5,6,7,8 months

Oh my goodness gracious do I love this baby!!! What a blessing she has been to our family. When I look at her I just want to freeze time, literally! It makes me sad that she is working her way to 9 months. When I thought we were done:-/ the thought of having another baby was unfathomable, ya know the, "I could never do it" kinda thing. So not the case. She is a doll and makes our family so complete.

She went through a stage where strangers or even people she was around often would make her cry, like really cry. Now, she gives the biggest cheeser to anyone who will take one. So so so stinkin cute. She is a bit of a high maintenance baby but I love it, my patience is endless with her. She LOVES her mama so much which I love. She is sweet, she is very vocal she talks, and screams she just loves hearing her voice. People turn to look at us all the time because its that loud haha. She is sitting so well now. She gets up on all fours and rocks back and forth and truly there in nothing not edible about this child ha!

She is my blondie blue eyed beauty whom I adore. I cant believe she will be 9 months soon. Im pretty sure I just gave birth to this little lady.

Harper grace, you are my sunshine and we love you sooooo very much!

schoolio

School has officially started for my two munchkins... Ryder started kindergarden a few weeks ago and as usual taking his picture is like pulling teeth. He acts lik its complete torture. Even though this picture says other wise he was actually very excited to go to school. I was nervous, of course my first baby started kindergarden. I worried about everything down to bathroom breaks, I worried and hoped that kids would be kind, that he would make friends... the list goes on and on. I'm used to being in on all of his decisions he makes (for the most part) but I am no longer. Kinda scary but necessary. He asked after the first couple of days what took me so long to come back and get him? haha! Bless his little heart. Now he doesn't usually complain about that at all so he is getting used to it. In fact today I told him he had a 1/2 day and that I would be there early to get him, and he said awww why? me: huh? Whats wrong with you? I would have given anything for a 1/2 day ha!
My little P started preschool 3 days a week and she is doing great as well. She is NEVER thrilled with going and the teacher has to pry her off my leg but then she is perfectly fine. When I pick her up she is very happy too so I know once she is there she has a good time. She is still my sassy frass and I cant wait to see how much she will grow this year. It is so different having only my little harper grace with me but also kinda nice. She is such a funny baby. Even though once i drop the troops off she is ready for her nap but its still fun to be able to give her all of my attention! School days are so far so good!

4 months

This picture was taken with my phone so its a little grainy. Our little Harper Grace continues to be one sweet girl. She really has worked out a lot of her kinks and is a complete joy to be around. She LOVES her big sister and she is super flirty with daddy too. She thinks ryder is pretty neat too but he hardly even acknowledges her so she just smiles at him when he talks but he doesnt talk to her. He was the same way when paisley was a baby. He acts like babies are foreign objects. haha. Anyway She really has gotten so much easier. Mama cracked down and put the babes through baby bootcamp aka please sleep through the night camp:-) I actually wasn't in a big hurry until after she got sick:-(

It was awful:-( check her out! She was such a sick baby bless her heart! Paisley had gotten pretty sick and as hard as I try to keep her out of her face it happened! Boo hoo! She ended up with RSV theres an actual test they do to diagnose it... I had no idea... hmm! It did me no good knowing that she had RSV bc they did nothing for her. I actually asked if I could atleast give her breathing treatments and the dr said "oh ya you could do that" huh? So we did and they really helped. She could hardly breath and she had a HORRIFIC cough that she could hardly catch her breath which was extremely scary! Then of course the standard ear infection came with all the congestion that she had ugh! I was soooo happy to get her feeling better. After she was all better was when I did the ole bootcamp;-) Girlfriend was persistent. There really is NOTHING worse than listening to your baby cry but the end result is beautiful. She goes down so easy and always has it is wonderful. I was more just breaking her from her feedings through the night. I still hear her every now and again usually when she gets stuck on her stomach since she is now rolling over:-( She goes down about 7 has a bottle around 5 and then usually sleeps for a few more hours! I'll take it! It's nice to have a predictable bed time. Things are going good!

haha! 3 months

Yep this is almost two months behind! mmm hmm! I wont even make up an excuse because they are all the same... time! Anyway life has been busy busy but great! This little suga buga continues to melt our hearts! I seriously want to eat her up! Even though I havent posted in awhile I still do her photo shoot every month on the 29th! ;-) I just love these stickers they are such a cute way to document the changes that happen month to month!

Love the spit up! You should see these photo shoots! Im such a spaz... She is super smiley and then I put the camera up to my face and she instantly stops.. STANDARD! ha

To say that this little girl makes me happy is an understatement! I am enjoying her beyond words. I LOVE this little lassy!

The rest of my cute little fam is doing great! R has been doing a little sports class and it has been really cute. R is not much of a fireball when it comes to athletics he really could just take it or leave it. However give him a dictionary or encyclopedia and he will read it to you Im not kidding he's crazy ha! He really is doing a great job in the class, they just started basketball this week and the weeks prior were soccer, then t ball and now basketball. Im proud of my little guy:-) P is doing great! She is stinkin hilarious! That little girl makes me laugh... a lot!!! Oh, and pull my hair out haha! She has a super cute and funny personality and often talks like shes 15.. whats up with that? She still dances and swims and has 1 day of preschool. Ryder also swims, has preschool 3 days a week and sports class 2x a week. Harper... bless her she just gets drug along. She has the 3rd child syndrom haha. Thank goodness she has turned into being such a great and easy baby. Im pretty sure 4 months is the magic # more on that when I post her 4 month... in another 2 months ;-) No, I will do it very soon. Ryan is busy but doing great. He continues to be one amazing daddy and those little munckins ADORE their daddy. I think he's pretty great myself. That shall do it for now. I promise for an update soon.

