Christmas 2009

Well, it's almost been a month since Christmas, but I thought I'd catch up on how everything went. I have to say that this year was a little challenging with a new baby and all. I got my shopping done the week of Christmas, which is pretty sad, but I just couldn't make it out very often. Well other than being super busy our Christmas was awesome. We went down to the Nielson's (my mom's family) party the weekend before Christmas. It was in Utah, which was a little far to travel, but it was so worth seeing everyone. We hardly ever get down that far but when we do it is such a party. We stayed at our house for Christmas morning, then went to Brad's parents for lunch, then headed down to Preston for dinner. Busy Day! Then the next day we went to Utah again for My dad's family party, then headed straight home. We were pretty tired, but I love the holidays because we get to see everyone! We even got to talk to Adam which was a miracle all in its self because we were so late getting to Preston. It was so great to hear his voice, and it sounds like he's doing just great!

It was so fun to stay home for Christmas this year. The kids were so cute! On Christmas Eve we made and delivered treats to our neighbors, and by the time they got back it was time for bed so we didn't get to read the Christmas story, but maybe next year. Anyways, before the boys went to bed me and Brad said,"do you know what tomorrow is?" (because we were so excited for Christmas) and Seth excitedly answered, "It's Pre-school!!!" It was so funny, I'm glad he loves school so much.

On Christmas morning The boys woke up early as usual, but they just wanted a drink, so me and Brad got up and took them into the living room. They were so excited when they saw all the presents. Seth kept saying, "Oh me gosh, Oh me gosh!."

Seth loved all his presents. His favorite was his big transformer robot. Seth also got these awesome superman jammies from Grandma Lee Ann. He loved them so much he wore them for like 4 days straight. He's such a poser!

Luke got a big semi truck that you can put little cars in. They got a bunch of clothes from grandma and aunt Michelle, and an awesome Batman cave from Grandma and Grandpa Higley. Brad got me some nice hoodies and running shoes, and I got him some new scriptures. It was such a great day! This is just the funniest picture of Luke so I thought I'd throw it in.


My mom got this tent from a friend, and gave it to us. The boys have been loving it. They always want to "go camping" in the basement.

Jake and his wife Ashlee made the boys the cutest hats! I make them wear them all the time. They didn't know the boys heads were so big, so they had to make a couple new ones. Here they are sporting their new hats.

Last week was also Ethan's blessing. It was so great to have our families together. I love having everyone over. It was such a great day, and Brad gave such a beautiful blessing. He always does, I'm so thankful that he holds and honors his priesthood. It is such a blessing to our family. I'm also glad I can't give blessings, I can't even make it through my testimony without crying.

Well the holidays were great, and our family is doing great too! Sorry my blogs are so choppy, I'm just trying to throw everything in before someone needs me. Actually, now the baby is crying so I guess that's all for now. :)

3 crazy boys

Well, I didn't realize 3 kids could make me feel so busy, yet get nothing done. I feel like I'm constantly doing something and most days we can bearly get ready by 3:00 in the afternoon. Anyways, I wanted to tell our story of the day Ethan came. On Monday Nov. 9th I had a routine check with my OB. I was hoping he would just start me or something, because the last two checks I was a 4 and a 5. So, Brad's mom was watching the kids for me and I was off to my appointment. I sat and waited for probably 30 mins. and was trying to time my contractions ( which were'nt very close). When he came in he checked me he said I was at a 7! He called the hospital and sent me over because I was in labor. I called Brad at work, and ran to the book store to get a book to read, then walked into the hospital. When I told the nurses my name they laughed and said that they thought I was going to be coming in in a wheel chair and screaming. But I was just fine. Anyways, I got my IV and my epidural and chilled out for about 4 hours. Eventually the nurse checked me and said I was at a 10, and that maybe I should call my husband again because she was going to call over the doctor. So, I called Brad and told him and he said he was almost to the hospital. We waited about 1/2 and hour and then our brother-in-law (Scott) came and he and Brad gave me a blessing (just a little added comfort for a stressfull event). Then about 15 mins. later the doctor comes in whips off his jacket and suits up. He asked Brad if he wanted to deliver him, so.....he did. He did an amazing job, well, I think he did. Anyways, I thought that was pretty special. I probably only pushed for 20mins. and the nurse kept saying, "Ok, you can push...OK, now stop because the doctors not here, and I really don't want to deliver a baby today." It was the best delivery yet! I'm just grateful that I didn't have to have a c-section again. Ethan is such a sweet baby, and his brothers adore him. Sometimes I have to remove Luke from kissing Ethan, because he just loves him that much. Seth is really great with him. When Ethan's crying Seth will say,"he wants to see me mom, then he'll be happy." We are so glad that Ethan is a part of our family, he is my little angel.

