Museum of Natural History

I have a love/hate relationship with "free things."   Don't get me wrong I love getting something for nothing but if getting that free thing involves me being elbow with hundred of other people fighting for my free thing...I am out.
So I was a little leery of the Free Admission Day at the Museum of Natural History.  But when I found out you had to get tickets in advance and they only gave out so many tickets per hour I knew  this was my kind of "free."
My sister and I and our eight kids went and were pleasantly surprised!
We loved the interactive exhibits.

How many little girls can fit in a dinosaur footprint?

Oh about seven or so!

One dinosaur exhibit had a glass floor where you could see fossils.  Some of the girls were a little nervous stepping on it...Tessa on the other hand immediately started jumping up and down on it :)

It was a very hot day but we did go out on the roof to dig for our own fossils.

*Doesn't Kylie look happy?  I think she had asked to go back inside about 4 or 5 times before this picture...apparently she was melting.

My sister and I had to laugh at these next two pictures. After 3 floors of awesome sights like the huge brontosaurus skeleton shown above we found them all looking out the window.

 

But with a view like this who can blame them.

We had a great "cost free" day!

Sisterly Love

Boy do these girls love their little brother...rubbing his head, kissing his cheeks, and best of all snuggling his little body!

2 Weeks

 I wish I could slow down time!  Although I swear this boy gets cuter by the day I do not want him to grow up.

 And growing he is.  At his two week appointment this week he weighed 9 1bs and was 22" long (so he has gained 6 oz and grown an inch).  He is in the 90th percentile for both height and weight but his cute little head is only in the 25th percentile. 

 He is such a calm baby.  He rarely cries and only wakes up every 3 hours to eat at night. He is starting to be a little more awake during the day and starting to use his arms and legs more!

Feeling Patriotic

What do you do when your dad is working late and it's July?  Why paint some patriotic finger and toenails of course!

 I bet everyone thought my days of dressing my kids up for holidays was over because I had a boy...nope!  Baylor looked good sporting his red, white, and blue plaid shorts!

 We had never seen the NSL fireworks before and the view from our new house was AWESOME!!! We had our friends the Carter's and my sister Amy and her husband Jake over and had a lot of fun!
And Kody, looking to pad his Father of the Year resume, even slept out on the deck with the girls after the fireworks!

It's Been 1 Week...

Since this cute little boy came into our lives and we just love him to death!

 He is such a good baby...sleeping tons and only sad when he is really hungry!

 Baylor sleeps two ways: (1) With his hands up by his face ( a favorite of his in the ultrasound photos) or

 (2) his "Muscle Man" pose with his arms straight up!

Stir Crazy

We are loving having little Baylor in our family but it is hard to find things to do in the hot weather so we have been inside...A LOT!  We were going a little stir crazy the other night so once the sun went down we decided to get some ice cream and go to the park.

It was a much needed break from the house!  The girls had a blast and Baylor, although he slept the whole time, enjoyed himself too! :)