Anna at 1 month

I am not going to promise monthly updates, but I do want to try to remember some of the little things about this sweet time!
Precious Anna is proving to be an easy baby so far. She eats and sleeps wherever (like she has a choice!?) and basically just goes with the flow.



This week she has started sleeping longer stretches at night. Jon gives her a bottle (5 oz or so) around 10ish. She usually wakes up around 3-3:30 to eat and then sleeps til I wake her up around 7-7:30.
She isn't really napping in her bed, which is a HUGE change from what I did with the other kids. I need to work on that : /



She gave us what we thought was her first "real" smile ( not a gassy reflex one :)) last week. But, she hasn't done it since, so now I am thinking maybe it wasn't real smile afterall! Guess we will just wait and see :)




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Happy Birthday, Caroline!!!!!

Happy 4th Birthday to the sweetest, smartest, most hilarious girl I know! We love you Caroline!!!


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Sibling Love

The big kids have been adjusting well to their new roles. Big Bro Miles likes to pull up his hair to "keep an eye on Baby Anna."


When we first brought Anna home, Miles referred to her exclusively as "baby bear." Then it was just "baby Anna." Lately it's been " baby Anna my sister." he really is so sweet with her :) The first week or so, he was a little confused by the while nursing thing. He kept saying "No, baby bear! Don't eat mommy's tummy!" ha!

Big Sis has become quite the little mommy. At first, she pretended to nurse her baby, which was hilarious and awkward at the same time. This morning, she kept telling me it was almost time for her to feed Gigi (her gave stuffed bunny). I wasn't sure if she was going to "nurse" or what. I guess Gigi, prefers the bottle...


Caroline did insist in using the nursing pillow, of course!

And last but not least, sweet Anna! She lives her new "taco." this thing rocks...we didn't have this with the other kids but it's so nice to move from room to room so Anna can always be part of the action :)


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Around here...

Big sis is in love...


She asks to have her picture taken with Anna almost every day. And of course she loves to hold her :)


Big bro is super sweet and loves to tickle Anna and kiss her head. But, his favorite thing these days is digging in the dirt.


First thing when he wakes up in the morning..."mommy, I want to dig in the dirt!"


Anna is sweet is ever. I don't want her to get any bigger. I am just trying to soak up every minute of her sweet newborn self.


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Anna Elizabeth

Announcing the arrival of
Anna Elizabeth Erickson
July 27, 2012 at 11:11 am
6 lbs 13 oz and 19 in










We love her so much and big sister and brother are adjusting well. They are so sweet and are such good little helpers!

I know I have said it before, but hopefully, I will start blogging a little more often... ;)

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The Bear

I didn't want to leave my little bear out of the return to blogging...

He has gotten so big and seems so grown up. He's talking more and more, and is looking more and more like daddy these days :)


He loves, I mean LOVES airplanes. A favorite new activity is taking the kids out to the Lakeway airport to watch the planes.
He was all bundled up this day (during that one week of winter we had ;))


Such a bear :)


And today, enjoying a nutritious lunch of Mac n cheese, peas, and chocolate pudding...


He wouldn't look at me, he just kept looking down or looking away and laughing. Stinker.

I finally busted him, which he found hysterical.



Love this little guy!

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Soccer Girl

For months, Caroline has been talking about being a "soccer girl." She says she wants to be a soccer player when she grows up, she runs around showing us her soccer moves, and even has a black and white striped dress that she refers to as her "soccer dress."
All of this excitement, and yet, she knows absolutely nothing about what soccer really is. Some of her friends at school put a team together, so we decided to join...I mean, of the girl has aspirations of playing professionally someday, who u am to crush her dreams? ;)
This past weekend they had their kick off event...Soccer Skills day. A fun little practice for all the 4 (or almost 4) year olds in the league. A way to get familiar with a few basics and have fun.
We needed a proper soccer outfit, of course...


(here are those "soccer moves" I mentioned)

And daddy took her to pick out pink shin guards, pink cleats, and a sparkly pink ball!

Unfortunately, the "fun day" wasn't as fun for our little soccer girl...




Daddy said the mood was pretty intense, and Caroline thought "the running part made her very tired" ha!
I am sure it will be more fun when she is with all her little friends rather than a bunch of random kids, but we shall see...

There may be a career change in our soccer girls future ;)

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Wacky Wednesday!

This week, Caroline's class is celebrating Dr. Suess's birthday with a week full of silliness.

Yesterday was crazy hat day. Caroline opted for a pilot hat and insisted that her hat was "not crazy, it's just a hat."

Today was Wacky Wednesday, so the wore crazy clothes. Last night, I asked her what she wanted to wear. Her response? "Well, how about I don't wear any clothes? That would be REALLY crazy."
Seriously. Who is this kid!? ;) She is so funny to me.
We were able to agree that wearing clothes could also be crazy. This was the result...











She loved it! Tomorrow is silly sock day, so we'll see what she comes up with!

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I'm baaaaaaack...maybe ;)

Well, it's been so long, I almost don't even know where to start!?
It goes against my nature to just pick up and start blogging. I have felt very compelled to start where we left off and go in order, but clearly, that hasn't happened.
So, onto plan b...I will just start blogging again, and go back and fill in someday (or never ;)).
Who knows how long my rediscovered interest in the blog will last!?!?


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