May Leftovers!

Not sure who took this but Kinley was chillin in her stroller!

 

Daddy had some cash on him and she was excited to hold that much money!

Getting their groove on at Katelin's birthday party!

 

Rylie gave her a pony!

 

I bought some little chairs at the store and put them in the cart....she insisted on sitting on them while in the cart

 

Sweet sleeping baby girl!

 

Proud of my girl....the 2nd character award she got at school this year!

 

Ready for her first t-ball game!

Mother's day....my 2 little girls enjoying some apples!

 

She wanted to go driving so I took her to Hillsdale lake and let her drive, she did a pretty good job! I figure the earlier we start the better she will be when it is time to drive on her own!

He wanted his picture taken in front of the fish tank, we were at one of the schools having some speech testing done!

 

Ready for some baseball! Go Tigers!!!

A sweet moment betwwen Evan and Kinley at Katelin's t-ball practice.

The day our family became complete...welcome to the world Luke Dylan!

I let Rylie skip school so she could be there to meet her baby brother....guess this is how she passed the time!

 

Sooooo IN LOVE!!!

 

 

There was no time to rest after having a baby.....Katelin had watch week at gymnastics on Monday!

 

 

Owen up to bat!

 

Hanging out in the tent in Katelin's classroom.....

 

 

Cute little baby toes!

My first and last born!

 

What to do with a newborn while cleaning the kitchen!

 

Swinging with her bro!

 

Pirate princess!!!

 

 

Giving his brother a push!

 

Playing B ball!

 

Learning how to keep that new baby quiet!

 

She has been a little mad at me since I brought that new baby home but she is coming around!

 

This girl and her selfies!!!!

Love that smile :)

 

She was hiding from me!

Lunch at Culvers....just me and the kiddos!

 

My last little snuggle bug, I know all to well how quickly this time will go so I will cherish it for as long as I can with my new little man!

 

She may not be "the baby" anymore but she will always be my baby girl!



My onery baby girl!

 

He kinda likes his new brother!

 

She thinks she is funny with that binky in her mouth!

 

Owen crossing home plate!

 

Sitting in her baby doll wagon!

 

 

 Love this pic of daddy and Luke at Owen's game!

 

Love cuddling with my sweet baby boy!

 

My little t-ball player!

 

Katelin said #4 should say T-ball!

 



A first for our family.....

 

and not the good kind of first either but our first broken bone with one of the kids! At least a first for our 6....Matthew broke his ankle as a kid but that was before I was in the picture!

 

I didn't see what happened but apparently Owen was swinging on this rope we have hanging from a tree and Evan walked in front of him and got kicked.

Now typically when Ev gets hurt you just give him a quick hug and he is all better but this time he was really crying a lot. We got him calmed down and he ate dinner even though he was still crying out in pain a little and then I laid him on the couch to watch tv and he fell asleep.

 

During the night he came in my room crying and went back to sleep but would cry out during the night. So the next morning when he was still crying we decided we needed to go to the ER.

 

Daddy, Luke, Evan and myself headed to the ER, here is Evie just waiting!

 

Here is the xray! Yeap it's broken!

Ready to go home with his new sling! This was the only time he wore it right, it ended up around his shoulder where he refused to take it off all week, guess it made him feel better having something there!

 

Today, a week after going to the ER we went to the orthopedic doctor and got this snazzy little sling! This one forces him to wear it right.

 

He has to wear this for 3 weeks and then we go back for an xray to make sure everything healed up and that's it! The clavicle is the most common bone broken in the body and it usually just heals up fine, obviously it can't be casted! He's been such a trooper!!!!

 

 

The first 2 weeks!!!

Luke has been here for just over 2 weeks now and I think the first 2 weeks is usually the transition period adjusting to the newest family member. I know for some people this is a major adjustment for others it's more of an easy going adjustment. I fall in the latter category. Bringing home a new baby isn't very stressful for me, they usually just fit right in. And Luke is no exception for this. My biggest concern was Kinley and while there has been a little jealousy....she has really done amazing considering she lost her title of being "the baby"!

 

 Luke was born a week before the kids got out of school and in the midst of t-ball, baseball and dance so his first week home was super super busy. So we came home Sunday and by Monday we were on the go and we went all week long. We had gymnastics, 2 baseball games, dance class, 2 doctors appointments for Luke, Owen's award ceremony, Katelin's kindergarten graduation, newborn photo shoot and i'm probably forgetting something but it was a non stop week and he was such a trooper!

 

He came home on Sunday and by Tuesday morning he had only peed 3 times. He already had a doctor's appointment and she said he was dehydrated and we had to check his levels because of his jaundice. He was just below needing the bilirubin blanket. When we left the hospital his weight was 7lbs 14oz and at the doctor he was 7lbs 13oz so not going in the right direction. She told me to supplement with some formula and that seemed to do the trick by the next day he was peeing like a pro and the jaundice was going away!

 

So there is a brief summary on his first week, week two was still a little busy with activities and such but school was out and the week was definitely calmer....thank goodness! Here are some of my favorite pics from Luke's first 2 weeks.....

 

May 18 (2 days old)

At the hospital waiting until we get to go home!

 May 19 (3 days old)

First full day home

 

May 20 (4 days old)

Sleeping in his little bed.

 

May 21 (5 days)

 

May 22 (6 days)

Chilling outside with his shades and suspenders!

Snuggling with his mama!

 

 May 24 (8 days old)

 

Both my babies sleeping on mama!

 

May 25 (9 days old)

Sweet little smile

 

Something must have been pretty funny in his dream!

May 27 (11 days old)

 

May 28 (12 days old) 

Try to relax Luke!

Safest place in the entire world...in his daddy's arms!

 May 29 (13 days old)

Sleeping away at Owen's baseball game!

Got his first quick little sponge bath since he had peed and pooped all over himself.

 May 30 (2 weeks)

2 weeks almost to the minute.

 

 

Kinda looking like a little old man here!!!!