the perreault family

me making

Published on October 21, 2013 by kristenperreault1 Comment

Lately Charlie has been a duplo building fool. He is constantly building tower after tower and adding “guys” to them or balancing trucks on top of the towers. His towers are pretty intricate and impressive for his age, I think he might have gotten his Daddy’s lego loving jean after all. It’s adorable to watch his little mind at work; however, I could live without the tantrums that occur when you ask him to stop “making” and come for supper or clean up and head to bed. We have had to compromise quite a bit lately and either let the tower come to the dinner table or let him take one of the guys to bed. You’ve got to pick your battles right ;)

jay bird

Published on October 20, 2013 by kristenperreaultLeave a comment

Okay so these are older photos (from Mother’s Day) but I just wanted to share a few. Isn’t he precious?

tired boys

Published on October 19, 2013 by kristenperreaultLeave a comment

Until very recently, it has been so disgustingly warm here that it has been a challenge to get outside without completely melting. However we have been going out even though it is hot (two tiny energetic people cooped up in a house all day long is a bad situation) and this is how the boys usually end up looking after any outdoor adventure- hot, sweaty and just plain tired.

Even thought they aren’t smiling I still really like these photos.

brothers

Published on October 18, 2013 by kristenperreault3 Comments

I am not sure why I decided to photograph Charlie (and Luc as well) in the same outfit as I used for Jay’s 3 month photo shoot but I am sure glad that I did! It makes these side by side comparisons of the boys that much more fun! After looking at these photos here are my thoughts

-They all look alike; however, I think they all look very much like their own little people.

-Jay was not as small as we once thought he was.

-Charlie was always as big as we thought he was.

-Luc looks to be the longest of the boys.

-Luc is a peanut, a very happy peanut!! I mean look at those legs!

Enjoy and happy Friday to you!

This one I only have one of Jay and Luc but I included it since it shows how long Luc is in comparison to the other boys.

Pepere

Published on October 18, 2013 by kristenperreault2 Comments

photos taken 08-04-2013

a shared big boy room

Published on October 17, 2013 by kristenperreault3 Comments

Eventually the boys, Jay and Charlie, will be sharing a room. We have tried a few times to get them to either nap or go to bed in the same room unsuccessfully. We know that it will happen eventually and we have made a big no-turning-back push this week for it to happen. Our fingers are crossed that it will work out and that they can figure things out. That being said, I did take this upcoming “move” as an excuse to change some things up in Jay’s room. Everything was finished before Luc arrived (yes I did all of the painting while 8 plus months pregnant) but I haven’t been able to post anything about it until now. Aside from painting both the room and the dresser, not much else was done and I didn’t spend much money (I only purchased the wall paint, the large J and C and blackout roller shades for the windows, everything else was just moved around from one place to another or repainted). I am pretty happy with how it turned out and LOVE that I can now take photos in there that aren’t a pain to color correct ;)

Cross your fingers for us that this arrangement eventually works…

Here’s a few of the before photos so you can see the awful wall color.

Here’s the after. When I took these photos I hadn’t changed the photos in the frames yet or painted the wooden frames grey- they are that way now but you will have to either visit or use your imagination to picture it;)

moments of quiet

Published on October 16, 2013 by kristenperreaultLeave a comment

There are moments of quiet in all of our crazy and man-o-man do I cherish them :)

today i am…

Published on October 15, 2013 by kristenperreault1 Comment

3 Months old!!!

Stats-

Height- Our best measurement of this kiddo is 23.5 inches

Weight- according to our scale this little bit is 9lbs 6oz He’s growing and looking older by the day however gaining weight is not high on his list, both Jay and Charlie weighed much more than he does at this age.

Things of note-

Sleeping- Luc is sleeping anywhere from 6-8 hours at night these days and while this is quite good for a 3 month old (and I am certainly not complaining) Jay was sleeping 8-10 hours at this point and Charlie 8-9 and only occasionally waking up around the 6 hour mark. I don’t think we are doing anything extraordinary with him, nor do we have a special secret although I do think that our consistent nightly routine and his eat, then play (we play a whole lot when I can) then sleep daytime routine really does help.

Luc is pretty much the happiest baby around. He very rarely fusses (even when he is really hungry) and more often than not you can find him happily smiling at you. His smiles are huge and freely given.

Luc has started to notice things around him and become much more alert. He is frequently taking in everything around him (which can be quite a lot) and enjoying the crazy of our house. This being said he prefers to be carried so he can see out and see what’s going on.

Likes

Socks- I affectionately refer to these as Luc’s happy-makers. Little boy doesn’t like to be cold and since he doesn’t have much meat on his bones getting cold is easy to do and frequently his little toes are freezing; so socks are amazing and extremely helpful.

Sleeping on his tummy- Shh don’t tell the Doctor (since this is the non-recommended way of infant sleeping right now) but every time we work on tummy time he crashes and falls asleep so much so that I have stated putting him down for his naps on his belly. I mean really he can be awake and as soon as you put him in his tummy he quiets down and falls asleep.

His tongue- Just within the last week or so Luc has decided that playing with his tongue is a lot of fun.

The carrier- the carrier is probably the exception to the rule to being carried facing out. If Luc is riding in my carrier he is usually pretty content and falls asleep pretty quickly. I love using it as I did with all of the boys and it has saved my arms many a time.

His big brothers- He adores both Jay and Charlie. He watches them and listens intently for them. He will quiet down and stop fussing if they begin talking to him and just generally likes being around them. Both of the boys are equally good with him and love and hug on him frequently.

Being sung to- I think this has been pretty consistent with all of the boys but they love when I sing or read to them and since I am not exactly the best singer around I am thankful that they aren’t a picky audience.

Blowing Bubbles- almost all of the time you can find a half dozen bubbles flowing out of this little one’s mouth and while some are quite impressive they mostly just get the front of his outfits soaking wet.

Dislikes:

I am pretty hard pressed to find things that this little one does not like however, if I had to pick something I would have to say that he does not like being cold.

Jay at 3 months
Charlie at 3 months

a venture favorite

Published on October 14, 2013 by kristenperreaultLeave a comment

Yesterday I posted some photos of Jay and Luc that have been taken at Venture. I saved this one to post on it’s own because it is one of my favorites of Charlie to date. There is SO much personality in this little body of his and I think this photo captures just a tiny bit of his spunk.

venture

Published on October 13, 2013 by kristenperreault2 Comments

As some of you may know my Dad owns his own photography studio located in downtown Winter Park, Venture Studios. From time to time we go in and his photographers shoot the boys. We were in at some point during the spring which is where these photos of Jay are from and again after Luc was born. It’s a completely different style than I normally shoot but I do enjoy getting to “see” my kiddos from someone else’s perspective.

Luc’s Newborn Shoot