francesca's little men

Noah

1. Daniel woke up with Liam early this morning ... 6:30 am early ... ugh. So Daniel was awake, sort of napping on the couch, Liam was awake walking around the front room and Gammie (Liz) had just woken up and was sitting in the front room when Noah entered. Noah had just woken up too and he walked into the front room. He looked around the room and with eyes wide kept looking. Liz looked at Noah and asked, "What are you doing with your eyes?" And Noah answered, "I'm awake but this part of my eyes is still sleeping" as he pointed to the lower half of his eyes.

2. In church today there was a beautiful flute solo. Sister Forbush played "Called To Serve", complete with trills during the chorus and at the end for a grand finish. The moments after she ended were completely silent in the chapel. In these quiet few moments as she smiled, put her fluet at her side and walked down from the stand Noah chose to make some noise. Noah did a perfect 5 note echo of the last portion of the song - it sounded exactly like the flute with his litte high pitched voice. And EVERYONE heard it. You know how I know? Because I was sitting on the end of the row and they all looked at me. I was sitting right next to Noah. It was hilarious.

3. So many good quotes today ... but one of my favorite moments today was Noah's conversation about batteries. I filmed it and will have to post it because it is too in depth to explain. But it was so funny. He talked about how everything ran on batteries that Heavenly Father placed in them. He's so smart.

Liam

1. His face after dinner was absolutely priceless. He was wearing a white onesie, shorts and this crocs with church socks .... that alone was too funny. But his little chubby face was smeared with red sauce from the spaghetti we had been eating too. He looked awesome.

2. He fell asleep on the way home from church. He looked so peaceful. He was such a good sport too. He is sooooooo tired and hungry on Sundays because it directly interrupts his lunch and nap schedule in the middle of the day (we have church from 11 to 2pm). But he just smiles at everyone in nursery and then silently slips into unconciousness on the way home. He didn't even cry or make a fuss or have a hard time when Ian transferred him from the car to his crib. He just went right back to sleep. Sweet little Liam.

3. He needs to be consoled. Liam gets sad sometimes (like when he doesn't get food or rest when he needs it) and if somethingbad happens, like he trips or Noah takes something from him or anything he cries the saddest cry you have ever seen. Complete sadness twists his chubby little facial features. His mouth is wide open crying and eyes are squeezed shut. His hands are usually outstretched or limp by his side just looking totally pitiful. Today during Sacrament meeting he was having a little bit of a hard time being sad and he needed consoling. He has specific needs for consoling: 1. you must be holding him in your arms (hands around his shoulder do not help, laughing it off does not help, patting his head, rubbing his "owey", not good enough) 2. He needs direct conact with your cheek. Daniel says that if you put your cheek next to his during a moment of consoling, he will lean into your cheek and stay there. 3. It doesn't have to be long. He recovers ratehr quickly usually.