I feel awful for not having written anything since Naomi's birth. With each kid I get more and more distracted and less is recorded about each girls growth and things they are interested in or doing. I will try to summarize...
Pria:
Pria is still amazing at art and it is her favorite thing to do at school. She is an excellent listener and very obedient most of the time. Her favorite things right now are unicorns, dragons, dinosaurs, and and all things bright and colorful. She is really wanting to figure out how to read and loves books. I wish I had extra time to help her in that area but sometimes the other two demand attention making it tricky. I also wish her preschool was teaching her reading but don't seem to do too much educational stuff, mostly play and art...
She is a VERY good big sister and is very helpful and finding a balance between being like mommy and being a big sister... Both girls adore Naomi and always want to hug and kiss her but Pria always asks if she can hold her, or hang out with her when she is playing with her toys, gets excited when I ask her to watch Naomi or hang out with her while I do something.
Pria really likes and needs routine. If we change up a routine she gets a little upset. She needs a little pep talk and a good explanation of why we are doing something different before she calms down.
Sometimes it takes a bit for her to do something new. But once she does it is such a weight off her shoulders and she is excited and proud of her achievement. For example last weekend we went bowling for the first time with our family. We had the bumpers up and a dinosaur "slide" for the girls to push the ball down the lane. Pria was hesitant to even push the ball and was too nervous. I took her hand and helped her push the ball forward and she pulled back not wanting to do it at the same time. But once she saw it was no big deal she wanted to try again right after.
Evalette:
Hilarious, friendly, independent, quick learner, loves to copy her sister and play with her. She is also fiesty, which has its pros and cons... She will be extremely happy and adorable one second and then can scream her lungs out and throw a big tantrum the next, and then will immediately want a hug after and can bounce right back again.
She will wave shyly at random strangers and then if they respond back in a friendly manner she gets excited and wants to show them her things or make silly faces or be silly for their entertainment.
She still takes her blanket everywhere and has to sleep with it. It is getting a tiny bit easier to communicate with her and she is understanding reasoning more.
Evalette is so tiny. Itty bitty legs, but she is tough and is not afraid of trying new things or jumping off big heights.
We have gone to my dads cabin this fall twice. Both time being Evalatte's first time there. She had a blast on the 4 wheeler and never wanted to stop. She also loved all the guns and watching us blow stuff up. "Again again! Wow boom!" Both girls loved rides in the army truck and being pushed on the swing.
Naomi:
Naomi is the happiest sweetest girl ever. She loooooves her mommy and giggles at her sisters silly faces and laughing. She is 8 months this week and has not started crawling yet. She can roll over from back to tummy or tummy to back but does not scoot. Just rolls around. She is very close to being able to stay sitting up without me holding her up.
She only barely got into eating food a month ago. Wasn't in a hurry to eat but now she loves it and I feed her twice a day. I am finally getting her to eat banana and avocado which she wanted no part of in the beginning.
Also still no teeth or sign of them yet. This girl takes "baby steps" and is not in a hurry like Evalette was at this point. I think if she developed the same as Evalette did I would be dealing with more on my plate already and I need Naomi's baby steps right now.
Naomi also has like no hair! So opposite of the older two. They had dark hair and a lot of it in the beginning. Naomi has blonde hair and hardly any. Her head is so soft though. I find myself rubbing her head and holding her little chubby face in my hands.
