The Shindig

Here are the pics of the special day! Sorry to those of you that we didn't get pics of! There was 32 peeps in my house and I am sad we didn't get shots of all of them!homemade taco/salads

Delish

Little Miss

4 generations!

us

brotherly love

bro and sis

Momma and Ger Bear

Auntie Lynette

Auntie Lisa

Auntie LeAnn

Mel doing bubbles with the kids

Syd and Laya

It's my party....

....and I'll sleep if I want to!
(that is what she was doing instead of entertaining her guests!) Today was this Little Lady's blessing! It was a fun day, full of family, food, and fun! Thanks to everyone that helped out and came. Esp. the ones that traveled hours to be here!

Just like the wonderful mother I am I didn't snap 1 picture so I have asked my sister in law to send me the ones she took so I will post a few later. She looked so sweet in her dress! Thanks to Kitty we even remembered to take a 4 generation picture!
(this pic is from the other day... look how much she is filling out!)

Time Out....

And he hasn't drawn on our couches since!
ok i am kidding. lane was teasing them though that we were going to start using this ledge for our new "time out" spot.

It's all good.

Have you ever been so tired you sorta wanna cry? Yeah, me too! (That is one of my excuses of not posting sooner).
Actually I can't complain. She is an excellent little baby! She eats good, she sleeps ALL the time, the only thing I have found she isn't fond of is cold wipes on her little bum.
I really am grateful she is such a sweet little lady cuz it has been a rough ride for Momma Bear (aka ME!)
I nursed both the boys. With the first it took a few weeks but we got it down and it was a good experience and we continued til he was 9 months. #2 was a rather painful experience BUT he refused a bottle so through the blood and tears we kept on clear til 8 months! Now with number 3 I thought I had things figured out.... apparently not. With in the first few hours of her life I realized it was going to be a painful thing and boy was I right! I will spare everyone the details (mainly for Russell's sake). I will just tell you this... I would rather give birth every day for the rest of this year than breast feed 1 more day.... I am not a cryer, and I was crying every time I fed or thought about feeding!
So, I decided to use the pump and see if that helped. Sure did! I thought "Yes, I can be normal again!" Then with little warning... BAM got hit with Mastitis! I was achy, shaky, fevery, migraney, and just not loving it.
Luckily I have a fantastic husband and great friends and family to help me out with the boys to get me through it and today I feel pretty darn good!
OK I will get to the good part now that I have bored you all with my sob story. Pictures of the little lady! At her 3 week apt. (well 2 week that turned into 3 weeks) she weighed 7 lbs and 8ounces and grew a few inches! 21".

Headed home....

Don't worry everyone, I won't be posting pictures of each and every day of Mia's life. But come on, she is my first girl and wanted to remember the exciting day we got to go home and enjoy her there!






The boys are just eating her up! Coley tells her he loves her about every 20 minutes. Daws checks on her to see if she has both eyes open and she usually does not. She is a sleeper (which i guess they all are at this age) She has given us 6 hours straight all 3 nights of her life....it has been lovely! I esp. love her "cha cha cha" pic up above.

Meet Miss Mia

Here she is.... our new little addition to our family! She is already so sweet we (Daws and Cole)can't get enough loves and kisses!
She has quite an interesting hair line, but hey, I am just pumped she has hair!! (both boys had zilch) The top will grow in quite nicely I am sure! Bows and headbands will definitely come in handy! Here are a few snap shots of her first day (few hours).
Oh yeah, her stats were ...
born March 21st
9:30am
6 pounds 11 ounces
19 inches long

I will have to give more details for those of who wanna know how it all went down...but for now I am too tired, things hurt, I am a bit dizzy, and need to change a few things..... so hold tight til tomorrow please!

(pics via ger-bear)

The Name Game...

We are STRUGGLING to figure out a name for this little lady! She is coming soon too so it has me all stressed out! (dilated to a 3 this morning at my apt)
We have been back and forth so many times and thought our mind has been made up several times but then we go back to our list and start all over! Ughhhh
So here we are asking for your advice!!

Please pick your top favorites and feel free to add any suggestions you may think we ought to consider..... (sorry Aunt Grace, Lane says No Way on CoCoa)

Mia..... (like the way it sounds a lot with our last name)
Lucy... (it is my mom's name and oh so cute)
Lilly.... (Lane has really taken a liking to this one lately)
Reese.... (So cute but Lane grew up next to a boy named that and so he isn't so sure)
Ellie.... (has always been my girls name, but Lane isn't as excited about it as I am)
Emmie.... (sweet but may sound like a nick name??)

So that is our list... and a little more info than I am sure ya needed, but hey, that is how I roll...

I think I must be ready to have this baby.

I am not a very emotional person. I may be a little dramatic but not emotional.
Today with in an hour of each other I broke down twice....

The first time was when I was following the school bus that Dawson will be riding next year. I was doing just fine as we stopped behind it for the first 5 stops but then when we got to our sub division and it stopped and the cute little kids came cruising off, I lost it! I said in a real shaky voice, "hey daws, that is the bus you are going to ride next year!" and he smiled huge and said "It is? Yay!" I am glad he is excited, I really am.

The second is when I opened up a package from my mother and father in law. I knew what it was but I was still excited to open it. When I did, and pulled out the precious blessing dress, bracelet, and head band, and booties... sure enough I was visiting water works again! Thanks you guys! It really is such a sweet little set! (I forgot to mention that Kitty said that the lady who crochet this, it took her 50 hours plus!)

One last thing.... It feels so nice outside today. There really isn't any sun but I didn't wear a coat or a scarf! That too almost brought me to tears! Then I treated myself to a fountain soda and called it a GREAT day!

A little rundown....

As I was adding pics from the camera to the computer I realized that during my blog hiatus I hadn't posted hardly 1 pic in the December month.

We hit up Chuckee Cheese on one of our trips down to Utah....decisions, decisions.

We had a great time and think we did what we came to do.... get them good and tired!

Still in Utah, these boys played PBS kids and Playhouse Disney a ton...
Good thing they both had their "own" computer!

Ummmmm boys are weird...
(Gotta love Iggy's)

This little guy went through a streak where he was so stinken kissy! looooong ones too!

Of course we saw Santa.

Cole told me he was a fake.

Lane and the boys did a great job on their gingerbread house....while I was working.

Go Cart anyone?

Aghhhh.... this fake bear is trying to steal me and my soda!

A few rounds of bowling.... ya gotta love small town bowling alleys.

This isn't my kid... it must be Brittany Spears. Ok he is mine but he didn't learn that from me!

We seriously play football daily in our house. When I say we, I mean the 3 boys.

We baked a lot of goodies and holiday treats!

Got attacked by this weird gorilla!

And rode animals on our safari.

Ate some delicious food at Harley Davidson's in Lindon... YUM!

Tried on the helmets for size.

Played in the snow quite a bit.

I forgot to take a picture of their fort/igloo they built.... even had a window!