Ruby's Appt

With the Ortho team at Children's today at 3pm!  Praying we can get a plan in place...soon!  Miss thing is busy crawling (July 10th) and pulling up on furniture.....I"d like to take care of the surgery soon so that it doesn't slow her down too much.
Will update after!

Red, White and Boom 2012

Starting off the day at the Parade....they had a blast even though it was unbeleviably HOT!!!

This serious little guy, he was SO hot!!!

With our amazing au pair

Me and my 3 little firecrackers! Love them so much!!!

My sister and her 3 little firecrackers as well!!!

HOT little guy, cooling off with some water

Always smiling

Red faces  at the park, closing down a wonderful day!

It was a VERY Mickey/Minnie Clubhouse! The twins turned two and we had a BIG bash to celebrate! Pics below!

New Room

So along with our big house project, we did a little musical rooms. Ruby moved into the twins old room, the twins moved into our old room and Blake and I got our new room in the addition. We changed a little bit in Ruby's room....but not much. The twins room.......Ugh what a sad sight it was. I just didn't know what to do. I think eventually it will be the girls room.....but I'm in no rush to switch the kids around again and if anything, I'll move Ruby into the room with them. So priority was to keep it gender neutral. I LOVED sharing a room with my sister growing up and in 5th grade, when we moved and we got our own rooms.....she snuck into my room our first night "alone". Anyway, I love thinking of the kids laying in their cribs (because I plan to keep them in cribs FOREVER) and talking and laughing together. Hudson sleeps through Harper's singing....every single day. This girl doesn't need sleep (or so she thinks) so she goes down for naptime and talks to her babies, sings, talks to the air....just jabbers on for 2 hours while he snoozes. I think Ruby will be a sleeper like her brother, and I think it's great that they can sleep through the chaos around them. Anyway, we decided the room needed a temporary fix. So we got busy. We painted a chalkboard wall, Ivonne and her friend Erika stenciled on the letters.....and the rest were just minor touches. It's not much.....but it's definitely more "kid" friendly now!

Ruby is 6 months old!

Dear sweet Ruby, WHY are you growing so fast??? Seriously, time is flying by faster than I can say. Baby girl is already 1/2 a year old. Unreal. A quick recap of jolly Ruby girl 6 Month Check Up 19lbs 11oz (98% percentile) 27in (99% percentile) Head was off the charts, but can't remember the circumference. Skills Sits on her own Rolls and rolls and rolls Can grab at small objects and trade from hand to hand. Loves to find her paci and flip it around into the right position then pop it into her mouth. Loves Bath time. Kicks when she sees the tub because she is so excited! Once in the water, she kicks and splashes around like crazy. Not being swaddled. We stopped swaddling around 5 months and now she's a free girl. Going in to get her in the morning is a joy, she's kicking her chubby legs like crazy but it's also so funny to see which direction she's squiggled herself into. Food. She loves most fruit (baby food), bananas (in that mesh snack thing), and her big 9 oz bottles. Life. She's just so happy. She loves being sung to, tickled, snuggled, kissed. She rarely ever cries. I am just so in love with this child!!! Hates Strangers. No, not really. But she does have bouts of stranger danger already. We're trying to get her out more so she sees more faces. Here are few pics of the sweetie. I can't believe a half of a year has already passed!!!

Hablas Espanol?

So....the kids are really picking up Spanish. It's totally nuts.....but because this blog USED to be a place where I'd document all things and has lately just been collecting dust.....I am going to record their adventures in learning Spanish. Ivonne can't be a part of their lives forever....unfortunately. I think we've convinced her to stay another year with us. I pray that is the case anyway. We will keep the kids immersed in Spanish always.....so this is the start of their learnings. :-)

Words learned since Ivonne arrived on Oct 21st, 2011
Agua- Water
Pan- Bread
Uvas- grapes
Leche- Milk
Fruta- fruit
Pajaro- Bird
Elefante- Elephant
Boca- Mouth
Cabeza- Head
Ojitos- Eyes
Orejas- Ears
Dientes- Teeth
Manos- Hands
Pies- Feet
Nariz- Nose
Chichi- pee pee
Cuantos Anos Tienes?- How old are you?
Como te llamas?- What is your name?

Somebody Pinch Me...

That's what way I feel these days.
Seriously.
Yep, I'm sleep deprived b/c Ruby girl is going through a little phase of waking a TON at night.
And yes, we've entered the terrible two's where both say "uppy" all day long wanting to be held OR have a meltdown over the teeniest little thing (Hello, how could I put water in THIS cup not THAT cup and without ice? Ugh, the little specifics)

BUT.....the pure JOY of being a mom, and not just a mom to any children but to MY 3 children is overwhelming.
They are so incredible.
Little people that Blake and I get to wake up to each day. Smiley Ruby, cuddly Hudson and chatty Harper. I'm greeted literally EVERY MORNING with the biggest hug from Hudson as he wraps his arms tightly around my neck when I lift him out of his crib. Harper quickly scrambles to her feet and says "Good Mornin, Good Mornin". And Ruby, sweet Ruby is usually all smiles with her chubby face poking out of her tighly swaddled body.
We have been so incredibly blessed with our au pair, Ivonne. I'm not convinced that she is real. She seriously just laughs and shrugs off the meltdowns the twins have or the fit Ruby has...she just seriously fits into our family and makes us so happy.

Yes, there are days when we collapse on the couch after putting all 3 in bed and look at each other in disbelief. They are exhausting. And we do get frustrated. But overall, above everything I feel like I'm the luckiest woman alive. I do feel like I need to be pinched...this is really MY life!