Our family

I love this picture because I think just by looking at it you get a glimpse of what everyday life is for us.

Avila is a true princess and at all times is either wearing a princess gown or a ballerina leotard. Avila's days are full of dancing, singing, and imagining a life where her best friends are princesses. If she gets to pick the dinner topic, our time is usually spent talking about weddings, ballet, or meeting Cinderella one day. She is all girl.

Emma's face says it all. The minute she saw the camera she wanted to run and hide. She is not the performer, like her sister, yet equally busy. She would be happy if we gave her a mud hole filled with creepy crawlers and shovel to play with filled with. She is never spiffy clean.....if you look close you will find marker, juice, food or dirt somewhere on her at all times. She is a girl of little words, but lots of laughs. Her best friends are Brewer (the dog), Lunchbox, and Spaz (the cats).

Mae is the perfect third child. She understands at the young age of 3 months that no one really has a whole lot of time to spend with her. She spends most of her day sitting in her chair, watching wide eyed the chaos of our day. She knows her time is when the older kids go to bed. She wakes up full of smiles, noises and love to give. She loves her mommy and daddy time. She's quite the talker and seems to crack herself up.

Blair and I have real smiles in this photo. We're happy. Enjoying this adventure the Lord has blessed us with.

Just another day....

I've quickly realized there's never a dull moment with 3 babies in the house! There's always something going on. Avila has become quite the helper with Mae. She loves to read, sing, and snuggle her. I think Emma is just intrigued by this new creature in the house she has to be gentle with. Mae is the perfect 3rd child. Easy, quiet, and just wants to be talked to.









The month of March has been the month of sickness in the Edwards house. It stared with runny noses, then pneumonia for Mae and ear infections for Emma. There have been lots of tears, naps and episodes of Mickey Mouse. I constantly find myself singing the theme song.






Mae's pneumonia landed us an exciting trip to the ER. Arrived at 9pm and finally left at 3 am. It's funny what people go to te ER for in the middle of the night. Cramps, mild coughing, headache. I'm pretty sure one mom brought her 7 year old son in because he had a tickle in his throat.

Doc: "what's your pain level? 0 being none and 10 being the worst pain you've ever felt."
Kid: " uhhhh, like a 2, but maybe an 8 when i cough."
Doc: "how often are you coughing?"
Kid: "like a few times a day"
Doc: "anything else bothering you?"
Kid: "nope."

This all happened at 2 am. Really??

Why go to the ER unless you absolutely have to be there? Mae's fever was rising fast, so after talking to her dr we rushed over. Many tests later she was hooked up to an IV and given meds for pneumonia. She was a trooper through all of it.






Well the month is coming to a close and the Edwards are on the mend. Mae is feeling much better. Lots of smiles these days. Emma is back to tackling all the pets in the house. Brewer, Spaz, and Lunchbox all run the other direction when they see her coming. And Avila is ALL personality still. She has an answer/comment for everything. She still eats, breathes and sleeps ballet and really is becoming quite the little dancer.