2 Mo follow apt

Hadley has her 2 Mo. follow up apt on her brace tomorrow(Friday) in Chicago. Looking at her back, I think she looks pretty good, but we'll find out for sure tomorrow! Please be praying for us!

Her back:

The new bathroom

No more brown gross tile, scratched linoleum floor, brown cold porcelian tub, yucky brown vanity, and huge medicine cabinet that took up the whole bathroom! Our new bathroom is FINALLY done! I can't say remodeling the bathroom was smooth and stress free, but I can say it looks awesome and we love the new look! Andy put in a lot of hard working hours and it paid off! It's literally a new bathroom! New vanity, new medicine cabinet, new bath and shower, new floor, new walls, new wood work, new towel racks, new toilet paper holder, and new shower curtain! And the woodwork is white, which leaves us feeling fresh and clean! :) We love the color, which is vibrant and also gives a clean feeling! Over all, despite all the stress and work, we are very happy with our new bathroom!

The medicine cabinet, sink and vanity, and towel holder


The White shower/bath with shelves



White door


New shower curtain that matches the walls perfectly


New light fixture


New tile floor

Mianna

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Mianna has turned into our big girl! Over the past year, we have seen a huge difference in Mianna. She has matured quite a bit. She is so sweet and has such a sensitive heart!

Facts about Mianna:
-She is sensitive like her mommy
-She has motivation to help if you give her an incentive to do so
-She loves to color and can stay in the lines now
-She can make a stick person on paper
-She writes her name and most letters of the alphabet very well now
-She cares about everybody and how they feel
-She wants to do the right thing and most of the time knows what that is
-She listens well when you tell her to do something
-She is a huge help in the house and with taking care of her sister and brother
-She is very quiet and shy, but is coming out of her shell a little bit
-She does not like to try new things
-It takes her awhile to warm up to a new place or new people
-She loves to snuggle
-She will sit quietly and watch a movie
-She is content sitting back and watching rather than participating
-She is very gentle when it comes to her brother
-She shares nicely
-She loves to sing and sings along to the radio in the car( I hear her from all the way in the back)
-She loves to worship God with music
-She has a love for God and wants to make him happy
-She does not like to be by herself and gets scared very easily
-She worries about little things even at the age of 5
-She responds very well to positive reinforcement
-She is very proud of what she does
-She does very well in school and even participates with all the activities
-She loves to dance and wants to be in ballet
-She does not like to do things she does not know how to do
-She is a little princess


She is our sweet little girl!

Hadley

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Hadley is all 2! Those rebellious, mischievous, yet still cute characteristics are coming out. She has a special little personality that can melt your heart in seconds. Yet at the same time, can tense your muscles 2 seconds after that! ;)

Facts about Hadley:

-She's always busy... playing playing playing
-She loves to read, yet doesn't like to sit and listen to a story unless she has the book
-She loves her baby brother and drags his everywhere... Literally!
-She loves bath time and any water play
-She's rebellious and likes to use the word "no," even though it never works
-She does NOT like to clean up
-She loves her baby dolls
-She loves playing pretend, even has pretend friends she talks about with weird names
-She loves to be in the spot light and shows off when she is
-She is very smart; says her ABC's, counts to 10, write the letter H and spots it out whenver she sees it
-She likes to be like her big sister
-She can dress and undress herself
-She loves to take all the covers off all the beds and jump on them
-She's usually the instigator in getting into things with her sister
-She loves to tell stories
-She plays very well by herself and with other kids
-She loves to cut with scissors and color
-She's very independent and likes to do things by her "felf"
-She's very strong, inside and out

She's our special little girl!

Grady

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Grady is now 5 1/2 months old wearing 12 month clothing! He weighs 17 lbs exactly!(this is what the girls weighed at 1 yr) He is all boy! We are enjoying every second of him being our baby.

Here are a few up to date facts about him:
-He smiles the second you look at him, even if he's crabby.
-He giggles at the touch of his tummy... very ticklish!
-He giggles every time you wipe his little butt
-He no longer will stay on his back if you lay him down; he rolls right over to his tummy!
-He even tries to crawl in reach for a toy, even though he can't move yet.
-He can roll from his tummy to his back and from his back to his tummy
-When he doesn't want to be bothered by the rough playing sisters, he'll cry and get mad even if they come by him(not usually the case though).
-He's pretty sesitive when he gets bonked or hurt
-He's a definite Mama's boy :)
-He does not like to sleep in his crib!
-He talks up a storm throughout the day
-He blows bubbles with his lips
-He's got the chunkiest cutest little thighs I have ever seen!
-He loves to play with his feet
-He always has his hands in his mouth chewing on his fingers
-He can sit up all by himself, but falls easily and kinda leans forward
-He is very interested in what everybody is doing... I can't even nurse him anymore without him being so distracted on whats going on in that room
-He picks up and holds toys very easily now
-He doesn't like to be by himself for too long before he gets upset
-He loves his cereal and lets you know when he's hungry


He is our special little boy! :)

Gotta get clean

Not having a shower the past few wks has been difficult, but we made due! We went to my parents every couple days to shower, but on those days we couldn't get over there, we had to bathe in the sink. Hadley and Grady was no problem, Mia was a bit more of a squeeze, but we did it! It sure is nice to have a shower again though!

Oops, we forgot the diaper bag

One night last wk, we went over to my parents to shower since our shower has been out of order. After washing all the kids up in the tub, we realized we forgot the diaper bag.... So, we searched high and low for an extra diaper at Grandma's house, but had no luck.

We had no choice, but to get creative! What you see in the picture is Grady wearing a dog training pad that my dad used with his new hunting puppy a couple months ago. I folded it up and taped it on Grady! Of course as soon as we got it on him, we left knowing we didnt have much time before we had a big mess! Fortanetely, we did make it home with no leaking even though he did wet it! Looks pretty silly, but it worked! From now on though, I think I'll keep a few extra diapers in the car for emergency's!

Snow play

While Grady naps, the girls and I like to take advantage and get out to play in the snow. Most of the time, we'd just play on the swing set and run around, but we've also been able to make a tunnel and a snowman as well. There sure has been enough snow to do it with :)

Hadley likes to eat the snow! As long as it's not yellow brown, I'm ok with it :)


Making a snow angel




Our tunnel



Putting a face on our snowman

Our snowman