Roystone Hotsprings

We went to this great hotsprings last Saturday with some of our Bible Study group. Jenny, Chad and boys, Craig and Brenda and girls, and us soaked it up at Roystone Hotsprings. It's a great natural hotsprings pool just outside of Emmett. The water is around 98 degrees and feels so good. They have a covered pool along with a hot tub and indoor lodge area for get togethers. We had such fun! I even took Kade in for his first swim and he loved it... for a while:-)

Happy 31st to my hubby...

Adam turned 31 this past Saturday (April 2nd). We went with some of our Bible study group to Roystone Hotsprings for a little bit of swimming and then Craig and Brenda watched our 2 oldest while we went out to dinner. We used the free birthday dinner card at Tucano's Brazillian Grill where we stuffed our faces with all you can eat grilled meats and salad bar! Yum! Then Sunday we went out to dinner with the fams at Texas Roadhouse. The picture is horrible but I had to add it. They made Adam sit on a saddle with his ice cream while everyone in there restaraunt shouted "Yee Haw!". It was great! I have the best husband ever and I'm thankful for him every single day. He continues to make me laugh, is my best friend and encourager, supports me as a parent, and treats me the way any woman would want to be treated by a man! He is a wonderful dad and I love seeing him wrestle and play ball with Cole and Mason and then turn around and coo and love on Kade. I'm such a lucky girl to have such a wonderful guy!!! Looking forward to the next 31 years!!!

Random pics from the week. Sweet brothers, cute boys!

Kade's First Bottle...

Sadly, I am going to be returning to work this coming Sunday. I have LOVED being home with the boys these past 2 months and it seems like it's gone so fast. I know I shouldn't complain because I'm going to be going back one evening (3p-11p) shift a week for the first couple of weeks and then will go back to 2 shifts a week after that. If I have to work I guess that's about as good as it gets:-) It will be fun to see everyone at work again and see what has been going on with our patients though, so it's not all bad.

Anyways, to the point of my post, we gave Kade his first bottle today in preparation of my being gone. He was a champ and after a few seconds of letting milk run down his cheek, he gladly drank it down! Both boys were so anxious to help and took turns holding the bottle. They love being big brothers!

As I was getting ready to pump prior to Kade's bottle, Cole started to show a very large interest in how milk was pumped from me into the bottle. Needless to say, all pumping will be done behind closed doors. Curious 4 year olds don't need a lesson in breast pumping:-)

Smiles!!!

Yeah! Kade is really starting to smile on his own when we talk to him. He just loves to be talked to and coo'd at and when he's in the mood he'll shower you with smiles! I love it when my babies start to show how much they love me (and their dad too)!

More pictures...

I don't have anything exciting to say so I'm just going to post pictures and a couple cute videos! Those are the best anyways:-)

6 weeks old - getting chubby

Kade - 6 weeks old

They really do love each other!

Peaking in on their little bro.

Life as usual...

Nothing out of the ordinary has been going on with us lately. We've been adjusting to life as a family of 5 and are finding it is a great number! Kade is getting bigger and changing all the time. Cole and Mason are both loving being brothers to Kade and dote on him any chance they get. Cole has "taught" Kade how to roll a ball and give knuckles. He's such a good oldest brother!

I took Kade in for a check up this week because I noticed his belly button popping out when he cries, sneezes, or coughs. They said he has an umbillical hernia which should go away in the next few months without any problems. They also checked his weight and he weighed in at 10lb 12oz. He's really filling out in the face and starting to get some little rolls on his legs. We're waiting for him to start smiling on command but he's still only giving us those quick half asleep smiles. He's so adorable and I love him to death!!!

Mason is into singing and dancing. He loves to sing Twinkle, Twinkle and ABC's. He asks me to sing to him a lot before his nap and bedtime. He loves to play ball and run and jump. He calls his youngest brother "Baby Kade" and loves to hold him. After about 2 minutes of holding him he says, "Baby Kade fussy", even though he is perfectly happy, and I know that is my cue to take him back. He likes to hit and kick people so we are working on that. He also has a great set of mean looks that he will give anyone who he decides to be mad at, we can't help but laugh at them!

Cole is really into writing and reading. He wrote me his birthday list today (his birthday is in September) and he gave me a recipe for Carrot and Potato Stew. On St. Patrick's day he wrote me a note about a Leprekon (?) spelled LAFRKUN. You can see it sounds similar:-) He also wrote me a thank you note spelling it FACU. It's so fun to see him sounding things out and he is so good at writing. He is also reading a lot of 3 and 4 letter words by sounding out each letter. What a smartie!!! He loves to boss Mason around, be the leader, have the biggest piece of everything, and help me and Adam with whatever we are doing. He's lots of fun and growing up very fast!

I'm going to be going back to work in a couple weeks and am dreading it. I feel like Kade is still so little and am having a hard time thinking about leaving him. At least it will only be in the evenings and Adam will be home most of that time. I love that I only have to do 2 evenings a week though and that I have a job that I enjoy. Hopefully I can jump back into it without having forgotten too much:-) Life is seeming pretty normal again and I'm loving being a mom of 3 boys! It's wild and crazy but so much fun!