Army Talk

So Zach and I were talking about all the different words from the Army that weasel their way into Zach's everyday talk.  Such as, he never has to use the restroom or go to the bathroom, it's always"I have to utilize the latrine".  "Yes" or "okay" is "roger" and it's not "no"... it's "negative", and it's never women, ladies or girls, it's "females".  Guns aren't guns, they're "weapons", unless they are a 32 ton paladin, then it's a gun.  Short word for a big boom in my opinion.  Everything is "too easy", the medical answer for any ailment is "drink water" (spoken to a cadence, in a singsong way), and if you're having trouble, the answer is "suck it up and drive on".  And the answer to EVERYTHING is "hooah".  I can just see our little Esther in about a year, jumping up and down with her legs crossed... "Mommy, latween Mommy, I gotta use the latween!!"  The Army, is not just a job - it's a life, whether you're in uniform or not.

Spider

So as I was putting clothes away, I found a spider in one of a drawers.  I killed it while Zach stood OUTSIDE the room saying, "Is it dead yet?  Where is it??"  After I killed it and scooped it up in a kleenex, I chased him with it and he totally ran screaming, one very high-pitched scream, into another room and locked the door until I put it in the trash.  Heehee,  it cracks me up.

Esther wore the little blue flowered dress from the Costerisans to chapel yesterday and was so adorable.  It's still a little big but it's so cute on her.

Zach made a great dinner.  Chicken with some sort of glaze, muffins and potatoes...  pretty amazing.  He really enjoys to cook every now and then.  All in all, it was a pretty good day.

Shots

This morning, Esther got her first shots.  She was a trooper.  After the first one, she had a one breath cry, and after the breath was gone, she was done crying until the next one.  With the second, she did the same thing, and then she was done crying and just layed there on the doctor's table, quiet and ready to eat.  I asked the nurse if many babies got quiet so quickly and she said no, most babies keep crying.  We've got a brave one!

And tonight, Zach was taking a quick sniff of Esther's diaper to see if she was dirty, and while his nose was in position, she totally let one rip.  Couple that with kicking him in the face... she is one amazing little girl!

Esther's cousin is going to be born very soon, and we can't wait!!  Prayers going your way Heather, Ry and Kiara!!

Precious little noises

Just in the past few days, we've really seen an increase in the amount of different noises Esther's making.  When she first started smiling and cooing, her coos were all the same, but now, she's experimenting with a lot of different noises, holding them out longer and varying the volume. Yesterday and today, she was so loud and forceful with a couple of them, I almost thought she was going to start laughing.  I don't think her first laugh is very far in the future!

Our little chub

So we had a doctor's appt for little Esther yesterday.  She measured 22 inches and weighed 10 pounds 14 ounces!  To put this in perspective for ya'll, on April 3rd, she weighed 8 pounds 8.5 ounces.  That's over 2 pounds in under 3 weeks!!  She's really trying to talk.  She'll look you right in the eyes and make all kinds of noises.  She'll stare at new things and new noises and voices for quite a long time, just trying to figure them out.  You can see the little wheels in her head turning.  She's laying on the floor right now on her mat with the toys hanging above her and she's hitting the birds, mostly by accident but today's the first day where when she hits one, she'll keep her arm up there in contact with the bird, moving it around.  I think she's starting to figure it out a little bit.  Of course, she's a genius and I'm not a bias, proud mama... :)  She's one precious little girl, Zach and I don't know what we'd do, or even be, without her.

Our Funny Little Girl

Esther's smiling and cooing more and more each day.  She's growing out of her newborn clothes now,  took her 2 months to do it... and people kept telling me she'd hardly wear those clothes, and she couldn't fit into anything else for almost two months.  Pretty crazy.  Yesterday, she was starting to get hungry and I guess wanted me to know it, so she grabbed my finger, stuck it in her mouth and started sucking on it.  She's a bright one, our little girl.  Just like her daddy, doesn't want to go to sleep, afraid she'll miss the party. :)

Prayers for a Niece/Cousin

We are in constant prayer for Heather and Ryan.  We are praying that God's will for them is to adopt a little girl, Kiara Joy, who has yet to enter the world.  We hope so much that God's will is to bless them with this baby girl but even more, we hope that God's will is to bless this little girl with an amazing couple who will be such loving parents.  We want Esther to have a cousin to play with and we would love to have a niece to spoil rotten, getting all of our spoil-rotten-temptations out so our own daughter won't be rotten. ;)  So join us and pray pray pray!