May 4th

We have a busy weekend coming up so I thought I'd empty my upload folder before we got there.  Here is a picture of Mary in her daddy's outfit.

 Finally, Mary fits into 0-3 month clothes!

Mike called this the pink nightmare.  I think Mary agrees.

Lia loves to have her picture taken with her little sister.

Shocking!

Daddy is soo silly!

I got a little wet one afternoon picking up the kids from school.  I left Lia and Mary in the car.

George chilling at the soccer fields.

Lia got her first haircut last weekend.

Becca got her hair cut too.

 Yesterday, I managed to get a bow in Mary's hair.  It didn't stay long, but it sure was cute.

We are keeping busy with soccer, softball, baseball, and 1st Communion prep, which is happening on Saturday.  Despite the general craziness, we are remain healthy and mostly happy.  God bless you all.

Finding Normal

We are starting to find our new normal around here. Mary is FINALLY off the apnea monitor and growing like a weed.  The other kids do everything to entertain her.  Here is Becca reading her a book, which she loves!

Mary hanging out with Dad.

Me enjoying some snuggle time with Mary on one of those days she just wanted to be held.

I think someone got a hold of my phone.

 Last Sunday we watched "Star Wars: The Force Awakes" for the first time as a family.  The kids didn't even notice I took a picture.

Wire free and feeling fine!

We also pulled out the floor mate for the first time this week.  Mary like it almost as much as Cecilia did.

Life continues to be busy with school, soccer and scouts.  Mike will be gone three weeks in the next month so please say a prayer for my patience.

Venia Visit

We are on Spring Break this week and instead of going somewhere, we had visitors.  The Venias came to meet Mary and just hang out.  We went to the zoo.

 The boys had a great time building with Legos.

Both Clara and Liam were excited to hold Miss Mary, despite her complaining.

Even though they had to leave earlier than planned, we had a great time with the Venias.  I also had my 6 week follow-up appointment with the surgeon and he said I was healing very well. I'm going back in 2 months to be checked again but he was very happy with my condition.  Thank you Grandma Jan for driving all that way so I could go to the doctor without all the kids.

Lots of Pictures

We will start with Mary in the car bed.  She was too short at first to fit in the infant car seat so the hospital rented us this. 

I was still very happy to move her into the real car seat.  She looks so little.

Tummy time!

Lia is not to be left out.

Becca and Lia got there hair done for the dance, even though Lia wasn't going.  Don't they look beautiful?

All our beautiful girls.

Going to the Daddy/Daughter Dance.

The boys wanted to have their picture taken with Mary too.

I love it when she's asleep.

Sisterly love.

This is my yearly St. Patrick's Day photo shot.

I have no idea what George was doing but he came upstairs dressed like this.

Snuggle time with Dad.

All in all, we are doing pretty well around here.  Last week, Mary weighted in at 6lbs 7oz for her 1-month check up.  We have cut her caffeine intake in half and will cut it out completely on Saturday.  Then we keep her on the monitor for a couple more weeks and hopefully be done with it.  She's sleeping like a champ (6 hours the last two nights!) and eats, poops, and enjoys her crazy family.

Cub Scouts and Other News

We've had a busy month already.  Last Sunday, our Cub Scout pack celebrated the Blue Gold Banquet with some friends from Star Wars. 

This was also Mary's first public viewing.  

Before they played, Mike passed out awards to almost every boy in the pack. Patrick was the only boy to advance a rank, excepted all the boys who moved up to Boy Scouts.  He has decided he wants to be an Eagle Scout and did a great job staying on task to get his Webelos.  We are very proud of him.

 This week Mike was also awarded the Wotamalo District Pack Leader of the Year!  He and I, along with Mary, went to dinner for the presentation.  Mike goes above and beyond for the Scouts and deserves some praise for it.

My mom was here helping us out for almost three weeks (thanks Mom!) and managed to get some great pictures.  Here are Mary and Lia looking cute.

I love this one.

My attempted at selfies with girls. 

I love the green tongue.

Mary meet one of her grandfathers this week.  My dad was very smitten with his youngest grandchild.

Becca also read a petition at Mass.

We've made several trips to the doctor to check weight and Billi Ruban (Jaundice) numbers.  Yesterday Mary weighted in at 15lb 13oz, finally up from birth.  The Billi numbers,while okay, are not as low as we'd like.