Lydia Update

Lets just start by saying: Lydia is an awesome baby! She is a good sleeper and very good eater considering she is a newborn. I am a very lucky momma. She is a little restless the first half of the night and has ended up in our bed. But after I nurse her at about 2 or 3 then I lay her in her pack in play and she sleeps until 6-7, which is awesome for us and our bigger kids schedule. Anyway, I think the secret is the boppi that you see in this picture. I think it is very comforting to having something soft and warm touching all sides of her.










This is a picture of us getting home after her followup doctors appointment. She weighed 10lbs 1oz and was 22in so that was really good.







And here is a picture of all the kiddos in the bath. I am amazed that they all three had their privates covered at the same time for the picture. It is very important to Jason to not have any genitals in photos so this was almost too perfect.






Anyways, we are just loving every minute of our new baby girl!

Baby

Lydia in her carseat wearing her "coming home" outfit!
LOVING hairbow usage again!
Noah's two year old (almost) foot compared to Lydia's two day old foot.
My AMAZING momma... I really don't know how women have babies without their moms help. Especially number three! I am so grateful that she is here to help and twist her arm to spend time with her grandchildren!

More pics!

baby makes 5

FINALLY!!! I thought the day would never come. On Wednesday, in the wee hours of the morning, we welcomed a beautiful baby girl to our family. We have chosen to call her Lydia Belle Brown and she weighed in at a health 10lbs 3oz and was 21 inches long. Mom, Dad, and baby are doing great. Elina and Noah are tickled. It's like the Christmas spirit around here.

The Great Pumpkin

What can I really say? I can not believe I am still pregnant, we thought for sure I would never make it through September. So to celebrate we got a little crazy with some orange paint and wow...found ourselves a few pumpkins!

Kiddos Swimming

Don't ask me why but I am getting no sound out of my speakers. So I hope this video has decent sound and no foul language :) Mummi and Poppi have been here visiting getting ready for the new baby. And Elina could not wait to get her Poppi to the Cove to show him her cannonball and how far she could swim. Now if we can just get her to come up for a breath she would be a certified swimmer.
Noah on the other hand is all about the slide. Sure, he will jump off like Elina, but that is only to not be outdone by his sister. His real love is that water slide, which he has been doing by himself for months. And as soon as he hits the water is yelling and signing "more, more"!

Baseball

Jason had the four day weekend off, so last night we were pulling our hair out trying to find things to entertain the kids. And then I remembered a birthday present Noah got at Christmas last year that was too big for him, this tee-ball set. So Jason pulled it down out of the toy closet and put it together and Noah played with it for a while and enjoyed it. I have a few video clips of him just setting the ball on the tee and swinging away, and loving it. But none of those are as funny as Elina, when Noah was over the bat and she got her hands on it. See if you can guess what is going to happen before you play the movie!



Just the look on her face, after the ball hits her brother. And then when she asks if he is ok you can hear Noah say "yes" and go right back to vacuuming like nothing was ever wrong. And the look on her face when she hits the ball a second time, even though she didnt hit anything but a bare wall. Oh my! We laughed so hard, I thought I was going to go into labor! No luck though, just a good afternoon with the family!