GG comes to Town

Shortly after Payson was born my mom came to visit us.  To get some good snuggle baby time in.



And the older two had a good time loving on GG as well.



Much to this ones delight we got our first real snow while she was here.





I love this picture.  Carolyn is such a good big sister.



My mom gave the girls these dresses and I love them.  However Sidney really LOVES this dress and would like to wear it everyday if possible.  I do not think this dress will make it as a hand me down to Payson.  If Sidney has her way she will be wearing her's and Carolyn's until they fall apart.

Christmas 2011

I am looking through the pictures and trying to remember all about our Christmas but honestly what I remember most about this Christmas was I was a big hormonal mess.  It seemed like everything made me cry.  So happy to be able to look back and have my hormones in check.

Anyway... Cookie decorating is always lots of fun with these girls.



You might not want to eat the cookies after they decorate them



but maybe that is part of their plan.



If they leave their mark (lick the cookie) on them then the cookies have to be theirs.



But of course they did leave some for Santa.



This Christmas both girls got instruments.  Carolyn with her guitar that she can plug in with her Daddy. She was very specific to Santa that she wanted an electric guitar.



And Sidney with the drums.



Both of these have made it down to their Daddy's man space in the basement.  Now when he plays his guitar he has two little buddies playing as well.



Our house has become the land of Barbies.  Both girls are already loving them.  It makes me feel old to say that some Barbies need to put more clothes on and I swear I think they are more cheaply made now. Back when I was a child ...blah blah blah.  I am old.



I guess after we opened presents I decided to put my camera away because I don't have any other pictures.  Like I said earlier hormones.  Maybe I was too busy crying to take pictures.

The New Normal

With these three ...



Certain things are just not getting done.  One of them being my blog.  I am going to try to play catch up.  Starting with our Christmas pictures - yes I am that far behind.

So what have I been doing when I have had free time. Sleeping, Eating, Enjoying brief moments of silence, Shopping online, did I mention Sleeping.... but seriously life with three is starting to feel normal.  We even managed to take our big family of five on a road trip this past weekend.

Payson by far wins the best baby of the three award.



Remember when we once thought she was going to be our "brown eyed girl".  Nope we have three blue eyed beauties.

Party of Five

Payson celebrated her big ONE month birthday by giving her momma 6 full hours of sleep last night.  This was the first time I have gotten 6 straight hours of sleep since she was born so needless to say I am still very excited.

Just a couple of pictures... Maybe if Payson keeps giving me sleep I will post more than pictures on here.  But really our life is kind of boring in a wonderful way right now.  We are still figuring out the three kid deal and adjusting to our family of five.

More Pictures

Just more pictures of the girls...

All in the Family...

There is no denying that Payson



Carolyn, and



Sidney are related.



I love comparing their baby pictures.  Makes me want to squeeze all three.

Payson Bradford Donehue

Hard to believe that a week ago today I was headed to the doctor only to find out that he wanted to induce me on Friday.  So Friday the 13th Payson Bradford came into the world at 6 pounds 20 inches.



To say I was surprised by the induction would be an understatement.  Although I am not typically one to get upset when things don't work out exactly like I planned. (I am not too much of a planner.)  When it came to when Payson was coming I had a plan.  My mom was coming on the 27th and I was determined that Miss Payson wouldn't come until closer to that date ( my due date was the 25th).



But things like me getting the flu, the ultrasound showing that Payson had only gained 4 oz in one week and my constant contractions meant that my Doctor thought it was time for Miss Payson to make her debut.  Looking back I am just so happy that she is here and healthy.  She is tiny but she is perfect.



And she is so blessed to have two big Sisters that adore her.





Carolyn keeps asking when is Payson going to do more than sleep and eat.



I assure her that pretty soon Payson will be taking her toys and clothes just like Sidney.



While in the hospital she had to wear the lovely German outfits that they provided.  She is in about three layers of velour right now.



Everything went so smoothly with the delivery.  If I had not been induced I don't know if we would have been as calm when we arrived at the hospital.  I don't know what it is about Brian but this is the second child that he has helped deliver.  The midwife looked at him and said Dad would you like to help.  Of course Brian jumped right in.



She is such a good little eater so I am sure she will be putting on the pounds before I  know it.  But I think of her as my little peanut right now.



In Germany they decorate the front of your house when you have a baby.  We came home to our neighbors having done this for us.  Carolyn was all worried when it rained today that all of the clothes were getting wet.  She could not understand why we were just leaving Payson's clothes outside.



We thought Payson's eyes were looking darker at first but now they are looking more blue.  We will see if she ends up being our one brown eyed girl.



Right now we are in baby land.  Waking up three times a night, trying to figure out how to navigate three kids and loving the sweet little baby smell and precious baby noises that go along with it.