Wednesday, April 8, 2015

Easter

 
Easter 2015

This year we didn't have Brianna in the morning but that didn't stop us from having Preston help dye some eggs. Our Easter was a simple one. We didn't go anywhere except for a chilly windy walk in the afternoon, to the Tamarack for an early dinner and then to Polson to pick up Brianna. We almost went to see the new movie Home but I will admit I got to lazy and by 9 am I could tell we weren't making the 11:20 showing. 
 

So Clayton hard boiled some eggs and after they chilled he recruited Preston to help color them.
 


Needless to say he thought the dissolving process was pretty cool.


He liked scribbling with the magic crayon.


Egg prep is a very serious job.


While big brother preps for the egg hunt Tory snoozes.



All ready to go find the eggs mommy hid.


Got his dusty backpack on to collect eggs.




He had a lot of fun and remembered  the colors he needed to find.


The easter bunny came and brought him a new toy truck that came with a horse trailer and two horses. Also a skid steer. For Brianna the bunny brought 4 new pajamas, 3 being frozen themed of course.

That night I asked Brianna why we celebrate Easter. She started talking about the bunny so I decided it was time to start teaching her the real reason. Christ was born on Christmas but he rose from the dead on Easter. She gave me a look so I explained it with the help of the book of Mark chapter 16.

Happy Easter everyone.

Saturday, April 4, 2015

Month one of Tory

Although she sleeps better than Preston from day one this girl is no piece of cake. The first couple of weeks it seems like all I was doing was sitting in a chair nursing this chunky monkey. It was the only thing that would call her down. The next two weeks though she's finally giving mommy room to breathe (and shower). She takes a good 2-3 hour nap during the day as well as a bunch of good 10-20 min nap throughout the day. And at night on good nights she sleeps 5 hours. Bad night aren't that bad but her long stretch is 3 hours. So yes you can find me crawling into bed at 830 if I can. 
I remember doing more tummy time with Brianna and preston but I'm lucky if she doesn't start fussing after 2 min of being placed on her tummy. Tory LOVES to be held (although what baby doesn't), at least she'll push up on my chest and try to hold her head up so I count that as tummy time as well. Hopefully next month she'll get more floor time so she can start trying to roll over. 



This is how I'm able to cook dinner, and any other chores half the time.



 Can't wait to see her smile with her eyes open.

And of course Brianna and Preston love her. Preston even calls her his baby.


Happy one month birthday baby girl!