The First Month

We made it through the first month. Leah has been a delight. We've had a handful of not great nights-but for the most part, she wakes up only once and lets me sleep in after that. She even gave us a full 7 hour stretch one evening-but we know that was a fluke (but it was a glorious night). It is crazy how fast the time has flown by already. 

Ryan and Luke have really enjoyed their new sister. They've been a great help to all of us. 

Greg was gone for a couple of days this week. Dinner would not have occurred if they hadn't been willing to take over at times. Leah was learning a bit about Sim City or Minecraft in the above picture.

It snowed while Greg was gone and they didn't hesitate get outside in 5 degree weather and shovel our driveway so I could take them to school.

Grandad got Leah this cute little butterfly outfit back in September. It somewhat became the color scheme I was looking for with her nursery.

No outfit is complete without a great pair of shoes.

And a wonderful Daddy to go along with it is a must.

This is Leah's post eating pose. She typically crashes.

Davis is has been great with the new baby. He is generally great with anything (except for my parent's dog, he really hates her). He was even willing to share my lap one day with Leah. He initially wanted to sit on her head, but did settle on sitting on her legs instead.

We've had a couple of outings - besides a trip to Target, Leah, Nana and I headed out to a local jewelry store one afternoon. We loved her little outfit-there are so many more options when it comes to dressing a little girl than a little boy.

Grandad is the best baby holder ever.

Papa and Grandma visited recently. 

And now a slew of family photos - because as Greg would say, we take a lot of pictures.

Leah made a very unlady like noise at this point, which cracked me and my mom up.

This family photo includes my attempt to crop out the pajama bottoms I was wearing - which is pretty much what I wear every day.

The boys had a biography presentation at school. Ryan chose the Wright Brothers and Luke chose Theodore Roosevelt. They did a great job-and we loved their costumes.

The snow and cold have not bothered the boys at all. They have created a tree fort and even added their own list of rules and nailed it to the tree (I believe Rule #1 is Be Nice - I'd like that rule to pertain to the house, as well). They have plans to add a rope ladder and a seating area in the spring. Ryan really wanted to do all of that on a day when it was about 15 degrees outside-it took some convincing that this would be a warmer weather project. 

Video of Luke of sledding with his snowman. He is such a goofy, good-natured kid.

Video of Ryan pushing his snowman down the hill. He didn't make it one piece-which really ticked Ryan off.

Three weeks with 3 kids.

And lastly, a video of Leah. This is a job in which we need to greatly improve. Ryan and Luke love to watch videos of themselves growing up. So far,we've taken one cell phone video of Leah - and it was during her midnight feeding. Perhaps if we were to get a real video camera, it would remind us to video her more. In the meantime, this is all we got. She doesn't do much as this point, but she is still cute.