Family Beach Trip

 We got to go on a family vacation the first week of May. It was such a blessing to be together as a family for a whole week - and a blessing to be at the beach! Thankful for moonlighting money to allow us to go! The girls had SO much fun with Matt - it really was awesome, but kind of made coming home and back to reality a little harder. Since being home the girls have missed him a lot, but they are just loving the time they have with daddy at night.

Below are a ridiculous amount of pictures but mostly just for my documentation if I can ever get myself to do a blog book again. Anyhow, we LOVED the beach! And can't wait to go back!

The beach with cousins!

About a month ago we got to go to the beach to celebrate Levi getting his trache out. It was so much fun! Amelia was about 4 months old and she was PERFECT! She took naps on the beach every day and did great sleeping in a very tight condo (my family made it tight, Brian and Roch were so sweet to let us barge in!). Below are some pics...it was too much fun! Thanks Brian and Rochelle for letting us come!

 Brookie loving the ocean.

 Jess and Levi on the beach

 Brian's fam

 Sometimes beach bums need to sit for a while!

 Little Amelia on the beach

 Bebe and Mister with the grand kids (missing Avery and Amelia)

 Brookie's collection of shells

 Me and my sweet girls.

 The crew

I found this pic at the end of our beach pics...this is a fun pic, rare occasion that all our kids are together. We were in town for an adoption shower for Brad and Elena and got to celebrate Peyton and Benjamin's 3rd birthday! Here are the kiddos left to right...Peyt and Benj (3), Levi (4), Christian (9), Amelia (4 months), Caroline (6), Jesse (4), Avie (21 months), and Brookie (2)...no wonder mom and Jackie have grey hair! Sloan was born the next week and pretty soon we'll have little Eli! So thankful for these blessings!

Beach pics...just a few

Well I just take too many pictures...that is why I never update my blog...b/c I can't choose. So...here are three of my favorites from our beach trip, maybe it will spur me on to go through the rest of them and pick out a few to post on the old blog. We had a great trip, we really were spoiled with our time with Matt. The girls just ate up all thier time with him and greatly miss him this morning...so do I! Here's to one more year of residency!! Yay!!!!!

5 Months...and getting trumped!

Peanut turned 5 months yesterday...and we came to Nashville to welcome baby Sloan today! We are thrilled to meet him and hope Em has a fast and safe labor! Brookie and Amelia got to play with Bebe and Mister a little bit yesterday and here are some pics. Happy 5 months Amelia!

Some 5 month facts about Amelia...

You are starting to eat food and you like it! So far bananas and apples are a hit! You prefer them to your bottle...which sometimes is frustrating. You take 4 bottles a day between 6-7 oz each and we are doing food 2 times a day. You probably weigh about 15 pounds. You smile ALL the time - at everyone, you love people and are happiest when someone is smiling at you. You like the outside swing pretty good and you love watching Brooklyn. You are starting to talk and babble more, I'm hoping for a "dada" or "mama" by mistake soon! :) We love you peanut and we are so thankful God put you in our family!

4 Month Checkup

We had Amelia's 4 month check up today and she's a growing little girl! She weighs 14 pounds 13 oz (2 pounds less than B at this point) and she is 25 3/4 inches long (1 1/2 less than B). She was in the 90th% for length and 75% for length. She got 4 shots and that combined with the fever virus that Brooklyn and I gave her...she was a hot mess today. Poor girl wouldn't let me put her down, had a 100 degree fever and couldn't stop crying. Combine that with Brooklyn having a 100 degree temp and me as well...it was a rough day.

Here's to hoping we kicked the fever virus today and tomorrow is sun-shinier!

4 Months ~ AKS

Little peanut turned 4 months old last week! Whew...I have to be honest, I'm glad the first 3 months are behind us. Even though Amelia is a GREAT baby, the first 3 months are just hard. Now Amelia is sleeping through the night and doing great with her changing/stretching schedule. She also goes with the flow very well, no matter what we are doing each day she takes it pretty well. We haven't been to the DR yet for her 4 mo check up but here are some things A is doing at 4 months...I can udpate weight and length next week.

Amelia...here's what your life is like at 4 months..

You take 4 bottles a day, either 6 or 7 oz...you like a break for about 20 minutes 1/2 way in.

You wear 3-6 mo clothing in most brands

You like to sleep on your tummy, you started rolling over at around 3 months old

You can't roll back from your tummy yet, but you are trying hard!

You laugh when we tickle your face and chin and you smile ALL THE TIME AND AT EVERYONE! You LOVE having someone talk to you - it is your favorite.

You love your sister...you smile and look at her a lot through out the day.

You do good in the carseat, sleeping most of the time but happy if you wake up.

You sleep from 8-8 which is AWESOME and you take 2/3 naps a day...10am; 2pm; and sometime before dinner you nap a little bit.

You aren't as long/big of a napper as Brookie was...but you do go to sleep well. You will usually sleep 1 hour in the morning and 2 in the afternoon.

Here are some pics of you at 4 months!