first day...

this year is a big year for school for us. we will have a 2nd grader,  full day kindergartener and 4 day preschooler!! i can't believe that its gong to be just lydia and i at home. i guess now i have no excuse to not catch up on the laundry. i am actually a little sad to have summer over, but it is soooooo hot here and there is little that we can do with our sweet baby. it will be nice to get back to a routine.

it was so cute to see "the guys" getting ready for school (ceci calls anthony & wes "the guys"-its darling!). weston was a little nervous and anthony was the perfect big brother, being so protective and telling him all the AWESOME things about kindergarten. watching them walk up to school with their big backpacks was another crazy moment. i kept thinking to myself that my kids are getting tooo big tooo fast!

the first day of school is so exciting and fun...if there are no tears! unfortunately, we had some tears, but the tears were from cecily. she was so so sad that "the guys", were leaving her. she wanted to join them at school and play. it was the sweetest thing i ever saw. 

luckily cecily started preschool the next day. she was missing those guys. she goes monday - thursday for 3 hours a day. perfect for her &  i. she is so ready and so bored at home. when i dropped her off she said, "mom just leave k!" it was really funny. so sassy that one.

 little did she know...i was really excited to take her. :)

have a great school year!

blessed...

we feel so blessed to have this sweet new baby in our family. she has brought so much joy to our lives already. everyone just adores her, we all just want to kiss and snuggle her all day long.

while we were in utah, her amazing father gave lydia rue a name & a blessing at my moms house.  it was so wonderful and CRAZY to have all our family and friends join us for such a special event. it was a really special day and corbin gave her the most beautiful blessing. thanks to all our family and close friends that came. we love you all so much.

say cheese...

she is almost two weeks old and i wanted to get a picture of all my kiddos before she grew anymore. since my talented sister in law janelle isn't here in az to take lydia's newborn photos as she had done with all my rugrats like here and here, i attempted to take some pictures myself! i think it was a little bit of a bad idea...i'm no professional so they are what they are. 

{took some tips from this talented gal - sara}

of course the kids only lasted 2 mins before they started wrestling and being their crazy selfs so

 i gave up on the kid photo and just tried to take some photos of sweet lydia....she is the perfect model!

  

...lovin thos little piggies...

week 1...

kind of obsessed with this sweet thing

..doesn't do a lot of sleeping at night yet, but i'm still obsessed..

this guy...

even though it's his special day, he cooked dinner, cleaned the house, and took care of all the kids!
i am so lucky to have this guy as the father of my four kids.

{he did get a little nap today while holding his fathers day gift this year!}

happy fathers day corby. xo

meet our sweet lydia...

she is finally here & we are so in love.

meet our sweet new baby

lydia rue olsen
born june 14, 2001 at 12:23 pm
8lbs. 1oz. 21 inches

this is how it went...

...wow look at those cheeks...

...my biggest baby...i knew it...

...i was so so tired...

...nammy...

...yay for megs...she was such a life saver taking care of our kids...thanks you are the best...

..ceci is totally obsessed and it was so cute to see...

...first bath...

...loving her to pieces...

my last pregnancy...

i am finally having this baby tomorrow at 9am!

corbin says this is the biggest i have ever been...i agree...so we had to document. this pregnancy has been so different than any of the other 3. i don't know if it was because i was older, living away from family, chasing 3 kiddos around, or just because like is crazier.  whatever the reason...its my last pregnancy.

 i don't think i have ever been the type to post preggy pictures and these are just snap shots but thought they are hilarious because i am so gigantic

...don't judge...

this week i had my last ob appointment...yay no more weigh ins!
tonight i am going to have my last uncomfortable sleepless night on my back...i am a tummy sleeper.
my family will hopefully never have to worry about my crazy mood swings and lack of total patience for a extended period of 9 months.
i will never again crave to eat the laundry deteregent...i have a super iron deficiency.
food will finally taste good, the smells of foods that i used to love will not make me want to puke.

from now on i will finally have my body back. i hopefully will never have to watch my body grow in the oddest places and without any control. crossing my fingers, hoping that with hard work, i will always feel like myself, physically and emtionally.

with all that being said...i am a little sad too! knowing it is the last i know that...

tomorrow will be the last time i get to be in the hospital and enjoy the newborn baby experience.i love love love the hospital...kindof want to check in for a couple of weeks. plus i hear this hospital i'll deliver at in az is fabulous, it has room service!
this week will be the last time i bring a baby home from the hospital. i love the way our house feels when the new baby comes home. there is nothing better than having a new baby in your home.
i will never feel the sweet kicks and flutters of a growing baby.
this baby will be the last baby i will get to nurse, i get to nest, and do all things newborn.
i am just really sad that every milestone that this baby has will be our last.

i am super conflicted about this decision, but i know that for our family and for my sanity four is our magic number. i am going to just soak up every minute of this last experience of pregnancy and can't wait to see and meet this last baby. she is so special to us already. see ya later!