Will's First Bottle- 5 Weeks Old

Tonight I had to meet my friend Cassie to finish our very LAST project for class. We are officially done and I couldn't be more happier about it!! Anyway, I fed Will right before I left so I could spend a few hours with Cassie. He always takes a long time to eat so I fed him for almost an hour so he would be good and full for Ben since we hadn't started bottles yet. He didn't really eat very good because he kept falling asleep. He is really good at that. ha! Needless to say Will had his first screaming hour since I wasn't home. Of course, I texted Ben to see how everything was going and he said great. He would never tell me to rush home. Such a good husband and daddy. I felt so bad when I cam home and he had been screaming for an hour. I then decided to pump and have Alivia give him his first bottle so that if I was every gone again this wouldn't happen. Will absolutely LOVED the bottle and drank the entire 4 oz in nothing flat. Alivia loved feeding him as well. He normally gets ups 2 or 3 times to eat when I breastfeed him before bed but after the bottle he only got up once during the night. I think the bottle was much easier for him to take so he was able to finish the entire thing. Glad he likes the bottle. I just hope he continues to breastfeed well too. I would like to have a good balance of both. I do like knowing that the bottle made him more full though because I know there are times when he falls asleep that he is not full and then he is hungrier sooner. We are proud of our growing boy. He is outgrowing his newborn clothes too because he is so long. What a big boy!!

Swimming Lessons

This year Alivia has started off quite timid of the water so we decided to put her in swimming lessons at the Grain Valley Community Center. I hadn't planned on doing this since the last 2 years she has LOVED the water but for some reason being 3 brought her timidness. The first day of lessons didn't go very well so the teacher suggested that we switch her to the class before hers that had more girls in it since her class was all boys. The last couple days have been much better and she has listened to her teacher and done everything she was supposed to do. She continues her lessons next week so hopefully we will be over our timidness at the end of the session. LOVE YOU brave girl. Keep up the good work. We are proud of you.....

1 Month Old

Today Will is 1 Month Old! This month has flown by. He has changed so much already and is growing so so fast. Alivia and Will are quite different as far as their eating habits go. Alivia had lots of trouble breast feeding and gaining weight and ended up having to go on a special formula. So far Will is doing great with breast feeding and is gaining weight great. He is getting up at 12:00 and 3:00 to eat and then usually gets up at 6:00. Alivia only got up once in the night when she was a baby so I know Will is definitely a growing boy and needs to eat. I think he is also going through a growth spurt right now. We are so blessed with our precious baby boy. I can't wait for his 2 month check up in a few weeks to see how much he weights. I am so glad he is healthy and eating so well!!! Here is a picture of Alivia at 1 month as well. I don't really see a resemblance. We will see!!  :)

Alivia- 1 Month

Will- 1 Month

Special Card

Ben has a group of good friends that he has golfed with for a while. They are friends from when he was growing up. All of the guys now have kids so we got all the kids together to take golfing pictures for Father's Day. I thought the card turned out pretty cute. Here are some of the pics below!

The special card...

Alivia (3 1/2), Jensen (1) Finley, Will and Sophia (the babies are just months apart)

Cupcake Fun!!

This morning my good friend, Cassie and her daughter Brielle came over to see Will. Kristin and Jensen came too! Kristin suprised the girls with a cupcake maker. The girls had a great time making cupcakes. It was good for Alivia to have a special project since her big sister moments have definitely started coming out. Ha! The cupcakes were so so yummy. Thanks Kristin for a great surprise. Alivia hasn't stopped talking about how fun it was. Brielle, you are just a sweetie and Alivia LOVES playing with you. Hope to see you guys again soon!! LOVE YA!

Our little bakers!

Jensen having some snacks while the girls bake!

Beauty Time!

Bumbo Time

Here is Will at 3 Weeks sitting in his bumbo. What a big boy. He does a great job holding his head up!!!

LOVE HIM!

Basement Update

I haven't blogged in a while about our basement. We are finally in the finishing phases and we couldn't be more excited about this!! The trim is finished and Ben mounted the projector this weekend. The cabinet guy is coming Monday to install the cabinets behind the bar and then the stain and painters are coming Tuesday and Wednesday. Hopefully carpet will be right after that in this baby will be finished in 2 weeks. We are so pumped to organize the play room and buy furniture for our adult area. lol!!!! :)