Matt, Christina, Quinn, Ava, & Ethan: I Survived...

Monday, February 16, 2009

I Survived...

my first day alone with all three kids. It actually went pretty well. We cleaned the house and watched movies and took naps. All in all it was a good day. Ethan is now eleven days old, and is doing good. He's a little cutie pie as Quinn calls him. He was back up to his birth weight 4 days after he was born so I don't think he will be little for long. I found him in his bassinet today sucking his thumb, I've always wanted a thumb sucker, maybe Ethan will be it for me.

Matt's parents flew in for the weekend to meet their new grandson. We had a great time. On Valentine's Day we went to see Paul Blart: Mall Cop. I thought it was hilarious, and then we went out to Carrabba's for dinner, my favorite. We are definitely in adjustment mode, but we are having lots of fun getting to know Ethan, the kids have been very helpful, and just want to give him loves all the time. We are so grateful for our expanding family.

6 comments:

Kristi said...: He IS a little cutie pie!
I'm glad you survived your first day alone, I hope it continues to go well for you!
Love Kristi; February 16, 2009 at 10:53 PM
Tams Family said...: So cute! Give him a love for us!; February 17, 2009 at 9:01 AM
"MAMMA" Breshears said...: Christina,
He is so adorable! So, nice that Matt's parents could get out to see him while he is stilla newborn! Your family is darling!; February 17, 2009 at 6:08 PM
Jenni Elyse said...: He's super cute!; February 17, 2009 at 9:33 PM
vanessa said...: He is SOOO sweet. I'm glad your day went well. I kind of like those first few days alone with the kids - not that I have three - but it's nice to get into a routine again. Hope your next few days go well!; February 17, 2009 at 9:37 PM
Keith and Nicci said...: Congrats on surviving - you amaze me! I'm so happy that sweet, cute little Ethan is here! I'll be thinking of you lots these next few weeks.; February 18, 2009 at 1:01 PM

QFQ - Quotes from Quinn

August 30- I was in the car with Quinn and Ava driving to pick up Christina from the airport. Ava was making a noise that was annoying her brother. Quinn informed his sister that if she didn't stop he would no longer be her brother. Ava came right back and said,"fine, i'll just buy a new brother that's nice to me." Quinn in sadder tone told Ava that he is her brother. Its amazing how quick they are with combacks this early in life.

February 1- Last Sunday Matt and I laid down to take a nap, and about 10 minutes into it we suddenly heard hysterical crying coming from Quinn and Ava. Quinn had gotten our gallon pitcher, completely full of lemonade, out of the refridgerator and dropped it. It was quite a mess and I think Quinn thought he was going to be in a heap of trouble. While we were cleaning it up Matt asked Quinn how he had dropped it and Quinn replied "Easily". I laughed so hard I had tears in my eyes.

January 10- This actually happened a few months ago. Quinn has an Incredible Hulk action figure and one day he brought it to me and said "Mom, when I get bigger I want to have big nipples like the Incredible Hulk", it was so funny. Well, when we were in Seattle over Christmas Matt's brother Chris was there and he works out everyday for atleast 3 to 4 hours, so when we dropped him off at the gym Quinn would say "Uncle Chris is going to work on his big nipples?" Oh, man that Quinn's a riot.

August 5- The other day Quinn asked me where dad was, I told him he was at work flying an airplane. He said "Oh, he's flying an airplane sitting on his bum." Yep Quinn you pretty much got it, that's probably the hardest aspect of his job.

June 9-So we went to visit my mom and sisters and brothers in Denver last week and Quinn picked up a new word from his cousins or aunts and uncles, I apparently said something to him that was pretty obvious and he looked at me and said "Duh", the scary thing is that he used it so accuratley. This was definitley the hardest time I've had trying not to start laughing. That brings me to the other funny thing he has been saying lately. If you start laughing at something in Quinn's presence and he thinks your laughing at him he will say "don't be funny at me" in a very offended voice.

May 10th- Quinn saw Matt and I kiss and said "ooooh that's a nasty kiss" I said "Mom and Dad love each other Quinn" he replied "No only me". This apparent belief has been evident for most of his life.

April 28th-Matt "Quinn you better calm down or I'm gonna spank your bum red" Quinn "No, I'm gonna spank your bum orange". Then he started saying I'm gonna spank your bum and then said all different colors, it was hilarious, we were laughing so hard.

April 7th- Mom says "Quinn those are such cute dinosaur underoos you have on", Quinn says "No mom there cool." This has been the story of our lives lately, everything that I say is cute, or handsome or fun, Quinn says no mom its cool. Where did he learn this? I don't have a clue.

March 2nd- Quinn bore his testimony for the first time at church today. When I asked him if he wanted to go up and bear his testimony he was so excited. Then when it was our turn he went right up and told everyone (in a really loud voice) that he loved Jesus, and he loved his family. He did such a good job. I love my little Quinny the Pooh.

Feb 19th- I was getting ready to feed Quinn some breakfast when he stood up in his chair and started jumping up and down, and then he suddenly stopped and looked at me and said "Mom, I don't have a tail to bounce on." I guess we have been watching a little too much Winnie the Pooh lately.

Feb 8th- Quinn was eating Rice Krispies for breakfast and when I poured the milk on I told Quinn to listen to the snap crackle and pop the cereal makes. Quinn picked up his spoon and announced to the cereal "Im going to get you POP!"

Feb 6th-We were watching the news about this lady whose house is buried in snow and they said they need to use a PRIVATE tractor to dig them out. Quinn who has been learning about peoples privates said,"He's talking about peoples private penis!" I guess we need to explain the word a little better.

Jan 27- Christina walked into the bedroom and Quinn turned around and said "mommy I did mine and sisters hair", then Christina noticed the mint scented KY jelly in his hand. The hair do's didn't look that bad and at least their hair smelt good.

Jan 26- Quinn is learning the words that are not nice to say like "shut up". He knows he gets in trouble when he uses those words, so instead he likes to say "mom I won't say shut up anymore, okay?" and we'll reply "thats a good choice", but just to say the word he'll repeat the same phrase over and over again.

Jan 25- Quinn skipping his nap was a little tired at dinner. With Quinn being grumpy, christina said,"I know someone who needs to go to bed." Just then Quinn said "Mommy you don't say that word". Tawsha startd laughing and Quinn turned to her and Said "Tawsha your not funny".
Its amazing the phrases they learn and when they choose to use them.

Jan 21- Christina came over and gave me a kiss for making her breakfast and Quinn said "ew, thats a NAAASTY kiss".

Jan 19th- We were getting in the car and Quinn wanted to put his shoulder straps around him. He was wearing a big puffy jacket and his shoulder straps were still a little tight, so he was having a hard time. Getting frustrated that the straps wouldn't work with his big puffy jacket on, he exclaimed "THIS IS RIDICULOUS" as he started to remove his jacket to fit in his straps.

Jan 17th- Quinn came in our room eating a cereal bar and some fruit snacks. I asked Quinn if he asked anybody if he could have those. Quinn replied "I asked Annie". For those of you who don't know Annie, she is Matts parents dog. I then asked him "and what did Annie say?" Quinn quickly replied "she said WOOF WOOF, thank you!"

Date unknown- In the car Quinn has become quite the back seat driver. If you hop the curb, accelerate real fast or swerve the car Quinn loves to shout "SLOW DOWN GRANDMA!"