Neglected.

My poor blog has been ignored for almost two weeks. Shame on me.

Its only because we spent most of spring break being sick and I've been consumed with planning birthdays. (I guess that's what happens when you have three kids with parties in March, April, and May!)

So, to sum up our life lately - its been a bit crazy. We've all had colds, we had company over the break, we booked our trip to Vegas, Lee has been working a ton of OT, Kay had a birthday, Karen had a birthday, mom had a birthday, Ava got to experience (and loved) the water park for the first time and we celebrated Easter last Sunday.

So, here is a photo bomb via Instagram and I promise... NEW posts coming soon. 

The hip thing.

Being Pregnant with Ava caused some major issues with my hip and it has never been the same since.

I've been struggling for the last few weeks after injuring it again and because of it, I've been seeing the chiropractor every other week. I had my first deep tissue massage last week (lord, that was amazing) and I felt much better for about 2 days afterwards. But, today I'm back to feeling miserable. Its like having electric shock waves pulsing down your leg and up your spine. It's not so fun.

I go back to see the doctor on Tuesday and he told me last time that he would consider doing an MRI if I wasn't feeling better. So, we will go from there.

I'm really over this 'feeling old' thing. I hope we can figure out something soon.

Lookin' alike.

Had fun comparing pictures of the kiddos the other day.
In my opinion, Ava is for sure a good mix of the both of them.

Miss 4.0

Her ability to kick ass just continues to impress me.
Love this kid.

The 10 month old.

-- She has 6 teeth now! 4 on top and 2 on the bottom.

-- She continues to be the busiest child that I have ever had and is now standing unassisted and cruising the furniture all the time. She has even started climbing things and I found her ON TOP of the end table last night. Because of her curiosity and new found abilities she is also hurting herself all the time. She has a huge bruise on her temple at the moment from diving face-first on the kitchen floor.

-- She absolutely loves feeding Bentlee a dog treat every day. She waits til he sits and then hands it to him. It's adorbs.

-- Speaking of feeding Bentlee - she likes to share her food from her highchair as well. Drives me crazy.

-- I think she is slowly weaning herself from nursing. It's more like a snack/playtime to her nowadays. She likes to play with my hair, grunt, giggle and latch and unlatch over and over and over during a feeding. The only time she will nurse for longer than 5 or 10 minutes is right before bed.

-- Her sleeping schedule is FINALLY getting better. I was convinced that she was trying to kill me up until about a week ago. She's been waking up twice for about that long and I am so thankful. I'm enjoying it, because I know once more teeth start popping up, we will be right back to sleepless nights.

-- No more army crawling. She now does the full on, hands-and-knees crawl and she is even FASTER than before.

-- She is really into sharing lately. She will take her binkie out of her mouth sometimes and try to shove it into mine. She also enjoys sharing her cheerios, slobbery fist and all. I just love her sweetness.

-- She is OBSESSED with the song Thrift shop. She can be pissed and throwing the worst tantrum until you turn it on. Then she stops, squeals and breaks out into dance.

-- She loves books and will play with her toys if you are on the floor with her. The only time she will stay interested for longer than 2 minutes is if she has a play mate. Otherwise? She would rather be into something that she shouldn't be.

-- She says "mama" now with meaning. Normally, it's when she is following me around the house or when she wants my food, but hey... I'll take it.

The teether.

Last week, my kid checked out. My fun, and busy little girl disappeared and instead was replaced by a cranky, mean, and unpleasant child.

I knew she was working on her top teeth. The fever, drool and constant chewing on everything in her path, gave that one away. But, on day #3 I realized she was working on FOUR all at once.

Poor thing. It was sleepless nights, a constant headache and no fun for either of us.

Happy to report that she is now better and has 6 teeth total. We even bought her a toothbrush and she loves gnawing on it while I brush mine in the morning.

Happy to have my girl back. That was rough.

The weekend.

I felt better.
Layton felt better.
The sun was shining.
I got caught up on housework.
We celebrated the littelest nieces birthday and went bowling with The Hughes Family and The Roses.

It felt good to be out of bed and off the couch.

Life is looking better this week.