A day of performances

The weekend before Memorial Day was huge for our girls! Saturday was packed full of their shows. 

First Reagan had her final soccer game (thank heavens). She played hard and was thrilled to get a trophy at the end of the season!

After that we had to go straight up to Ogden for the girls' gymnastics shows, Elite Olympics!

Daryn was up first. 

She marched at the very front because she was the littlest :).

She had a floor routine and a beam routine, and she killed it.

I won't mention who was in charge of videoing it while I took pictures but accidentally just took pictures too (ahem... Lance). I got over it.

Ta-da!

She was SO excited to get her medal after!

We had a few minutes to kill before Reagan's show started, so I told Daryn to run around and she took me very literally. 

Next up:

Reagan's class has been working so hard on their routines. Reagan was nervous but she did great! I'm so proud of how hard she practiced!

Floor:

Bar (her best skill in general, I think):

Waiting for her turn on beam:

She absolutely smashed it on beam; I was so proud of her! Not a single mistake.

Daryn was having a hard time focusing during Reagan's show. Yes, that's her in Maddie's carseat. No, Maddie was not in there at the time.

So proud of my little gymnasts!! And love Reagan's awesome coach, who is very patient with her. The girls are very happy with their medals and have them hanging in their room. 

After the girls we done, we hurried home and grabbed some pizzas and Reagan jumped in the bath. We had to get her all ready for her dance recital back in Ogden that night!

I did her hair in a tight pony with curls, but I didn't take any pictures beforehand because their wasn't time, and I din't realize they would have taken her dress off when we picked her up at intermission.

Anyway, she had a ballet dance and a tap dance and she did so so good. She focused and didn't get distracted and remembered all the parts. We were so proud of her!!

We were so lucky to have Joy there that weekend to join in the fun. And by fun, I mean chaos.

It was the most exhausting day ever, but we made it though and Lance and I were so happy to see the fruits of our girls' labors. I can't believe all they accomplish! So lucky to call them ours.

A month of Maddie

Maddie's first month in this world was kind of a blur. Long nights, crying evenings. Trying to keep her awake to eat. But she's so sweet! How could I possibly mind?

She always falls asleep when I'm burping her. 

I'm not much of a baby wearer, but when the baby won't stop crying even in her swing and your husband is at church meetings and your kids want dinner (even thought you swear you JUST fed them lunch), you do what you have to. 

The girls stayed busy and kept themselves entertained, mostly inside because we had a very cold and wet spring.

We did have a warm day or two.

Remnants of a big hailstorm! About nickel sized hail. Luckily didn't do too much damage to the garden.

We had a wonderful Mother's Day. Lance spoiled me and got me a gift card to H&M and an entire Oreo cheesecake from The Cheesecake Factory. Does that dude know me or what? Meagan and Grace came for dinner. I can't remember much else... everything fades together.

So so grateful for these girls that made me a mom! Getting a picture of all 3 of them together with me proved to be to great a task.

Sister snuggles!

Pictures from her one month birthday. Yes they are awful but she spent basically the entire day sleeping, if I recall correctly. 

At one month, Maddie weighed 9 lbs 9 oz, could hold up her head well and bear her weight on her legs, slept 5-6 hour stretches at night, took lots of naps, nursed 8-9 times a day, wore newborn clothes and size 1 diapers.

We got out one Friday to go to the chalk art festival in Bountiful. Our first family outing besides church, I believe, and it went well. It was just me and the girls for the first while before Lance met us, and I did it! When I had to feed Maddie, the girls stayed right by and watched and artist working. Reagan was enthralled. 

The next day was our niece Grace's dance recital in Park City, but since Reagan had a gymnastics practice at the same time as the show we had tickets to, we decided to split up. I took the little girls to the afternoon one and Lane took Reagan to the evening one. It was stressful trying to keep Maddie quiet and I ended up basically nursing her the entire time. But Grace did such a great job!

Her first smile on camera! She started smiling around 5 weeks, and it's freaking adorable. 

All dolled up for church.

This may have been the first time she noticed the mobile in her swing; hence, the confusion. 

Seriously, she kills me!! That tiny little butt!

Reagan's new favorite sister because Maddie doesn't steal her toys.

Love that swaddle. I highly recommend the Miracle blanket.

Post-bath ducky towel and standing up!

Smiles!!

And I don't think I could come up with anything cuter than that to end with :).