The stars aligned!

It is rare that I get a good picture of my girls - either I do a bad job with the camera, or I am too slow, or they just make weird faces. Yesterday the stars aligned!! They were playing so nicely in our backyard and everyone was happy and still fairly clean, so I got out there with my camera (actually, my phone camera) and snapped a few.

This is the best group shot of the three older girls (Libby, Grace, and Leah)

Grace standing not too happily for a picture- but doesn't she look good in pink?

Pretty Leah in her "ooshes" (shoes as she calls them)

A great shot of Libby - eye contact and smile and everything!! The stars were truly aligned for this picture!! She sure make my life wonderful :)

7 weeks old

Here are some of Avery's 7 week photos, as well as a collage of all four girls at 7 weeks, just to compare what they all looked like then... I think they are all so cute, and each really seems to have their own look!

More Pictures :)

Here are more pictures - do you have picture overload yet?

Libby's first day of Pre-School

Happy Happy Leah!! She thinks the world was made just for her! :)
Avery on her way home from the hospital

Two good friends :)

Cool Dude!!
Leah feeling pretty with her necklace

Pictures!!!

How terribly I am behind!!

I am so behind in posting our news! We have had so much happening, and so much on the horizon that I feel I can hardly keep up with myself, let alone the blog. Guess which one gets neglected? Umm... here's a hint... it's not me :) So here is a short list of recent wonderful events!

1) Baby Avery Mary Beach arrived on Sept 6th, at 7lbs 5 oz and 19 inches. She is beautiful - pictures to be posted soon.

2) Libby is getting ready to start pre-school - three days a week, and she will learn lots of stuff and we are excited.

3) We are so so so close to getting all her therapies on board - with in the next month, we should be in full swing of an additional 20-30 hours a week of in home therapy - just for her! It will be such a great thing and help her learn all the things she needs to learn.

4) Leah's first word (other than Mom) is "Oosh" which translates to "Shoe" :) She is a cutie. She'll bring a shoe to you, say "oosh" and want you to put a shoe on her. She is such a girl :)

5) Grace is growing up up up! She is such a great sister, and is glad that the baby is out of Mommy's tummy. She has been LOVING having my mom here! They are great friends.

6) My mom is here! Hooray - I joke that I need to have a baby every 18 months, just to make her come down and spend two weeks with us! Actually, we just need to get our act in gear and make the trek to Wyo and see her and everyone else up there :)

7).... lots more, but it'll have to wait for a later time - the children are calling.

And I promise to get some pictures up of Avery (can you tell she is the fourth and not the first? lol)

Eleventy...

I have been trying to correct Grace's counting lately. She can count up to twenty, but keeps adding "eleven-ty" to the mix. 1,2,3,... 10, 11, 12,13,14,15,16, eleventy, 18,19, 20, 100!" How exciting to count so high :)

I'll glad (and so proud of her) when she can do it right, but I'll be a little sad in hindsight, too. So much of her baby-hood is behind her. Logan and I were reminiscing about little conversations we would have with her and funny things she would say when she was first learning to talk and notice things. I've got to write more of these things down!

Here is a funny picture of our growing girl! (and a messy Leah to her right :)

Baby names???

Help!! I can't believe it is coming to this, but I can't decide on a stinkin' name! Here is my problem. It has to be one that both Logan and I like, we don't have to be in LOVE with it, just both be in agreement that it is OK. Here is our other criteria: we would like it to be an old fashioned name that is also current. We have a Grace, a Claire (but we call her Libby), and a Leah. Oh, and it cannot start with an 'L.' Another thing to consider is that her middle name will be Mary. So - if you have any ideas - please put your two cents in.

PS - We have tentatively chosen Avery, in case we don't come up with something different in the meantime. But it really is more of a "current" name.... aargh!

"It's the Princesses, Over..."

I heard Grace playing with her dolls today and it was so funny. The two princess dolls had 'walkie-talkies' and they were talking back and forth about saving a cat stuck in a tree. It was so funny to hear Grace use all the lingo correctly. I love the new things kids learn.

We went to the kiddie dentist today for Grace - we left the house at 6am for our 7:30 appointment. (Guess how early I had to get up?) She has two big cavities and now we get to schedule an appointment to get them fixed. That will entail two crowns, and a round of general anesthetic. FUN! (do you hear the sarcasm?) We were assured by the fabulous kids dentist that we are going to, that she won't remember any of it, and she will be fine. I hope so!

We got a call today from a therapist for Libby. We have an evaluation scheduled for later this week, and we are glad! We were told that things like evaluations and different therapies would be happening quickly, but they have not. I guess any little win is a victory, and we are happy for any help we can get for her.

I am mostly excited for my MOM to come for a visit all the way from Wyoming!! Yippee!! She is coming tomorrow, and will get to be with us for a week. I am so so excited to see her.

Here is a picture of our three girls recently. They were actually all sitting on the couch quietly for a little bit, so I snapped a pic as quick as I could :)

Beach Baby #4

So, I neglected to announce (here) what the results of our ultra sound were. Aaannnddd.. Drum roll... A GIRL!!!

I feel that a pepto bismal bottle has officially exploded all over our house!! Four girls!!! We are excited, though. I was thinking of all the things I would have to buy for a baby boy - clothes, jackets, blankets... Now she can wear lots and lots of hand-me downs :) Poor thing will never get anything new.

We have not decided on a name yet - other than her middle name. It will be Mary, but we just need a good name to go in front of it. Any ideas?

Ooooh - My Lip Hurts!!

MMMoooommm - the toy castle hurt my lip! I need something that will make it feel better. I know! Pop will make my lip feel better, can I have some pop?!??? .....

Sneaky silly Grace!