InstaFriday

I am linking up with Life Rearranged's  InstaFriday where you post pictures of your cell phone pics from the week.  I love looking at every ones pictures so I thought I would join in this week!

Here is our week in cell phone pictures!

The girls and I have a girl's night once a week while John is at work, right now it is Sunday nights.  We watch Extreme Home Make Over and do a craft or paint our toenails or both.  This week we just painted our nails.  John happened to be home on leave so being the fabulous Daddy that he is, he joined in with us and let the girls paint his nails. 

Little Miss Livvie has been walking around nursing her baby a lot this week. So cute!

We  got to celebrate the birthday of one of our best family friends, Miss Isabel. She turned seven and we had a great time eating yummy Mexican food.

Homeschooling is a little crazy around here these days.  With the two little ones we have to be pretty flexible with our plans.  Sophie does not sleep much so I am pretty tired most days and unfortunately my patience reflects that at times.  Olivia is in full two year old craziness so she can make things a little more challenging. I taught her to use the computer this week to give here something to look forward to while I work with the girls.  I can not believe how quickly she picked it up.  We have been playing on PBS Kids mostly.  She loved it.  

Today we went to this huge resale thingy called Little Feet Repeats.  It was no fun for the girls but they were fabulous.  Well, Livvie was a little crazy but the big girls were very helpful.  It was boring for them and involved a bit of waiting around. I did get a few good deals though.  I treated them to Chick-fil-a to thank them for being so patient. 

I'm Back

Wow, I have been away from the blog for a long time.  I don't even know where to start so I will start with the most exciting happening in our life in the last several months.  We added a new member to our family!

Miss Sophia Jean arrived July 27, 2011, weighing in at 9lbs 12 ounces of sweet baby girl goodness. (Excuse the graininess of the pictures as in true fourth baby fashion I took my camera to the hospital with a dead battery so we took pictures with my IPhone)  Oh my was she hard to get out, she had huge shoulders! She was my shortest labor but hardest delivery if that makes any sense at all.  She is an amazing little baby and such a perfect piece of the crazy puzzle that is our family.  I am so in love with her as I am with all my girlies.

Adjusting to life with four kiddos has been going pretty well, I am insanely tired as Sophie is not the greatest sleeper ever.  Olivia is in full two year old mode so she wears me out too.  Ellie and Emma are fabulous helpers so I am thankful for them.  The hardest part is getting school done.  I tell John I am going to put the big girls in school about every other day.  Olivia is crazy during school time and the baby needs holding and it is chaos at times but I was reminded by a friend yesterday that this is just a season and it too shall pass. 

Speaking of chaos, Miss Olivia is up from nap and by nap I mean the hour that I make her play quietly in her room every day because she refuses to sleep even though she is sooooo very tired and cranky. And by play quietly I mean she sings at the top of her lungs and constantly tells me that it is time to get up. 

So I am off to deal with her and hopefully I will be back to the blog much sooner this time!