Bedtime for the Brothers!

Each night I put Justin to bed.  Jonathan helps a lot by putting Katelynn to bed for me most nights when he can, but Justin isn't very good about going to bed for J so I tend to put him to bed each night.  Most of the time I end up nursing Ryan while Justin falls asleep, but tonight Ryan was already asleep in my arms when we came up for stories so he crashed in Justin's bed during storytime.  Justin thought it was super cool that "baby brother" was in his bed with him! 

First Walk

Katelynn has been itching to take the baby on a walk ever since we came home from the hospital.  Finally today I have been feeling pretty good and decided we could give it a try.  It was pretty warm outside so we didn't go far (only just down the street and back), but it was a start!  Katelynn pushed her baby in her baby stroller and Justin pushed the baby (and was very insistant on pushing all by himself.  Everytime I tried to touch the stroller, he had a fit!)  We stopped at the neighbor's house since they were outside to show off our new little guy so we literally spent all of 30-ish minutes and barely made it out of the culdesac but at least we got out today!  :)



Ryan's First Bath (at home)

We finally found the time to give Ryan his very first bath at home.  Just like his older siblings, he is not a fan of bathing at this age.  I am sure he will come to find his love for water as the rest of us have one of these days but today was not going to be that day. 

Everyone helped in giving baby brother his bath!

My Boys

Could it get any sweeter than this?

Rain, Rain, Go Away.. It's Fireworks Day!

So I had to make this is a seperate post since there were so many pictures.  It rained in the early evening on the 4th and the kids actually had some fun in the rain!  It was actually perfect because it rained early enough that it cooled off some and was perfect weather afterwards for fireworks!

Katelynn wasn't interested in wearing rain boots and hitting the puddles.. she preferred to just ride around in the rain.  :)

Happy 4th of July!

Well, at least we made it home for the actual 4th of July!  I cannot imagine having to spend the day in the hospital.  Instead we spent the day with family, and it was really the perfect day!  My parents were still here helping out and Jonathan's parents and brother and brother's girlfriend joined us for the day to cookout. We also did a mini photoshoot of our newest little one! 

Our first official 4th of July as a family of FIVE!

During the afternoon the kids did those pop rocks with both grandpas.  Then when it got closer to the evening, they both had a blast with sparklers.  My dad and Jonathan also did a few larger fireworks for us.  The kids had so much fun watching the fireworks! 

I have to say that being only 3 days after having a baby, I could not have had a better 4th of July!  It really was such a nice day!

Heading Home!

Yay!  Most of the time, you are supposed to stay in the hospital for 3 nights following a C-section, but I asked and they said it was more than fine that Ryan and I leave today instead of tomorrow.  I am so ready to go home and be able to be with the kids all day!  It has been really hard having to say goodnight to the kids and have them leave me at the hospital.  Justin had me in tears the first night he left me.  I am ready to head home and spend each night with ALL my babies!