Amazing Mom!

In the scriptures, the Lord talks about blessings He can bestow upon us that are "beyond our comprehension." Well, this captures a portion of what He meant! I imagined having an amazing, beatiful companion, and a loving, special mother for my children, but the Lord upheld His word because Jaime is more than I ever could have imagined or hoped for. Love you Jaime!

Smiles!

So my camera is really really slow when you push the button to actually take a picture but these were a few attempts of me getting Lila's smile on camera. Scott can get her to smile all the time. She doesn't smile as easily for me but she does make both of our day when she does smile. She is just so sweet!

Catching Up

Okay so I am really horrible at keeping this blog updated so to catch up on all the things that have happened lately...
Alden was baptized on July 11th. He was so excited to get baptized and it was a really good day for him. Hopefully he will have good memories of his special day. He was spoiled with gifts from lots of family and friends and he was very excited to have Aunt Tara and Great Grandma Thurson and Norton there. Alden has lost five teeth in the last couple weeks though so while it doesn't show in this picture he has a toothless grin. It is pretty funny looking.

Since everyone was here for Alden's baptism we decided to have Lila blessed last Sunday too. She wore the dress that I was blessed in as a baby and suprisingly it was fairly white. It held up pretty good all these years. She was a little small in it but that is okay. She is just a little tiny thing, while my boys are all small they didn't start out that way as babies so I am still trying to get use to how small she is. She is still wearing newborn clothes and some of them are still big on her.




Dallin is the best big brother. All the boys are really. They all give her a binky the second she starts to fuss and they are good at throwing diapers away and getting me things for her like burp rags and stuff but Dallin takes extra good care of her. When she is fussy wanting to eat or something and I am finishing up doing something he gets right next to her and sings Twinkle Twinkle Little Star to try to make her stop crying. It is really sweet.

Uninvited Guest!

Today I kept thinking I was seeing things. I would catch a glimpse of something out of the corner of my eye but when I looked there was nothing. I finally stopped what I was doing at one point to investigate. I thought I saw something go under the couch. When I pulled the couch back I found a huge lizard take off running! Needless to say I was startled but lucked out when it ran into the small closet where I keep the vacuum. I threw a towel across the bottom of the door to keep it from escaping until Scott got home from work. As you can see, he and the boys had fun with it. The boys were a bit hesitant to go near it but Scott talked them into touching it. After they made it pose for photos, they then went outside and let it go and it took off up the side of the house. I'm not sure how it got in the house but I know I don't need anymore uninvited (or invited) reptiles in the house!

new diet

Okay so I must be the worst mom ever. I have really been taking advantage of the whole new baby thing. I sleep much more than I probably should. Our floor needs mopped desperately ( I figure if I hold out a couple more days Scott will get sick enough of it that he will do it himself), and my kids are pretty much on their own for breakfast and lunch which means sugary cereal or waffles with suryp overload and hot dogs and chips for lunch. Pretty much they have been eating junk for the last couple weeks. Brig has made up his own new "diet" though and I only wish that I had thought of taking pictures before cleaning up his messes.
First on Monday he decided he wanted french toast, well not really he just wanted the powder sugar we put on it. so while I was taking one of my many naps Brig helped himself to a powder sugar lunch. Ate it straight from the container got it all over the floor (yes the floor is still sticky) and was covered in it from head to toe and when one of the boys told me what he was doing he said he was trying to eat french toast for lunch. If that wasn't bad enough Tuesday for breakfast, while I was taking another one of my many naps. He decided he wanted cinnamon toast. Well he at the whole shaker of cinnamon and only used one slice of bread. however the bread did not have a single bite taken out of it. He just licked the cinnamon/sugar off and put more on and repeated over and over again. Yes again he was covered in it as was the kitchen. Iam thinking it is about time we might want to get some real food in our house again...

More Lila picutres

Here are a couple more pictures. These are the ones that were taken at the hospital.

I am a horrible mom and have not taken any pictures of her since we have been home. She sleeps so much and then I just don't think about it when she is actually awake. I will try to get more pics up soon. She is still so tiny I can't believe it. I have never had such a small baby before.

Lila Belle has arrived!

Lila Belle was born today. She is a healthy 6 pounds, 7 ounces and 19 inches long. Both mom and baby are doing excellent. The boys are so thrilled!!! More pics to come soon!

Music Recital

Alden did a great job at his first piano recital. He has been in a program called Lets Play Music for three years now. The students had to compose their own songs to tell about and preform for the final "graduation" recital. The only problem is Alden talks so quiet you can't tell what he is saying even with a micraphone. He was very nervous and did not really want to do it but he did anyway and he did a good job.

Meet Baby Lila!!!

Dr. Beck was nice enough to take some 3D ultra sound pictures of the baby at my appt. this week. I am just a couple days shy of being 33 weeks so now I am going into the office everyother week instead of monthly. I had him confirm that yes it is still a girl (with my luck I was really afraid he was going to say it was a boy or something.) He said it was hard to get a clear picture cuz she was facing my back but while watching it on the screen in his office she looks alot like Brig. I will be very excited to see what she actually looks like when she is born. It is amazing to me that they can actually take these kinds of pictures.

Butterflies

Alden's class got to take care of caterpillars and watch them turn into butterflies. He really enjoyed (I think it might be the only bug he is not terrified of). Scott got to go to school and watch the kids release the butterflies. It was alot of fun!

New Puppies

Can you believe we did it again? We are nuts! Sasha had another litter of puppies. She had 11 this time, but 2 didn't make it, so nine to play with. This will definitely be our last time around though. It is just too much work cleaning up after them. They are now 7 weeks so we are in the process of selling them. Scott and the boys love playing with them, though, I'm not sure you can call what Brig does to them playing!

Happy Birthday Scott!

Scott turns 31 today. For his birthday (since he bought his own present) I decided I would write down a few of the things that I think are great about him

1. He is a great dad

-When reading scriptures with the boys he explains things so clearly so it makes sense

-He will play games with the boys and has much more patience in teaching them the rules than I do.

-He lets the boys take turns going with him to run errands and stuff so they can spend one on one time with him.

-He helps them with their homework and is creative with all their assignments

2. He is a great husband

-he always spoils me with surprises

-he doesn't complain when I don't make dinner

-he will stop on his way home from work to get groceries or some weird food I am craving

-he compliments the way I look (on the rare days i get dressed)

-he says how nice the house looks when he knows I have been cleaning all day

-he lets me complain everyday several times a day about how miserable I am being pregnant

-he does all the stupid school projects the boys bring home that I hate doing

-he makes dinner atleast 1/2 the time (and sometimes lunch and breakfast) cuz I hate cooking

-When I ruin dinner he eats it anyway and trys to tell me it wasn't that bad

3. He is a great person

-very hard working

-smart with a love of learning

-has a good heart and is always trying to help people

-very idependant, can fix anything or figure out how to if he doesn't already know

-funny, has a great sense of humor

-is a good cook

There are so many more things I could list. I hope you have a great birthday and know that the boys and I love you so much and are so greatful to be a part of your life. Thanks for all the wonderful things you are and do for us!