I guess to kick it off we should add a few pics of Miss Adia's arrival to the story. She joined our family on July 20 and was our gift from God from the start!
Momma snuggles
Miss Adia
(the hat was from our midwife, Yvonne)
Pierce loved her right away but we did have some adjustment periods. Especially when we had guests Pierce would act out a bit to get attention. He settled in pretty quickly and now constantly asks to hold Adia and what she's doing and wants to help and check up on her.
Pierce to hold the baby
Needing some attention!
But he's determined to be wherever she is
"Cool" big bro
While Adia is a great baby she did (does) have colic. It's improved tremendously, but for the first few weeks she liked to scream from about 4pm-8pm. It was terribly sad and of course all of our guests would try to help. But we did figure out the worst her scream session was the better she slept at night. I think she just needed to get some exercise!
Angry colic baby
Chilling
We were very blessed to have lots of family and friends come to town to help out and meet the new arrival. It felt like we were always getting ready for some guest. Pierce is going to have to adjust to just the family around here once maternity leave is over.
Auntie auntie and uncle uncle stopped by.
Pierce picked up on how to work the "noise" (aka drill) pretty quick
Auntie Auntie snuggles
Pierce's favorite Uncle Uncle
Our first attempt at attending church. We got all dolled up, out the door and I spent the whole time trying to console an unhappy baby. After a few screaming melt downs we called it a day.
Proud big bro
Daddy and his crew
Momma's munchkins
We also had a fun visit with Grandma Pati! We went to the children's museum, went on long walks and had a lot of fun playing at the house.
Big bubbles
Trying out the Segway... he was SO serious
Don't fall off Pati
Showing Pati "doggies on the wee-wee"
(aka Air Bud movies)
Bath time
Story time
And of course snuggle time!
Next we had a visit from Gramby and Geezer. They showed up on the day our church small group hosted a "Meet the Baby Shower" for Miss Adia.
Super Hero themed party
Geez and his super hero
Water fun on the new "wee" (aka slide)
Popsicle yumminess
Story time
Geez taught Pierce to whistle
Clay and I also celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary. In honor of our milestone we hosted a vow renewal celebration complete with wedding cake and a toast!
Our wedding goblets a recreation of our wedding cake. YUM!
We had many guests who joined the celebration!
My sweetie
Dad did the vow renewals. It was very special!
For our anniversary gift we had tickets to Phantom of the Opera. It was awesome! They've redone the production since I saw it last and it was really enjoyable. So during that time Gramby and Geez were Adia's first baby sitters!
But unfortunately, all good things must come to an end. Gramby and Geez had to go home.
Ready to learn to drive
(P.S. Pierce can now identify Chevy Silverados...so funny)
Bye Bye Gramby and Geez
And of course we had some fun family time too...
We went to the Arbuckle Wilderness and fed the animals
Momma's workout buddy
And football season!
Go Pack Go!
We enrolled Pierce in gymnastics class and a music class. He's had a lot of fun at both. Of course I only have pics of gymnastics. So much fun!!
Obstacle course
Learning to do a backwards summersault
In the foam pit
It was fun to watch Adia grow and change.
Serious newborn
Sweet face... helping momma with diaper laundry
Super Adia to the rescue!
She learned to smile!
Tummy time practice
Our last visitor was Alyson. She treated the kiddos to Build a Bear and lots of other fun and games.
Ready to stuff our bears. Pierce wasn't too sure about this process.
Rockin' the mall
Adia and Super Bear
Coloring fun on a rainy day
Pierce's Build a Bear is Jedi Monkey... who now joins us at every meal
Wow what a whirlwind maternity leave was. We were so blessed to get to spend so much time together as a family and to have so many people come to visit us and enjoy time with the kids. While I'm sad to go back to work and miss out on these fun days, I know the kiddos are in great hands with Clay. How blessed we are to have a stay at home parent!