Sunday, March 30, 2014

March 2014

Winter continues...lame.

We blessed Austin on Sunday, March 2nd!  He was a good boy during the prayer! He turned 6 weeks old, and was weighed at my 6 wk. appt. and he came in at 10lbs. and 10oz. He has been such a good baby. By the middle of the month, he started sleeping any where from 6-9 hours at night.  It means that he eats more often during the day, but it's worth it! :)

Andrew was able to go to a food show in CA for a couple of days and I stayed with the kids.  I managed fine (with some help), but I braved it to drive up to Great Falls (1 1/2 hours away) by myself to meet Andrew at the airport.  The trick was getting everyone in the airport and keeping them corralled in the airport.  Drew almost fell on the escalator since in one hand I had a baby carrier and in the other I was holding Brynn.  I was able to snag his coat with my fingertips.  YIKES!  After picking Andrew up, we went to the children's museum.  We were there for 2 hours and more time could have been spent.  It was SO FUN to spend time as a family with no time restraints and doing something that the kids loved so much.

Brynn turned 2 on the 13th and I made an owl cake.  It was so fun to see it come together and it tasted dang good.  Especially for a eggless cake!

Blessing day









Brynn followed her brother and his friend across the fence and into the field.  My friend found her stuck out there in the mud!  Check out her shoes!!

This was the only decent picture I could get on her birthday!



Playing in the water!

Needed to tighten up Drew's pants! :)

pj party

Found this girl face down on the tramp! Notice the toys still on her fingers.

"I'm two months old!!"

9 weeks old

She can give the most crusty looks!

This is as good as we could get today! (March 30th)

The stinker wouldn't take her hand out of her mouth!

February 2014

This month was cold and mostly uneventful as we adjusted to being a family of 5!  We did go to a little playdate when Austin was 3 weeks old, and my mom was kind enough to watch him!  Drew and Brynn have been playing way better and more with each other since Austin was born.  I finally created more of a routine that we had (something that I had felt prompted to do for a couple months prior).  The day I started it, the two of them played great and most of the day they spent interacting. I needed that to happen.

At the end of the month, Brynn finally decided that she LOVED her little brother.  She wanted to hold him all of a sudden and lay on him and kiss on him etc.  So cute, but a little scary. :) One day Drew said, "Look!  I put a bag on his head!"  I looked down at Austin in his bouncer to see a plastic sack placed over his face!  Well, at least his head wasn't IN the sack.

Life with 3 this young is challenging, but I have been blessed with so many people around me who are willing to help!


Austin 1 1/2 weeks old

Brynn and Drew


2 weeks and 2 days

Little Miss Attitude

2 1/2 weeks

Valentine's Day


3 1/2 weeks

First time I made this Apple Braid recipe that I found on Pinterest...it was divine!

1 month old