Crying from their room

There was a good deep cry tonight coming from the kids' room. Definitely Ellie. Sounded pretty upset. I (Allen) rushed in. Sure enough, Ellie has quite a distraught face. I kneel down beside her.
"What's wrong, honey?" Ellie looks up...

"My baby's poopy."

Growing Too Fast

Ellie had her 2 year check-up last week and is doing great. She is still at 70-75% for her weight, and surprise, surprise , 90-95% for her height.

She is growing so quickly physically and mentally that I sometimes forget that she JUST turned two.

Yesterday the girls were playing together when I looked over to find Lizzie laying on her stomach on the ground and Ellie sitting on her waiting ever so patiently for her big sissy to lift her for a "horsy ride". I explained to the girls that they were about the same size and that Ellie was just too big for Lizzie to be able to lift her. They seemed satisfied with that answer, and without saying a word switched places, at which point I tried to explain that Lizzie was also to big to be lifted by Ellie. I know I confused them, but they eventually relented and walked sweetly up to Allen and ask, "Can YOU give us a horsy ride?".

Ellie is becoming so independent, (though she still falls for many of her big sister's schemes). Her latest phrase that she loves to use on Lizzie, is "you not da prarent, you da sissy!" I think that says it all.

Vegan Fashionista

A story or two about the eldest.

Lately Allen and I have taken to asking the girls what we should name baby sissy. They usually reply with the various names of the babies that they know about, including Baby Jesus. The other day we were sitting at the dinner table, and began asking the girls once again for inspiration in the baby name category. With the most serious of faces Lizzie suggested what I think is my favorite name so far...Tofu (did I mention we have recently switched to a semi-vegan diet :-) ).


On a more serious note, today my planned peaceful day indoors (hiding from the cold) was jolted into a day indoors trying to stay sane. It was a horrifying moment when I heard the thud and then ran (as fast as a pregnant woman can) to the screams coming from the girls room, only to find my 3 year old under her dresser. She is fine, though I never knew a child could have so many bruises.

Why was she under the dresser you might ask, (I know I did)?

Apparently, there was a very important bracelet on top of the dresser.

The lengths a girl will go to for fashion!

Welcome Back

It is COLD!

Tomorrow we are suppose to have a high of 10 and a low of -2!

Needless to say if anyone wants to see the girls or me, we will be at home!

Though, who knows, maybe I will step outside for a brief moment just to say I had been in single digit weather :-)

I will let you know if I am brave enough to try it, though poor Allen has to go outside tomorrow in order to get to work. Pray for his warmth tomorrow morning and evening if you get the chance.

Hopefully everyone else is nice and warm where you are.

Back Home

After being gone for an entire month, we have much to catch up on in the blogging world. Today, however, we have a lot to catch up on in the real world, so be patient and in time, we will return for good :-)

Gestational Period of a Hutchison

So we (Allen and I) were talking with Lizzie after her nap. She was talking about the baby in mommy's tummy, and made a statement that wasn't distinguishable to either of us. To clarify Allen made a guess-

Allen: Did you want to play with the baby in mommy's tummy?

Lizzie (in a sure and lecturing tone): No daddy! We can't play with her. It won't come out for 2...3 years!

Humility

We've been trying to teach the girls recently how to be humble.

So, tonight, while Ellie was playing with her and Lizzie's new grocery cart:

Allen: Ellie, you're cute.

Ellie: Yep... I am.

Think it's working?!

What Flavor???

Thanks to those that guessed (especially Shelley and Andy :-) ).

I am very pleased to announce that come late March-early April we will welcome our 3rd little girl into the world. (We will be posting ultrasound pictures as soon as we have time to scan them).

We are really excited about her and the new dynamic she will bring to our home, our lives and the lives of all of you.

We are waiting in eager anticipation for the next several months ahead, as we have much planned for December and part of January (we are headed to Washington), and then we will be able to enjoy the splendor of a white winter in the North East for the 2-3 months following. And just as the snow begins to disappear, we will welcome our sweet little girl. After that we will spend the next months enjoying life with our 3 girls, and adjusting to life with a tiny one.

Needless to say, that after November, posting will be sporadic at best. There will be times of multiple posts a day, and times of nothing for a month. I apologize ahead of time, but know you will all understand. Thanks :-)

Ultrasound #2 for kiddo #3

Yesterday was the big day of the level 2 ultrasound to be sure everything is well with this little one and to see, as a friend put it so well, the flavor of our little one.

We spent the first 30-45 minutes speaking with a geneticist who went through our family history and took thorough notes on all the familial diseases, defects and other pertinent information. We then had a very complete ultrasound done by a skill technician and then again by a physician. The doctor said everything looks great and that this little one is, as far as appearances go on an ultrasound, very healthy looking.

So, since we haven't told everyone yet what we are having, would any uninformed persons like to wager a guess???

I won't post what we are having until I have 10 guesses, or until enough time has passed that I feel I must share.

Americans

I voted AT the POLLS today for the first time ever.

Being from Washington, where the absentee ballot is for anyone and everyone (with few exceptions), I have always voted days and even weeks before the 4th. Ashamedly I am not even sure that, before this year, I would have been able to say with certainty when election day was. I just didn't need to know, except to see how things went.

It was fun for me to take the girls in and vote. I tried to explain as simply as possible what voting was, and why, but really I don't think they get it yet. My closest attempt was to explain that we were voting for president, a person that was like a king (since my girls get the concept of a king from the princess connections). I also tried to explain the huge importance of voting, but since Lizzie's idea of a king was someone who dresses nice, and gets to go to fancy events, that didn't sink in very well.

Oh well, maybe in 4 years we will try to explain it all again, with a little more success :-)