It's March!

It's March already, how did that happen? I'm not complaining here. These long, gray winters are slowly killing any mojo I have to do anything. We had a few nice days this week and it got me very excited about the spring!

It's been a while since I've updated. My sweet girl is now 7 months old! She's crawling like a pro, eating food, and sleeping in her crib like a big girl. At her 6 month appointment she weighed 17.5 pounds so she's a chunker!! I love it. These cheeks are the best:

She's my little bestie and I absolutely adore her.  She's a total momma's girl (like I usually can't get away for an hour to grocery shop because she has meltdowns). She has the sweetest personality and laughs so easily. She ADORES her brothers and they make her laugh harder than anyone else. She loves toys and is so content on the living room floor watching her brothers play. 

We started solids with her at 6 months but she wanted nothing to do with it. She's doing so much better as of this week. Loving those orange veggies, carrots and sweet potatoes! But let's be honest, she's baby number 4 so she's tried lots of things that aren't exactly on the "list". She is definitely a fan of whatever ice cream mom is having (like a drip, ok? don't judge.)

We coslept for the first 6.5 months but as she was becoming mobile we new that had to change. We transferred her to a crib a few weeks ago and it's going ok, not great. I think she was up like 4 times last night... (insert eyeroll emoji).  Buutttt it's a big change, so I'm trying to be patient. 

Well, I could gush about her for forever but I do have three other kids. 

Easton is 4.5 now and I'm dreading the fall when I have to send him to kindergarten.  He's so smart and sweet. He can write his name now and he loves practicing letters and doing "school work." I hope he loves school.  He's still my biggest helper.  He lets me know when his brothers are being naughty and he goes and comforts his sister if she starts fussing. The bond between him and her is sooooo cute. They love each other so much. 

My heart bursts watching those two!

Then there are the twins. I love these two boys so much. But they are two. And there is two of them. So they definitely make my life a bit more difficult. And exciting. And hilarious. 

They both are such opposites. Mav is loud and always fired up. He talks like a grown up and picks up on everything. He's the first one up in the morning and takes no time to wake up. Tucker is quiet, gentle, and a bit dramatic. He's also strong as a horse and climbs everything he can (and has since he could walk). Lately he's been coming up to me all dramatically and saying "hug" with arms open wide. He loves music and says firetruck the funny way 😉.  They are a blast even if they are tiring. They are still doing great on the potty, but lately they have to go at the same time, one on the big potty and one on the little one. Then they both "wash" their hands which results in my entire bathroom soaked (and whatever isn't soaked in water is probably wet from pee...) Boys are fun. Ish.

There's not much going on in our family right now. We did our taxes, that's pretty exciting (four dependents, woohoo). We booked two nights at an indoor splash park and that's coming up soon. Jer is working tons of overtime. We're working on paying off debt in hopes of adding on to our cozy-but-tiny house in a few years. I've been trying to keep up with the kids and lose this baby weight. I started a 90 day challenge January 1st and as of yesterday I'm down 16 pounds and almost 10 inches. It feels great, but I still have some work to do. I'm ready to do some outside exercise. And by that I don't mean shoveling snow, which I had to do today since we got like 10 inches dumped on us last night.  I'm gonna go ahead and count that as cardio for the day. Anyway, life is good. It's chaos, but so good.   

I'm loving this stage of parenthood. 💚

December Update

It's been three months since I've posted. Any ideas I had about being able to keep up with this was pure naivety.

I have four kids. Four kids four and under. Ain't nobody got time for blogging. I can barely keep them all fed (my three boys already have the appetites of teenagers).

I will at least update you on the basics.

Hadley is doing great. She is happy, and chubby, and oh so adorable! She'll be 5 months tomorrow and I don't know how that happened. She's my best little friend. I cannot get enough of her. She sleeps pretty well, eats really well (she's over 16 pounds!) and has such a happy personality right now. Having a daughter is wonderful!

Easton, the oldest, is my big helper. He turned four over the summer and we kept him home instead of sending him to pre-k and I love having him home. I'm going to ugly cry in September when he heads to Kindergarten not only cause he's growing up, but because he makes my life so much easier! He spends soooo much time with his little sister making her smile or laugh and keeping her safe from her twin brothers. He's sweet, caring, and protective... the perfect big bro! He started Tae Kwon Do this fall (a program just for 4-5 year olds) and it's the highlight of his week. We all fight over who gets to take him to class cause watching a cute little four year old kick and punch and do jumping jacks is just plain cute.

Maverick and Tucker, well, I love them dearly. I do. But man, those boys are giving me a run for my money. They are trouble. Morning until night they are getting into things, spilling, dumping, fighting, breaking. They are lucky they are cute! We also potty trained them in October. I'm gonna be honest, that was NOT fun. The "3 day" method was not accomplished in 3 days, but rather a solid two weeks of pulling our hair out. I'm being dramatic, though. For just being over 2 years old, and their being two of them, they did pretty darn well. I'm proud. The worst of potty training is over though so I'm happy about that.  Maverick is talking like crazy and the things he says have us cracking up all the time. Tucker doesn't say as much, but where he lacks in words he makes up for in facial expressions. What a goober. We love them so much!

The kids are all excited for Christmas especially since we've been getting lots of snow around here. This next week is going to be a whole lot of fun with these four kiddos! Hope you all have a Merry Christmas with your families celebrating the birth of our Savior!

Hadley's Nursery

I had to wait until after Hadley was born to show off her nursery since it had her name all over it. I love the way this room turned out. It may not be the trendiest nursery, but it's something that I really like and that's all that matters. Let's be honest, even Hadley doesn't care right now. 

This was my first girl nursery to decorate but not my first nursery, so I tried to reuse some things from the twins room. I had so much gray and white chevron that I wasn't sick of yet so I incorporated it in her room. I went to Joann's and grabbed 3 other fabrics to go with the chevron crib sheets and carried around pieces of those fabrics for months. My mother-in-law made the crib bedding and quilt... aren't they beautiful? The only piece she didn't make was the crib sheet which was from the twins nursery.  The big H was just a wooden letter from Hobby Lobby that I painted. I planned on doing something more with it but I liked the solid color above the bedding. 

I stole the changing pad cover and dresser from the twins nursery as well and added some mint. I tried my hand at something new and did some canvases with hand lettering. They turned out ok for a newbie! The star light is from Target and is just as cool as you'd imagine with the lights off. I still need a lamp though. That shade-less piece of junk just doesn't fit. 

The cube shelf came from the twins' room as well. The headband holder was one of my favorite things we made. I grabbed a piece of scrap from the garage, painted it, and drilled some holes... it turned out so cute and useful! 

The chandelier was an old piece that my sister-in-law redid for her wedding! She graciously let me use it for Hadley's nursery, really adding some extra glam to the room!

If I had unlimited funds, I would have probably splurged for a white crib and a new rocker but on the other hand, it's kind of cool that I've rocked four precious babies in that chair! I'm a pretty practical person, so I was happy to reuse some of the twins' things. After all, they were less than two years old!

I didn't grab a picture of the window, but my mother-in-law also made a roman shade with the mint fabric. It's super cute!!

I love finally having a girly room in the house!