We then went over to their pool. It was an Olympic size pool with a great kiddie area and on the other end a slide. Of course Travis and the kids were there at first glance and spent most of the day there. The first time Ethan was pretty nervous, but then he'd go down all by himself! Kaylin was very brave too and she is doing great at learning how to swim!
This is Travis watching Lily open her presents. (on the next chair was Dad asleep too!) Aidrian was watching though!
Pretty girl ready to go! She's wearing a little denim skirt. :)
She'll be 3 weeks old tomorrow...can't believe it. I thought this one was so cute because Ethan's talking to her and she's looking so worried. He's having a harder time being soft these days...we also told the kids that she couldn't see far away yet. Well that was a recipe for "in your face" songs and chit chats all day long to Aidrian. So when she's asleep they can't touch her...Ethan will poke her head or shake it or pull one hair etc etc you get the idea...And you know when they are asleep but their eyes peer open sometimes? Ugh! Sooooo, the worried look is priceless. I'd be worried too!
I've loved the recent emails asking how mom and baby are...(thanks aunties!) and was responding to Aunt Jam and thought I'd post it on here for fun. Maybe I shouldn't actually confess all these ramblings...but then again, it may cause a chuckle or jog that forgotten memory.
Aidrian is doing really well. She's the sweetest baby. Good eater and great sleeper, although I still wake up in the morning feeling like a zombie, or that I just get hit by a truck depending on what I did the day before.Is your back supposed to feel lopsided?
I never thought I was an "old hat" until this one. Things sag where you don't want them to and your brain hurts when you think too hard about something, even if it's nothing important, like what day is it? I think my brain must be on hold right now...Do you ever get it back? Took the kids to their park play date today, ready to leave and after getting Aidrian out of the stroller and getting everyone buckled I take off leaving the stroller in the street right behind where the van used to be...hmmm. Hours later, at the store I look for the stroller in the trunk and it's not there...luckily it was it a safe neighborhood and no one had stolen it! (at least I didn't forget a child!?)
And with the comments of my older kids consisting of words like "full of energy", "have a lot of spunk", "really busy"...I can't expect anything less hearing stories from Travis' childhood, I stop wondering why my house looks like a tornado and my hair isn't washed for the 3rd day in a row, and I get everyone in the van and wonder, "Where am I going again?"
I think I've washed my sheets 3 times since her birth-- spit up, milk, poop and pee (only one out of the four are from me...) as I "forget" or am just plain too tired to burp her, wake up or change her in the wee hours of the morning...
BUT with all that said, I love having 3 kiddos--they have made my life full of joy, love, poop, laughs, dirt, kisses and tender moments. Wouldn't trade any of them for the world...
although I saw a t-shirt the other day that said "Will trade brother for a puppy" and wondered if Kaylin could read, if she would agree to that..."
Ethan telling Aidrian, "it's okay, it's okay..."
Kaylin saying, "Mom, look at her cute little face...can I touch her eye?"
Ethan has so much love for this little one. (look at her nose!) He's still trying to figure out that he's the big brother, not a little sister...
Two happy kids with a sleeping babes. Luckily she sleeps through a lot!!
Awake and alert. She's more awake during the day and will look around wide-eyed. She's very content.
Just out of the bath and she's got some crazy hair. Still so little...
This was Sunday. Went to a friend's house for dinner so she got all dolled up. Wearing a cute blue dress and bow...those cheeks are getting bigger!
I just thought this was the cutest picture ever!! We laugh and say with her the camera puts on weight!--mainly in those cute cheekers! Do you remember that with Kaylin too?? How big and beefy her cheeks looked when I sent out pics, and then you see her in real life and she was tiny??
Miss Aidrian was awake and downstairs checking everything out so the kids wanted turns to hold her. Ethan comes upstairs a lot, just to check on her. He is so soft and sweet with her. I'll hear him singing to her often and touching her hair. Wouldn't you want to touch that cool mohawk??
Kaylin wants to hold her all the time. So last night when we said scriptures and read books, she held her the whole time even though she said she is heavy for her. She is a great big sister and learning a lot about babies... ("they sure sleep alot!")