The kids went outside in the HUGE downpour and had so much fun!  I totally remember loving playing in the rain when I was little. 

and my fave from my phone:

Bailey was in first, then Devon followed shortly after.  I was surprised because I swear most morning as soon as Ruby makes a peep, Devon is in there saying hello. 

  Just excuse the mess of clothes please ;). 

Ruby is still in newborn diapers.  In a way it is nice that she is staying small so long—everyone always says they get big too fast, and I agree.  So to have her stay small is like we are stretching out the teeny tiny newborn stage and it’s nice…if only the reason why was different! 

As Ruby gets older, I am thinking more and more of her upcoming open heart surgery. I can honestly say that we have felt an immense amount of peace and comfort and have been able to have a pretty normal life with her, meaning we aren’t always scared about what could happen.  We are able…

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Bailey has been so entirely cute acting like a mommy all the time with her dollies—she feeds them, rocks them, carries them around in an old wrap I have similar to the one I carry Ruby in (a moby wrap made from my friend Cheri), and puts them to bed.  I love watching it—it’s just…

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One of my kids’ favorite games to play is Farmopoly, given to us by one of Dillon’s brothers for Christmas.  It is a fun game but it’s just like Monopoly and it can last FOREVER!  But the kids totally love it.  I had to document how my kids cross their fingers and truly, honestly believe…

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Ruby’s belly button took a while to heal.  Once the cord finally came off, it was oozing and so they had to cauterize it.  That didn’t work the first time so they had to do it again and then it was finally ok to give her a bath when she was a month old!  Before…

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(this picture below is at swim lessons before the ones above)