Happy Birthday!!!

Carlie and Claire turned 5 today!!

This morning I got up early and made their favorite breakfast. Pancakes and sausage!

The girls got to pick a few toys out from Target with their Birthday money from Grandma and Grandpa Tine!

I can not believe my girls are 5! I just love my baby girls! Although, they arent really babies anymore! Since their birthday falls on a school day this year, we are celebrating their special day this weekend!  Happy Birthday big girls! We love you!!

1st day of Kindergarten!!!

Claire and Carlie started Kindergarten today!! They were SO excited leaving the house, and driving up to the school!

When we got the girls backpacks in line, Claire asked if she could go run and play. Carlie stayed back for a while, then went on to play with Claire.

Once all the kids started lining up, Carlie got a little scared. She started to cry a little, and said "I've never been to Kindergarten before! I dont know what to do!"  It was SO sad! She was SO nervous! She was still crying a little when the class started walking into class. I was worried that she wouldnt stop crying, but then I have to remember that Carlie is VERY outgoing, and she would probably make a friend pretty quickly.

After school, Papa was able to meet Aaron and I at the school, and pick up the girls with us! They were SO excited to see him!!

Once we started heading back to the car, Carlie asked if she could come back tomorrow!! She ended up LOVING school! Both girls really like school and are looking forward to going back everyday!

There are 35 kids in their class, and 3 sets of twins!!!

Build A Bear

Tomorrow Claire and  Carlie turn FIVE!! Since they start school tomorrow (long story short: finding out where you are moving a week before school starts + registering at a brand new school = late registration/ starting school a day late) We decided to take the girls to Build A Bear today rather than tomorrow!

After Build a Bear the girls got to pick where we had lunch, and they chose Panda Express!

Picture Overload

 Here are a ton of pictures of  the last few weeks!

Claire loves holding Colton now!

 Claire and Carlie got invited to a friends Birthday party, and got these cute sunglasses!

This is Aaron trying to get a burp out of Colton. He gets BAD bubbles in his tummy if I have chocolate. Its pretty sad. And that weekend I had a LOT of chocolate.

Last weekend my sister Keri and her fiance Joey were in town. We spent a LOT of time together. Most nights we were up well after midnight. I let the girls stay up late, and Carlie fell asleep at the table while we were playing Ticket to Ride. That game is a TON OF FUN!

Picture on the left is Colton being super fussy because of a gas bubble (darn you chocolate. i've stopped eating it now) Picture on the right is after he burped and spit up! He was sooo much happier!

I'll go into more detail about this picture later, BUT the girls will be spending a lot more time playing out here!

Joey and Keri taking turns holding Colton. I dont think Colton was put down at all while they were in town! Spoiled little baby! (just kidding. I dont think you can spoil an infant!)

Colton man is starting to smile!! I just love it!

Life with 3

When I was pregnant, I totally thought having a large gap between the girls and Colton would mean having a newborn would be easy. I was wrong. Yes, Claire and Carlie help out (getting diapers, bringing me things while nursing, giving Colton his binky that he doesnt even like anyway in his mouth while we are in the car) But, the girls have totally stopped listening to me. They take advantage of me nursing Colton. They know that while im feeding him, they can pretty much get away with anything, because im sitting down for a good 20 minutes to an hour. They refuse to clean up. And that is my main complaint. I feel like my house is constantly dirty. Toys everywhere. (and that is why I finally decided to put all the girls toys away - in time out) 

It takes a good hour to get out of the house to go anywhere. I have to make sure the girls are ready, make sure the diaper bag has everything it needs, make sure Colton is fed and has a clean diaper. In most cases, Colton will poop right when I put him in his car seat.  It just takes forever to get out of the house!

Most days I feel like I have NO control over my house hold. I hate that feeling. 

Not everything is bad though.  Claire and Carlie do a GREAT job of entertaining themselves while im feeding Colton. Colton is an EASY baby. He eats, burps, poops and sleeps. He rarely cries, and eats like a champ. Aaron helps out a TON when he is home. (he isnt home a lot, working close to 40 hours at Bellagio, and running the detailing business).

I guess im saying, having 3 kids isnt as easy as I thought, but it could be worse!

No Moms Allowed

Yesterday, I asked Claire and Carlie to pick up their toys, SEVERAL times. I was nursing Colton, so I wasn't able to over see the cleaning up. After I was finished feeding Colton, I went to see how the cleaning up was going, and the girls hadn't picked up a single toy. So, I picked up every single toy/doll house/littlest pet shop and put them ALL in the garage. The girls have NO toys as of right now.  After I put everything away, Claire drew this lovely little picture. She told me it says "No Moms Allowed"    She sure is funny!

4 Weeks

Colton is 4 weeks old!
He sleeps 3-4 hours at night.
Probably weighs over 10lbs now!
Almost smiles
Likes to hold his head up when you hold him up on your shoulder
Doesnt really fit in newborn clothes anymore. The red outfit he's wearing in those pictures are 3 month.

3 Weeks

Oh how the time flies! Colton is already 3 weeks old! Im not sure how much he weighs, but he is definitely packing on the pounds! (probably more like ounces)

Claire FINALLY decided Colton was ok to hold on her own! She kept saying that after she was 5 she would hold him. But I finally talked her into doing it NOW! He wasnt so happy about it, but Claire looks pretty happy if you ask me!

Colton LOVES napping on my bed in the mornings. This is usually after our 6 am feeding. He loves having his hands up by his face.

Colton also started taking a binkie. Well, kind of. This one works the best for him though. We tried 4 different kinds, and this is the only one he wont spit out right away or gag on. He still doesn't love it though. He will suck on it for a few minutes, then once he's asleep or 'pacified' he spits it out.

Colton spends more time awake, and we love it!

He hasnt given us a REAL smile yet, but im sure he will in the next few weeks. We've been putting him on his tummy a bit more, because he is always lifting his head up while he's on my shoulder. He can lift it up, and turn it so he's looking the other way.

A few other random bits:

His umbilical cord fell off on Saturday.

He still nurses really well.

He still sleeps really well at night. Usually about 3-4 hours at a time.

I think he has a favorite blanket to be swaddled in. He doesn't HAVE to be swaddled, but if he is, he prefers a certain blanket I think! It will probably end up being his 'blanky'.

Ssssnake!

(Sorry Facebook friends that have already seen this picture!)

Claire and Carlie were playing up the street a little and found this dead snake. Its a baby King Snake (according to my neighbor) Claire brought it down to where I was so I could see it. Ewww!!