Christmas 2008

Christmas is always so special when you see it through the eyes of a child. I have enjoyed Christmas so much more since sharing it with my children.

Ora calls Olivia his "Little Princess"... and boy is she! 

Her uncle Brett was so generous in giving her this princess vanity.. she loves sitting in front of it combing her hair and smiling at herself in the mirror.

Joshua was very interested in spy equipment this year.

So we loaded him up with all sorts of spyware and then he and Olivia used it to hunt for lions in the kitchen, using the bathroom as their cave. They were quite creative and had lots of fun, however I am not sure that Joshua really understands the concept of spying.?

"Welcome to my World"

I thought "3rd time would be a charm".... first two kids had sucking issues and mom had milk production issues.... was hoping not to go down that road this time around; BUT.... 

here we are...

so i spend my days feeding (breastmilk then formula), pumping, measuring and recording...

washing bottles and pump parts

even through the night, every 3-4 hours i take my post on "my spot" at the end of the couch...

boppy, bottle of water, pump and....

sweet baby molly. 

we catch a couple hours of sleep, (maybe) and repeat the whole process again.

We are now taking molly to CST (cranial sacral therapy) in hopes of correcting the sucking issue.... we'll give it a couple more weeks. as much as i would like to breast feed, i would like to return to the rest of the world and leave my "post" for more than just an hour here and there!

Life with a new baby

no shortage of arms wanting to hold this sweet little one, help feed her, bathe her, change her (not)! she is very loved, literally! i think olivia probably kissed her about every 5 seconds those first few days.... at least they don't want me to "send her back"!

Olivia turns 3!!

Ok, so i'm posting a little out of order... somewhere between newborn pics and first bath, olivia had her 3rd birthday.... just like a middle child to get lost in the shuffle of another sibling... Anyway.... poor girls birthdays are only 1 week apart.. probably Olivia's last party of her own.. for a while...

still working on getting 3 fingers up....

my brilliant idea for getting olivia a baby doll that drinks and pees... and cries... and I wanted that craziness with a newborn too.....?? luckily, didn't turn out to be her favorite gift!

mostly loves dressing up and carrying around her purse right now. at least one of us can still do that..:)

Molly's 1st Bath (at home)

Well, Molly's cord fell off on day 9!! so time for that first real bath! As you can see, she really didn't mind it.... didn't cry at all....

not even when big brother took over.....

or when big sis grabbed the rag.....

that is, until she was out of the warm water and hit that cold air..... in the buff!! oh well, who could blame her!