Kollyns Sophie, the Four-Month-Old

Our littlest honey is four months! This month she had lots of fun celebrating her daddy's and big bro's birthdays,  visited RaRa (my grandma) a couple times and attended her first MS Awareness game put on by Aurora U (Uncle Lancey's school). Mama has also gone back to work full time this month and Kollyns has taken it like a champ. The best part of my day is when I come to pick her up and she instantly lights up with her big smile. This girl is too much!

My littlest and my assistant. The bond these two have makes me melt. 

Kolly this month:

• has found her toes! she's quite the toe toucher as you can see below
• she's giggling! and it makes us alllll so happy
• is grabbing at toys and entertaining herself longer on the play mat
• is still a pretty good sleeper at night (let's keep this up, girlfriend)
• she's really recognizing her family's faces now. its the sweetest.
• half the time she smiles she sticks her tongue out too...it's her signature.
• she's big enough to sit in the high chair with us at dinner-she loves feeling like a big kid
• if she's awake, she wants to be up and observing...she's a smart little cookie

Kolly's four month stats:

• 25 inches (75%)
• 15 1.5oz (75%)
• head circumference: 41.4 cm (75%)

October, November, December, January + February

Here are a few more fun photos of our joyful little lady:

Happy Four Months, Kollyns Sophie! 

We love the sweet little toe-touchin', giggle box you are!

Our January 2017

Happy New Year! We had a great (and busy) start. One of my resolutions this year is to be better about keeping up on the blog. Not everything has to be perfectly edited or taken on my big camera. I have several posts I'm still working on from last year so I can have the memories recorded. But it's taking up so much time, and now with three babies I don't have that thing (time). But I love where we are and I love this crazy life. I'm just learning how to simplify. So I'm trying something a little different and a little simpler this month :)

This month, we celebrated the Robinson boys birthdays by suprising Briggy with Disney on Ice. He was so excited Kolly got to come too. She's SO into it 

These two have become quite the little buddies lately...

Sweet girl is big enough for the Bumbo now. It's a like a whole new world for her.

They spontaneously started holding hands. <3 <3 <3

A little sneak of Briggy's birthday cake! He turned the big five! My baby! Bawling.

The love these guys have for their baby sister though.

Nobody makes her smile like her big bro

Inseparable.

I present to you, my middle child in all her glory.

The loves of my life

Visiting my sweet abuelita 

Lita and Kolly doll

Baby and the girls

Baby and the boys

(She's well liked)

Kerigan thinks she's ready to kick naps.

In the meantime, I always want to remember these sweet every day moments. 

Hello, doll!

This month we celebrated Lola (the pup), Ryan's, and Briggs's birthdays. We spent a lot of time playing Wii or Kinect, board games, dress up, hot wheels, snap chatting and more. We NEED some sunshine. For realzzz. But we're happy now that we have a warm house (see video below) and we get to look forward to an Arizona trip soon. The kiddos keep us on our toes but we love it all. We're never bored ;-)

Here's our January video to sum up the month:

Here's to a lovely February! (and perhaps a little sunshine)

Briggs's Small World Party

We just celebrated our big boy's fifth birthday! It makes my heart ache to think about how quickly he is growing up...but man, it's pretty awesome to witness what a great kid he's becoming. For this year's party he wanted a "Small World" celebration because he LOVES the ride at Disney. We had international food and treats (I forgot to take pics) and lots of little giggles. For this party, he had all his preschool and soccer buddies join him. Then next month, he wants to have a pizza party with all "his girls" aka his family friends. I just love his heart. 

photo courtesy of: @confectioneiress on instagram

So proud of this birthday boy!

Pretty proud of this silly chick too. 

Singing "happy birthday" to our Briggy.

Loved celebrating with all these sillies. 

Happy Birthday, Mr. Briggs! 

We are so proud of the boy you are. We love you with all our hearts. 

Three Months with Doll Baby

Our dolly was busy during her third month! She helped us decorate our house for Christmas (loved adding her name to the stocking line-up this year), attended two pre-school Christmas programs, went on her first Florida vacation, met Mickey Mouse, went swimming and even played (and napped) on the beach. She enjoyed her first Christmas and celebrating Jesus's birth. She partied hard during her first New Years Eve...and finally, put her party hat on for her pup's eighth birthday party.

Hey Dolls!

