Spring Time Farming

Farming is in full swing now.  Not the best timing to have a new baby…..  Ryan is busy running around getting everything running and keeping it going.  The beets are all almost planted, which will be nice to have one thing completely done.  Potato planting is supposed to start any day and there are tractors going in fields all around 24 hours a day.  I thought we were going to have one in our bedroom the other night, since I am up all hours of the night I could hear the tractors running and it was close to the house!   It is hard to not be excited about all of the farm work!  Ryan is also putting up 3 new pivots this spring, so far only one is standing, he needs to get moving, water should be coming the first of May. 

It finally has dried out enough to burn the remains of the corn maze.  We enjoyed the excitement of the fire out our back door.  The kids ran down to check it out, against their mothers wishes.  I just love this time of year, I cant wait to get out in my own yard and garden!

In other news the kids had the day off from school Friday.  It was the first time I have had them all home by myself since we brought Rett home.  We did fine, the girls are a lot of help and it really was no big deal.  We even ventured out for the first time to the school for the book fair.  Ryan gave me strict orders and we were only allowed 20 minutes at the school and the baby couldn’t go in.  So we obeyed, it worked out fine.  Then Sara hauled ALL of the kids down to the Shoshone park.  They played for hours and had a great time.  She is so ambitious and brave! 

We are just staying home today and working on more laundry and Saturday jobs.  Emma wanted her picture taken in black and white.  She is quite thrilled with herself because she has figured out how to take a good picture.  She told me she just keeps her smile on and holds really still until I put the camera down.  Isn't that great!  8 years of  pictures of her not looking and now she finally figured it out!  Yeah for Emma!

Grandma Ruby’s Quilt

We got another package in the mail today, (we had both UPS and Fedex in one day)  Today we got a special delivery from Grandma Ruby.  She sent this darling farm scene that is hand quilted of course!  The kids were all excited to see Retts blankie from her, they all treasure their own that she has sent.  It turned out darling, I love the colors and the piggie is our favorite!

The Big Baby

Claire bear has been spending a lot of time right here on my lap:

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She is obviously needing some attention, so anytime I don’t have a baby in my arms, and sometimes when I do, she is up on my lap or right next to me on the couch.  I don’t know what I will do when I finally get up off of this couch!  She also has a favorite meal she fixes for herself:

Hotdogs, her favorite (easy to access) lately.  She gets all of this out of the fridge, including the plate and then calls me in to warm it up for her.  At least she doesn’t eat them cold.  She has been pleasant though, I have not had any problems with her since she became a big sister.  I don’t mind the extra snuggles right now, we are all adjusting to this new life! 

Well Taken Care Of!

We have been well taken care of over the last while.  We have had so much food, visits, flowers, outfits and more!  I love our little town and Ward and the good people in it!  I wanted to document all that we have been spoiled with here is a little snipit of some of it!

Yummy Rolls, with dinner from the Kents:

Two cute outfits AND flowers from Bob and Sara: (not to mention hours and hours of babysitting) 

Dinner, with a yummy pie, 2 outfits, and my favorite lemon/coconut cake from Grandma Violet:

More cookies from Sara, after she babysat my kids all day!

Flowers, diapers, and two outfits from Aaron and Des:

Cake, Pizza, and and outfit from Bishop and Becky:

Cinnamon rolls and visit from Sheryl:

Yesterday we got a Fedex Package from Erica with these two cute outfits:

This darling  jacket came from Margret our awesome piano teacher, she also sent over yummy cinnamon rolls.

Yesterday my visiting teacher Laurie brought us MORE dinner, It was a yummy stew.  I feel so grateful for all that everyone has done for us, we are really well taken care of!

Today

Today I finally have felt a little better, I actually made breakfast and did laundry and that was it.  Baby steps here….  The weather was so nice outside, I have been watching the grass grow, literally for over a week now.  I would love to get out and mow, but I think I need to let it turn green first!  I did go out and walk around to look at all of the winter damage and what new flowers are coming up, it is exciting!

I thought it would be nice to take Rett out for his first time, first I checked the temp and it was a whopping 60 degrees, heat wave for us!  So I bundled him up and stepped out the door, he got a face full of wind that took his breath away so we turned around and went back inside.  Not quite warm enough for a newborn!  He was wondering what I was doing getting him all wrapped up, I guess we will have to wait for an 80 degree day instead crazy mom…..

Big Sister

Claire Bear is trying to figure out her new role as big sister.  She is quite interested in her new little brother.  She is learning how to be really gentle!  She looks like a giant baby now!

Pictures of This Week

We have been taking it easy around here this week, at least I have.  Grandma is busy keeping up with Claire Bear and all of the rest of the house work.  We did manage to take a few pictures of a few firsts; Rett fresh out of the tub, this was a fun event for everyone, I love his fuzzy blonde hair.

This baby is a great sleeper, thank goodness!  He can sleep through 4 brothers and sisters with piano lessons and all sorts of other noisy activities.

Ash and Emma have enjoyed having Summer here, she came with Grandma because she is on spring break.

 

Justin hasn’t enjoyed Summer as much, I think they have acted more like brother and sister than cousins.  Summer is obviously not amused by little brothers, and doesn’t tolerate them as much as Ash and Emma, but she has built lots of Thomas tracks and has played and distracted him all week.  He wanted a wig and we could only come up with this hair piece for pony tails, he laughed at himself, and Grandma and I laughed at him too.

Emma is most in love with this little brother I think.  She asks to hold him all the time and tells me minutely how cute he is.  She just loves babies!

We are not quite ready to send all of our help home but it is coming to the end of our week already and reality is quickly approaching, I hope we are ready for this!

OVERWHELMING!

These pictures are a true reflection of how we are feeling around here, OK so how I am feeling, overwhelmed!  I hope we can get into a good routine quickly and everyone adapt well.

Justin just kept saying is this a dream?  He was pretty excited!  I have lots of good helpers here, everyone wants to hold baby Rett. 

Rett Keith

Baby Rett arrived Monday afternoon!  We were so glad to have our new baby here safe and sound!  He is perfect!  He weighed 7lbs 6oz and was 20 inches long.

He looks a little better today, he definitely is our most blonde baby, he has a tint of red hair also.  He is trying to be a thumb sucker!

 

This is our midwife Melissa, she was great.

There he is in all of his glory!  We are all really excited to have him here finally!