Elayna - 4 weeks/ 1 month old

Rather than making two entries, here is one with pictures between the two momentous days! 4 weeks old and 1 month old :) (rather silly to count both - but fun because I can get more pictures to post!)
We actually were able to get some pictures taken of the boys with Elayna for her 1 month - still a baby - pictures, which we will hopefully be getting to post this next week. It was a rather thrown together event, where I forgot the whole concept of trying to match Elayna to the boys - and even get the boys to match. So we made a quick stop for the boys at walmart (nice to have cheap clothes as an option) and apparently I am still not used to having a 3rd, because I forgot about getting anything for Elayna to match with the boys so she will just be in her romper - but I think they should be cute anyway!

Here are just a few of our shots of Laynie - she is growing bigger and more awake all the time which is fun. Even though it makes it hard when I want to take a nap! The boys are still in love with her, almost to the obsessive stage. Evident that they fight with each other for a turn to hold Laynie or help her with blankets, binkies, etc. So much for a happy family - we fight over helping each other and saying family prayers??? I'm not sure I get that?!

Weston today though expressed his dislike for baby Laynie's name. And has decided (at least during that 5 min period) that he was no longer going to call her baby Laynie and was going to think of a new name for her. John wondered how I felt about baby Spiderman?

I keep being asked how it is to go from 2 to 3 kids, and if that is harder than going from 0 to 1 or 1 to 2. I thought I had an answer, but have decided that like most things there is no answer. Some days are really hard, others just go by. There are some days when I feel like I am the luckiest person in the world and couldn't love my children anymore than I do, and yet. There are other days when I wonder if there are air holes in the fed ex packages so I could overnight them all to grandma and grandpa's house for a year ot two!

But I think with this new addition, I am coming more and more to cherish the slow moments. To appreciate the bad with the good and fun, and to realize that time is short. And with all the sleeplessness and the spitting up, it will pass. And when it does I will look back and miss the warmth of a small hug, and hot breath on my neck. Life really is a blessing with all it's struggles and annoyances - it is a blessing I am coming to appreciate more and more.