One Week Old, Already?!

Today, my little peanut is one week old! It's amazing since it's all one big blur ... haha! We could not ask for a better baby.

She sleeps in her bassinet.

She goes three hours between feedings.

She picks about one hour a day to be fussy.

And loves to be held and cuddled.

Oh yeah, and she will even sleep when her brother and sister are running and yelling through the house!

I told you she was a perfect baby!

Her Daddy took this picture today as she slept in her bassinet.

And this one was while she played on her playmat ... eyes wide open!

Even with number 3, I am still so amazed at how much love we can have for such a tiny person! Happy One Week, Lucie! We love you!

When 4 Becomes 5!

We already had a plan ... my C-Section was scheduled for 7:30am on Thursday, March 22nd. Clayton and Maecie would spend the night with their grandparents and come to the hospital around lunch time Thursday. My parents would be up at the hospital as soon as we were settled into our room. All was set.

Wednesday ended up being an extremely busy day. Patrick left for work at 8 am on a hotter-than-normal Spring day. While the kids and I attempted to clean the house, clean out the car, purchase last minute items, all while still playing and spending "quality" time together. Ok, let's face it, I was trying to do all of those things, but with children who know something is coming, they were more into acting up and jumping off furniture. So after taking the kids to their grandparents, I headed home to finish the last minute items.

Being 39 weeks pregnant, I was used to being uncomfortable. And after a day of cleaning, I expected to feel slightly tired and maybe a few of the braxton hicks contractions that I have had for weeks. I began to relax and have a bowl of ice cream while I waited for Patrick to come home. I was just about to give in and go to sleep when my water breaks!

I called Patrick, who was just about 5 minutes down the road. Then called the doctor's office who said to come in, but don't eat or drink anything. We get to the hospital, get all of the papers signed, and an IV set up, only to find out that the doctors want to postpone the surgery since I had eaten ice cream at 9pm. Darn that cookies and cream!

So we try to get some rest, and 3 or so hours later, I am prepped for surgery.

Lucie Lane Beare Born at 5:53am, 8lbs, 20inches long

Lucie's siblings are beyond excited for their baby sister. Clayton tells everyone he sees, strangers, friends, and teachers, about his baby sister. He wants them all to meet her!

So glad our family of 4 has now become 5!

First Family Photos!!

Making Room for Baby #3!

Having a baby, for us, means going through some type of construction. When I was pregnant with Clayton, Patrick switched our oil heat to a gas/heat pump combination. He also took out a huge closet in the main bathroom to install a laundry closet. This way I didn't have to go out to our breezeway to do laundry.

When I was pregnant with Maecie, we enclosed the breezeway and what we called the "man room" off to the side of it, to extend our living room and create a new master bedroom suite. This was a large project, but has been one of my favorite renovations.

This time, we played closet switcheroo. Clayton and Maecie would be switching rooms so the girls could share the larger room. The closet in the small room is going to be used in our kitchen renovation (which we hope to complete by the end of the year),so we needed to close it off. The closet from the larger room backed up to the small room and was walled off and moved to the smaller room. And the shower/bathroom in the large room needed to change to a half bath/closet. It's all complicated to explain, but was a necessity. It also gave us a chance to update that end of the house. I have to say that I am extremely pleased with the results.

Here are pictures of their rooms:

Clayton's Room, complete with loft bed and sports theme.

The Girl's Room, complete with play kitchen, and dress up areas!

I really love the way they have turned out. Just love that my husband is hand enough to make all of this work for such a limited budget! I'm blessed to have such a great family!

Our Dad Rocks!!

Just in time for the baby to come, Patrick built the kids a playset for outside. He was able to use his parent's old playset and "Beare-ize" it. (Because nothing is ever as good if you don't make modifications!) Now I can really send them outside to play, and with the warmer weather, they have spent hours out there!

Before the roof...

After the roof!

Maecie LOVES the swing!

Clayton loves the glider!

Mommy loves Daddy for having them a perfect place to play!!