Saturday, August 13, 2011

BoCo fair

This past week was the annual Boulder County fair, with it being so wonderful, we went twice!!
 We saw animals!
 And 4-H projects!
 Road rides, hard to see John in the back:)
 Em broke out her gingham outfit that I LOVE!!  There's a hat too, that's a little big, but the beautiful owl clip makes up for it!
 One night Seth and Tim took the big boys to the rodeo, it was too late for Em and Mac...

My crazy boys!

Wednesday, August 3, 2011

iPhone photo dump :)

Today :)  Pretty girl in 3-6 month clothes!

 We are always calling her our peanut baby, and this is a shirt from the boys time.  (Aunt Ce maybe?)
Thumb sucker, so cute!

Colin and his lady bug

John showing us his lady bug


 
Three friends in a pool, not a great picture, but they were naked and this is the only one that is ok for the internet:)

Sweaty baby with a cute clip!

Thursday, July 21, 2011

Emmy is 2 months!!

Emmy is 2 months today!!  While it's hard to believe that she's two whole months, it really feels like she's been here all along!  We couldn't imagine our lives without our Wemerson!!
 Another tongue hanging out :)
 And a bit of spit up!!

 Sleepy baby, picture by John
Holding in her own paci!
So Emmy, what's up?
She weighs 11 pounds and 8 ounces, and is 23 inches long. 
She did a 9 hour stretch of sleep once, then did about a week of 7 hour stretches, and now does 1-4 all night, I'm tired and she's a tease. 
She is going to sleep at 8 pm in her own bed!!!!!! (Colin for example was 9 months when this happened:)  Once she wakes up she is in our bed for the night.  That 9 hour night was glorious!
Once she is in our bed she likes to be touched skin on skin...
She is wearing 0-3 month clothes and small fuzzibunz.
Still Tons of hair and we are attempting more bows
Still doesn't like to be wet or dirty, though she only poos every few days, it's kind of strange, or at least a lot different from her poo filled brothers.
Still nurses for comfort a lot, and usually grunts to tell me though she is crying a little more
She is awake more often, usually when she wakes (between 7-9) for about and hour then again at lunch for 1.5 hours and then in the evenings for a 2-3 hour stretch.
She is always okay being held.
She likes cheerleading practice in the evenings, unless they are super loud.
Colin is the coolest kid she knows and he can always entertain her! And usually gets a smile too
She is smiling more, but still is a bit stingy with them.

We are still so in love!! Today was a good day to turn two months, as it is the one year anniversary of gaining an angle.  I am a bit more upset than I thought I would be, but am so thankful to be blessed with our baby girl.  Without her today would be much harder.

Monday, July 18, 2011

Life's a beach!!

Yesterday we went to Boyd Lake State Park for a little R & R.  Wow did we have a great time!
 I mean really with 3 sportbrellas, a giant tent, and numerous blankets to lay any and all of the four babies one and under, who wouldn't want to drink.  I mean have fun!
 Best buddies had fun posing on the beach!
 And eating fake cheese flavored chips!
We took turns holding the baby, but both Seth and I still got too much sun :(
 Eating, was an Olympic sport for Colin, you can also see his split lip from the brother:(
 We did some boating, thanks to the Andrews family's boat!
 We played in the water,
 And in the sand,
 We creating a large levee system that may or may not be better than others built elsewhere.
 We rinsed off the sand by taking a dip.
And we had the best time! 

And for those of you near water (Hi Michigan!!!), this is huge for us!  There isn't any substantial water near us, so playing in the water or on a boat or in sand isn't something we do ever! 

The search for the perfect sibling picture...

I am on the hunt for the perfect, or at least decent picture of my three kids.   You know, one where everyone is looking at the camera, smiling or at least not grimacing, and you can see them clearly? Yes I know what you're thinking.  That picture in your header is great.  And you are right, it is, except it's photoshopped.  Yep, it's John's head from another picture.  We are just having a hard time getting a second, non-photoshopped picture of our trio.
 One day old. No one is looking
 1 week old. Closed eyes.
 2 weeks old.  Colin is crying.
 1 month old.  Em is pulling J's hair, Colin is... Something.
1 month.  Colin is kissing Em, J is doing his silly face.

So today I set out to take a picture of all of my children....  Easier said than done:
 Em is smiling, J looking, C is sucking thumb, fail.
 Weird look, C and the thumb?  What is that?
 Close, look up Colin!
 No, stop kissing your baby sister and look at the camera!
 Great picture, thanks for the help John.
 Are you gonna bite her Colin?  Oh maybe...
What's on my nose boys look at my nose, no not show me YOUR nose!! 
We're getting hair cuts this weekend, maybe that will help.  This session didn't go so well except we finally got an Emmy smile on camera.  Oh well!

The 4th of July, 17 days later

These are totally out of order, but just had to share the cuteness!  We were able to spend the very hot day with lots of people we love!
 Em all dressed up!
 My adorable husband and baby!
 Colin, Cam and James, Doo snuck into this pic, but looks quite pleased doesn't he :)
 All the babies...Except one on the way!! no not mine!  we're done!
 And the big kids!
 Popsicles!!
Em and I at the concert, it was SO hot!
 The parade to the concert!
 Sparklers!
 Super cute outfit!
 Being friendship spinner fireworks :)
 Boccie ball!
I'm not sure what they are looking at but this will be shown at their wedding, which Riley has already planned!

Wednesday, July 13, 2011

How we grow a baby or post 250

I can't believe this is the 250th post!  Not a ton but, really I'm just gloating about my life with the kiddos!

Staying with gloating, I just packed up all of my maternity clothes!!  They ready to go to a good home if you're interested;)

And finally the actual post...

We had Em's 2 month appointment a bit early because I was convinced she had a horrible disease.  She "probably" doesn't have it, is what my calm and wonderful doctor explained to me the hypochondriac of a mom.  He did give me a reason for the projectile vomit, that she'll grow out of :-)  A friend did a side by side comparison of her kids and I thought that was a great idea, so here's mine:

Newborn;
John:
  6 pounds 4 ounces 10% -25%
  18.25 inches 10%

Colin:
8 pounds 3 ounces 50%-75%
20.5 inches 75%-90%

Emerson:
7 pounds 10 ounces 50%-75%
 18.5 inches 10% -25%

1 Month:
John:
  8 pounds 9 ounces 5% -10%
  22 inches 25% -50%
 36 cm-head

Colin:
11 pounds 13 ounces 75%-90%
23 inches 75%

Emerson:
9 pounds 11.5 ounces 50%
 21 inches 10% -25%

2 Months:
John:
  12 pounds 8 ounces 50% HUGE JUMP!
24 inches 50% -75%
 15.29 inch-head 10% -25%

Colin:
15 pounds 2 ounces above 95% Duh!
25.5 inches 90%-95%
16.14 inch head-50% -75%

Emerson:
11 pounds 8 ounces 25%-50%
23 inches 50% -75% Big jump here too!
15inch head 10% -25%

Doing this takes a bunch of time, so I'll do it again next month. However by looking at this data we can clearly see, that I make small headed, tall and usually average (except C) babies!