BIG BABY!

Tristan went in for a check-up today at 6 weeks old. I have to say his growth surpassed my expectations yet again. He is now a whopping 11lbs 6.8oz. THAT'S A JUMP FROM 25% to 75%. He's averaged a pound per week since birth! He's almost 2 pounds heavier than Connor and Haydn were at this point. I was so hoping to be able to hold on to his littleness for a little longer but it looks like he has other plans! Tristan...PLEASE SLOW DOWN! He's such a rolly polly cutie though and a truly great baby so I'm not complaining. I want him to grow...just not so fast!

First Day of School

I'm officially the mom of the cutest kindergartner I know. Connor had his very first day of school today. We said our sad goodbyes (Haydn was BY FAR the saddest), and waited for the bus. I should say waited and waited and waited and waited and finally after getting the car out to drive him the bus finally came. They were running so late today because of some problem but hopefully it will be solved tomorrow. Connor was so sad we wasn't going to get to ride the bus and practically jumped out of the car and ran on before I could get my camera out again. Haydn was right behind him and climbed up trying to stow away. Poor thing was so distraught. After Daddy let him drive around the block with him he was a little happier though. Connor was so brave about the whole thing, he didn't even talk about being scared or anything. You'd think he'd done it a million times already. He came home happy and he'd had fun. He was excited about a walk they took around the school and that they got to read 2 stories. I love that the pic of him getting off the bus is him waving goodbye to all his new friends. He's such an awesome kid. I can't believe he's really in school already.

What the....

Connor got the brilliant idea to make Haydn into a girl this morning by giving him some earrings. It's always fun to laugh at your kids when they do something silly or look hilarious.

Swimming Plus A Visitor

We spend almost every afternoon swimming in our pool. Connor is an amazing swimmer. He can dive to the bottom easily now. Haydn is fearless and silly in the water too. We have a little fountain that we hook up to our filter that is awesome to play in. The boys love jumping off the side into the pool too. Yesterday we had a little visitor...a butterfly landed in our pool. We played with it a little while he dried out his wings. It's so fun to see beautiful creatures up close with your kids like that.

What we've been up to...

The other boys have been keeping busy too. After Grandma Beckie left, we got brave and went to play with our friends in a nearby lake for playgroup. The boys LOVE playgroup and were sad we missed in for a few weeks after the baby came. We've gone to the park a couple times. More than anything we've been swimming in our pool. Connor has REALLY gotten brave and can now swim the entire time without waterwings or floaties and now he can even dive under to pick things up too. We did a fun project last week where we painted rocks for our garden and made rock paperweights which we sent as a surprise in Daddy's lunch today. The boys liked painting and Haydn quickly found that it was just as much fun to paint himself as it was the rocks.

Baby Pics

Here's some more much needed pictures of our littlest angel! He really is such a sweet baby! I love how he still fits in the sink to take a bath, that he's barely bigger than a soccer ball, and that my hand is about as big as his arm. I am cherishing every moment because he's growing so fast! I took some pics of him in his blessing outfit (we haven't blessed him yet though) and he is just too precious in a little white tux! We love our little Tristan.

How they GROW!

So...my computer isn't working and it is a pain to upload pics from the laptop for some reason. Hopefully Scott will work magic on my computer soon and I will post more pics but for now here are some stats from Tristan's doctor appointment. He went in last Fri for his 2 week check. He had gained over a pound since the previous check a week before, jumping from 6lbs 2oz to 7lbs 5oz. He's 25% all the way around but with the way he's packing on the pounds he won't be so low for long. I couldn't believe how much he'd gained. The doctor said she's happy when babies gain .5oz per day, Tristan was averaging 2oz per day. I guess I've got some nice rich milk! Apparently he's wasting no time in trying to catch up to his brothers!