This picture makes me laugh! She is such a cutie!

Abbie had her 4 month appointment today, although it is almost a month late as she will be 5 months on the 9th. Oh well. She is average for weight and 25th percentiele for height. I'm hoping that because she isn't as tall as my other 2 that it won't seem like she grows up as fast. Hey, a mama can dream! She has such a fun personality. I tell Jeff that she relaxes me. When I am feeling stressed out as soon as I'm holding her nothing seems as important. She is so joyful and full of life. She doesn't seem to need a lot to make her happy and loves her family so much.

I really wish that I had a way to slow down time. I love being a mommy so much, but often worry that in all the busyness of it my children are going to grow up before I know it! I am often taking mental snapshots of my children and hope that I will remember the sweet things they say, expressions in their faces, or how their hand feels in mine. So because I don't want to forget here are some of my memories from today:

~ Shopping with some money that Olivia got for her birthday. Olivia bought a baby doll named "Olivia" and a baby doll high chair. It was a very good trip. I feel like I am getting a better handle on going out with all 3 kids. I put Abigail in the Beco carrier and held Livie and Austin's hands. They did a good job of staying with me and obeying.

~ Abbie was so fun at her appointment and smiled for everyone. She is such a bouncy, happy, little thing.

~ Driving home with all 3 kids asleep in the backseat. So precious to see 3 little blond heads back there.

~Snuggling with Austin this evening while I fed Abbie and we watched a new cartoon that I bought for the kids today.

~ Tonight we did prayers a little bit differently. I told the kids to pick someone to pray for. Olivia picked Mommy, Austin picked Sis (Olivia), and I prayed for Austin. Olivia said, "God, thank you for Mommy. I love her so much." and Austin said, "Es, es, es ,es (Sis, sis.....)

~ Olivia singing in my ear a song that she had made up about God, Jesus, and a broken world.

~Giggling with Austin while I tucked him in.

And now I really need to get to bed. I am in the habit of staying up to finish chores (dishes, wash....) and then taking some much needed time to myself. The problem is that I am always tired!

The kids are sharing an iced lemonade at our little town's parade/festival. This was in the middle of July. It was so hot that day! The population here is only like 2000, but we did have a shaved ice booth, a classic cars show, 2 places to eat lunch, and venders. The parade was so funny! It consisted of a school bus,  two fire trucks,  an ambulance, a couple kids, and a goat, lol. 

I love these two so much! I wish that I had more time to just focus on them and play with them. Olivia has a wild imagination, and Austin does pretty much whatever Olivia tells him to do or say. It cracks me up to watch them play together. Although, Austin is more into guns and tractors and Olivia loves her horses. Once in a while I'll catch her playing dolls, but more often than not either she's playing with a horse or pretending that she is a horse.

What a pair. 

Spinning for a prize (she won an ice cream cone).

Watching the parade

Fishing for a treasure (he got an Incredible Hulk bracelet).