Father's Day!

I could not ask for a better eternal companion and father to my children.

No matter how hard things get, he never gives up. He pushes through all challenges and loves me in the process!

There really are no better footsteps for my children to follow in!

(Aaron wrote his own name and Audrey helped with hers)

For Father's Day, Eric got breakfast and lunch in bed! (he started out the day not feeling too well...)

For dinner, he requested fruit crepes. The kids were pleased they pretty much got dessert for dinner.

 I'll be honest - sometimes parenting looks like this:

but really - he rolls with the punches so well.
The kids adore him, search the house for him when he's not home, and cry when he leaves in the morning.
And in the end, these kids are priceless.

And all the craziness is worth it.
Happy Father's Day, Sweetheart! Thank you for everything!

Aaron and Bane

We love having friends from work over - especially when they are sweet enough to make dinner for us!

These two are quickly becoming great friends! They enjoyed playing dress up together and standing in "superhero poses."

 Though, we'll have to see how the friendship fares when Aaron notices that Audrey blows kisses at Bane and Bane says, "I LOVE YOU AUDREY!" when they are leaving... ;)

Our First 2 Weeks

We have had a great first 2 weeks!

Here's Adelynn at 4 days old.

While I was taking pictures of Adelynn, Eric took the kids to the library, park and splash pad!

The splash pad wasn't planned but it was a highlight!

 

 

 

There is no short supply of help when it comes to taking care of the baby! Or taking care of me for that matter! Eric and the kids went out to return a movie and came back with flowers and fries for me!

 Adelynn did great when she was 5 days old heading with me to the doctor and the hardware store.

At the doctor, Adelynn weighed in at 8 lbs 14 oz which meant I could simply feed her whenever she became hungry. Thank goodness, because I'd been letting her take 6 hour naps during the day at that point and not waking her to eat every 2 hours. She was a champion daytime sleeper!

Our first tummy time became a family event

 

 Adelynn has even gotten to have fun outside!

Well, mostly she slept...

 

 At her 2 week appointment (which took place at a week and a half), Adelynn weighed in at 9lbs 8 oz and was 21" long.

She was a great sport and went to 5 different stores with me after her appointment!

And yes, I might be obsessed with matching...

Want further proof?

 

And here we are today on our first day without Daddy. Things are going pretty good! 

 We are slowly but surely becoming better at sleeping at night!

To wrap things up, here are some Aaron and Audrey fun moments:

• Aaron: Mom, I just need to jump into this movie and fix their problems!
• Aaron (referencing Adelynn): But, I don't want her to grow big! Then she won't fit in her dress anymore! After I promised him we could buy her new dresses as she grows, he replied, Oh, ok. Then she can grow big like me!
• Audrey love Aaron but oft times, she'll have one of his toys. He'll ask for it and generally speaking, she'll reply with, "no." If it's close to bed time or something he really wants, sometimes he'll start to cry. Audrey's response is to immediately race over and give him the toy.
• They really do play so great together! This afternoon, they were playing pirates and I got to watch from the bedroom cameras. And they adore their new sister! They race to show her off whenever someone comes over to visit.

The First Outing - The Zoo!

Each of our kids first "outings" - in the sense that it is a fun family trip - occurred around 2 weeks old.

Aaron's first outing was to Lagoon.

Audrey's first outing was to the beach.

Adelynn's first outing was to the zoo!

We took the train to get there, as always :) 

A good chunk of the zoo was closed for catering events and a lot of the animals weren't out. But, there wild pigs, fish, elephants and there were a TON of monkeys! 

 

 What you don't see in this picture:

The bigger elephant was eating and the little one was trying to snatch food from it unsuccessfully.  

Someone commented on this which brought it to Audrey's attention. She then tried to throw her crackers to the elephants and when that didn't work, she was throwing clumps of dried grass. 

She really felt for that little elephant!

 

 When we got home, all the kids crashed fast!