Lately...

I love all my girls!!! They really are just the sweetest kids and I am so thankful that God has given me these three little blessings!!!

Anna and Eliza love Abigail. They are in her face ALL the time. Every day I have to remind them to back up and give her some space. They love playing mommy and this is what I find...

Baby doll in the car seat.. Notice she has the baby's juice ready too :)

and the baby's are taking a nap...

I love listening to the girls play together especially when it comes to playing with their baby dolls. I hear phrases that I say about Abigail like she is fussy, oh no she spit up, look at this cute little face...It is just so funny and cute to hear them say this about their baby dolls.

Today's craft project

This summer the girls and I have loved doing crafts together. I love simple, easy, fun to do crafts. I got the dyed rice idea from my friend Leslie's blog. She home schools her boys and comes up with a lot of fun creative things to do with her kids. All you need to dye rice is plastic bags, rice, food coloring and hand sanitizer (so simple). You put the rice in the bag, add a little hand sanitizer and a couple drops of food coloring and mix it around. Voila, dyed rice. I drew a picture with glue on construction paper and the girls added the rice.

At the end they had fun mixing all the colored rice together. I got them some spoons and they pretended the were cooking in the kitchen. All around it was a fun afternoon with a fun activity.

The finished product. Then we saved the rest of the mixed rice to do more art work another day.

Operation no more pacifier...

Operation no more pacifier was a success!

It did take about 4 days for her to adjust, but we survived. It has now been about two weeks and she no longer asks for her pacifier. She seems a little more grown up to me. I had wanted to get rid of it earlier, but with a new baby coming and John leaving I thought it would be a little too much all at one time. Next we will be working on operation no more diapers for Eliza. I have been successful with Anna, but Eliza does not seem as interested. She will use the potty, but does not want to wear underwear. Anna was really into it. Eliza not so much. I bribe her with treats, toys and a special potty dance, but doesn't want any of these. I guess I just need to hold off and wait until she is ready...

Eliza sleeping peacefully with no paci.

Could we fit any more animals in the bed???

Our Saturday...

Along with really hot temps we have had some really rainy days....

I wanted to capture the puddles...ignore my flower beds. I would love to plant and garden...some day I will.

So crafts it is... cupcake baking cups glued on large popsicle sticks and you have flowers. We also used markers and stickers to decorate.

I am surprised how into crafts Anna is. They both are, but Anna can sit for a much longer time and work. She knows what she wants to do, has a plan, concentrates on her project and is meticulous about her work.

This is one of her flowers...

These are Eliza's flowers...

The flowers were a success.

2 months old

On July 14th Abigail turned 2 months. She is healthy and doing great. She is finally smiling! She has the cutest little smile! She weighs 11lbs 10oz and she is 22 1/2 inches.

I looked up how much the other girls weighed at their two month appointment...

Anna weighed 12lbs 8oz and she was 22 1/2 inches long too.

Eliza was 13 lbs 3 oz and she was 23 1/2 inches long.

Old pictures...

I got these pictures from my mom's camera. They are a little old, but I thought I would add them.

My precious ballerina's

This was back at Christmas. I feel like in just half a year they have already grown.

This was a family picture at Anna's birthday party back in November.

At the park back in the fall...I remember being sooo sick with Abigail, but we went to the park anyway.

Doll Baby

I know I am her mother, but I think this is the sweetest most beautiful little face. I am so blessed to have three of the most wonderful children.