Sleepover!

Kay loved packing her suitcase to have a sleepover with Grandma. Craig and I loved having some one on one time with Marissa.

Five under 5 = One busy House!

We celebrated Easter at my brother's house.  Between our two families we have five kids under the age of five right now.  Charlie (age 4), Kay (age 3), Natalie (age 2), Darby (age 10 months), Marissa (age 5 months). Both girls are wearing Easter dresses my mom made for me when I was little.  We were not able to get together on Grandma's 60th birthday so we celebrated over the weekend.  The kids had a blast dying Easter eggs (complete with old t-shirts from Uncle Scott).  A few of them survived after being dropped onto the ground repeatedly!  The Easter Egg hunt was also a big hit.  Charlie found the "golden egg".  Good thing as he talked about it all weekend leading up to the hunt.  The littles (Darby and Marissa) enjoyed watching the chaos from the sidelines. 

Craig took Friday off work so we could spend some extra time as a family.  A 4.5 hour drive turned into a 8 hour drive after having to stop at urgent care for Kay.  She was not acting herself and by about 10 am on the drive she said her "ear hurt".  She quickly got worse so we took her to urgent care before the holiday shut everything down.  Poor girl had a double ear infection.  One of her ears ended up rupturing on Saturday and she started to feel much better once the pressure was down.  Craig and I have done a lot of traveling with kids and one thing we can say for sure... it is ALWAYS exciting.  You never know what to expect each trip.

Marissa is 4 Months Old!

Kay wanted to help put on Marissa's sticker (why it is sideways) this time.  As I type this, Marissa is almost five months (oops! a little behind).  Marissa got the "ok" to go to bottle bootcamp so she spent the day with Grandma.  17 hours later and she had still not taken more than a few ounces.  We have FAILED again at the bottle.  The night after spending the day with Grandma she was up ALL night eating because she was so hungry.  At her four month doctor appointment Marissa was:

Weight:  12 pounds 4 oz (15%)

Height: 25.4 inches (50%)

Head: 39.9 cm (25%)

Craig had to travel for work and I had both girls on my own for the first time.  A couple of the days, I had friends in town which helped.  Marissa took her first road trip with me.  We had a "child-free" baby shower for one of my friends in Charlotte.  Marissa joined in the fun because she would not take a bottle.  She has learned how to squeal and does it all the time now!  Very cute!  As a second kid she gets dragged along on Kay's schedule.  She hardly ever gets to nap in her crib because I always have to wake her up to drop off/pick up Kay.  She is good at catching a snooze anywhere!

Friends...

I had some of my college friends in town for a baby shower.  Lindsay is expecting a little boy in a few months. We hung out at our house for a few days and then headed to Charlotte to throw her a shower. Kay had a blast showing Will all of her toys.

519 Easter Egg Hunt...

Kay and her friends Grabre and James enjoyed the Easter Egg hunt at our church.  It was freezing cold, but the kids still had fun!

Marissa meets Great Aunt Pat...

Aunt Pat was very sweet and brought us dinner and ice cream.  Marissa and Kay loved getting snuggles!

Daddy and his little girls...