Family Comes to Town

We were so excited because a week after Brooklyn's arrival, all the Linthorsts came to visit. Dave and Erin came into town first, following my mom, and then Ange and Richard. Trev came later that weekend. We had so much fun having my mom stay with us and having all the family over all the time. It was much needed family time. The new cousins finally got to meet and play. We also were able to fit a few activities even though I was quite distant with the new baby. We miss everyone already.


Frank got out his climbing gear and let all the kids repel down the tree. Ike loved climbing the ladder but wasn't sure about the repelling part.










Ike helped me make chocolates one afternoon!


Linthorst cousins finally all together!








Can't forget a picture our little Brooklyn!

2 weeks

I can't believe our little Brooklyn is already 2 weeks old and she is changing little by little each day. I love this stage, don't get me wrong it is hard with a unpredictable sleeping schedule and the fact that both my kids came down with a small cold. She is such a little tiny still. She dropped almost a pound from her birth weight but at her 2 week appt yesterday she is now 7 lbs 11 oz. She is a very healthy girl other than some tummy issues. They have put me on a no dairy diet to see if its the cows milk that is getting to her. Hopefully it doesn't last long. We love having her and can't imagine life without her already!

Brooklyn Page Radford

She is finally here!







Born July 27Th @7:14pm
She weighed 8 lbs 2 oz and 21.5 inches long. She has lots of black hair and is a big sleeper. We are so glad she is finally here. Mom and baby are doing well. Isaac is enjoying a lot of daddy time. We couldn't be happier! Thanks for all the love and support our friends and family have given us!

Summer Projects

I have been keeping myself busy through the summer getting the baby's room ready. We moved into this house in February and the spare room was an old school den. The challenge of this room was its walls were covered in old school wood paneling. We didn't want to spend much money on remodeling so we decided to go with paint. I wanted to have my glider reupholstered but I am happy with the final product. I also started another quilt from fat quarters my sister-in-law sent me last year. I just added a few fat quarters of pink and found a cute new pattern. I finally finished the quilt top and found my back fabric. It's being quilted right now so I don't have a picture of the final product but its pretty close.
We are getting excited for this little girl to come. I am being induced on Tuesday the 27Th, one week from today. I am so ready and done being prego. I lucked out and got to go in the day after my birthday so we wont have to share the same birthday.
We are getting excited to see all the family that is coming to town in a few weeks.

Hope everyone has a great week and hopefully the next post will be of our little girly!




This is the wood panel before we painted!



After!



Entire room before painted!



After!







This is my quilt top with the backing fabric. I am so excited to see the finished product!



A little bigger picture of what the quilt top looks like. I used 18 different fat quarter fabrics.

4th of July

It was nice to have such a long weekend for the 4Th of July. Saturday we just spent the day relaxing and getting things ready for the baby's arrival. Sunday we went over to the Radford's for a great lunch and then headed to the Linthorst's for dinner and a firework show. Dinner was great and every year my brother Frank goes all out for with the fireworks. Every neighbor comes to watch but this year we sat inside the house watching Toy Story. Our son is officially a wimp this year. He couldn't handle the noise either. Hopefully next year he has grown out of it. But other than that everything was great!
Coleman's sister Hailey left for her mission on Wednesday, she is serving in Tacoma, Washington. We miss her already but know she will be a great missionary!
We are getting closer to the arrival of our baby girl. I am scheduled to be induced around the 24Th of this month but will know for sure the day and time tomorrow. It may just end up we share the same birthday. I am just ready and done being prego. I can't grow anymore I swear!


Waiting for the fireworks to start but quickly having a meltdown once we got the "pop its" out!


Ike an Ethan playing around! Such cute boys!


Enjoying the sun at Cowabunga Bay.


Ike misses his Aunt Hailey!


And Ike loves to play Captain Hammer..its a character off a backyardigans show. He is such a nut!

Garden

I am so glad we decided to plant a vegetable garden. All the hard work and patience is starting to pay off. Everything is growing and some veggies we have already been able to enjoy. We can't wait for late summer/ early fall to see what else comes up.

Potty Training!

About a week and half ago I took on the challenge of potty training Isaac. People think I am crazy for not waiting till he is 3. They say boys are much harder to train do to the fact they don't pick up on things as quickly as girls. Yes I can say that is true but Isaac is such a clean freak that it didn't surprise me when he didn't like the feeling of peeing in his big boy pants. I read the book Toilet training in less than a day. I didn't stick to the guidelines but just took small tips from the book that worked well with Isaac. Everything went great the first 3 days then suddenly it went south. He decided he didn't like pooping in the toilet and held it for 2 days then letting go in his big boys. I seriously thought I was going to have a breakdown and give up right then and there. (REMEMBER; PREGNANCY= RAGING HORMONES) The issue continued for 2 days and I almost pulled out the hidden diaper stash. But soon I found that getting mad and frustrated in front of him was not going to change anything. I sat him down (on his potty) and told him about every Disney character I could think of that he likes and how they don't like making poops in their pants, he then decided at that moment it was OK and that he didn't want a dirty bum and went in the potty. Hallelujah!!! Things have been better since and no accidents (well minus a couple wet pull ups at night). Now I wont have to worry about double diaper duty come the end of next month! Oh just have to leave you with one of the many comments Isaac has come up with during this whole potty training experience! He was sitting on the potty trying to pee (since I literally was taking him every 15-20 mins the first day) and he couldn't get anything out. He turns to me and says, "mommy my pee pee needs new batteries, it's not working." My child has a solution for everything that goes wrong!