Now that three weeks have passed since the birth of the new babe things are getting back to normal around here. 

Her arrival was pretty rough, preceded by nine long months of hyperemesis gravidarum, a third degree ankle sprain requiring splints and crutches and most egregiously, my reluctant exchange of beer for Oreos. It culminated in lots of yelling, swearing, and my cursing of a certain anesthesiologist whose timing was less than stellar. But our little Ladybug is here now and things (aside from my sleeping patterns) are smoothing out. 

9lbs 7oz, hence my hatred of the slow-moving anesthesiologist

Large has been largely unaffected as far as we can tell, and managed to graduate from middle school despite the interruption. Medium is back on track with his homeschooling after my hiatus and on his way to learning to read. He is madly in love with the newest member of our clan, constantly asking to hold her and insisting that he can't stop looking at her because she is so cute. At this stage Small just wants to do whatever his big brothers are doing so he is also quite interested in the baby and I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if he taught himself to read right along with his brother, toddlerhood aside.

Newborns come with an abundance of adorable which we are immortalizing with our cameras. I've even linked my Instagram account up to my Blogger account so that my photos will automatically upload here for your viewing pleasure. In the meantime I'm rounding up all the awesome pictures from the past few weeks to share.