Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Blessing Day

We blessed Sophie this past Sunday.  She looked beautiful in the dress my mom made for her and gotta love the shoes!










We are getting more and more used to having 4 kiddos in our family!  It's been a huge adjustment, but we just love our baby Sophie and already can't remember what life was like without her!  My parents and brother and sister came all the way from Utah to be here for the blessing.  They came on Saturday and left on Sunday.  We are so blessed with so much family support and love and we are getting excited for "baby Soph" (that's what Logan calls her) to meet the Gebs' clan this weekend!




Artist in the family!

We were very proud of Brandon when his ceramic plate was selected to be in the SVVSD art show in Longmont!  As you can see he was pretty proud of himself too.  We had a nice night together looking at all the art from the elementary, middle and high schools in the district.  There's a lot of talent out there, that's for sure!


Tuesday, April 21, 2009

2 weeks old (yesterday)

I can't believe our little Sophie is 2 weeks old!  So many things have happened in the past few weeks.  I just can't believe how crazy fast time has gone by.  When we first brought her home she was a little bit jaundice and had lost about a pound, but she overcame all that all by herself.  When we took her to her newborn appointment at 10 days she had gained all her weight back and was just as chubby and pink as we could have wanted.  The doctor was very impressed!  Way to go Sophie!




Of course we also had Easter mixed in those two weeks somewhere.  Our Easter this year was very low-key.  Shane did a good job helping the Easter Bunny get some baskets ready for the kids.  I think their favorite part was decorating our beautiful Easter Eggs!





Brandon took his decorating very seriously






Lindsay just loved decorating the eggs and was disappointed there weren't more than the 2 dozen we had





Logan loved dunking his eggs.  He took one egg and dunked it in one color, a swift in and out motion, "pretty" he would say then he took the same egg and dunked it in another color repeating, "pretty" again.  He did this over and over.   It was so cute!  I was sorry we didn't get it on video.





Sophie's first bath was a HUGE event in the house.  The kids loved watching and "helping".  The term "too many cooks in the kitchen" was very applicable that night!  They were pretty good all in all though.  And Sophie loved it!  She just relaxed and enjoyed the warm water! She still loves her baths.





Sisters!  All the kids have loved having Sophie around, but I think it's been extra great for Lindsay.  She just loves having a little sister and will hold her all day long if I let her.




I think Logan is still trying to figure out where he fits in our family now since he isn't the baby anymore.  He has never been a hard boy to take care of, but since Sophie has come he has become somewhat of a challenge.  His hardest times seem to be when I am nursing.  I don't like to do it in front of him because it upsets him (he's getting much better now), so he is left to entertain himself most of the time and it usually ends up with things that he shouldn't be playing in... like mommy's make-up.





We have had a lot of fun with our newest addition.  There have been some hard times most definatley (4 really is a lot of kids), but we are grateful for Sophie; none of us could imagine our family with out her.  





Thursday, April 9, 2009

Introducing....

Well here she is... our little Sophie! She is such a great addition to our family. We couldn't be happier. I have enjoyed having a newborn in the house again. Brandon, Lindsay and Logan all can't get enough of her, and who can blame them... she is awfully cute, if I say so myself! She's a good baby, doing all the things you expect a baby to do including staying awake at night! Enjoy the first of many pictures!















Friday, March 6, 2009

Crazy Day!

Yesterday was crazy mixed up day at preschool in honor of Dr. Seuss' birthday. Here's what we tried with Lindsay's hair. She loved it and actually kept it in!


"small and simple things"

Oh to be two!!!



Sometimes I wish I could rewind time and feel completley comfortable doing things like this!

Because I know you're wondering...


Ok...so here it is! I know a lot of my wonderful family and friends who aren't nearby have been wishing they could see pictures of my pregnancy and I haven't posted any. Well, this is for all of you... month 8 of baby #4!!! Incidentally... no names yet.