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.

3 is a charm

Love these girls!

Mae Hope Edwards

Meet baby Mae.

She was born December 20th (Nana's bday) at 12:33am.

She weighed 9.1 pounds and was 20.5 inches







Since she's the size of a 3 month old so we've been able to settle down to a "new normal" way of life pretty easily. We skipped the typical newborn stage of life; eating, crying and pooping every hour. She eats well, sleeps pretty well and doesn't seem to mind the loud chaos that flows through our house all day.

Avila adores her. She has her "babies" with her at all times. Anytime I do anything for Mae, Avila is right behind me with her babies. We've bathed, fed and changed diapers on everyone of them multiple times.

Emma noticed there is a new creature in the house, but isn't that intersted. Pretty sure she would have rather had a new puppy.

And as our Christmas tradition goes we have sick kiddos on Christmas Eve. Emma has a sinus infection and a double ear infection. Avila has croup (cough, fever, and labored breathing). Let's pray Mae doesn't want to join in on our tradition this year.

Merry Christmas everyone!

Happy Birthday Daddy

Rainy day fun

The past week has felt like summer here in Ventura, but we did have a few cold and rainy days a few weeks ago.



Avila loves the rain.....


Actually, it may not be the rain she loves as much as it is the special rain coat and boots she gets to wear. Any sign of rain and she runs to her closet for her "special rain clothes". Still can't believe Blair and I have such a girly girl. So fun.



Emma on the other hand is not a fan of rain. This is the only shot where she dared to get off the porch. It's actually not even raining in this picture, which is why she decided to get down and show off for a second. My guess...... Emma is not the fashionista of the family. Rain means more clothes to wear, and more clothes means less time to chase, tackle and "love on" poor Brewer.


Busy, busy, busy. Off to go for a walk. Her baby likes the rain too apparently.

Happy Pre Halloween

Well it's still a couple days until Halloween, but I thought I would give the girls a little practice "begging" for candy. Avila being the spirited girl that she is walked up and down the sidewalk downtown waving and smiling at every person who passed by. The stores were open late tonight giving out candy to trick-or-treaters. Avila walked into every store, flashed a big grin and said the magic words "trick-or-treat!". Emma on the other hand used every bit of sign language and grunting to express how bad she wanted candy too. One store owner gave them each at least 10 pieces of candy each just because she loved carrying on a conversation with Avila. I'm learning she will talk to anyone about ANYTHING if candy is involved.

We made it home with a good amount of candy. Avila and Emma each got to eat 2 pieces, while mommy got to eat 2 for her, 2 for the new baby and .......... yes I even ate 2 for Brewer. The night is still young and Blair is on a fishing trip. Maybe I'll have to eat a few for the cats too. I can't forget about the cats.