Happy Papa's Day!

Happy Day to all the Fathers out there and especially to the man in the Gore household known as Papa, Papi, My Daddy, or Father (when Mama says "go ask your Father"). Because we are not quite old enough to type or even put all of our emotions into words, Mama will do her best to summarize. Mama knows we adore our Papa by...

The way we sob in the morning if Papa leaves before we are awake to see him (even though Mama assures us he gave us a goodbye kiss). And then the way we squeal with excitement and happiness when we hear the garage door open and Papa returns home. This also doesn't include the number of times during the day we ask about him, say we saw his car, or Mama's favorite from Madelaine, "My Papa loves me" just out of the blue with a little hip shake and grin.

When home with Papa, we love to climb all over him, we love to be lifted into the air (where only kids with Papa's who are 6'5 can go), and best of all we love to dance with Papa (especially the shake our bumper move). We are constantly giving hugs and kisses to our Papa. Right now Theodore's favorites include snuggle time on Papa's chest (when the rest of us are out of the room) and some conversation time on his own in the early morning or later evening times. However, we know that all too soon Theodore will enjoy joining us in our more wild fun with Papa.
Lastly, one of Mama's favorite things Papa says frequently about us is...they just make it so easy to love them! You make it easy to love you too Papa!

Love,

Madelaine, Eleanor, and Theodore (and Mama too)

ME are in LOVE!

We are sure you won't be able to tell by the pictures, so we wanted to share that we are totally and completely in love with our little brother. We have done an excellent job overall in transitioning into the role of being big sisters (per Papa and Mama).

We are often the first to try and respond to our brother's cry and do a wonderful job of giving him his pacifier. We have been very observant of Mama and know how to replicate how she positions Teddy's burp cloth or blanket when in his swing or bouncer seat. We do a great job of trying to "shhh" him if unhappy and also attempt to sing some of the songs we know.

We love to shower him with hugs and kisses. We also are very aware of who is holding him if others are around and do not like them to take him too far out of our sight.

We try to include him in on our play as able and cannot wait for the day when he can sit on his own or better yet walk. We also are thoroughly enjoying his new love of "talking" with us.

We love you Theodore. Thanks for being such a great little brother!
Love, ME

Happy 2-months to Teddy!

Hi all! There has been no slowing down in my world and I still hear everyone say I am "such a good baby" so I must be doing something right.


My 2-month stats at my MD appointment had me weighing 12 lb 12 oz (way to make up for a slow start during my cold, huh?!?!) and being 24 inches in length (though in Mama's opinion she thinks I am just a bit longer). I am doing a great job of sleeping between 5-6 hours at night and also am becoming quite the chatter box. I also have a really cute smile and love to show it off to others. With this and the twinkle in my eyes, I think I am pretty irresistible and have a way of making everyone want to cuddle with me!

Much love, Teddy

In the words of one of our current favs...

WE DID IT (Dora the Explorer for those of you not knowing)!!!!! We are officially done wearing diapers during our waking hours. It truly was quite painless in Mama's perspective and both she and Papa are extremely proud of us, but also feeling like this is another step towards no longer seeming like babies. Mama also isn't too keen on the whole use of public restrooms but she is growing in this area too!

Cheers for us!!! Love, ME

P.S. We know you are digging our shoe fashion in this photo, yes? At that start of warm weather, if given a choice to pick our shoes this is what we headed for...easy on/off and we know we can wear them in anything. We also know Mama chooses to pick her battles, so off we went in our boots.

Dance, Dance, Dance!

We concluded our Mommy & Me Dance class by participating in the spring dance recital. We roped Grandma Linda into being a dance partner being Mama was not able to assist both of us and we all were a bit unsure as to how things were going to go being when practicing at dance class during the weeks prior, we kept switching between Grandma and Mama. However, we both were superstars and it went wonderfully (even despite only having a 1/2 hr nap that day due to it being a crazy-busy weekend with Papa's family in town for Grandpa Gene's memorial service). Papa and Mama were so proud of us!

We are in the back row (Grandma w/E, Mama w/M)...
Running around after we were all done (we think we look like one of Papa's favorite flowers, hehe!)...

Ring around the rosie...

Dance partners...

Thanks Grandma Linda for helping out!!! We couldn't have done it without you!
We also couldn't complete the post without sharing a picture of our little brother who attended our big event as well...

Smiles, ME and T

Happy 1-month to Teddy!

Oh my goodness, where has my first month of life gone?!?! Well if you consider that I came down with a cold on day 5 of life (which lasted until I was almost 3 wks old) and resulted in an average of 2 MD trips per week for weight checks being I wasn't the best eater, as well as celebrated my first Easter and Mother's Day, you can understand how the month just flew by!

No worries, once the congestion in my nose cleared, I started to pack on the pounds and became a very alert little boy(who wouldn't be with my 2 big sisters constantly in my face). I frequently hear everyone in our house refer to me as "My Teddy!"
Papa and Mama think I am a pretty laid back baby boy...either DNA-based or because I have no choice (again my big sisters). I enjoy studying people and things around me, kicking my legs, and am starting to make some cooing sounds.In addition to packing on weight, I also continue to grow in length and am nearing the end of 0-3 month clothing. Let me demonstrate my favorite stretching routine for you...
The starting posture-

Warming up-
Look at my long arms and legs (and don't forget to check out those long feet!)-

One more thing, I am a super pooper! I frequently blow-out of clothing and we are likely moving to size 1 diapers. Even though NB-size ones still fit, they are a bit short on my long trunk so maybe the next size up will save Mama some laundry work...hehe! Okay, I want to be done with this sharing of information and photo shoot thing!

Hugs to all,

Theodore (a.k.a. Teddy)

The best gifts ever!

Happy Mother's Day to all! If someone would have told Cris and I that we would have 3 children, let alone 3 under the age of 3, 3 years ago we would of told them our chances of winning the lottery would likely be better. Wow, what blessings we have been provided! You each are truly gifts from God! Motherhood is shaping up to be more than I could ever have expected and I have you 3 little ones to thank. Thank you for making me want to be the best Mama I can be! I wish I could bottle up each second of each day and have the chance to go back to it as desired being you are just growing up way too fast. You provide me with countless giggles, the best hugs and kisses, the silliest faces and phrases, and remind me of what life should really be about!

My 2 silly munchkins who started it all...



My newest cuddle bug...

Love, hugs, and kisses to you each forever! Mama