What's this.........an update?

I know! It can't be, right?

Don't rush off to the eye doctor just yet, I am posting a new blog entry!!! Sorry I've been so off lately. Things have been a little crazy in Casa de Mathews. But here's a brief update on the kids and how life is treating us!

Haley is doing great. She's growing like crazy. I swear she shot up a foot in the last month alone. She's getting very excited for summer. Because we all know that summer not only means her birthday (the big number 5!!)and trips to the pool. But, more importantly, it's her last summer before KINDERGARTEN!!!! I don't think I've seen a child more excited about going to school. She's already quite good at math and sounding out words.

She loves her little brothers. She says she loves them equally, but I think she's partical to Blake. Of course, she thought Eli was the best thing since sliced bread until he turned 1! So, I guess Blake's got a good 3 months left to stay on the "good boy" list! She is a big helper for mommy, most of the time. Her new favorite phrase to say is "I have to do EVERYTHING in this house!!!" I don't know where she got that one from! ;)

Eli is doing wonderfully. His speech has improved so much these last few months. He had his second set of tubes put in at the end of November. We are still working with ECI (Early Childhood Intervention) on a weekly basis. We love our teacher, Ms. Katie! His newest phrase is "I luuu you, Mom-Mom!!" :D He'll add whose ever name at the end he needs to.

His favorite pass time is to follow Haley around and do whatever she's doing. He LOVES her so much. He gets upset if she goes to play at a friend's house. When she gets up in the morning or comes home, a big hug awaits her! It's really sweet! He's crazy about Blake too. He love to hug "Baby" and you can see that the two of them are really starting to bond.

Blake is 9 months now! He's been out as long as he was in! :D He's finally sleeping through the night. We bought a crib for him a few weeks ago. Up until now, he was sleeping with me. Eli is still using his crib, so we bought one for Blake. I have it in the guest room. Our plan is to eventually move the boys in a room together, but we didn't want to do that until Blake was sleeping better at night. After much trial and error, we finally decided that it was time to just let him cry. We did for a weekend at naps and night time. By Tuesday night, he was going to bed at 7:30pm and sleeping until 7:30-8:00am the next morning! He will wake up a couple of times, fuss a few minutes, then put himself back to sleep. His nap times aren't as good yet, but he's still doing great!!

The only problem Blake has right now are his ears. He, like Eli, is having multiple ear infections. We've been in and out of the dr.'s office several times the last few months and finally decided to see the ENT. We went yesterday and decided to go ahead and do tubes in his ears on Tuesday. They are also going to clip his tongue while he's under. (He's slightly tongue-tied) Unlike Eli, Blake's speech seems to be right on target for his age. He's already saying Mama and Dada and Hi. So, hopefully once the tubes are in, we won't have the same speech delay that we have had with Eli.

That's our life in a nutshell! There's never a dull moment, but we're pretty happy!!

Here's a recent pictures! :)