Three is a little harder, but it's great! We're all getting back into the groove of things which makes it a little easier.

We took some Christmas pictures,but as you can tell it's hard to get everyone to cooperate.

Here are the boys being pirates. I decided to make some little pirate things so we could play something new. Seth liked it and played with me, but Luke tried to pull apart his hook, and wouldn't wear his eye patch. Oh well, can't say I didn't try.Here are all the boys together. That crazy face Luke's pulling shows his true colors. He's a maniac! These are a few of Luke and Seth lovin up the baby. He's never safe from Luke, not even in his swing.

He's here!!!!

Wow I should've just waited to post one more day, because our new baby boy Ethan came on Monday at 4:45 pm. I'll have to tell the story another time, because I have been getting these huge headaches from the epidural that only go away if I'm laying flat on my back. So, here are some pictures, and as soon as I can be upright for more than a few mins. I'll tell you all about it. :)

Proud Daddy!

Try not to notice my beautifulness, but we only have a few pics on our camera.

Happy Halloween!

Wow! I can't believe what a slacker I am. I guess I'll just start by catching up a little. Everyone is doing great! The boys are getting so big, and so am I... I have about two weeks to go until our new little boy comes, but I'm hoping to get started a little sooner than that.
We had an awesome summer. We didn't really go on any big trips or anything, but we had a blast anyways. We did get to go to the Blackfoot fair with a couple of our friends. It was way fun to see the animals and go on a couple rides. The boys loved the little train! Seth also got this sticker from local news 8, and stuck it on his head. It got stuck in his hair and eye brows, and took a lot of soaking his head in water, and crying to get it off. It actually took a couple days before we got all the sticky stuff all off of him. In September we started doing preschool with a couple kids in the neighborhood, it's been super fun for Seth so far. Each of us moms take turns teaching for a month. We split up the ABC's, numbers, shapes and colors. I took September, I was pretty nervous about teaching 4 or 5 little kids, but it turned out to be really fun. Seth loves going to the other kids houses! It's pretty fun for him to get to play with kids his own age instead of his mom and brother. Here's a picture of the first day of school. Luke also got his first black eye the other day. He gets up so stinking early that it's still dark outside. Anyways, he got up and came into our room, tripped on some clothes and hit the corner of his eye on the bed frame. I didn't even know where he got hit until I got out of bed, and took him into the bathroom, and saw that blood was everywhere. He had a nasty bump and split his eye open. Poor kid!

Well, as for Halloween, we did a couple pretty fun things. We got to go to a pumpkin patch for pre-school, where they also had a little corn/hay maze for the kids. They LOVED it. We also got to pick out a pumpkin and take it home. The boys and I had a super fun time making Halloween decorations. Their favorite was our skeleton the we just drew and cut out of paper. Luke loved to run by it and say "Ooh, creepy".

The boys also loved painting and carving our pumpkins. I decided to let the boys paint theirs, and help me carve the big one. It was so fun! I think their favorite part was digging out the seeds from inside the pumpkin, just because it was so sick. All right, finally, Halloween was a blast. Seth wanted to be a bat, and Luke was a tiger. They had a ton of fun at the trunk or treat, and then we trick or treated to a few neighbors. It was all way fun! The older the boys get, the funner it is because they actually get what's going on, and want to do it. They were pretty bummed when we put our Halloween decorations away. Seth asked for days after Halloween if we could go trick or treating that night. He cracks me up!