2 months!!!

This sweet baby girl is 2 months old! As usual time has flown by! We have enjoyed this lil miss sooo very much. She started smiling around 6 weeks and I cant get enough of them! Ohhhh I could eat her up when she smiles at me... She has been a little on the high maintenance side haha! Little girl can be fussy... a lot! Not so much during the day but more so in the late afternoon. She is getting better and we are developing more of a routine which is great! Somehow I have the patience of a saint with her. I mean way more than I do with my other 2, probably because I know they know better;-) and she just wants to be held... fine by me! Around dinner time I just put her in the baby bjorn or a wrap so I can get something done. As I mentioned in a previous post we have battled yucky acid reflux and pooping issues but I will say this.. since going to the chiropractor she poops everyday! Wahoo! She's still a spitter but it doesn't seem to be as painful... So whether it be coincidence or what I will take it!

Now I dont wanna brag but she definitely loves her mama most... I dont blame her lol!



I have yet to take her to her 2 month appt so I dont know her stats but she is growing and changing a lot. Its fun watching her little personality start to peek out. I am more than likely doing an alternative vaccination schedule. She will still get all of her shots just not bombard her little body with so many at one time. I did the same with paisley actually I just delayed them like her 12 mos at her 15 mos and so on. Soo I hate shots and I am not looking foward to next week... yuck! Poor baby:-(

Happy 2 month birthday Harper Gracie! We love you sweet girl...

over the edge...

Before I had Harper I cant tell you how many people told me that 3 kids put them over the edge! Your out numbered and it is just sooo hard they would say, my thoughts..." uhoh". Throughout my pregnancy I would try and prepare myself but the truth of the matter is there is no preparing yourself until you are just thrown into it. I remember finding out I was pregnant with Paisley when Ryder was 6 months old and thinking holy crap! I remember thinking how can I love someone else as much as I love him? But it wasn't until she came that I was able to fully adjust and settle into our little routine. Yes, I did love her, more than anything!!! haha
I had these same thoughts with Harper but this time I felt as though I already had my hands full and I did wonder oh boy how am I going to do this? Also hearing how hard 3 kids are over and over again didn't help! Now here I am with my 3 babies and I can honestly say it has been amazing! Sure there are times where there is complete chaos, ones whining, one wants something, and one is crying hysterical bc they're hungry and I am frantically trying to make it all better. I eventually do and everything gets fixed;-). It has been a pretty easy transition for me. Very enjoyable! I have LOOVED having this little girl around and her snuggles are amazingly sweet! Its funny how Harper coming into our family has made me feel so complete even though at one time I never knew she was missing. I am truly soaking up her newborn goodness as this is my last! For sure! Ryan has been officially neutered LOL! Everyday I look at my life and realize how blessed I truly am.. I do. At some point during my day I think this thought. As cheesy as this sounds Im serious and this is why..............

My girly!

As usual Im way behind on my blog posts;-) Anyway here is our precious little Harper Grace! Love this little lassy. She is 6 weeks old and sweet as pie. We've had some minor issues but we are working our way through them. One being a severe case of "baby acne" or so they thought. It ended up getting far worse and was horrible to look at and Im sure it didnt feel great either, poor baby. We ended up going to the dr ( for the zillionth time) and they took one look and said Yikes! I thought maybe she had a milk allergy so they put her on Alimentum formula plus I am nursing so I had to cut dairy out they also prescribed an ointment because they worried about infection and it cleared it up significantly in about 5 days. It was pretty bad! I probably wiped it down so much that it made it worse:-( Then we've also battled some pretty bad acid reflux which was also reason for the new formula. She is a spitter... brutal! It hurts her I feel so bad. We tried that for awhile and she didn't seem to be improving too much so they prescribed zantac:-( freaked me out even though from all my research its been proven safe. I did it for 1 day and she was so lethargic seriously out of it that I stopped. To top it off she went from pooping 5 x a day to every 3 days and is extremely gassy:-( Our next venture has been the good ole chiropractor. I've heard some great things about reflux and pooping issues etc... We went last week and that night she went to the bathroom we did a follow up 2 days later and she went again. TMI? probably ha! Like you want to know my babes pooping sched ha! Im documenting! I have been hopeful so far. So we will wait and see. She has been doing pretty good lately. She has a fussy time in the evenings and likes a little more snuggle which is fine by me. I love this little girl and she has been so fun to have around. We have all adjusted very well.

I caught the end of her smile and thought it was super cute of course~

My little blondie blue eyed girl... so fun to have one of each!

I love these two girlys! Paisley absolutely adores her sister it is sweet and sometime frustrating but she is so helpful and loving towards her. P has definitely been more trying with me fo sho though! She's good she definitely knows how to push my buttons! I try hard to keep my patience with her bless her lil heart! She truly is like a teeny bopper, im pretty sure she thinks like one ha!

We went pig/archery deer hunting last weekend it was cold and a cluster. Ryder loved going off with Daddy and Uncle matt while us girls stayed back and hung out. We planned on hiking but it wasn't the best terrain for a new born and 3 year old...

Ryder had to go haha! A boys gotta do what a boys gotta do lol! True hillbilly at heart gotta love it!

Looking for collared peckery of course aka Javelina lol! He adores his uncle matt he told me he's one of his best friends.. awww!

Sweet little things!

My boys in their camo.. I made them try it on haha. Then they hid my the christmas tree to see if I could see them lol. Isn't this what you do as a family? haha! We had a busy but wonderful christmas and I am SOOOO blessed! I truly love my little family and life. I couldn't be a luckier girl!