Baby gets his own post.

Asa is 10 weeks old now and doing great. He is very pleasant most of the time. 

This picture is blurry, but I think it still gets the point across.

(Asa's hair just does that. I've tried to tame it. There is no use.)

Summertime!

Its been hot here for the a few weeks now and we have been busy enjoying summer...

New pool!

Planting some flowers in the yard. I have avid flower pickers. Its almost hard to keep up. 

Grammie sent some fun things in the mail, including a magnifine glass plastic and some "noculars." It was kind of perfect timing. We had recently discovered that one of our bushes was covered in aphids. So we got ourselves a carton of ladybugs. If you've never done it, I highly suggest it. Super fun and our bush is now aphid-free and thriving. 

Not sure what he is looking at, since obviously a bird would never land that close to him. 

War paint.

Chatting with little brother.

Pasta sauce + Ice cream + Uri

We are not here to waste icecream.

We recently went to a nearby park with a splashpad. Great park, warm day. My kids did a lot of hydrating. 

Josie really liked the water. Uri and his buddy Jack enjoyed it from a distance. Good thing I got Uri water shoes just before this...heh. 

 Uri did take good care of Asa while we were there. He would even occasionally stop playing on the playground to check on him. So sweet. 

Obviously, I need to take more pictures of the baby. What can I say? Its not easy to wield a camera and manage 3 kids. I need that extra hand. 

Sometimes I bug my husband at work

me: Remember when we used to get bored sometimes?

11:21 AM haha

 Tom: hahahahaa

  oh man

  that's funny

 me: I know, right.

 Tom: i wanna be bored

 me: Me too!!

11:23 AM Josie is building something with all the toy bins in the living room...

  which means all the toy bins are now empty.

11:24 AM Tom: :)

11:25 AM me: oh, and I just dicovered what the beeping sound was earlier today....the microwave.

  stepstool is going outside

11:26 AM Tom: hahahaha

  oh dear

WHAT. A. MONTH. (and a half)

My last post was a week and a half before our due date. Totally assumed birth would happen any day, THEN. Sweet baby hung in another 10 after he was due. There was fetal monitoring and crankiness involved, but in the end I was glad we stuck to our guns and let him go as long as he needed.

June 8th we had our sweet Asa Benjamin. 9 lbs 1oz. Right on time. :)

He is wonderful. His birth was quick and uncomplicated. So far, he is pretty pleasant. At his 6 week checkup he weighted 11 lbs 4oz. :)


My parents arrived 13 hours after his birth to take care of us for 10 days. They're presence was a huge blessing to us and we were very well cared for.


Laced in and amongst all the overdue-birth-newborn events, we moved. To the house right next door, thankfully, but still. Phew. Exhausting. Word of advice: If given the choice, don't move 2 weeks after giving birth. They tell you to "take it easy" for a reason. Heh.


Then there was unpacking, putting away, adjusting. Then we all came down with a nasty summer cold.


Tom's Mom and Marty came into town and helped with the last bit of unpacking, shelf-hanging, etc. That and grandbaby snuggling and playing and letting me get some much needed naps. They jumped right into our craziness and were such a huge help. I am so thankful.


The older two kids have done really well, all things considered. They are loving their new house and yard especially. (we are now in a 3 bedroom with a bigger yard ). Uri had a little bit of adjustment, but now both kids seem to really like the baby, which is awesome.

Tom's Dad and Norma were also in town this last week. We were able to get out to the beach one day, which was really fun. Aside from that we mostly just relaxed, hung out and ate at a couple favorite restaurants.

This week we are laying low again. I am finding that sometimes its best to just take it easy and do normal stuff, like play. Unlike when I went from one kid to two, I haven't hesitated to take all three kids places on my own. In that way, this phase has been nice, although there have been a couple times when I've stepped back and said, "What was I thinking?!? We should have stayed home!" Ha.

Oh, and Tom is working a lot right now. He is on the final leg of a very big project. Its extremely exciting (more later) but very time consuming. Thankfully he doesn't work far and is home for dinner most nights.

Spring!

Sorry for the lack of posts. (I realize I say this every time. Whatever.)


What have we been up to? Mostly normal life, hanging out, soaking up family time before baby #3 arrives and life gets crazy and sleep-deprived again.


We did take a quick trip to NJ for my brother Brian's wedding. It was great to see everyone, a busy week, but a lot of fun. Josie was a flower girl - also a lot of fun.

She LOVED her princess dress. She may have cried a little when my aunt took it one night for altering. 

This is Uri in a tie.

I know, I can't stand it either. Possibly the cutest thing on planet earth. EVER.

This is Uri without his tie, hmmmm, or pants. We don't wear a lot of pants around here after naptime. Who needs them anyway?

One thing about Uri, he is a boy of few words (ball, bubbles, shoe, spoon) but he he makes up for that with expression. Just wait....

We went to a GREAT children's museum while we were in NJ. Not crowded at all, which was perfect. Lots of stuff appropriate for little guys like ours. This is Josie digging for dinosaur bones. 

This is Uri delivering the evening news. 

Back in CA (I am choosing not to blog about the plane trip back because I am hoping that memory fades with time...yikes). 


We recently went to The Discovery Science Center with a friend  and her 2 kids. Geared a bit more for older kids and with plenty of school groups where, it was still a lot of fun. 

Giant pin-board. 

And yes, I use a monkey leash. :)

There was a great Dora the Explorer exhibit, which the kids loved. Josie has never watched Dora, but there is enough marketing out there that she is in love. 

Since gymnastics has ended Josie and I have been trying to still get out on Saturday mornings for some girl time. One morning recently we went to the farmers market and got some flowers...

I told ya. 

My boys. I can't wait to add another one. Hopefully I won't have time to blog again before that happens. We are due in a week and a half. Yay!!

Grammie's Visit

Tom's mom was out for a week to hang out and soak up her grandbabies. Such a treat. 

 We went to a local zoo and saw some animal statues. (And some monkeys, an ant-eater and 2 birds. I am only partially joking - the zoo was lacking in the animal department.) But it was a fun little outing. 

They also had a carousel, one of Josie's favorite things. 

Grammie took this picture. I can't stand how cute this boy is. 

We went to the Beachcomber Cafe and then played in the sand for a while. So fun. 

We are always sad when Grammie has to leave. She is so fun (and helpful, holy cow the laundry was caught up) and we can't wait until we can see her again. We love you Grammie! 

Uri's Party!

We celebrated Uri's birthday with a few close friends a couple weeks ago...

Thank you so everyone who shared this day with us!