Easter 2017

First holiday as a family of five in the bag! And it was a good one! Easter is very relaxing for us, sure we do a few egg hunts, the kids get a small Easter basket and some goodies from the grandparents, but we really focus on what Easter is all about. Oh I also don't cook on Easter which is always a plus for me.

We enjoyed a wonderful service at church followed by brunch buffet at DaVinci's with family. We ended the day by hanging out in the backyard while the boys played and burned off the Easter candy they had consumed earlier in the day.

Lets talk about those Easter baskets, three little baskets. Not two like previous years, but three! It's not what is in them for me, but the fact that I have three Easter baskets to fill. How blessed am I? God is so good, giving us these 3 children to love on and raise. More often than not, I sit back and look at them in amazement. Life really is so so good!

 

 

Hayley Ann Mae: Three Months

Oh how I love this little girl. Her personality has really started to shine this past month. She is an absolute joy, unless she is hungry, and oozes sweetness. I could literally kiss her cheeks all day, especially because she loves when I do. Her face lights up whenever she sees myself, James or one of the boys. I love rolling over in the morning to her big beautiful smile. She is a girl of routine. She likes to take her last bottle of the day around 7:30pm and once she is done eating, will snuggle up in one particular spot on my shoulder so that her cheek is touching mine and goes to sleep. It is the cutest thing and I love that we end our day that way.
Hayley has started to notice different toys and favors toys that play music. In general she is a fan of music. Throughout the day we have Pandora playing and her naps are always longer if there is music on in the background.
This past month has been my favorite yet. She is still relatively tiny but is more interactive with us and I could seriously watch her smile all day long.

Stats: While there is no official check up and weigh in at 3 months, we did have to visit the doctor for a cold and she weight right around 13lbs. I have no doubts that she is growing as she is starting to outgrow some of her 0 to 3 months clothing. Excuse me while I wipe the tears.

Sleep: At about 2.5 months old Hayley started sleeping a solid 12 hours every night. Yes I said 12 hours! She has her last bottle around 7:30/8pm and goes right to bed afterwards. She starts her day anywhere between 7 & 8am. During the nap she naps for about an hour at a time.

Social: Hayley had her first holiday with us, Easter. She went to a total of 3 egg hunts for moral support for the boys. She got to meet Grandma & Grandad Redfern this past month and loved chit chatting with Grandma. This past month was also her first time attending church and going into the nursery. For saying it was the first time separated from James and I, she did really well.

Diet: Nothing much has changed with her diet, she is still on 6oz every 3 to 4 hours.

Skills/Milestones: Her babbling has really taken off, she will talk away to herself, specifically her hands as she's recently discovered those. She really likes to talk while sitting in her bouncer chair. One night, she woke up around 4am having a good old chit chat and then after about 15 minutes went back to sleep. It was very cute and I'm oh so happy she put herself back to sleep.

While Mum & Paul were here, Hayley decided she was going to roll from front to back. At first I thought it was a fluke but she proceeded to do it multiple times so I consider that goal reached.

 

Favorites: Mummy, Daddy, Chase, Asher, looooves music and being sung to, enjoys bath time, her dolly, being outside, her cheeks being kissed.

Easter with the Bozzos

We have a roster of egg hunts during the Easter season and one of our all time favorites is at James sisters house. With all of our busy schedules it's hard to get together as often as we would like, but we all have the best time when we can make it happen.
Anita cooked us a delicious meal, as usual, and gave us plenty of fuel for our egg hunt. Between us we have close to 200 eggs. The boys were sooo excited! This year Jenna decided to help Asher hunt instead of filling her own basket. She's the sweetest!!! So the 3 boys cleaned up and had enough candy to last them until Halloween. Each year, there is always 1 or 2 eggs that we have to hunt extra hard for. We all find it hilarious, and this year was no different.
Whenever we do get together the time just flies by and we leave looking forward to the next time we can all hangout.

Egg Hunt

For the third year we hosted our egg hunt for the boys friends, well lets be honest, our friends. Any social activity is just as much for us adults as it is the kids.
Some of our nearest and dearest came over with stuffed eggs, yummy eggs and lots of excited kids. Oh and the weather was bee-autiful! I really think this is my boys favorite holiday next to Christmas. They could egg hunt, all day, everyday. In fact they have been doing their own egg hunts just the two of them for the past couple of weeks.
Plenty of candy was shoveled into little mouths and then they proceeded to burn off said sugar by playing out back for hours on hours. Meanwhile, us adults got a chance to catch up, and have a few drinks.