Merry Christmas!

This has been an insane month for us but it was wonderful to have a very relaxing Christmas. We got up and Emily ran downstairs to see if Santa had come, which of course he had, and he brought with him a new Amazing McKayla doll. She was so excited! It was well worth the money but the doll is rather annoying, especially since Emily can't work her very well. Ally got a new rolling Dora suitcase which she loves, she likes to roll it all over the house filled with toys. She was funny because she opened one of 2 toys first and we would give her another present and she would only take one hand off of the toy guitar to open the other present so it took her forever to open her gifts. It worked in our favor that Emily wanted to help her!

One of the best parts of Christmas was that Mike made the entire dinner. I didn't cook a thing. He made prime rib, which is his specialty. He makes the best prime rib. He also helped in the cleanup afterwards so it was super easy.

After we got the girls to bed, Mike asked if I wanted to take all the decorations down, so since he was offering to help I agreed. It took almost no time and it is actually really nice to be done. The only sad part was that Emily was watching a movie and when she figured out what we were doing she sobbed. But Mike saved the day by putting up on the ceiling some of the glow in the dark stars she got for Christmas.

Overall this Christmas season was crazy but fun. It's so much better the more kids you have. I can't wait until all our girls really understand Christmas, there is nothing better than watching your kids really get into the excitment!

Oh The Drama!

Monday night, or should I say Tuesday morning, was very action packed for us. Around 1:15 Mike woke me out of a dead sleep screaming that the fire alarm was going off, he smelled smoke and to grab the girls. So I ran for Rylee and he grabbed the other two. We rushed outside, and for those of you not in Redding, it was very windy and rainy. Mike gave me the phone and told me to call 911 and he ran back in to try to find the source. It smelled like an electrical/plastic burning smell. The firemen arrive in FOUR trucks and EIGHT men, it was like the calvary had arrived. They spent about 20 minutes trying to find the source and one guy finally pulled out the fridge. It seems as though our fridge had caught on fire from the compressor and luckily had put itself out quickly. We would have never looked under there and who knows how long we would have kept it plugged in.

Emily and Rylee seemed tired and bored while Ally was crying at first. She kept standing at the door and in a pitiful voice would say, "I scare" meaning scared! It was so cute! My parents showed up just in case they made us leave but that wasn't neccessary. Everyone left around 3:15 but Mike and I got almost no sleep as the adrenaline kicked in and didn't go away. Emily got to share at group time what happened and everyone was in awe, she was pretty excited about that! So we ended up with a new fridge, not something we were hoping to get to buy, but it's nice and I love it.

On another side note, Emily's favorite phrase from school is, "you get what you get and you don't throw a fit". She also wants an Amazing Mckayla REALLY bad. She reminds me of that kid from A Christmas Story who wanted a red rider bb gun so bad and knew everything about it. That's how Em is with the doll. But the doll is not cheap and if you know my girls, they aren't doll girls. That's what she asked Santa for.

So today I asked her if Santa couldn't afford an Amazing McKayla what would she like instead? She said, "nothing, you get what you get and you don't throw a fit. And I want to get an Amazing McKayla, it will be downstairs when I wake up mommy." So bascially, she won't throw a fit when she gets what she wants! LOL! What's a parent to do? I told Mike we have two choices, explain Santa to Emily or bite the bullet and get an Amazing McKayla! Mike's a sucker for her, I'm sure she'll end up with an Amazing McKayla.

Ry's new toy!

This is Rylee's new toy, she loves playing in it. She really likes being upright and watching what is going on. I was so excited because the pink one was the best price so Mike finally let me get something pink other than clothes. I've wanted a pink stroller, pink car seat, pink bouncer, etc. but Mike said if he has to carry her around he would rather not have to carry pink pink pink. I guess I can't blame him since he's been surrounded by pink with all the girls we have. Anyway, I got some cute pictures of her playing and thought you would enjoy them!

All 3 at 4 months...who's who?

I love to compare pictures of my girls at certain stages along with their growth. So usually after a doctors appointment after I write in that childs height/weight, I usually pull out the other books to see what the other girls were. Might sound dumb and pointless but I think it's fun to remember! At 4 mo. Emily weighed in at 13lbs. 6oz. and was 25.5 inches. Allyson was my chunker at 14lbs. 8oz. and 26 inches. And Rylee was 12 lbs. 0oz. 25 1/4 inches. So Height wise, they were all similar. What's funny is Ally was actually weighed 12lbs 4oz. at 2 months, no wonder she seemed to fly by the newborn stage. It was so depressing, especially since Bella was so small! I hope you all have fun figuring out who was who, they aren't in any order. They all have one thing in common for sure...they all need some hair!

Rylee Is 4 Months!

Rylee will be four months on Saturday so we went and had her four month checkup today. She weighed in at 12 lbs. 0oz. and was 25 1/4 inches long. My girls are tall and skinny. She's 25-30th percentile in weight but 70th in height. She is looking more and more like Emily every day, I think if we want to know what she'll look like we'll just have to look at Em and we'll know. It's funny because not only does she look like her but they are similar weight and height. If we had a fourth would they be like Ally? I guess we'll never know!

Rylee had her shots too, she didn't like those! It was funny because the nurse always feels so terrible so after a few seconds of comforting her I let the nurse hold her so she would feel better. And if a four month old could hold her arms out and reach for their mom, then Rylee did that. It was crazy. She started screaming again, turned locked onto my eyes, put her hands out and lunged forward. It was so cute! She just wanted mommy, I felt bad for the nurse though, she's really sweet. And I love all of them there, the other nurse took Allyson on a walk while the shots were being given so she wouldn't be scared.

Allyson also saw the doctor today for her constant runny nose. I wanted to make sure she didn't have a sinus problem. Unfortunately we found that she is a happy, healthy almost 2 year old who is just going to be prone to drippy noses. Lucky me.

Blue Eyes

I love this picture, it makes her eyes look so blue! To see a true view click on it to enlarge! I'm sure she has a pretty little mouth too, we just never get to see it as she always has her fingers stuffed in there!