Logan's First Month

How cute is a baby in shorts?!?

Deep in thought. Isn't he such a little man??

A few days after Logan was born, Emily had her preschool graduation. I unfortunately had to miss it. I was really sad but glad Robert could actually go. He never gets to go to anything since he's always working. Her class did a play of the book Silly Sally and Emily played Silly Sally. So she insisted on making silly faces.....

Emily with her teacher Miss Jamie.

Her and her bestie Maleia.

Before we had Logan we did a lot of speculation as to how the kids would react and handle the new baby. We of course assumed Carly would have the hardest time with the adjustment. For the first few weeks if I was holding Logan, Carly would try to climb on my lap too. But that really was the end of it. She dealt with it quite well. The one who had the hardest time with the new baby was actually Emily. I love the girl to death but she needs a lot of attention. A lot. So she didn't like that I wasn't giving her the attention she wanted. I think she's getting better now but it was a rough few weeks.

She loves her baby brother!

2am looks much better when you get to look at this little face.

Go A's!

In June, my grandpas assisted living facility had a carnival. They had pony rides, face painting, games, dinner, mechanical bull, etc. It was pretty fun!

 

I don't know what cruel person decided to do this game. Bowls with real goldfish in them. Land the ball in the bowl, take home the fish! Thankfully none of my kids won a fish.

 

This kid makes some crazy faces!!

 ONE MONTH OLD!!!

We had a baby!

On May 20th at 6:54am we welcomed our new little man Logan! It was an exciting day!

 

I had a scheduled C-section for 6:30am which meant we had to be at the hospital at 4:30am. Needless to say the kids had a sleepover at grandma and grandpas house the night before.

 

Family of 5 for the last time!

Ummm.....yeah.

 Bright and early the next morning we headed to the hospital. After an hour on the monitors, disgusting medication, multiple attempts to put in my IV resulting in a swollen and severely bruised hand that lasted for a month, and painful antibiotics we headed to the OR. The anesthesiologist had a really difficult time doing my spinal too. It was uncomfortable. I guess after three previous C-sections I'm lacking in spinal fluid. But finally.......

He's here!

out came this little guy! We were surprised by two things. 1. I thought he would be over 8 pounds. He was 7 lbs 5.9 oz and 20 inches long.

2. He has red hair!

So pretty! Not. But I was happy to be able to be taking Logan out of the OR with us! Both Chase and Carly had to have some time in the NICU so I was almost surprised that we just carried him out.

Isn't my mom so pretty?!

 

First bath.

He loved it.

In the afternoon the kids were able to come meet their new baby brother. Prior to his birth we were worried about Carly's adjustment. She was definitely unsure about him at first.

Chase was so happy to have a brother.

Brothers!

Still unsure.

 

Then the stream of visitors started coming. We didn't get pictures of everyone but it was so nice of everyone that supported us! It would be easy to not really care as much because it's kid #4 but all of our family and some friends came to visit. It was fun. 

His first selfie.

His first Utah hat! From Uncle Trever and Aunt Diane!

Excited for their new baby brother!

Not excited for her new baby brother!

I love when newborns sleep with their arms up.

Our celebration sparkling cider. The hospital provides a celebratory steak dinner for the new mom and dad. Complete with mashed potatoes, rolls, veggies, sparkling cider, chocolates, and blue flowers! (Since we had a boy.) It was fun and surprisingly tasty!

Someone's excited to go home!

Sleepy Lion

One day Chase was throwing a fit about something (can't remember what it was) and I was just ignoring him. :) All of sudden he got quiet so I went to talk to him about his ridiculous tantrum. I found him like this. He stayed there for about an hour and a half!

Fire Station

Back in May, Emily went on a field trip to the fire station for preschool. I decided to take everyone along because I was hugely pregnant and looking for any excuse to get out of the house. Anywho, the fireman told all the kids to get a buddy. Chase and this little girl paired up and they held hands the whole time. It was so cute!