Sweet Missy Miss

My big 17+ pound girl.  She grew 5 pounds and 2 inches since her last visit.  But it is 17 pounds of sweetness.  Love our girlie!

Brothers did better with the shots this time.  It helped that they hid their faces.  Mary gave one good scream and then was back to her sweet self.  

Also, as it is clear I an not starving the "little lady" we were advised to start sleep training her.  Hoping ear plugs are not necessary like they were for big brother.  Also hoping she just decides to do it on her own...a mom can dream right?

Here she is in a "new" outfit... Starting to retire 6 month and bring out 9 month clothes.  Bittersweet fir sure, she has so many cute outfits.

4 months and a BFF

Yesterday Miss Mary was officially 4 months, and to celebrate, her BFF Violet drove all the way from Vermont to visit....or maybe it was just a happy coincidence.  Either way we loved meeting sweet Violet and seeing her mom and dad.  I have a feeling these girlies will be good friends.( 

They'll make a liar out of you every time.

Such it was with Miss Mary's first trip to the ER.  Hours of screaming resulted in a stop in North Carolina on our way home from the beach.  Poor girlie could not be soothed.  She was also refusing to eat.  

Little lady screamed so loud while checking her in I almost resorted to hand written messages...but since I was holding little miss a lot of gesturing and throwing of insurance cards was done instead.

Hours later when we finally saw the nurse practitioner....huge smiles.  "Just gas" was the diagnosis.  Really? "Serious gas".  Ok then.  Not sure what offended her so, but mercifully it hasn't happened again.

She was her smiley self, but her brothers were beside themselves from all the screaming.  Chick-fil-a and a dip in a hotel pool got them back on track.  Plus the next day we only had a couple hours left in our trip.  A non scheduled but necessary stop.

What she wore at the beach

PoIn typical beach time, this is a day late.  Little lady is living the beach and all these kiddos running around!

What she wore Wednesday

Because she is so cute we'll try another round of this "fashion inspiration". To me, her cute outfits just don't get old.

 

 

 

 

All pictures taken with my phone, excuse the blurry ones. Try as I might I still forget to take pictures every day...sweet third child you are getting more camera time then I thought you would!

 

Happy 4th of July!

Kid parade, fireworks, good and fun.  Happy Independence Day! 

What she wore Wednesday

A little fashion inspiration for all you little ladies!  Also just an excuse to post pictures of my "doll baby".  Amazing how many times I hear that while we are out.  Took Mary to her first Nats game and must have heard it like 50 times.  Even had a dude go out of his way to cone up and say "that is the most beautiful baby! I'm serious!"  He was on the way to purchase liquid refreshment... and clearly  had been very thirsty.

Anyway, enough chit chat here she is:

Summer Reading Program

This is our second summer participating in the county wife summer reading program.  Fun, easy and the kids get a fun coupon book for treats in the area. 

We picked up our coupon books this morning.  James excitedly read me each one...free ice cream at McDonald's!! Cookie from chick-fil-a....mini golf...you get the picture. Not to be outdone, Luke started to "read" his coupons to me based on the pictures..."a clown will read me a book", "free volcano!", and "my very own real pirate...to keep in my room".  

Where will I stash that pirate?