Ellison Lee - Three Months

Baby Elle, you are now three months old.
You now weigh 14lb 5.4oz

Have a head circumference of 15.5" and are 23 3/8" long.

You have slept through the night more than once, but still average waking once in the night. Sometimes at 2am, sometimes at 4am, and sometimes at 6am. Not consistent at all and that is completely my fault. I STILL don't have you on a schedule. During the day you feed every 3-4 hours. You'll stay awake for about an hour and then doze off and sleep until you're hungry or Lynden finds you and wakes you up. :)

You are so easy and almost never fuss. I'm so thankful!!!! :) Your calm is a much needed relief.

You have been losing your hair which is so comical to me. Raegen NEVER lost any hair, Lynden never had any to lose, and yours shows up on EVERYTHING you lay on! :) But of course, you're still beautiful.

Richardson Reunion

A few weeks back we had a mini-family reunion at my parent's home. My dad has one brother and he lives waaaaay out in California. We don't get to see him and his family very often so we were excited to spend some time with them and introduce them to the newer members of our family...
Here's almost everyone...

Our family has grown too big to dine out together so we opted for delicous BBQ from the Bulldog and my parent's beautiful yard for the kiddos to run around in. It was a beautiful day.

The boys ALWAYS find something to "work" on...

Ellison was a typical newborn {yes, she's still a newborn to me! haha} and just slept...

so pleasant...

And of course she got plenty of attention...

from Madisyn...

Daddy...

and her Great-Uncle Ross...

And her outfit was just ridiculously cute.
of course.

I made some delicious Peanut Butter Bars for the occassion and didn't come back with even a crumb! You can find the recipe here.

The only thing we did bring back was a baby Lynden COVERED in mosquito bites!

They LOVE him.

Sunday morning at church everyone thought he had Chicken Pox!
Poor thing.

Peanut Butter Bars

I've made this recipe no less than five times over the past two weeks. It's one of those perfect, fail proof, delicous recipes and I don't know why I've neglected it for so long. This is not my own, but rather a recipe from a very good friend, a mother of two boys and one girl {now that sounds familiar...}.

So, for all those that have asked recently, here it is:

Peanut Butter Bars

Ingredients:
½ c. butter (softened)
½ c. sugar
½ c. brown sugar
½ c. creamy peanut butter
1 egg
1 tsp. vanilla
1 c. all-purpose flour
½ c. quick cooking oats
1 tsp. baking soda
¼ tsp. salt
1 c. (12 oz.) chocolate chips

Directions:
1. Cream butter, sugar, brown sugar, peanut butter, egg, and vanilla.
2. Add flour, oats, baking soda, and salt.
3. Spread mixture into a 9X13 pan.
4. Sprinkle chocolate chips over mixture.
5. Bake on 350F for 18-20 minutes.
6. Let cool for 10 minutes then spread on icing mixture.

Icing
½ c. powdered sugar
2 T. creamy peanut butter
2 T. milk

"Movie Madness" Fair Fun

Tuesday afternoon we met Aunt Amber and the girls to watch the county fair parade.

Raegen had no idea we were going to watch the parade OR that he was going to see cousin Ashlyn so he was VERY excited!! We found a nice grassy spot just perfect for the kids.

Lynden and Ellison had the best seats in their comfy stroller, but I knew it was just a matter of time before big boy wanted a little freedom...

This was Lynden's fourth parade, but I believe he enjoyed this one more than he did the first, second, or third {not blogged about because I was busy being pregnant, packing, moving, repeat, etc.}! The parade had his attention, for sure.

I'm so glad Amber asked us to join them. We had a great time and it's always nice to spend time with family.

Raegen ran into his buddy, EK, after the parade. I always enjoy seeing him interact with his little friends. So cute.

Afterwards, we joined the traffic bandwagon and headed out to the fair. Ellison slept through most of it... {as she did the parade too!}

And Lynden enjoyed his first sucker. What started out as him holding Raegen's balloon {attached to a Tootsie Pop}, ended with him realizing he could take the paper off that ball on a stick and put it in his mouth! We didn't dare take it out of his hands. haha

Some of the kids at church show animals through the 4-H program so Raegen got a hands-on experience while viewing the goats...

Who knew at last year's fair that our 2011 family fair pic...

would include a NEW baby?!

God knew.

That's who.

The fair is a great place to meet up with old buddies...

"Hey friend, it's been a while!"

What's a fair without rides? haha

{we might rethink this next year when we have TWO that want to ride...}

We had a great time and B even bought me a corn dog...he really does love me! ;)