Hannah's 5th birthday!

Sweet little Hannah turned 5 on June 17th!  She is getting so big!  We decided to have a very low-key birthday party this year and stick close to home, so we had the party at the park behind our house.  The kids had a great time!  They rode their bikes and scooters on the basketball court, had a water balloon fight, ate cake and snacks and made a little craft that Hannah picked out.  I would call it a success!  

So happy that Melody was able to come to share Hannah's birthday with us and meet Ben!

Snack time!

The water balloons were a bit hit with the kiddos!

We had some family photos taken a couple weeks ago in the Chimney Springs park behind our house.  They came out great!

Ben is 1 month old!

This is a few days late, but here's what Ben is up to at 1 month old!

Wt: 10 lb 13 oz (75th percentile)

Length: 22 inches (75th percentile)

He is huge!  Compared to our petite little girls, we have one gigantic boy baby!  Just to compare, Reagan was only a few ounces heavier than Ben when she was 4 months old!  

He has outgrown just about all of his newborn clothes, so sadly I am putting those away to make way for the bigger stuff.  He is growing so fast!  He is nursing well and eating every 2-3 hours during the day.  He has been going to bed at night between 8 and 9 p.m., waking up around 12 and 4 a.m. to eat and then up for the day around 6 a.m.  I am tired!  Hopefully soon he will start sleeping longer stretches at night!  

We haven't really gotten to see too much personality from little Ben yet.  No smiles yet, but he loves to snuggle and usually prefers Mommy to comfort him.  The last few weeks on our own without the help of Sam's parents have been challenging, but are getting easier every day!  The girls have been helpful and love having a little brother around!  Here's the first of his monthly pictures with his elephant that Grandma Sampson knitted for him!

More pics from Ben's first month!

We are so enjoying little baby Ben!  Can't believe he is already a month old!