Elynn: 3 Months

My sweet baby baby girl is 3 Months old today!! OH MY GOODNESS! How fast this is going, but at the same time, she seems like she has been in our life this whole time. Not sure what we did with out her. LOVE HER!! I definitely am more tired and am tested every time I go out with all three of them by myself, but LOVE LOVE LOVE every minute of having three. I am so thankful for my sweet baby girl. She is such a blessing and definitely completes our family of 5! She is a very calm, sweet girl. I know that my other two were calm babies, but there is something about the third that is one another level of calm and sweet. Maybe because she hears the mass chaos going on all around her (aka: Ezra and Emersyn) and she just takes it all in. When she is awake, she just looks around, coos and kicks, kicks, kicks. When you start talking to her, she will completely stop, look at you and give you the biggest grin! Melts me every time! She used to make you work for those grins, but lately, will grin up when you smile and talk to her. She is a third baby, very patient, and will wait for me to get the other two settled with whatever they are doing. But, I will tell you this, she does NOT go unloved! I hold this girl ALL THE TIME!! Brent has even said, "You know, you don't have to hold her all the time." I looked at him and said, "Uh, yes I do!" She is so precious to us, and we are so thankful for her!

Love her!! How could you not??

Oh, melt my heart!

My chubby love!

"Enough of the bow" look

The bow was getting in the way. 

Happy Easter!

I cannot believe that Easter has already come and gone! This year is going by way too fast! In two weeks, Emersyn turns 2! Not sure I am ready for that..
Anyway, we had a great Easter weekend. It was filled to the max, but good. Our Easter truly started on Wednesday at Ezra's pre-school class party. At his pre-school, parents sign up to help throw the parties for each different holiday. Easter is a special holiday and is celebrated off campus at on of the classmates house. This year, our friend Amy Moreland had both her boys Easter party at her house. That makes 22 kids + parents + siblings! ALOT OF PEOPLE! It was good though. She has a really big yard, so the Busy Bee class (Ezra's) hunted their eggs in the front while the older class hunted eggs in the back. It was a rough party for me. I had all three kiddos with me and had to participate in some of the activities. I carried Elynn in the Bjorn the whole party. She slept for most of the party. Emersyn was having a great time playing with all the other kids. It was all going great, UNTIL, Emersyn got knocked in the eye by a kid on a tree swing. It caused her to bleed and gave her an instant black eye!! SO, from then on, she just wanted me to hold her. She wouldn't let anyone else hold her or put ice or a wet cloth on her eye. That made for a fun time carrying BOTH Elynn and Emersyn. Needless to say, we stayed for the egg hunt, craft and to eat then headed out. I am sure it was a great party though. Ezra had a good time!

Emersyn's eye! OUCH!

Finley and Ezra (Best Buds)

The Busy Bees

The Busy Bees with their eggs

Supposed to be at an Easter party, but playing with the tools instead

Saturday, we headed to my dad and his wife's house for lunch and an another egg hunt. It was a nice, relaxing day. Since we couldn't come over on Sunday, we were the only one's there and the kids were able to hunt eggs with just the two of them. It was nice. They were really cute with sharing the eggs they found and helping each other out.

Proud of her basket. She looks so big here.

Love this picture

Awe, daddy and his baby girl. So sweet.

Painting the porch with water and paint brushes

Sunday morning we went to church. The 830 service! I am pretty sure that any family that was at church that morning, especially that early, gets an award for being there on time and dressed! It was definitely a feat getting everyone ready and at the church on time. After church, we came home, made some deviled eggs and loaded the car for our trip to Austin. Brent's family all gathered at his brother Bradley's house. We had a late lunch and ANOTHER egg hunt. (3 egg hunts for these Eilers kids) It was great seeing everyone. All of his siblings were there (5) with their families, plus oma & opa, great-grandma lindig, Aunt Joan, Uncle Tom and their two girls. It was a great turn out and a lot of fun. I am truly blessed with my in-laws. Love them all to pieces. All 11 grandchildren get a long so well too. It was truly a good time. 

Cousin Rachel and Jill with Elynn

On the hunt for Eggs!

A Tinkerbell one! She would only pick up the princess and Tinkerbell eggs.

I got Cascaroned by my own husband!

Cousin line up. We were trying to do oldest to youngest, but my two wouldn't cooperate!

Sweet Elynn

Eilers' family photo

Father Brian cracked a cascarones egg on oma and opa which in turn got all over Elynn and Joseph (they are a week apart!)

Family photo

I am pretty sure we over did it though. When we were packing up to leave, we had melt down city with just getting our pj's on. Needless to say, this week and weekend we are doing NOTHING! But, had a great Easter weekend.

I thought I would put some of the Easter pics we tried to take at the house before we left. Ezra wanted NOTHING to do with it. So in most of the pictures, I am threating him through clenched teeth to smile! HA! and on Easter weekend! Way to go mom!!

This one says it all!!

SeaWorld

We finally renewed our annual season passes to SeaWorld, and went with the Garrison family on Sunday. We had so much fun! They completely re-did the kids area, Bay of Play, and it is AWESOME! So much fun. Ezra is tall enough to ride EVERY ride. I wasn't sure how he would be because when he was younger, he was scared of EVERYTHING! Now, it's like he is completely a different boy. So big, brave and independent. He rode every ride. He even went on the big ride, Journey to Atlantis, with Brent. That is the boat ride that goes up, spins around and plummets to the bottom and everyone gets wet. I was completely shocked.

Ezra, Emersyn, Sydney and Hailey looking at the Dolphins

My shade cover for Elynn

Elynn for most of the day

Feeding Dolphins

Just missed the big splash

Family photo

Baby seal pup

Feeding the seals

This seal was HUGE

Bay of Play is so great, that you can spend your whole day there and not have to mess with any other area of SeaWorld. We rode rides, watched Elmo and his friends dance and played in the water the whole time. The only show we watched was the Sea Lion show. We also, for the first time, feed the dolphins and the sea lions. The kids had a blast! Everyone did so great. Even lil' Elynn was a trooper. She slept in the Bjorn most of the time, then I got her out to feed her and let her kick her legs in the stroller. Throughout the Bay of Play area are picnic tables and chairs in the shade. I was very impressed and happy about that. They even have a little water area for 3 and under, which is where Elynn and I sat and watched Emersyn run around in the water. She was a little intimidated by the bigger water area. *Side note: Emersyn was at the front of the stage before Elmo and friends came out. Once, the door opened, she screamed and ran to the back where I was. HILARIOUS!! The picture below is of her face the rest of the show.

Ezra and twins up in front for the show

Emersyn wasn't sure about them at all!

Playin in the water

She loved it!

Ezra and Sydney (I think!)

Emersyn was even able to ride some rides. They have a cute carousel ride that she rode with Brent and Ezra. She also snuck on a ride that I am positive she wasn't tall enough for, but they let her on. In the picture it is so obvious she is not supposed to be on the ride. It goes up high and then drops, then goes back up and drops again. After we put her on, NO ADULTS with her, just her and ez, I completely thought she would have a melt down at the very top and try to get off. (I already played this HORRIBLE scene in my mind) However, she LOVED IT! She thinks she is so much bigger than she is. She didn't want to get off. Good times!

Climbing up the jungle gym

Emersyn could barley see over the bar. Pretty sure she wasn't supposed to ride this ride.

Ezra and Emersyn loved it! (can you even see her! HA!)