Bunk bed!

It took me two days in the sweltering sauna that is our garage in the summer (and that is with the garage door open and a fan blowing directly on me) to paint their new bunk bed.  They couldn't agree on one color of course.  

Before...

And After!

Their room looks so much bigger now.  Brady wasted no time showing them how to tuck a blanket onto the top bunk to make a fort of the bottom one.  So far it's been a big hit.  

And there is a new recipe on Reciped!  Orange Scones!  So yum, so make sure you check them out!  :o) 

Oh Rory.

She wanted a head band like her sister.  Minutes later she was wearing it like this and wouldn't take it off.  She's a nut ball. 

Beckah is 4 months old!!

Where has the time gone?? She is laughing (not often).  She smiles at just about everyone.  It is insanely hard to clean out her neck rolls. She is just the sweetest little sweetheart ever!  I have never met such and easy baby.  Her appointment isn't until the end of the month (gotta love TriCare) so I will post stats when we get them.  I will have to try and get pictures of her thumb sucking cause it is so cute how she holds her nose.  Anyway...enjoy her cuteness!  

New Recipe on Reciped!

Check out our family recipe blog...Reciped!  It's on the menu bar up ^^^^ there!  I just posted an Easy and Yummy Mac'n'Cheese recipe!

Teaser...

I have been working on pictures from our visit home a little at a time and thought I should post some for all of you so see. We had such a good time visiting and hope to do it again soon! Brady and I feel that we have the most awesome families on the planet and our friends just plain ROCK! We miss you all so much, and while we are glad for the new life and friendships we have here in Nebraska, we will always be missing the wonderful people at "home."

So a teaser...I have the cutest nieces and nephews...

Beckah's 2 month stats and other craziness...

Sorry we are so late updating about Beckah's two month stats. Things around here have been...interesting. Most of you that keep up with me on Facebook know that we have been in and out of the ER with Beckah getting tests done. She was projectile vomiting after every feeding for a whole day and it freaked me out. I, unfortunately was all alone when this happened. Brady was away getting more training at Keesler for two weeks. :o( So I packed all three kids up and headed to the ER. After a couple of ultrasounds, x-rays, and some really wonderful people in the ER helping me with the girls we figured out that she was constipated and has a bit of reflux. She isn't bad enough to be on meds and once we got her constipation taken care of things got MUCH better. A combination of a little bit of watered down prune juice mixed with some baby safe probiotics has made for a much happier baby. She hasn't vomited in a total of 5 days now and I am so happy about this.

So on to her two month stats. She was 11lbs 15ozs and 23 inches. Puts her in the 75^th percentile over all. My little chunky monkey. She has some serious leg rolls and adorable chins. Brady was changing her diaper the other day and told me “Our daughter has some serious junk in her trunk.” Yes sir, she does. It's dang cute too!

Beckah smiles and coos all the time now. She also has found her thumb. For real. I am not looking forward to getting her off of her thumb later in life, but for now it is really awesome. She self soothes and puts her self to sleep very easily. Her pacifier is always on hand. Literally. She also LOVES our Classical Baby videos (all the girls love them really). Makes my life just a bit easier when you can have 25 minutes to do whatever needs doing. Oh and two hands to do it with.

Cady and Rory have been great. Rory had what we are pretty sure was an allergic reaction to Mahi last week. We don't eat much fish (other than canned tuna, which both girls love and neither have had a reaction to). So I was trying to branch out with the Mahi. It was really good and Rory LOVED it. So when her face turned red and her face, neck and arms started itching I was pretty bummed. Well worried and then bummed. We got another referral to our allergist (gotta love TriCare) and we will be figuring out how bad the allergy is and what else we need to keep her away from. Oh and if we need to start carrying an Epipen (sp?). Fun times.

Cady is getting geared up for School in the fall. I can't believe that she will start kindergarden! She is so ready for it. I have no idea what we will do without her all day.

That is about it for now. We are gearing up for our trip to Vegas in a week! SOOOOOO ready for a vacation and some family time! I also can't wait to meet my newest nephew for the first time, and take lots of pictures of everyone! :o)

Comparison Pictures

Do my kids look alike? You tell me.

The first picture is Cadence, second Rory and third is Beckah. I think they look a lot a like as babies.