My first trip out "ALONE"

I can say "ALONE" because I was hardly alone. Toting a 5, 3, 2, and 3 week old to Costco was a feat to be reckoned with!

We ate lunch then did the shop!

The children were very well behaved and slowly exited the cart as it got more and more full!

Hopefully we wont have to go back to Costco again for 2 weeks!!

I love it but dang, it is a work-out with these kids!

GOOOOO MUDHENS!

Steve's work gets tickets to our local baseball team and we are the lucky recipients every once & a while! We love to go and this was Maggie's first trip to the diamond!

The ANDERSON INVASION!!

Okay so the idea of having 5 additional children and 2 adults coming into town just 2 weeks after having a baby could be a daunting situation but not when it is my 2 darling Sisters and some of the cutest kids ever! It was great fun...though "educational"! Some of the highlights of the trip were going to the library playplace, going to the Zoo, Pond swimming, playing games, and especially shopping/eating out & movie going sans kids!! Thanks for coming guys!

I LOVED having these Andersons and 2 Munns (Shanda & My Mom) at my house to celebrate the safe arrival of Munns Grandbaby # 37!!

Here is a shot of all the kids!

I needed to post these pictures from our shopping trip...
Erika found her new favorite Jammies!! They were in the little boys section at Target...she did pass them up for herself but got some for her boys...and Gordon got a pair too!

Margaret out & about in Style...

Smiley Baby

I LOVE watching this little girl dream, she makes the cutest sad faces, laughs and smiles all the time!

Dead to the World!

Yesterday as I was working to wake this sweet Maggie up to eat and try to stay awake in hopes that the night would go more smoothly...I finally gave up!

She was O-U-T!

So out in fact that I couldn't pass up an opportunity to paint her nails!! I had done Ellie's earlier that day and had the bottle right there next to the bed...

Ellie was so happy to have "all the girls" with matching pink fingernails! She had wanted to have Maggie's toes painted too but those were just too tiny for me to do a good job on!

Night #2 in the Hospital!

Our little Champion Sleeper on night #1 was not so stellar on night #2.

Though she is equally cute as she cries as when she is sleeping I needed a little more of the latter. After a quick push of a button, she was being cradled and coddled by our cutest nurse (Paula, who we had all 3 days in the hospital) so I could actually get some sleep between feedings!

PS...Steve honestly didn't hear a THING...unreal...Lucky him!

Luckily now that my milk is in she is only wanting to eat about every 1.5-2 hours which though it sounds horrible (and let's get serious--it is) I am so happy to have her here. Once her days and nights get straigtened out hopefully her 3-4 hour naps during the day will trade over!

Baby Maggie has Arrived!

GO TIME!!

The cutest big brothers and sister waiting to meet their newest sister!
Too bad it would be the next day until they acctually met her!

the most handsome father patiently waiting

She's Here!!

What a big day...and a lot of work...but all worth it!

Oh look she "LOVED" her bath!

The tiniest, cutest, wrinkliest little feet!

Margaret's first night was great...she slept like a champ!

all the kids washed up and prepped to meet their new sister!

the kids were fascinated with this perfect little girl
Gordon didn't want to stop holding her, Oscar kept kissing her and Eleanor was so happy to have "her new baby" though she was very concerned every time Margaret cried!

The kids LOVED holding the baby!

Maggie had had enough and needed a little calm & quiet!

My Beautiful Mother with Grandbaby # 37

The boys brought some entertainment for themselves during their visit!


The biggest big brother! He'll be such a big helper!

This bed is getting very crowded!