Hannah's dedication

Hannah was dedicated at our church today. We introduced her to everyone in the service and then our Pastor prayed for her. Ava was very excited to get to go on stage. I thought for sure she'd start singing or something! But Ava and Allie were both very good.

3 months

Hannah turned 3 months today. My how the time has flown by. She is such a great baby. She's still sleeping in a bassinet in our room. She usually goes to bed around 10 and then I wake her up to feed her at midnight when I go to bed. She then will sleep till about 7:30 or 8 AM. It's amazing. I am not someone who can hop out of bed in the morning with only 4 to 5 hours of sleep. I feel like I need at least 8 hours to function so this has been such a blessing. I could probably put her in her own room soon but I just can't bring myself to do it!


We left her with my mom for the first time this past weekend. When we came home my mom said that she got her to laugh a lot. I said that it was probably the little squeal that we've been hearing for a while now but my mom said that it was a full out laugh. Sure enough we got her to laugh that night and it is an all out giggle. It's so cute. She loves being talked to, especially by Ava or Allie. And she loves when people sing to her, which is great cause her sisters never stop singing.

At her last doctor's appointment (about a week ago) she weighed 14 lbs. She's in the 97th percentile for weight, so she's solid! Although she needs to be with two older sisters. We are just adoring this little one. She is such a blessing.

Moments of peace and quiet

Life with three girls

I never thought growing up that I would be a mom to three girls. I always imagined myself having boys for some reason. Transitioning to three has been a lot easier than I anticipated. It was much more difficult for me with the transition from 1 child to 2. Maybe it's because Hannah is the most easy going, wonderful baby. At 2 1/2 months she started giving me 8 hours of sleep! She was giving me 6 to 7 at about a 1 1/2 months. She never cries, even when she recently got a polio vaccine, she didn't even frown. She's such a great baby. Ava and Allie are doing really well with her. Ava is constantly saying "mom you have such a cute baby." Hannah loves her sisters too. She just has to hear them to start smiling.


Ava is 4 and is very excited about summer. She asks all the time if we can start swimming at the lake yet. She loves to color and has started to get into drawing people. Her and Allie play endlessly with their kitchen and fake food set. They're both really into bags too, so I find bags all over the house filled with their little toys. They love jumping on the trampoline and I'm amazed at how good their balance is. Allie is very slowly learning colors. I'm pretty sure she's got pink nailed, other than that, everything is yellow! A lot different from Ava who knew her colors at 18 months. Allie is obsessed with her birthmark. She likes to proudly announce to anyone and everyone "I have a birthmark on my butt!" It's pretty funny.


Allie and Ava both love to sing. Ava reminds me of the singing bush from Three Amigos sometimes. She never stops singing. One of their favorite movies is the Sound of Music and they are constantly singing songs from it. They also love the "Firefly" song by Owl City. Every time we're in the car, they ask me to play it. That and Forever by Chris Brown! It's hilarious hearing Ava singing along to a hip hop song.


It's a lot of fun raising these three girls!

Yard work

I have been working very hard on a flower bed in my backyard. A giant maple was taking all the sun from my flowers so we asked my brother if he would take it down for us. This thing was massive. Brian used to cut trees for a living and was able to do it easily.





It has since become Ava and Allie's playground.

This was the reason for taking it down. Now my flowers are getting lots of sun. The tulips all started blooming the day after we took the tree down.

My little sluggers

Free movie anyone!?

Kroger has a deal going on right now where if you buy ten participating items, you receive a coupon for one of the following: 15 free music downloads, free movie ticket, or 15 free ringtones. I love it when they do stuff like this. You have to buy groceries anyway so why not get free stuff with it. So I went today and bought 20 items and received two coupons for the downloads. Mike and I are going out to the movies!! Oh and there's no limit so I may go back for more.

For a good cause

My mom works for Mary Helen Guest Elementary and they recently did a fund raiser for St. Baldricks. This organization raises money for pediatric cancer research. My mom and two other staff members agreed to get their heads shaved if the school was able to raise over $8000 for this organization. Well the students raised over $11,000 so bye bye mommy's locks.

Mom with the two other staffers

Happy Easter!

We had a great day today. We went to church in the morning. Our pastor gave a great message about the resurrection of Christ. He talked about how if it did not happen then this is all pointless, there's no forgiveness for our sins, and we have no hope for the future. Thankfully the resurrection did happen and we have hope in Christ.


My family came over for dinner today. Mike received a gift card to Honey Baked Ham CO from a happy customer. So we had a delicious ham and three sides (cinnamon apples, sweet potato souffle', and mac and cheese) for free!!


My bro made us all sushi. He is quite talented at it too.

Tara, Jace and I hid eggs all over the yard for the kids to find. My kids ate way too much candy today. But they did have fun.

Mike's parents and Mary came over in the evening and we watched The Sound of Music. It was a very good day with family. We are truly blessed.

Ava and Allie

Ava and Allie crack me up on a daily basis. Ava does this funny thing with her tongue while she's coloring. It's really cute. I got a little of it here. And Allie just wanted to sound British apparently.

Had another great night of savings at the Howell Kroger. I would have taken a picture but I left Hannah at home and by the time I got home, I needed to feed her. It was a three hour trip. I spent $56.77 and saved $147.53. Some free stuff included: lunchables, snickers bars, Reeces pieces, smart balance butter, huggies wipes, Ronzoni noodles, $.88 garnier fructise products, $.08 Asian noodles, $1 Johnson baby products and $.25 aquafresh toothpaste. I wish the Krogers around here doubled up to $1. It really is a long trip, but completely worth the savings.

Happy Hannah

Hannah has been cooing a lot lately! She's such a happy baby. We're very blessed. Sorry about my annoying voice, but that's how I get her to talk!

30 little piggies

Bumbo

I know it's a little early for this but Hannah seemed to really like sitting up!

Hannah at 6 weeks

Friends

Each toddler had to have their own baby to hold! Allie's looks the most squirmy!

Bath time curls

Hannah gets these cute little curls after she takes a bath. I wonder if she'll keep the curl like Allie, or have the straight hair like Ava.

Oh Chuck E

We took the girls to Chuck E Cheese yesterday for a birthday party. Oh my goodness that place is insane. There were probably four birthday parties going on at the same time, plus all the other kids that were there on their own. It was crazy. I have a lot of respect for the people who work there! I definitely couldn't do it. And I don't think I'll be taking our girls back there any time soon. Although they did have a great time, I just can't handle the chaos!


ChuckE was giving out birthday hugs but of course
Ava managed to wiggle her way in for a hug!


Ava loved her friend's Tinkerbelle birthday cake.

Allie had fun too!

I should have gotten a picture of Hannah. She stayed happily asleep through it all in her car seat. The things new borns can sleep through!

Six weeks old...

...and mesmerized by daddy.

Smiley Girl

Hannah's smiling all the time. I love that it doesn't take much to make her smile either!