more pics from last week

In the Mickey ears in front of the pool at the Contempory hotel

There was hardley anyone there (or they were all the parks for the day!) The girls had the best time digging in the sand.

This is pretty much how Ian spent the whole time at the pool. I did get to go into the pool for a bit and play ball with the kids while Ian slept and John sat with him in the shade.

John getting ready to jump in with them. the pool temp was perfect and it was a beautiful day

8 weeks

This picture was taken when Ian was 3 weeks old and my Granny came down to meet him. She was also here for the kids' baptisms. She is very special to me and I enjoyed our visit together.

8 weeks old today!!

Madeline's preschool class had a tea party yesterday to honor mothers. I was so nice to spend that time with her and she was so proud :)

Johnny and Ava were giving each other tattoos....oh my

7 weeks

14 lbs 9 oz on Monday. Man, do I love those rolls and his chub....I could just smell him all day long and squeeze him, he is just sweet! He also has on a FCB that I did in a trade and this diaper is pretty awesome! He had a check up for his RSV and she said we could wean off the nebulizer but don't be surprised if it comes back, most of the time, babies who have had RSV are usually the first to get sick again and it go straight to their lungs. Great. At least school is almost over and J and M will stop bringing home all the nasty germs. But then of course there is always Sunday school and the parks :/

This picture is of Johnny at about the same age, maybe a bit older. Ian's hair is a lot lighter but the eyes, nose, and mouth are one in the same. I LOVE my blued eyed babies. He looks like such a blondie here but the hair in the back (his old man hair look) is all dark brown. His eyebrows and eyelashes are very light so he will most likely be blond like Ava now.

My 3 boys in bed. I guess Ian should have had his shirt off too but he does not like to be naked! He shivers and it's not even cold. Plus he is super ticklish!

Another quick smile caught!

There is no school tomorrow so if the weather is good we are going to drive over to Disney and spend the day at the resorts, either Contempory or Polynesian. The kids want to go swimming and play on the beaches and have a relaxing day so we won't go anywhere else but there, just a quick little getaway trip. This next week is going to be pretty busy for the kid's at school and me too going there but school only has a month left. I have been trying to fill our summer calender and so far have 2 trips to Disney and Seaworld planned (4 days each), a week of Vacation Bible School, a few days down at the beach, and 2 weeks of swim lessons for J and M, and M starts ballet at the dance school in July. There are still a couple of other things I want to look into but we'll see. I also just want to sleep in and spend days doing nothing but to stay busy keeps the kids much happier.

I started Weight Watchers last Monday and at my weigh in this Monday I had lost 4 lbs, go me!! I am so motivated to do this because I want to be HOT<> by the end of July for our trip to the beach and our anniversary. I always do well on WW and also knowing that there are no more babies, I can finally lose all the baby weight that has been hanging out. What a great feeling. I keep waiting for the sadness of saying that to set in but the feeling of complete is so there that I am not sad to say no more babies. I am truly done, physically and mentally. I get excited for other people to go through their pregnancies and babies but I have so much to be thankful for and my heart is so full, how could I possibly want/need more. I am so happy with my life in this moment, that I wouldn't change a thing.

6 weeks

sound asleep!! He still seems really congested in his nose but his chest sounds a ton better.The steroid medicine that he took last week was making him not poop. Finally he went massive amounts and felt soooooooo much better!

Anne(Midwife) came today for my 6 week check up. It is always so bittersweet to move out of this kind of relationship but for me today it felt refreshing. To know that I felt complete and beyond my pregnancy times had a very nice hint of satisfaction to it. YAY!!! I am done!! Time to move on and I am excited about this next stage of life. I still have so many feelings of disappointment and confusion that I need to sort through about Ian's birth but at the same time, because I am not going to have another baby, does it really matter? He is beautiful and healthy and what's done is done, enjoy his moment now, not what could have been.

Anne and Ian

This was the best I could do about catching a smile. He was smiling at me, what a wonderful feeling and so rewarding.

5 weeks

AT his 1 month well baby visit he was up to 13 lbs 3 oz and 23 1/4 inches long. That is 2 pounds up from birth and 2 extra inches. Baby boy is growing fast! Here he looks like a blondie but the hair in the back is black!


Poor thing...RSV. He has a mild case and everything seems to be loosening up and he is coughing it all out. We have to do the breathing treatments every 4-6 hours and he is also taking steroid drops for 5 days.

I think I am going to use this picture for the birth annoucment (yes, I still haven't done it). I tried it in B and W but then you can't see how blue his eyes are so I think I will leave it in color but put a torn edge border around it. Maybe this next week I can mail them out :/

4 weeks

The kids were on spring break this week and luckily John closed everynight this week so he has been home during the day. He had off Wed. so we drove over to Orlando and spent the day at SeaWorld. Ian is 4 weeks today and it was funny that for Ava's first trip to Disney World, she was only 4 weeks old too! Since then we have been to DW 7 times and now we have SeaWorld passes too so we will probably be there a lot too. DW is soooooooooo much better though!

It was so hot when we got there but then got overcast so that cooled it off a lot. Here they are minus Ian(who was asleep in the sling) in front of the beer wagon and horses. DOesn't John look so cute toting a Vera Bradley?!!

poor kid doesn't stand a chance with Ava. She is head over heels in love with him and cannot keep her hands off. She gets mad a me for not letting her hold him when he is asleep or eating. She wants to get rid of me and be his mama instead!

4 weeks today. he is getting so close to smiling and I can't wait!

sleeping with daddy under a new blanket Granny made. LOVE the chub rolls on his arms!



We had the kids all baptized at church on Sunday. They did great except when Johnny tried to bolt when it was his turn. He was hiding behind my back when the pastor was trying to do it. I was sweating buckets being so nervous about them and being in front of the church!

Ian in his baptism outfit from our neighbor. Thanks Jamie!

M.'s turn...she closed her eyes and looks like a perfect angel. Sorry about the glare, it's a picture of a picture :)

3 weeks old

this was actually when he was 2 weeks old. he hates his bouncy seat and swing. he is only happy being held and will scream bloody murder if you put him down or leave the room.

Ava is obsessed with him. She treats him as if he is her own baby. I love this little boy beyond words.

Ian got his first chiro adjustment today when I got my first post part. adjustment. I needed this today so bad, my tailbone still felt broken from his birth. I was also having headaches from my neck over the past 3 days and today was headache free :) His neck needed it badly as well.

the kids are all being baptised this Sunday so I will post more pics then. It is still so hard to type one handed with a nursing baby!! I forgot how to do it!