first week - janell

Here's a few from her first week:

wonder what's going through her head

there was a lot of sister holdin' goin' on

sweet baby girl

happy big sisters

take a picture of us with janell!

kisses for janell

and more kisses

hannah likes taking pictures

kissable cheeks

She was cooing for awhile until I got the video started.

Just doin' my job

Hannah informed me today that she doesn't like moms like me and that she's going to quit me when she's 6 (quit being my kid). She's mentioned before that she's not my friend, either.

Woo-hoo! Confirmation that I'm doing my job as a parent.

Now if she'd just learn from the discipline....

July 2014

Howdy-

Guess everyone knows the big July news for this household. Janell Fay was born 7-26 @ 11:45 am, barely waiting for the doctor to arrive. She weighed in at 8 lb 5 oz and was 20 1/2". Both big sisters are pretty excited, wanting to hold her multiple times a day. Hannah will hold her for quite a while, until she starts fussing or fills her diaper and then she's ready for someone to come and get her. Nicole will hold her for a short while and then is done holding her and then wants to hold her again shortly afterwards. Janell is a really good baby; likes to sleep, especially if someone is holding her. :) There's nothing like baby snuggles though. We don't hear much outta her unless she's hungry or getting changed, but she's slowly getting used to that. Somehow we won the baby lottery again. Rodney's feeling a bit outnumbered though. :)

July was also our haying month. Rodney had six different places to hay. This year went pretty good, some showers came through that stretched the haying season out, but Rodney was able to get it wrapped up before Janell was born. Girls enjoyed all the picnics at the hayfield. They were bummed when we ate at home. Pretty soon they'll be taking over the haying business. :)

'Til next time-

Rodney, Amanda, Hannah, Nicole and Janell

Misc July photos:

front row seats to an exclusive concert

pool fun

monkey see - monkey do

hayin' season

maybe they do like each other

rebuilding fence

helpin' dad

It's a ....

.... GIRL!!!

We've been tickled pink once again and Daddy's feeling a bit outnumbered, but we're all excited to welcome Janell Fay into our family!

Saturday morning (7-26) rolled around and things were happening. I finished packing the bags and Rodney quickly got the house ready for meeting the next day and we were off to Dillon. Dropped the girls off and headed to the hospital. An hour after we arrived, luckily the doc got there when she did 'cause it was just a few minutes later and Janell was born @ 11:45 am. She appeared little to us, but weighing in at 8 lb 5 oz and 20.5"...guess she ain't so little.

was not impressed at being messed with

our new little sleeping beauty

big sisters came to meet her before supper

had to check her out

my 2 babies

i think they like her

came back after supper and wanted to give her a bath

Hannah and Nicole spent the day and night with Gramma Nec and Papa George. After lunch they went swimming and then after Nicole's nap they came to see Janell before supper. They came back after supper for a short while. Hannah was really wanting to give Janell a bath, so they helped the night nurse give her a quick bath. Rodney went to meeting the next morning at Dillon and Nicole was quite happy to see him, sat down and snuggled up to him. First night away from Mom and Dad was a bit long for that little girl. Janell and I hung out at the hospital 'til we were able to go home that afternoon. Cynthia and Linnet stopped by to see us on Sunday.

If I don't post this now, another couple weeks will go by. Can't think of anything else to add.

Due date...

...has come and gone. The girls are getting quite anxious for the baby to come. Started packing bags the other day and Nicole was ready to go then. Every day, more than once, she asks "go? baby?" We'll see...

Here we are at slim and trim 40 weeks:

Girls wanted a shot of their baby bellies:

Nicole is still saying that it's a girl and Hannah has switched back to wanting a brother. One of 'em outta be right. :)

Happy Fourth!

 
Rodney was haying on the Fourth, but the girls and I went down to Ennis for the parade. Wow-you better get there before shortly before the parade starts and bring a chair to sit on. Or the back of your vehicle, like many people did. We were fortunate as the kind people we were standing by had an extra chair that they let me use and let the girls come up to the front so they could see. But it was a HOT day, so we were happy to get back to the van afterwards. Enjoyed seeing Eric playing his bagpipes in the parade. Stopped in VC on the way home - lots of people there too! We grabbed a pizza for lunch and a sandwich to bring to Daddy in the field. We talked about going back to VC to see the fireworks that night, but Rodney got done haying late and the girls had already fallen asleep before he got home. Hopefully next year they can stay awake for them. VC puts on a good show.

Some red, white and blue cuteness-

Nothing like a popsicle on a hot day:

Or playin' in the mud:

This is usually a daily occurrence with the girls, in some form. Some times they remember to get their swimsuits on before turning the hydrant on, but mostly they go through many changes of clothes each day. I think I better start teaching them to wash their own clothes :)

Father's Day 2014

Rodney was home for Father's Day this year. That was a long time ago, don't remember if we did anything "special" for it. Except grilled lamb steaks. But he had to share those with Hannah and Nicole after they tried it and liked it. Oh yeah, we did try fishing again at the kids' pond. After meeting Dale, Bonnie, Paige and Jace there. But the fish weren't biting and the rain came. Guess it's not the best time to go fishing after they had a fishing derby there the day before.

Happy Father's Day - you're the best! :)