Life with five

Don't you love his chub?!  Just days old and he's so chubby and lovey!  Here are a few random pics the first couple of weeks of life with five kids.

Clark's first bath.  Amelia was watching from the sidelines, dying to get in with him and help out.  I should have done this in the sink so she could help more.  She's since helped out and each morning asks if Clark needs a bath.

Enjoying the last days of Fall in the backyard.  This is their "club fort", pretty amazing!

Everyone loves to hold Clark!  After scriptures and prayers, I tuck the kids in and they each want Clark to lay with them and snuggle for a minute or two.  Who doesn't love a newborn snuggle?

Amelia loves to sit and read Clark a book in the morning after the boys get on the bus.  It's pretty cute, she does a nice job of retelling the books she loves most.

One of my favorite parts of motherhood is seeing my children love each other.  Clark often has as sibling or two keeping him company on his play mat.  It's fun to hear the big kids talk in sweet voices and get so excited when he smiles and coos at them.

In early September, I was on the phone with Camie and told T&R that after I got off I would put Amelia down for a nap and then we could make cookies.  They quickly ran out of the room and returned a few minutes later with big smiles saying they had put her down and were ready to start baking.  I laughed and went upstairs only to find Amelia tucked in her bed.  I asked if she wanted me to read her a book, nope, Reid had done it!  Tanner had tucked her in! They were so proud of themselves and so cute!  Since then, Amelia will choose who she wants to put her down for a nap.  I think it's adorable!  Here they are holding hands and heading upstairs for Tanner to lay Amelia down for a nap.  Love these kids!

This was the end of October and the day was so perfect and nice we spent the whole afternoon playing in the backyard.  Just my kind of day.

Here's Andrew and Tanner's new trick.  They feel so big and so cool doing this.

More pics and life to come.