Easter Sunday

I had so much fun filling the girls Easter buckets this year,  I love picking special things for our girls to have.  I spend a lot of time thinking and planning for holidays.  Scarlett's bucket included a blabla doll, they are my absolute favorite little dolls,  she got new pajamas, Cinderella book to add to her ever growing book collection,  bubbles (which was her favorite) and plastic eggs filled with trix cereal.  Olive's bucket included a wubanub pacifier, headbands, Snow White book, and Pajamas.

We made it to Church Sunday morning about 15 minutes early - a miracle in itself!!!!!!  Scarlett went to her class and Olive got to "hang"out with Mamma and daddy in the big service - which she slept through.  After Service we had brunch,  Monte Cristo Sandwiches, Pasta Salad, Strawberries and Turkish Coffee.

After Brunch we took naps :) Than I snapped a few pictures of the girls before we headed outside for some sun and bubble fun.  Scarlett learned how to blow bubbles last summer and has been obsessed with them since than - she even pretends to blow bubbles inside the house (she uses a play key and a bowl).  So she was on cloud 9 when her and her daddy went out to play with her bubbles- which of course made my heart happy.  Than there is my newest love who loves to smile and has started "talking"  which also makes my heart happy.

And I love how my love, loves his girls - he was made for Fatherhood.

Olive | One Month

Well, we have a one month old in our house now - that is 4 weeks of cuddles, middle of the night feedings, loads and loads of laundry and probably a thousand cups of coffee.  It's funny how it has only been 4 weeks but I don't remember a time when Olive wasn't a part of our family but at the same time it seems like just yesterday I was spending hours bouncing on a yoga ball and speed walking through our neighborhood to help induce labor.

We are getting into the swing of things, and I have had a couple outings with just the girls including Target and Costco (I will be accepting my gold medal any day now.)  

I started babywise with Olive last week, and she already has the schedule down.  I love the concept of the eat, play, sleep cycles.  she takes 4 naps during the day and has her bedtime feeding at 7:00, we put her to bed (or cuddle her until she falls asleep).  I feed her again between 9:30 and 10:00 before I go to bed and for the last few nights she wakes up just once between 2-4 to eat again (and goes right back to sleep) and than wakes up to start her day at 6:30 or 7:00.  We did babywise with Scarlett and I SWEAR that is why she is and always has been such a great sleeper.

Olive just started smiling and it is one of the sweetest things ever, I'm excited to experience "firsts" with her. She loves to eat and is a nursing pro already.

Scarlett loves her and is either trying to nurse her or is smothering her in kisses (or pinching her nose)

and here are a couple more pictures

Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm

For my birthday I told Felix I wanted to go this Tulip Festival, 40 acres of tulips!!   It was really beautiful (my mom would have flipped out!) Scarlett fell in mud half way thru our visit, but she didn't seem to mind and Felix and I thought it was pretty funny! Our first "outing" as a family of 4 someone was bound to be a mess before we left.   

   

What our day looks like now

Adjusting to two kiddos at home has been easier than I thought it was going to be.... don't get me wrong it has its challenges but for the most part we have had really good days (given it has only been 2 weeks ha ha)!  Scarlett just adores Olive and is such a HUGE helper,  she loves getting diapers and handing me wipes.  She also makes sure Olive always has a blanket over her, and even once she put her puppy next to her ( She must love her).  Days are flying by with Olive's nursing schedule and keeping up with busy bee Scarlett, I turn around and it is time for daddy to get home. We had Olive's two week appointment yesterday and she weighs 8lbs and is 21 inches long now.

Here are some pictures of things we have been up to since Little Miss Olive joined our family.

texting daddy

enjoying some sun

BUBBLES

Introducing.... Miss Olive Pearl

We welcomed our Sweet Olive Pearl on March 4, 2015 at 1:36pm.  She weighed 7lbs 7oz and was 20 inches long.  

First bath 

First bath at home

Best of friends already

Sunday Beach Days

Felix and I decided that after Church last Sunday we were going to drive to the beach - the weather was going to be gorgeous!!! We packed our lunch and got everything ready Saturday night, Sunday we loaded up the car so we could go straight from Church to the beach.   It was Sunny and pretty warm, I was burning up but that could also be the extra 20lbs I an carrying around (March can't come fast enough).  We started off at Ecola State park, we walked around enjoyed the views of the beautiful Oregon coast and we ate lunch at the picnic area.

Than we drove the 5 minutes to the beach so Scarlett could play in the sand. It was packed, I guess everyone had the same idea about spending their Sunday on the beach.  The water was freezing but that didn't stop my little water obsessed baby, she ran right to the water.

 
What she looked like after about an hour on the actual beach.