One Month with MICAH!

Micah Jay is One-Month-Old!

Micah has become quite the little SMILER while sleeping and awake! I just can't get enough of this sweet baby boy!

He is apparently eating like a champ because he is GROWING like a weed! He now weighs 11lbs 9oz and is 23.5in long!

Micah really is the BEST baby! We prayed for him to be a CONTENT baby, and the Lord certainly heard and answered our prayers! We're so THANKFUL for this perfect little gift!

Back to work...

...and back to reality!

Today was Joe's first day back to work and my first day flying solo with the boys after a whole month of being together. Sniff sniff : ( OK, ok I'm not expecting any sympathy here. Who gets to have their hubby home for a whole month after having a baby? Not very many ladies are so fortunate. I have been spoiled and am incredibly grateful to the gov't for this little perk! But it was still a sad day for us as it was hard to see our time draw to an end. Boo! We had such a fun month together and have so many great memories to look back on with the addition of our new little man!

We got a ton of projects done this month. Well, mostly Joe got projects done... my to-do list seems to be ever increasing! Although Joe's strong sense of being task- oriented can conflict a bit with my love language of quality time : ) I am so very thankful that my man is a doer... he certainly gets things DONE around here! It makes him crazy to have a to-do list and I like to be organized so I guess we make for a pretty good team! Although, there is very little down-time in this house. Ha! I'm looking back and wondering how we could have been in the same house for a whole month and hardly have seen each other?! Maybe this is just reality of life with two, type A personalities and 3 little ones who are barely 3 and under! We are learning that we'll have to be more intentional, and we're increasingly grateful for date nights and the very best babysitters--Grandparents!

We kind of took a tag team approach with the kids this month--Joe kept Isaac with him doing projects together, I took care of Micah, and Wyatt bounced between the two of us! : ) Now I'm wondering how in the WORLD I will do it on my own?! BUT, it's time...time to figure out how to run this show on my own, time to get into a routine again, and time to start developing a new norm with 3 kids! So I'm ready to hit the ground running on this new adventure...

We took advantage of the beautiful weather with a couple of family outings before daddy headed back to work. Kite flying and picnics go hand in hand! Thanks Grandma Great and Papa Great for our very cool kites! The boys had SO much fun on one very windy day! Here, Wyatt could hardly wait to get his kite up and going...

And once it was up and going...

...he wanted a turn to fly it all by himself! ...and so did Isaac! Here's my Ike man with his feelings all hurt because he just can't quite keep up with Daddy and big bro... So Wyatt loving comes over, puts his hand in front of Isaac's mouth and says, "Don't cry brother"...

then he lets Ike help hold the kite string! It was PRECIOUS!

Everyone stopped for a little lunch break. Oops! Mommy forgot the PINK picnic blanket so we all just plopped down in the grass.

then we hit Deanna Rose for Wyatt to do a little horse back riding...

and fishing...

while Isaac got to play at the park! Here he is climbing through a RED tunnel!

All good things must come to an end!

and it was a very GOOD THING to have daddy home for a month! Time for another tissue to wipe away these tears...

Three Weeks with Micah!

Here's our lil Micah Jay at 3 weeks!

Micah still sleeps most of the day but when he is awake, he is really AWAKE and bright eyed and alert to everything going on around him!

He has found his thumb! He did this a few times in the hospital, then we covered his hands so he wouldn't scratch himself. But now that the mittens are off, he's defintiely a thumb sucker! I LOVE to watch him sleep... He makes the cutest lil grimaces... and sweet smiles! Lil buddy got his first BOTTLE this week and loved it! I think he chugged the entire 4oz in about 5 minutes. He had to stop for one little burp break!

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Fun Facts about our 3-week-old:

MICAH...

-Loves to hold your fingers. It is so sweet! -is really starting to respond to our voices and make sweet faces (not quite a smile, but almost!) when we talk to him!

