How could you not vote for this adorable face?

I entered this cute picture of Ryleigh into the Gap Contest. You can go to my Facebook and vote for her.

Cute pics!!!

Violet's first toothless grin caught on camera.

Ryleigh drawing (she is growing up so fast!)

Violet's favorite position to sleep in when she has a tummy ache.


Chillin' on the couch

McKenna is such a good big sister. She can pick her up and carry Violet and loves to hold her.

Same sleeping position as above just in a different setting :)

My beautiful baby Violet! She will be 6 weeks old tomorrow!

Juggling

Kenna started first grade a month ago and has been loving it. She is reading at a third to fourth grade level and is making lots of new friends. One of her friends in her class is moving into our subdivision and our ward so she is very excited about that. She is a great helper at home and loves to play with Ryleigh. Too bad Kenna and Dan both came down with a cold this week so Violet is hands off to them. Ryleigh is doing well considering she took a tumble out of the Sequoia Sunday in the parking lot of the church. She sustained minor injuries and is healing nicely. Luckily it did not turn into an ER visit so it could have been worse. Ryleigh's big head makes her top heavy so she is constantly tripping over her own feet and bonking her head on the floor. She is talking more and more and is starting to say prayers at night. Whenever she gets to the end of the prayer, she skips straight to end and says "Mamen." It is really cute. Violet is growing heavier every day. I don't know how much she weighs but I can tell she is getting heavier. She doesn't do anything interesting yet, just the normal newborn stuff... eating, sleeping, crying, pooping, and more eating. We have gotten a few smiles out of her but haven't been able to catch any on camera. She is a good baby just like my other two. I have been truly blessed with my girls. Some days are harder than others but I think I am doing ok with three kids. The hardest part is fitting everyone into a shopping cart along with groceries and unloading everyone from the car. If that is the hardest part, I really shouldn't be complaining :) Here are a couple of pics of Ryleigh. Right now she is my most interesting kid to take pictures of.

My girls

We had Violet's baby blessing over Labor Day weekend. She was wearing Ryleigh's baby blessing dress which was a 3-6 month size. It was huge on her, but the dress is so foofy that you couldn't tell too much. Dan's parents, brother and sister-in-law, sister, and grandfather came from SLC. McKenna and Ryleigh love it when they come to visit. It took Ryleigh a little while to warm up cuz she had just woken up from a nap. She kept giving her classic glares, but in the end she was playing with everyone. Saturday night we went to dinner at Sa-wa-dee (Thai food). Sunday morning was the blessing and then we had lunch and everyone went home by 4pm. It was a short trip but it was nice to see everyone. I am happy to report that Ryleigh is starting to warm up to Violet. She kisses her and tries to hug her. It is a step up from hitting her and trying to pull her out of my arms. Violet had her 10 day appointment last Friday. She is back up to her birth weight and doing very well. We have had our fair share of blowouts already. It is a pain to have to change two kids' diapers. My mom goes home tomorrow. I am not sure how I am going to handle three girls by myself but I will manage. McKenna is a great helper, but will be in school most of the day. Ryleigh's new thing is to sit inside the new cabinets Dan has made and shut the door. She is so funny sometimes.

Violet has arrived!

Went in for my scheduled induction Tuesday at 7am. Had my epidural at 10am and pushed Violet out in less than 10 minutes (3 contractions). She was born at 2:42pm, weighed in at 7 lbs 4 oz and is 20 inches long. She looks very similar to Ryleigh when she was born. I am proud to announce that Violet is the biggest baby that the Wongs have had. Even between my brothers and I. She pooped in the womb, so the doctor, to keep her from inhaling meconium into her lungs, held her by her ankles upside down for the first minute of her life. We didn't get a picture, but she looked similar to a chicken being held by its feet. After the meconium was sucked out of her, she has been a perfectly healthy baby. We returned home today and are doing great! Here are some pics of the birth day of Violet Ching-Mei (Peaceful Beauty) Patton.

Tomorrow!

Since this baby doesn't want to come out on her own, we are going to force her out. I have had several false alarms, where I am up from 2am to 5am timing contractions and then they stop. My scheduled induction date is tomorrow (Tuesday) so wish us luck! McKenna is so excited, but I don't think Ryleigh has a clue yet.

Summer fun!

Yesterday, Dan, his brother and sister in law made up some water balloons for YM/YW night. The activity was postponed due to another activity going on this week, so fortunately for us, we got to throw them at each other. That was fun and the kids had a blast. Then, coincidentally, the sprinklers in the park behind our house turned on. Since we were already soaking wet, we sent the kids out to run through the sprinklers. Ryleigh was a little shocked when she first got hit by a big sprinkler. After a little while, she was running through them just like the rest of them.

Here's your pregnant belly shot of the week. Soon it will be gone :)

As you can see, they were soaking wet by the end of it. But they had fun!

This is the toad that Dan found on our front porch the other night. He captured it in a tupperware and brought it upstairs to show the girls. They had just gone down for the night but hadn't fallen asleep yet. I just start hearing screaming and crying in their room and go in to find Dan showing them the toad. He almost made it onto Ryleigh's bed, but luckily Dan caught him. We put him in the fish tank (Tiger our beta fish died only a few minutes before Dan found the toad). The toad did not seem too happy. Ryleigh kept saying "toad, a toad" over and over. I think she was a little traumatized. When Dan started taking off the lid of the fish tank, McKenna ran far away and started bawling. The girls in this family are just not that into toads. Dan released our toad friend later that night. Since the girls were all riled up, we decided to pick up my mom from the airport as a family. The girls weren't going back to bed anytime soon.

Ryleigh, after eating a pudding cup.

The girls dancing around after popping the lenses out of some kiddie sunglasses. They looked pretty cute in those glasses.

We are still anxiously awaiting the arrival of baby girl #3. She doesn't seem all that in a hurry like my other girls were. I am getting impatient. I have a doctor's appointment tomorrow (Friday) and am hoping for some progress since last time. It has been really nice to have my mom in town for a few weeks to occupy the girls. They love playing with their PoPo. I love not having to cook.