Gpa Mark Meets Emery

Well it took the man 5 weeks, but he finally got to meet his perfect little granddaughter! It was a short 24 hr trip but we always enjoy his visits! The boys especially!!! My favorite part of the trip was when we made a quick stop at Costco and Emery was fussin so we took her out and let Gpa hold her. He loved showing her off to anyone who asked about her which was practically everyone! Its fun how many people will stop you when they notice you have a teeny tiny newborn! =) He was one proud Gpa!!

Playing with Gpa!

My dad looks so tired! lol. These kids wore him OUT!

So ya know, it eventually led to him passin out on the couch with Emmy!

 

Thanks dad for coming to play with us!

Emery's Birth Announcement

I thought this turned out so cute and I put alot of work into it! Big thanks to my SIL Brooke and my friend Crustal for the beautiful pictures!!

Kansas City Here We Come!

Darren and I took a little Lovers Getaway to Kansas City! Its a 2 hour drive from Omaha and Darrens folks offered to watch the boys for us! It was a great getaway even t hough it was a short 24 hour trip it was well worth the wait!
Since we were only there for a day and all the malls {3} we looked up and drove to were outdoors... and it was way too cold for a newborn..... we ended up turning our Getaway into a trip all about FOOD! YUMM!

The cutest and sweetest and BEST lil traveler ever!!

 

So we stopped by a well known out door mall first. We walked around for a little bit before going to lunch at a Brazilian Steakhouse which was AMAZING! Its way expensive but I think everyone should experience this type of dining! First, you sit right down and they give you a plat for the saladbar. Then they give you a chip with one side red and the other green. When you are ready for your main course {MEAT} you flip the chip to green. There are tons of servers caring around 16 different prepared meats. They have Lamb, Chicken, Pork and Beef! They come to your table and offer what they are carrying around and you say yes or no. We ended up having to flip our chip to red often because they flood your table and you get food so fast! {They also give you delicous sides and have a really yummy Brazilian Soda!}

After lunch we walked down to a fun bakery and got..... cupcakes of course!!! Then we decided it was too cold and we should check into our hotel! We took a short nap and got settled into our room and then went to explore the Crown Center. Turns out, it closes at 6 pm! So we did very little shopping! This is when we drove to 2 other malls hoping they were indoor with no luck, so instead I looked up a nice, romantic restaurant for Darren and I to eat dinner!

I choose an Italian restaurant called Jasper's! It was soo yummy and they even have the manager walking around talking to customers and asking how the food was. {I like restaurants that do this!} With Emery we got LOTS of attention from the manager, and pretty much everywhere we went. I will say that they had an amazing dessert! I highly reccommend this place!

Since we couldnt take a newborn to a theater, we decided to rent a movie in our hotel room instead!! So we got Les Miserables the musical version! I will admit that watching a movie in bed all snuggled up with my hubby and a newborn was, in my mind, lots more fun than going to a real theater anyways!

Another great part about our vacay was sleeping in until 10 the next day!! yay! Then we watched a little tv and got ready and checked up by noon! I really wanted to try this highly reccommended restaurant called The Fig Tree that serves brunch all day and has a nice little bakery! It was delicious! Their french toast is out of this world!

 For the road, Darren got a nice BIG Peanut Butter Brownie {2 of  his favorite things} and I ordered a Cookie Dough Cupcake! {Thats right! with a nice dollop of cookie dough on the inside AND right on top!!}

On  our way home Darren let me stop at Ulta and get lots of makeup things I needed {and wanted!} What a trooper! Of course he got a little delicious cologne for himself too! lol

And that was our super fun trip to Kansas City!

Emery is 1 Month!!

Just a few cute pictures of Emery at 1 month old in the doctored onesie I made for her! She wasnt too happy getting woke up from a nap for pictures! lol

 

So content with her brothers!

I LOVE Kaiden's face in this one! lol

 

I got my friend Crystal into making headbands {its SUPER addicting!} and she started selling some, so she asked Emery to model a few! The following are Crystal's photos!

Emery is 2 Weeks!

Here is our beautiful girl at 2 weeks old!! She has slept REALLY well through the night since she was born, just like my other babies! She wakes less than 3 times a night for about 2 minutes to eat but since she sleeps in the bassinet Darren made right off of our bed, everything is super easy and I dont even wake fully to feed her back to sleep! lol.

She is the POOPIEST baby weve ever had! She poops every 30 minutes during the day! She pooped so much that the acid from her poo was making her bum red and bleed so we had to get her special bum cream which healed it up in a day! That stuff is magical! She is not fussy and hardly ever cries! Like all my newborns, she is a perfect angel! This is by FAR my very favorite baby stage and Im enjoying every minute of it!


I thought the transsision to 3 would be so hard, especially because Kaiden is a child that needs eyes on him 24/7 but its been the opposite! The boys lover her and WANT to help me all the time! This makes my job super easy! I think Kaiden loves the extra responsibility! I will put Kaiden on my bed with the Ipad and Emery and he will "watch" her while I get ready! SO great! He will even feed her bottles and stick her paci back in! Jaxton loves feeding her and thinks she has to have her binky and a bow in at all times!

 They both love playing with her, singing to her, holding her, cuddling her and overall making sure she is happy! I'm not super close with my siblings so having my kids grow up with a deep love and connection to each other is one of my biggest goals for them!!  I love being a mom and this is pure heaven!!

Like Mother Like Daughter!

Everyone has told me my baby girl looks so much like me! I didn't see it until I busted out my baby album and was speechless! She even has my black baby mullet! lol I can't even tell you how excited I am that I get a cute lil mini me!

IDENTICAL!

Daddy's Valentine

HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!!!

 

How CUTE is this lil girl!!! Her shirt says "Daddy's Valentine"!!! We just love her! She has stolen our hearts!

 

And my sweet friend offered to take some Valentine's pictures of my kiddos! They turned out great! And yes, both our boys have busted lips! lol

 

Bringing Baby Home!

Well after 30 hours at the hospital it was finally time to take our sweet baby girl home! The quiet in the hospital {and the room service} was so nice but I missed my boys so much! Plus my poor mother  had been watching them all by herself! lol.

Just look at her lifting her neck at 1 day old!! Just like Kaiden!

So we dressed her in the going home outfit I had picked out for months that claimed it was a preemie size but definitley fit more like a newborn and thus she was swimming in it! lol Oh well she can make anything cute!!

I love taking pictures of my babies in their carseats to see how they grow! At first they are soooo tiny!

At home she had a very excited Grammy Carrie waiting to meet her! Dena and Farrel had picked up the boys and took them to McDonalds to giver her a little break! So for about 30 minutes she got sweet lil Emery all to herself! lol

But BOY when her brothers got home, they were SOOOOOO excited! Seriously it was instant love for them! This lil girl has us ALL wrapped around her tiny fingers! And her brothers are very loving and protective of her. They now fight over who gets to hold her. {The only fighting they do that I actually enjoy!}

At 3 days old we took her to her first outing! {Chick fil A} The boys really needed to get outta the house and play! lol

 

The momma snugglin her beautiful babies!!

I LOVE being a mom! It's the best job EVER and we are so blessed that I am able to do it!

{{{Families are Forever}}}