ahhh somebody is five tomorrow! we have her birthday party tomorrow for our little girly of which a lot of you guys are coming!
lu has been the sweetest little munchkin her whole life. my baby is five tomorrow, tomorrow i have a ābig girlā i feel my little girl isnāt so little anymore!
itās also my birthday tomorrow!! iāll be twenty-two! crazy to think iāll be twenty-two with a five year old and baby! as well as my two and a half year old niece?! iām exited for what twenty-two will bring me, iām getting married this june and birthing another baby girl this april!
skye is doing great! itās been hard for her. moving over to be with us has been rough on her, however she is very social and also super exited for baby g as well.
now a little wedding update. weāre not having a big ceremony, so if your not invited iām sorry! iām just hosting a small intimate outdoor event. however, weāre holding a wedding party the next day and everyone is invited!
our wedding is the opposite of kid free. all three of our girls will be there! so feel free to bring children. our wedding is on june 1st 2024! save the date! @jinxed_peach would you guys all be free? i know jules will most likely be with a newborn however weāll arrange a place for the babies to sleep! @oakbelle are you guys free? weād love for you to come!
okeee! iām bored, iām going to make a quick post for this family just to consume some of my time!!
there is also quite a few new people since i used this family, so iāll do a short recap! i have a now five year old named maeve florence āmaisieā and a now two year old named makenna rayne ākennaā i was pregnant with our third baby girl! whose birth announcement i will be posting now!
Ahh! So long since I did an update over here, letās just say our little lady has made her debut and doing brilliantly!
Our newest baby girl made her way into our family happy and healthy by emergency c-section. Three months ago now, on January 31st 2024!
Iād like you all too meet the newest member of our clanā¦
All our girls are so smitten with their baby sister! Sheās now 3 months old and an absolutely smitten with their sweet baby sister!!
She was born weighing 8lbs 1oz and sheās doing wonderfully, such a happy baby girl!
We have one final surprise!! Iām currently 6 weeks pregnant with our fourth baby!! We did not expect to get pregnant again ever, and using protection as well. However weāre so exited for our baby and to see the sweet relationship between my Irish Twins as they grow up!
I generally use the 1 year = 1 month in this family and I donāt post on here often, so the next will probably be another birth announcement!!
@melia22 Yes we certainly be free! I just talked to [name_f]Juliette[/name_f] and she definitely agreed that she would love to be there with her along with her little one Being a mom yourself weāre both sure you understand the need to be able to sneak away with the baby for a few moments lol Also she would love to come over to hang out sometime! Iām sure things are a little different now that you have [name_f]Skye[/name_f] around (Sheās adorable btw!) but I think it would be good for as well to be around someone whoās also a mama her similar age
Ahhh I feel like itās been a minute since Iāve updated everyone. We were a little busy as we did have a little bit of a scare this week, DONāT WORRY Iāll tell you all right now though that everyone is okay!! [name_f]Elly[/name_f] was playing at the playground and took a pretty hard fall off the monkey bars She hit her head pretty bad and was in pretty bad pain so we took her to the ER. They said she didnāt have a concussion but to keep an eye on her over the next few days so we were a bit focused on keeping an eye on our little girlie Thankfully sheās all good! [name_m]Just[/name_m] bruised To help cheer her up we had a little movie night for her and all the kids, and I did snag a photo of that!
Movie [name_m]Night[/name_m] šæ
Other than our little incident, things have been all good over here! I canāt believe [name_m]Jules[/name_m] is already almost THIRTY weeks along! I feel like just yesterday she was nervously announcing her pregnancy to DH and I, but now it feels like her baby girl is gonna be here any minute! That also means that [name_m]Rome[/name_m] has been living with us for about seven months now. I love how close [name_f]Juliette[/name_f] and I have gotten during her pregnancy but I do get the feeling that while heās of course over the moon, [name_m]Rome[/name_m] is a definitely sad that he canāt share his joy with his parents the way [name_f]Juliette[/name_f] does with her parents
I really wish his parents would look inward and set aside their prejudices and differences and just try and be supportive to their son and future granddaughter. I just donāt know what makes a parent decide to abandon their only child just because he ended up taking an unconventional path in life. I know I myself wasnāt initally 100% on board and excited about [name_m]Jules[/name_m] becoming a mama so young at just sixteen, but it was what she wanted and that it was happening whether I wanted to quibble about it or not. Iām so happy to be able to provide [name_m]Rome[/name_m] with at least some sense of parental support, even if itās not the exact same. At least he and [name_m]Jules[/name_m] are happy though. Theyāve been trying to make plenty of time for each other as we get closer and closer to the due date, so theyāve started a weekly (sometimes two or three times weekly lol) date night. Hereās a pic that [name_m]Jules[/name_m] sent me from their last one.
