three of a kind

we're having so much fun with the kids. each of them brings so much joy in their own way.

sophia laughed for the first time the other night. matt was giving her zurbits. her belly laugh was a straight shot of joy into my heart. she also is so into her fists. often times when she's sitting in her bouncy chair you can catch her holding one or both up and staring. she loves them so much she's decided she wants me to kiss them. so when she's nursing, she raises her fist, power-to-the-people style and keeps it there until i kiss it. she'll do it several times until she feels i've given it enough love. it's adorable.

alaythia is so into christmas. for some reason she calls it chris-me. once all the christmas decorations were up she said, 'chris-me makes me happy mommy!' christmas lights send her into near hysterics. she's impossible to take into stores because every decoration, every gift sends her gasping and running to check it out. her joy over all that she's seeing brings a new excitement to it all.

isaiah is TOTALLY into football. he's interested in any sport that's on really, but this has been taken to a new level. he not only knows all the teams, all the positions and who is playing who...wait for it...he's created his own fantasy football team. matt ended up writing it down and keeping track so they could 'play' each other every week. we're sorry we ever let him see the game. that's all he talks about. this receiver did this, that tight-end did that. and if you'll let him, he'll tell you all about it too. thursday through monday it's all football baby. but it's pretty darn cute to see his big brown eyes light up as he repeats all that he's just seen.