Party On

Tonight we celebrated my Aunt Cindy's birthday with a surprise party at an Irish Pub.  What a great time with all of our family and their closest friends. It was really nice to get out with everyone. Unky Matt was even in town. We took little Chloe along since she is only 8 days old. She was a little trooper.

Happy Birthday Cindy!

What a proud Daddy and his sweet baby girl.

Chloe 6 Days Old

Wow this last week has gone by so fast. Chloe is already 6 days old. And what a wonderful 6 days it has been. We are figuring out all her little ways and settling into some sort of routine. At least as much as a newborn has. Eating, sleeping, and pooing. She is sure loved by her family and her big brothers are taking such good care of her and are being a big help. Aaron has taken 2 weeks off work and boy has it helped. I can't imagine this week without him here.

 I actually have been able to get some sleep and I am feeling really good.

Here is what I have figured out about Miss Chloe...
She doesn't like to be swaddled (what baby doesn't like to be swaddled?)
She always had her hands up at her face or is holding her own hands, so cute
She burps best with one arm elevated
She loves to sleep
And she is oh so cute!

Lane and Zackary are loving to hold her. They are such great big brothers.

Love

Zackary is in love...with his baby sister. He always wants to hold her and when she is fussing he will go get her a blanket and sing lullabies to her. I might be the cutest thing. I love seeing him take such good care of her.

1st Bath

I gave Chloe her first bath at home today. She loves her hair washed but the actual bath...not so much. I love the smell of a clean baby, something I will never forget.

Chloe Faith

I had to post some pictures of our sweet cupcake.  The blog is in the process of being caught up.  This no computer thing is very difficult.  Here is our beautiful baby girl.  Just taking a little rest outside while her brothers play.

More to come soon, I promise.

Peacefully sleeping

Peacefully sleeping during the day. Now if we can just do this between 11-2am that would be excellent. All she wants to do is eat really late at night.

Easter Sunday

Easter this year was a big day for our family. We got to go home from the hospital with our newest addition. The doctors let us go home a little early to spend the day with our family. The OB unit at the hospital hosted a great Easter event for the patients, thier family, and the nurses and doctors. It was such a great event for those of us that had to spend the holiday in the hospital. My folks brought the boys to meet us, they got to participate in all the festivites and they sure had a blast. There was an Easter egg hunt, cookie decorating, coloring, bunny ear making, and of course a playground. It was a great way to spend the morning with our new family. We all headed home as a family (in our minivan with 3 carseats).  I never want to forget the feeling of driving our entire family home together, looking back and seeing all the cute faces sitting in their giant car seats.  I love my little people so much.

 I'm a little mad I didn't get a picture of the event.

Aaron's newest love.

We spent the afternoon at Aaron's parents house with the family. Here is our first picture with the 5 of us.

The whole family. This picture cracks me up. We were trying so hard to get a family picture, everyone looking at the same camera, all the kids in place, and all the adults happy with the picture. Here is the final...look at the kids, they were in their places but look at the faces. How do little kids know to be silly in pictures. They look hilarious!