7.5 month preggy family photo shoot!

We had a very special photo shoot when mama was 7.5 months preggy and I'm just getting around to posting them.  There are a few special items I wanted in the shoot.  One is Presto's very favorite monkey he calls "Bunky" and the other is my grandpa's rocking chair from when he was a little boy.  Bentley was about 16 months old so the fact that she captured these amazing shots is a miracle.  We were at a park and all the kids would've rather been playing but they were good sports(for about 20 min) then we had to bribe them with lollipops.  We absolutely love how they turned out.  I especially loved the ones of Daddy and Presto, Phia in the rocking chair, and Bentley's sweet smile in his solo shots.  This was our last photo shoot as a family of 5 and we are so happy we were able to get some snapshots of what our family looked like before Miss Olivia arrived...

All things Olivia...

There is so much I need to catch up on and write about our little princess.  She is the best baby in the world.  For the first 4 weeks she was an every 3 hour eater...to the minute! Even in the middle of the night...to the minute she'd wake up to eat every 3 hours.  We didn't complain though because we didn't hear a peep from her in between.  Then she started stretching it to 4 hours toward the end of her 4th week and now by her 6th week she's giving us 6.5 hours STRAIGHT at night.  Shhhhh we don't want to jinx it but she's an awesome sleeper and eater(you might be able to tell by her cheeks and thighs...tee hee).  She's giving Presto a run for his money in the "amazing baby" department that's for sure.  She's very predictable...only cries when she's hungry, tired, or has a dirty diapy.  Mommy takes long walks with her each morning and doesn't hear a peep from her.  Mommy can be found smelling Olivia's head a face a lot...cannot get enough! Olivia Rose your siblings are smitten by you.  Cannot give you enough kisses in a day.  Presto always says "just one more"!!!  Phia is your ultimate protector and Bentley is so so gentle with you and even brings mama diapies and wipies when she changes you.  You are very loved and one very lucky little lady:) Note: many of the pictures we have of you are of you sleeping.  You're not awake a whole lot little one.  These first few below are from your 8 day photo shoot...many more to come...

eyes closed...she actually might be asleep

4th of July photo shoot

This is a photo shoot I love every year.  It's been a great way to watch our family grow.  We received 2 really cute 4th of July outfits for Olivia from the Petchenick's so she had a morning outfit and an afternoon "party" outfit.  I love how these capture their personalities.  Presto is our rambunctious one, Phia the ham( "mommy take a picture of me like this...now like this"), and Bentley, well he does whatever his sissy and brother do and is our very curious bear:)

4th of July 2013

Our 4th of July's just keep getting better and better! This year our friends The Malyszek's hosted at their beautiful home.  There were 11 kids between 3 families...woah! So much great food...we bbq'd chicken asada for tacos and hot dogs and hamburgers for the kiddies.  We brought a dessert called "berried treasure" which was a huge hit and the kids basically never got out of the pool.  Mariela(the hostess) used to bartend in Hollywood before she became a mommy so they have a giant bar in their house and she makes the most amazing cocktails we've ever tasted! When the sun went down we all headed upstairs to their balcony to get our view of the fireworks except they majorly malfunctioned this year and the show was a dud.  Kids didn't seem to care.  They were so hyped up on treats that they all lasted 'til 10pm! Definitely a record. And Bentley was the most hyper of all:) Fantastic day!!

Our 6 week old angel