For all of the crazy that surrounds us daily there are a handful of moments just like this that make it all worth it.
Author: kristenperreault
and then there were three
ga-gas
Kiddo, both boys for that matter, loves wearing his ga-gas (goggles) while swimming in the pool. Most of the time they probably make his vision both above and below the water worse but they do make me smile every time that I see him in them.
sharing
I am not going to waste time with words these days… the photos will just have to speak for themselves :)
Notice the car shared by Jay and the keys shared by Charlie ;)
party of 5
It has taken us over three weeks to finally get a photo of all 5 of us together and while everyone isn’t smiling, it’s us, our family. Seemingly over night we have grown to be a party of 5, a fully loaded only-one-extra-seat sport truck (minivan) family, a more children than I have arms for family, a zone defense instead of man defense family, a wild and crazy house full of boys family. I am sure I could keep going but you get the point. I frequently find myself stopping in the middle of doing something only to be caught off guard by how full our house has become. And while some days are tough and all days are busy we have three beautiful, healthy little boys and I can’t help but think how lucky we are. As Jamie put it a few days ago, we are lucky beyond words.
short on time
Afternoon naps for the big boys have been shorter lately and Luc has decided on 10pm as his witching hour. So while I have been taking lots photos the “free” time to post them has been limited. I am hoping to get some more up soon but until then enjoy a few of my squishy…
By the way, he is still so tiny and squishy. I seriously can’t get enough of him :)
happy birthday maggie!
Happy Birthday to the most wonderful birthday sharer ever. Hope it’s amazing!!
one week
Luc,
Monday you were a week old- just a mere 7 days- and already you have stolen my heart, actually you did that the first time they put you in my arms moments after you were born. You came into this world 20 days early and I frequently wonder how I could have waited that long to snuggle you.
Free time is short these days and sleep even less so; however, I have a few things that I want to remember from these first few days… You are tiny- you are shorter than the length of your Daddy’s forearm, my chapstick is as long as your forearm- tiny for sure. You fit so nicely into my arms and have the frog style snuggle down pat. For the most part you sleep really well, you are nice to me and your Daddy in that regard and so far you have been sleeping in the cradle with the help of Jenny (our sound machine). You eat well although you are pretty messy. Frequently, I am covered in milk after you nurse and you almost always have it all over your face. You burp really well after eating and occasionally let out one that sounds like it should have come from a much larger person. When you nurse you rub your tiny little feet on my arm, Jay used to do that too, and it is one of my favorite things. You also frequently prop your hand/arm up behind your head while eating or sleeping and every time I see you do this it reminds me so much of your Daddy, he sits/sleeps that way too. When you are snoozin’ you smile the sweetest little half smiles and while I know most babies do this too your smiles melt me every time. You like to be warm and cuddled. When you get cold your tiny body shivers until you are covered up and held. You could probably be covered up and not snuggled and be just as happy but I have decided to use this as an excuse to hold and cuddle you; you won’t be this tiny for long. You don’t mind tummy time (yet) and seem to like the paci, at least for now. Your brothers adore you and would smother you in kisses, hugs and other random forms of affection all day long if we let them. You have taken their affection and the two of them in stride. So far you are pretty go with the flow, a good trait for a third child, and you fit seamlessly into our little family of 5. I simply can’t imagine our lives without you and am so thankful and blessed to be your Momma.
I look forward to the road ahead, for I know it will bring wonderful things so far beyond what I can imagine.
I love you more than words can say sweet boy.
Love,
Momma
blue waters- water skiing and tubing
This year during the beach trip we were able to take advantage of a pretty amazing boat. Jamie’s dad, Pepere, belongs to a boat club which he generally uses to have fishing boats while he is in Terra Ceia; however, while we were at the beach he rented a deck boat and the family was able to do some skiing and tubing along with other boating activities.
While I would have loved to have gone skiing or tubing I decided that I didn’t actually want to have our son while were on vacation and I played the part of photographer from the boat. I kicked myself for not having our big camera (dslr) with us but I do love the photos that we did get of everyone having fun. We even were able to give the boys a turn, riding with Daddy of course, and although their faces don’t really show it they really enjoyed themselves.
The first couple of photos are Uncle Bob’s, he took some amazing photos (with his DSLR) of Josh and Jamie skiing before I grabbed our camera. Josh has been skiing for quite awhile and this was Jamie’s second shot at it.
Maggie Skiing
Aunt Holly the Great
Jamie and Charlie
Nicole and Jeremiah
Holly and Mimi
Jamie and Jay
blue waters- beach time
Here’s the second installment of photos- the beach. We spent almost every morning on the beach playing in the beautiful water and sand. It was glorious and these photos don’t really do it any justice.
Charlie LOVED standing in the crashing waves and almost getting knocked over.
on a few of the days Charlie took it upon himself to nap while in the ocean
the perreault family 