Ryan - One Month!

I know Ryan will be two months in a little over a week but at least I'm getting this posted before then!

Ryan turned one month on April 5th.  At his Doctor's appointment his stats were:

10 lbs 10 ounces - 78%

21.5 inches - 55%

He definitely likes to eat!!

We did a quick photo shoot with his sign. He was definitely starting to track and be more alert.

At one month, Ryan was still up about 3 times a night (every 2-3 hours). I feel much more sleep deprived with him than the other two - I'm sure partly due to the fact I am taking care of 2 other kids all day. He was getting a little fussy in the evening (witching hour).  He really started to take to the pacifier. You kind of have to work it in there but once you do, it definitely calms him down and lets him drift off. At one month, we were still swaddling him at night although most of the time he broke out of it with his arms.

Daddy and Ryan

First real bath in the tub - this month his umbilical cord finally fell off so before his one month he got to start real baths and he loves them! He is so calm in the tub.

Smiles!

Got to meet his new cousin Ali and Mema and Papa visited

Mema cuddling with Ryan (and Caitlin got in on the action too).

Sleepy...

Working that pacifier

Spring Soccer

This Spring both Evan and Caitlin get to play soccer on the same time (maybe the only time that will happen). In the past when we've gone to games and practices, Caitlin always wants to get out there so we hoped she'd enjoy it.

Ready for their first practice

There goes Evan!

And Caitlin goes for the goal!

Bryce and Travis are coaching together again this season. They always do such a great job and we have a lot of the same kids from past seasons on our team which makes it fun.

Evan and Caitlin saying the pledge. I think it's so cute that they are number 3 and 4 (b/c Caitlin is 3 and Evan is 4)

Ready for the game

Caitlin kicking the ball. She doesn't really get in there with all the players too much but at least she runs around on the field and doesn't just stand in one spot or pick flowers.  There are sometimes when she doesn't want to go in but she always does. Evan had his moments like this the first season too.

Family picture after the game

I'll post more soccer pictures later!

Picking Strawberries

One day while Mema and Papa were in town, we wanted to do something fun with the kids. The day looked to be nice and before the baby came, I'd promised the kids a trip to pick strawberries.  This seemed like a good opportunity since it was a Friday and I'd have help so we headed to Sweet Berry Farms. This is the same place we go for pumpkins and I've never been for the strawberries. 

We put the kids in the 3rd row of the Acadia and took off on 1431 towards Marble Falls. This is a very windy/hilly road which I've taken with the kids before. About 10 miles from Marble Falls, Caitlin says her tummy hurts and 2 seconds later throws up everywhere!  The poor girl... she was just covered. We pulled over, got her cleaned up a bit, and continued on.  She has NEVER gotten car sick before but needless to say, we went home a different way.

When we arrived at the farm, there were a lot of people - apparently, Good Friday is one of their most popular days!  Mema and Papa are experienced strawberry pickers so they really took control and showed the kids how to do it.

Evan and Papa showing me their strawberries

Mema and Caitlin showing off their strawberries

Evan doing some picking

Papa showing Evan what to do

Caitlin picking some strawberries

Say cheese!

The 4 pickers - they picked two big boxes worth! We have strawberries for months!

A picture with Ryan on his first big outing

After the picking, we let the kids do one activity - the barrel ride. They do this when we go for pumpkins too.

Overall, it was a very fun day. I was so thankful to have Mema and Papa to help... I never could have managed and I am so glad the kids got to go strawberry picking finally. It might have to become an annual event!

Easter - Part 2

We were lucky enough to have Mema and Papa in town for Easter this year and we had a lot to celebrate: three new babies in our family! The night before, the kids helped Mema dye easter eggs. This was the first time we've done this and it was actually fun. The kids enjoyed it and kudos to my neighbor Tanya who gave us the best idea: we used wire whisks to hold the eggs and then each kid could dip them. It contained the egg and made it SO much easier for the kids to dye the eggs themselves. 

And of course, a few pictures of their Easter egg baskets.

Ryan got a new mirror for the car and a toy; the candy I figured was for me since that's the only way he's getting it :)

Caitlin got a Tinkerbell toy, a few small Hello Kitty items, some head bands, candy, and best of all... a microphone! She loved it and gave us quite a few concerts with it.

Evan got a couple legos, a kindergarten workbook, spiderman band-aids, and of course some candy.

All 3 baskets ready for the morning.

After brunch, we took a few family pictures and then set up an Easter egg hunt in the backyard for the kids.

They had fun finding the eggs hidden around the yard and we enjoyed watching them. We hope everyone had a fabulous Easter too!

Easter - Part 1

We've been lucky enough to have been celebrating Easter for a couple weeks - at school, with friends, and finally at our house! Our neighborhood had an Easter event with egg hunt and more.

Caitlin hunting eggs

Evan on the hunt...

Friends!

Evan and his best buddy - so fun they live in our neighborhood now!

They got matching glitter tattoos of pirates

Caitlin got her face painted with hello kitty

And they even had a petting zoo! Caitlin was in LOVE with the bunnies.

The kids each had an egg hunt at school as well (although Evan's we got there too late to see it). Here are some pictures from Caitlin's egg hunt.

Ready, set, go!

And she's off...

My little bunny and her eggs

Baby Ryan even got to come too!

And that's it for the first Easter post so I don't overwhelm you. It's such a fun time of year and the kids really got into it this season.

Week Two - Ryan

Someone is (was) two weeks old! I know it's a little late since he is a month today, but I want to at least try to catch up.  Our second week my mom was still here for most of it so we enjoyed the extra help. 

At the Drs appointment (which was a few days shy of two weeks), he was already 8 lbs 8 oz (52%) and 20.5 inches (55%). Unfortunately, he's still eating about every two hours at night so we are a tired bunch.

He does like to sleep in his swing and car seat though!

Evan and Caitlin are enjoying being the big brother and big sister (with matching pajamas).

My friend Amanda took Ryan's newborn pictures. She posted a few on facebook if you want to take a look (under Pretty Portraits Photography).  She's sent them to me but I just am having a hard time narrowing down the list!  Hopefully soon I will get her my choices and can post some of the pictures here.

Some smiles!! Must be a good dream.

Loving my swing

And that's about it! Hopefully I will post the month pictures sooner than the 2 month mark. We are off to the Doctor today to see how he's doing. We just love having him as part of our family (and will love him even more when he sleeps a few more hours at night) :)