Father's Day

We just love our daddy. He is the best! The girls and I made this shirt for him yesterday. They had a great time and he wore it all afternoon. I'm so grateful for him and all he does for us!!

Emily 3 months

Emily turned 3 months old a few days ago. She was so kind to allow a quick photo shoot.

At 3 months:

• She has lost a lot of hair
• She almost laughs, but smiles easily and often
• Has slept through the night for 4 nights now!
• Rolled once from tummy to side so far. 
• Drools a lot
• Can grab a toy and bring it to her mouth
• Loves to look at colorful pictures
• Went swimming for the first time last week

We love our little peach!

Look alikes

 Mark at almost 3 months.

Emily 3 months. 

We got a kick out of how much they look alike!

We are DONE!

Mark graduated from law school yesterday!! We are soooo proud of him. Also glad he doesn't have to make that hour long drive to and from school all the time, write papers, and study for tests. Of course now he has to study for the bar, but at least he can do that mostly on his own time (and all of his time).
Here are some pics to remind you (and us) what life was like when he started school:

Natalie was nineteen months old. We thought, "wow, when he graduates she'll be FOUR!"
First day of law school. That smile didn't last long, haha.

And I was preggo with Hannah. We ended school with two more kids than when we started. How crazy! Good-bye, Phoenix School of Law!

Emily 2 months

Emily is two months old now. The time is flying so fast, it's scary. I know all moms say that but really. She is growing so fast. She had her dr appointment on Tuesday. She is 12lbs 5oz (90%) and 23.5in (90%). A big girl! She is healthy and had her vaccines. I've never had a kid react much to a vaccine, just an occasional small fever and irritability, but Emily was soooo cranky for two straight days! She hardly slept, cried a lot, wanted to be held all the time, and was feverish the whole time. Not that fun. After the two days though she was back to her cheerful mellow self.
We just love this little punkin!

Easter

Better late than never! Just a few pics from our Easter fun. We try to separate the Easter Bunny, chicks, eggs, etc from the real meaning of Easter by having "Spring Day" the day before Easter. That's when the kids hunt for eggs and all that. Easter is a regular Sunday without all that fluff. (except leftover candy).
We visited a nearby feed store to check out the baby chicks. They were soooo cute! Too bad they grow into chickens. We would have loved to take one home!

The primary Easter egg hunt. This was not exactly as fun as my girls expected. First of all, they got totally scared by everyone running off, so both started crying. I was telling them to hurry and get some eggs, but they both wanted me with them. The junior primary (ages 3-7) section was in a different place than the nursery (age 18mo-3) so I couldn't go with both girls. Another mom came and got Natalie and took her out with her son while I tried to persuade Hannah to pick up the eggs she saw (she didn't realize there was candy inside yet). By the time Natalie got there, the eggs were all taken! So she cried some more. But never fear, some kids got way too many and shared theirs with her. THEN, the candy inside was all hard, round candy that I don't give to my kids, especially not at a park where they are running around excitedly with friends. Natalie had an almost choking moment and refused to eat any more, so basically they didn't even get any candy out of it. Oh well.
Us trying to look happy after the traumatic experience.
Later on we had a hunt at my mom's house. These pics are out of order for some reason, sorry.
This handsome young man (my nephew Tommy) was celebrating his first birthday that day and much to his mother's chagrin, got chocolate all over his clothes.
Kids looking at baby chicks.


We were running late-ish on Easter Sunday, so this is the best shot I got of me and the girls. I used a tripod and the timer cuz Mark was getting ready still. Poor Han only got half her face in. Oops!

It was a delightful season. We did a fun egg activity (no pics) where we hard boiled some eggs, then set them on an inverted water bottle lid to hold them up. After it was dry we colored some designs with crayons on them. The hot eggs melted the wax upon contact with the eggs, and made for some fun coloring. Will definitely do this again!

Emily one month

Here's our little photo shoot for her one month page in the baby book. Yes I still do baby books. Barely. haha. I just love this little face!!

Doesn't she look like a kewpie doll in this one?

Some things about Emily:

• Weighs 10lbs, 6oz and is 22 in long at her 1mo appt. She has gained over 2lbs since birth.
  
• She loves having her diaper changed
• She'll give one smile to a lucky recipient after napping then eating. One and no more.
  
• She is a fabulous nurser and handles my aggressive letdown like a pro. Hannah always choked and coughed.
  
• When I hold her upright facing me she leans way back and gazes up at my face for long periods of time.
  
• She rarely falls asleep in the car.
  
• She almost always falls asleep in the sling.
  
• She often falls asleep all by herself once I swaddle her.
• Every other day seems to be sleepy, wakeful/fussy, sleepy, wakeful/fussy, etc.
  

Emily is just spiffy all around!