The "Littlest" Lesnaus

January 26, 2013

Rylan's first haircut & some January pictures

So the last couple of days Rylan's hair has been bugging me. It had gotten really long and Paul had started calling him "hockey hair" and I am just not all for that look. I made an appointment for him to just get a little taken off and all nine of us went. Not that we were all needed but we all (at least the five oldest in the family) NEEDED to get out of the house. I figured there would not be many people in the kids salon and we could keep the babies in their car seat and avoid any nasty germs. I have been in love with Rylan's hair since the moment I saw it that dreadful night when he was one day old. I remember seeing his hair for the first time while they were trying to intubate him because they had taken off his bubble cpap hat. The thought kept running through my head while I was watching the nurses and doctors that I haven't even seen my little boys hair, please don't let him me leave me. His hair has always been awesome and I am afraid to say that I may have made a huge mistake in cutting it. Paul and I aren't in love with his hair anymore though we do love the little man something fierce. His haircut got a lot shorter than I wanted it to be. Oh well at least hair grows out. Maybe the hockey hair wasn't so bad. Now I am just hoping it come back with its wave.

"Hockey Hair"

It didn't look awful from the front but the sides and back were bad. This picture also shows how flat the back of his head is. We will be talking to his doctor about a referral this month.

Moral support

Tate knowing it would be a long time before he was ready for a hair cut choose to take a nap.

"This cape is pretty cool."

His curls...sigh...

Those clippers look huge against him!

My little baby is gone.

The only time he got sad

Waiting for their lollipop


My big boy

For comparison this was Drew at 3 weeks of age right before his first haircut

Paul and I have been painting Drew's room so he no longer has a nursery theme. This is the 3rd time that room has been painted in the 8 years we have lived here. I think it is time to move! This morning while I was painting the trim the big kids were busy painting too.


Grandma & Grandpa Lesnau you will be the recipients of all of these!!

And now for some excerpt from our time spent ~~in confinement~~ at home.

Rylan

Izzie always has a blanket up by her face when she sleeps

Our happy boy

A new feeding set-up when we are feeding quad style

Look ma no hands

Kenzie's definition of side lying feeds

Aubrey's creation

Isabella joining us at the dinner table

Couch potatoes...watching educational shows of course

"I will look at this stuff but there is no way that I am going to play with these obnoxious toys"

I had been having a really rough day but was able to smile when I walked out to this.

I am going through my sisters purse and she hasn't even caught me (& yes the cushion is missing after Aubrey touched wet paint and then came and spread it all over the cushion. It of course was dark navy blue...not a good day that day)

January 16, 2013

A guest post from the sisters!

Natalie and Aubrey have always been total mom and dad kids, as in they want to do whatever mom and dad are doing. This is great but also can be so annoying. I could give away all of the girls toys and they could care less. They love cooking, cleaning, washing dishes, folding clothes which I know sounds great but the problem is that at this age I have to redo everything they help with. And I just have the feeling that as soon as they are old enough to really help out they won't want to.

The one thing they love are their brothers and sisters (& sometimes Drew!). They want to hold them, burp them, feed them and anything else a mommy does. The problem with this is they are only four and they forget they cannot throw the real babies around like they can their dollies. We have limits of what the girls can and cannot do with the babies and they will try and stretch those to the max but the one thing we do know is that they love their four babies. Only once or twice have we gotten the "I wish you only had one baby" comment and this was because of two reasons; 1)I wouldn't have to pump if we only had one baby and 2)we could go do more things if a baby was all that we had to pack up. I really don't blame them and am amazed how well they adjusted to so many babies being added and the changes that took place over the last year.

I thought it would be fun to get the low down from 2 four year olds on being the oldest of seven kids:

What is the best thing about being a twin?
N: We get sisters.
A: The best thing about being a twin is we are pretty. Boys are not very nice and girls are.

Do you like having Drew as a brother?
N: Yes, because he sleeps with me and he plays with me when I want him to. He's a good brother like that.
A: Yes, because if I didn't have a brother I wouldn't be happy because I wouldn't have a brother.

Do a lot of your friends have more than one baby at a time?
N: No
A: No

Do you wish your mommy would have only had one baby instead of four and why?
N: Yes, because one baby is easier for mommy and other kids don't have to help anymore.
A: Yes, because if you have four babies it takes a lot of care for them.

What's the best thing about having so many brothers and sisters?
N: They love me really much.
A: They are good and because I am happy with them and when I talk to them they smile and laugh. I think about Natalie & Drew in my dreams because Natalie isn't very nice but Drew is. I like to play out in the garage and have popcorn with them.

What's the worst thing about having so many brothers and sisters?
N: They kind of throw fits which make me sad.
A: We yell at each other and we don't do nice things to each other like fight and hit each other.

If your mommy and daddy could do one thing with you what would you want to do?
N: Go to Disneyland.
A: Art projects with mommy and daddy at Deborah's place.

Who's the boss in your family?
N: Mommy and daddy, is that right? Well maybe mostly daddy.
A: Daddy & Mommy. Daddy is the boss more, is he?
D: You mom

Should your mommy have any more babies?
N: Yes, because I love babies really much and they are so fun to play with. She should have 100 more.
A: Nooooo. Because they are too hard.

Who makes more noise; the babies or Natalie, Aubery & Drew?
N: The babies.
A: The babies.

How old are you?
D: Me 2

How many brothers do you have?
D: Me 2

How many sisters do you have?
D: 2 sisters mum

How old is your mom?
D: You 2 mum

Do you love your mom and dad?
D: Yup

So there you have it from a four year old perspective on living in a house with seven kids! (& a couple questions answered from a very smart 2 year old!!)

Aubrey has always had an interest in taking pictures. She is not allowed to take pictures with mom and dad's camera because point blank it is just way to expensive of a camera for her hands to touch. So she has taken over the cameras on our cell phones. It is always interesting to see what she finds picture worthy and at times I have literally had to turn the phone in multiple angles to figure out what exactly she took a picture of! So for Christmas Paul and I toyed with the idea of buying her an adult camera but then threw the idea aside until Paul called me one day from Office Depot and asked if I still wanted to get her a camera. He found the deal of the century. A $140 Kodak camera marked down to $39. SCORE!! She loves her camera and so do her brother and sister. I love sitting down in the evenings to see what they took pictures of and better yet are the videos. They are hilarious and at times better than what Paul and I capture on video. So now she has her own folder on the computer where her pictures go. She has pictures of people, of toys, of blurry objects I can't decipher and pictures of pictures. I will keep these so she can go through them some day and laugh like Paul and I do. But some of them are really fun and so the pictures below are captured by either Aubrey or Natalie!

We need to work on applying make-up but at least she picked a color to go with her jammies.

Izzie

Yes Tate is in a pink towel. Colors don't matter around here. You get what you get and you don't throw a fit!!

Grandma & Grandpa Parsoneault

Drew Bear (Side story: the other day Aubrey was telling Drew that her name is Aubrey Nicole. She was saying it slowly so he could repeat it. She than told him his name was Drew Bear. Paul and I just looked at each other and laughed because she doesn't realize that his name is really Drew David because we never call him that! We didn't correct her either.)