Mother's Day

My first Mother's Day as a Mom of 3 was wonderful, I'm sure loving having three sweet children!

The boys had a precious Mother's Day performance at their school

They sang some of their favorite songs with their class

We had a tea and snack that they prepared and they gave me beautiful boxes they decorated.

Andrew has been a little scared of the dark lately so knowing that his drawing make more sense:

 

Too funny Adam!

Loving on Baby Ally

So sweet!!

Ally with Gammy & Peepaw

Yummy Crawfish Boil

We met my parents for a Mother's Day Brunch on Sunday

Three Generations of Moms and Daughters

Me and My Precious Three!

This day was especially fun because Ally wore a dress that was mine when I was a baby.

The dress is in amazing shape! Here I am in it 33 years ago:

Do we look anything alike?

Kenny's Aunt made her gorgeous bonnet, love it!

Big Brothers

So sweet!

Notice that I do put her in colors other than pink ;-)

Being a Mother is such a hard job but it is so worth it. I'm incredibly blessed!

Just some pictures . . .

Pictures taken on my cell phone

Perspective . . .

When Ally came home from the hospital she weighed 6 pounds 4 ounces. Most people probably would not consider taking their newborn's picture with a pink sharpie highlighter as a prop. But when the boys were in the nicu few people were allowed in to visit them and it was really hard to describe how tiny they truly were so I grabbed the first thing I came across that would put their size into perspective and it just happened to be a pink highlighter.  So to carry on the tradition of the marker photos, I took one of Ally and you can sort of get an idea of the difference between a 6-7 pound 19" newborn and a tiny micro preemie.

Adam

Ally looks like a giant!

Andrew

I'm so very thankful for all three of my little miracles!!

First Days at Home

Our first few days at home with Miss Ally were so much fun but flew by so fast! Each of the boys was visiting a set of grandparents and Kenny was off from work so we really got to enjoy focusing on our new little girl.  We didn't get much sleep those first nights so it was really a blessing that the boys were off visiting so we were able to take naps in the morning. A huge thanks to our parents for keeping the big kids entertained!! 

Ally's done great with the nursing which was a huge blessing since the boys were never able to with their many breathing issues. (I pumped exclusively for them for 7 months and that was definitely a labor of love that I won't miss this time around)  I've really gotten to cherish all the firsts that come with having a tiny newborn like snuggling her on my chest and just watching her lay there. I know how fortunate we are and I'm so very grateful.  Ally is such a dream baby!!

First Bath, she actually really enjoyed it!!

All clean and enjoying her swing

Trying out her little chair for the first time