First Sunday at Church

Today we took Summer to church for the first time. It was so much fun to put her in a dress that I had to take a picture and , of course, put it on the blog. Three kids at church is a little crazy but at least we got our own bench.Tracy had some great one-liners today that I have to share. They probably won't be as funny to all of you, but here they are anyway:
First of all, the Primary president had Trace stand up to talk about what exciting thing happened in our home. He told the story like this, "When Mike and Melody came to get me, Mom and Dad went to the hosipal (that's his pronunciation) to have the baby and then she came right home." Then, when they asked him what her name was he replied, "Baby Summer Jazz". Luckily I am in Primary so I could explain that he gives her a new Transformer middle name every few days.

Lately we have been working on not talking about body parts and bodily functions like bum burps(that is the name Tracy came up with for farts a couple of years ago). So, during the last verse of "I am a child of God" after the part "if I can but endure" Tracy leaned over to his teacher and said "He said butt." (The "he" in the story is our music leader.)

Finally, when we were leaving church we passed a guy getting out of his car. Most of the cars were gone because we'd gotten held up after Sacrament Meeting. When Trace saw him start towards the building he gave him a puzzled look and said, "Hey! Church is over." The guy just smiled and replied, "Maybe for you".

As I said, these probably won't be as funny to you, but I am laughing as I write them down.
Now I will leave you with another picture of Summer.

Good times.

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One week old!

I cannot believe Summer is already a week old. She has been such a sweetie! I love the feeling we have in our house with a new baby around. We are all just so happy all of the time and seem to migrate to wherever she is. Mike is such a cute dad to her. He is cute with the boys too, but I can tell he is going to be extra protective of her. I think we all will be. She probably won't need it though. I put her on her belly for "tummy time" today and she held her head up and tried to pull herself forward. She is one strong little chica!!! She will need to be with two big brothers around. I could go on and on about her. She is such a fun addition to our family.



Here is Summer at the hospital right before we brought her home. It has been so fun to dress a little girl. I actually get a little excited when she spits up or has a blow out because it means I get to put her in another outfit. Boys have cooler toys but girls definitely have cuter clothes!
Tracy is very in love with his baby sister. Every morning he comes out of his room and asks where baby Summer is. Whenever someone comes to visit he asks them if they want to see him hug and kiss his baby sister. He loves to play with her toes and sing her "Twinkle Twinkle". (Everett joins in about every fifth word.) Whenever we drive somewhere he holds her hand and talks to her. I was trying to take pictures of her today and he wouldn't leave her side so I decided to make him a part of them. He told me he was worried I wasn't going to be careful enough. He is just so fascinated with how cute and little she is and what she is doing every minute of the day. She is so lucky to have big brothers to watch over her. In fact, yesterday Tracy said,"We have to take care of baby girls Mom". It was so sweet.
Today he was eating lunch and found a piece of noodle on the table. He looked up at me and asked, "Is this part of Summer's belly button?" Having a baby around has been a lot of fun for our family. She already has us all wrapped around her little finger.
Everett likes to have a turn holding her, but after a few seconds he says "done". He is always on binki patrol. Whether she wants it or not! He also likes to help me tuck her in and close her door so she can go "nigh-nigh". He is also in love with her. We just have to watch him more closely because he likes to play a little more roughly. He enjoys having someone sitting next to him in the car and narrate to me what she is doing. Most of the time it is "baby Summy sleeping."

A DAY AT THE SALON

Everything has been so crazy the last few weeks that certain things have been neglected. One of those things was my sons' hair. We finally drove them down to Capelli's to have Charity cut it. While we were there, Mike got some sexy highlights for fun. I feel bad for the salon because we were there for a couple of hours and our boys were all over the place.
A cute girl named Brandy cut Tracy's hair and Tracy wasted no time playing up the dramatics. He kept complaining about how bad his hair was itching after the haircut that she gave him a good rinse. We laugh because Charity has cut his hair so many times he knows she won't give in, but this girl totally pampered him and he loved every minute of it.
Everett didn't complain about itching, but he also didn't want to stay in the chair. Char'd ended up chasing him around the salon trying to get the final touches.

Oakley came to visit Tracy and that is when the real fun began. These pedicure stools became their "scooters" while Everett chilled under the dryer.

Real men wear caps.

It's SUMMER Time!!!

We are sooooo very excited to announce the arrival of our sweet little baby girl! Summer Daisy Bollinger was born on Friday, July 11, 2008. (Daisies were Leesa's Mother's favorite flower.) She weighed 6 pounds 11 ounces and was 20 inches long. We are all so in love with her and are excited to have her as part of our family. Leesa is still having a hard time getting used to saying little "girl" instead of boy and "her" instead of him. She is beautiful and perfect and healthy and we just love her. Also, I hope you all got your free slurpees today because it is, after all, 7-11.















The labor team. Charity, Angie (Leesa's doula) and Mike. I would not have made it through another natural birth without their support and patience. Thanks guys!!!
Everett and Tracy seem so grown up to me now. They were jumping around all morning when we told them we were going to the hospital to have the baby.









Tracy is very nurturing of his baby sister. He loves to kiss her and check her vitals. He always comments on how cute she is and how tiny her feet are to whomever he runs into. He is also telling everyone her name is Summer Bumble Bee (after his favorite Transformer).

Everett thinks she is a fun new toy but is much more interested in playing with Mommy's bed and all the tubes coming out of the walls. One of the reasons we decided on the name Summer was because it is so cute to hear him say "Summy".
Auntie Melody and Oakley. Oakley has promised to teach Summer how to be a princess because she only has older brothers.

MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE!

We can hardly believe it, but on June 29th Tracy turned four! We are so proud of him and feel grateful to have such a sweet "big boy". We celebrated with friends on Saturday by having a Transformer party.







When the kids first arrived we gave them Autobot names and made masks in preparation for a water gun battle against the Decepticons. Collinox, Megatol, Kieratron, Infernoakley, Ultratrace and Transpencer.

AUTOBOTS VS. DECEPTICONS

The children loved being able to shoot the adults, especially if they were their own parents. The most excitement came when Battle Commander Ultraleesa busted out a secret weapon for the Autobots-water balloons! If it hadn't been so hot, the adults may have been upset. I wouldn't have cared though because I paid my dues filling up the darn things. Half of them broke while I was filling them and I got soaked! Obviously, the Autobots won the battle and were rewarded with star badges for bravery.














Next on the agenda was a pinata. It was a police car we pretended was the Decepticon Barricade. We almost had a few run-ins with the bat, but luckily the pinata busted open without anyone being injured. I put some bracelets in for the girls, but both Tracy and Everett were very excited about them and couldn't wait to put them on. The pink ones were their favorites. The kids did such a good job collecting the loot we hardly had anything to clean up!

The cake looked a lot cooler when I pictured it in my head but Tracy was very excited about the Transformers fighting on the top. It was supposed to be a battle scene with a dirt road and a volcano. I lucked out finding a sparkler candle. It made the volcano look like it was erupting! Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves Tracy definitely loved playing Transformers with someone other than Mom.

CAUGHT IN THE ACT!!!

While getting ready for the party I caught Everett trying to sneak a bite of cake. He is such a little stinker but he was so cute at the party. He ran around like he was one of the big kids and held his own ground. As you can see, he also has one of the water guns. He got into them and emptied the majority before we started the water fight.

On Sunday we had a family party. Trace had been asking for sketchers for months, but we weren't sure if he'd really be excited about getting them for his birthday. Well, they ended up being his favorite gift! When he opened them he immediately put them on and started running around the yard. It took some convincing to get him back over to his gifts so he could finish opening them. Mommy is very excited to have a shoe shopping buddy in the family!

DISCLAIMER: Sorry this post is all over the place. I have been having contractions all day and wanted to post Tracy's birthday photos in case we end up having the baby tonight!
FALSE ALARM!!!

Ladies night!

I went to the Tim McGraw concert with a bunch of girlfriends because he is the best thing to happen to tight jeans and tank tops. (His music is pretty awesome too.) Luckily I didn't go into labor but ,ironically, a girl next to us almost did.




Thanks to Kristen's hubby, Jesse, we got to park in VIP parking and a free ride to will call to pick up our tickets. We love you officer Powell. The greatest thing about hitching a ride on the security cart was the driver. There was no horn so she kept yelling out, "beep beep".


Hot mammas! Dana, Jody, Kriste, Jami, Amber, Leesa and Kristen.


I don't know what was in the air (or the beer), but everyone around us was getting it on. This couple portrayed the nastiest scene of affection I have ever seen. Let's just say there was too much rubbing and touching and grinding than anyones needs to see-EVER. And, as if that weren't bad enough, at the end of the night he said to her, "It was nice meeting you" and walked off! They didn't even know each other!!! We were dying at how funny it was and I hate to confess I peed my pants a little bit from laughing too hard. Thanks pregnancy! Oh yeah, notice the girls next to them. They were making out too. Not just with each other either. There were other girls and even some guy thrown into the mix as well. Timmy draws quite the crowd! That, or maybe we do. To say the least, it was a very entertaining evening, and Tim wasn't bad either!

Moab Fun

My Brother (Bubba) Christopher and I took the boys down to Moab last week so that Leesa could have a break and take it easy for a couple days. We stayed at a campground by Ken's lake, it was great, we could go swimming to keep cool, I think we swam every day!

A Day at the Zoo.

Grandma and Grandpa Bollinger took the boys to the zoo with Uncle Bubba. They loved all the animals, especially the white alligator.
While checking out the baboons, one of them started pooping right in front of the glass. Tracy exclaimed," Ewe, he's pooping out of his mouth!" He thought the red butt was a pair of giant lips. I wish I could have been there!

Only 5 weeks to go........

Well, we technically have five more weeks and we are doing all we can to keep it that way. She is wanting to come early ,but we want her to be full-term. Leesa is having a hard time trying to stay down, but realized the importance if we want a healthy baby. She has dropped and dropped some more and trying to move things along. We have made it one more week-hooray! So just one more and she will be at 36 weeks and our OB-GYN will be back from Europe. Leesa is really hoping for a 4th of July baby, but the Doc has previously mentioned we are pushing to make it to July. So, we may have another June baby after all. We can't wait to meet her, but hopefully under the safest circumstances.
Baby Girl is Almost Here!!!! We are so excited!

Let's Make a Splash at Marv Jensen!

We signed Tracy up for swimming lessons with his buddy, Tolman. They were the dudes in a class full of ladies. Tracy was all too happy to have his cute teacher pull him around the pool. The classes were fun and instructive, but the boys wanted to play so much, I think we will do another class so they can really absorb the knowledge and skill being thrown at them. Everett and Addison played in the kiddie pool and had a great time .I am going to let out our secret, Lamborns, after a couple of lessons we all went to Chuck a Rama for dinner. I have to say it was pretty good.