This weeks happenings

More soccer.  The boys team lost this week.

The weather is a little cooler which was so nice!

Leah has really improved this year.  She scored three goals.  She hangs in there with the best.

Aaron is one month old.  He is growing great.

I completely forgot about women's conference so this is how I watched it.  ha ha.  

Aaron looking all cute for church.

Sleeping babies are so sweet.

We also had fun at my nephew's birthday party.  Potato sack races are great!

Fall Soccer

Soccer has begun again.  The boys did great in their game.  Dallin scored a goal and the whistle blew right before Joshua got his in.

Yesterday was so hot.  I can't wait until Fall temps come.

Leah scored two goals.  She has improved quite a bit.  She is really starting to enjoy it.

This baby is growing!  Around three weeks I usually start getting my groove back.  We have been a little slower this time.  I have had to deal with mastitis and this baby's tongue tie has made him not want to nurse.  I have been pumping and bottle feeding, which feels like twice the work.  ha ha He is super sweet and usually not very fussy.  The kids love him.

Labor Day

I am a day later than usual, but  I did make it to Church yesterday with all five kids.  I think that should count for something.  ha ha  

The kids went to the Labor Day Parade

They had fun with flags and their cousins.

They even grew some facial hair.

After the parade everyone came back here for a little BBQ lunch.  We had a wonderful Monday off.

Aaron is already 9.5 pounds.  He is growing strong.

Poor baby got his tongue clipped today.  I probably should have done it two weeks ago, but I wasn't sure that was what my nursing problem was.

He did great at the dentist.  He had a severe anterior tongue tie and a posterior tongue tie.  He also had a stage 3 lip tie.  The dentist took a laser and clipped all of them off.  Aaron's mouth looks so much bigger now.  I was able to nurse him for a bit, but he still has to learn to use his tongue some more.  They said there was no way he would have been able to latch with all of those ties, so I feel better, that there was at least a reason he wasn't nursing. 

Aaron is here!

The reason for my delay in blogging last week.  Exhaustion.  ha ha

I went into labor at night again.  I was already tired from a cold I was trying to get over.  This was the earliest my baby has ever come!

Midwives are awesome!  They are so helpful and positive.  Michael did a great job too!

Baby came right before 6 AM.  I wanted a peaceful water birth, but I was so done laboring and exhausted.  I did give birth in water but I was loud like they show on TV.  ha ha  I wasn't that way with Evan.  Oh well, baby made it with no problems.

He weighed in at  8lbs 14 ounces.  20 1/2 inches long.  Head was 13 1/2 circumference.  

He doesn't cry too much and the kids love him.

The only issue we had was placenta took an hour to come out.  The midwives had called the ambulance to come transfer me.  Michael gave me a blessing at the suggestion of one of the midwives and then the placenta came out as I heard the approaching sirens.  We sure are blessed and I was so grateful that I didn't have to go anywhere.  We were all thanking God after that.  

Evan adores the baby.  He loves to kiss the baby and is a a great big brother.

Leah enjoys the baby as well.  She likes to pick out his outfits.

Joshua helps out when I need it.  He is a great big brother.

Dallin loves holding the baby.  He is so glad there is another boy in the house.  ha ha  

Aaron is back up to birth weight already and doing pretty good.  

He only cries when he is in need of something.

Sleeping newborns are so peaceful.  

First Day of School

We have been busy over here and I missed a week of blogging.  The kid have two weeks of school under their belts.

Leah was really nervous the first day, but did great.  We had the hardest time trying to get her to remember her teachers name.  ha ha  She has it down now and is loving school.  She comes home and plays school with Evan.  

Dallin has the same teacher as Joshua did last year, so we should know what to expect.  He was pleased with his teacher.  We have a hard time getting him to wear his glasses.  He has already lots them once and the landscaper that does our neighbors yard found them for us.  

Joshua really likes his teacher.  She is very much into science and that is what he loves.  He is excited for what the year has to bring.

The kids are on the bus early, but really seem to enjoy it.  I hope it is a great year for them all!

Anniversary

We had porch party at the school to meet the teacher.  We had 6 huge bags of supplies that we hauled for a block.  Evan had to bring a lunch bag because he is feeling left out. Tomorrow will be rough on him.  He really wants to go to school.

Leah looking a little nervous.  She is having a hard time remembering her teachers name, so hopefully by tomorrow she will commit it to memory along with her bus number.  

For our 11 year anniversary Michael and I went to a Cowboys game.

We had a great time and the Cowboys won!

We are not good selfie takers but we had to prove that we were there.

Arboretum

Dallin just started scouts.  My boys look cute in their scout shirts.

It was brutally hot for awhile.  We got up to 107, so cup stacking was a fun for us for a few days.

We are getting ready for a baby.  A co worker of mine dropped all of this off for me.  So sweet!  Another friends threw me a baby shower.  It was so nice and unexpected!

While at the baby shower, Michael took the kids to the Arboretum.  They had a great time.

They love this tornado tube.

They were so excited to do the science experiment.

They even caught a puppet show.  Evan loved the puppet show!

We have to dip our feet, it is still August, but we finally broke our 100 degree streak.

Lots of fun statues.

My boys love a good chess game.