just couldn’t get their little faces close enough.

The kids are so excited for Christmas this year.  Lila and Carter are unsure what they want and say something different everyday but Madelyn has been pretty consistent that she wants a Fur Puppy!

Meeting Santa for the first time this year and they were so excited..a big change from last year. Santa got a big hug from everyone and even a little surprise from Molly (poop).

And yes I bought the $18 picture…but I couldn’t help it…its such a great picture!

After we put up the Christmas tree the kids thought that the lights were candles I guess because they started singing Happy Birthday. I told them we are celebrating Jesus’ birthday. They got so excited and started shouting Happy Birthday Jesus and now randomly when they walk over to the tree they will say Happy Birthday Jesus!  Gotta love that!  They also were big helpers and helped me put ornaments on the tree.  Our tree may not be too pretty this year but its decorated with a lot of love.

While I was getting out our Christmas stuff I came across this…

This was the tree that I put up next to Madelyn’s crib when she was in the NICU. As soon as I looked at it all the memories came flooding back.  I was filled with so much emotion remembering exactly how I felt during that time.  Its amazing that just the very sight or scent of something can bring you right back to that very day.  We thought for sure she wouldn’t be home for Christmas but on Dec 22nd we brought our 1lb 10 oz (weighing then 3lbs 8oz) miracle home just in time for Christmas after 42 days in the NICU!