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Leah's first week

                                                      Adie taking pictures of Leah

         Luckily Ashlynn's frustration has all been taken out on Ryan and I, and not towards Leah

 Adie set up a store one day, she loves decorating and making things beautiful

 Eliza has been busy combing her hair,changing her clothes, and admiring herself in the mirror.  After she's all done up she asks me to turn the music up so she can hear it in our room where she can watch herself dance in the mirror. 

Leah has been doing just what she is suppose to, sleeping, eating and gaining weight like a champ.  Ryan went back to work this week so I've been thankful to have our parents around to come help, or to take the three older girls.  Adie and Eliza have been awesome, Ashlynn is improving.  I think if we just tell her the opposite of what we want her to do, we can get her to do what she's suppose to.  So maybe if I would have just told her to go kick the game of CandyLand all over the place while A and E were playing she wouldn't have...It's nice that I can remember Ashlynn at Leah's stage, Leah is just how I remember Ash being as a newborn (and she looks just like her).  So, overall it's been a successful week - we've lucked out with another healthy and mellow baby.

Leah Kristine

Leah Kristine was born on the 27th and so far so good!  She was 8lbs 8oz and came out with a little whimper and wanted to eat right away.  She's continued to be a good eater and sleeper, just what we need right now.  As much as I'm missing the three older girls it's nice to get some extra rest and not have them crawling on me right now.  Sounds like they had a great night at Black Butte with my parents, siblings, and their cousins.  THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU to you guys for helping out with them.  They came to the hospital before Black Butte and said a little "aw, cute...now can we go to Black Butte?"  Ash did hold her for a minute, and kissed her good bye.  I think she was a little thrown off with me in the hospital gown and in my bed with the bracelets and IV tubes still in.  We're looking forward to getting them back tomorrow and figuring out what to do with four kids.

Slip and Slide

                                                      Anticipating their first run

                                       Jumping up and down excited while Ryan finishes it up

                                            Buddy isn't quite sure what to think of it yet

Ryan finished another project, he's been thinking about making this slip and slide for a while.  Luckily the girls love it, he did a lot of tilling up and down the pasture that didn't look like much fun.  We're excited for people to come enjoy it with us.  Hopefully this baby comes out eventually so I can enjoy it too.

Baby Birds

Pacific City

Thank you mom and dad for a fun couple of days at the beach, and for playing in the water, climbing the dunes, and digging with the girls while I sat in my chair and enjoyed the views.

Camping

Ryan took Adie and Eliza camping for the night, they loved it.  The last time we went was before Ashlynn was born so they didn't remember it.  I got to see what it was like to have one child for the night, so Ash and I had a good time too, she really wants to go next time though.  The best part for both of them was the oatmeal Ryan made them in the morning, they let me know he makes better oats than me.  I think for them camping means you get a marshmallow in your oats so I know they'll want to do it again.  They also had fun playing frisbee, going for walks, making a chipmunk trap, and trying to catch crawdads.

Cousins

 It was pretty rainy so my mom, Kayla, and I took the big girls to Gilbert House

 This glazed over look on Adie was how they all looked most of the week.  It was late nights and early mornings for these girls. They were all sleeping together and usually by 6 I could here them in there giggling.

We got to have the Reid family here for three nights, it was awesome watching the girls play and sitting around and catching up with Annie.  Thanks for making the drive and spending so much time here - we loved it