So 'Sweet' š¦
DH and I did a similar thing when we were expecting [name_f]Juliette[/name_f]. We ended up going on a lot of ice cream dates back then too lol. Turns out both she and I had major cravings for chocolate peanut butter ice cream while pregnant with our first babies Itās been interesting to see the similarities between her and I as well as whatās different Here are a few throwback photos of DH and I from when we were younger. In order itās us at seventeen while dating, us at twenty-one at our wedding followed by us on our honeymoon in [name_f]Italy[/name_f], and lastly us at twenty-four during our maternity shoot when I was pregnant with [name_f]Juliette[/name_f]! Which I canāt believe was sixteen years ago!
[name_m]Way[/name_m] Back When!
Well, I gotta run! I have a mountain of laundry to get through lol I hope all of you have a very happy easter! Here at my house we arenāt particularly religious so today is more about eating some candy and enjoying the spring weather However you celebrate I hope itās a good one!
@melia22 thank you so so much for the invite! we would love to come and celebrate i canāt believe luās birthday is tomorrow (maybe now today?!) i hope she has the best day ever i remember my 5th birthday - my mum and dad bought be a barbie dream house which was the coolest thing in the world to little me! @kiomkio congrats! bash is the cutest little bub! his names is gorgeous @melia22 (for the other family) congratulations! adalyn lyla is a lovely name! it goes so well with maisie and kennaās names! and congratulations about the new baby! how exciting! my little cousins are irish twins, they have the best relationship. @jinxed_peach oh no thats not good about elly! iām glad she is alright though. how exciting for jules! you must all be very excited. i am so glad that your bond with her has grown even stronger - not the case for so many people! my family friend fell pregnant at sixteen and her parents completely disowned her. luckily she was able to get a job and provide for her little boy oliver who is now 8 and the sweetest young boy! so sad though.
feels like i just posted yesterday, but its already been a week or so life has been pretty hectic around here. we also ended up in the ER as tully had a very high fever the day after we saw my last post! luckily she is all right, itās always nerve racking when they are so little though. she has been pretty sleepy and under the weather but today she seems to have finally gotten back to normal which is awesome. we had a little easter egg hunt with her cousins yesterday. weāre at my parents farm for the long weekend with my whole family which is gorgeous! t has so many cousins, and even more are going to be born this year! tully got a bit distracted by the beautiful flowers though - she only ended finding two chocolate eggs - no disappointment on my end though
knox had a great first easter! he obviously canāt eat any of the chocolate or any whole food but he loved his mushed up carrots and peas! he was wearing the cutest little bunny hat which was far too big for him but miss tully insisted that he wore it!
and exciting newsā¦ nellās mum, lily, had the baby! a little girl named florence ivy i am in love with their names - wilbur, nell + florence nell and florence were actually both on our list for tulls, i love them still but couldnāt use them now! bub was born a bit early so we were shocked but very excited when we got sent the photo of her last night! we had already planned to drive home later today, so when we get back we are going to pick up will and nell and they are going to stay at ours for the night. iām going to make lily my lasagna and some more dishes for the family. their whole family lives in other states, so they have to plan when they are coming! we have such a great community around us though so they will definitely be looked after.
ahh yay! hehe itās still the 31st over here, thank you! if you like iāll send you some in real life pictures from my actual birthday! itās also luās birthday party on the first!!
@oakbelle I love Knoxās little bunny hat. Adorable! @jinxed_peach Poor [name_f]Elly[/name_f], Iām glad it wasnāt super serious! @kiomkio Your littles are adorable too! @melia22 (The second family) Congrats on little [name_f]Adalyn[/name_f]!
Hello folks! I hope however you spent your [name_f]Easter[/name_f] was lovely! [name_m]Even[/name_m] if you didnāt celebrate.
