Heaven on Earth

 I have been trying to find time to post about Jonathon's kindergarten graduation, fourth of July, summer activities, etc etc. but in between feedings, diaper changes, feeding the boys, cleaning, playing with the boys, rocking the baby, running errands, etc. I barely have time to get on my computer, ever. So real quick why the princess is asleep and I am not totally exhausted and ready for bed at 10 pm I thought I would post the many random pictures I take of Isabella. She is growing too fast already and each week I feel the days slipping by and see inch by inch how she grows and I want time to stop still. I don't know if I'll ever have another girl, and I've waited so long for her, I just want this newborn stage to last a lot longer. I am holding on to it so tight. Having a newborn is heaven on earth. I can feel heaven in our home with this little angel in it.

 She is six weeks old and is the most wonderful baby, truly an angel. She has the sweetest spirit about her. Now that she is awake more in the day, twenty to thirty minutes here and there, when she looks into my eyes I feel like she looks into my soul. She is so observant, but still so sleepy. She nurses well, looks around for a bit while four people stare and fuss over her, then closes her eyes and goes back to sleep. When she's hungry she lets us know, she does have a nice set of lungs :) She is already sleeping through the night six hrs. and this mommy is very happy about that. But for some reason even before when she woke every 3 hours in the night I never felt sleep deprived. Just excited, and lucky.

I am feeling great, totally recovered. I had my six week check up today and life can resume back to normal. I can swim ( I have been dying to swim with my boys in this 110 degree weather all month!), exercise (can't wait to get back into my gym routine, it's my me time!), and other fun things ;) This has been my best recovery yet and I am so thankful. I did have a few days of battling Mastitis a couple weeks back, and that was horrible. But thankfully antibiotics cleared it up in a few days and I was out of bed, free of fever and chills, and back to being mom. Jake was a saint throughout, being both mom and dad for three days (making meals, cleaning, playing with boys, taking care of Bella, and he made me lay in bed and watch movies and sleep all day). I had it twice with Jonathon and pray I don't get it again.

We are enjoying every minute with this girl. The boys dote on her as much as me. If I put her in a cute new outfit (which is everyday!) they say in unison, awwww! Both the boys always comment on how cute and darling she is (yes they say darling!) They are always wanting to hold her, rock her, help change her, burp her, and can't wait until she's a little bigger and can respond back to them. They get a kick out of her and are always laughing if she makes a silly face, or if she has a loud blowout, or if she yawns or stretches. Pretty much, they are obsessed. Caleb has had a rough time adjusting to being the middle child. We are trying hard to find time to play with him one on one and give him the attention he needs. Yesterday he got into Bella's car seat and pretended he was a crying baby. And later in the day he had her pacifier in his mouth as he was walking around with his cowboy boots on. And the other night he asked Jake to hold and "rock him like a baby." See what I mean? haha. It's pretty funny. We are all adjusting, at times I feel guilty for all the time taking care of a newborn requires, but I know he will be alright, he will survive, and he really won't remember this phase at all at 3 yrs old.

Watching Jake father a daughter is beyond words. Really it is the sweetest thing to see how his parenting has changed so much in comparison to the boys. She is his little princess, he's so protective of her, so gentle with her, she has him wrapped around her fingers, Any cry she gives, I might let her cry a few minutes when I'm in the middle of something, he will get her right away and comfort her. Just the way he looks and her, talks to her, and rocks her is different then with the boys. I love it. She is daddy's girl. When she is a woman one day and has two (well three really!) older brothers guarding her and her daddy, that's a lot of men protecting her. Talk about intimidating, her poor dates :) Each day is a gift with her, and we are enjoying this special summertime. She loves being outside, I think the heat comforts her. She likes to be swaddled and rocked, likes the sounds of the ocean waves, does not like diaper changes, changing clothes, or loud screams from her brothers, she loves the bath and to be sung to. She is getting chubbier and I looooove it.

 sweet angel

 Aunt Brittany loving on her niece!

 They are amazed by her

 Asleep on Uncle Chris, too cute

 First day outside, by Grandma's pool

 Jonathon had two weeks of school left after Bella was born and everyday after school he would run in the house, throw his backpack onto the floor, and ask where she was and if he could hold her. I took this picture one day when he fell asleep after school while holding her. So sweet.

 First alert day with eyes open!

 Out to lunch with the family to celebrate Grandpa

Beat after a girls night out to dinner with mommy, grandma and aunt Britt

 puckering up for daddy

 she found her thumb!

 summer girl

baby you're a firework!

~ Six weeks old ~ Baby fashionista!