Saturday, January 31, 2015

8 months of Hartley Lane

She is 8 months old today

She likes to blow raspberries, say dadadadada

 She is 16lbs10oz fully clothed, which I think is squishy, but I'm told has her at the 20th percentile.  She also has RSV, and a bilateral ear infection currently.  Mississippi has a way with germs and not meshing well with our immune systems.  Sigh.
 She loves tags, on anything.  If there is a tag, she will find it, and slobber it.

 She is a mover and a shaker.  Literally.  Girlfriend is gonna get going, just as soon as she figures out how to put it all together.  She can successfully get from laying to sitting and from sitting to laying, she gets up on all four and rocks back and forth.  Will even muster up a few scotches forward and backward.  She rolls around all over.


 She has the cutest little shaped head, which works in her favor because out of all our babies, she is the most bald-headed.  Initially she was a fiery redhead, but her new hair coming in seems light brown.  The sunlight brings out a red tint, so it will be interesting to see when it comes in thicker what color it is.
 While she doesn't have as much hair as her siblings had, she sure has lashes for days.  Gorgeous eyes - hazel colored so far.


 Sneezing baby
 And we managed to get one good Hartley and her routine monthly picture with her dog before she got busy loving (attacking) it.

Of note - hot pink oshkosh overalls and a heart shirt, yes, splurge because, well she just had to have it, you know.

Thursday, January 29, 2015

Mississippi Snow


First we got snow, then we got ice…




and the Loprinzi kiddos sure loved the snow.  About 8 inches came, closing schools for 3 days.  Because in the south they have nothing, NOTHING, to help clear the roads of the winter wonderland.  Like the whole city shut down, no grocery stores or fast food places were even open.


After a scary crash off the side of the road - I am fine so is the van... I didn't proceed forward with the 1 hour and 15 minute drive into work tonight.  It was sweet staying home and playing with these great kids.


Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Sweet sisters

Seeing these girls, and wondering what their sister-hood will be like.  So far, I'm digging the way Jovie has taken on the big sister roll :)



Thursday, January 1, 2015

bullet points of 2014

Our year was full.  It always is.  We choose for it to be that way.  It is chaos and messy at times, but that is what makes it all so very beautiful.

Highlights of 2014:

January -

  • Snow, lots and lots of snow
  • Journey to the final 4th Loprinzi's gender - GIRL!!
  • Date day for P+K - Louisville Slugger museum and a fancy lunch

February - April

  • Jovie Reese turned 3 on 2.21.14
  • Scary tornado warnings/watches happened a lot this month
  • Paul applies for jobs
  • Cramming in clinical hours for my FNP program while pregnant
  • Kristina Working WOW nights as a RN
May -

  • Mom comes to visit
  • Joe and Andrea come to visit
  • Ryker has his last day of 1st grade on 5/30, Paul and him go to the outdoor festivities while I was home in active labor
  • Hello Hartley Lane, 5.31.14 at 4:00am, 7#3oz of beauty.

June -
  • Jen comes to visit
  • We drive to Mississippi to decide about Paul's job offer
  • Put our first house on the market - the yellow house in the country

July -

  • Multiple house showings
  • Accepted offer on our house
  • Make all the plans to move to Mississippi

August -

  • Close on our house in Kentucky on 8/21/14
  • Kip turned 5, 8/21/14
  • Celebrated 9 years of marriage on 8/20/14 by packing up our first home
  • Drive from KY to MS 8/21/14 - 8/2/14
  • Life in random hotels, in 3 different states, for 7 days, with 4 kids…lots of swimming, minimal sleep
  • Paul starts his first day of work at Ole Miss while we are living in hotels
  • Kristina graduates - MSN
September -
  • Close on our new house in Mississippi
  • Ryker starts 2nd grade, a month late, at a new school
  • Passed boards - Kristina Loprinzi, FNP-C

October -

  • Ryker's 8th birthday,
  • Influenza A takes over our house
  • Interviews x3 for Kristina, accepted job offer as an NP
  • Swim lessons for the kiddos

November -
  • I Started work as a FNP
  • Chronically sick family

December -

  • Paul turns 32
  • First Christmas in Mississippi