Spring Break Week

With a new baby at our house, spring break was pretty low-key this year,  but it was perfect!

General Conference
Spring break started off with General Conference weekend.  It's one of my favorite times of the year when we get to listen to a true prophet and other leaders for two whole days!

It was fun for all of us to snuggle up and get cozy together!

My cute boys :)

Aurora drew this awesome bee on the iPad

And Daddy made bunny-bum pancakes for breakfast because we didn't get them made for Easter.

Savy getting some snuggle time in with Talmage

Rori being silly with her banana muffin

Our sweet little Tally-man having a snooze in his swing.


Working in the Garden
Because we're living at Grandma and Grandpa's house right now, it was easier for us to get the garden planted earlier this year.  The weather during spring break was perfect for getting the garden started!  Darwin and the girls furrowed one day and then planted a couple days later.  I helped by taking care of Talmage and played the role of supervisor :)

We have LOTS of Box Elder Bugs right now.  The girls were scared of them at first and then became fascinated with them.

Bug watching :)

Our hard working Daddy furrowing the garden!

Rori with the hose :)

We took advantage of the warmer weather and roasted hot dogs for the first time this year.

It was a little chilly so I bundled up Talmage.

The girls loved that we let them roast their own hot dogs and marshmallows.  They did great!


Enjoying their s'mores!

Cuties relaxing in the chairs they got for Christmas

Organizing seeds for planting!

Both girls were very excited to help put the seeds in the ground and they were both awesome helpers!

Watching Daddy so they would know what to do.

Aurora was our little perfectionist.  She wanted to make sure she had them spaced out perfectly.  I had to keep reassuring her that she was doing a great job and to not worry about the spacing so much.

Planting delicious peas!

Savy did a great job too!  She was a little faster with getting her row done because she wasn't as concerned about the spacing of the seeds as much, and she had some help from Daddy.


After they got all the seeds in the ground, it was time to lay out the soaker hoses.

Aurora was a great helper and told us she wants to be a "hose worker" when she grows up :)

She got bored after a while and decided it was more fun to play in the dirt with Savannah.

It's been fun to watch the veggie plants poke up out of the ground over the last few weeks.  We can't wait to eat them when they're ready!

4.8.16 - 1 month old!

Time is flying way too fast and this little boy of ours is getting so big already!

Talmage at 4 weeks

I took him in for his two week appointment and we don't go back until he's two months, so here are Talmage's 2 week stats:
Weight: 8 lbs 6.5 oz (49%)
Length: 20.5 inches (43%)
Head: 35 cm (22%)

Our handsome little man.  I can't believe he's a month old already!



He sleeps with his hand by his chin a lot.  I think it's cute :)

Sleeping in his swing

He's so cute!

Talmage and I went to Sacrament meeting last Sunday.  He looked so handsome and he slept the whole time :)

Starting to smile a tiny bit!

Talmage at 1 month old:

-He's already on a pretty routine/fairly predictable schedule.

-He eats about every three hours during the day and wants to eat about every four hours at night.

-He's our best eater so far.

-He prefers to nurse over eating from a bottle, but he takes a bottle okay.

-Talmage has acid reflux and spits up a lot. We've started him on some medication that seems to help him not feel so uncomfortable.

-He only takes a binky occasionally and it takes some convincing for him to take it. 

-He tolerates his sisters holding him but prefers to be held by Mom or Dad.

-He loves to  be held and snuggled but likes it best if we stand up and/or walk around with him when he's tired.

-He has already grown out of his newborn sized clothes and we're putting him in size 1 diapers already too.

-Talmage does okay on car rides but he really only likes his car seat if it's in motion.

-So far, he doesn't really like bath time.

-He has his Daddy's beautiful blue eyes :)

-He is already holding his head up really well!

-He hardly ever cries.

-Talmage is such a great baby!  He's super mellow and he's such a joy to have around.

We're so happy you're in our family, Talmage!

Nastassia Day!

Believe it or not, it has been 4 years since Nastassia was born.  In some ways, it feels like it was yesterday.  Not a day goes by that I don't think about her still.  There are so many things that happen in our everyday lives that remind me of her and I long to be with her again some day!

We were so lucky to have Daddy home with us all day for Nastassia Day again this year because he was home for spring break.  We packed up a yummy lunch and took the girls to a park to play for a while.

After lunch, they played with the bubble wands they got for Easter

Happy girls! :)

Savy -  just hanging out!

Climbing up a slide

It made me a little nervous to watch her climb up this ladder, but she did it just fine.

Silly kid wanted to sit in the baby swing, probably because it was the only one available at the time.

Aurora stayed on the swing for a long time.  She's working on learning how to pump her legs.

Balancing!

She made a new friend who followed her around the playground for a while.

Savy running through the grass

We stayed at the park for a couple of hours and then came home to make cupcakes to honor Nastassia's birthday.

We sang "Happy Birthday" to her

And the girls got to blow out some candles for her too.

This is Nastassia's nectarine tree in the back yard.  The blossoms looked so beautiful!

It's always nice to take a family day and set it aside to honor our little angel baby.  She is in our hearts every single day.

We love you, Nastassia Grace!