Skating Fun!

This month Rawley's kindergarten class has been able to go ice skating. This was also his first ever time on the ice in skates. I couldn't have been more proud watching him each week get more comfortable and actually enjoy himself. Even though there were plenty of falls he kept on getting up and trying again. Today was the last day of skating and he was able to go halfway around the rink without falling and started to get faster. Looks like skating might be on the agenda for all of the kids starting in January!

A Birthday and a baby!

Wow it has been a crazy couple of weeks! The week that Addy arrived, we also had a birthday to celebrate! Rawley turned 5, and we decided to keep it low key for obvious reasons! We had Rawley's choice for dinner which of course ended up being pizza, then he opened his presents and we had cake, which I actually made! I really don't know where I got my energy from that week!




Addy is growing like a weed. I forgot how quickly they grow and change, and I apologize that these pictures are so late in posting. We saw the doctor when she was nine days old, because she was born on a Sunday, and the clinic was closed on Monday for Thanksgiving! At that point she had already surpassed her birth weight and came in at 9lbs 6oz. I would say that she is well over 10lbs now at almost 3 weeks old. We are still adjusting, but I am finding that adjusting to 4 kids was easier than 3. I think the main reason is because I have quite the helper in Hadley! At 7 I am more confident in her, and she loves Addy. I think that she would hold her all day long if she could. She is sleeping good, and has a lot of awake time which is surprising to me, I thought that newborns slept longer. I do like that she has 2-3 hours in the evening where she is wide awake! I guess that makes her sleep better for me! Anyway enjoy the pictures, and hopefully there will be more to come a lot sooner!

She is only minutes old here.

The rest of the kids seeing Addy for the first time.

Brand new only a few minutes old here
6 days old
11 days old
First Bath in a tub 12 days old.
The proud big sister Hadley
12 days old

She made it!

We are home from the hospital and so I thought I would quickly post a picture and give all of you that actually check this thing the news.



We named her Addison Louise, she was born at 5:39am on October 4. Weighing in at 8lbs 9 oz and 21 inches. I will post more as soon as I get things a little closer to normal around here!

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And Waiting!!

Yep that's right still here! I know that my ticker says 2 days to go, but I have to explain why I feel like I should have had this baby by now. You see with all three of my previous pregnancies I have either had my water break or gone into labor on the due date I was given at my 20 week ultrasound. And all three were born early the following morning. Yeah I know it is not very common. So when I was given a due date of Sept 28th this time I figured today would have been the day, but so far it looks highly unlikely considering I only have about 7 hours to meet the deadline! I can only assume that the reasoning of this baby is that it doesn't want to share it's birthday with a Grandma and and Uncle. Sorry you two! My other thoughts are that this hasn't been a typical pregnancy for me either. I am quite small for this being #4. At my last visit I was measuring 33 inches at 38 weeks. Which should be the same and has always been with the prior ones. Plus I don't seem to be gaining weight! I know I shouldn't really complain about that part but what else could possibly be holding this up? So today I finally decided that the baby didn't think we were quite ready, so I put up the crib in our room, washed the bedding and made it up. I found this set for quite a steal I think and I love it!



I decided to pull out the camera and take some pictures including proof of this!



And here are a couple of projects I have made to get ready for baby. Where oh where were these when I had my first baby, that is what I would like to know. I know I only need 1 technically, but I figured that having a back up when one is dirty would be worth it.




I got the tutorial from here. I also made a crochet edge blanket which is tradition for me, plus some burp cloths out of cloth diapers. Sorry no pictures of those, maybe another day!

Well I am off the stove is calling my name, time to make dinner for the rug rats!

Still Waiting!

Yep still here! Nothing really new to report, my doctor's appointment yesterday ended up not happening because he was gone delivering a baby. I guess that I am pretty lucky this was the first time it has ever happened since we moved back. I was hoping to see whether or not I was getting anywhere and see if he could do anything to help speed up the process. I think my kids are tired of evil mom! I seem to have a shorter fuse these days! One good thing though, I can still paint my own toenails! I think that is pretty impressive! I would post a picture to prove it but then I would have to dig the camera out of the hospital bag!

A Quick Update!

So I am in the home stretch now and thought that maybe a few of you would like to know how things are going. So I am 38 weeks, I know already right! I am actually losing weight and measuring 5 inches smaller than I should be. Which I could take either good or bad. I am hoping this baby is just small and not that I still have another month to go! Trust me I am ready for this one to make it's arrival. We decided that it was time to move Emmy into her big girl bed. And since I am more on the independent side, I decided to assemble the bed myself (with a little help from Grandma Reggie, Hadley and Rawley). Emmy was so excited and last night was her first night in a big girl bed. She did surprisingly well only 1 time out, before we closed her door, but the problem I am finding is that she can now reach her light switch from her bed. I will have to think of a creative way to remedy that! I think I made the right choice in furniture, what do you think?


I still need to assemble the dresser (which may take a little while longer, another story entirely) and paint the walls and add a few more decor items including pictures, but you get the idea. The walls are still from when Hadley was in this room 2 years ago. You could say that I have been slacking in that department, but there were other rooms in the house that have taken priority. I will probably have to wait till the baby gets here to finish it entirely. The older kids have eased into the new schedule of school and Rawley is loving Kindergarten Yay!! Hadley is still having a hard time adjusting to her new class, and is insisting that I walk her to her door to line up. I think next week I may start having her walk Rawley in alone, so that she can get the hang of it before the baby arrives. But by that point Pat has offered to start driving them in the mornings so he can deal with it however he chooses I guess. That is all the news so far, I will let you all know when this one finally arrives, but for now I am off to pack my overnight bag for the hospital. Which should have been done weeks ago!