2 Weeks Old

It's going too fast!

And then there were 3...

I will admit that I was pretty nervous about having 3 kids. Especially because two of them would be so young. I sort of thought it was going to be impossible for me to do by myself and was even thinking that it might be so bad that I would have to go back to work. But it has been surprisingly, dare I say, pleasant?? It definitely isn't the easiest thing I have ever done, but it's been working out pretty well. I say, without a doubt, that going from 2-3 has been so much easier than going from 1-2. Bringing Brody home was so tramatic that I have the first 6 months blocked out of my memory. The only specific memory I have is sitting on the couch one night barely able to hold my eyes open and feeling like crap. I looked over at Jeff and told him that if I ever said I wanted any more kids to "remind me of this moment right now and tell me NO!" Of coarse, things got easier and I learned to manage having two. Brooks is an EXCELLENT baby and is fitting right in. Who knows if this angelic state of being will last into the toddler years, but I am enjoying him so much. He's so tiny and snuggly and sweet. I want him to stay like this forever.

We can't quite tell who he looks like yet, but Jeff is insistent that he looks exactly like Yoda.

Swimming

Ella and Brody went over to their friend Jackson's house to swim in his blow up pool yesterday. Brody went to the pool last year, but he was too young to enjoy it. Since he loves his baths so much I knew it was going to be a big hit. I was right.

Ella and Brody ready for their first swim of the year.

This pretty much sums up Brody's mood since Brooks came home. Also notice the unmistakable farmers tan.

He didn't really know what to do at first, but once he realized he could fall and splash, he was super excited. He was squeeling and cracking up.

Ella pretending to be a mermaid.

Looks like we'll be spending a lot of time in the water this year.

Baby!

Because I have 3 children now and my middle child is not making things easy on me, I only have time for a quick post. Brooks Allen Fetterman was born April 15th at 7:23 am. He weighed in at 6 lbs. 9 oz and was 18 1/2" long. He is the sweetest little baby and is doing great. I think he might just be my easiest one so far. I will post more as soon as I can.

Rodeo

We took a family trip to the rodeo on Saturday. We decided to leave the babies with a sitter which turned out to be a great idea since the weather was awful. We had a very long walk in the cold rain. The kids had a great time though. We thought their favorite part would be the livestock show but it turned out that they loved the rodeo. They were so excited about the bucking bulls and probably most of all, the cotton candy.

On the way...

FINALLY!!

He's finally decided to give it a go. Praise the Lord!

Renovations

We still have no name for this poor little baby. Who knew it could be this hard to find a boy name we agree on? Anyway, we took our house off the market because we were running out of time and are closing in a room for the baby. Things are coming along slowly but surely. I will post some before and after pictures when it's finished. It's hard to have things out of place and by this point in my other two pregnancies I had everything done and ready for the baby. I still have SO much to do, actually I have everything left to do. I haven't started preparing at all. I shouldn't have waited this long either because now it's hard just to move. Above are a couple pictures of the Bean who seems to always be getting into trouble and into something he's not supposed to. And-he does it all on purpose. He makes sure I'm looking right at him when he's about to make his move. So opposite from his big sister. Good thing she's so easy and well behaved or I don't know what would happen when #3 arrives. Oh, and by the way, he still does most of his getting around by crawling. He takes a few steps here and there just for entertainment, but at this point he just doesn't really care about walking. He has about 6 more weeks to start walking or we're going to have some major problems.