the help

kai skipped school today to have a turn being mom's helper.  he bathed vivian and read to her.  he loves her!!  i mentioned a few things he could do with her and he said, "and then we can play stats."  he loves that stat app on my phone!

one week

can't believe vivian is one week old.  it is so much better having her here than being pregnant!  today we had all kinds of subs at the house finishing things up, so...sadie and i had a photo shoot with little vivs.  

action shots

max takes loves to take photos of viv with my iphone. especially action shots....some have more action than others.

in love

we can't get enough of our vivs!!!

i love hearing kai walk in from school and say, "where's the baby?"

and.... max making up songs (singing with vibrato, of course), "there you you are, there you are, there you are, little guy. i love you, i love you, i love you, you know."

all i want to do is hold her and stare at her... and soak up her smallness.

#5

baby #5 has arrived!!!

introducing...

vivian sophia

8lbs 4 oz 21 inches

born at 12:08pm

it was an eventful delivery (i will give details another day), so we are so happy to have her here and part of our family.

we decided on the name vivian because it means full of life. sophia was my great grandmother's name and it means wisdom.

what could be better than to be full of life and wisdom?

plus, i caught abe looking up the name vivian and he was so cute about it, it sealed the deal.

fourteen

HAPPY BIRTHDAY

SADIE!!!

my little girl is growing up. i found these pictures of her when she was little. once sadie asked me if i liked it better when she was little. i explained that having her as a baby was an amazing experience. then she learned to walk and that was even better, then she started talking and that was even more incredible...and so it goes.

every phase gets better. sadie as a teenager is inspiring to watch. i love her courage, determination, the choices she makes. i love the friend she is to everyone around her, including me. she is seriously a treat!

so......HAPPY BIRTHDAY

my amazing, sadie!

the best part of the birthday table was dave and i setting it up. dave went on a late night run for wrapping paper---i knew he was tired when he returned with cellophane wrap (see through wrapping paper) he thought it was silver:)

we woke everyone up bright and early to open presents. it was a fun start to her day.

her friends had each written her a really nice note. they took turns giving them to her with a candy treat in each of her classes through out the day. dave and max delivered pizza to her at lunch.

(notice: i love vivian's leg all curled up. she is so cute!)

she got home from school and vivian sidetracked her while dave and max finished setting up her new bed, with new sheets and pillows. she was so surprised.

then...

dave took sadie and her friend to the outlets and gave them each $20 and let them loose to see what treasures they could find. then he dropped them off at a movie (he was slightly offended they didn't care if he stayed or not) then he took them to dinner. it was quite the day for quite the girl.

WE LOVE YOU, SADIE!!!!!!!

a treat

my cute niece showed up to clean my house. she and sadie vacuumed, mopped and cleaned bathrooms. all the things that are hard to do when you are days away from having a baby. i came home from abe's soccer game to a clean, ready for a new baby, house. it was a treat.... and it made me feel so grateful!

another treat.....fresh flowers on my table. love them.

2 days until baby girl arrives. 6:30am induction. can't wait to meet her.