My Little Scientist

The days have been cold. Very, very cold. It's not even close to being warm enough to play in the snow. We are starting to get cabin fever! Good thing Uncle Jason and Aunt Andrea gave us a great Science Kit for Kids. This week when Owen was at school, I decided to let Eli have his hand at being "like Daddy" with this great kit. This involved food coloring so I thought the best place to set up shop was near water. I started by letting Eli just play with the bubbles in the sink. I think he would have been happy with just doing that. Then, I started showing him how food coloring changes water and he was enthralled. We made every color we could...even black (you know, combining all the colors...that was the most fun for him).

I love my days just with Eli and Ella. Sometimes I feel like Eli won't get that one-on-one time that Owen got or Ella will get, so I treasure the times when it's just me and my little buddy.

Ella Week 13

Ella Week 12

Ella Week by Week

I have decided to take a picture of Ella every week till she turns one. I plan to use as many different types of fabric for her to lay on, but always in a white onesie with her age on it. I can't wait to see how much she changes. I wish I would have started when she was just 1 week old, but at least I started at 11 weeks (you know, in homage of 2011). I really just didn't make the time before, but now I know I must because time is going way too quickly. This is my way of slowing it down and savoring every moment of my baby girl's life. So, here she is at 11 weeks. I'll update with 12 and 13 soon. She was officially 3 months old on Monday....see, time flies by!

Blanky Blue, Baby Bear and Ella Claire

It's one of those perfect days here at the Roemer house. The boys woke up in good moods, Owen was off to school with a smile on his face and hugs for his brother and mommy. Ella has become quite the Baby Wise baby, taking naps right on schedule and without a fight. This allows for lots of quality time with Eli, which he needs so much. I have read, played, painted, pretended, sword fought, ate, tickled, read some more, napped, nursed, and just now put Eli down for his nap. I had to make sure he had his Blanky Blue. As I walked out of the boys' room, I spotted Owen's Baby Bear next to Owen's pillow and I felt tears prick my eyes. I grabbed that Baby Bear and headed out the door. I hugged that bear just like Owen does and then started to cry. Why? Because that bear smells like my Owen, feels like my Owen, reminds me of Owen. And my little boy is at school, growing up (and loving every minute of it). I am so happy all of my children love their lives, their adventures, and their simple comforts like Baby Bear and Blanky Blue. Who knows who Ella will have? Will it be the Blanky Pink Eli has set aside for her? Will it be the adorable bear Uncle Jason and Aunt Andrea got her? Or will it be the blanket Uncle Joel made for Owen that Ella seems to like currently? It doesn't really matter, but I like to think of Ella's future without feeling sad, but hopeful. I'm learning that as a Mom, there are days my heart just aches for each of my little creations. It aches for the time that has passed so quickly.

The days are long, but the years are short. I want to personally thank Baby Bear and Blanky Blue for making those days a little shorter and for comforting my sweet little men along the way. I sure hope you stick around for a long time! If you are around, I still have my babies.

Lovely

With each child, we question how we can love another as much as the first, or the second. It is just so hard to fathom one heart holding so much without literally breaking. I also fall more in love with them each day. Each time I go to get Ella out of her crib, it seems as if I forgot how lovely she truly is and I catch my breath because she is mine and she is perfect. She is perfect for our family. She is perfect for our life. She is perfect, just as our boys are perfect. I'm not talking without flaw. I'm talking about a family that finds perfection in each other, even though we ARE flawed. This is a gift. One that I never knew I would possess. I can say that I am content. I can say that I am blessed.
I can say that this life is Lovely!!