Life as a family of 5

We have been adjusting to our new life as a family of five and overall I feel it is going pretty well. Since Sean has been so busy with school and work the last few months it has been great having him around to help out the last couple weeks.  He was able to take about two weeks off work to help out at home and so he could prep for finals that are this week and next. I have loved having him around for bedtime for the girls which is always a stressful time for me, especially now because AJ almost always wants to eat during that time too.

Evie is doing great with her baby brother. A lot of time when he cries she goes running to him asking "What's wrong AJ?" She also will try to give him his pacifier and makes sure he is covered up. Ever since he was born I would ask her everyday if she wanted to hold him and she always shook her head no. The other day she asked to hold him! She was so sweet and gentle.

Lily is also doing great with AJ, but is having a bit of a hard time with all of the changes and has been having a poor attitude with Sean and me as well as being a bit too rough with her sister. I am pretty sure she is just trying to get more attention since it is now split between the three kids.  Sean took her to a review session at school with him the other day and I guess she did great. Evie did great home with me as well so we are going to work hard on giving them special dates with either of us so they get special attention.

AJ is doing awesome and is the most laid back baby ever which is great with his two crazy sisters! He sleeps through all their playing a screaming. He is doing great at night too. He usually only gets up two times to eat. He had his first pediatrician appointment last week and the doctor says he is doing great. He was very impressed in his weight gain since he was discharged from the hospital especially since he has been exclusively breastfed.
Here are his stats:
Weight: 7.66Lbs (34th percentile)
Height: 20in (46th percentile)
Head Circumference: 14.17in (43rd percentile)

We had a great Easter. The girls had a fun time coloring Easter eggs and of course they loved getting to dress up in their fancy dresses. I realized the day after Easter that we didn't get a family picture with all of us dressed up so I think I am going to get all of us in our fancy clothes again in a few days.

Here are some pictures from the past few days.

Caught a rare moment where they were getting a long this week. There was a scary part of the movie they were watching and they starting hugging and Lily was reassuring Evie that everything would be okay. So sweet!

Lily asks to hold Arthur several times a day. During this moment she was explaining Dora the Explorer.

Evie sleeping on Papa after a fun day playing at the playground with Nana.

The girls were playing very loudly and when I looked a AJ I noticed he was covering his ears while sleeping. I guess that is one way to deal with his sisters!

Evie turned on the overhead light and AJ immediately covered his eyes. (Now we just need one of him covering his mouth!)

Looking at their Easter baskets.

Easter egg hunt at Nana and Papa's house.

Arthur got to meet his 99 year old great grandma for the first time on Easter. As long as he was sleeping she was wanting to hold him, so she held him for most of the day!

The girls in their Easter dresses!

My wonderful kids!

Lily got a soccer net! She had a lot of fun playing outside in her pjs :)

Playing outside in pjs one morning!

Coloring eggs!

Being silly!

Pretty eyes! She had so much fun coloring eggs. (She fell on the driveway a few days before this and somehow scratched right below her nose and busted her lip but avoided scratching up the rest of her face or nose!)

Silly face!

I guess the girls have decided that AJ is okay because they shared their beloved puppies with him!