Little life

It's so crazy to me that I forget what it's like to feel the little life inside me kicking, and moving, and even her tiny hiccups when I'm pregnant. It's amazing to think that last time it was Jade, and before that Karson, and before him Kael kicking around in there. What little miracles. It is always so hard to be pregnant and growing in places you don't want to be, but it's these next few months I love. Feeling the baby every day and knowing were all getting closer & closer to meeting her soon. I think it will be harder than I thought to say I'm finished after this one......

Maybe one more? Or maybe 4 will be the end of me? Can I just say how much I love my husband for wanting 6 ? There is nothing more important than family and I love these little ones more & more each day.

This was around 15 1/2 weeks. My next ultrasound is in one week so I'll post some better pics then.

It's that time of year again

....... and we are headed to the Denver Stock Show for some good ole' western fun. We have gone every year while living in Colorado and always have a great time. The boys are "gearing up" to be real cowboys for their first Mutton Bustin' experience this weekend. Scott walked in the house with the boys looking like this....... and I fell in love all over again for these 2 little heartbreakers.

These two are becoming the best of friends these days. They build legos together for hours without fighting, and are way too silly together at times, they are both great big brothers and I am just so grateful to have two perfect sons to call my own. Scott as you can imagine feels the same way times 1,000.

These pictures steal my heart every time......

Kael loved the bull on the back of his shirt.

Just a update on this little smarty pants. She is making the sassy face of the year here and it kills me! Oh the drama of girls. I love every second of it.

We have been potty training this past week and she has pretty much got it! Yay! We are still having to remind her frequently about going to the potty, but she will pee on demand (which is the ticket). The best part is seeing her in her skinny jeans with this tiny little bum, or in nothing but undies running around the house!

The "nightmare" before Christmas.

Came true for us unfortunately. This poor little girl started throwing up the night we arrived in SLC for some family fun. The only good part of this story is that we were staying in a hotel so that made for an easier clean up I guess. Jade was so sick. It was so sad. I had nothing else to do but sit around and feel so bad for her and all of the Christmasy things we were missing out on. She was really really sick for the next 4 days and we finally made a trip to the ER which helped drastically. So, the nightmare happened for us. Lesson learned. Don't travel at Christmas time, just stay home.

We did manage to sneak out for a few activities with this very sick girl. We just brought along the Ziploc throw up bag.

This picture was from the last day of the Utah trip when tiny was finally back to being her cute little self. (4 lbs Tinier)

The carriage ride we attempted with the kids.

Temple square at Christmas time is my favorite thing and something we had to do.

The boys and the lights.

Going out for dinner at Tucanos with Scott's family. Yummy.

Grandma Joan went all out again and made all these kids the cutest blankets for Christmas. My boys were so excited! Thanks Grandma.

Scott and the boys made this giant snow fort.

Thank heavens Jade got better and we didn't have to miss out on these little triplets birthday party. It was the cutest party ever Shana, and we were so glad to be there.

All in all our nightmare slowly came to and end ........ sort of. Turns out as soon as we got better and left, everyone else got sick from us. Unbelievable.

The End.

This Christmas

Christmas Eve this year was very different than last year. Just our little family together playing card games, reading Christmas stories, eating yummy food and watching holiday movies. I would call it a success even though we missed all our family far away. We came up with some new traditions and kept some old. I love how Christmas makes me feel little again. It all happened so fast this year, too fast. I was sad this morning that it was over.

Here we are playing " PayDay" which the boys loved.

We prepared a very fancy feast and did it in honor of Jesus Christ's birth. We wanted to celebrate his birthday with a "Dinner for a King". We loved sitting around the table and talking about the true meaning of Christmas. The boys asked if we could eat dinner like that every night!

On The Menu

Appetizer: Cheese Fondue with French Bread

Main Course: Marinated Steaks with Scalloped Potatoes

Salad: Mixed greens with Mushrooms, Bacon, Mozzarella Cheese & red onions

Drink: Sparkling Apple Juice.

Dessert: Miah's Homemade Cinnamon Rolls

Christmas morning. Sleepy boys and a few opened presents thanks to Mr. Karson himself. He was the first one up and took matters into his own hands!

Miss Jade was so excited for all her baby doll items and presents.... oh, and candy!

Christmas Eggs for breakfast. So yummy. It's like a gourmet poached egg in whipping cream baked in the oven with a pinch of kosher salt. Creamy goodness people.

Christmas breakfast wouldn't be complete without Star Wars Pancakes! The boys are currently obsessed with Star Wars ANYTHING. Perfect gift mom. Thanks.

We most certainly did have a wonderful Christmas and hope that all our family and friends did too!

Merry Christmas!

Christmas time's a coming...

We have been loving all the fun activities this time of year brings. This is Jade's first real Christmas experience and she is loving everything from Elvin the Elf, to visiting Santa at the North Pole. We had so much fun this week together as a family.

Jade wearing her Happy Holidays shirt.

Grandma Joan gave us this cute FHE lesson to do with the kids this year. It's all about filling up baby Jesus manger with straw before Christmas comes. Every time you do a good deed for the family member you secretly are serving, you place a piece of straw in the manger. We have found candy canes on our pillows, beds made, dishes washed out, less fighting and more love from everyone. It's safe to say that it's working. They love the secret part of it and not getting caught. We draw new names every week.

I love what every straw represents. Thanks Grandma. We will be doing this every year.

Jade's first trip to see Santa at the North Pole.

The boys love this place.

Jade was big enough for the candy cane roller coaster!

We also made gingerbread houses this weekend.

Good job boys! Kael might have a slight sugar high here......

Yummy!

A sun beep

Today I heard Jade singing to herself and it was the cutest thing ever. As I was listening she softly sang "a sun Beep, a sun Beep, a sun Beep" and then it clicked what song it was. Jesus wants Jade for a sun beep I guess! She must have learned it at nursery because I have never sang it with her before. Just another cute Jade moment I refuse to forget.

Elvin is here!

Elvin our little Elf showed up this morning sitting in one of our Christmas wreaths. He always finds the funniest places to hide on December 1st. The kids were so excited he came again this year. His job is to watch and report to Santa Claus on how we have been acting before Christmas comes.

Elvin always shows up with special notes or small gifts for the kids. He brought them a new Christmas book today, and delivered something from Grandma Sharon.

The boys love this magical little Elf.

Where we found him this morning.

Grandma Sharon's advent calender she sent us. We love it Mom!

Christmas time makes me smile!

I can't believe it's December already!