Just bullets

• I am convinced that my breast pump chants "crazy, crazy,crazy" while it does its thing, which I find fitting. If you don't have a clue what I am talking about, you have obviously never heard the noise an electronic breast pump makes while in action. 
• It has been an unbelievably hard week at work, and wasn't even fix-able by the pizza, soda, ice cream etc that the doctors kept bringing in - I will leave it at that.
• I was greeted at the door yesterday evening coming home from work, by Paul - holding my two littlest babies.  A little bit of baby sweetness snuggled by favorite Mr., made me melt.
• Jovie outfits picked out by her daddy make me smile.
• I am sick, and Paul keeps giving me that look - the look that says you are a disgusting, plague infested individual.  Soon I'll be giving him the look once he comes down with this - the look that says men are babies when they get sick, huge babies. 
• Jovie slept through the night - 11:30pm until 5:15am - victory!  Now if only Kippy would get with the program.
• Now a comparison of my little loves

Then and now...

Ryker and Jovie, both at ~2.5 months old

Kiplin and Jovie - both at 2.5 months old.  She'd look so similar to him if there wasn't a 5lb weight difference at the same age.

Ryker and Jovie ~3 months old

According to Ryker

It was wear yellow day yesterday and run around bare-foot,

until he ran on a rock, then he decided since he had yellow Crocs he could wear shoes, but took a few tries to get them on right

In addition to it being wear yellow day, it was also run everywhere you go day too.

and he convinced Kippy that it was run everywhere you go day too.  Though with Kip, it doesn't take much convincing to get him to run around, he is wild.

Today it was superhero day.

and eat all your meals outdoors, on a spiderman picnic blanket because it is, after all, superhero day.

"Hey mom can I take a picture with your fancy camera"..."of a bird cause it is cool"

He missed on his first try, but captured it his second try :).

And Ryker is my little superhero.  Such a patient, loving big brother.  I don't think a day goes by that I don't get all melty inside because of how amazing this little kid is.  He gladly shares his "Old McDonald" happy meal superhero toys with Kippy, and listening to them play pretend is just a treasure. 

Today he said "mom, you're the greatest" but it is only because this little guy is the greatest.  He makes being great easy.  And while not all days are filled with this much sunshine and good behavior, today, I am soaking it up.  

I am so over the moon in love with him.

Not sure what he'll think up for the theme of the day tomorrow.  But it'll be great.

3 months

Jovie is 3 months old.

And some pictures to celebrate three months of Jovie...

I love how she is always using her little hands to hold onto something.  I prefer when she is grabbing at a blanket, or her clothes...but most of the time it is her hair.  Sometimes she pulls it so hard she cries :(

I started giving her a bath in the big tub.  She loves splashing around, kicking her feet.

and I love giving her funny hairdos.

  
Right after a bath, her hair is SO curly when she gets out of the tub :)

She is becoming a pro at tummy time. 

Her smiles and coos are just too sweet.  She is seriously the happiest, easiest baby to take care of, which makes me wonder what she will be like as a toddler...or a teenager. 

So in love with our little Joviebug.

7:30pm, once the boys are tucked in it is girl time.  We go running together and I love it!  Last night I was wondering if I'll get to do this with her when she is a teenager :)...a mom can hope. 

Her newest milestone - rolling over from belly to back.  She did it twice yesterday, and of course when we got the video camera out she was camera shy.

Lately she is a drooly mess, and is getting quite skilled putting her hands into her mouth.  I think she might be an early teether perhaps...She gets her outfits changed multiple times a day because of the drool-fest.  Her neck is too scrawny for most of her bibs to help with the excessive changing of clothes.

This last Thurs-Sat Paul was home with the kids while I went back to work.  We were both exhausted as we made this transition, but we can do this.  I have come to realize that working two 12 hour shifts when we move to KY is a must.  Three days is a bit much for all of us.

and a post wouldn't be complete without the little boys too.  I love that we have this ginormous couch, yet they sit this.close to eachother, always.

and I'll end with some funny text messages that I received from Paul last week while he was home with the kids and I was at work...

• Dude...ryk just got bugs in the mail...WTF!
• Some people believe the earth will cease to exist tomorrow, so the kids and I are all going to the arcade now.
• Kip just growled at Jovie
• Kip got a bath.  He had a poopy weiner.
• Ryk said that the loves you.  Kip can't talk much yet.  Jov just keeps farting.  And I (Paul) just keep eating.
• OMG my back hurts.  Good thing she is not as heavy as Kip was.

High and low

Paul and I always (use to, but should start again) ended our days stating the "high and low" - the greatest part of the day and the worst part of the day.  Today, it is fitting.

High -

• Jovie went to sleep at 11:30pm, and I had to wake her up at 5:30am to nurse her before I left for work.  Double bonus - baby that slept 6 hours straight, and a mama that got 6 hours of straight sleep.  Not sure if the straight sleep was from the stellar tummy time session yesterday evening followed by a bath - but we are trying it again tonight.

• Finding out at work today that I didn't get paid my vacation and sick time while on maternity leave - so we have a fat, unexpected paycheck coming soon, and in just the perfect timing.  Huge blessing!

• Coming home to see this

• Going out to enjoy the weather with my family

•  Seeing my little boy mimic everything my big boy was doing (even if he was constantly worrying me that he would hurt himself), and seeing that my big boy picked out an outfit almost identical to the one I had set out for Kiplin to wear this morning.

