Time...

Time goes by so fast these days!

Gabriel will be 4 come Feb. 4th, Tristan will be 4 months this coming month and Brooke turned 2 in Aug. Yesterday we went clothes shopping for the kids and I had these cute shoes in mind for Gabriel (they light up)...well, we get to the store and he wants batman shoes!! I gave him a choice...light up shoes or bat man shoes...every time...Bat man! He's making his own choices :( which is of course I really good thing, but also means he's growing up! But I at least got to pick out Brooke's shoes...princess' all over them :) Tristan is scooting all over the place when I place him on his stomach. I put him in the middle of the blanket and I leave to do something and he's off the blanket happy as can be.

These last few months I have been wondering about birth control, and it's been frustrating. I was given a prescription for the pill, but it reduces milk supply...I already have low milk supply. I was given the chance to have an IUD, been there, done that. I've also found out that it kills the fertilized egg (if sperm does get up there) in the process which in my view is abortion!! Matthew told me we would have a not so pleasant marriage if I got an IUD knowing we were killing babies.
So, I got a film which is fine for now, but I really don't want any chances of getting pregnant again. UGH...I'm stuck inbetween a rock and a hard place!
In any way...I know the Lord will take care of me, and he knows what's best for me...baby or not!

Halloween is tomorrow and I'm very excited! Although we are not having the kids go out. We had a trick or treat at our church a week ago and they got lots of candy there! We don't need more sugar highs...haha. We will though, dress them up and have them help hand out candy :) I love halloween. Maybe because I grew up in Massachusetts and I went to Salem every Halloween.
I just can't wait!

Well, I just wanted to update on what's going on in the Armstrong Family.
Tristan will be 3 months come the 13th of this month :) I can't believe time goes by so fast! He's developed so much in these short month, it's just crazy! He's lifted up his head at 1 1/2 months, started smiling at 1 1/2 months, he just started to laugh a few days ago when I tickled him (that's my favorite), and he's sleeping through the night since 2 months. He only takes 3 naps a day, morning after I feed him, later in the afternoon, and once at night.
I'm still breastfeeding, although I can't completely satisfy him, I'm so VERY thankful that I can do at least a little! It's a lot better then my other 2 kids, they were mostly on formula, but Tristan is mostly on the boob.
Tristan is just such a happy baby, and I'm SO glad to have him in my life. I felt a very strong connection to him in the womb, and that connection is still just as strong, both him and I know it :) It will be exciting to see how things will be when he's Gabriel's age.

Gabriel is starting to spell words out!!! I'm so proud of him! Matthew pulls out this magnet board where he spells simple words like Ab or Bat or Bed or Cat...and makes Gabriel sound each letter out and then Gabriel spells out the words and is so proud of himself. I can't wait to get him into school, he's so excited now, how will he be when he really learns stuff? I can't wait! Gabriel is talking more and more, and sometimes he says stuff that we never taught him, and we are like..."where did THAT come from" it's so exciting to see him progress :)
He's such a mommy's helper, he loves helping around the house.

Brooke is talking more and more. She's a lot better then Gabriel was at her age. She's making sentences, and it makes mommy and daddy so proud!
She's very verbal at what she wants, and she won't stop until someone gives her their undying attention!
She's a very touchy feely girl, and LOVES giving hugs and kisses. We cant wait to see her progress even more.
She's such a mommy's girl. She loves to watch me put on my makeup, and even uses the brushes I use when I'm done with them, it's wicked cute to see. She is also getting better with Tristan. It used to be that I couldn't leave Tristan alone in a room with Brooke because she would hit him or sqwish him or step on him, but lately, she has been very good, and even likes to feed Tristan a bottle.

Well, that's about it for the Armstrong Family. I hope everyone has a great Halloween, and eats lots of candy!!!

Random Pictures I found...Past and Present :)

Some of my sealing July 26, 2005 and some present ones :)

HAPPY 30th BIRTHDAY MATTHEW!!

Well, today we celebrate Matthew's 30th Birthday!

I can't believe that about 4 1/2 years ago we met, fell completely in love, got married and now have 3 beautiful children together!

Matthew is my everything. My best friend, my companion, my shoulder to cry on, my confidant, and most importantly...my ETERNAL companion.
I'm so thankful to his parents for raising such a wonderful boy who grew up to be the man that he is today. I love him with all of my heart and feel blessed to spend the eternities with him :)

Brooke Eden Armstrong

Well, today is Brooke's 2nd Birthday! I can't believe I had her 2 years ago, time goes by so fast!!
She's such a little mommy, she loves to help out with Tristan...but she's been acting out because of his residence here. It will get better with time (I hope).

Some of Brooke's accomplishments have been:
making sentences
telling us what she has done wrong
being a little girly girl (which I love)
she has great fashion sense ;)
She can stand up for herself
she's my little flirt and she's a people person, she first started to smile at 2 weeks and hasn't stopped since!
She loves kissing and hugging

I'm so blessed to have her in my life and to call her my daughter! I love her so much! I don't know what I would do without her.
We went to a BBQ and she went swimming in this kiddie pool without floaties on because we never go swimming...so we never got her some. Well....she slipped and couldn't catch herself to stand up, I looked up and thought she was brave and went under water, but no, she was drowning...it was a HORRIBLE sight to see! I had a plate full of food and I just jumped in the pool and stood her up...she was pretty shaken up about it, and didn't want to go back in which I don't blame her. Seeing that gave me nightmares and was very thankful that nothing bad happened to her.

We are so blessed to have such a bubbly little girly girl in our lives, she makes us smile all the time and always has enough hugs and kisses for mommy and daddy!

TuTu's

Short and sassy look...


Layered look...



Satin edge tutu...


Flower filled tutu....I think this is adorable...seeing Brooke run around in this is too precious!




Ever since Brooke was born I always wanted to dress her up in girly girly stuff, like with pink and purple stuff, with flowers, hair stuff...but never really had the money to do it with. I've also wanted to buy her some tutu's which I think are so stinkin cute! I was looking around and found some WICKED cute tutu's!!! I can't wait to save money to buy her some tutu's.

P.S. I found these tutu's at creations4qts.com for anyone who would like to see their daughters in tutu's too.

Doc Appt.

So today we went to WIC to reapply and to also put Tristan on the plan. So he's in the 25th percentile on everything, which isn't that good, but he's in the 50th percentile on his weight as a whole. He's only gained 4 oz since he was born. I'm not too sure why...he eats like a normal baby. He has another appt next week to see if he's gained more weight.

I also talked to a Lactician doctor and she said it takes about a month for your milk to really come in and keep your baby full, the first few weeks are practice for you and baby, and it should get better in the next few weeks. But....other women don't have this problem...they breastfeed from the very start and don't have to supplement....so I still think I don't supply enough for my kid...we will see in the next few weeks.

Anyway...things have been going great. Matthew's piano buisness us making a big hit, he has 5 students thus far and he will even get more in the next few months. He is actually going to be teaching at a studio where there will be over 100 students. We are very excited for this upcoming event :)