A real heart felt apology to Nolan

There was a great conversation between James (4yrs old) and Nolan (2 yrs old) this week. James and Nolan were fighting over matchbox cars and James pushed Nolan down. I told James to hug Nolan and say sorry.

One thing you need to know, If you say “sorry” to Nolan he will always respond with “sorry”

James: Sorry
Nolan: Sorry
James: No I’m sorry
Nolan: Sorry
James: (a bit angrier) I’m sorry
Nolan: Sorry
James: Nolan, you’re not sorry I’m sorry
Nolan: Sorry
James: Stop it Nolan!!!
Nolan: Sorry

Then James pushed Nolan down.

James: I’m Sorry
Nolan: Sorry

James sends Levi to bite his mother

Levi is home now, and the Phillips family is getting used to having baby number 3 around.

James seems to be adjusting fine. He is gentle and keeps asking the pay with Levi. He is unable to grasp that Levi cant get up and walk around yet.

Nolan is having a little tougher time with the new baby. Nolan has been the soft, quiet, timid brother 9at eat compared to James). Nolan is used to spending most of his day on heather's lap. He has gotten a bit jealous since Levi has stolen the best seat in the house. Nolan has avoided Heather some and only tries to sit with her when Levi is already on her lap. I am having more father/son time with my first two. I am sure things will be back to normal soon (Of course normal for my household is insanity).

Yesterday Levi (4 days old) was crying while we were eating dinner. Heather only had a couple of bites of dinner left but I had to almost tie her down to the table to get here to finish before taking care of Levi. I had finished eating so I put Levi in my lap and tried to sooth him until Heather was done. James found Levi loud and aggravating and had had enough of his crying. James walked up to me and pulled his shirt up and pointed to his chest. "Dad, if you want him to stop crying let him bite momma right here."

Welcome Levi Jackson Phillips

July 11th 10:25 am
6 Lbs 15 oz
19 3/4 inches long

He is doing great
Heather is doing great

I will post a bunch of pics later

Baa Baa Baa Baa Baa Baa Baa, What!

We were having lunch at Loco's a week ago with about 20 students. My son Nolan was sitting beside me. He did something with accidental but perfect timing. He was staring forward just blabbering on and making noises. Baa, Baa, Baa, Baa, Baa. I began looking at Nolan with a look on my face that simply said, "What is wrong with you". Nolan kept blabbing on, "Baa Baa Baa Baa", and then looked up and noticed I was looking at him. With perfect timing and without missing a beat he immediately stop blabbing and said, "what".

James' milk was stolen

Heather has been pregnant for a while. Once James realized Heather had a live being in her belly, he began telling us he also had a living being inside him, actually two: a panda and a dog. James favorite two toys are a stuffed animal panda and a stuffed animal dog.

During Heather's pregnancy there are times when the baby does something. Heather will announce things out loud like: "Levi just kicked me, Levi is doing flips, or Levi is hungry". James will at times mention that his Panda and Dog are kicking him.

This past week Heather ate dinner and then just a few minutes later was snacking again. I asked her didn't you eat just a bit ago. She simply stated, "I think Levi ate all my food and now this snack is for me".

Later that evening we were getting James ready for bed and James asked if he could have a glass of milk. I told him, "sorry you already had some milk earlier". James responded, "yes, but the dog and panda drank my milk, but this next glass is more me".