bus ride

Yesterday, we rode a double-decker bus for the first time!

They are a signature item of the UC Davis campus.
(The older ones came all the way from England.)

Hannah & Peter have been begging to get on one and it turns out that in 12 1/2 years of living in Davis, Matt had also never stepped on one.

So off we went.



The kids were super excited that the bus had stairs!
 

And that there were no seat belts!!

Looking out the windows, Hannah was curious about being high above everything else.

She thought it might be a really long bus ride so she brought along
some paper and crayons to "make art".

Daddy was pretty pumped!

When all the students cleared out,
we headed up to the front of the top story and enjoyed the view from there.

Peter held on tight!

Yes, I was there too!!

 

And we finished off our adventure with a stop at the CoHo (UCD speak for Coffeehouse) Bakery and enjoyed some scrumptious treats!

I heart family adventures.

three

Life with these three is wonderful and busy!!

It is full of lots of morning snuggles...

concern over what is coming out of Abigail's nose. :)

sister time, 

a bit of crowding and fascination,

smiling for the ever-present camera, 

growing (check out the rolls on her legs),

seeing new perspectives on the world,

so many cute toes ,

and lots of moving legs and arms.

I hope you get a chance to come visit my world with me! 
(even if it's just through the computer)

castle life

Castles are a big deal around our house right now.

Every night Peter prays:
"Tank you Karis, Tank you  Ca-ub, Tank you Wilson, Tank  Ehn-ry, Tank you Castle Park, Tank you super past (fast) tire swing.  49ers touchdown, Amen!"

And Hannah, well, she has declared that when she grows up she is going to marry Peter (because her cousin Reagan told her that you have to marry your brother) and live in a castle in Arizona.

So there is no fort building around our house, only castle building.

And today our castle was inhabited by a ninja turtle and a ballerina. :)

Life in this castle was full of smiles,

concentration,

peeking eyes,

and yes, even some tears.  

 

 There is something engaging about sitting in a fort, er castle, of your own building and staring out at the world around you.

 

 and what was the rest of the royal family up to?

sleeping.

They were missing out on the fun

and sillines!

 

faces

My kids love making faces
In fact, Matt practices all sorts of faces with the older two at the dinner table.
 (He informs me that it's good practice for their acting careers.)

Can you see all the practice she's had? 

 

 

 

 

 Peter is currently perfecting his "mean" face.
He loves pretending "I mean boy!"
(His favorite character in the Bible is Goliath, go figure.)

Is that scary or what?

 

Abigail is  7 weeks old  now and giving us so many smiles!
(Mommy is smiling too because she is finally getting a fairly uninterrupted night of sleep.)

  

 

 

 

and just because I love tiny feet so much.

49ers

Go 49ers!

All these Robbins' are rooting for you.

(and yes, 49ers gear was the present of choice this Christmas)

if you don't follow football, San Francisco is playing a big game against the Packers right now.

Can't wait to see what happens!

yawn

 

something about a newborn's yawns are seriously cute to me.

i only wish Abigail looked like this more often

i am more the yawn-ey one right now.

here's to hoping (er, I should say "counting on")
this new year being filled with more sleep than I'm getting right now!

welcome precious

For the past 9 1/2 months I have looked something like this - growing rounder by the week.

And finally 12 days ago, this squirming, screaming precious little girl came out to meet the world.

World meet Abigail Jean Robbins.

She was born December 5th, 2012 weighing 8 lbs. 10.6 ounces

and 21 inches long

On December 6th (super late at night) we got to take her home.

And this is what life looks like around our house now:

Big sister adores her.

Big brother is fascinated by her.

Daddy (and mommy) love snuggling her and are getting a little bit of sleep.

There are some moments of screaming.

More adoring.
(Hannah says the best part of having a baby sister is getting to hold her.)

Kisses from grammy.

Visits from dear friends.

 

Staring into grandma's glasses.

More and more awake time each day.

and even some cuddles with cousins.

Now there are five of us,

I wonder what adventures await us!