Wednesday, July 30, 2014

More Crazy, Random Fun

In addition to the normal care and maintenance of 4 young children, we had special days at school that I had to prepare for, as well.  I managed to throw these outfits together late the night before I remembered it was 50's Day, and Bring a Buddy Day (a day when the little ones can visit) at Christa's school.

Fortunately, our family loves the 50s and between costumes that Cline had ordered for a 50s themed birthday party for me a few years ago, and an assortment of dance costumes, we were set!


 Fun with friends at Christa's school!

 Elizabeth is quite the ham, and has a special passion and talent for dancing.  She put together this little diddy, pairing angel wings with a sun hat and a ballerina swimsuit and moved and danced like crazy!

 She knows she's cute...

 Don't judge me.  This is the only way he would sleep!  I don't know if they buried him under pillows and blankets in the NICU or what, but if I wasn't holding him, this was the only alternative.

 Thomas is 4 months!!  I think he was trying to smile for this picture...

Cuddle time with sisters!  This is Thomas's serious face, which I saw a lot every time I tried to pull out the camera.  It inspired a little song/chant in our house, that all of the girls, especially Abby Kate, love to sing to him:

I had a baby boy
He was so serious
Every time I tried
To get a picture of
Him, he would not smile
He would only frown
And then sometimes
He would just look down

And I said
Smile Thomas, smile
Smile Thomas, smile
Smile Thomas, smile Thomas, smile Thomas, smile

Crazy, Random Fun

Still trying to get this blog caught up.... some days I think that will never happen again, but I'm not ready to give up the dream just yet!  Some post-Christmas/early January fun!

 Sometime when this picture was taken, I captured Thomas smiling in this handsome car sweater!

 Girls are loving their American Girl dolls, and ballet is one of their favorite things!  Put them together, and you get amazing wonderful-ness!

 For Thomas's 3 month pictures, we went to the same studio in a neighboring town we've been using since Elizabeth was born.  Thomas wouldn't wake up at all!  I tried everything, but he was out!

So we left with this....

 The fruits of our efforts....  at least I'm making an attempt to get good baby pictures of him??

 I've been very fearful of cutting Elizabeth's hair, because I have had a blast with her gorgeous ringlets. But, after nearly 3 years, it was time for a small clean up.  Elizabeth loved every moment of the experience, and Mrs. Keri did a great job preserving her curls!

 About to begin.

 All done and quite proud!

 We couldn't leave Abby Kate out of the hair-cutting process, so Mrs. Keri fluffed and styled her hair!

 Beautiful girl!

Thomas and I spent a lot of time like this his first few months.  He is about as good of a sleeper as Abby Kate was (my worst sleeper), so cuddling was the only way either of us could get some rest.  (Unless, of course, I was trying to, say, maybe, get a picture of him with his eyes open??)  At any rate, my extensive cuddle time with both Abby Kate and Thomas is something I look back now and cherish from those early days!