One for the Blog Book

Christmas brought me a new headboard (finished by my hubby) And a new camera! WAHOO! I wanted to capture a few sibling photos. It's not easy getting these 3 to sit still but here is what we got. I am incredibly blessed to be called their mom. Sure love those tiny feet!

Good Bye 2013

Chad had the whole week after Christmas off so we did lots of playing. One day we took the kids to Hollywood Connection and they loved it! For New Years Eve we went to some friends house for a game night. It's been so long since I actually celebrated the new year and I was pretty tired but it was still alot of fun! We got caught up in a heated game of Buzzword and almost missed the countdown to the new year. The kids all played in the basement and had a blast with balloons and mini flash lights. They really did good considering how late we kept them up. I can't say I'm sad to see 2013 go. It was a rough year. But I have new goals to make 2014 much much better and I'm excited to see what it will bring. Wishing you all a Happy New Year!

BELIEVE

I read a book this Christmas called The Joy of Believing. It was about believing in Santa Clause still. That Santa is a symbol of happiness and one who gives and how when we see him we all get excited. He helps us want to love and serve everyone and that we as adults can BELIEVE. I loved it. I love the magic that this season brings. And the kind gestures heard and seen. And sometimes not seen. Children help bring the magic of Christmas into our home for sure. I'm so grateful for these tiny souls who when their eyes light up and smiles glow that it warms my insides. We had a fantastic slow paced day with goodies and lots of playing. It was such a nice day out side we even bundled the kids up and let them ride their new bikes! Here are some pictures from our morning. As always, Santa didn't disappoint!

Christmas festivities and Christmas Eve

From visiting santa and making gingerbread cookies to sledding and christmas jammies we tried to squeeze it all in despite having a new baby! Brielle wore her christmas jammies about 1 minute before she had a blow out. But we hurried and washed them and dried them so she could wear them for christmas morning. The kids loved having grandma here for a whole week taking care of us and she is the reason many of these fun things happened. We did our usual sledding day on christmas eve and had a special family dinner. We had plans to watch the BSU game but ended up talking with Elder Reed in Romania instead. His time got moved up so we missed the game but it was ok because it was a bad game and this was WAY more important! We talked for 4 hours with my whole family through skype. It was incredible. I'm so thankful for technology so that we could do this! Anyway, Ill let the pictures do the rest of the talking!

Brielle's first weeks

It's my first day home alone with all 3 kids and I should be sleeping...or doing laundry. But instead I'm surfing through the hundreds of pictures we have taken this month. Between a baby and christmas there are TONS of pictures! And I want to make sure that Brielle gets enough "face time" in our blog book. So here is yet another photo dump of the first few weeks of her life. Some things about Brielle: -She will sleep through ANY loud noises. If it is quite, she has a hard time sleeping -She poops like a kid I've never seen! Seriously she ruins several outfits a day! -She has such a calmness about her. I'm hoping she will be my chill child! -She smiles so sweetly in her sleep and her eye lashes are really very long! -At two weeks my good friend Lyndi took some newborn pictures for me. She slept through her whole photo shoot and then peed all over everything -The mark on her head is starting to look more like a birth mark than a bruise. Only time will tell if it will ever go away! -She loves to cuddle by her daddy. But what girl in our family doesn't?! He's so warm and cuddly. -She sleeps most nights 3-4 hours in between feedings which is awesome! But she gets really gassy at night too -She loved her first bath and so did her big brother and sister I love how having a new baby brings a reminder of heaven. I continually find my self wondering about heaven and what she knows and where she just came from and who of my deceased family members she has met. I love the sweet reminder to me of what matters most of having an eternal family. Sure love this sweet little one!