Our Laughter

Each of my kids have been so different as babies. It’s shocking, I know. Really, it IS quite amazing how different they are– how each of the pregnancies were different, how each of them as babies have been different. All of them enjoyable, but all of them different.

For instance, each of my babies have been [...]

With a newborn, and especially with two very young older brothers, I am asked the same questions quite frequently. And they are good questions, with even better answers. These two are the ones I get the most:

Is Olivia a good baby? Does she sleep well?

Yes, and yes. As I suspected when I was pregnant with [...]

Hoar Frost

This year has been an incredible year for hoar frost. Freezing Fog. I love hoar frost. It’s gorgeous and fragile.  While Marissa was here a month ago, she took some beautiful pictures of the hoar frost that greeted her. See them here: Missy’s Hoar Frost. Aaron also took some lovely pictures of hoar frost [...]

So we are pretty late in getting Charlie’s 2 1/2 pictures. Sears had their GREAT sale – $7.99 and NO sitting fee. We love it. So the result is a HAM of a Charlie being good for yet another picture being taken. He had alot of fun and I was grateful that I was able to be [...]

The boys are dressed. Olivia is fed and dressed. I am dressed. Diaper bag packed. Errands arranged. And I can’t find the car keys. I had them JUST LAST NIGHT. So I am not going anywhere today.

So frustrating.

First of all, would you believe that we actually went the ENTIRE time Marissa was here without getting a picture of her with any of us, until this morning right before I took her to the airport, and even then, it was only of her and me, I having just rolled out of bed… ::sigh:: [...]

Having a little girl has been a new experience for us in the Matthews household. Aaron doesn’t quite know what to do with himself– he goes shopping for something and comes back with a cart full of baby girl clothes (only a slight exaggeration) … To be fair, he does throw in some consolation prizes [...]

One of my FAVORITE General Authorities of the Church is Jeffery R. Holland. I love to listen to him speak. I finally found 2 of my most favorite talks from Elder Holland to new mission presidents. You can download them then burn them. The audio is not the best however I hope you find as much [...]

We were giving Olivia a bath last night in the bathroom sink, and Aaron caught this candid picture of our little girl soaking in the “tub”. It was too cute to pass up!

We thought we would update some more pictures from the past couple of days. The past week has been sweet. The boys love their sister, she isn’t bothered by their raucousness, and we seem to be transitioning well (for now) to a family of 5.

Olivia was on the floor for “Tummy Time” and fell asleep. [...]