I gotta brag for a second

Not only is she a cute little lady...she sleeps ALL night long! I am so in love with that! Last night was an all time record of almost 12 hours straight! She has been doing it for almost 4 weeks now. (minus one night that she woke up at 4am). She loves to be held most of the day and usually naps only for short periods of time BUT if I am well rested... I don't mind!


This may bore some of you but I am HORRIBLE at writing things down in one of those baby book things so I am going to jot down a few things on here to look back on.

She is a smiley little Miss and is starting to giggle. She likes her brothers a lot (most the time) and always has a smile for them...usually ends up in a whine or a cry cuz they get about 1/2 inch from her face and she just can't handle it anymore.

She loves bath time but hates lotion time. The last week or so she has been using her hands more and loves her rings that hang from her car seat. She doesn't love riding in the car too long and lets us all know with her machine gun cry. She went swimming in Utah about 2 weeks ago (at the hotel) and seemed to enjoy it.

She spits up (throws up, more like it) a ton! I wouldn't mind it so much but it sure gets annoying changing her multiple times a day! (good thing I was prepared with lots of fun clothes) She is getting chubby little cheeks and thighs, and I love it!
(thanks to my lil sis Geri for taking her pics anytime i ask her to!)

Isn't it too soon?

For Dawson to be losing his teeth?!? He is only 5! He is just THRILLED about it! He hussled right down the street on his bike to show his buddies (neighbors)! I am kinda bummed...it means he is getting older and sometimes I wish my kids could stay small, young, and innocent forever.
He has already been up 2 times (it is 11pm) to check his pillow for some cash. Hope I don't forget!

Thirty Two!

I know.... weird huh! I still feel like I am 22! I am aware that the pic is not a glamour or a great shot. My mom taught me to keep the pics around that you don't think are good ones. Ones that you think you look old, chubby, and tired cuz when you look back in 10 years ya think, "hmmm wish I looked like that now!" Ya know what I am saying?
Here is a big fat THANK YOU to all the birthday wishes, birthday gifts, birthday calls, birthday songs (even the tone deaf ones), and birthday visits! This pic is me tonight at 10pm sitting at the new little patio furniture my parents gave me. It is perfect for the space! So if you pass by and see 2 little boys eating their scrambled eggs or hot dogs out here be sure to honk! Lane and the boys gave me a new Nikon! I am very excited to get to know it better and start taking more pics! (better ones than the one shown above)
Little story.... On Sunday evening I asked my 3 year old
"what are you going to get me for my birthday?"
He says, "Nothing mom, we already got you a camera!"
I said "oh you did?!" then looked at Lane
Lane then says, "Coley, remember we weren't suppose to tell!"
Cole then looks all concerned and says to me "Oh Yeah! Mom, don't tell anybody ok!?"

IT was a Fun, relaxing (i totally slept in til 10am!), nice, rainy (i loooove the rain) June 9th!
(ps.... look how long my hair is! this is a first for me)

What time is it?

Sno shack time! What is better than a fantastic sno cone?
A fantastic sno cone with some good pals!
(Madison, Hudson, Carter, Rook, Brooklyn, Dawson, Lincoln, Bailee, William, Cole)

Oh Boy!

Do I ever feel soooo behind in blogging and keeping up this little part of my life! I sorta feel the same way about being so far behind on this as I do my journal writing or my dvr shows! Like I am just not quite sure where to begin!
Speaking of journals, my sister Bobbi was helping my mom clean and go through YEARS of stuff in my mom's cupboards, closets, ect. and she said she stumbled upon one of my old journals. She read me a few things from it and I have to say... I remember being a bit boy crazy back in my grade school days BUT I didn't remember being so silly and dumb! I was almost a smidge embarrassed that my mom and her were probably getting a big ol' chuckle out of my "deep thoughts and feelings" from long ago.
Well, luckily for me (and those around me) I have grown up and matured quite nicely. It seems like since I have had my little lady I have to just sit and wrap my mind around being a mother of 3! It actually hasn't been as overwhelming or crazy as I had expected but I just can't believe that I (me) have gone through labor 3 times! Have had years of tired mornings! Answer to the name Mom, mommy, (and other strange names at times)! I am grateful and even though I look forward to bedtime everyday.... I wouldn't change a thing!
I need to post Dawson's graduation, the boys riding their bikes (every day for 3 to 4 hours), Mia (she is changing every single day), our trip to Utah, and everything else we have been up to..... here are a few random pictures.

she is such a smiley little lady now. (ps. got her little outfit at a yard sale for 2bucks!)

