Barnes at ONE month

On April 18th, we celebrated ONE month with our BonusbabyBarnes! And what a sweet, blurry month it has been! Barnes has already owned his spot as the baby of the family, because this sweet boy is already spoiled rotten. He loves to be held or in the carrier... If mommy is holding me he's happy. This has proven to be difficult bc to I have two other small children. But we are working on putting him down :)

Things about Barnes at ONE month:
-Nursing every 3 hours during the day and 3-4 hours at night. He does enjoy nursing which makes me happy. If I don't do anything else right with allmybabies, I know I can handle the breastfeeding.
-Still sleeping a good bit during the day. Loves to sleep on mommy, but has started taking naps in swing and pod. Still no crib. Loves a swaddle to sleep. Miracle blanket for the win at nighttime!
-Doesn't love to be flat on his back, which makes putting him down difficult. We do some tummy time on my chest.
-At his two week checkup, big boy weighed 8 lbs 7 oz. He is by far my biggest child. It still surprises me to look at those chunky cheeks! Can't wait to see how much he weighs at his six week checkup.
-Wearing newborn diapers, but starting to transition to size ones. He is in kissy kissy/paty gowns during day and night bc it's just easy right now. Plus, I'm not ready to put him in big boy clothes.
-He's been several places and out shopping me with many times! When we found out I was pregnant, I pretty much got used to the fact that he'd be my sidekick for awhile. I don't feel comfortable leaving him with sitter yet (I've left him with family for about 2 hours so far) and he won't start MMO with the big kids until he's 15 months. The goal is to hire a sitter to watch him 1-2 times a week in the mornings, but we are still months away from that. So he's learning to be a go-with-the-flow child.... And a work in progress at that.
-He's also starting to get used to being poked and protted by Hudson and Sissy. Hudson understands gentle for the most part, but Lillian does to get all up on him and poke (points) out his eyes, nose and mouth. Bless him, again, we're trying to learn a go with the flow attitude.
-He's definitely not my chillest child (I'm looking at you baby Lillian), but he's not as OOC as Hudson was as a baby. So somewhere in the middle. It would have been nice to have Sissy's baby demeanor (and I say baby bc her toddler demeanor is crazytown), but he really is a sweet child! Just alittle high maintenance like his mommy :)











I tried on this sweet bubble and immediately took it off. He's just not ready!


Sweet bonus baby Barnes, we love you so much! I can't even imagine this life without you and it's only been a month. You are the sweetest, most special surprise gift I have ever received. And I thank God daily for you and for our family of five! Happy one month, my love!

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Hudson and Lillian

These two "big kids" are as crazy and fun as ever. I use "big kids" very loosely because I sometimes forget that I have three children under three and a half. Hudson is 3.5 and Lillian is 18 mths.
People always ask how they are doing with the baby... And the answer is wonderfully! I really haven't noticed too much jealousy or acting out. That's probably bc they were both crazytown before the baby came, so it can't get much more OOC.
Lillian is a major climber these days. Can't take my eyes off this girl.





Bubble season is here! Can't wait to wear all her fabulous spring/summer clothes!


And we busted out the redneck pool!


Sissy has decided to develop some sass! It wears me out, but she is just the cutest thing!
She loves to say "hey (insert family member)". We go through the list daily: Momma, Da-da, Ki-keee, papa, bubbaaa, Gussguss and Rie-rie. Other words she's started saying: fruit, bow, shoe, uh-oh, frog, duck (then she says quack, quack), bird, side (outside), snack, milk, bite, night night, paaappap, mur-mur (the little mermaid), fraaa (frozen). There are probably more, but I can't remember. In true second child nature, she is doing and saying much more than Hudson did at her age. Sweet Sis is just trying to keep up.


And this big boy... Just loving being outside and anything daddy related.
He's still in speech therapy, but loving every second of it. And we've seen a huge language boost in the last 2-3 months. He sees Ms Ann Marie 2 times a week and he comes home from school talking about it every time! He asked me the other day "how'd that happen mommy". The things he says totally makes me laugh.
He loves to watch The Little Mermaid (one and two), rides his gator on the daily, and is still a picky eater. He told me last night he "didn't want to eat turkey or meatballs right now, but will have bread and cheese"
He's become sensitive lately, and loves his baby brother SO much! Always wants to know what's going on with him. And he's such a big boy helper!


And we've been working on him dressing himself. This was his best urkel impression.


Last week, we had his first school program for the twos. Yall, it was the sweetest thing and hudson did great!





LOVE him big!


And this hotmess express! Yall, there are no words for this photo.
I turned around for ONE second and she was in the toilet. Let that soak in (literally)...in the toilet!


And those are the big kids!

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Baby Barnes catching up

I am still trying to play catch up. I still haven't uploaded pictures from my big camera, so these are still just iPhone pics. But let's be honest, that's what I use mostly anyways. It's just so much easier.
Baby Barnes is just growing like a weed. By far my biggest baby!
We went through a week period where he would tee tee through his diaper onto all his sweet gowns. We had a talk after that, and he simmered down.


First bath March 28th. His belly button actually fell off like 2 days before this, but we finally got to his real bath. Third child problems.


Clara and Barnes love to snuggle. They were born 2 weeks apart.


Three little monkeys!