Kolly this month:

• Has been a champion traveler.
• Actually, she's quite the all-around champ.
• Has had some congestion/cold but it hasn't changed her happy temperament
• Loves to have "conversations" with us. She babbles on and on all day. (She's living up to her namesake)
• Adores when her brother and sister make faces at her or spend time with her. I can actually count on Briggs a lot to entertain her when I'm taking care of other things.
• Is still her mama's snuggler.
• She's only waking me up once at night...which is a dream. The big kids wake me up more than her. 
• We just adore our Kolly girl! We can't get enough of our sweet little baby.

She's in love with her crazy daddy.

Big bro trying to get her to laugh. He's just the best. Seriously, the BEST human I've ever known.

She's one lucky lady to have him. She is so adored. 

October, November, December & January

We love you sweet pea! You're everyone's favorite doll baby. <3

Two Months with Kolly

Happy two, precious girl!!

You've had a busy second month. You celebrated your first thanksgiving, went to your big sister's third birthday party, met your Uncle Lance and cheered him on to his first victory as a head coach, met your Great-Grandma Vargas, attended your first office party and so much more!

You continue to be our easiest baby. Or maybe we just know what we're doing a little bit more by the third (for now). You haven't gone a single day without at least 100 kisses. Mommy is figuring out life with three still...but you're just enjoying the ride. And about a week ago, you started smiling- for real. And we all melted. 

You're not quite used to all the pictures documenting every move you make...but don't worry, baby girl. You will ;-)

Kolly's One Month Stats:

• 23.5 inches (90%)
• 12 lb 3.5 oz (80%)
• head circumference: 39cm (75%)

October, November & December 

Kolly this month:

• is smilinggggg!!!!!!!!!
• mimicks our facial expressions
• follows/tracks things with her eyes like toys and Briggs and Kerigan
• is sleeping so well at night. I wake up once or twice to feed and she goes back to sleep
• loves snuggling with mama in the Ergo 
• is a good traveler (we traveled to Aurora, IL and back the next day...and she was a champ)
• is learning the art of spitting up (thanks Kerigan and Braxton for teaching her this gift)
• loves looking at the Christmas tree
• loves when we sing to her
• does not like when her puppy gives her kisses (Kerigan "protects" her from Lola now)
• took her FIRST bottle the other day. Briggs gave it to her! It was the most precious thing. 

 Kolly Dolly, we love you! You're fitting in just fine. :-)

Meeting Kollyns Sophie. My new love story.

Today I'm sharing something incredibly special. It's so beautiful and close to my heart that I debated whether or not to even post it because it's so precious to me.  But I think my kids will appreciate it as they grow older and I think others will appreciate it as well. I've compiled videos and photos from the first few hours of Kollyns Sophie's life. From the moment we found out "it" was a "she" to her first cries to the first meeting of all my babies. The way Briggs and Kerigan reacted when they met her is something I will treasure deep down in my soul forever.  These photos and video represent the most magical moments of my entire life. 

Let me preface it by telling you that Briggs had a "birth plan" too. You somewhat know mine by now so let me give you some insight to his...

Around the last month of pregnancy I told him that once the baby was born, Daddy was going to come out to the waiting room and announce, "IT'S A ________!"

And Briggs was not happy about this. He told me, "no, that's not how we're going to do it." This was his plan:

• Once the baby is born, Daddy will come out to get me and Kerigan in the waiting room...but don't tell us anything!
• Then I'm going to look at Baby Bunny and decide what it is. 
• Then I'll tell Kerigan.
• After that, if it's a boy, I'll put on a blue bow tie and Kerigan will put on a blue bow. If it's a girl, I'll put on a pink bow tie and Kerigan's bow will be pink.
• Then we'll go out and tell Papa and Pops, "IT'S A _______!"

And I told Briggs, "You know what, buddy, thats a GREAT idea." And so that was our birth plan. It warmed my heart that he was taking so much ownership in it. He told everyone he knew about his plan...and then melted their hearts too. 

So without any further delay, I give you the best morning of our lives:

I'm overwhelmed to tears every time I think about those first days at the hospital. We are so so grateful for these three little beautiful beings. What a gracious, incredible, wonderful Father we serve! I'm ultimately so thankful to share these precious moments with everyone because it's my ultimate Robinson love story. God bless you all!