We have been keeping very busy.  I feel overwhelmed most days, but I wouldn't trade it for the world.  Here are a few pictures I've taken over the last 2 months:



This is Rosie's favorite shirt.  She would wear it every day if I let her.

Will's first day of school. Notice the cast.  He is loving Kindergarten.  He has a fantastic teacher and has made a best friend, Fletcher.  They play cowboys at recess. 

 Rosie is in gymnastics.  She loves it!  She has learned how to do a tripod, a bridge, and forward and backward rolls.

 The school put on a Halloween parade.  Here's Sheriff Will.  (He will often wear these clothes on a regular school day, so we put a shiny badge on for Halloween so people knew he was dressed up).

My first little witch.

My second little witch.

 She didn't like her costume very much.  The hat ended up being too small so for most of the night, she looked like a priest.  It was quite cute!

2 Months! and Labor Day

Adalyn is 2 months old today. She loves to be in her swing. I spent a month researching the best swing and ordered her a fancy one that rocks front to back and side to side. It played animal noises and had a cute mobile hanging from it. However, whenever I put Adalyn in it, she would start crying. She was not too fond of her fancy swing. A week later, Clark found a different swing at a garage sale for 1/10th the price. We bought it and thought we would see if she liked it better. It is a basic front to back swing with a few classical songs. She loved it! She usually falls asleep after a few minutes of swinging, but occasionally she will stare at the speaker where the music comes out.

This Labor Day was an eventful one for us. Will and Rosie were in our backyard climbing trees while I was feeding Adalyn (Clark had to work). Rosie came running in saying, "Will fell out of the tree." I rushed outside to find Will crying and crawling towards the house. I picked him up and examined him to find a very swollen ankle. I asked what happened and he said he was climbing when the branch broke and he fell on his back and hit his ankle hard. After ten minutes of crying, I decided we better take him to a doctor. Since it was Labor Day, all of the doctors were off and we ended up going to the emergency room. The nurse gave him some Lortab while we waited for the x-ray tech to come in. She x-rayed his foot and then we waited for the results. The doctor came in and told us the x-rays didn't show any fractures, but with kids it is common for the fracture not to show up for a few days. He put a soft cast on Will and told us to come back in a few days for a follow-up x-ray. He told Will he needed to stay off of his foot until then because the growth plate could break and Will would permanently have a small foot. Then the nurse came back in and said she, the doctor, and the x-ray tech all thought it was broken, they were betting on how bad the break was.

To pass the time, we have watched several movies and played Will's new favorite game: Building towers out of blocks and then shooting them down with rubber bands. We are anxious for Friday to get the results.

Adalyn's Smile

This alone makes all the sleepless nights worth it!

6 weeks old

Adalyn is 6 weeks old today. At her 4-week appointment, she was 8 lb 5 oz and 20 1/2 " long. She likes warm baths and being held. She loves Clark! She gave him her first real smile. She still has reflux, but I like to think it's not as bad. She is starting to lose her hair. I find little hairs on her blankets. We love her so much!

Just a quick update with a few pictures. Will loves to snuggle with Adalyn.

I made Adalyn some bows out of ribbon to stick in her hair (with corn syrup). Rosie wanted to be "twins" with Addy so I made her some too. She was happy to be matching with her little sis.

For Adalyn's first tummy time, she fell asleep. I thought she looked precious so I snapped some pictures of it. You are probably wondering, "where's her clothes?" Well, she had just had a blow out in her outfit so I changed her out of it and laid her down for tummy time.

We are loving our baby. However, I am looking forward to the day when she sleeps better. I have not got more than 3 hours of sleep consecutively for over a month now. Kind of a crazy thought! I figured I run on about 5 hours of sleep a night.