back to the new normal.

Ok. Admittedly "normal" is used very loosely around here. We have been snuggling babies and doing fun hair! I am still so thankful that we made it through pregnancy and my energy is back!Taylor is hard at work back to school. He goes to class one day a week and is taking an online class too. My parents have been awesome and taken the kids a few Saturday mornings so he can study and I can rest or clean. I think my nesting comes after the baby gets here. I was so excited to completely redo our filing system this week:)

Little bald baby. You can't see the awesome mullet he is rocking in the back. I feel like he could end up with much lighter hair than the other two kids...we'll see. I caught the faintest beginning of a smile.

Made some home-made laundry detergent.

No one mentioned when you add the washing soda is boils over like a volcano leaving a huge mess the consistancy of mucous all over everything. Thankfully is is soap so is cleaned up fairly quickly. I still need to go back with a q-tip and get some of the tiny areas. Caught the kids reading together on the couch. Katie was muli-tasking. Nursing her baby and teaching Levi.

Making "A for Alligator" crafts.

Foam teeth.

Grayson - 1 month

The first month of having 3 kiddos has been such a great time. Taylor just went back to work full-time last week. So we had lots of time as a family of 5 to hang out. Taylor and I also got to take turns napping and wrangling children. Grayson is super mellow and laid back. He eats, is awake for a little and then back to sleep. He is up 1-2 times per night sometimes 3. He is the least efficient nurser of any of my kids. He likes to take his own time at things. Weird Grayson fact: When I burp him he always burps twice. He sleeps in his carseat like nobody's business. Both the other 2 would never do that, so it is really strange to me. He is giving us small smiles and I even got a giggle yesterday. He likes to hear his own voice too. He definitely is doing those things sooner than Katie and Levi were. All the hair on the top of his hair fell out so now he has an awesome mullet. He is such a wiggler just like he was inside of me. His little arms and legs are in constant motion. By one month old Grayson has already been to Ikea, gone on his first sled ride, gone to the zoo, celebrated Christmas and the holidays and met the entire immediate family and some extended family. At his 6 week check-up he was 10.1 lbs.

We sure love this little guy!

Caught him mid-sneeze.

The preferred diaper pose. I got like 6 shots like this. Snuggling with Katie. The novelty of having a baby in the house has not rubbed off at all!

This is what Grayson thought of the Broncos/Patriots game.

Grayson's Newborn Pics

We had Grayson's Newborn pics come in and we love them! We used Jonathon Betz and really loved his work! He and his wife were in our birthing class when we were pregnant with Katie! The middle pic is the ONLY one we got with the 5 of us. Levi was not having anything to do with pictures that day. I love that he totally captured Gray and our family. I would totally recommend him if you are looking for pics! We signed up to have our 3-6-9 and 12 months shots of Grayson with them too. Enjoy!

Levi Turns 2!

This sweet little baby just turned 2! Levi has kept his calm and sweet disposition. He is definitely prone to whining now, but I don't know a 2 year old that isn't. He loves trucks, cars, helicopters, animals and "moomees" (movies). he is very focused and I have to make sure I have his attention fully before I ask him to do something. He loves figuring out how things work and trying something over and over until he gets it right. He will take his golf set and practice hitting the ball without getting frustrated. No wild-swinging for this boy. He has a subtle sense of humor and likes to watch for us to laugh from the corner of his eye. He has a wild-shriek that doesn't fit his personality whenever Katie tries to take his toys. He still hates the wind in his face, is not wild about swimming and is a somewhat picky eater. He will whine and then correct himself and say, "Hey Mommy, can I have another one please in the sweetest voice." He has a sensitive little heart and his lower lip will stick out so far if we correct him. We sure love you sweet boy! The truck birthday cake.

He loved us singing Happy Birthday.

He immediately climbed on the table to blow the candles out. Boy on a mission.

Loves him some cake.

Does not love messy hands!

Opening presents. It took a lot of work to get Katie to stop opening everything.We went to the zoo for his actual birthday and he finally liked the carousel