Outnumbered

Gee, it's been a long time since I posted last! I thought things were going pretty well, but I think the lack of sleep caught up with me! Everett isn't sleeping quite as well as she was the first couple of weeks, hopefully that changes soon! I think the hardest part is adjusting to being outnumbered!! I didn't realize how easy we had it with 2!

Otherwise things are going fairly well. Everett is eating (a lot) and growing bigger. She's starting to fill out a bit. I fondly call her the 'toot monster', she toots all the time!! Some would even make Uncle Kent proud! She's even woken up Tad at night with them!! Emery loves going to school on her 1 day a week, and enjoys spending her other days with mom and Evie. We go to the mall to walk, or shopping, or to Costco/Sam's. She even got to eat pizza at 10 in the morning one day! Mom caved easily at Costco when she asked for a snack! Emery's newest tag line is 'whatever'. It's hilarious to hear her say it. She says it in context and with the funniest attitude! Ella is LOVING pre-k!! We can't call it preschool, she's very specific that it's pre-k! She loves to spell words and practice her upper and lower case letters! She's growing up so fast!!

As many of you know Tad's sister is going through a divorce. It's been a trying time for her, and we are doing our best to support her as much as we can. I ask that you give her your thoughts and prayers as she goes through this difficult time. This is causing a huge strain in the 'R' family, and relationships are very fragile. We can only hope that when it's all over that those relationships can be repaired.

The past couple of days have not been that great in our household. I've had the flu, and I think Evie wasn't feeling that well either. She didn't sleep more than 20 min at a time yesterday and was extremely cranky. I struggled throughout the past couple days with aches and pains, along with a fever, and cold/hot sweats. Nana and Papa were to the rescue yesterday by watching the older to E's for us. Today is going much better for me at least. The jury is still out on Evie!

I don't have any new pictures of my own to post, I haven't downloaded any from my camera from all the family visits yet :( However, my photographer has posted our newborn session on her website. To view the pictures go to:

http://cynthiagullett.com/

click on client, and then the password is 'baby'.

I hope you enjoy these as much as I do!! I think she did a great job!! She was extremely patient, as Evie was not having a great day!

I hope all is well with you and your families!! I hope to post more soon!

Growth spurt?

Hi everyone! Everett is still doing well, however I think she's going through a growth spurt. It started on Thursday (I think, my days are kinda messed up!), she eats every 1 1/2 - 2 hours. She doesn't sleep long, maybe 20-30 minute time spans. I don't remember these with the bigger girls, but maybe this is what your mind blocks! I hope it ends soon, I can't get anything else done but feed her, change her, and try to keep her happy!! Thankfully she is still giving us at least 1 long sleep at night, generally between 4-5.5 hours. I usually have to wake her up because I need her to eat! It takes a while to get her back to sleep, but she tends to give us another 2-3 hour nap. Now if I could just get her on a schedule, I could start taking the bigger girls to preschool instead of relying on Nana and Papa T!!

Our photographer was here on Friday, one of Everett's heavy eating days. Cindy had to stay for 4.5 hours to try and capture everything. I think Everett ate at least 3 times, maybe 4. We took a short break for lunch, but we got it done. She sent me some samples on Friday, and they are breathtaking! As soon as she has them available in her gallery, I'll post the link here for you to view!

Otherwise, things are going pretty well. Tad took the bigger girls to the KSU game yesterday. They visited Great Nana F, and were ready to go to Willie's house! They got their snacks, restroom breaks, and Emery was ready to go before 1st quarter ended! She quickly settled in for a nap, and they made it through 3rd quarter. Nana and Papa T came over and watched the game with Everett and I. Today we made it to the park, and out to the girls favorite restaurant for an early dinner. I got to practice nursing in public, which is new to me! I did fairly well for the first time, not sure if anyone got flashed or not! Oh well! It was too beautiful of a day to spend it inside! the whole week is supposed to be beautiful, so I hope we can get out a bit!

Have a safe and happy week! I'll try and post some more pics of the girls later this week!

I'm in LOVE!!! *sigh*

Wow, it's already been a week! I'm completely and totally in love! *sigh* Everett eats well, sleeps well- almost 5 hours at night, then another 3 hours after eating. She hardly cries, and when she does is quickly calmed down. It's pretty amazing! Sometimes I think we have a doll, not a baby!! I guess 3rd time was the charm! I finally have a baby that eats well- that is a huge relief, but to sleep well and hardly cry? We are extremely blessed! Check out the pics of my sweetness below! Not sure why the black and white photos are showing up funny- I'll keep working on those!!

On another note, today marks the first day of preschool (pre-k) for Ella and children's day out for Emery. Nana T took them for us today. Ella skipped off to class, while Emery needed some persuading. Here's a pic before they left this morning!!