Andrew Brooks, 4 months

 Stats:
height: 25 inches
weight: 14 lbs. 6 oz.
diaper: size 2
clothes: size 6-9 months
eyes: blue
hair: blonde

*Eating: Baby Boy's been eating on demand all day, every 2-3 hours. Has been showing interest in people food. We'll probably start him on some in a couple months, maybe sooner if he swipes some off one of our plates ;)

*Sleeping: Waking up only 1 time around 3:30am most nights!! The fact I even wrote this down will probably make him wake up more at night. LOL. Loves his crib, I hear him cooing in the mornings around 6am (if i'm lucky...sometimes its 5am!). He takes a morning nap around 8:30/9am; then he takes an afternoon one around 12/1pm then cat-nap (if i'm lucky) while we pick up Sister at 3:30pm and a 30 min power nap when I cook dinner.

*Likes: Bath time, watching Sisters act silly, playing with his toys and trying to put them in his mouth, when people sing to him/tickle him/make silly faces, nursing, being held facing outwards.

*Dislikes: Being in his car seat when it is not in motion, tummy time (sometimes), gets frustrated with toys he can't get into his mouth. Waiting for bath time, and naps in his crib, being ignored..so youngest child!.

Andrew loves this dinosaur burp rag... its his favorite!

*New Discoveries: Rollin' Rollin' Rollin! Our little guy began rolling from back to tummy, and from tummy to back (although not as often as the other way). He gets on his tummy and will play for awhile, then get angry when he can't get back to his back. LOL. He will spin in a circle on his tummy using his arms.

*Personality: Drew is just the sweetest, laid back little guy. He is very social and loves to be right in the mix of things with his big sisters. He is really strong, and likes to arch his back and kick his legs...watch out if you are anywhere near those chunky little legs! Andy's been drooling a ton, although there are no teeth in sight, which I am glad! Still have many more months of breastfeeding...LOL. He has been laughing a ton, he thinks its especially funny when I sneeze or when he hears other people laughing (trying to get that on video) it's hilarious!

We love you our sweet boy!! xoxo

Madison Grace is FOUR!!

Our little Big Girl is officially four...

Stats:
Height: 37 inches
Weight: 27.4 lbs
Shoe Size: 7 Toddler
Clothes: 3T and some 4T
Hair: Light Brown with natural blonde highlights and a little curl
Eyes: Chocolate Brown with long dark lashes

*Favorite Foods: Pancakes, Oatmeal (when Daddy makes it!), Pizza, Princess Soup aka Campbell's chicken noodle with shapes, Broccoli with Ranch, mashed potatoes and gravy, quesadilla, queso dip, spaghetti, butter bread, any dessert...LOL. Dislikes: Mayo (so my child!), sometimes meat, cheese (only because big sister doesn't like it).

She loves to help me in the kitchen :)

*Favorite TV Show: Princess Sophia, Sheriff Callie, Paw Patrol

*Favorite Movie: Disney Princess Movies
*Favorite Song: Any..She will tell me when get in the car, "Let's listen to some Jesus music Mama!" She knows many contemporary Christian hits ;)
*Favorite Book: Lady Bug Girl, Big Hungry Bear and the Red Ripe Strawberry, Pete the Cat, Fancy Nancy *Calls our neighbor Nancy "Fancy Nancy"... she loves it ;)
*Friends: Lindsay, Azize and Samantha from CBS and Molly from Sunday School.
*Favorite Color: Pink or Purple
*Favorite Toys: Molly & Kitty (she still sleeps with them)
*Favorite Places to go: Community Bible Study, Chuck e Cheese, out to eat anywhere, Charming Charlies (girl likes to shop!) Church, any Park.

*Learning: Madison LOVES 'preschool practice' aka our learning time here at home. Together we have been working through the ABC Jesus Loves Me curriculum for four year olds and she is doing a fantastic job! I love her independent spirit, especially when we are practicing writing our letters. I model it for her, then she will try to write it. She'll tell me, "I can do it Mama, it's easy. I don't need help!" She knows all her upper/lowercase letters and almost all of her letter sounds; can write all her letters and numbers; count to 20. We will start working on sight words this month!

Working hard on preschool practice..she'll be ready in the fall for sure!

She showed me proudly how she wrote her name at CBS. Good Job Maddie!

*Spiritual: Madison amazes me at her heart for Jesus. I admire her faith, and she sees God in everything. From the "rain that makes our flowers grow" to God healing her boo-boos, she knows at her young age the Lord loves her and takes care of her and our family. She loves to recite her memory verses. It is precious to see her relationship with the Lord growing, and her desire to read the Bible to know Him better.

