Well First things first!! We were blessed with our beautiful Ava who came into our home!! She has been nothing but such a joy to our home. Heavenly Father really knew the kind of baby we needed have when he was going to bring her to us this quick! She is perfect, everything we could have asked for and more. It kills me because I am always being asked "How are you doing?" and never believing my response of "I'm fine!". But really...I am fine!! My sister told me that after she had her third child (she now has 4), that is when she had her melt down. For me, I think my melt down was with my first two. They were not easy babies. They were impatient from the moment we brought them home and nothing has changed. They would wake up screaming like I hadn't fed them in days every time they were hungry and when I gave them there bottles, if I ever had to stop for a second they would scream like I dropped something on them. My little Gavin had a really hard time taking his formula so there was a lot of stopping and going. To this day they are very enthusiastic with there emotions whether it be mad, happy, or sad it is always very dramatic!! But that is why I love them, they are my boys full of personality and VERY active!! But I am use to the crying unlike other people who may be around my home during the drama, and that is when I think people start feeling concerned. However, I am around it all the time and I think it is becoming more and more natural as the days past, soon I don't think I'll be able to even hear the crying it will be so natural. Really, I don't think I'll ever be immune to the crying and I definitly have my share of bad days. Ava is the complete opposite of my boys, she is very calm, patient, and full of smiles! If I need to stop feeding her for a minute she waits, if I need to set her down she is content as can be, and if she gets fussy, I put her in my sling and she is just fine. Since my boys, I have been use to multi-tasking and holding more than one child (sometimes 3 now) at a time, so it is pretty natural at this point. Ava has made the transition amazing and the boys LOVE her! They are always saying "Uh-OH" when they hear her crying and go try and find her so they can give her a binki. They are always giving her loves and Gavin practically tries to pull her out of my arms so he can hold her. We feel truly blessed and we are so grateful for our children and all the moments we share together with all the ups and downs!!
Ava sleeping very cozy in her Dads lap
The cute outfit her Grandma sent her
All swaddled after her bath
Ava looking at her Daddy
I love this picture. The first thing Jordan does when he gets out of school late at night and they boys are in bed and me and Ava are up is pick up his baby girl and hold her, feed her her last bottle, and rock her to sleep!! He sure is proud of her!
My 3 beautiful children
Something really good must have been on TV
This is my favorite picture...the boys sure do love their baby sister!
Gavin holding and loving his sister
Helping her with her binki and giving her kisses
The boys were both trying to give her kisses at the same time
Ayden giving her kisses because he heard her crying...
But then letting me know he was done!
This is one of my favorite of Ayden with Ava. He is helping her with her binki, he looks like such a big boy in this picture
Gavin holding his sister once again..his new favorite thing!
This is a pretty typical picture of this month, Gavin holding Ava and Ayden playing...
The boys both trying to help Ava with her binki
Gavin probably laughing at Ayden
Giving Ava kisses....
And then once again helping her with her binki...his second new favorite thing!
For Valentines day we got the boys some stuffed aniaml dogs, because dogs are their favorite!! and Ava got the little monkey she is holding in her picture. We got them on video coming out of their room and seeing the dogs on the ground when they came out, it was very cute, but it was with our video camera, and we still haven't figured out how to get the video's from that on the computer.