• Listening to Kiplin's vocabulary explosion today

Latest words he just picked up on today include: Jovie, rock, chalk, tree, grass (though he doesn't manage to get the "gr" part in which makes me giggle), mommy (makes me melt!), up, light.  There are probably more, but I only got a mere 2 hours with him before bedtime today.

• Taking pictures, in perfect outdoor lighting, of my sweet girl (I would do this with the boys too, if they'd let me)

She was swimming in the outfit, but goodness it is so cute that I just couldn't wait to get it on her!  I suppose we will have to wait till the elastic waistband keeps the little skirt up before she wears it again, but this hand-me-down outfit is one of my summer favorites in her wardrobe!

 and one more, for good measure...I think this one was my favorite :), love those little lady feet and her expressive little eye peeking out!

• Noticing little chunk forming on little lady's thighs

 Scrumptious!

Low -

• Leaving my little loves and my husband to go to work - so thankful for the job, but goodness I sure hate leaving my family
• Dinner disaster. 

Froggie

I was cleaning out Ryker's froggie tank tonight (yes, I know it is technically a frog tank, but the frog's name is froggie).

and froggie got out.

The last time Ryker's frog tank was cleaned, there were 2 frogs.  One got out and hopped all over the bathroom floor.  I wasn't home at the time, but Paul said Ryker squealed like a girl and busted out of the bathroom as quick as possible.  Cause we were new to this having-an-aquatic-pet-business, we found out the unfortunate way that frog tanks needs special water...only one of the frogs survived the first tank cleaning :(.

So you can imagine Ryk's worries when I told him I was going to clean the tank today.

It was grimy and just needed to be done.  I said I'd be super careful.  And I was, but it jumped, and I squealed.  But unlike Ryk I didn't run off, I attempted to grab the frog.  But I didn't get it in time.

It went down the drain in the kitchen...

So I let out a noise that was meant to take place of the swear words that I was saying in my head, this summoned Paul to stop doing whatever he was doing on the computer and come help this crisis. 

I was looking over the drain trying to see if I could spot the little sucker and of course Paul took the opportunity to startle me, so then I screamed.  There I was in the kitchen, squealing because of a tiny little frog.  I was annoyed and told him he needed to get it out, cause I'm a wuss like that.  He was armed with the frog a net and a kitchen spoon.  We took the rubber stopper thing out of the garbage disposal side of the sink and we could see it hopping around.  Paul stuck the little red net down there and scooped up the frog.

Success.

So it is safe and sound, back in the tank.

and we will be on the lookout the next few days to make sure the frog stays swimming in his tank, hoping that it didn't catch some sort of frog killing disease from the yuck that was in the pipes of the kitchen sink.

No need to fear, the kitchen was entirely sanitized after this frog-business.

Next time, if we are blessed with a next time, perhaps the cleaning of the tank will be done outside...

Run

It is the magical hour right now.  Ryker is doing quiet time and Kiplin and Jovie are both sleeping.  After a busy morning - getting all the laundry done, and then going to Target to buy diapers and wipes for Jovie in preparation for me being at work the next three days (gotta make sure Paul is all set with clean clothes, towels, diaper and wipes) this little smidge of "me time" is welcomed.  While there are currently clothes that could be folded, there are always clothes that can be folded - I am soaking up my time.

Last night I strapped Jovie's carseat into our double jogging stroller/bike trailer.  The Loprinzi girls went for a 30 minute run, while the boys were at home sleeping (Ryk & Kip) and working (Paul).  I am super mega sore today, but so excited that I thought to jimmy-rig her carseat in there so I could go running with her.  This was the start of an everyday occurrence now!  There is something so special to me about going running with my kids, I LOVE it, even if they are asleep the whole time.  After my run Jovie did some tummy time - nights are perfect for this because I dont' have to worry about the giant baby falling on her.

It looks so funny to see her in her tummy time action.  She is so little, so it is funny to see her dig her little knees and feet into the floor and scootch herself forward.  She is getting amazingly strong!

Today I did a gazillion loads of laundry and then took the three little loves to Target.  We had to buy Jovie diapers and wipes.  Normally I'd put off laundry, and plan a Target trip for 7:30pm once the boys are in bed but now that I am officially a "working mom" I had to just dig in and get stuff done.  The Target trip was a poop-fest.  Literally.  We were only in the store for less than 30 minutes, I was rushing to avoid a melt down because of nap time approaching.  In this short time, all three kids had to poop.  Seriously.  Why this couldn't of happened at home, or why all three of them had to is just...craziness.  The Loprinzi kids left their stench in the ladies restroom at Target. 

But now Paul is all set with diapers, wipes and clean clothes.  This is essential because tomorrow I go back to work - three days in a row.  Wish Paul luck or at least the ability to be a baby whisperer, as he will take on our three little loves solo.

Speaking of our three little loves, here is what they have been up to...

Playing outside, they play so well together (most of the time).  They are really becoming really good buddies, and I love it.

Kip does this funny "O-mouth," as if the car will propel forward faster if he opens his mouth to do so.

 Jovie just loves sitting in her bouncy seat under the tree, watching her crazy brother run around.

 Ryker is super fascinated with bugs.  He found an ant colony, and goodness he was mesmerized.

 He loves her.