Schafer
Baby Schafer is doing very well and growing and kicking.
He likes to do cardio kick boxing between 11 and 12 at night whether I'm asleep or not. Does not bod well for out of the womb... sigh...
He moves A LOT, almost as much as Connor did but his movements don't hurt as much as Connors... Connor was a violent little fetus!
Schafer, as opposed to the other two, likes to sleep during sermons... hahahaha I'm not sure what that means... :)
In ultra sounds, Schafer seems a lot longer and skinnier than the other two did... that doesn't really mean much as of right now but we will see.
He definitely becomes more active when I have caffeine, which is different than the others. Well with Vale's pregnancy, I'd just throw up if I had caffeine... so I guess that was a reaction but Vale's behavior wouldn't change.
Vale
Vale has such a sensitive heart and I love it! A friend bit Connor's finger the other day (as all kids do) and Connor cried for about 30 seconds and was over it... Vale on the other hand who witnessed the whole thing was troubled by the incident for about 2 days and kept repeating to me that Connor got bit and his finger was hurt! :) It was so sweet!!
Vale has a serious sweet tooth!! This kid will gobble down anything you give him with sugar in it. Connor will turn down sweet and Vale will eat Connor's portion... ha!
Every time I get a booger out of Vale's nose he thinks it's HILARIOUS to pretend he's going to eat it... so gross and he thinks it's the funniest thing ever. Sigh...
Vale loves to sing!! Even if he doesn't know all the words to every song he definitely knows the tune. He's got very good pitch and rhythm! His favorite songs are Jesus Loves Me, Nothing but the Blood of Jesus, Tonight you Belong to Me and ABC's.
Vale's verbal skills have exploded in the last 3 weeks! He's talking in full sentences and repeating everything he hears (be careful!). He asked for something from his daddy this morning by saying, "Please may I have that Daddy."... yeah no joke... 2 months ago he was saying "peas daddy!"
Vale knows and has known where most of his body parts and facial feature are, on both himself and others. He can say his ABC's, though some parts are not very understandable and he counts to 12. He doesn't know what the numbers or letters mean but he'll rhythmically say them to you.
Today
at the mall, Connor was screaming in the children's play area,
"Attention everyone!!! Jesus is coming! Jesus is coming!!" I swear I
almost peed myself. Oh my goodness... the mall has wonderful acoustics
and he was usin' them!
The other day the boys are playing in the next room as I was doing dishes and Connor calls out 'Mom, can we have some tissues and a match to make a fire?'... ummm... no. At least he asked right...
Connor loves to pray for any meal we have (by the way he thought that we only pray for hot food... which was pretty funny...) and he prays for EVERYTHING... the chairs, table, forks... etc... The other day he prayed, "Dear Jesus help me to not disobey ever, ever, ever, ever so I can go to heaven and play with Jesus." :) His childish understand makes my heart happy. :)
It's awesome how God provides opportunity to teach our children. Sunday morning Connor didn't want to go to his class as we were checking in and I was prepared for tears when I dropped him off but when we got to his class his best little friend in his class was by the door crying hysterically for his mommy. I told Connor that it was important for him to be a friend to his buddy and he needed to be sweet and help him out. Connor went right in and comforted his friend and soon they were playing sweetly. I told him on the way home that I was very proud of him for not thinking about himself but thinking of others. Well then on the way to church that night Connor says, "Mommy I love God and I want to learn about Jesus and go to heaven but I don't want to go church." I told him that it was good that he wanted to know Jesus and that you didn't have to go to church to go to heaven but it's very important that we obey Jesus and he says that we need to go to church and spend time with other people who love Jesus (Heb 10:25). I told him that not only did Jesus say that but he also said that we should help out other believers (Gal 6:2) and how will you know how to help out and pray for your friends if we never go to church. I told him to remember his friend that morning and how he was able to help him out. If we didn't go to church he would have missed the opportunity to be a blessing to his friend and help him. I think he understood and I was so grateful that the Lord had so perfectly orchestrated events for this teaching opportunity.
Vale has a serious sweet tooth!! This kid will gobble down anything you give him with sugar in it. Connor will turn down sweet and Vale will eat Connor's portion... ha!
Every time I get a booger out of Vale's nose he thinks it's HILARIOUS to pretend he's going to eat it... so gross and he thinks it's the funniest thing ever. Sigh...
Vale loves to sing!! Even if he doesn't know all the words to every song he definitely knows the tune. He's got very good pitch and rhythm! His favorite songs are Jesus Loves Me, Nothing but the Blood of Jesus, Tonight you Belong to Me and ABC's.
