Hand me downs

Literally the best day of my girls' lives is when we get hand me downs. It is a major fashion show and they are in heaven. 

Girls room

A few days over the summer I talked to Ryann and Cara about having Shelby share a room with them. They were super excited about the idea. I was working and sleeping and rich was recovering from surgery so he told Ryann that if she wanted it to happen she needed to put the crib together all by herself. 

Well ladies and gents. She did it. With rich giving her instructions she found the tools, brought it inside piece by piece,put it together, and decorated it all by herself. 

Shelby sleeps in it about 3 nights a week and for most of her naps. 

These two

I always talk about the special bond between Cara and Shelby, but Ryann and Shelby sure love each other too. I mean how could they not when Ryann does fun things like this?! 

Big sister

What kind of fun would it be if we couldn't dress up our little sister with pretty pretty princess jewels. Cara snagged this picture and I have been so busy I haven't had time to take many pictures so I didn't get an after shot. 

Shelby was a good sport through it all. 

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. 

Summer school

The girls started summer school. Ryann is doing sloppy slimy science, junior chef, intro to sewing, and creative writing. She loves it!

Cara is doing getting ready for kindergarten. Cara says it is boring. The first day she said she met lots of kids, but none of them were her friends. But now after the first week she says she has friends now. Her favorite part is recess and free play.

Girls night!

Mac went to bed and daddy went to a movie, so the girls played! We watched tangled, did pedicures, ate popcorn, and Ryann's friend came over.

Wedding Dress Shopping

 While we were in California we went wedding dress shopping for my sister Erin. 

(She is the one sitting next to me on the couch.)

We had so much fun and no boys were allowed... except Mac.

He did really well in the city and was a happy baby. He was the happiest when we found Erin's dress!  Wahoo... spoiler... it isn't the one behind us with the crazy ruffle below the boobs. 

It was sad that we were missing my older sister Ashley, but she was there in spirit. Also not pictured was my mom, but we sure had fun with her too.

Actually I hate this picture, but it was the only one I could find that documented our day.

5am Wake Up

I used to be a fan of waking up in the 5am hour. I would get up before everyone else and go hiking. Spend time outdoors and exercising. Amazing. 

However, with being on call and a baby still getting up 3 times a night I am not a fan of the 5am hour.

At 5am if Cara wakes up we have to put her in our bed or else she will go wake up Ryann for the day.

Here is proof:

Cara woke up because she heard me feeding Mac. So then she tried to come into bed with me, but I knew that she wiggles and squirms so much in bed that if I let her come in bed Rich would be awake and angry... plus I wouldn't get anymore sleep for the night. 

So this day I decided to make Cara go back to her own bed, and an hour later when I woke up at 6, this is what I found. A nice little fort, curtains being pulled down, and by 6pm both these girls were cranky. 

Was it worth it? The jury is still out. I thought it was worth it at the time to let me sleep, but their grumpy attitudes make life tough.

2 Peas in a Pod

These silly girls are two peas in a pod. How did they make the exact same poses for each picture?

 I think they were just excited for their "princess makeup"

 And the fact that they would get candy, 

 and popcorn, and get to dance and to see friends. 

Not much better than Halloween!!

Roll Over

Last night in bed Mac rolled over a couple times. So this morning I told the girls that Mac could roll over. 

Imagine 2 little girls saying, "roll over, roll over Baby Mac" about 100 times.

This is what you get!

Yeah for baby Mac!

Ryann and Cara spent a good 3 minutes "showing him how" to roll over, then they told him to roll over and finally after some squirming he did it! After he did it we pulled out the camera. That was a bust. He just got annoyed with 2 parents, 2 sisters, and 2 cameras watching him and telling him to roll over.

The girls learned their "rolling over" skills from their cousins Rue and Harper (the puppies)

Baby Doll

This was bound to happen sooner or later. Sorry Mac. 

After the Fact

 Both girls were pretty excited to be there for the birth of "Baby Mac"

 (Cara won't call him just Mac, it is always Baby Mac)

Ryann did tell me at one point she was a little scared when I said "I can't do this" but then she told me that she knew I could and it really wasn't scary after that.  

 His face was a little bruised because of how he was born, but it quickly resolved by the next day and when we took him into the pediatrician to check for jaundice, he came back clean and clear. Thankfully we didn't need to go back for a second heel stick. 

We are pretty happy to have this little man in our world. He has had a lot of visitors and we are being well fed and taken care of. 

We have only had 1 really rough night, but most haven't been that bad so far.

Sisters

What do you think? Can you tell we are sisters?

Devyn and I had some fun this week. At church she was walking the halls and someone said, "Whose baby is that?" She said, "Mine."  He then said, "Wait, when did that happen?" "Umm, about 8 months ago?"

Obviously he thought Devyn was me and it was pretty funny to watch people's reactions. 

Rich told me that he was sad to see Devyn leave. He enjoyed her cleaning and cooking and he adores Hazel. He also had fun on their trips to sonic, and just hanging out while I was off doing crazy things like staying up all night and delivering babies. 

After he told me he was sad, he said that he was also very happy, because for some reason I tend to spend a lot of money when Devyn is in town... oops.

Pretend Sleeping

I love it when Ryann yells, "MOM. COME QUICK! IT IS SOMETHING SO CUTE!"

 Basically that means for once the girls are playing together nicely and not fighting. 

 These girls are wild.  And yes, I do know Ryann has her silkies in the background, ugh, I swear it is only some nights that she has them... not all the time anymore.