Sunday, April 21, 2013

Quinn - 1 month

Somehow Quinn is already 1 month old!

- She now has the dreaded baby acne.
- She loves taking baths.
- She is a ferocious little eater.
- She is still adored by her sisters, especially Abby.
- We finally narrowed it down to a pacifier that she will sort of take.
- She is still in newborn clothes.










April 2013 Cell Pics - First half of the month

I need to work on grabbing my actual camera more however at least I always have my phone with me!

 Quinn bundled at the bus stop.

 Reagan's had some frustrations with homework.


 Both girls brought home VERY similar work from school on the same day. 
Abby's is on the left and Reagan's is on the right. Crazy!

 Morning snuggles. 

 We celebrated Sarah's Birthday. 

 Abby's been doing yoga at school. 

 April Showers. 

 Abby was excited about her first homework assignment. 


 Spaghetti Dinner & Silent Auction at St. Cuthbert. 


 Melt. 

 Those lips!

 Our morning walk to the bus stop. 

Abby & I made brownies.

How a Garden Grows

The entire Kindergarten class put on a production at their school called "How a Garden Grows." It was very cute and had singing, dancing & speaking parts in it. The kids were supposed to dress up as either cowboys/girls or farmers. Reagan was not nervous at all and seemed to be directing other kids on where they were supposed to be. As Quinn was only 2 weeks I was only able to get a couple of pics. I also always seem to get stuck by someone who moves in front of me as if their kid is the only one in the show............


Waiting for the show to start:



 Reagan with the pink hat. 



Tuesday, April 2, 2013

March 2013 Cell Pics

 Like father like daughter

 First trip to grocery store


Abby may be little but she holds her own. 
Reagan did something to her and she smacked her in the face with a teapot.................

 American Girl Store

 Reagan had a mishap beyond her control with her doll and got a new one. 
She is thrilled and picked out the one she really wanted as Santa apparently had gotten it wrong :-/

 Caught the end of a smile. Apparently she likes the ceiling fan. 



 Dying eggs with friends. 

 Wide awake at the store. 

A nightly occurrence.

First weeks with Quinn

Overall Quinn has been a rather easy going baby. She's had her days/nights mixed up a bit but has mostly at night woken up just to eat every 2-3 hours. We had a bit of a weight gain issue at our first Drs visit however Reagan & Abby both had that issue as well so it wasn't new to us. Luckily it only took 1 weight check at 2.5 weeks old and she was finally back up to 8lbs.

We took newborn pictures for the first time ever and wow were they amazing. We've seen a few sneak peeks and will be sure to share them whenever we get them.

The girls have been amazing with Quinn. They are quick to show her off to anyone we see and are huge helpers at home. Grandma was here for 2 weeks which was especially helpful over Spring Break. Amazingly they were not as difficult as we thought they would be when she left though they are looking forward to May when they will see her again.

Quinn is the noisiest baby! She sounds like a little piggy when she eats and makes all kinds of noises when she sleeps. You think she's awake but she isn't. 

Recovery this time has been a bit harder on me which I was surprised about. I had a wonderful nurse in the hospital who was a mother of four who warned me it would be tougher. It took us a bit to find the right pain cocktail but once we did it was very helpful. I tried my best to stay on time in taking my meds which was helpful. About a week after Quinn was born I seemed to have caught possibly the stomach bug Reagan had which was a huge set back for me.  And currently I am sick again. :-(  I know much of it is that I am not taking care of myself and certainly not slowing down but it's hard. I've been pulled any many more directions this go round including working much more then I ever did before plus 2 other kids, commitments, etc. I'll get there though.

And now for more pictures which is what people really want.




 Bed head



 Loves the bath!