Summer of Aunts and Ants

We have been lucky to have some family come out to visit this summer! My sister Jaimie came and stayed with me for a week while Jake was hiking the Grand Canyon. We had lots of fun going to the zoo and to the bunny fountain park. It was so nice to have extra help towards the end of pregnancy!
Jake's sister Jeannine came out toward the end of July to spend some fun time with us and the girls. She made some yummy food for us and the girls loved playing and reading stories with their Aunt.
And both Jaimie and Emily were able to come out to visit and help out the night that baby Adelaide was born. It was so nice to have them stay at the house with Madison and Emerie while I was in the hospital. They were able to take them to the zoo, the parks, and help keep them busy so I could rest.

We also had some unwelcome ants this summer pop up in a few places. They are the smallest ants I have ever seen and they often showed up when Jake was working all night or out of town. Nothing gets me quite as irritated as finding ants. I go on a cleaning frenzy and do everything I can to get rid of them. Not a fun thing when you are pregnant! Lets hope this colder weather will send them into hibernation!

More Fun Pictures

Family Time

The girls have been such good helpers and loving their baby sister! Both of them have been so gentle. When Emerie was a baby Madison bopped her on the head about once a day.
They sing her songs and help me out in so many ways. They love to hold Adelaide and they think it is so funny when she touches them. They laugh and giggle while saying, mom, the baby touched me. Emerie on occasion will ask if we get to keep her...of course! For the most part Emerie and Madison will play a lot together and they are very patient with all the extra time I am spending with the new baby. Such cute sister, they just melt my heart!

So Cute!

Baby Adelaide

Baby Adelaide Lily Snow was born on August 16th at 6:30 pm. She weighed 8 pounds and 14 ounces! She is so precious and we are so excited to have her in our home!

So grown up!

Last night our little Emerie moved into a big girl bed, in Madison's room! (more details about that transition later) Emerie not only said goodbye to her crib but these last few months she has said goodbye to her binkie, to her diapers, and she is so grown up!

Both of our girls are growing up! So as I lay hear on the couch, the night before baby #3's due date, I reminisce and wonder what our new little girl will be like? These first three pictures are of baby Madison and the last few are of baby Emerie. There is a good chance she will have the same dark hair and cute little cheeks. I can't wait to meet her and my body will be excited to have her in my arms instead of my belly!

Flannel Board

About a week ago I made a flannel board for the girls. They love listening to stories and telling stories of their own. It has been so fun to watch them play and listen to their imaginations at work. It's amazing all the variations of the Five Little Duckling story that Madison has come up with. The board is made out of foam core so it's nice and light and they can carry it around. It has hooks at the top and hangs on the wall in Madison's room. So much fun!

Fourth of July

Madison has been waiting all year for the fourth of July. She loves to wear her fourth of July dresses and she remembered how much fun we had in Utah last fourth of July. She assumed we would be in Utah again this fourth and I was so worried about breaking her heart when she realized we weren't getting on the plane to go see our grandmas and grandpas. Being pregnant and traveling with with both girls to Utah this summer just wasn't going to work out. Luckily we were still able to have lots of fun even though we weren't with family.
The Friday before the fourth was our towns big firework show! We braved the crowds and headed down to a park near the big show! There was so much room to watch the fireworks, run around, and play! The girls loved playing, blowing bubbles and wearing their glow sticks. The firework show was amazing and it was worth going even though we got home pretty late.
The actual fourth of July Jake had to work. I wasn't brave enough to do the parades my by myself with the girls but we had a great time going to a park that morning and having a picnic together in the sun. We were invited to a fun BBQ with some friends and it was such a great time! They had made a bike friendly car wash for the kids to run through and Emerie loved the baby swing in the tree. The girls got their faces painted and Madison even sang karaoke for everyone. She is such a performer! We walked over to the nearby elementary school to watch the local fireworks and Madison spent a lot of the time running around catching fireflies. It was a great night and the girls had a blast!