Family Portraits

So............. I had a coupon to a big dept. store photo studio and I wanted a family photo for our wall. I took the kiddos in the other day to try to get sibling shots and because they didn't have time to take more than a few before setting up another appt. , I went home and took my own of the kiddos (what I probably should have just done in the first place).

I kind of went more out of curiosity. I never took Emmett but did his myself here at home and that always worked out great for us.... plus they were cheap to do *free!*. But with two and one of them being a baby I decided to check it out and have them done.

Ugh. Let's just say we probably won't be doing that one again. They were expensive. Getting the kiddos to corporate in a new stimulating environment was more of a challenge than anything else, the backdrops were fakey because they were indoors, and they were EXPENSIVE. But that is my fault because I was too chicken to say 'I just want the free photo from the coupon, please'. So I digress.

Nothing Fancy but here's my photo of the kiddos after we left that day....

However, let's look at the positives from the trip :O)

*The kiddos did great considering the appt. STARTED at 7pm. Their bedtimes are 730. We didn't leave until almost nine.

*We got a family portrait with EVERYONE!!!!! looking that I can put on the wall.

*We matched :O) and it wasn't stressful finding something in our closets that went together.

*We do have a free photo CD with rights so I can share the photos with you and make prints for our family members who desire one :O)

Here's the best from our Photo Trip......

Em and Aud

Emmett

Audrey

Emmett

Em and Aud

Daddy with the Kiddos
(I love Aud's face in this!!)

Mommy with the kiddos




Whole Family Shots

~Olive

My Big Brother Shares

Audrey Here. I just want to say how great my big brother is! He's always trying to share his things with me. He lets me hold the balloons he got for his birthday and tries to help me hold his dinosaurs..... and he really loves his dinosaurs.

Just the other day, he sat down to eat his supper and since he was eating he wanted to make sure I got some too. He put a piece of pizza on my swing tray so when I woke up from my nap I'd have a yummy piece of pizza to eat!!!!

What a wonderful brother I have!

p.s. don't mind the bad picture of me. I was half asleep and didn't have time to put my 'face' on. :)

Summer Haircut Time

BEFORE.....

AFTER.....

I'm not going to lie. I'm a wayyyy bigger fan of the before, however. With it being as hot as its been last week and the upcoming summer I can't have my little man sweating it up and overheating it out there.... especially if we're going to get a 'pool'. So, for the summer any way, he's got this new-do. I can't guarantee the old-do won't be back :)

~Olive

Update.....

We have had a crazy month, as many of you know. Crazy and good all wrapped up in one.

We didn't have desktop internet for awhile as we moved everything over from our apt. to our new house and just trying to figure out where everything should go, etc. So this is a little longer in coming then I would have liked.

The house is great though. We had amazing help getting the whole two stories painted before we moved in and then amazing help moving everything over!!!! I was floored how quickly it all went.

Just this week we are emptying some of the last boxes that we have downstairs. My progress upstairs is less than stellar upstairs because I can't entrust the two of them downstairs together for any period of time. However, the living areas are slowly and surely coming together nicely. I'm excited to have the furniture arranged how we want it soon and be able to 'decorate' a little bit.


And of course we had a baby!!! Most already know this but I thought this would be a good opportunity to post some photos.

Audrey Grace was born Saturday 18th at 3:16 pm. She was 10 lbs and 3 ozs, 21 inches long. The nurses and staff could not believe how big she was.


I'm just thankful she's here. When I went past my due date again, I have to admit there was trepidation about what was going to be 'protocal' since we were having her in a hospital this time. I have to say though that my OB office and the hospital, really, were great. The OB's was very understanding of what I wanted (no drugs, no inductions, etc) and worked with me to get that. They wouldn't have, of course, put the baby at risk but if I was showing progress, they weren't going to mess with that. I'm so thankful.

Really, when it comes down to it, the good Lord helped us through it all because He gave us the right OB/Hospital that we were able to deliver her naturally. He kept things moving so that we didn't have to be 'induced'. And in the end gave us a BEAUTIFUL baby girl!!!!!!


....who is a dream. Its hard to imagine that she will be a month tomorrow!!! Here's her accomplishments so far:
~Coos a lot
~Watches things, Very alert
~Smiles at you when you talk to her
~Quickly outgrowing her 3 month clothes
~98%: 12lb, 3 oz and 22.5 inches long


She loves her swing and sleeps in it most of the day.... saving grace right there!!! If Emmett will let her alone in it we'd hardly know she was there.



Emmett LOVES his new little sister. He doesn't seem to be jealous at all but rather REALLY protective. His cousin Zoie got to hold her last week and he was NOT happy about it. Audrey was HIS baby! He's constantly trying to 'share' with her and gets really mad at me if he's laying with her on the couch and I pick her up. He doesn't like his 'baby' time cut short for any reason.


Emmett's birthday was last week. We didn't do much special but he got balloons and a monkey cake with candles. He's had presents to open on and off for awhile (we've dubbed him official baby gift opener). He still hasn't opened our gift to him because we've let some of the other presents wear off first.



The weather has been great and I'm itching to go garage saleing something fierce. I know its going to be majorly cut back due to 2 babies but I'm still super excited for garage sale season to begin.

Popeye is working hard and getting some job changes here shortly. I don't know if that means we'll see him less or the same but its a good opportunity for him.

Until next time
~Olive