update, finally!

OK, so for the update, finally!
Sorry it's taken so long, but as you can imagine, life has been very very busy with three little ones in the house.
We're all learning, learning to be kids, learning to be parents, etc. It's wonderful and exhausting all at the same time.
The first week was heaven on earth. I had asked for children, and God sent me three amazing and beautiful children who obeyed everything I asked, and were sweet and affectionate to boot. Then the honeymoon period was over. It lasted all of a week.

The second week was filled with horrible tantrums, rages filled with hurtful words, and testing the boundaries. Mostly from the older two. The third week was when the little one decided it was her turn to show her stubbornness. I wish I could post pictures, because I'd post a pic of the stubborn pose. It's hilarious. Imagine this: Head pushed forward, jaw set, eyes squinted, shoulder blades pulled back as far as they can go. She does it when she doesn't want to do something, every time. Well, she did it. I haven't seen the face except for once this week. So there is major progress going on there, considering we were seeing it every few hours starting that third week.

Our oldest was terrified of sleeping in his own room. He has never in his life had his own room, and I am sure that it wasn't a safe place even when it was shared with somebody else. He is now sleeping in his own bed every night, with very nearly no fights about it. I am so proud of him. He is being so brave. According to Texas CPS rules, he can't sleep anywhere else, so it's his only choice! He slept on a pallet on the floor of the playroom for 3 weeks.. that was interesting, but I just couldn't let him make a habit of that! He is very smart, but very flighty. I am hoping that we'll be able to speak to a psychiatrist and get that taken care of soon. No doubt in my mind (as an ADD mom, and a psychology student) that he has ADD, but great strides are being made every day as I teach him coping mechanisms to deal with the ADD on a daily basis. Would just be easier with medication to help him learn those things! He has huge almond shaped brown eyes, and dark brown hair with quite a bit of curl to it. He also has a few freckles smattered across his cheeks and nose. He is small, and thin, but must be getting ready to grow, as he had 4 servings of dinner tonight, and it's been that way for a week or so!

The middle child, is relatively easy going, but hits and kicks and scratches and bites when she's angry. She also had a big problem with lying, but we've broken her of that habit really quickly (rule number 9: always tell the truth. time out if you don't.) ! She now knows it's safe and ok to hit the pillow when she's angry. The funny thing is that she feels the need to bring the pillow to me and hit it in my presence. Silly thing. She is hilarious.. Baron told her that she was funny the other day, and she said "NO! I'm a genius!" She has a HUGE personality. Loves to play and sing and dance in front of the mirror, and LOVES to laugh. She also has big brown almond shaped eyes, dark complected and freckles (just a few, so cute!) slightly lighter hair than her brother that is cut in a bob (think Suri Cruise) and is tiny for her age.

Our youngest, is a spit fire. Hilarious, and oh so cute. She is stubborn, but quickly realizing that what mommy says, goes. No matter what hilarious face she makes. She never leaves my side, which is starting to get annoying, but I have a feeling when the kids are in school, and she's home with me, that will start to stop. She needs to be constantly reassured that mommy isn't going anywhere. She just recently started showing signs of stress, and we are back in diapers. The fun part is that she's allergic to them, but to keep me from having to wash 8 pairs of her clothes every day, we had to find an alternative. We settled on g diapers, and they areg enius!. Check 'em out! She is in speech therapy because she's got first and last syllable deletion and articulation issues. Makes talking with her fun! Get, bed, set, etc all sound like "eh." Like, "ready, set, go!" sounds like "Re-ey, eh, oh!" She is the most animated, you should see her talk! She has blond curly hair, and big blue eyes, and some, at first glance would say that she looks nothing like her siblings, but as far as we know, they are all from the same dad, who she happens to look most like. She has a few freckles also, and is lighter complected than the other two, but still gets a nice tan. She's going to be a knockout! She, is tall for her age, and people often ask if my girls are twins because they are so close in size, though they are a year and a half apart.

They all have dimples, two sets. some are more pronounced than others. One is the traditional set on their cheeks, but they also all have dimples just on either side of their lips, over the corners of their mouth. Hard to describe, but very cute.

I think that's about all I've got right now. I am exhausted.. Got a sinus infection (doctors appt tomorrow!) after having two bouts of the stomach flu over the past two weeks! I will of course start updating more.

Every day is getting better and better. We have WAY more steps forward than we do steps back, so that's a good sign!

Hope you enjoyed this post from an overtired new mommy!
-Megan

sorry folks!

after a long forced break from internet service, we are back up and running. expect an update in the next few days!