Funny Kid

Paxten snuck next door to my parents the other day. They had just cooked some chicken on the grill and asked Paxten if he wanted some. He said no. While he was there he ate some tootsie rolls that were on the kitchen table. He then went outside for a little while. He went back inside a while later while my mom was doing the dishes and cleaning up from dinner. Paxten grabbed the rest of the tootsie rolls that were on the table (5 or 6) and my mom said to him, "What will grandma eat if you eat those all gone." He replied, "Chicken." He didn't miss a beat. It was pretty funny! He would rather eat candy than anything healthy. My kids is a sugar monster!

Pretty Please

Paxten in quite the character in our house. He is very energetic and an all around BOY! He loves to run, jump, climb, and get into mischief like any other typical little boy. He tries to do things his older brother does, and sometimes his older brother tries to get him to do things that even he wouldn't do. He makes me laugh and smile every single day. Right now he knows exactly what to do to get what he wants. He puts his little fists up to his mouth and scrunches up his little face while he says, "Pretty please" but is sounds like, "pitty peez" it is just so darn cute and it gets me every time. "Pitty peez can I stay," "mommy choc milk pitty peez."  Whatever he wants, all he has to do is look at me with those blue eyes while holding up his little fists and say pitty peez and I pretty much give in. How can I not, look at this cute little face. I doesn't just affect me, Matt and my mom succumb to the asking as well. He has us wrapped around his little finger, and he knows it and uses it to his advantage. He is one smart 2 year old!

1 Month Old

Pieper was one month old on October 1st. ONE MONTH!! Where has the time gone??!! I can't believe that my baby...my LAST baby...is already one month old. I am seriously not liking how fast this is happening. She is going to be one year old before I know it. I am loving having a little newborn in the house again. It is SERIOUSLY a lot of work and it is hard, definitely hard, but I look at that sweet face and it melts my heart. Pieper is such a sweet baby and loves to be the center of attention. She loves to be held (surprise, surprise!) and loves to be talked to. She loves her sister Paige and often gets "kidnapped" by her to be taken to their bedroom to be sung songs to or played with. She is going to have the best time when she is older with her big sister. She is sleeping pretty good throughout the night, usually waking only twice. I can live with that! Matt has been a super good helper at night, taking turns with the feedings during the night. It is so much harder with #4 because the three other kids have so much going on, I can't just sleep in or take napes when she is sleeping. Parker has school, Paige has school, Paige has to catch the bus, Parker has homework, Paige has homework, dinner needs made, laundry washed, grocery shopping.....the list goes on and on. So in that aspect it is so much harder. But Matt and I both knew that she was meant to be part of our family and now we feel like we are complete! Here she is 1 month old and counting!

Newborn Pictures

I love the trend of getting newborn pictures. Babies just don't stay so tiny and precuiously (Did I just make up a new word?!)
 small for very long and I feel like these images at least capture it a little bit. Pieper was an absolute angel for pictures, she slept almost the entire time. Although we found out that she did not want her head to be placed on her hands, she kept turning it to one side or the other. I think she is absolutely beautiful..I know I have a biased opinion, I can, I am the mom!

Great Grandparents

We had my Grandparents in to dinner one Sunday evening shortly after Pieper was born so that they could meet her and have a chance to hold her and visit with us and my parents. Matt cooked a beef tenderloin in the Traeger and we had salad and baked potato. It was delicious. Grandpa and Grandma Williams were thrilled to meet their newest great-granddaughter. 9/8/13

CheckUp

We took Pieper in for her 2 week checkup, well she was 3 weeks old when we actually got her in to the Dr. She weighed 8lbs 1 oz. and was 20 inches long. and her head was 35.8 cm. So she had gained an entire pound plus an ounce and is in the 30% for weight. She grew 1 inch and is in the 24% for height and the 33% for head circumference. I can't believe she has gained that much in just a few short weeks. She is a great eater and maybe that has something to do with it. The doctor said she looked perfect and I couldn't agree with him more!

Pieper's First Bath

As I am about to post about this, Matt reminded me that this isn't her "first" bath, she had her first bath in the hospital right after she was born. He is right technically, but this is her first bath at home after her umbilical cord had healed. She loved it at first, then she wasn't too crazy about being taken out of the warm water and then being exposed to the cook air while I put lotion on her and dressed her. I LOVE LOVE LOVE a fresh baby just out of the tub, they smell HEAVENLY!! Septmber 14, 2013. 14 days old.