wubbanub!!

Guess who loves his binkie??? Mommy does! Way more than Hollis, but we are working on it! HA! IF the bink takes he will be my first binkie baby. EJ, G, & E call it a sippy because they have no clue! I really want him to take it at night, it decreases SIDS risk. Also, with four, chances are that on occasion he might have to wait until I can get to him and the binkie will help. In theory, anyway. We went with wubbanub because they are super cute! G wanted the long horn bull, I wanted a little lion or maybe the monkey but the bull it is:)!

Very Best Thing About Our New Place...

The backyard is amazing!!! It is the first place we have lived that has a privacy fence (well, without a giant drowning hazard also) and we are loving it! EJ, G, & EG can go out by themselves! WONDERFUL! They spend hours and hours running around. Makes for and easy bedtime:)!

Pics by my bestie:)!!

more to come:)!!

My Littles!!

Broken Bone...

Evergrace was the first of my lovelies break a bone...she cracked her precious little button nose! She was outside playing and walked right behind Boo while he was swinging. Boo felt so bad he cried too! Evergrace's nose is very swollen and as you can see a bit crooked. After she calmed down a bit she needed to call and tell Pop what happened, she LOVES her Pop! I am hoping this is the first and last broken bone, I have a feeling with 4 monkeys that isn't going to happen! HA!

Very proud of my man!

Josh took & rocked the GRE! He will enter UCA'S MAT program in the fall. I am so excited for him. It will not be easy, holding down a full time job, supporting a family of 6, and attending grad school full time! If anyone can do it Josh for sure can!

Hollis' First Dr. Appt!

We had a very hard time finding a pediatrician who was excepting new patients. I called around for two days before finding one...crazy! I really wanted to use the nurse practitioner I used with EJ but her office was one of many not excepting pt's. Anyway, we found a group who would take my monkeys and I was very nervous. I had no clue about the doctor. Well, it turned out that I loved her! She is young and super nice and pro-breast feeding and co-sleeping! Also, is fine with delaying vaccinations and skipping some all together! How awesome is that!?!?! Unfortunately, the appointment did not go as well as I had hoped. They put H on the scale and I almost fainted. He only weighed 7lbs 11oz a week after birth. My milk had been in for days, so he had lost a lot of weight. Also he was yellow. Very yellow. They did a blood draw to test his biliruben count and it was 15. I am very grateful she didn't suggest formula, she was super nice and asked if I could pump and do three step feedings. I was more than happy too:). Also, H has a dimple on his...well...crack. Josh and I had the on-call pediatrician where we delivered look at it. The nurse said it was okay. The pediatrician never once came and talked to us. Anyway, I showed it to Dr O and she is concerned. It could be a marker for Spina Bifida. We are in the process of scheduling a follow up with Childrens. After all that I felt llike I had been slugged in the gut with a baseball bat. Dad & Mom took the kids home with them all weekend so I could concentrate on plumping up our peanut. It worked! Monday his was weighing an impressive 8 lbs:)! Please be in prayer for our sweet baby and his little crack:)!!