-very rarely cries... he GRUNTS instead! If he's hungry or poopy or gassy, he just grunts. If you wait too long then he'll make some serious noise, but he gives you quite a bit of warning. He is so PATIENT! -eats so FAST that he chokes and gets milk in his nose... then he snorts like a little piggy until he finally sneezes it out! : )

-always has the hiccups. He's got his own little routine after he eats... first he burps, then he toots and normally has a huge diaper, then lastly he ends with the hiccups!

Easter... Oh, Happy Day!

He is Risen! We had a wonderful weekend full of pancakes, chocolate bunnies, and eggs filled with lots of goodies. But most importantly, we celebrated the cleansing power of Jesus through his death and Resurrection! My boys definitely haven't grasped the weight of their sin (nor have I, really) that Jesus carried on the cross, but Wyatt is beginning to understand the meaning of Easter...that Jesus died, was buried in a tomb, and then rose from the dead! All of this so there would be a LIVING HOPE and LIFE ETERNAL for those who believe and are saved! Wyatt offered to pray at the kids' table before Easter lunch... It was the first time I heard him thank God for JESUS!

Oh happy day, happy day!

The church we attend, Harvest Bible, had a pancake breakfast on Saturday morning. Yummy!

Then the kiddos got to play lots of fun games in the gym while we waited for the egg hunt to begin!

Isaac really wanted Baby bro to participate too! He would get his hands on Micah any chance he could get... But Micah man was comfy, cozy in the car seat and slept through the entire event! On your mark, get set, GO! The egg hunt began in a mad dash to fill your basket with as many eggs possible. Isaac was ALL about filling his own basket! And Wyatt was pretty proud of his collection too! Luckily they split them up by age group so or Isaac wouldn't have had a fighting chance with Wy guy and Dax! : ) On Sunday morning, the boys got to open their Easter baskets that Grandma Becky had left for them! They were pretty excited about the sweet treats inside! They also got a cool new art set from Mommy and Daddy. Disastrous, I know, but so much creativity inside!

Micah was snoozing away in his handsome little Easter outfit UNTIL... we got to church! I always try to strategically plan feedings but my efforts always seem to fail. Ugh! Micah was hungry so Mommy missed much of the service. I did get to hear the message, but it's not quite the same as experiencing the Easter message front and center!

Here are 3 of my 4 handsome fellas. Daddy didn't have enough arms to keep all 3 contained for a photo. Hey, you take what you get these days!

It's not only Wyatt who is completely enamored with Auntie B anymore, Isaac is too! You will usually get the arm shove if you try to take him away from his Auntie B. I love how much they love her! She is just a kid magnet... for my kids anyway. She has definitely found her niche in children's ministry!

Uncle Trent and Auntie B had us over for a beautiful Easter dinner and set up a pretty cool, color coded egg hunt for the kids! Isaac just wanted the candy inside... forget the egg hunt, just give me FOOD!

Isaac was supposed to be searching for YELLOW eggs, but apparently thought Ashtyn had better treats inside her PINK eggs... so Ashtyn had a little helper, aka the egg snatcher!

The Easter outfits didn't last long enough for a picture together. Willie the Wildcat and Fireman McCulley were on the hunt...

Micah got to meet his Grandma Great and Papa Great today!

Micah and Mimi

Micah and Poppy

This little man is definitely LOVED!

If Uncle Trent is around it means PLAYTIME!!! Isaac can't get enough!

Isaac was into everything! Here is attempted to take Poppy's phone away...

and help himself to a Cadbury egg from Mimi's Easter basket! Doesn't he look like a little painter here in his white, spotted outfit? Ha!

My kids are like little scavengers when there's chocolate around and act completely deprived! I guess we don't eat much candy in our house, so when someone else offers it to them they snatch it and eat it as fast as they possibly can in fear that Mommy is going to take it away! :)

Philippians 3:10-12

I want to know Christ—yes, to know the power of his resurrection and participation in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead. Not that I have already obtained all this, or have already arrived at my goal, but I press on to take hold of that for which Christ Jesus took hold of me.