We Have Other Kids??

Oh right...we do have other kids!!  How could I forget.  I must be from the massive amount of quiet that I am experiencing in the house daily.  HA!
Anyway. We do have two other wonderful, adorable, lovely rugrats nipping at our ankles, so I thought I would give them some of the spotlight.
Thankfully, they seem to be okay with not leaving the house very often.  We've wandered over to the park, taken a walk or two, gone to the dentist, gone for ice cream...nothing too crazy.  I'm not sure I am up for a random trip to Target, Costco, or any shopping with all three kids by myself!
A few weeks ago, our city held a community meeting in the park across the street from us.  I figured we could manage that.  So, after dinner, we put the shoes on the kids, I tucked Marlowe into the Moby and across the street we went.
There was a fire truck, a police car and a huge front end loader for the kids to climb in, look around and honk horns.  Tennyson loved all of them!  Truman, as much as he loves trucks, just wanted to look.  It took a little coaxing to get him to check out the police car (hopefully it is the only time he is in the back of a police car...unfortunately, with who his father is...lol).

Other than that fun filled night, we've just hung out at home.

 Oh, and hanging with Dora and Boots at the MOA.

 And going to a birthday party at a great big inflatable play place.

But mostly just staying home.  In our pjs.

One Month

I would love to report that Marlowe is talking, walking and has been accepted into the top ivy league University, but alas, none of it would be true.  At one month, she's been working on perfecting the poopy diaper, rivaling her Dad in burping abilities, teeter tottering on sleeping 6 hours in a row, letting her big brother and sister love on her an awful lot (thankfully no one has lost an eye yet), and just being a "you're so cute, I could just squish you" baby.
The kids are good with her, and like to be near her, throw her diapers away, stare at her, kiss her, touch her, smell her...anything.  We haven't had any real jealousy meltdowns or tantrums luckily.
Here are a few pictures from the last couple of weeks.

Siblings

Everyone keeps asking if Marlowe looked like Tennyson, or if all the kids had this much hair when they were born...so I thought I wold compare baby pictures.

Can you tell who is who?

Bath Time!

Marlowe's first bath.

Two Weeks!

And here we begin the somewhat regular updates on Marlowe.  I think we will make it a sibling comparison as well, solely for my own curiosity and Mark's anality. (I'm thinking of trademarking that word).
So here we go.

Marlowe @ Two weeks
Weight: 9 lbs 10 oz (86%)
Height: 22.5 inches (98%)
Head: 37.75 cm (84%)

Truman @ Two Weeks
Weight: 9 lbs (58%)
Height: 22.5 inches (96%)
Head: 37cm (84%)

Tennyson @ Two weeks
Weight: 7 lbs 13 oz (25%)
Height: 21.25 inches (89%)
Head: can't find that stat!  But it was probably large too! :o)

So///she is right up there in height, but definitely are biggest baby weight wise.  She sure doesn't seem like it, but maybe I am so used to hauling her solid brother around that she feels like a featherweight!
She is a good baby.  Usually content when she is happy, a pretty good sleeper too.  She already can belch with the best of them!! I know she is good when her Dad gets a look of shock and pride all at the same time!
Tennyson and Truman have been great with her.  They both like to take turns holding her and throwing away her dirty diapers for me.  Hopefully they will keep that up!
She is a beautiful addition to our family and we are so glad to have her in our little family of five.  FIVE!!

Marlowe Jane

Welcome to the family Marlowe!!

Marlowe joined us Wednesday, August 1st at 11:52 AM.  She weighed in at 9 pounds 8 ounces and was 21 inches long.  She only made us wait two extra days to join our family.  I think it's because I told her she had to wait until August 1st, so that we had June, July and August birthdays!  Maybe it's a sign she already listens to her mom. :o)
Everything went well, no complications, a fairly quick and easy delivery.  We got to the hospital about 7AM, got checked in, checked out and we were on our way.  She probably would have been born a few hours earlier but due to Mom needing some doses of antibiotics, we hung out for 3 hours or so before the Doctor made the call that we just needed to get things going.  Once that happened, about twenty minutes later we had our little (or not so little) Marlowe.
Thankfully, even without the fill doses of antibiotics, Marlowe was healthy and we were able to finally go home and begin life as a family of five.
We are so blessed to have her in our family and can't wait to watch her grow, change and discover her personality!