Since you can’t all come and see my hallway…

I thought I would post this.  Jack worked really hard on updating these and I just love to walk down the hall and see these hanging up.  Also, they are right across from our changing table and Conner loves to look at them.  So, anyway, here ya go:

Angie growing up:

 

Sunny growing up:

Logan growing up: 

Ella growing up:

Conner growing up:

 

Savannah growing up: (Just a little bit, but unfortunately she is also doing it.)

 

We decided to do this because I really hate school pictures and so we never get them.  Every time Jack updates we just put the old pictures behind the new ones, and some day they will have a lot of them to look at.  Just a fun way to document how fast they grow—sniff, sniff.

Life

I think this picture sums up my life right now…

Angie captured it for me. 

However, despite the craziness of my two monkeys, the fact that school and activities are still happening (yeah that school is out next week!!), and that Jack is back to work full time again, I am surviving and things are feeling more “normal.”  Savannah is a great baby—she eats, sleeps, and poops well.  And I just love having sweet moments with her several times a day.  There’s nothing like a newborn baby gazing up at you to keep you calm in the midst of hearing screaming/laughing/yelling/mischief making all around you.  Babies are such a blessing!!

 

 

And we are falling more and more in love with this one..

Don’t you love the outfit Kari made????

And this beautiful dress that Jennie made—and the hair bow to match!

 

Oh sweetness….

 

Just love this pic—Conner just had to sit next to “Baby” with a blanket just like her.

As this picture points out, there may be some slight neglect of my older children in the morning while they are getting ready for school—okay, actually, this was for crazy hair day—but she did it all by herself so there really was some neglect I guess.  She used a sand toy to get this style—leave it to Sunny!

Happy day!

Mother’s Day, more Savannah, and Whatnot

(This is a very scatterbrained post—it is allegorical because it represents my brain right now.)

 

Mother’s Day started out very nicely.   If it looks like I just woke up, that’s because I did—to waffles, whip cream, and strawberries no less!  I decided to brave church because, well, it was Mother’s Day.  It went…okay.  It’s tough without a husband to sit next to you I tell ya!  I ended up taking Savannah out and having Conner come with to the Mother’s lounge—I think this may happen often—luckily Angie is really good with Ella when I have to go out.  We just take sacrament meeting week by week, so we’ll see how things go next Sunday. 

Here’s Savannah all ready for her first day at church—she was an angel—it’s those other two munchkins that give me trouble—at least after sacrament meeting they are in nursery and primary!:)

I just thought this was a cute moment—Sunny trying to teach Ella rollerskates.  Ella told me she wasn’t very good on the the sidewalk, but she was great on the grass!

 

Classic dad and sleeping baby photo…

The was me on Easter—two days before Savannah was born.

Then two days AFTER Savannah was born, Sunny did this play—she is the Slinky Dog in Toy Story—on the left.  Jack did her makeup because I was a little preoccupied—it was a stretch for him, but I think he did a super job!

 

Savannah bathing..look!  She does open her eyes sometimes!

So, Savannah is doing much better with the nursing and because it is going well I am starting to feel more normal—and become more aware of my surroundings.  And, I have a new challenge—figuring out what to do with my toddlers while I am stuck on the couch!  After helplessly watching them do several crazy things, I decided I might as well nurse with my camera close by so I can at least get a good laugh later…

Speaking of toddlers, these two have definitely been acting out more these days…I am sure it is the new baby, but it is tough—any suggestions on things you have done to help toddlers cope with a new baby?