EMI JANE!!!

Emi Jane is now almost 6 weeks old and I have been trying to post her pictures since the day she was born. There are not many moments where I have both of my hands free throughout the day during this stage of life. Three kids are crazy, but always exciting and a lot of fun.

Emi is such a sweet baby. We are so thankful for her and can't believe how great she is. She is a good sleeper, great eater, calm, and really only cries when she is in pain (she has reflux). Olivia and Isabelle LOVE her and have responded really well to having a new little one in the family. They kiss her a lot and Belle always rubs her head, gets two inches from her face and says 'Emi Jane, you so cute'. As you can see, Emi looks like a Jones girl. She was 6 lbs, 15 oz at birth and 21 1/2 inches long. We had an incredible nurse all day and the delivery went very smooth. Our pediatrician ran a bunch of blood tests right away to make sure we didn't run into the same issues Isabelle had at birth (Belle ended up having a blood transfusion at about 2 weeks). Emi's first billi counts were very high but after just one night under the lights, her numbers came down and she has been perfectly healthy ever since.

We love her so much and can't wait to see what her personality evolves into! So, here is Emi Jane...

At the hospital...

Take home outfit...

First time meeting their new little sister...

Olivia wanted to hold her as soon as we walked through the door!...

and Belle didn't stop kissing her for about three days!....

Emi's favorite position...

Emi's first bath (she isn't the biggest fan of baths yet)...

Sleeping (how she spends most of her day)...

Look how tiny she is...

Sleep time with dad...

Finally filling out the take home outfit a few weeks later...

mom and Emi (Olivia took this picture...not bad Liv!)..

We love you Emi Jane. You are the sweetest baby I know. And you have two big sisters who love you so much!!!

Life is good!.....

Wow how the months fly by. Here are a few updates from the last few months...

BELLE TURNS TWO!!!! (Aug. 11th)

Oh how she loves cake!

Grandma Karla made a great train cake. Belle loved it!

So trusting...I have no idea what Liv is feeding her in this but Belle is all for it.

The girls love their Grandma Lori!

Thanks Papa Mark!!!!

Just had to post this one...Brad and Belle...see why they get along so well?!

LIV IS IN PRESCHOOL!!!

Here is her official 'first day of school picture' for her first day of school ever! She was so excited. Once we got there she wasn't quite as excited to say the least but now she absolutely loves it and would go everyday if we let her!

And here are three of her outfits...

It is always fun to see what she decides to wear. One day as she was getting ready, she was so excited, grabbed a new shirt and said 'mom, they have never seen this one before'. Sometimes I think she thinks everyone is just as excited as she is about what she is wearing.

They love their daddy!

On Friday morning the favorite activity is to wait outside until the garbage man comes and then watch him take all of our garbage. Sometimes we eat our breakfast outside (before it got too cold) and they decided that he needed a box of donuts. He was so nice and got out of the truck and offered for them to sit in it. They decided they just liked to look at it from the comfort of our driveway but were very excited that he took the donuts.

Belle thought it would be fun to sit in this box and Liv thought it would be fun to pile as many books as possible on her.

They are always making me laugh. I love watching their relationship grow and grow. It is so much fun to watch them play together and listen to their interactions!

Just hanging out with Abby.

Liv's preschool had a field trip to Greenbluff. So much fun!

They love riding their bikes. I think this winter we are going to have to use the garage as a temporary bike track.

We have had a great few months. I realized I never posted after the 'second try' post so for those of you who may not know, we did find out we are having another GIRL in just a few weeks (I am about 36 weeks right now)!!! We are all so excited! At the ultra sound the technician asked Olivia what we were going to name her and she immediately said Rocketpop! I have no idea where she got that but it has absolutely stuck. We all refer to the baby as Rocketpop and the girls won't budge on any other name. I have been talking to them about names and nicknames and hope they are not absolutely devastated when the name on the birth certificate is not Rocketpop.

My brother and his family just came in town so I plan on posting more pictures very soon unless I have this baby early which at this point I really wouldn't mind!

Second Try

Well, we tried to find out if we are having a boy or a girl a few weeks ago but the baby wouldn't cooperate. So, thankfully my doctor is really nice and we get another ultra sound tomorrow (Friday)!!! So, hopefully I will be updating soon on whether we will be having another girl or a boy!!!

Week One of Bed Rest!!!

Well we finished our first full week of bed rest and I thought I would share what we did. I know I know...this is a record for me...two posts in one week. There are some perks to bed rest.

Monday...

We went over to my great friend JoEne's house on Monday and she watched all the kids and made them lunch while I laid on her couch. Liv loved the kid's pool and Belle loved digging a cucumber out of JoEne's garden.

Tuesday...

Then our other great friend Megan took the girls to the park and did some art with them at our house (the baby in the last picture in the swing is her cute son Titus). The girls had a blast and kept the big picture they made in the living room for a few days. Liv especially loved the glue portion of the project.

Thursday...

Then on Wednesday Grandma Lori took them and ran some errands and made a major trip to the dollar store. She brought back all sorts of fun projects and bows and shoes. (Plus they got to eat ice cream in the morning...I think the girls are loving bed rest!)

We have also spent a lot of time at Grandma Lea's and Papa Dave's house in the evenings as Brad finished one of his classes this week. They have such a routine over there and it is so easy to go there and rest. It is so nice to have such great family!

Friday....

The girls love Jill and baby Joel! She came over and took them on a walk looking for and splashing in mud puddles and then topped off the morning by making cookies.

7 hours of bed rest is hard to get in but we did it everyday this week which I have to say I am pretty proud of but NEVER would have been able to do without the help of great friends and great family. Brad just finished one of his classes so that will free up more time in the evenings but I am hoping this isn't a permanent bed rest or that it will at least stay at partial and not go to full. The girls have been great and Belle has only had a few moments of wondering why I am not up and at it like usual but overall the girls have really enjoyed all the playing with everyone!

So yes, I will have more time to update the blog but I am not sure what I will be updating it with. You may just get a lot of pictures with different angles from the couch...how exciting.