A little bit about Evey

She got new Pj's today, they came with that "free matching headband" you see in the photo. She loves it, she is currently sleeping with it on.

Anyway...While the other kids were playing outside, she was "too coldy" so she asked to take a bath, so we did a bath, did her hair, painted her toenails, and then put on her brand new jammies. She was soo happy and wanted to go outside to show the other kids and daddy.

It really was cute. Then she was jumping and riding her scooter and singing about how she was a "pirate princess" who "can do anything."

Later, while they were all in bed, Ben was crying because he didn't grab ALL of his stuff (his bed is already piled high, I really should take a picture of it..it's kind of embarrassing and we should probably call hoarders..) ANYWAY...so Ben was crying and we hear Evey tell him, "Ben, stop that! You are being "weed-ick-you-us." (that's ridiculous..) She cracks me up.

Breakdown -The first 10 Days...

Emmett arrived on Wednesday morning and we brought him home on Thursday...on Thursday night, Ben and Addyson got fevers that lasted to Friday so we took them to the Dr. with Emmett for his weight check..His weight was down 5%..and Ben and Addy still had fevers...Ben puked in the waiting room, so maybe Rick's illness during my labor wasn't just a fluke..

Friday night they barked and hacked all night. Rick slept upstairs with them to make sure no one had a cough attack...The Dr. gave them a steroid for the cough and that really seemed to help with the croup sounding cough, but they still were breathing funny and coughing at night so Rick continued to sleep upstairs with them while I kept Emmett quarantined in our bedroom. Croup can be dangerous for newborns...

It was absolutely miserable..whining, coughing, sick kids, they slept on and off all day for 3 days in a row..When they were awake they were crying..They wanted to touch and hold the baby, they wanted me to take care of them, but I was afraid to get sick because I'm the only one who can feed the baby...

Around the 6th day, we thought things were looking up, but then Ben and Addy got Diarrhea and Evey came down with a fever. She never did get that barking cough, but did sleep the next two days away...The diarrhea thing lasted until yesterday and had Ben up at night calling for Daddy to please come help him...Addy woke up 3 days in a row covered in poop....

Soo..not quite the 10 days of blissful family bonding we'd hoped for...but we did have some nice friends bringing us meals, and Richard was awesome at taking care of the kids while I kept Emmett and myself locked up..I felt pretty guilty (especially when Addy was crying for me)... but I am blessed to have a husband who is willing to help. Richard had it all under control, and it ended up being okay, now today I have a bit of a sore throat and he seemed pretty tired..but I think that's how it always goes..now that the kiddos are feeling a little better, we have time to slow down and get sick! Hopefully it won't go much further than a cold...and I'm still praying Emmett stays healthy.

Anyway...it's late and my baby just fell asleep, so I guess I should go to bed..I need to be up in 2-4 hours.. :-P

The Force was with Us...

For a little while...

We got invited to a Star Wars themed birthday party for our friend's son. We decided we would try our hand at a homemade gift. So we set to work on a star wars play set with peg dolls and a millennium falcon.

We put the kids to bed and set up our card table next to the couch and had a little paint date. We watched sleepless in seattle and it was a genuinely good time spent chatting and admiring each others creativity. ♥

The photos aren't quite what I had in mind, but we ran out of time before we had to give it to the birthday boy and in my defense, I took the above photos while I was nursing Emmett. A Nikon D700 is kinda hard to hold in one hand..so whatev.

Anyway, we really loved creating it, so much that it was a little hard to give it away...but we did and I think the birthday boy enjoyed it..and he did know who all the characters were, he opened Han Solo and said, "Look Mama! It's Captain Solo!"

=)

Emmett is One Week Old!

Here are some pictures from his very first photo shoot!

♥

To the Pumpkin Patch

Since it was sunny today, we decided to go to the pumpkin patch. The kids had a great time.
Even though they've been sick, they were still excited to go.

We did a hay ride, petted some animals, and picked out our pumpkins, they had a great time while we were there, but they all fell asleep on the way home. Little sickies. ♥

I think the fresh air was good for them and the sun felt good too...Also, for the record, Emmett had socks on the whole time until I took him out of the front pack and they fell off, so we left them off for the picture...

**side story -- We got home from the hospital on Thursday, and all three older kids came down with fevers and then got croup! So we've been recovering from that...not very fun when they love their new brother soooo much and have to be banned from touching him or going near him! So hopefully we'll all be better soon and can get back to normal...well, the new normal!**