My Boys and Girl

I am trying to get back into blog posting and doing other things I enjoy like taking photos. I realize I have not taken nearly as many photos of the kids lately as I would like to. So here are a few photos of the three of them that I finally managed to get taken.

If course they are all in their pajamas, and I could not get all three of them smiling in the same picture. I am actually amazed that I managed to get a picture of Amelia smiling and looking at the camera.

These two boys love their little sister!

Super Chef (May 1)

While my mom and dad were visiting, Ephraim came upstairs dressed like this:

It made me laugh that apparently he is a super chef. What a silly boy!

Sometime later in the week I was giving the boys baths and after getting Ephraim out of the tub I got distracted. Next thing I see is Ephraim flying by me with his superhero cape on and nothing else! That made me laugh.

April Snow

Today we woke up to find white stuff all over the place. Yuck!

Poor cold tulips!

At least it had all melted by the end of the day, right?

Amelia at 6 weeks

Can you believe Amelia is 6 weeks old? Here is another picture of her with the pink bunny.

She is quite a bit bigger now, but with a lot less hair.

It is hard to say whether or not it will grow back in blond like her brothers, or if it will end up being dark. I guess only time will tell!

Easter Weekend

Easter was pretty low-key this year. I didn't really manage to get much Easter shopping done. But I suppose the boys won't really remember it too much when they are older anyway.

Saturday was another cold and yucky day. Frankly we are getting a bit sick of them. It is hard to find things to keep the boys entertained, but luckily we found this box to keep them amused.

I left Amelia under this toy and came back to find her surrounded by caution cones. At least the boys know they need to be careful around her, right?

I guess this is a good thing because they have been running around the house like a bunch of crazies. I guess the cold weather will do that to you!

Here is a close up of her face.

Jacob wanted to show Amelia his computer. How funny is that?

Here is a picture of Amelia on Easter Sunday. She was wearing a sweater, and isn't she sweet?

We did manage to have an Easter egg hunt on Sunday afternoon. Here are the boys finding the eggs that the Easter bunny left.

Jacob was sharing an egg with Ephraim. Isn't that nice?

The Easter bunny must be tall. He even managed to hide some eggs in the trees!

Ephraim and Jacob both had a good time looking for eggs.

And they sure enjoyed the chocolates!

Life in pictures

April 16

Amelia has been losing her hair, if you can't tell. It happens to all my babies. Then they grow blonde hair. We'll see what happens with Amelia.

Jacob and Amelia were having a bonding moment. They were sitting together, having a chat. Here is a picture of Jacob. He loves Amelia and is a good big brother.

Jacob insisted that I take a picture of Amelia's binky. So here is one of them. They are like the Smoothies that Ephraim had, but with a better shape to them. They have a cut out for the nose so it isn't just a huge circle.

April 18

Here is Amelia downstairs taking a snooze in one of her bouncy chairs.

April 20

Miss Amelia Sock Hands. As you can see, we have started to put socks on Amelia's hands because otherwise she scratches her face all up! Then she gets mad about it. Silly girl!

April 21

Here is a picture that I took of Amelia taking a nap on Mommy and Daddy's bed. Ephraim apparently wanted to share his Zuzu pet with her, so he put it on top of her. How funny is that?

More Amelia pictures

I have been meaning to get some more pictures of Amelia up, but never seem to get to it. Here are some pictures that I have taken recently.

When my mom was here last week we went and bought a cute little dress for Amelia. Most of hers were too big. So we tried it on her. Cute, huh?

She also wore this dress to church on Sunday.

Amelia had her first major blowout, so we decided to just give her a bath. She actually liked her second bath...

She didn't mind the water at all. It was just when we got her out that she wasn't particularly happy.

Here is Amelia giving me a big yawn.

Isn't she precious?

Amelia's Stats (No Fooling!)

Today was Amelia's two week doctor appointment.
Here are the stats:

Length: 20 inches (50th percentile)
Weight: 6 lbs 14 oz (10th percentile)
Head Circ: 35 cm (25th percentile)

Amelia has gained 1 pound in the past two weeks, which doctor Arnold said was awesome. She is doing really well, which is great.

It was really great to talk to Doctor Arnold. He had some good advice for us about about getting Amelia on a good schedule. She has been doing pretty well with sleeping at night, we just have to work on stretching her feedings out during the day so she goes longer between and eats more at each feeding. We'll see how that goes!

Amelia at Two Weeks

I haven't taken any pictures in a couple of days, and I realized I should take some of Amelia today since she is two weeks old. Here are some I took this evening when she was feeling sleepy.

What a sweet face.

She still has lots of dark hair. Everyone tells me they are surprised by this, but both of the boys had dark hair too.

Here is Amelia stretching. She didn't really want to wake up, but Mommy decided it was time for her to get up.

Here she is giving me a big yawn.

While changing her diaper I had to take a picture of her little toes. Aren't they tiny?

Amelia's First Bath

Friday evening we decided to give Amelia her first towel bath, since she lost her umbilical cord a few days earlier. She didn't mind having her clothes off, but getting wet was a whole other story.

Daddy did most of the work while I took pictures. Amelia was SO mad!

Afterward we got her all warmed up and snug. She liked that much better.

Here is Jacob holding her again.

We also let her wiggle on the floor a little bit, which she enjoyed.

Later on she got to snuggle with Daddy and our new iPad. Joe found a really good deal on a new iPad, so he bought us one. We have all been having fun with it ever since.

Here are some pictures of the boys playing with it the next morning. They thought it was so much fun.

 Ephraim is playing Angry Birds. He is not as good at it as Jacob is, but at least he has fun.

 We also enjoy playing a game called "Fruit Ninja". It is a ton of fun.

Sunday we all went to church together as a family. None of the little dresses that I have really fit Amelia, and I didn't want her to get cold. So we dressed her up in this little outfit. Isn't she cute?

The headband didn't last long because it kept falling down. I guess her head is a bit too little for it.

Amelia did pretty well at church. I mostly kept her in her car seat and of course didn't let anyone hold her. Then after sacrament meeting Amelia and I came home.

I think it's funny that you can't even see her little feet coming out the bottom of these pants! She is so tiny. What a cutie.