The kiddos were bouncing off the walls with things to do, easter baskets, egg hunt, and we took some photos!
[name_f]Easter[/name_f] Baskets
The twins got the same thing or they would for sure end up arguing
The girls have been begging that I try some fun hairstyles for them and I finally had some time. Iāll have to try some more because they both adored how their hair turned out!
Now for the little one! Iām 20 weeks! Half way, itās going so fast! Weāve officially decided on the middle name! We were debating between [name_f]June[/name_f], [name_f]July[/name_f], and little [name_f]November[/name_f], but [name_f]June[/name_f] felt like the best option, since itās already pretty common for a name. Plus we have [name_f]April[/name_f], [name_f]May[/name_f], and [name_f]June[/name_f] just felt right since it was next, which means if thereās a next girly, she gets [name_f]July[/name_f]! The first name is still to be decided. Weāll take suggestions!
baby g is here!! my sweet baby girl was born on the second of april weighing seven pounds and two ounces! sheās happy and healthy!
i started labour at around eleven on my birthday, then i was trying to have a natural unmediated labour. i somehow managed to do it, and she was born happy and healthy!
you guys have all been waiting for my name reveal, we decided to keep her name a surprise as we kept changing it. iām super excited to tell you all her name isā¦
gaia melissa mae
weāre so exited for you all to meet her, hopefully within the next few weeks!
i am a single mom of 3! All my kids are adopted, and we foster regularly. we have no foster kids currently, but we are getting a little girl next month!
amabel hazel may ābelleā (11)
-belle is a sweetheart and has the kindest soul, always making gifts and trying to make the new foster kids feel at home, she can make friends with anyone and is extremely intelligent and witty. belle was found aged 1 alone wondering around, she didnāt know her name and was taken into foster care, i fostered her when she was 1 and a half and then later went on to adopt her for her 2nd birthday.
birthday: 13th [name_f]April[/name_f]
cecilia beatrice āceceā (8)
-cece is shyer than her sister, but when she lets people in it is truly magical, she is quirkily funny and amazing at impressions and tells beautifully-crafted tales & jokes. cece was born from a teen couple who didnāt think they would be able to handle a baby, so they put her up for adoption
birthday: 26th [name_f]January[/name_f]
sebastian august āsebā (4)
-seb is just adorable, he can make anybody smile, even the most miserable of people. he is really loyal, and knows when you need a shoulder to cry on. sebās parents emmigrated to the us from china and were settling in and struggling for money when seb was born, so they had to put him up for adoption
birthday: 1st [name_f]May[/name_f]
i have my own business, because we live on a farm, and i sell all the produce we make and we make organic food and i make jewelry, however i write in my spare time and it is my true passion, and i hope to make it my career sometime soon.
we had an emergency placement today, so apologies for the no post this morning, itās all been a bit hectic! his name is theodore āteddyā august and he is 3 years old. we knew it was a sign when we found out his middle name was august like seb! seb has been enjoying playing with him. teddy was exploring the farm today and here is a picture of him.
@melia22 i absolutely agree that everyone got along swimmingly!! it was such a lovely time with everybody there and the biggest congratulations on sweet little [name_f]Gaia[/name_f] She looks like such a sweetpea!!
@lilac_elixirxx Itās lovely to meet you and your family!! [name_f]Belle[/name_f], [name_f]Cece[/name_f], [name_m]Seb[/name_m], and [name_m]Teddy[/name_m] all seem like great kids. [name_m]August[/name_m] is such a lovely name, it was in DH and Iās list of contenders for boy names for each of our kiddos.
@melia22 omg! congratulations! gaia melissa mae is the most gorgeous name she is the cutest little bundle. tully and knoxy had the best time celebrating lu. t and skye were adorable! iām sure knox and gaia will be the cutest little friends as well! how sweet is it that lu and gaiaās bdays are one day apart glad you are all well, we canāt wait to meet baby gaia! x
@lilac_elixirxx nice to meet you! your kids sound gorgeous! i love all of their names!
@jinxed_peach thank you! š«¶š» does jules by chance need/want some baby clothes? i have two full boxes of newborn/3-6 months from lu that we havenāt even gotten out for gaia!
