Bryce Arthur Schwarz is born! July 4, 2016

I had a doctor visit on Thursday June 30th and due to my blood pressure and contractions we decided it would be best to move the C Section to July 4th, making Bryce a 4th of July baby!  We went in at 10am and he was born at 12:39pm.  The doctor held him up and said "He's a big boy!"  and he is!  He weighed in at 8 pounds 9 ounces and 20 inches long (although a few days later he measured 21.25 inches) and he has a full head of brown hair!  He's super strong and the most mild mannered baby.  We donated his cord blood and they told us it was the biggest cord blood donation in their history.  He's already breaking records ;)  He scored a 8/9 on his Apgar although when he came out he had a hard time clearing the liquid from his lungs so they had to do a special thing to him with tubes and suction to get it out.

Craig and I and Bryce stayed in the hospital for several days and the kids came to visit each day with Mimi and Grampy.  Grandma and Granda Schwarz came to visit on the 4th as well.  Braydon and Siena LOVE him!  They fight over who gets to hold him and give him tons of hugs and kisses.  I overheard Braydon telling him he's "like a brand new really cool Lego".

His weight is in the 78th percentile and height is 96th.  He LOVES to eat and sleep and smiles and grunts in his sleep.  He's the greatest blessing and addition to our now complete family of 5!

The day before delivery.  Momma had a BIG belly!

First time we laid eyes on each other.

The first time the kids met Baby B!  They LOVE him!

Headed home!

Toy Garage Sale

Braydon's lego obsession is still going strong and he realizes he needs money to buy more legos.  He decided he wanted to sell a bunch of his old toys to make money to buy an Angry Birds lego.  He set the price at $5 per item and collected enough to get him $100 for this particular lego.  Siena wanted to join in so she ran around gathering things too.  She told me she was going to sell her stuff for zero dollars.

They made signs and hung them in the neighborhood to direct traffic to their sale, laid out all the toys on the curb and Siena dressed in a beautiful blue dress she said would make people want to buy toys from her (A total Vanna White already).  Siena ran around the neighborhood knocking on doors and asking people to come to their sale, she definitely takes after Daddy with her sales skills.  She sold three things for a dollar and Braydon was sticking strong to his $5 an item price so he didn't get as many sales until I had to convince him to drop his prices.  When he did he sold two items.  Braydon is determined to sell them all so next step is to post the rest online and what doesn't sell there we will try and sell to a toy consignment store.

The Del Mar Fair

Siena danced at the fair this year doing her recital dance so we took the day to go down and watch her and enjoy the fair!  The Rossittos and Pinos were there too so we all hungout together.  The kids love playing with each other!  We went on a ton of rides, played lots of games and ate yummy fair food.  

Braydon had Art Work on display.

The kids won the Angry Birds game!!!

Siena nailed her dance routine!

Braydon went on a few roller coasters and loved them!  Conquering his fear of them.

And the kids won two Goldfish!  Our new pets, Dory and Guppy!

On our walk back to the car Siena accidentally dropped her fish on the ground spilling it and all it's water out on the hot pavement.  We scooped him back up in the cup and put bottled water in and he survived!  That fish is a survivor!

And we ended the day with a pony ride!  It was the best time!

Braydon helping Daddy with the Nomad

Braydon helped Daddy work on the Nomad the other night.  Father/Son bonding to the max!