Surprise!

Well, for those of you who haven't seen us in a while we are having another baby in November. It was a big surprise for us, but what an awesome surprise! I wanted to make sure that everything was good before I told everyone, and everything looked great. Well, we had our ultrasound yesterday, and I thought for sure this one was going to be my little girl, but nope.....we're having another little boy. I was hoping for a girl, but 3 little boys in a row so close together will be a blast. I'm way excited! Plus, I don't have to buy anything new, unless I want to, because I have all the boy stuff already. Now we just have to come up with a name. November may seem far away for you guys, but for me I can wait for a while to have 3 little boys 3 years and younger running around the house. It's going to be CRAZY!

Happy Birthday Seth! Big 3!

Well, yesterday was Seth's 3rd birthday. It was really nice. We ended up being able to see most of our families, plus some of our friends. It was such a party! I love seeing everyone and having them over. I think Seth had a great day. He loved all his presents (which were mostly from the dollar store, but they had all he wanted!). We attempted to make a spiderman cake, which turned out OK, but all that really matters was that Seth loved it.

We've also had some 1 yr old naughtiness at our house lately. These are just a few of the things our little Lukey has been up to. (1) He dumped out all the Q-tips and chewed on most of them, (2) He has been running and flinging himself into the bath after I get his pajamas and clothes on. I always get him out first because I know Seth won't drown in the 5 minutes it takes me to dress Luke. Anyways, now I either get them both out, or shut the door until I can let the water out. He is so hilarious! (3) He also loves his bottle and blankie. I've got to take the bottle away I know, but it's just too cute to see him draging it along with his bottle in his mouth.

Seth has been cracking me up lately. He says some pretty funny things that I know he must get from listenening to me. He calls a lot of things "creepy", and likes to pretend he's me by saying "where's my loves today?" He also just loves to dress up in any costume he can find. It's a sad day when he has to wear real clothes out in public. Finally we've come to some agreement. He won't have to wear a costume if his shirt has some sort of super hero on it. I'll have to post some pics of him in his suits. He has some that are pretty funny.

Oh.... I almost forgot Seth's biggest accomplishment so far. Yep, we're finally potty trained! He's doing so good! I'm so proud of him everyday! It was a pretty big deal since we tried a few times without success.

We also had a great time at the 4th of July fireworks. Both of the boys loved them.....and the glow sticks.

Summer is finally here!

Wow...it's been a while since my last blog. I just thought I'd catch up on all that's been going on since April. Well, first off my little bro. Jake is now married to his sweet little Ashlee. They are so cute together. Their wedding was really nice, I love weddings! They are living up in Rexburg, so we get to see them quite a bit. I think it's super fun to have some of my family up here to hang out with. Here is the only picture I have of their wedding. Sooooooooo Cute!Well, our injuries have ceased for the moment. No more broken faces or legs. Luke's leg healed up really well, we left the cast on for 2 weeks, and when we took it off he only crawled the first day, but by the second day he was walking again. Thank goodness!

May was a pretty busy month too. We had a wedding almost every weekend to go to. Mother's Day and my 25th birthday (I know, so old) were only a day a part, and both of them were amazing. We had a nice visit to Preston, and we were able to talk Adam on the phone for a minute. It's so nice to hear his happy voice, and that he's doing well.

We're finally getting some nice weather up here, and we have been playing outside everyday. I love the summer and the sun! One of the boys favorite things is to play in the swimming pool with the slide. Here's the boys and our little neighbor boy swimming it up!

For family night the other night we decided to go to the green belt and feed the ducks and geese. Seth absolutely loved it. He used up all the bread, you can see what Luke was doing the whole time. It was a little too late for him.