I am Niagara! I see Niagara!

Sophie Sunshine turned four months old this week. I took her in to get a check up and we discovered that both her and I had thrush. We have both been taking medicine to help the thrush go away. I am also a breast feeding mom and as of late I have been having trouble pumping enough milk to keep up with this hungry baby. A few weeks ago I could get a lot more milk. I thought it might have something to do with the medication they gave me so I called the doctors office and talked to a brilliant woman today. She informed me that the medicine had nothing to do with my lack of milk, so I asked for advice. What should I do to help produce more milk???? She said I was most likely stressed out and with all her wisdom she told me that making milk was all about visualization. I am supposed to visualize that I am Niagara Falls. Just see yourself making milk and you will deary!!! So friends...if you will send me Niagara vibes I could sure use them. Really!!!! Do people really think like this! I am thinking formula here we come.

New Family Pics!

 

We took new family pictures and we survived the experience. Just barely!

Miss Sunshine!!!

 

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Saturday I went down to Mary's to spend the afternoon with friends and family. We celebrated my birthday (Thank you so much Mary!) After lunch we spent the next 3 hours taking the most amazing pictures of Sophie. Mary's neighbor Naomi brought all kinds of props and between the two of them they got some amazing pictures of our little beauty. Thank you girls! I wish I had such great pictures of my other kids.

 

Sophie Sunshine Maag was born on June 30, 2009 @ 4:38 p.m.
She weighed 7lbs 2 ozs and was 19 inches long.
We are so excited she is finally home with us.

Lucy is 3!

 

Lucy had the best pink birthday party. For the last three months she has been counting down to this day. Every day cute Lucy would wake up and say, "Mama, it my birthday now?" We invited all the people that love Lucy and let me tell you we had a packed house. We wish the weather would have been a little better so we could have been a little less squished inside, but it ended up being really fun. We fed everyone pizza, salads, and chips, broke the finger nail polish pinata, opened presents, and ate the best raspberry cupcakes we have ever tasted. Thanks to everyone who came and made Lucy's 3rd birthday the best it could be.

Dinosaur Park!

 

Last week my friend Michelle and I took the kids to the Ogden Dinosaur Park. All the kids had a great time except for Jack. He kept telling his mom that he wanted to go to the car. We couldn't even get him to eat his lunch because the dinosaurs were growling. Michelle ended up taking him into the gift shop and buying him a stuffed dinosaur he could hug when he got scared. What a good mommmy! Porter and Lucy loved all the dinosaurs and have been asking to go back ever since. We are thinking that we might need to invest in the family pass for the summer.

Our Box Garden!

 

 

 

 

We are not sure if we know what we are doing, but we have planted a garden!!! Chris tilled up a little 8 x 10 spot in the back yard and boxed it in with 2x6's. We bought some compost, mixed it in, and planted our little plants. We are just praying they will grow now. We planted corn, tomatoes, cucumbers, and green peppers. I can't wait to have fresh veggies!