November 2014, Part 1

Here are pictures from the last days of Oct and first half of the month! 

Our first weekend at the house was a most usual one! With Everyone out of the house (Barrett sick so staying at his parents', Evan with family and friends, and LJ in El Paso), Ellie and I had the house to ourselves to just rest, nurse, and watch TV. It was so weird!!  But also nice when recovering from surgery with a new baby!

Ellie did a lot of sleeping and nuring

     

'Milk drunk!'

Precious little girl all clean after her bath!! She is getting much better in the bath and think she even enjoys them!!  Also, my first time to bath Ellie alone wen pretty well!
    

After bath time, we usually relax in our bed for a few minutes before our final nursing session and bedtime! 

    

Sleeping angel!

Evan attempting to fit in his old car seat...
    

When LJ got home on Monday, the boys were SO happy to be together! They did not stop playing until bedtime! I think they really missed each other! They got right to finding new weird things to wear! I love seeing what they come up with!

   

The boys ask to hold Ellie every day! It's really cute!

     

     

     

    

Ellie likes looking at her black and white toy and book... 

   

Evan got a new hat from Gigi!

Chocolate high and crazy hair!!! 

Dad and his girl... Amazing how tiny she looks in his arms!

   

Some shots of Ellie's white streak!
   

Such a sweet, sleepy cuddle bug!
  

   

Saturday, Nov 8 was Ben's 4th birthday party at the park! 

Love their cupcakes!

Cousins being silly (and saying they do not want their picture taken)!

Locke and Evan on the seesaws! 

Saturday we switched Evan's bed to a toddler bed! He will now be able to get in and out of bed without us having to pick him up (which is GREAT for me as I am not supposed to be lifting yet after my C-section!).  He was excited and has done perfectly with the adjustment so far!

LJ might have been more excited about this new bed than Evan!

Ellie is still sleeping  a lot!

And a total cuddle bug!!

We went to Charlie McDonnell's baptism, and I could not stand how cute Kate looked!! Had to send Barrett a picture!

The lunch after... Charlie and Ellie sleeping buddies!

I love her little body! She could sleep like this for hours (and does/has!).

Barrett on a Sunday evening enjoying the beautiful weather, fire outside, watching football, and holding his daughter = Dad in heaven!!

Bath time with the boys!

Their new favorite pjs from Gigi... both have capes! They want to wear these every night!

LJ helping Evan get on his cape!

Story time!!

LJ posed for this one!! I love it!

Boys picked their own outfits and wanted to wear their Cowboys' jerseys! Barrett was pretty happy!

LJ asked me to take some pictures of him on the bench!

 

Nov 13- We had a wonderful afternoon visit from Hannah!

The boys loved her!

Yay!!

Then I just went a little picture crazy- hoping to get a few good shots of Ellie at 3 weeks (Nov 13)!

Tummy time before bed... 

Snuggles with dad!

Friday after dropping the boys off at school, Ellie and I head to my friend Sherry's house to visit her and her new twin baby boys, along with our other friend Monica and her new baby boy! 

Using this picture as her '3 week pic' since she was in the same outfit yesterday as at 2 weeks! 

Twins Wesley and Luke

James

Monica and I with the babies (Sherry is the twins' mom and taking the picture!).

Had to take a picture of the boys in their cute outfits from Gigi! She has gotten them so many new winter clothes- and we love them all!! Thanks so much Gigi! 

And I must say, Barrett (who has taken over dressing the boys most mornings - and feeding them breakfast- he is amazing!) is doing an awesome job! They look so cute everyday! 

Sweet Ellie often sleeps in the car with Leti while I run into the school to pick the boys up. We have tried very hard to keep her away from places with too many kids or germs for the first weeks of her life! 

Home- and Evan is immediately in his batman cape and mask!