Noah, Elliot and Olivia's Blog

Elliot 3 Years Old

Since it was Mommy's first day back at work after maternity leave, Daddy took me to my 3-year check up with Dr. Paulson this time. I wasn't feeling so hot, and I threw up all over Daddy's car on the way to the Dr.'s office. Luckily the nice receptionist had some extra clothes for me, but I wasn't in the mood for a check up after that. Here were my stats at age 3:

Weight- 33 pounds (65th percentile)
Height- 37 inches (40th percentile)
BMI-16.95 (normal)
Blood pressure- good

Dr. Paulson asked me all sorts of questions to test my knowledge (what type of animal this was, what sound does it make, what color is this, etc.). I also got to do a hearing and eye test, which I did good at. Overall, I am a healthy 3 year old (just not so healthy that day!)

Mommy also asked me a few questions about my 'favorites' on my birthday this year Here were my answers:

Color-Blue
Food-Mac and Cheese
TV Show-Cailou
Movie- Frozen
Fruit- Apples
Vege- Corn
Song- I Cry by Flo Rida (I call this song 'Middle')
Toy-any type of car/truck.
Best Friend- Avery

A few other facts about me at age 3...I am working on the potty training thing, but just haven't mastered it quite yet. I promise to work on it more this year! I am a very happy boy and like to talk to just about anyone. I can ride a tricycle and am learning how to get dressed by myself. I am very curious how things work, and often crawl under things to 'fix' them. I am fascinated by cars and trucks, and will spend hours playing with them.

Opening presents

Truck cake (he LOVED it)

Trip to Chuck E Cheese to celebrate

Daddy's Birthday/New Years

For Daddy's birthday this year, we traveled to Duluth and spent a few nights at the water park hotel. The hotel was set up perfect for us and had 2 bedrooms (one for the girls so Olivia could sleep in peace) and one for the boys. The water park was awesome and we had a blast! It was SUPER cold while we were there, so when we had go outside for dinner, etc. it wasn't very fun (especially for Olivia). We went to look at the bridge, and daddy wanted to get a picture by the water. The wind was so cold that it froze our faces almost instantly. We managed to get one picture, and we are glad we did, but quickly got back into the warm car immediately after. We headed back home on New Year's Eve to spend Daddy's birthday at home and enjoyed some cake and appetizers while waiting for the ball to drop.

So much to do, where to start?

Olivia hanging out with daddy by the pool

Waiting for Noah and daddy to get done on the 'big' slide.
He finally went down with mommy and thought it was fun!

Napping by the pool

Having so much fun!

Lilly pads, Noah's favorite

Beautiful view in the morning

Taking a little break in the room with the Ipad

Brr...worth it for the cool picture though

Another nap...pools are boring for babies :)

On the way home...Duluth tired us out!

"Happy Hour' for New Year's Eve

Holidays 2014

Since we are behind with posting, I am going to do a quick drive-by post of the 2014 holidays :) For Thanksgiving, I headed home with Noah and Olivia on Monday for a little longer visit. Nick and Elliot planned to come later in the week, but Elliot ended up getting the flu on Monday and was sick all week. The poor kiddo couldn't catch a break and they never ended up coming home for Thanksgiving because he couldn't shake the flu. Nick got really good at washing and changing sheets during the week :) Noah, Olivia and I ended up staying at Grandma and Grandpa Ploeger's for a few more days than planned just so we didn't catch the flu. We missed them!

Poor little dude. Wouldn't let go
of his car, kept a grip on it.

Missing our brother!

Noah playing with Legos at Grandma's house
(called them 'imagination' Legos since they didn't come
with a picture of something to build)

Olivia snuggling with Uncle Jeffy

Noah got to go with Shelby to her uncle's house and sit in the plane!

Not loving the photo shoot

For Christmas, we all drove to Grandma Patty's house together and stayed for a few days. The kids had fun playing with their cousins and opening presents.