You&Me + Three!: October 2015

Weekend of fun.

One thing that I'll never get used to or enjoy is my sweet husband having to work on Saturdays. We hate it. But that means we usually have him at home one day during the week, which is nice..

Since Daddy was working on Saturday it was up to me to bring all three kids on an adventure after Karleigh's ballet class.

I'm not going to lie, when we first brought Leighton home if you would have mentioned me bringing all three kids out on my own I probably would have cried. But now, it's just our life. 95% of the time it's not an issue. Leighton is such a good baby, she sleeps most of the day and hardly ever makes a peep.

Well after ballet we made a picnic and headed off to the park! The kids had such a great time eating outside and enjoying the light breeze. It was a beautiful day. We looked for ducks and chased each other. It was such a fun time.

After our picnic we headed to the fire department for a friend's birthday party! {HAPPY THIRD BIRTHDAY ETHAN!} The kids had so much fun playing with their friends and exploring the fire station. Leighton, of course, slept the entire time like a little angel. (I couldn't have asked for an easier baby) Emmett was so excited he got to spray the fire hose and get on the fire truck.

It was such a fun day with minimal melt downs and lots laughs. Definitely not worth any of the anxiety I ever felt about bringing all three out by myself.

Sunday's are my favorite days! Justin is off and it's our family day! This particular Sunday was spent relaxing together and cuddling before we set off to the mullet festival. Leighton was, yet again, a doll. She slept in the ergo the entire time and woke only for a quick nursing session. {dream baby}

Karleigh and Emmett were so much fun. We took them to the death traps, I mean carnival rides... They had a blast. We walked around and ate greasy food and ice cream.. Everyone had a great time..

What made it even better was getting to spend the day with both of our moms as well.. It happened to be my moms birthday! (Which we will be celebrating for real this week!)

My favorite part of the day though, was coming home and listening to our giggle monsters play together. Cuddling with my favorite person in the entire world and watching our fall TV shows. I'm blessed beyond words to be married to Justin. He's everything.

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Sunday Funday

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First doctor visit.

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Life with a newborn

I had forgotten how cuddley and sweet newborn babies are!! Our hospital stay was so wonderful. The nurses were all very sweet and took such great care of us. Leighton was the sleepiest girl and hardly fussed at all. She also nurses like a champ! She lost 5% of her body weight and was already starting to gain a bit back.

We celebrated my 26th birthday the day after Leighton was born. There was cake and lots of visitors but they weren't for me. ;) it was a low key birthday but I got the greatest gift. <3 my sweet girl.

Aside from Justin having to work quite a bit while we were in the hospital it was a great experience. I never understood why moms don't like the hospital stay after baby. I'd stay a few more days of I could.

We got to take our precious Leighton Grace home on September 26. It was such a beautiful day outside.. As was the drive home. She's so calm and peaceful. We ran our errands as quickly as we could and we're off to our big kids. They were jumping with excitement to have us and baby home with them.

Justin's Mawmaw stayed with us the first few days, it was an absolute blessing to have her there helping with the big kids and cooking and cleaning. I'm not sure what we would have done without her. Especially when justin had to go to work Monday. I wanted to cry as she left on Tuesday. The kids LOVED having her with us as well.

Tuesday was the moment of truth. Our first day alone. The kids & I. It wasn't bad though. My sweet littles saw that mommy needed to take it easy and were so good. Really I have no complaints. They're such good kids. For the last week we've taken it easy and eased into more activities. I haven't ventured to leave the house alone with all three just yet but I'm not worried about when I do. Leighton loves the carrier and Emmett will use a stroller. We hit a jackpot with these three sweethearts. The only thing they give us real trouble with is bedtime. :| they don't like to nap (which is fine, they don't act up and they do rest) but bedtime, it's impossible to just lay them down to go to sleep. We've tried everything. We're working on a new routine and I think it might finally work. {consistency}

I feel so blessed to have this little family of mine. I have to brag on Justin. He's such a great dad. He works SO MUCH but he never once complains when he gets home, he just does what needs to be done. Bathing the kids, reading stories, cleaning up dinner.. I rarely have to even ask. He's everything. <3

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