Almost ready for church..... I am sure this is right about the time they head to the car and honk for me!

Lane taught them this fun game.....

one more blow and poof...the thing goes flying!

he can't stop giggling long enough to get his on

My Mothers' Day gift the boys made me from Lowe's kids clinic.

These guys could seriously kiss her and stare at her all day!

a little side note...
the other day we were at my brother and sister in laws house and dawson says to my niece Zoey "i think mia is sooo cute, even cuter than when she was born in the hospital! don't you think so too zo?" then zoey says, "yeah she is, (then turns to me and says) and so are you audrey! you are so much cuter now than you were in the hospital when you had mia!"
i love how innocently honest little people are!

The Shindig

Here are the pics of the special day! Sorry to those of you that we didn't get pics of! There was 32 peeps in my house and I am sad we didn't get shots of all of them!homemade taco/salads

Delish

Little Miss

4 generations!

us

brotherly love

bro and sis

Momma and Ger Bear

Auntie Lynette

Auntie Lisa

Auntie LeAnn

Mel doing bubbles with the kids

Syd and Laya

It's my party....

....and I'll sleep if I want to!
(that is what she was doing instead of entertaining her guests!) Today was this Little Lady's blessing! It was a fun day, full of family, food, and fun! Thanks to everyone that helped out and came. Esp. the ones that traveled hours to be here!

Just like the wonderful mother I am I didn't snap 1 picture so I have asked my sister in law to send me the ones she took so I will post a few later. She looked so sweet in her dress! Thanks to Kitty we even remembered to take a 4 generation picture!
(this pic is from the other day... look how much she is filling out!)

Time Out....

And he hasn't drawn on our couches since!
ok i am kidding. lane was teasing them though that we were going to start using this ledge for our new "time out" spot.

It's all good.

Have you ever been so tired you sorta wanna cry? Yeah, me too! (That is one of my excuses of not posting sooner).
Actually I can't complain. She is an excellent little baby! She eats good, she sleeps ALL the time, the only thing I have found she isn't fond of is cold wipes on her little bum.
I really am grateful she is such a sweet little lady cuz it has been a rough ride for Momma Bear (aka ME!)
I nursed both the boys. With the first it took a few weeks but we got it down and it was a good experience and we continued til he was 9 months. #2 was a rather painful experience BUT he refused a bottle so through the blood and tears we kept on clear til 8 months! Now with number 3 I thought I had things figured out.... apparently not. With in the first few hours of her life I realized it was going to be a painful thing and boy was I right! I will spare everyone the details (mainly for Russell's sake). I will just tell you this... I would rather give birth every day for the rest of this year than breast feed 1 more day.... I am not a cryer, and I was crying every time I fed or thought about feeding!
So, I decided to use the pump and see if that helped. Sure did! I thought "Yes, I can be normal again!" Then with little warning... BAM got hit with Mastitis! I was achy, shaky, fevery, migraney, and just not loving it.
Luckily I have a fantastic husband and great friends and family to help me out with the boys to get me through it and today I feel pretty darn good!
OK I will get to the good part now that I have bored you all with my sob story. Pictures of the little lady! At her 3 week apt. (well 2 week that turned into 3 weeks) she weighed 7 lbs and 8ounces and grew a few inches! 21".

Headed home....

Don't worry everyone, I won't be posting pictures of each and every day of Mia's life. But come on, she is my first girl and wanted to remember the exciting day we got to go home and enjoy her there!






The boys are just eating her up! Coley tells her he loves her about every 20 minutes. Daws checks on her to see if she has both eyes open and she usually does not. She is a sleeper (which i guess they all are at this age) She has given us 6 hours straight all 3 nights of her life....it has been lovely! I esp. love her "cha cha cha" pic up above.