6 months!

So Miss Fiona is now 6 months old. She was 18 pounds and 27.5 inches tall at her appointment. The Dr commented that it was obvious she was doing well on solid foods. She gets 4 bottles and 3 meals per day now. I can't believe how big she's getting! She's able to sit up and play on her own now and is always smiling and laughing. She's such a good baby.

And a cute clip of Fiona crackin up over 'Patty Cake':

More visits and solids

Aunt Kim and cousin Josh came for a nice visit over Memorial Day weekend. Poor Claudia talked Josh's ear off 24/7. He was a really great sport. Even slept in a pink bunkbed. We also made a trip up to Erie to help celebrate our Godson Marshall's 1st B-Day.

Fiona has started eating solids. It was a pretty slow warm up, but she's finally got the hang of it. Instead of prying her mouth open with the spoon, she's got her mouth open wide like a little baby bird waiting for the next bite. She's more and more fun everyday.

Smash cake for all.

The bouncy house at Marshall's 1st B-Day party...that Claudia threw up in...

A suffocating nap

Aunt Kim

Cousin Josh

Looking at this pic, I forgot what a hot, sunny, DRY day looked like!

Just how I envisioned our swingset would look one day.

Waiting for Daddy to come home. I was a little offended.

Squash! Yum!

Immitating how we play with Fiona with her dolly:

A Visit From Nana, Papa, and Great Nana

Lots of stuff goin on around here. We enjoyed a visit from Nana, Papa, and Great Nana. Fiona showed of her adorable smiles and laughs, while Great Nana shared her famous Kit Kats with Claudia and Amelia.

Tuesday was Claudia's last day of pre-school. It'll be nice to not have to get the 4 of us up and out of the house for 9 Am 2 days a week. But I will miss Claudia and Amelia having a couple hours apart. Those 2 are getting crazier and crazier together the older Amelia gets. They really keep me on my toes. Some days I wish i had my kids 10 years apart and that they didn't want anything to do with each other.

Fiona had her 4 month appointment today. She's in the 75th percentile for both height and weight which are 24.5 inches and 14 pounds 9 ounces. She's 2 ounces heavier than Claudia was at 4 months and Claudia was a chunky baby! Fiona's really packin it on, considering she was born over 1 pound less than Claudia! Crazy! We put her in her exersaucer for the 1st time which she loved, and she'll get her first taste of solids on Friday. I love that 4 month mark because they're able to do so much more at that point. She's growing up so fast!


Amelia joins in Claudia's school dance.

Claudia's best buds on their last day of school.

Fiona in her exersaucer for the 1st time.

She was in awe of the sun.

Claudia writes her whole name. Complete with the infamous backward 'S'.

A festive game of Hungry, Hungry Hippos.

Mother's Day

Well this was my first Mother's Day as a Mom of 3. As a reward, I got my Mother's ring from my family which I love! I also got breakfast in bed, I worked out, enjoyed taking a nice, long bath, drank some Bud Light Lime, and ordered Olive Garden to go. It was a perfect day.

Miss Fiona can now roll from belly-to-back and back-to-belly. She practices her new moves in her crib at night and woke us up at 5Am this morning when she got stuck up against the side rail and got very frustrated. I was really looking forward to only having 2 out of 3 kids mobile, but it seems Fiona is working hard trying to keep up with her sisters. I will enjoy this last bit of peace while I can. I can't imagine what it will be like once I have 3 kids running around. I think I'll just keep tripping Fiona to discourage her from walking someday. ;)

Claudia's pride and joy: her sandtable.

Smelling my lilacs.

Crushing my lilacs. I don't even know why I'm going to plant annuals this year.

I think this is our 1st family pic. Although 2 are watching the TV and one is looking as another's back.

So I got brave and wanted my 1st ever pic of me with all 3 of my girls. It didn't go as I'd hoped...

Cue the Bud Light Lime...

3 Months Old!

I can't believe my little Fiona Rose is 3 month old already! I feel like I just found out I was pregnant with her, yet here she is 3 months old and growing so big. She's such a joy.

Claudia continues strutting herself with her brand new haircut. She's such a good girl and big helper around the house. She has only 7 school days left which I'm actually excited about. School mornings are crazy around here with trying to get all of us up and ready to leave the house by 8:30. She says she'd like to do gymnastics classes this summer.

Amelia is usually busy adding another injury to her reportoire. In the past week she's had 2 accidents that included bleeding from the mouth. She's slowly becoming a good helper as far as the baby goes. She likes to stuff the binky in the baby's mouth when the baby clearly doesn't want it and likes to wipe her mouth with the burp cloth.

I actually got some cute pics of all my girls together in 1 picture! The moon and starts must have alligned just right this day for this strange occurence to happen.

My friend let me borrow her Bumbo seat. Fiona warmed up to it quickly!

I think she looks just like Amelia in this pic!