Easter and More

This year Easter was freezing cold. We had a very quick outside real egg hunt and then did our plastic eggs inside.

The Easter bunny must have been talking to Pops.

Another day Lily, June and I took a walk to the botanical gardens to see if anything was growing. Plus Lily wanted to visit her little friend. She's finally figured out that this little girl is a statue.

Her other little friend.

Lily likes to nap in my bed these days. I don't blame her. It's super cozy.

We've had a few nice days. We try to spend as much of the day outside as we can.

June rocking her new suit from Grandpa Johnson.

Lily at the library being Elsa.

Nap time!

Yoga before conference.

Madelyn got too wiggly during conference and ended up stuck.

Sneaky June.

We went to K-State's open house and got plants and balloons among other things.

Lily found a new friend. She wasn't sure if he was alive or not.

Madelyn liked holding all the bugs.

Baby June

June fiinnaaallly made it into this world. She was my easiest birth by far. I went into the hospital around 7 to get induced. She was born at 3:24. It only took 4 contractions to get her out. I guess once we forced her she was pretty willing to come.

Her sisters were really excited to meet her.

Rory was pretty happy too.

Our little leprechaun.

Unfortunately we had to make a trip to the NICU to sort out a worrisome twitch she had. Poor little June had to have a feeding tube, IV, head wires, heart monitor and oxygen monitor attached to her. Every one of her limbs had something on it. Luckily it turned out she was not having seizures. 

She also ended up having jaundice so she got to hang out under a tanning light for a day. She was not a fan of the protective eyewear.

She was pretty happy the day she got to have her IV and other monitors taken off.

Hanging out in the NICU room wishing we were home.

They did eventually let us go after we convinced the doctors to let us take her feeding tube out and just breastfeed her. We practically ran out of the hospital before they could change their minds.

Hahahaha. This picture makes me laugh. 

The girls were happy to have their parents and sister home again. My mom was so amazing and drove all night to get to us so she could watch the girls while we were in the NICU.

Happy June. 

Thank you so much for coming out Toots! You're a life saver.

Pre-Baby

Here are a few pictures of what we did in the weeks leading up to Baby June.

We got a new mattress and pillows. The girls really liked the cylinders the pillows came in. They provided hours of entertainment.

Rory got a scout leader award for being awesome.

I went to Madelyn's parent teacher conference and spotted this fabulous self portrait. Madelyn's teachers only have good things to say about her. She saves all her meltdowns for home.

I took Madelyn and Lily on separate Mommy daughter dates to have a little alone time with each girl before their sister arrived.

Rory spent the week leading up to June's birth at home. He did a lot of coloring.

Lily pretending to be Shutterbat.

We finally got all the carseats into the car. It's tight but it works.

We spent one afternoon at the park. The girls and Rory had a rousing game of tag while my ginormous self sat on a bench.

Madelyn loves to swing. And I love that she can pump herself.

Happy Rory.

Lily also loves to swing but she hasn't figured out how to pump yet. 

I don't miss that belly.

Running away from Dad.

After the park we went to the garden. Madelyn dug herself a sitting hole.

Lily digging her hole.

Rory tilled.

This is a different park. It was a beautiful day so the girls and I went after Madelyn got home from school. I'm so excited for warmer weather!