1 month old!

Jan 10 Brielle turned 1 month old! To celebrate, Mollie helped me paint her toes for the first time! Bri is such an easy happy baby. She is sleeping 5-6 hours straight most nights and eats so well. She is gaining weight very quickly and has all of us so in love with her! She loves to be bundled up and warm and cozy. She will sleep for hours if she is warm. I tried out my carrier with her and took her grocery shopping and she slept the whole time. She loved it. I was soaked in sweat when it was all said and done, but I was able to accomplish getting grocerys! The kids are so in love with her and so are me and Chad. When she is ready to go to sleep she nuzzles her little face right into my neck and passes out. I love that she loves that spot! She is growing way to fast and I want her to stay little forever!

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!