Family Pictures

While in Idaho Falls this last weekend, we "attempted" family pictures.  It was my first time to use a tripod, and to do our own family pictures.  It was interesting to say the least.  It was so cold, and started snowing as soon as we got the kids out of the car to do a whole family picture.  Brooklyn was screaming, so I snapped 2 family pictures, and this is the best one.  Thanks Grandpa G. for lending us your hats so we could have some props.  As I was setting up, I had some fun taking some candid shots of Ryan with his hat!  I love this cowboy!

Brooklyn's 6 wk. pics

Our friend Erin took some great pictures for us of Brooklyn.  B. was her oldest newborn she had done pictures for and she said it was a learning experience.  B. didn't sleep at all except for when we were holding her, she peed a lot and did not want to smile either!  But the pics turned out great!  I especially love the one of her on the black background because it shows her nice chunky belly!  She is my chunkiest baby by far and I love it!  Here are some of the pics.

Life with Baby B.

Life with our new little bug brings lots of cuddles,

And some sneaking into B's blanket to give her some loves when Mom isn't looking,

 And then it just becomes a party (excuse Ma's lack of a shirt... she had just spilled smoothie all over herself!)

                        
                                                Then after a few happy moments....

Then we end up with a lot of this...

                                                                 But we still love her.

Baby B's blessing

We blessed Baby B on Sunday at church and were able to have family and friends come.  We are happy to have B. in our family!  She is a bit more tricky than our other kids, and we are trying to adjust to having a baby in the house again.  Thanks again to everyone who came ( and thanks to Aunt J. for the cute accessories; the bracelet was too big)!

Happy Holidays!

We spent our first Christmas with just our little family.  It was different to not be with extended family, but was nice to just relax and hang out at home all day (especially with a new baby).  Ryan's parents were with us Christmas Eve before they flew out to visit family in Seattle, so we were able to have Christmas Eve dinner with them.  It was our first time to make Brisket and it turned out great!  Boy I miss that good southern BBQ, so this gave me a little taste of home.  After Christmas, my parents and brother made a trip up and saw us and Idaho for the first time since we have been here.  It was so nice to have them here.  They helped with getting the house decorated (something I don't know how to do!), playing with the kids, and Dad and Scott were introduced to snowmobiling.  Hope you can come again soon!  My sis. and her family came up from Utah and hung out with all of us for New Year's and came for Baby B.'s blessing.  We all hung out and ate too much, played games, watched the cousins have fun together, and drank some sparkling cider.  Yum!  Gad you guys were able to come!!
It has been a tough year, and we have had our struggles, just like everyone else, but we have been blessed with great family and friends that make things easier.  Thanks for everything!
Hope everyone had happy holidays!!

Our Newest Addition - Brooklyn Marie!

Here are some very late pictures.  Sorry!  Posting has not been on the top of my priority list obviously.  But right now I have a sleeping baby and 2 kids to preschool so I have about an hour to myself!  Now, sleep or shower.....?  Here is our Brooklyn Marie.  She was born on 12/8 at 5:45 PM.  8 lbs 14 oz. and 22 1/4 in.  Our biggest baby!  She is being loved more than she can handle sometimes by her big brother and sister.  We are working on the sleep thing and getting used to having a baby around and how long it takes to get anything done, but love having her here. 

38 weeks and counting!

I have been dragging my feet on posting a picture of me prego.  I am not a fan of prego pics, but my sis. was bugging me to post one the other day.  So, here you go Amy!  Hopefully I won't look like this much longer.  Mom is hoping I have the baby on her birthday and Ryan's cousin's birthday is today and said I could have the baby today too.  Should we start making bets of when she will come?