Grandma visits

It was so fun to have my mom come visit us in Ohio. We had lots of fun including fixing up my kitchen. I love it! Also while she was here we blessed Ammon and had the 4th of July.

Standing in the dining room




Standing in the laundry room




Standing in the hallway. Not 100% but getting there.

Elijah turns 2

I'm so mad at myself. I had written a nice blog about his birthday and it didn't post and now I can't find it. I'll just have to do the best I can to remember what awesome stuff I wrote. Lol

Well Elijah made it to 2 years old last month. He is such a sweet boy but also the biggest handful so far. He is very head strong. It's his way or no way. So needless to say he cries a lot. :-) for example of he wants. Drink and you hand him a water bottle with the lid off he will pitch a HUGE fit and possibly throw it back at you (which has only happened once because I can read him better now) he wants to be the one to take it off "like and big boy"
He talks a lot but but I can hardly understand any of it. But he understands a ton and knows exactly what's going on. He loves to wrestle with Gene and Zion all the time and it drives me nuts but I guess that's boys for you, and I better get used to it. Elijah is luckily very very good with Ammon. He enjoys giving him kisses and patting his back to burp him. I love this sweet little boy so much even though sometimes he's more than I bargained for.



Wrestling




He loved his duck cupcakes



And almost every night since his birthday he wants to watch his "duck duck" birthday video.

such a typical Elijah move

for Elijah's birthday party we filled up 200 balloons and put them on the trampoline to pop. My mom and the kids and I had a blast filling them all up. We were all soaked by the end lol

 
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The coolest thing ever

This is the coolest thing I have seen and it's so simple. All the toothbrush holders I have seen only have spots for 4 toothbrushes and even those don't accommodate the kids toothbrushes. So I found these on amazon and they are so neat and cheap. So far it has fit every toothbrush we have. Just search for toothbrush holder.



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1 month old!

Wow I can't believe it's been a month already. Time is flying by. I love new born babies. They are so sweet and well NEW. Ammon is already sleeping 6-8 hour stretches at night which has been really nice for us. He was doing that (4-6hours) off and on after the first week but has been pretty consistent for the last week. With a super rough start to nursing he has finally gotten it down(thank goodness) and I am beyond happy. He eats about 7 times a day. Having 4 kids 5 and under is still pretty surreal and at times overwhelming. I am so thankful for the daycare so I can get a break and special time with Ammon. I also enjoy not grocery shopping with 4 kids lol. The other boys are enjoying the new addition. Gene is really happy that I can jump on the tramp with them again. He doesn't want another baby after Ammon because it means I can't play as much. Lol





I do feel bad that the only pictures of Ammon we have are all taken on my phone oh well that's better then nothing.
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John half marathon

Well I'm proud of John for running another half marathon. And he actually trained somewhat for this event. He ran at least once a week up to 8 miles. The last time he ran he got 2:51 (close enough) and this year he got 2:26. Still not as fast as my 2:13 but he did run each mile 2 min faster. We are both getting excited about the half on September and both hope to get under 2:00. So it's some stick dieting for the next 4 weeks and then I get to start working out.




Left to right. Sam, John, Misty, John-Marcus. Misty beat John by 1 min. Hehe.
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Welcome Ammon!

Welcome Ammon Gregory Whitacre. Born @8:40am 9 lbs 5 oz, 22 inches long.

This was by far the easiest birth experience I have had so far. My epidural didn't even hurt!! We are both doing great and at his 1 week appointment he was already above his birth weight @ 9 lbs 8 oz. it is really nice to finally have a robust little fellow. It's like having a baby that 1 month old instead of 1 week old (compared to his brothers sizes')






That's one happy bunch of boys!!






I have to admit though it has been a very hard transition for me to have 4 kidos instead of 3. Atleast he didn't have his usual 3 hour awake period in the middle of the night last night
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38 weeks

Here's a final picture of me before I was induced the next morning.



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