Vale's verbal skills have exploded in the last 3 weeks! He's talking in full sentences and repeating everything he hears (be careful!). He asked for something from his daddy this morning by saying, "Please may I have that Daddy."... yeah no joke... 2 months ago he was saying "peas daddy!"
Vale knows and has known where most of his body parts and facial feature are, on both himself and others. He can say his ABC's, though some parts are not very understandable and he counts to 12. He doesn't know what the numbers or letters mean but he'll rhythmically say them to you.
Connor
I asked Connor the other day who his best friends were... he named about 8 kids and they were all family except one... that makes me so happy! :)
I was putting the boys in PJ's and Connor wanted to Vale to go first, I told Connor he'll want to go first cause then he'll have more time to play after he's already dressed to which he replied 'well if I wait, I'll have more time to play now!'... ummm ... yup, yup you will... kids too smart for his own good.
Connor came up to me and out of the blue asked me, "If PopPop is in heaven, what man is going to take care of GiGi?" I almost started to cry... I told him that Jesus would take care of her. He's promised to take care of ladies who's husbands die or kids how don't have parents... I really was choking back tears.
Cononr got in bed to snuggle with me in the morning and I had shaved and lotioned my legs the night before. He touched my leg with his foot and said what is that?! I said, 'my leg' and he goes 'no it's not, there are no pokey things!'... thanks kid...
We recently went to a Disney show, pirates and princesses, and dressed up like pirates, which was encouraged on the website. About half, maybe a little less, of the children there were dressed up so we weren't alone! But during the intermission Connor looked at me and asked if were were going to go up on stage. I told him "no I didn't think so", to which he promptly responded indigently "Then why are we dressed like pirates????"... nice...
I asked Connor the other day who his best friends were... he named about 8 kids and they were all family except one... that makes me so happy! :)
I was putting the boys in PJ's and Connor wanted to Vale to go first, I told Connor he'll want to go first cause then he'll have more time to play after he's already dressed to which he replied 'well if I wait, I'll have more time to play now!'... ummm ... yup, yup you will... kids too smart for his own good.
Connor came up to me and out of the blue asked me, "If PopPop is in heaven, what man is going to take care of GiGi?" I almost started to cry... I told him that Jesus would take care of her. He's promised to take care of ladies who's husbands die or kids how don't have parents... I really was choking back tears.
Cononr got in bed to snuggle with me in the morning and I had shaved and lotioned my legs the night before. He touched my leg with his foot and said what is that?! I said, 'my leg' and he goes 'no it's not, there are no pokey things!'... thanks kid...
We recently went to a Disney show, pirates and princesses, and dressed up like pirates, which was encouraged on the website. About half, maybe a little less, of the children there were dressed up so we weren't alone! But during the intermission Connor looked at me and asked if were were going to go up on stage. I told him "no I didn't think so", to which he promptly responded indigently "Then why are we dressed like pirates????"... nice...
The other day the boys are playing in the next room as I was doing dishes and Connor calls out 'Mom, can we have some tissues and a match to make a fire?'... ummm... no. At least he asked right...
Connor loves to pray for any meal we have (by the way he thought that we only pray for hot food... which was pretty funny...) and he prays for EVERYTHING... the chairs, table, forks... etc... The other day he prayed, "Dear Jesus help me to not disobey ever, ever, ever, ever so I can go to heaven and play with Jesus." :) His childish understand makes my heart happy. :)
It's awesome how God provides opportunity to teach our children. Sunday morning Connor didn't want to go to his class as we were checking in and I was prepared for tears when I dropped him off but when we got to his class his best little friend in his class was by the door crying hysterically for his mommy. I told Connor that it was important for him to be a friend to his buddy and he needed to be sweet and help him out. Connor went right in and comforted his friend and soon they were playing sweetly. I told him on the way home that I was very proud of him for not thinking about himself but thinking of others. Well then on the way to church that night Connor says, "Mommy I love God and I want to learn about Jesus and go to heaven but I don't want to go church." I told him that it was good that he wanted to know Jesus and that you didn't have to go to church to go to heaven but it's very important that we obey Jesus and he says that we need to go to church and spend time with other people who love Jesus (Heb 10:25). I told him that not only did Jesus say that but he also said that we should help out other believers (Gal 6:2) and how will you know how to help out and pray for your friends if we never go to church. I told him to remember his friend that morning and how he was able to help him out. If we didn't go to church he would have missed the opportunity to be a blessing to his friend and help him. I think he understood and I was so grateful that the Lord had so perfectly orchestrated events for this teaching opportunity.
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