Make a Smilebox scrapbook

I don't think I talked about our Easter weekend. We went to an Easter Egghunt in the park behind our neighbourhood. The kids enjoyed that. Then Chad's mom came down to stay with us. Sunday we went to church then had lunch at my dad's and then we went back to our house for the kids Easter baskets. We had a great Easter, you can see some pictures in the slideshow below.

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

I haven't gotten around to downloading many pictures off our cameras lately, I'll post some when we do. As usual we've had a busy week. I am very proud of my children, and myself actually. Last Wednesday I decided to get the poor things out of the house so we went to Lazy 5 Ranch. A neat place about an hour away where you ride on a wagon and feed all kinds of animals. I took lots of pics and will post them soon. It was my first big outing with all three of them and no one to help me and I wasn't sure how it would go. But it went really well. We did not have one single incident. Emerson even stayed happy in her sling (I must say I love the Hug a Bub wrap, thank you so much to Terri for showing me how to use it, it's the most comfortable sling I've used) the entire time. We went back to Lazy 5 with our homeschool group this past Thursday and again everything went really well. So Friday we tried Carowinds on our own. Due to naps, nursing, etc. we didn't make it there until 5:15, I thought they were open until 8 but turns out they were only open until 6 so we ran as fast as we could, which isn't too fast when I have Emerson in the sling and am pushing a very heavy double stroller through throngs of people, to the kids section and they got to go on 4 rides before closing. And again, the kids were so good. They didn't even get upset when we had to leave even though we'd only been there for 45 minutes. Hopefully our trip to Disney World in 2 weeks will go just as well, especially since my mom and Chad will both be there to help out.

On another note, Emerson is not gaining weight which is somewhat concerning. She has been rolling over for several weeks and is actually crawling a little. It's really funny, she pushes her bottom up in there, gets her legs pushed up and then scoots forward. Sort of like an inch worm but she can get to where she wants to go eventually. Anyways, since she's doing fine developmentally the doctor isn't too too worried yet but she really needs to start gaining weight. She's only gained 3lbs since she was born and has dropped to the 4th percentile. Of course, there's nothing wrong with the 4th percentile if a baby was born there but she was born I think in the 90th percentile so to go down that far is not a good sign. Due to my breastfeeding issues and therefore having to supplement (thanks to our wonderful donor moms so far she's been able to get only breast milk, a topic I will post about sometime for those of you that aren't aware of my problems in that department) I know she is getting enough milk.

Chad took Kennedy and Parker to another building day, this time they made bird houses. Hopefully, some birds will come and live in them so the kids can enjoy looking at them.

Chad wasn't too impressed with Parker's outfit but it was the closest thing I could find and he was running outside naked. He's doing his stretches before he runs off.

Emerson really enjoys the baby swing.

Sunday was a really nice day. It was in the 70s, not too hot but warm enough to enjoy the pool (at least warm enough for me to be in the pool, no one else seemed to think it felt good). We had a very relaxing afternoon at my dad's pool. He was out of town so it was just the 5 of us. See the video below, Parker's too funny when he tries to swim.

We brought Emerson's playpen and she took a little nap al fresco.

Kennedy knows how to swim, but for some reason she wanted to wear a life jacket, water wings, and be in the infant floatie, despite the fact that she was floating in the hot tub which is so shallow that she can easily touch the bottom.

A Sunday afternoon nap.

Most of the time Kennedy and Parker are very sweet to each other. I rarely have the camera near by for a picture though.

My grandma, aunt and uncle, and my sister and her husband and daughter were here this week. This is my Uncle Mike, my kids, and my niece Hannah. My sister Jana and her husband Patrick.

A little Easter egg hunt with PaPa.

My Grandma and Parker.

My Grandma and Emerson. Kennedy was having so much fun with Hannah that we couldn't get her to take a picture with Grandma. Maybe next time.

We got a seasons pass to Carowinds this year and this past weekend was opening weekend. It was a beautiful afternoon and the kids really enjoyed the rides. We're looking forwards to lots of Carowinds fun this summer.

Chad said Parker loved this ride and laughed the whole time. Especially every time they bumped or spun around.

Kennedy and I did not love this ride as much as Parker did. I thought I was going to throw up! It just kept turning in circles.

We discovered this weekend that we could keep a bow in Emerson's hair. So cute!

Our trip to the zoo with my mom.