More fun in March.

March 16, 2016 - First Bath

It's become a tradition for Daddy to give our babies their first bath at home.

Talmage does't love bath time at this point.

He had an audience :)

Poor, angry baby!

He does okay with getting is head scrubbed though.  Can't blame him! ;)


March 17, 2016 - St. Patrick's Day
I usually try to do something fun for the girls on St. Patrick's Day but I kind of dropped the ball this year.  Granted, I've been pretty busy with a newborn!  We did have green milk with our cereal, and the girls got to take a bath with green water too.  That was about the extent of our St. Patrick's Day fun this year though.



March 18th and 19th, 2016 - First bottle and randoms
Daddy got to feed Talmage his first bottle!

He ate it like a champ!

The girls were excited to see him eating from a bottle :)

Savy decided it was her turn with the camera again.

An Easter egg rolled under a bench where Savy couldn't reach it.  Funny that she took a picture of it :)


She took a picture of her favorite show right now: Little Einstein's.

Daddy made green waffles for breakfast in honor of St. Patrick's Day.

Savy selfie :)

Talmage does pretty well hanging out in the baby swing.

Love this little boy!

This was Rori snuggling Talmage during family scripture reading.  So cozy!

My cute family reading scriptures together.  I couldn't resist capturing this every day moment.

The next time Talmage had a bottle Aurora jumped at the opportunity to feed him.  She was thrilled!

We had a new temple in our area dedicated.  It was so great for us to get to watch the cultural celebration as a family the night before the dedication.  The girls loved it!  They especially loved dancing along with the music!

We all went to Kangaroo Zoo with some friends of ours to celebrate their daughter's birthday.  It was the first time we had been there.  The girls really enjoyed it!




March 20, 2016 - Footprint Tie
With each kid we have, I make a footprint tie for Darwin.  I surprised him with Aurora's when she was a baby but he has helped me with the others.  Darwin wears the kid's tie to work on their birthday and to church on the Sunday closest to their birthday.  It's a fun tradition we have.
Our little black-footed baby :)

Finished product - It's tricky to get a wiggly little foot centered on a tie just right so it's not perfect, but it works!

And of course after having your foot slopped with black paint, you need to have a bath!

And then some snuggle time with your oldest sister.


Talmage
And just for kicks, here are some pictures of our cute baby boy.
The flash was a little bright. Sorry kiddo!

This is one of my favorites :)

And this one too.  I just can't get enough of our handsome little man!

He looks a little dramatic here.  Maybe he'll be a good actor?

And we've started doing tummy time.  He's not a fan so far.


I already feel like he's growing up too fast!

Savannah is 3!

It's hard to believe our sweet Savannah is THREE!  Where has the time gone?

Savy's birthday was on Tuesday, just two weeks after Talmage was born.  I felt a bit guilty that it wasn't as great as I'd hoped it would be fore her, but with having a newborn baby we did the best we could.  She didn't seem to mind.

We let her open one present early.  It was from Grandma and Grandpa and we wanted them to see her open it so she got to open this one while they were here the weekend after Talmage came.

Daddy had to help her open the package and put it together.

Daddy joked that they got her a unicycle :)

But it was a pink Radio Flier tricycle!  She LOVES it!  She especially loves the bell on the handle bar :)

Riding the new bikes they got for their birthdays.

She's a pro already!

And just because...here's a shot of a honey bee.  Most likely one of Darwin's.


The big day!
The morning of her birthday, Savannah woke up to a giant stuffed horse on her bed!  She really loves horses right now.  We had also decorated her bedroom with ribbons and balloons and put streamers up in the kitchen over night while she was sleeping.  Decorating over night has become a fun tradition the girls really look forward to on their birthdays.  She ate her choice of breakfast, Nutella toast, and we just got to hang out around the house all day.
The girls watching a movie together, with Savy's new horse (which she named Graham Cracker).

The next two photos were taken by Savy:
Talmage and I both woke up with colds that morning.  I felt icky and Talmage just wanted to be held.

New pony!

Daddy came home from work with flowers for the birthday girl and me, and a big bouquet of balloons for our birthday girl too!

Our happy birthday girl with her new favorite horsey!

That evening was the caucus meeting, so Daddy was only able to be home with us for about a half hour before he had to leave again.  We decided to wait to do cake and ice cream because of our limited time with him that day.  Of course Graham Cracker had to sleep in Savy's bed with her that night :)

Aurora looked cute snuggling her baby while she was sleeping, so I had to get a shot of her too :)

And things wouldn't be complete now without a photo of our sweet baby boy sleeping too!


March 25, 2016 - Birthday Celebration!
We celebrated Savy's birthday on Friday.  Uncle Ryan and our Aussies came over to celebrate with us.
Such a happy girl!  She felt special in her Happy Birthday shirt :)

With our special birthday headband :)  She's such a cutie.

Savy got to help Daddy make her kit-kat birthday cake!


She's a goof ball. :)

Making her birthday wish!


Silly kid bit the wax off the bottom of the candle and swallowed it.  Oopsie!

Eating some yummy cake and ice cream!  Her cake was super rich!  She requested "a round, chocolate cake" so we made her one but it was chocolate cake with chocolate, chocolate chip frosting, kit-kat candy bars surrounding the outside with more chocolate candies on the top.  Death by chocolate! Haha!

Our cute girls :)

Then it was time for presents!  She opened the gift from our Aussies first.

They gave her a Frosen coloring book with markers and some of her very own jewelry!

We gave her Graham Cracker on her birthday and then at her party she also got a little Princess Belle doll and a Cinderella lego set.  Our girls love legos right now.

Aunt Georgiana sent her an animal lego set too.  She knows our Savy well!  Savy loves animals and she loves legos! :)

**Side note: After I took the picture above, Savannah said: "Thank you, Aunt Georgiana! I love you forever!"  Haha!  So cute!

Thanks to our Aussies and Uncle Ryan for coming over to celebrate with us!

Happy birthday, Sweet Savannah!
We're so glad you're in our family!
We love you!