@oakbelle thank you! š«¶š» your welcome to pop by and meet her, sheās a real sweet pea!
life with a newborn has been a world wind for sure! i forgot how tiring it is, however newborn tiredness isnāt nearly as bad as pregnancy tiring.
sheās such a sweet heart though, lu loves dressing her up as a little doll all the time. she looks like a little doll most the time with lu and skye on her fashion team she is bound to be well dressed. this baby has more clothes then i do! weāve been given so many clothes from our sweet family members that we havenāt even needed to crack out luās old baby clothes!
suddenly the horrific nine months of pregnancy that she put me through all feels worth it. she makes my heart feel so full, like she was always meant to be a part of our family it was just written within the stars.
we all love you sweet gaia, to the end of the earth my sweet girl! š«¶š»
skye is very proud of gaia. sheās gotten used to the sway of things around here and is enjoying it, which we are very happy about as weāre signing papers so that we can become her legal guardian as it looks like sheāll be staying for a long time.
skye is the sweetest, smiliest munchkin alive and we are so exited to have three little ladies within our family. she makes us full our sweet girly!
finally the queen of the house! to be honest i donāt know how you guys do it, writing about three kids is exhausting. our girl is doing well, sheās still so exited about her birthday.
this girl has gained two siblings within the last month she has adjusted well. sheās very loving and caring for both her sisters. she is the most amazing and caring girl i could ever imagine a world without this baby girl!
@melia22 Oh my, thatās such a lovely thing for you to offer! If itās not too much trouble that would be amazing, and Iām sure you would like to get rid of some of that clutter. Itās true that thereās only so many clothes you can put on a little babe [name_m]Jules[/name_m] and [name_m]Rome[/name_m] would really appreciate it
[name_m]Just[/name_m] a short update today. Iāve noticed lately that [name_m]Rome[/name_m] and [name_m]Jules[/name_m] are certainly practicing their parenting skills a little bit on [name_f]Elly[/name_f] lol Iāve mentioned before that [name_m]Rome[/name_m] and [name_f]Elly[/name_f] have such a sweet big brother and little sister dynamic but Iāve caught some particularly sweet moments lately like this one from a walk we took as a family the other day. [name_f]Elly[/name_f] has no problem having another person to dote on her these days
[name_f]Elly[/name_f] is also getting very excited about her little niece coming in the next few months! Sheās already telling us all about how sheās gonna teach her about her favorite [name_f]Disney[/name_f] movies and share her dolls with her Hereās a pic of her and [name_m]Jules[/name_m] cuddling this morning.
[name_m]Future[/name_m] Best Auntie [name_m]Ever[/name_m] š
It warms my heart how excited they both are for their little girl, I think I can officially say that she has a name now as well! Theyāve told us what it is although they want to wait until sheās here to share it with all of you I will say though that I think itās a perfect fit
if you can come over to pick them up, that would be great! i could probably make a big box of clothes for jules for every size up to 12-18 months! she can come and pick out the things she likes as we could probably dress about five hundred babies! if you would like to come round and meet gaia while your at it you would be 100% welcome and maybe jules could help our with babysitting (with pay of course) as practice for her little lady!
@melia22 Congratulations! [name_m]Little[/name_m] [name_f]Gaia[/name_f] is adorable! @lilac_elixirxx All of your littles are so sweet! @jinxed_peach Aww. So glad [name_f]Elly[/name_f] is excited to be an aunt. Sheāll be amazing.
Things over here have been a bit hectic as we had to make an emergency drive to my sisterās house. They live 30 minutes away. Their oldest son, age 12, named [name_m]August[/name_m] got into a bike accident, so we were called to watch the kiddos. Luckily, they have a close neighbour who was able to keep an eye on them, while we were driving. They have three other kiddos (plus August), 10 year old [name_f]Milla[/name_f], 6 year old [name_f]Evie[/name_f], and 3 year old [name_m]Luca[/name_m]. The twins and [name_f]Evie[/name_f] have always been super close. Theyāre three months apart. (Theyāve been mistaken for triplets a few times ) Plus [name_f]Milla[/name_f] is the best big cousin.
The three girls last year on our big family vacation
It's safe to say kiddos were tired after a busy day with cousins
Now that the fun stuff is out there, about the baby! I feel like I always have to say something, since this girl occupies my whole life right now! Weāre at 25 weeks! Absolutely crazy! Weāve got a few names going for us, but weāre not completely sure. (besides [name_f]June[/name_f] as a middle) Sheās moving a lot and hiccups are all over the place! About 15 more weeks till little love is here!
