Summertime fun!

 This has been the best summer yet and it just started! We've had lots of playdates, swim lessons, and water play.  Sophia just finished a week of Vacation Bible School and now her and Preston started Summer School.  We also had private swim lessons for Presto and Phia for two weeks and their both official fishies:)  Preston can jump in the deep end without floaties and swim to the edge by himself.  He's also really good with the kick board across the pool and can dive to the bottom and grab "treasure". Phia is full swimming with full strokes! It's really amazing how much they learned so quickly.  Now we can really enjoy our pool:)

Pinkalicious!

5 days after Olivia was born we were out and about with Phia! She LOVES everything Princess and we thankfully have a princess palace pretty close by that has a rotation of every princess imaginable so we like to take her here.  Plus, in the few short days we had Olivia home she became quite the surrogate mommy.  She helps with everything.  Each time I'd try and bath the kids or pick up around the house there she was saying "mommy you shouldn't do that...let me help".  No really...she's transformed overnight! She will run faster than lightening if we need a diaper for Olivia to go get one for us.  Quite the mother hen! We're so proud of her.  She prayed every night that Olivia would be here and we couldn't have imagined her to be a better, more loving, big sister.  She deserved a day of pampering so a visit to Pinkalicious is what she got.    To be exact it was "cupcake decorating" with Pinkalicious so there were lots of sweet treats involved as well as 2 stories, game time, and she got her face painted!  We also bought her a necklace with her name on it that she loved! And we included a few pics of Olivia just 'cuz:)

All things Olivia...as seen through the iphone:)

 Our Olivia loves to sleep, however, when she's awake she's SUPER alert! She's far more alert than any of our other kids at this age.  She turns her head to hear whoever is talking.  She loves sleeping on the round boppy and is a great eater!

This is how she sleeps at night...right in between mommy and daddy(she's swaddled at night though)

Superman to the rescue!! Presto keeps saying "I want to keep her forever because she's part of our family".  WAY too sweet

Sweetest slumber

I love this picture.  Baby #4 fast asleep in her rock in sleeper in the kitchen while her big brother buzzes by her yelling "weeeeee" as loud as he can!

Prettiest nana and her pretty new grandbaby

I snuck this picture when our photographer left the room of Olivia in her first tutu made by our sweet friend Kari

Our good friend Marta had this sleeper made for Olivia...LOVE

Proud papa has given Olivia every bath she's had! It's their bonding time:)

Mommy cannot get enough...

Olivia's Coming Home and the days following...

OK so besides our garage looking like romper room...I love the excitement on their faces!!!

Leyla made the most amazing sign for Olivia using the kids hands and foot prints and hung it on the garage.  She had all the kids sitting down waiting for us when we pulled up.  Sophia's teachers gave her a "O is for Olivia" crown that she was wearing and gave us the cutest pink onesie for her with the school logo on it.  Sophia's class also made an adorable basket for us with a mini chalkboard on it with Olivia's name and it was filled with lots of goodies(wipes, booties, onesies).  Presto's class gave us a snack basket mostly full of goodies for mama and both classrooms had signs on their door that had Olivia's birth announcement on them.  We are so lucky and blessed to be surrounded with such an amazing support system through our Church.  The mom's pretty much chased Brian down in the parking lot at drop off and begged us to let them send us meals!  We are so proud of our community and our Church and will make sure to give back in every way we can.  Support is everything when you have a growing family!
The kids were over the moon when we pulled in the driveway that Friday and showered their new sister with kisses.  They've been so loving and gentle(our biggest worry) and have welcomed her into the family so lovingly.

They couldn't stop staring at her!

And then Presto planted a big one on Daddy's cheek:)

She made herself right at home!

Even though it's blurry...look at her giant gummy first smile at home!

Phia would've held her all day...

Presto has grown up so much since we brought Bentley home.  He keeps saying "I want to keep her forever"

These precious first few days at home were so special.  The whole family together just enjoying our new love...

Uncle Frank and family came over for a quick visit...Olivia loves her Uncle already:)