The Long Awaited Sibling Picture!

So, ever since she was born (and before) I have been anticipating all the cute shots I'm going to get of the 3 of them, being adorable.
She's a month old and I've got 3 attempts.

Here begins the chronicle of the heroic attempts:

First Attempt:

"Leah, make them look at me!" So she turned their heads. Baby pitched over...

Baby pitched over even further. Jenny munches on a green tomato, stolen from the garden.

"Let's straighten Baby up..."

Baby decides its a great time to go into her Isaiah Stretch(c)....

Isaiah's bored with the whole thing. Jenny's still working on that tomato...

BEST OF THE BUNCH. But Jenny has got the tomato in her cheek...

The tomato comes out of her mouth. Baby looks miserable. Isaiah's stoic.

Jenny decides that green tomatoes aren't really all that...

But in the spirit of Sheldon Stubborness, decides its still worth another try....

Baby looks like she wants to sock someone. Jenny eats the tomato again. Maybe Mommy for putting her through this. Isaiah looks disturbed and disillusioned with life...

Green Tomatoes really aren't all that....

Jenny helps* Keziah not pitch over again...

 Aaand, green tomato eating attempt #3.... but Keziah's done with pictures. Crying ensues. Attempt #1 done...

ATTEMPT #2

I put them all down on the bed in the morning light, they looked so idyllic. Camera was retrieved.

Isaiah and Baby being really cute....now if Jenny can just look at the camera....

 Jenny goes to sleep?

 No, just thinking deeply....

...about...Baby? Jenny broods, Baby and Isaiah smile obliviously at the camera.

Jenny gets Baby's fingers, doubt crosses Baby's face. Isaiah announces hunger.

Now Isaiah gets Baby's other arm....

The sibs have the arms. Baby is being a good sport about this.

Baby is not so sure about this....

 Really not so sure about this....looks at mom, who is obliviously snapping photos of her cute kids...

Aaaand, her thick mom finally realizes they've got her hands...

 Sermon on Let-Baby-Keep-Her-Fingers.
End of Attempt #2


ATTEMPT #3

 

This would be the winner, except Isaiah's eating his lower lip...

Baby was slipping off...

 And decided picture time was over, and that she was starving.

Baby after foods. Drowsy and happy. Forgave Mommy everything.

AAAaaand, our first ever 5 (ex-utero) member family shot....

What We've Been Busy With....

This....

 She made a rather quick entrance into the world, arriving with the EMT's and a firetruck, in our now historic bathroom....

birthstory to come....

A Trip to the Zoo, and Jenny's Red Dress from a repurposed shirt

We went to the zoo. The kids were very excited, especially Isaiah, about seeing lions and tigers et al.

Alas, I was having painful Braxton Hicks contractions and wasn’t up to my usual photograph-a-minute self, thus there are just a few pictures. But they had fun.

Jenny being adorable at the admissions desk.

Isaiah and Daddy, Grandpa and Jenny before them. Leashes are a good way to keep your kid from trying to climb into the tiger pit....

There were old tractors there, half buried in rubber, for the kids to play on. I think they tied with the tigers as the kids favorite thing at the zoo. Jenny loved sitting on the tractor with Daddy.

She was quite unhappy when she had to get off to let another kid on. We call her farmer Jenny. She seriously seems to have that streak in her.

Isaiah on the BIG GWEEN TWACTOR!!!

He had quite a melt down when we took him off. We took him to the petting zoo to pet the goats. But he just kept begging for the BIG GREEN TRACTOR!!

 He then continued to melt down, completely unimpressed by the goats. He wanted the "bwock game" (he watches Josh play minecraft).

He was somewhat mollified by the playground with the giant pumpkin. Jenny ran in circles beating on a giant toy lettuce like a drum. There was also a toy barn.

He kept weeping for the block game, unimpressed with baboons and other animals, until he saw the tiger, who was sleeping. Just as Isaiah was staring at it through the fence, it woke up, and licked itself, before lying back down again.
"Big daddy tiger woke up! He wants breakfast!!"
After that he kept talking about how the big daddy tiger woke up, and that seemed to overshadow even the Big Green Tractor.

Aaaand, when we got home I looked at a newish red medium woman's 100% cotton red shirt I had, and decided Jenny needed a red dress to go with the felt rose I made her. I have NEVER been successful with sewing any kind of stretchy fabric before, but filled with nesting syndrome, I gave it a shot. It took 2 hours, there wasn't quite enough fabric in the skirt to make it as full as it should have been, thus pulling a bit when she played (in the future, I'm going to try to find XL shirts to do with with) but the neck binding came out surprisingly well (thanks to this tutorial), and the sleeve ruffles really worked.