Big boy bed

My little Mac is sleeping in his big boy bed for the first time tonight. He was not happy with me at first but we said a prayer and then I bribed him with a new train and batteries tomorrow if he sleeps in it. 

I think it helped that he didn't get a nap today. 

Come home soon!

Okay so rich gets home tonight so I have been on full blown survival mode these past few days. Here is Mac eating candy corn at target in his pajamas. 

My dinner last night was snap peas and hummus. 

And I am living for nap time! However, that has been cut short lately because I have to wake up the kids in order to pick up the big girls from school. Also my back is still hurting so I can't carry the kids as much as normal so I Am so thankful for my double jogging stroller. It has been a lifesaver. 

Toothless

I don't know if a kid has cried more than this girl over a tooth not falling out. It has been loose for over a week and she has stayed up until 10pm wiggling it, asking everyone to pull it out, dental floss, tears, prayers, and finally demanding that a dentist pull it out. 

We went to our friend's house last night and finally a dentist pulled it out. Thanks to the Perez family!

I really wish it would have came out before school picture day because she couldn't stop playing with her tooth while taking pictures. But they will still be cute. And if not... There is always retakes. 😜

Too early to babysit

It amazes me how much these big girls can step up to the plate when rich is out of town. My back has been really bothering me lately and today I asked if they could watch Shelby for awhile how o stretched and tried to become functional again. 2 different times I caught them being quite hilarious with her. 

First Ryann has decided she likes putting Shelby on her shoulders. 

And second I caught Cara showing Shelby pictures. This one I heard her telling Shelby, "this is your daddy". I couldn't stop laughing it was hilarious. 

These girls fight and try my patience daily, but man oh man they are sure a blessing in my life and I wouldn't trade them for anything. 

Party time

We like to party during the day here at our new house. Which translates to watching tv while mom nurses and then takes a ton of pictures while Shelby is super smiley. 

She stops smiling when she sees the camera though. So I don't get much straight on shots of her. 

School carnival

I helped volunteer at the school carnival this year. Wow. A hot day, a baby strapped to me, and a husband still at home unpacking (thank goodness he had Mac with him) makes for a very long carnival. I successfully avoided eating every single cake walk donation item! So I call that a win. 

However, I did take a few cookies home and munch on them at home later. 

I think the kids had a blast and what a neat way to support our school. 

Moving day

We did it! After 14 months at my parents house we moved out. Hopefully my hospital credentials go through soon so I can start working so we can pay for it!!  Not really, but yes really. 

We are still waiting to see when we can check on our storage until to see if anything. Or everything. Survived. We have been so lucky to be able to have so many generous people get things for us that we need. We have a dresser coming today. We got a crib and a changing table, a gorgeous kitchen table and so much more. 

More pictures to come. 

Packin' Mac

Packing with a 2 year old and an almost 2 month old is not for the faint of heart. Even when it isn't very much stuff to pack!!

Yes. Popcorn and cupcakes and Netflix are essential. As well as the dress code of a diaper only. Poor guy. The only routine is his nap because I depend on it to get anything done. 

First night

This little nugget had her first night sleeping entirely in her bassinet. She went to be at 7 and woke up 3 times until 9 am when she got up for the day. Prior to this she had spent part or all of each night sleeping with me. She is 7 weeks. 

She does sleep on her tummy and with blankets. But hey, you do what you gotta do to survive the newborn stage. 

Big brother love

So these past 3 days have been quite crazy for us emotionally. On Friday we found out that rich's cousins and aunt and uncle lost their home in a fire. Then a huge fire broke out near our storage unit and we found out this morning that our storage unit was right in the line of fire. 

We have no idea what this means. We do know we can't get up there right now, but apparently the units are still standing (they are concrete and metal) but who knows if everything is smoke damaged or melted. 

We are moving into our new rental house on Friday and we have no idea if this will be an easy move of a couple boxes or if we will be able to moved everything out of storage or not. 

We are so thankful that we aren't living in hidden valley lake right now though. 

And this picture is of When Mac decided to let Shelby play with his train while she was nursing. Very thoughtful of him.