Sweet baby girl

I can't get enough of her sweet little face!!!  And I haven't had it in me to do any kind of newborn pics of her, but the other day she looked so adorable, and fell asleep with her bow on so I snapped a couple quick ones.

 She's been a dream with her sleep.  She nurses a TON during the day, but then gives us a solid 5 hour stretch at the beginning of the night- I honestly don't feel nearly as exhausted as I thought I would at 2.5 weeks out.  Talk to me next week when school & camp is over and I have all three solo, haha.

 I love it when she smiles in her sleep.  I can't wait for the *real* ones to come soon!

 More sweet smiles.

 And this is one of her "I want to eat faces" which she makes in her sleep... and then wakes up and INSTANTLY wants to be eating.  

 Wait, I'm not being held?

 MOM!

Margot's first day of life

June 11th, 2012 Margot Vivan was born.  We went in for my induction at 7 in the morning.  At 8:30 they started the pitocin, 9:30 they broke my water and at 12:30 she was born.  This time around I decided against pain meds, after a bad experience with Dexter's epidural, and that was quite the experience.  At least it was a fast labor, but of course I'd go med free with the one that was almost 9 pounds!  Everything was pretty manageable until that last half hour and... wow.  It was certainly the most painful experience I've ever had, but one of the most amazing too.  Thankfully everybody made it into the room in time because when it was time for her to arrive she wasn't waiting!  She came out perfect, and has been the most amazing little baby so far!  It's heavenly, this feeling of family completion.  I love looking around at my three little ones and knowing it'll be the five of us from here on out.

 Here she is weighting in at a whopping 8 pounds, 15 ounces.  Crazy!  The boys were 7 pounds 11 ounces and 3 ounces respectively, so to have one that big was a surprise.

 And my awesome OB Dr. Super smiling with Miss Margot before heading to the room next door to catch another baby.

 I couldn't stop crying and staring at her.

 Margot meets Gramme Marie

 And the boys!  They were SO excited to meet their baby sister... they even wore their "I *heart* Baby Margot" shirts that Aunt Lisa made them.

 Our first family picture... all five of us.

 Leah and Margot.  She was such a help on Margot's birth day...

 Uncle Marc & Miles came for a visit

 And we had a little birthday party for Margot- cupcakes, party hats and all.  The boys were super excited- and the cupcakes were delish!  Rich even delivered cupcakes to the OB offices that he calls on at the hospital I delivered at.  It was a perfect day :)

 Margot meets her Gramme Pamme.  She's so lucky to be surrounded by so many people who love her.

 Lisa and Perry came to visit.  Perry is going to be the BEST big cousin!  Finally, another girl in our family, and she'll have Perry to show her the way.

 Brian came for a visit too!

 Rich looks SO cute holding his daughter.  Seriously cute.

 She lets us know when she's hungry!  Even her cry face is adorable.

 Clark giving his baby sister kisses.  Her big brothers have been SO incredibly sweet with her.  There hasn't even been one jealous moment, which amazes me.  I'm so proud of my boys!

 Clark showing off his Star Wars "dino shark" that Margot gave him.

 Margot on her first play date with Nicolle & Brian's daughter Adalyn.

 Love this precious little face.  I can't get enough of it!

Happy Father's Day!

My little world in one picture...  Rich is the most amazing Dad, it has literally brought tears to my eyes seeing him with our kids.  I love that they'll grow up with a Dad who loves them, plays with them, teaches them and takes an active interest in them... he shows them daily what it is to be a good Dad.  Cheers for a happy Father's Day, I hope everybody out there had a good one!

Getting ready for Miss Margot

In preparation for Margot to arrive we bunked the boys in Clark's room... So far they've loved sharing a room (they woke each other up anyway!) and are super down with their new beds... excuse the cell phone pics.

And, we got to put together a baby girl nursery... so much fun!  Oddly enough the color we painted the walls is called "Sweet Baby Boy" but the pink looks so great with it.

The adorable crib skirt, blanket and curtain were all made by my super talented cousin.

And the boys made some cute wall art for her room.  Now that she's here we're going to put a pic of the kids together in the middle of the center canvas...

BOWS :)

And her little changing area-

A closer view of the changing table artwork.  It's the lyrics to "You Are My Sunshine" that we sing with the boys at night.

 And I'll try to be better about updating now that the little miss has arrived.  That was a LONG blog hiatus!

Swim!

Each spring we put the kids in swim classes at the gym before pool season begins. It's a good refresher on the rules of the pool, familiarizing them with water safety and learning swim skills too! WELL, today something just clicked for Clark... The child who wouldn't get near his bath for 6 months... who would cry when we would have him try to float on his back, was ALL over swimming today. He's been good in the pool for a long time now, but now he's starting to actually swim! I was such a proud mama.

Here are the dudes trying out their new goggles before class...

And a video of our little guy swimming a bit-

Hey buddy!

Dex swimming with his Daddy... I LOVE my guys! The pics aren't awesome due to them being taken on my cell phone, but I had to share anyway...

And... we're up!

We've officially listed our house on the market... check it out!!! AND pass it on to any friends you think might be interested, or friends of friends. Whoever :)

The Beach

While we were in FL we got to hit the beach a couple times. Rich and I went and stayed a night at one of the hotels in Cocoa Beach for a nice date night and then his folks drove the boys over in the morning so we could play with them on the beach... they had SO much fun so we took them back another time on the trip. Luckily the weather was warm enough in Jan for us to do this with them! I couldn't narrow the pics down so here are a ton of them to check out!

Playing with Daddy in the waves

Rich's 95 year old Grandma thought that Dex caught a fish :)

Splashing in the waves

Dex was chasing the seagulls on the beach

And we got to grab lunch on the beach too-

Building sand castles

Clark had so much fun running on the beach. In this pic you can even see one of the surfers that was out that day...