Easter

We had such a fun Easter!

As soon as we got up and ready, Bryson ran to see what the Easter Bunny left for him.

He loved LOVED the basketball piggy bank! That bunny sure does know him well!!

Yeah, he totally had Jellybeans for breakfast. ;)

We took the girls to church for the first time, too! It was actually my first time to be at church in months and it was so nice! I could actually walk up the stairs without being in awful pain.

I love these littles :)

My little man

Daddy helping Bryson put on his blazer

(a rare occurance-letting us help him with clothes, especially buttons. That is his territory!)

My handsome boys!!

 

We spent a lot of time talking to Bryson about the real meaning of Easter this year. I read the Easter story from his toddler Bible almost every day for weeks leading up to Sunday. Bryson has such a sensitive heart; whenever I said Jesus loved us so much, he died on the cross for us, he would get so sad and tell me "NO! he didn't died! He's in heaven. Jesus is not dead!" 

We were talking about Jesus' "cave" being empty and Michael kept repeating, "He is risen!!" and I answered "He is risen indeed!!"  So as soon as we got to my parent's house, he ran in exclaiming, "He is risen!!" to every single person he saw, waiting for their response. :) I loved hearing his pure excitement!

Family picture after church! 

Ray and Alicia came over for lunch again this year. I'm kicking myself  for not getting pictures of everyone!

John and Melony came over for a while after lunch. It was fun having everyone together. Bryson was in Heaven having both sets of grandparents in the same place :)

Grandma and Mimi hid eggs for the Easter egg hunt. 

 

I had a killer headache all day, so after one of the girls' feedings, I was going to go lay down for a few minutes. I ended up sleeping almost 2 hours!! Oops! 

Headache and all, it was such a nice Easter and so wonderful spending time with all our family!!

BFFL

I treasure my relationship with my sisters. We fought just like any other sisters, but we've all grown up being very close and are the best of friends now. 

I pray our kids will grow up knowing that their sister and brother will always be there for them and will have a strong, loving relationship and grow up to be best friends for life :)

Phone Dump Friday

I have taken about a thousand pictures on my phone since the girls were born. I won't post all of them...I promise ;) 

Since Em & M have been sick off and on pretty much since they were born, we haven't been able to go see Ellie because we didn't want to take any chances of getting her sick. They fiiiinally got to play sleep together this week! Ellie is only 5 weeks older then the girls. This is definitely the beginning of a long wonderful friendship!!

 We went to an Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday. It was really chilly outside! Bryson LOVED it though :)

 All 5 of us went out to eat for the first time on Friday. We let Bryson choose where we went and he chose sushi. Good choice, kiddo!!

 We finally got to celebrate my dad's birthday!

The girls and I do this. A LOT. Well, I try to as much as I can anyway. 

There is nothing better than newborn cuddles. And we get it times two!! :)

Sleepy sleepy!

I looooooove baby toes!!

And I love this little man and how much he loves "his babies" :)

 Alicia's mom made these precious hats for the girls!

Bryson needed to do a little tummy time with his sisters

1 Month Stats

The girls had their one month check up on Tuesday. With everything that has happened with the girls already, I was really praying for a clean bill of health!

Michael couldn't go with me because he was on his 2nd day of work at his new job and my mom had a doctor appointment so I took the girls by myself. I've taken them several places myself already, but this was the first big one :)

 

For the first time at any well visit, I had a huge list of (paranoid mom) questions.

Both girls were laying on their backs on the table while Dr. Burton was checking them out. They were really alert and wiggly. He was in the middle of answering one of my many questions and Emily darn near almost rolled from her back to her belly!! If only the carseat wasn't in the way, she probably would have. We were both pretty shocked and impressed :)

They both have rolled from belly to back multiple times during tummy time, but this was definitely a first for the other way. Granted, it was probably a complete fluke, but it was still fun. 

We actually had to make another stop at the doctor last Thursday because the girls had Thrush. If it's not one thing, it's another! Ha! They were put on oral medicine and cream for the awful diaper rash it caused. Thankfully, it had cleared by this check up. That makes 5 visits in 5 weeks, folks. What a track record!

They both checked out great (finally!!) and he was impressed with their muscle tone and growth. Hooray! Sure hope it continues like this!

One Month Stats:

Emily:

Birth: 6 lbs 7oz,  height- 19in,  head-

Discharge (3days): 5lbs 14oz

Weight Check (5dys):  6lbs

2 weeks: 6lbs 15oz, height- 19.75in,  head- 13cm 
1 Month: 8lbs 6oz {25-50%}, 21in {50%}, head- 14.25cm {50%}

Madelynn:

Birth: 5lbs 15,  height- 18.75in,  head-

Discharge (3days): 5lbs 4oz

Weight Check (5days): 5lbs 6oz

2 weeks: 6lbs 7oz,  height- 19.5in,  head- 13cm

1 Month: 7lbs 13oz {15%}, 20in {45%}, head- 14.25cm {50%}

So thankful for 2 healthy wonderful baby girls!!

Em & M

A few pictures of our little ladies :) 

(1 week)

M & E

(2 weeks)

Emily

 Sister Sister :)

 Madelynn

Sisters

(Em & M)

Em

M

Madelynn and Emily

Brotherly love!

(my favorite tiny little baby body part. Oh I love baby toes!!)