@BeeEl iām glad that they had you to come look after them, g-d for it anything of that kind happened weād probably have to ask @jinxed_peach to come watch our girls!!
what a day!
this was our first time leaving the house properly since having baby gaia, and it was hard work! however everyone had an awesome day and it was worth all the hard work it took to get everyone out of the house!
we decided to go to the harbour, it was about a thirty minute drive however we got to have a nice walk as well as lu and skye got ice cream so happy girls all around!
we also finally finished the girls playroom, skye is obsessed with horses at the moment. we decided to make her a little barn in the corner of the playroom. she has played so much their already and i can hear from the kitchen is squeals of complete joy!
@melia22 fingers crossed that nothing like that happens! but if it did DH and I would be happy to watch your girls [name_f]Lu[/name_f], [name_f]Skye[/name_f], and little [name_f]Gaia[/name_f] are always welcome over at ours!
I wanted to start this post out with a little poof of existence of my middle child! I know he doesnāt get as much attention in my updates as his sisters but to be honest, [name_m]Henry[/name_m] prefers it that way. Heās always been a chill dude (He was the first out of my kids to be sleeping through the night before six months old!) and likes to keep to keep himself occupied quietly. He also doesnāt enjoy having his pictures taken as much as the girls do. He is hanging around here though! So here he is last night working on some homework
As well as a photo of him with [name_f]Elly[/name_f] messing around in the car. It isnāt just [name_m]Rome[/name_m] whoās often found hanging out with our little girl lol. Sheās so lucky to have so many guys in her life who will show her how a gentleman is supposed to behave
There hasnāt been much happening over here really, just taking things nice and easy and enjoying out last few months as a family of 6. Itās cheesy, and Iāve said it a MILLION times but it really is so crazy that my little girl is having her own little girl Time is just flying and to commemorate we did recreate a photo we took of the two of us when she was little. Hereās the original, with me on the right
Canāt believe itās not long now until I have a GRANDDAUGHTER, but I canāt wait to spoil her just like I spoiled her mama I just know that [name_f]Juliette[/name_f] and her baby girl are gonna be just as close as she and I are, if not closer
Being a mom yourself weāre both sure you understand the need to be able to sneak away with the baby for a few moments lol Also she would love to come over to hang out sometime! Iām sure things are a little different now that you have [name_f]Skye[/name_f] around (Sheās adorable btw!) but I think it would be good for as well to be around someone whoās also a mama her similar age 
She hit her head pretty bad and was in pretty bad pain so we took her to the ER. They said she didnāt have a concussion but to keep an eye on her over the next few days so we were a bit focused on keeping an eye on our little girlie 
Thankfully sheās all good! [name_m]Just[/name_m] bruised 
To help cheer her up we had a little movie night for her and all the kids, and I did snag a photo of that!
Itās been interesting to see the similarities between her and I as well as whatās different 
Here are a few throwback photos of DH and I from when we were younger. In order itās us at seventeen while dating, us at twenty-one at our wedding followed by us on our honeymoon in [name_f]Italy[/name_f], and lastly us at twenty-four during our maternity shoot when I was pregnant with [name_f]Juliette[/name_f]! Which I canāt believe was sixteen years ago!
However you celebrate I hope itās a good one!
i canāt believe luās birthday is tomorrow (maybe now today?!) i hope she has the best day ever 
i remember my 5th birthday - my mum and dad bought be a barbie dream house which was the coolest thing in the world to little me!
life has been pretty hectic around here. we also ended up in the ER as tully had a very high fever the day after we saw my last post! luckily she is all right, itās always nerve racking when they are so little though. she has been pretty sleepy and under the weather but today she seems to have finally gotten back to normal which is awesome. we had a little easter egg hunt with her cousins yesterday. weāre at my parents farm for the long weekend with my whole family which is gorgeous! t has so many cousins, and even more are going to be born this year! tully got a bit distracted by the beautiful flowers though - she only ended finding two chocolate eggs - no disappointment on my end though 
i am in love with their names - wilbur, nell + florence 
and the biggest congratulations on sweet little [name_f]Gaia[/name_f] 
She looks like such a sweetpea!!
glad you are all well, we canāt wait to meet baby gaia! x
