Fun Family Pics!

T has been sleeping on the couch since his surgery. This morning I woke up at 5:30 to feed the baby and I walked out and found this scene in my front room. Maple apparently doesn't mind sharing her bed with my son.

The girls hanging out together.

L with her eyes wide open.

Z with his new do.

Our first week home.

She is still smiling after having to share her princess throne. If any of you know my dad he doesn't like cats, so it's a good thing he is taking a cat nap!

I realiza this picture is bluish. Mark has been messing with the settings on my camera. Anyways the kids love holding their baby sissy. E tells me every five minutes that the baby is crying and has to be present for every diaper change and feeding.

Here she is strutting her stuff. She had gained back 2 oz tipping the scales at 5-8oz. Such a big girl. I love her so much.

Leily's Here!!!

Here she is! 5-10oz, 19 inches long.

Here's the scoop, my blood pressure went whacko over the weekend and by Tuesday I wasn't feeling very good at all. So, instead of driving myself home after my Dr's appt, I drove myself over to the hospital and checked in. We decided to do the c-section that night at 9:00, then it got moved up to 8:00pm. She arrived at 8:26pm. She is so small and never makes a peep. She eats just like her sister did, "like a pirahna," as Mark puts it. It was just so surreal for her to be here, she was a little early after all. I'm glad Mark and I decided to have a little burst of nesting last week and got everything ready thinking we had three more weeks to wait. Our laptop died the day before she was born and so Mark went the day after and got us a new one so that is the reason for the delay in photo's. We're fat and happy here. We are so blesse.d I'm okay, and she's okay, life is great.

Trip to Coer'D'Alene

A rare moment of rest for all of us. Isn't she the cutest thing ever!! The resort we stayed at had a gorgeous pool that we spent many hours at. I think even the kids were ready to be done by the last day.

That is the resort in the background. The best part is it was FREE!!!!

Lake CDA in the background. Z isn't in pain, T isn't heavily drugged just a bad photo. E and I look good though!

We decided we would takt the kids with us to a vet conference for Mark. We drove about 7-8 hurs one way to get there and then we spent a lot of our time swimming and a little sightseeing.The resort was awesome and CDA is beautiful. It was fun to drive back on the same roads we frequented so often during vet school. The kids were good and we had a fun trip.

Christmas!!!

We had a really fun Chrismas. E opened her rocking horse and didn't want to open anything else. T opened each present and examined it, and Z ripped through all of his presents in record speed and then had nothing else to open. It was a full room at the in-laws, but we enjoyed it. I had told my hubby that E had been rolling out of bed at night and that was possibly the reason she was awake during the night. He said that wasn't the case but as we were lying in our camper she rolled out of her bed, not once, but three times. So for once I get to own the big I TOLD YOU SO!!!

T's Morning Musings

This morning while eating breakfast T and I had the following convo:
T:Do chickiens bathe themselves?
Me: Yes, they use their beaks and feet.
T:do they get their beaks and feet wet?
Me: Yes. Sometimes they use dirt to get the bugs off.
T: We should get a hen bath, they could push a lever.
Me: I don't know if they would like that.
T: Yeah, they would. They would take turns. One hen would go out and another big hen would go in.(waving arms dramatically)

Where do they come up with these things????

New Camera, New Snow!!!!

Here's my kiddos out playing in the beautiful fresh snow. This is my favorite kind of snow, big snowflakes. I love my new camera. Sorry for the months long hiatus, but I lost my other camera and had to save for this one. Love this time of year!!