Ben's one month old

This past month has flown by. Maybe it's because I spent most of it in such a state of exhaustion that I don't really remember it all that clearly. Three kids has definitely been more challenging that I expected/prepared myself for. I can feel ourselves inching towards a daily routine and I can't wait for the day when I can predict nap times, play times, nursing, etc.

For those of you that have children you will understand when I say it feels like Ben's been here all along. He just fits right in. It's like he came home from the hospital and I suddenly can't remember life without him. Rett and Ellie adore him and he is really very tolerant of having them constantly in his face. Rett asks everyday if he can teach him how to crawl, and Ellie picks out toys for him to "play" with and tries to put them in his hand. Very cute!

We've had a little reflux issue so I ended up taking him to the pediatrician on his one month birthday. Low and behold the boy weighs 11.6 lbs!! He gained two pounds in two weeks. Whoo-hoo! Love it when I hear my baby is growing!

Here's Ben on August 8,2011 (his one month birthday)


This is a picture of Rett on his one month birthday, August 20,2007

DO YOU THINK THEY LOOK ALIKE OR WHAT?

Also, it just so happened that we went to my friend Lizzie's house to play on Ben's one month birthday and she did a little mini-photo shoot....here are some of those pics. She did a fabulous job considering he was pretty fussy that day!

Yee-Haw!

Friday night we went with my family to the Mesquite Rodeo. It was SO.MUCH.FUN! We had great seats, sat under cold AC and watched lots of entertainment. Rett watched and clapped eagerly as each cowboy tried to ride the broncos. When it came time for the bull riding he was more apprehensive....and actually got a little scared. Ellie was a little ball of energy and bounced off everyones lap the entire night and Ben slept in the carrier. Definetly an attraction I would take the kids back to....

The group:


Rett riding a pony:




Ellie loves Lauren!

Who knew? They Grew!

About two weeks ago I took all three kids for their well-checks at the peditrician. It was absolute chaos and I even had my mom there to help wrangle kids. When the appt was over I seriously felt like I needed a stiff drink!
Here are the kids stats as of July 22,2011

Rett: 4 years
Height: 40" (45%)
Weight: 46.6 lbs (95%)

Ellie: 2 years
Height: 34 1/4" (60th%)
Weight: 27 lbs (60th %)
Head Cir: 49 1/2" (85th %)

Ben: 2 weeks
Height: 21 1/2 " (75th %)
Weight: 9.3 lbs (60th %)
Head Cir: (25th %)

Splish-splash

The kids having some fun at my in-laws neighborhood pool while I was in the hospital with Ben. They really look like they are missing mommy, don't they?