Favorite Things

I haven't done this in forever, but its time to start it up again I think. Nolan does one of my new favorite things. When he crawls now, he does it with a strut, shaking his head and hips as he is crawling all over. As much as I want him to walk (and he is taking more and more steps everyday) I will will his little strut.

Pictures of Olivia

Let's just say I take a lot of pictures of Olivia - here are some recently....

One Month!!!

Olivia is one month! I can't believe how fast this month has gone. She has stolen all are hearts. I was telling Justin that so far it doesn't seem that different, her being a girl, compared to the boys. He disagreed with me, saying its already very different for him, knowing that she was his baby girl. Tyler and Carter still love giving her hugs and kisses and always wanting to know what she is doing. Nolan is getting a little better, with less tantrums when I am holding her. He also really likes to go and see her when she is in her swing or laying on the couch. One time I saw him put a Kix in her mouth - at least he was trying to share!

She drinks anywhere from 2.5 to 4 oz every 3 hours. She only gets up once at night, which is great! We usually feed her around 11, she wakes up sometime between 3 and 4 and then goes back to sleep til around 7.  Very nice! The past couple of days she is awake a lot. I think she is getting overstimulated so I need to work on her getting to nap in her bed so she can get decent naps in. Her hair is getting lighter and lighter everyday. I think there is some red in it, but Justin doesn't see it. So far she only cries when she is hungry, but I know that will change soon.  She has her 1 month appointment this week and I am very excited to see how much she has grown. She seems a lot longer to both of us. She is still spitting up after every feeding so I am hoping that she is gaining weight just fine as well. We are very excited to see her grow and her first smile will probably come any day. However we are just fine if time slowed down some, as we want to treasure this time with her, its going by too fast already!

MOPs

One of the main reason I have been so behind on the blog (besides the obvious of adjusting to 4 kids, and Kindergarten pick-up and drop-off, along with trying to keep the house somewhat clean and keep my family fed) is that I am on the ministry team for MOPs this year. I joined MOPs last year and absolutely love it. It encourages me so much and teaches me so much on how to be the best mom I can be for my kids. It also remind me that I AM the best mom their is for my kids. So far I am enjoying being on ministry team as well. Growing a lot, getting to know a lot of great moms, and having a lot of fun. We start next week, so the past few weeks have been getting ready for the year. I will be a small group facilitator and am so excited to meet all the moms that will be coming. I also love that I get some time away knowing my kiddos are in great care (for now, Olivia stays with me), our church nursery!

Avery's Party

So we also went to Avery's 2nd birthday party in the last few weeks. On our way up there we stopped by the park in Larkspur that Tyler and Carter just love playing at. It was great timing too as Nolan was napping and Olivia needed to eat and then the boys got to play for about 30 minutes or so and right when it was time to leave, it started raining, like I said great timing. Once we got up to the party the boys loved running around all the grass and playing in the water. It was so much fun to see everyone and some new babies that we hadn't gotten to meet yet as well. We then had some yummy food and yummy cupcakes, which Nolan really dug into.  The boys also got lollipops, their favorite part. Another great family day!

Zoo Time

We headed off for Olivia's first zoo trip when she was a little over two weeks old. Of course we had a great time like always. Nolan got his first trips on the train and on the carousel. The bog boy fed the giraffes and the chickens. We also got to see the hippos being fed and pet a lizard. Enjoy the pictures!

Carter's Day

Once again way behind on the blog...this four kids thing takes a lot of time. So about 3 weeks ago at this point, Justin was still off of work, Tyler was in Kindergarten for the day, and Carter was feeling a little left out. So we let him decide what he wanted to do. He asked to go to the fountains to play in.  Uncle Wilber wasn't open, but America the Beautiful was, so he said it was ok to go to that one. We played at the park some first and then headed over to the fountain. Nolan loved swinging and Carter loved climbing and they both loved splashing around in the water. Olivia loved sleeping through the whole thing. After some time there we went to Chick-fil-a for lunch where the boys got to play some more. Carter even helped Nolan up the steps to go down the slide. After Carter did it once, Nolan was able to get up them himself - he is quite the climber!  I think Carter enjoyed the day and all the attention on him, Justin and I sure did.