Olivia Turns 3

Well funny girl, much to your dismay you were only turning three this year. You want to do everything that your big sister does so you often act and think you are much older. Daddy was gone on your actual birthday, June 25 but we celebrated anyway.


We started the day with birthday candles in your oatmeal.



You said you wanted to hike at Dunbar Cave



We got Nerdy Birdy cupcakes.



You got a cute haircut.



 

The following weekend, when your daddy got home, we had your birthday party at our house. You love "camping" with your sister and dad so much that we set up a tent and grilled out hotdogs and smores in the back yard.

                                        





Summer Fun

Well ladies, we are coming toward the end of summer and I wanted to share some of our everyday experiences. With Nora being so young, your daddy being gone for six weeks, and your momma trying to get a handle on life with three littles, we have spent a lot more time close to home than we usually do. I think it has been good for us all to just enjoy what we have right here in and around our house. This will forever be known as the summer you older girls learned to "occupy yourselves".

 

Lessons under daddy's truck.

I coached the PreSchool CrossFit class one day a week.

Nora learned she loves to sleep on her tummy.

Nora also learned to love her baths.

Nora enjoys watching the big girls play in the back yard.

Art Camp with Chrissy at the kitchen table.

More time at the gym!

We even made it to the pool a couple times.

Nora's beginning

Well sweet girl I have known you for 12 weeks now and I love you more every day. Your pregnancy was so pleasant and I enjoyed being able to workout until the day before I had you. I didn't want to cook the first trimester so we ate out a lot but I didn't have any nausea. I felt best when I was moving but had more hip pain at the end than with your sisters' pregnancies. At 40 weeks in my pregnancy, your Chrissy drove up to our house in TN the afternoon of March 15. By that evening, contractions were getting regular and your daddy and I were heading to the hospital expecting you to arrive quickly. We got there at 10:30pm where a steady and painful labor ensued. Being it was the middle of the night, the hospital was quiet and we had an amazing nurse that helped make it a peaceful and natural experience for us. Your sweet daddy was by my side every contraction holding my hand for 6 hours. 

40 weeks pregnant 

Minutes after you were born at 4:41am. 

You look so small in all your clothes. 

Your sisters bring you flowers on our walks. 

Some of your first smiles. 

Sleeping snugly swaddled. Your favorite in the beginning. 

Back To It

Well somehow it's been over 9 months since I wrote about you girls. A lot has happened and I will never remember all I had wanted to write in those months. But I better get back to it now before more time passes.