Two weeks after he was born, I headed out for my first solo outing to celebrate baby Ford Craig. And this sweet boy is VERY precious to me! Lizzy was my MOH and lifelong friend. And we were pregnant together less than a week apart. When it got closer, i started saying we were going to have the boys (well my boy and her baby bc she didn't find out gender) on the same day... And we did! Barnes and Ford are birthday twinsies and future bffs.


Barnes' favorite spot after a feeding.


My crazy husband took this one night. This is my post up spot these days. Always have to include the blue pod, a DC, and holding my sweet baby boy.


Three weeks of bonus baby Barnes!


Barnes, Clara and Cooper had their first play date!


Aunt Nene. I'll say it again, it is so nice to go through this with your bffs.


Clara getting some Barnes love.


One day, I thought I'd try a photo.... Turned out about right!


But this one... There are no words. Love love love!


Old man Barnes getting some Bubba love.


And his second favorite spot (besides my arms). The swing. Bless this thing. It's held all my babies.


Mommy on Sissy on Barnes.


And my little thing. Please excuse my robeness. I'm not scared to take a post shower pic.



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Easter 2015

We were pretty low key this Easter... Considering we just had the baby 2 weeks before. So we had a few small things planned.
First, we went to the JA of Madison's pancake breakfast with the Easter bunny. This was our first time out as a family of five. The babies did great! Hudson and Lillian loved seeing the bunny!


These Easter bunnies always slightly freak me out. I can see why the children are afraid of them.





Next, we had Hudson's party for school. Emily was so wonderful to volunteer her beautiful new home. And this was my first time out by myself with all three babes... Thank goodness for the baby k'tan and the other trinity moms!





And Sissy had the best time too! Even though she technically wasn't on the guest list :)


Hudson is a pro at hunting eggs! Probably bc he really just wanted the candy.


Mother of THREE. Still blows my mind!


(I have been a baby-wearing Queen this go around. It gives me free hands and Barnes LOVES it)

Hudson loves his friends at school. He loves to name all of his sweet school friends. So thankful for a fun class and a wonderful preschool MMO!








On Easter morning, someone woke up a bit grumpy. Can you tell who? Ps, look at Barnes with that hand in the air... Such a cutie!


Hudson also has been practicing holding his baby Barnes. He never wanted to do this with Lillian, so he's still learning.


And our first semi-decent family of five picture. I opted out of marching Easter outfits since I knew we'd be watching from church home. But I still love this picture! We're having professional family pictures done soon.


With all of the new baby craziness, it was easy to sometimes forget the real meaning of Easter and the ultimate sacrifice that was made for us. So thankful that Jesus loved us so much...more than we could ever know! He is risen!

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The first few days at home

After what seemed like a 2 minute hospital stay, we headed home. Bless my mom's heart for keeping Hudson and Lillian... I know 2 straight days wore her out. And sweet Emily for helping so Kiki could be at the hospital to love on Barnes, too.

When we left the hospital, Barnes weighed 7 lbs 5 oz and his bilirubin levels were elevated. All the Lindley babies have had difficulty with that stupid bilirubin. So we scheduled a check for 2 days.

When we got home, it was full speed ahead with life... Like we hadn't missed a beat. Except this time, we had another tiny human to take care of.
Hudson was so excited to see his "baby barnes". He still calls him this and it melts my heart every single time.


Already telling brother secrets


I kind of posted up on the couch for a few days so I could recover and spend some good bonding time with the new babe. Sweet Joey and my parents took the lead with the big kids... And that is such a blessing.
Who does this angel look like?? We are still asking ourselves that.


Sissy was super curious of him and finally got up the courage to sneak some kisses.





I had this grand plan of getting a shot of all of us in the hospital and When we got home. But it just didn't happen. It's an act of congress for everyone to look at the camera these days.... Including my photo dodging husband.

For his bilirubin check on Monday, Barnes weighed 7 lbs 11 oz. One oz away from birthweight! Yah Barnes and yah for breastfeeding! But his bili levels were still elevated, so we had to go back on Tuesday. And thank goodness, they were trending down.


I mean, look at these cheeks. I've never had a chubby cheek baby! I told Johna the other day that he photographs chubby. Ha! He's definitely has some cheeks, but the rest of him is pretty lanky.


That week was my first time at home with all three littles. It was only for a few hours, but still serious business! But we survived!
It's been a blessing that the bigs can both go to school 2 days a week and Hudson can go everyday.





Sissy is in a total climbing phase. We can't turn our back for literally one second without her into something. It's exhausting!


Jamie also came to visit that week. My best friend had her Cooper two weeks before Barnes was born. It is so special that we get to share this special time together! And we get to text in the middle of the night.


This biggest difficulty has been trying to figure out how to spend time with each of my babies so they each feel loved. Barnes loves to be held and he gets his best rest when he's on me. And I know he's our last baby, so I really don't want to put him down 😁





But I remember that Sissy is still a baby herself, and she needs her mommy cuddles too. And her open mouth kisses add just the best! She tends to get alittle jealous at times. Bless her.


And that pretty much summed up our first week. I didn't drive bc I was still trying to recover, so my mom and Joey basically toted us around. Can't say I didn't love it. Barnes was still in the newborn sleepy phase, so he just rolled with it.
Life with three is wonderful and exhausting... All at the same time. But God sure knew what he was doing! couldn't imagine life without our new addition!

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