First Day of School

Five little kidlets, all ready for their first day of school....

Back-to-School Night...

I took Mathes, Gracen and Finn to the elementary school , arriving exactly at 5pm when Back-To-School Night started. This meant we were one of the first to turn the kids registration papers in at the office, thus avoiding the long line that formed almost as soon as we exited the office. This also meant we were some of the first to meet their teachers, and so we were done and back on our way home by 5:30pm. Wow. That has to be a world record for us! And the best part is that Mathes and Gracen's classrooms are both down the same hall, and just off of the Kindergarten hall where Finn's classroom is. It will be so nice for them this year to be so close so they can easily meet up after school for the walk home. Now to get everyone ready for school to start next week!

Sleep!

After weeks of never sleeping more than 4 hours in a stretch ever, last night Reagan finally slept for 7 straight hours! Now if I can just get her to make this a regular habit...

back to her starting weight!

I gave Reagan a bath today and weighed her and she weighed 7 lbs. 6 oz. She has finally regained her birth weight, hooray! Now to see if we can pack some more ounces on this tiny little baby girl :)

four month catch-up

A quick look back at March, April, May & June...

-Celebrated Dylan's birthday. My oldest baby is now 19 years old. I remember marveling at how beautiful Dylan was as I held him for the first time.
-Haven started horseback riding lessons at the end of May and she loves it! And I love watching her while she rides, she is just so cute.
-Another birthday was celebrated, and I sewed a fun and ruffly outfit for my cute little birthday girl to wear to school. Gracen loved waking up to the surprise and wearing it on her special day.
-On my 39th birthday I snapped a quick picture with a nearly 5 month old Jensen.
-Finn, Gracen, and Mathes all dressed up for Easter Sunday, 2011. Mathes looks shocked he's getting his picture taken, even though this is actually one of his "smiles" for pictures. Punk.
-For Finn's birthday this year I made him a Super Hero cape and mask....
....and he is off to save the world!
-Mathes got a turn being "Super" too.
-Ciel had all four of her wisdom teeth removed and a small crowded tooth in front pulled. Poor kid. But she recovered incredibly fast, and had little to no pain afterwards. Here she is with a mouth full of gauze. Next up for her, braces!
-Also...Dylan quit his day job to work full time managing local bands and moved out into his own place, and we turned his bedroom into a guest room. (Wanna visit? We now have somewhere for you to sleep!)
-Finn is pedaling a two wheel bike with training wheels, Jensen was 25 3/4- inches tall and 17lbs. at her 6 month check-up, I'm trying to figure out a way to own a horse again, Craig is planting a garden nearly twice the size of last years, we got a pair of zebra finches, and we have peaches growing on all three of our little peach trees.

Ok, all caught up? Good.

she’s an animal

I took Jensen in for her 4 month check-up today and she measured 23 inches long and weighed 12 lbs. 13 oz. putting her almost in the 50th percentile for weight. Her Dr. was surprised that she hasn't been sick yet (yay!), and how strong and physically active she is. Seriously, it was like trying to examine a wild animal. She was in a constant state of motion as she kicked, pushed, bucked, and scooted all over the exam table. She was determined to keep moving, there was no way Jensen was going to stay in one spot, she wasn't at all interested in holding still. Her Dr. got a good laugh out of it as she almost managed to launch herself right off the scale. He wasn't expecting her strength and activity level to say the least. Ah yes, one healthy and very active baby.

4 months and growing

(photo taken by her cousin Adler)

Jensen is 4 months old today, and after a slow start gaining weight, she has turned into quite the little chub. She weighed only 6 lbs. 10 oz at her 2 week check, so you know we're thrilled to see that at her 2 month check-up she weighed 9 1/2 lbs. , at 3 months she weighed 11 lbs., and now at 4 months she weighs 12 1/2 lbs. Pretty sure it's all in her cheeks too, their totally chubby and completely kissable! Here is a rundown of her "baby stats"....

-Sleeps from about 10pm-8am in her own bed (a co-sleeper in our room) without waking in the night (heaven!)

-Refuses to nap in her bed during the day though, only sleeping during daytime hours if she is in someones arm (punk!)

-Loves the pure entertainment her siblings offer her at every waking moment.

-Is a very happy, content, and smiley baby

-Loves to stick out her tongue.

-Is a true "Daddy's Girl", is happy to fall asleep in his arms and loves the sound of his deep voice.

-Loves to "talk" with all of her baby sounds.

-Giggled and laughed for the very first time Friday night (3-25-11).

-Currently fits perfectly into 3-6 month size clothing (which means she is close to outgrowing that size very soon)
-Still sporting a mohawk since her hair refuses to lie down. No amount of styling can tame it into submission, it's been this way since birth.

-She rarely spits up, and rarely has diaper "blowouts" (hooray!)
-She still has her hands up to her face all of the time. Just like she did right after she was born, and even before as seen in her ultrasound pics.

-Still the most popular person at our house.