Hannah's First Day of Kindergarten!

Hannah had her first day of Kindergarten today!  She did great!  Her teacher is Mrs. East and her two good buddies from preschool, Maddy and Abby, are in her class.  She was super excited about taking the bus to school.  I thought she would have been nervous about riding on her own and being at school, but as far as I can tell everything went great and she seemed to love school!

Our early morning walk to the bus stop.  The bus picks up at 7:15 am!  The whole family walked Hannah to the bus stop for her first day.

 All the bus stop kiddos

 She ran onto the bus so quickly that I barely got to take a picture in time!

 Hannah's special first day of school treat....a giant cookie made by me and Reagan!

3 Months Old!

Ben is 3 months old!  He is getting SO big.  Had to go shopping to get some 6 month size pajamas since all his 3 month stuff is getting too small already!  He is such a sweet, easy going baby.  He smiles all the time and loves watching the girls play and when they talk to him.  He loves to snuggle and likes it best when he is being held or being worn in a carrier.  He has been transitioning to sleeping in his own room the last week or so.  I think everyone is sleeping better this way!  He still wakes up at least once, usually twice a night, to eat and then goes right back to sleep.  He has discovered his hands this month and constantly has them in his mouth and likes to suck his fingers and thumb.  He has been joining us at the pool quite a bit this summer, although he has not yet gotten in the water.  Love this little nugget!

Some sweet smiles from Ben

Lately he has been joining us at the dinner table!

Painting Fun!

Been a while since we posted some pictures!  Here are some recent ones from this summer.

Reagan "holding" her brother

He works real hard to suck on his thumb or fingers

"Prince Ben"

Ben is 2 months old!

Ben is 2 months old!

Wt: 12 lb 9 oz (75th percentile)

Length: 23-1/2 inches (75th percentile)

Ben is growing fast and getting big fat cheeks!  He smiles all the time now, just impossible to get it on camera!  He is becoming such a sweet, calm baby and loves to snuggle.  He is sleeping fairly well at night, with a good 6 hour stretch at the beginning and then usually ends up in bed with us after the first nighttime feeding and the sleeps fairly well until morning.  Breastfeeding is going well and very easy with him.  He loves to eat and is a very efficient and fast eater!   He is wearing size 3 month clothes now.  

The girls continue to adore him and are enjoying seeing him smile.  They can't wait until he can really play with them!  I went back to work a little over a week ago, and Daddy has been doing great keeping all 3 kiddos by himself while I am at work!  

Happy 4th of July!  This picture is ridiculous, but it is the best I could get the girls to do. Why is it so difficult to get 2 kids smiling nicely in the same picture?  It was a rainy, yucky 4th of July this year and we were stuck in the house most of the day.  Daddy and the kids did make it to the annual fishing contest in the rain, where Reagan took second place for her fish.  No BBQ, pool, bike decorating contest or fireworks though because of the bad weather.  We just spent the day inside together.  Happy 4th!

I'm a little behind, but on June 28th Sam and I celebrated our 10 year wedding anniversary!  Having a new baby and two other little ones, we didn't do anything too exciting to celebrate.  Just a nice meal together after the babies went to bed and exchanging of gifts.  Maybe next year a trip alone without the kiddos to celebrate!

Visiting with Mom

A couple weeks ago we had some visitors! My mom, grandma, Ashley and Maddie came up to visit and see Baby Ben! We had a great visit and enjoyed spending time with them.  Here's a group shot of the crazy bunch.  My cousin, Steve, also came to visit for an afternoon.

Great-grandma with baby Ben!

The grandmas and their grandbabies

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!