I need to keep this blog updated more often! I saw that the last time I updated I was still pregnant. Feels like so much has happened since then!
Mabel Elizabeth was born September 26th. She weighed 7''2 and was 19 inches long. I couldn't believe it when the doctors showed her to me. She was HUGE... well compared to the twins she was huge! We were so thankful to have a healthy-beautiful baby. Mabel has been a great baby. It took about a month before we tried to get serious about putting her on a semi-flexible schedule. Since about week 5, she has slept an average of around 7 hours and has gone over 9 hours a few times. A lack of sleep just seems to do something to us and therefore we are extremely thankful for that! Mabel smiles a lot and is pretty content, except when her big sister McKinley is around. Mabel seems to be a little scared... I dont' blame her! The girls love Mabel, especially McKinley. Adelain has a healthy fear of her but not McKinley. She is getting better however.
The addition of one new family member has been pretty stressful. Although the twins like their sister, they also are at an age where there seems to be a lot more discipline opportunities.. ha! It has been a challenge for us but we are trying to be more consistent in training them up!
We went to Aurora for Thanksgiving. That was a lot of fun. It was Clay's mom Kathy and his sister Sara's family. We had a feast, played some cards, and relaxed. Since there were so many babysitters around, I even went Black Friday shopping. Mabel didn't sleep great at grandmas so she ate at 3:45 am and I left after that. I left Aurora around 4:30 am and was back at 10 am with all of our Christmas shopping done. I am a bargain shopper and loved the thrill of saving money and buying gifts for other people! We were able to stay in Aurora about 3 days which was great since we will be with my family in Lexington for Christmas.
All 3 girls are down for a nap right now so I don't have a lot of time but I wanted to put up some pictures!
