Beautiful Flagstaff

We live in such a beautiful place!! We went out for a little hike on labor day, it was perfect !

10 kids and 6 adults... we were kind of trail hogs!

Maeli's first hike!

SISTERS!

As promised... SISTERS PICTURES!

The BEST big brother!

Johnny is such an AWESOME big brother!! Last night he wanted to choose Mae's jammies. He was very meticulous about the process. He choose a couple out of the drawer, laid them out, then debated the pros and cons of each. Zipper vs. snaps, green vs. pink etc.

Minions

Steve has finally trained his minions!!

Cleaning the toilet...

Chillin'...

This chore thing is working out well for Steve!

Our world...

Sweet baby cheeks! I love her little hand!!

FIRST BATH! She didn't hate it...

She has Oliver toes... really long!

Little baby feet are so cute!

I think I have a picture of Leo in the same pose...

The LOVING big brothers. Ky is at school when we do our morning photo shoot... I'll have to remember to get a pic of her soon.

More of our Miss Mae

It has been another fabulous week of baby love at our house. My parents left Monday morning after staying with us for a week. It was so WONDERFUL to have them here!! They were such a big help! Steve didn't touch a dish the entire week! Leo has asked to go to the park every day since they left... he is missing grandpa!! Someday I will get it together and get that little guy to the park.

Our week has been very low key, not doing more than the essentials right now. This is what it looks like:

Some torture... "Really?! Another picture?!"

Lots of smiles. Lots of crying and fits too... I don't usually grab the camera in those moments though... Change can be hard sometimes, even the really great change, like a new sweet sister...

Some hand holding...

Bedtime snuggling...

Lots of kisses!

And holding...

And more kissing!

Of course, some cuteness!

And some PINK flowers... well pink everything!

We are all in love with our little miss Maeli! She is a sweet baby, sleeps well and is content when she is awake, perfect!

It can be a bit stressful at times meeting the needs of 4 munchkins but everyone is slowly adjusting and we wouldn't trade a minute! OK maybe that minute this morning when someone refused to eat his oatmeal because it had too much milk in it... did I mention he asked for more milk the second before?! We still made it to the bus on time so I say it was a good morning! :)

First Day of School!!

Our other miss started school today!!

That face says it all, she is SUPER EXCITED!!

Home!

We have had a fun week with our Maeli home with us!

Happy daddy and Maeli!

Yes, those are her fingers in her mouth, she found them right away. I am trying to get her to decide the binky is OK. Leo thinks it is cool that there is another binky kid in the house... they bonded.

All three big kids love to hold her and wait anxiously for her to wake up! This morning they couldn't even get dressed before they were asking to hold Maeli!

Sisters!

I think these big brothers might just be wrapped around some one's little finger!

Maeli Jo

Our little miss is here!! She came a couple weeks early and surprised us all! Kyla started school this week and I wanted Maeli to come a week before the first day of school or a week after it started... She must have heard me say that she needed to come by the 11th or wait 2 weeks... She choose the 11th!!

She was born Thursday the 11th at 7:24 pm. She weighed 7 lbs. 8 oz. and 20 inches long. She is my smallest baby by 4 oz.

Maeli made sure we all know she is daddy's girl!

Such a sweet little face!

More cuteness, she is beautiful!

Steve brought the kids to meet Maeli at the hospital. I love the expression on Leo's face! They were all so excited and happy to meet Maeli!

Kyla wanted to check out her fingers and toes...

We are all so happy to have a our sweet Maeli girl here!!

CAPES!!

Our sweet Aunt Amy made the kids capes!! They have been wearing them everywhere. The boys race around and around they love being SUPERMAN!!

Thanks Amy, they are SO cute!!

Happy Happy Birthday Steve!!

Steve's birthday was on Saturday, we celebrated with a big old BBQ: carne ranchera, crazy cake and lots of good friends, that is all Beave asks for... every year... :)!!

The AWESOME deck is one of Steve's projects from this summer. It is SO very nice, great job Beave!

He had A LOT of candles to blow out, good thing Johnny helped!!

A new trend

I am seeing a pattern forming here...

Same delicious whipped cream but a smarter 2 year old... he discovered the SPOON!!

Hairs cut...

I cut my hairs... all of them! I was needing a change and went a little crazy .

Tada!

YUM!!

How do you get this cute?!

Oh right, like that...