oh, max.

i just got home from a trip to seattle, just me, leslie and the little ladies! we had so much fun, but oh did i ever miss my boy. i loved driving him to school this morning and hearing all about his adventures while i was gone. he went horseback riding, ice skating, all kinds of BIG boy things! no girls allowed of course. sometimes i miss all the one on one time with my little man, my first baby love! today he hopped out of the car for preschool and gave me a squeeze and the biggest kiss... he is such a character and he absolutely melts me. it's been challenging lately with so many changes in his life- a new sister, new house, new ward. and he's been a little edgy and not as obedient as we would often like him to be. ;) but i have to remind myself that only 19 months ago, he was an ONLY CHILD! how crazy is that to think about? but i tell you what, i love him like crazy and can't believe he's 5. it's happening so fast! he's   going to be starting speech therapy pretty soon, and this is terrible to say, but there is a small part of me that's going to miss that little lisp and the way he pronounces his L's and R's when he says things like "weeeeeeawy awethome!" sweet boy, you are the love of my life.

all dressed up and nowhere to go.

lucy my girl, you're picking your own outfits often these days (especially shoes). i must say, your taste is impeccable. unfortunately, your bladder control is, umm, NOT.

furthermore, you insisted that the coat should be BUTTONED, because you were leaving. naturally. you wouldn't want to catch a chill!

*i'm resolving to post snippets of day to day life again, because these are the things i want to remember. i often get bogged down by being "behind" on blogging the big important thigs so i skip blogging all together. but that's pretty silly. because this is my journal darnit. bring on the single images, instagrams, and funny quotes with no photos. do you feel that? do you suffer from blog guilt?

vivi, our hospital stay.

can i just say this? i LOVE the hospital. L-O-V-E. love.  alone time with my new little love, someone to check on us both and bring me tylenol and ice packs and mediocre food. it's heaven. minus the bed. the bed is terrible. i just loved getting to finally RELAX and enjoy my sweet vivi. did i mention that the weeks leading up to her birth were among the most stressful, overwhelming weeks of my life? did i mention we moved on a thursday, had no heat and no power, we all got the stomach flu (with no laundry options), and i had to be induced for medical reasons on saturday that same week? oh yes.  it was absolute insanity, but it was all worth it to be snuggling my girl and that hospital room felt like a five star hotel.  we had a few visitors which i loved, but viv and i had a lot of time one on one in the hospital because danny and our moms were scrambling to get as much ready in our new house as possible before we came home! it got a little lonely at times, but you can't really complain when this girl is your roommate. isn't she a beauty? 

she has a crooked toe! we call it scoliosis of the toe. or her scuba toe. because i may or may not have been scuba diving when she was just a wee little jellybean in my belly. obviously i didn't know i was pregnant at the time. ;)

these are the only photos we took of viv and i in the hospital. woops! luckily i look super glamorous. uhhh.... yikes.  

getting ready to come home... i chose her sweet little outfit not knowing if she would be a boy or a girl, i just love my babies dressed in white! 

psst! word from heather is my birth photos are almost ready. i'm DYING to see them and share vivi's birth story with you! i tell you what, i don't understand why anyone woiuldn't have their birth photographed. seeing these images for the first time is going to be like christmas!

baby love.

just checking in to say happy new year! i have a feeling 2012 is going to be a busy one for our litte (or not so little?) family. three kids, two babies. i can't believe that less than 18 months ago max was my only child! everyone is asking how life is going with 3. so far so good! the holidays helped a lot- danny was around more and we had a little down time as a family of 5. but let me tell you, the challenge of 3 kids has nothing to do with the third one! the baby is easy, it's the two you already had that are the challenge! ;) anyway, i have lots to share about our first month with sweet vivie, but i started editing some pictures and just had to post this one. my lu LOVES her baby! these two just melt me.

happy new year blog friends!
xoxox
jess

3.11 lulu's first bites...

sorry to disappoint with a catch-up post instead of more pictures of sweet viv, more coming soon! 

lucy had her first taste of cereal and banana at six months and loved it! but the best part was max feeding her- he thought it was so fun and he got such a kick out of watching her make a mess. i thought it was so cute that he would open his mouth with each bite he fed her. what a good helper! ;)

welcoming our baby GIRL...

[vivie girl on her way home from the hospital!]

i'm sorry i didn't blog about our sweet vivie's arrival sooner, but she's here and we adore her. i just knew it would be a girl! we could not love her more and we are all doing well and adjusting to life with three kids and a new home.  we moved into our new house three days before her birth and just got internet this week (hence the late post!). it has been crazy, but miss viv has brought such a spirit of calm into our home. lots of updating to come! but for now, know that we are all healthy, happy, and enjoying some snuggle time. 

february...

Some random of LU... when WAS this? how did she get so big? it kills me.

lucy's first valentine's day...

and our typical tuesday highlights... i have decided this should become a tradition. photograph one entire day per month. i adore these. 

february - lucy's 6 month photos

here's another step in the right direction- my february catch up post! here's miss lulu's official 6 moth pictures. i can't even handle her. 

aaand she's over it. ;)

Gardener village

tonight we decided to take a break from the daily grind and meet up with caroline + kids at gardener village! it was just like last year- only with 1.5 more kids between the two of us! and we both forgot our cameras. awesome. gotta love instagram. seriously though, it was so nice to get out of the house with the kids and do something fun! i feel like i have been SUCH a hermit lately. 

by the way, i am LOVING fall even more than usual this year. 

you know why? because fall = colder weather. and seeing as how i'm 31 weeks pregnant, i am basically a one woman inferno.