We have kind of been home bodys lately. It is cold & we were recommended not to take Marlee out much so, we are kickin' it at home a lot.

I love the way Marlee looks at her Daddy & I love the way he looks at her.


Marlee is snuggled up in this chair often:


Outside looks like a winter wonderland:


Clayton had a 100 project for school so, Laun gave him the idea to make an orca out of 100 beans. We did it together as a fhe one night & I think it turned out good:


Our princess:


The boys have enjoyed watching the Westovers awesome collection of movies:


I love her little smile:


Here is Porter unenthusiastically feeding Marlee her bottle:


My mom made me this sling to carry Marlee in & it put her right to sleep:


Here is Marlee pretending she is a baby kangaroo:


love these feet:

We have had fun enjoying this sweet baby girl. The boys are such good big brothers. Laun & I love having a girl.

I’m starting to hate doctor appointments

As a mom my least favorite task is taking my kids to the doctor. They hate it, I hate it, who doesn’t hate it?

Clayton hurt his foot jumping today, so I took him to the doctor to get an x-ray. Thankfully it isn’t broken, just bruised. On the downside the boys both have sinus infections, but at least they got some medicine.

Then my sister Laura babysat Clayton while I took Porter and Marlee to Salt Lake for Porter’s GI doctor appointment. We waited in the room for almost 2 hours for the doctor to come in!!! All I found out is that he needs to be on milk of magnesia to clean out his colon. Then I drove home and we met up with Laun and Clayton at Angie’s restaurant for dinner. At least we ended the night well.

thumb sucker

I think we might have a thumb sucker on our hands…the very first for us.

She gets mad as heck and then starts to calm down as she sucks her hand/thumb.

mom withdrawals

My mom is leaving for home today, I’m so sad. I took her to Logan and the Layton’s will take her to the airport. She was such a big help and fun to visit with. I will miss her a ton. While she was here not only did she cook meals, clean, help with the kids, and so on…she sewed me a nursing apron, a boppy pillow and made Marlee some tiny pink bows. I love my mom more than I can express. I cried over her leaving. Yes, it is my fourth baby and I still cried. I hope Marlee loves me as much as I love my mom.

On a happier note, Laun applied for a scholarship and won! He had to write a paper about his future career plans and won one thousand dollars! Oh happy day, go Laun!

Tonight Laun took the boys to the Lewiston movie theater to see Madagascar 2. The Lewiston theater here is so cool. It has huge red curtains and is totally old school with amazing prices on movie tickets and snacks.

lazy Sunday

The boys and I went with my mom to church today. Laun stayed home with Marlee, since we were told at the hospital to not take Marlee to church until May because of RSV season…that’s right, May-crazy! I guess Laun and I will just have to switch off going to church and watching Marlee. We just watched tv and relaxed all afternoon.

We have plenty of Fat Boy ice cream sandwiches in the freezer from Casper’s.

Laun loves to snuggle with Marlee.

full house

Tonight we had Ashley and James Calder, Eugene and Brooke Norris and the Layton’s over for dinner while my mom was still in town. My mom made a roast dinner and we all visited. Thanks to Marlee we have seen lots of family.

number one

Even when Marlee is sleeping she never forgets that she is number one.

It is kind of nice when both the boys are at school and I have time with just Marlee. I’ve also loved visiting with my mom all day.

little cuties

Marlee keeping warm in my jacket.

She has been taking the pacifier some, but she isn’t really getting the hang of it.

 

This little boy is so cute.

Laun gave Porter a sweet haircut tonight…don’t worry, he ended up buzzing it all off.

my new look

This is how I look the majority of the time- sitting on the couch with my nursing apron on, feeding Marlee.

this girl is not lacking for attention…

I think to say that Laun and the boys adore Marlee would be an understatement.

Apparently, it takes 3 people to get the princess dressed, all while making sure she stays warm enough during the process.

Don’t worry Marlee, you aren’t going anywhere, Porter’s making sure of it:)

It’s cute how Laun and Porter are each putting a sock on Marlee, all while Clayton is rubbing her head. I sure hope this girl doesn’t suffer from too much attention. 

And to think, Clayton was sad when I first told him I was expecting a girl…it looks like he got over it:)

Porter’s trying to get Marlee to take the binky with no luck.

I love how Porter is touching Marlee’s little feet.

just precious…

Daddy’s girl

I think Marlee loves this portable heater and hopefully all the attention she gets.

Today Laun took my parents to Gossners Cheese factory, Caspers Ice Cream Shoppe and Napoleon Dynamite movie sites. Justin and Laura came over and joined us for dinner.

another doctor visit

Today my mom babysat the boys while I took Marlee to the doctor, again. She got her bilirubin/jaundice checked and it’s fine, so she no longer has to get it checked…oh happy day! She also got her well baby checkup. She weighs 6’56 and that is in the 15%. She is healthy. Then we ran some errands.

I got tons of baby girl clothes from Janae and Mary, so this girl is set.This is one of my favorite outfits for Marlee. I love the hat and fuzzy pants with paw prints on the feet.

I love how little she is laying on her daddy.

My dad flew in tonight to see Marlee (or his wife, since she will end up being in Utah for 2 weeks). Laura and Justin dropped him off and it was good to see more family.

long day

Today was such a long day. We dropped off Clayton early in the morning for basketball time before school, so we could get on the road. My mom drove Lucy, Porter, Marlee and I to Salt Lake. My mom dropped Marlee and I off at the Children’s Hospital for Marlee’s appointment and then dropped Lucy off at the airport to fly home to Phoenix. Lucy was such a huge help with our move and getting ready for Marlee to come. I’m so glad she was able to see our little girl.  I went to Marlee’s orthopedic doctor appointment to get her hips checked out. The family doctor thought Marlee’s hips were dislocated, but thankfully they are not. I guess they are just too loose and immature. So she has to have another ultra sound in 4 weeks and if her hips don’t look any better she will have to wear a brace. If her hips have changed and are looking good than she’ll be fine and we will do nothing. So that was good news. Then my mom and Porter came and we met up with Brandon’s family at Red Robin for lunch. Mary gave me a $100 gift card to Costco as a baby present, which was great since we stopped by Costco on our way out before heading home. Luckily, Justin met Clayton after school and stayed with him until Laun got home. Once we got to Logan Marlee had another doctor appointment with her pediatrician. She had to get her blood drawn to check her jaundice level and now she has to get it checked again tomorrow! I’m pretty tired after such a long day. I just had a baby 3 days ago and today was a ton of running around. I’m just so thankful that my mom is here to drive and help out. I don’t know what I would do without her.

Marlee keeping warm with Daddy’s carhartt