*What I want to be when I grow up:  "An Explorer. I want to go inside caves with a flashlight." or "A cowgirl" or "A Doctor or Nurse...blood doesn't scare me!"

*Personality: Oh my goodness, big things come in petite packages! She is our passionate child; whatever she does she goes for it with her whole heart. She loves big, gets angry big, forgives big, hurts big, sings loud, talks loud etc. She is 4 going on 14. She likes to ask us, "How old do you have to be to do _____? (Ride a bike, drive a car, carry a baby around the house, walk to school, ride the bus, cook on the stove etc.) Madison is highly competitive with her sister and brother, and loves to "poke the bear". She's not into silence or quietness; Madison wakes up at 6am ready (wish I could harness that energy!) to start her day with a full conversation, including what she wants for breakfast. Maddie is thoughtful; she will ask Lindsay how her day went and give her a big hug or say a prayer for her if she had a rough day. She can hold her own with Big Sis, and will let her boss her around for a bit, then look out :) 

We are so blessed to have Madison for our daughter; she is a delight, a joy and is our spirited, fun-loving, adventurous precious girl. Love you Tater Tot!! 

Madison's 4th Birthday

Happy Birthday to our Darling Madison Grace!! She chose a family fun day to celebrate her fourth birthday this year, and we went to IHOP for breakfast and then off to Giggleberry Fair! I can't believe my baby girl is FOUR?!

Madison Grace, 4 years old

 We woke up and went to IHOP by 8:30am, because our birthday girl is starving when she wakes up in the morning! And speaking of which, she was up at 5:06am and ready to begin her birthday! Thankfully, she was willing to snuggle in bed until 6:15... a little more reasonable time to wake up on a Saturday ;)

Helping Daddy "make" his coffee... two creamers and a splenda! 

She ordered the Funny Face pancake with bananas and strawberries, then decided to eat Jarrett's breakfast instead.

We went to Giggleberry Fair at Peddlers Village in PA, which is just the girls speed. 

Weee! Went down the slide a dozen times...

Played in the water and went 'fishing'!

 Our little guy took it all in, and was such a good trooper all day!

 Rode the carousel just a few times.... At first she was scared to go on a moving horse and wanted to go in the sleigh. Then the next ride she rode the non-moving horse, and the ride after that she got brave and rode the horse that moved.

Beautiful Four Year Old

Sweet Big Sis and best friend

The crew with the balloon flowers... one popped on the way home in the car and scared us to death!

 After we got home we opened presents and blew out candles and ate sprinkle cupcakes!

I will post another update on Madison at four and the fun-filled, special girl she is! 

Happy Birthday to our Beautiful Princess!! We love you! xo

Surviving a Blizzard, Fisher Style

Last weekend we had our first ever East Coast Blizzard! Here's our weekend snowed in...literally! Thank you to all our friends and family who checked in on us, we thankfully didn't lose power and stayed nice and cozy! What do you do with 3 kids all weekend inside?...

1. Bake a cake and have a Frozen Tea Party. This activity alone took up 2 hours. 

My almost 4 year old girl ;)

She was pretty serious about creating her cake... been watch kids Baking Challenge on Food Network.

Mmmmm real tea!

 2. Get plenty of snuggles from this little man.

He turned 4 months on Monday...time flies!

 3. Periodically open the front door to see how high the snow is getting. This was only 1/2 way into Saturday. We got a total of 24 + inches when all was said and done.

Winter Wonderland

 4. Begin to strategise whether to dust the cars off before or after you shovel yourself to them....

 5. PLAY IN THE POWDER!!

All bundled up ready to go! It took us 15 minutes to get them bundled to go outside. Not too bad!

Maddie was outside for 5 minutes before losing a glove and she was over it. LOL 

 6. Neighbors think we force our kids to perform child labor digging us out of the snow..

Big girl was helping Mama & Daddy

Daddy and his Almost 6 Year Old...

Look Mama! Snow is taller than me!!

 7. Enjoy some hot cocoa with marsh mellows!!

Winter's First Snow

It finally snowed here last Saturday, our first snow of the season! As I am typing this, we are suppose to be getting 12+ inches this weekend... winter's here at last! I like the snow, it gives me a reason to make hot cocoa with marshmallows. 

Andy B's first snow!

Girls were SUPER excited and did some sledding!

 My friend gave me this adorable bunting suit for winter and I was so excited to put Drew in it. Andrew was not a fan, mainly because it was 3 months, and our big boy is in the 6 month size. I squeezed him in just like the Mom in Christmas Story... he couldn't put his arms down either. LOL.

Little Mr. wasn't a fan of his bunting suit, otherwise enjoyed seeing the white stuff!

Happy Birthday to me, putting my new boots and jacket to good use!