6 weeks old already!

I know it is really all about Jake for a 1 month post, but we'll update about everyone from youngest to oldest.

Jake - he's so big!  8lbs 13 oz, he's gained 2 full pounds since he was born, but he was so slow to gain in the first 3 weeks that is has been almost 2 pounds in 2 weeks.  He's wearing clothes that the girls wore in September and he already rolled from his tummy to his back, something Catherine didn't do until 4 months and Samantha didn't do until more than 5 months.  This is so amazing to us, and we feel so blessed.  Blessed because Jake is so healthy and strong, and blessed that the girls got such a rough start being 6 weeks early and still are healthy and strong and unaffected by their experience in the NICU.

Daddy, you're so funny!

Holy cow, have you seen my sisters?!

Samantha - her sentences are so long and complicated and full of adult inflection that I marvel at her every day, still when this has been going on for months.  She's very careful about telling you exactly what she is doing, unless she's going to touch something she knows she probably shouldn't touch.  And that's a lot of things.  She'd be great for a play by play announcer.  Her imagination runs wild and often we are playing supergirls, or beach parties, or going shopping or to the post office to mail a package.

They make sand castles with Dave and then have even more fun smashing them to the ground like giants.

Catherine - she loves the movie "Wall-E" and has made it her life's mission to learn the words to 'Put on your Sunday clothes" which is from Hello Dolly, but is also in Wall-E.  She's getting close!  She's also becoming a hockey fan, yelling Go Rangers as soon as you mention the word.  Soccer is her sport for sure.  She can already dribble the ball quite well while running.  Sam is more of a golf girl, she can get the ball to go over 10 ft.  Catherine is definitely a problem solver and you can see the gears crank as she figures out how to do everything like an adult, even if she is too small.  He favorite sentence is "Let me do it".  We have to add the 'please' at the end.