Scenes from the weekend

A great weekend full of summer fun! Spray park, BBQ with friends moved indoors because of rain, fun at the farm, and new shoes x3 girls!  I love weekends! 

You are going to miss this ....

Hello! I am 2 weeks and looking so much bigger. Momma will miss this tiny baby stage and plans to soak it in. 

Goes so fast but lucky me, I get to be part of all the growth.  Love this girl!!

Life Lately

Two shoppers go to the store to help Poppa!

Last Thursday Trudy joined the bedtime routine, bath time!!! She seems to love it!!

Dance time!

Love this smile!!

Momma hen.  

Love being home and getting post nap snuggles.

Sweet baby!

Loving that I still have 7 weeks with my babies!!

Down on the Farm

We introduced Trudy to the farm this weekend.  We had the best day! The girls all love the farm. EK requested we stay the night and stay there for a long time! They love the swing set and the tractor rides with Poppa.  Still not sure how he drives and holds all 3 (soon 4!).  The girls play hard at the farm and this is the outcome!

Trudy enjoyed the day!

This smile says it all! Happy girls!!

The farm has had a few upgrades and the best one was air conditioning!! It was amazing and will allow many more visits this summer.  Also new appliances and added cabinets and counter space, getting fancy!!

Ended a great day with a drive-in stop for dinner.

Ice cream makes everyone happy!!!

One week!

Miss Trudy is 1 week old! She truly has been the best baby and is so loved! Her sisters still can't get enough of her and actually poppa and I are in the same boat! She just fits right into our family!  Life is going good with 4, crazy moments for sure but could not be happier.  

Manda Family of 6!

Gertrude Elizabeth

The 10th of June and we were so excited  to meet our new baby! 

Having a scheduled  csection brought both feelings; strange to know when the baby was coming but then so nice to be prepared.  

Poppa all prepped! We both were so excited!!!

The big news.....it's a GIRL!!!!!  Gertrude "Trudy" Elizabeth 

I remember my doc saying, we have a big baby Whitney and then Poppa says "it's a girl"!! The instant love is amazing.  A happy, healthy baby girl!!!

Loved by so many!! This picture makes me so happy.  A waiting room full of love for this baby Trudy!

Born at 9:50am, 8 lbs 2 oz., 20.25 inches 

So in love and blessed to have 4 baby girls!! 4 little ladies!!

Meeting and holding Trudy, the could not get enough!

Nothing better than sisterly love!! Trudy is welcomed with love!!!

Happy Poppa's Day!

4 of the luckiest little girls to call this guy Poppa! He truly is the best.  His love is contagious, his patience is amazing, his calmness keeps us all together, his skills are amazing, his ability to teach makes me smile and when he is near you feel safe.  We could not do life without our builder, cooker, grocery shopper, and best poppa in the words of ek.  I have so much love and respect for this guy.  My girls I know feel the same. Lots of love to our poppa!

We are truly blessed to have poppa, pops, and poppy in our lives.  3 of the best around.  Happy Father's Day!

Last night as a family of 5!

Excitement!

This was our final weekend before the arrival of Tiny! Something strange about having a set date but something nice about knowing you need to be ready.  

First we had to celebrate our friend Ryan's first birthday!!!

Birthday boy!

Cutest details, sack lunches with whale sandwiches!!

And yummy treats! 

So today the girls and I finished up the to do list while poppa worked on the flip house. 

Update on the house long over due:  The house is really coming along, walls up, floor, paint, windows in the list goes on! Not baby time for is without a huge house project.  I'll post pics, once again the builder is amazing, so far no fingers lost just a gash in the arm and a smashed finger!  For sale is just around the corner!

So back to baby prep, we are ready and so excited! Made our final name selections,cleaned, organized, and gosh those diapers seem so small!!!!  

Tonight EK asks, "Is Tiny going to be real or plastic"!!!!! Ready or not we have just one more day!

Dancing EK

I waited long enough.  Time for EK's first dance class. We talked it up the last few weeks and she was excited!

She loved the bun and had to put on lipstick .

All ready to go!

Haddie Jean and Etta Kate at AFA!!

So sweet!! I will admit I loved it all! 

Off to class!

They really did well. Took EK her normal few minutes to warm up and then she was good to go.

After class she told me her favorite part was the hula hoop aka the baton. 

Momma was proud of her little dancer! Also love Haddie posing!

3 like friends at dance!!!!

38 weeks & summer is here!

School is out, it's warm out and I'm so happy that I have 3 little girls that love the sun and pool as much as their momma!

Splash pad was a hit!

Looking so big! 

Even Oh Bother was enjoying it!

It was a weekend of swim!

Looking forward to lots of swimming this summer but next up Tiny's arrival!!!!! 38 weeks and all is good! Doc appoint today and she said that's a strong heartbeat, we have a comfortable baby cookin in there.  Tiny is a mover, last week I think tiny was seeing how tough I was with and what we think was an elbow or knee constantly pushing, no joke you could see it and it hurt.  Love all the kicks and there are lots! Overall I'm feeling good Bd so excited to see if Tiny is a boy or girl?!!!! Final countdown is on but for now I'm trying to soak it all in, one of those " your going to miss this" moments.