Meeting for the First time!

The Day after Addie was born Andrew brought the kids to meet her. They were so excited to finally meet her and it brought tears to my eyes when they walked in. They were so in love with her, they just wanted to hold her and kiss her. It was a pretty awesome thing to see the three of them together for the first time. They instantly wanted to hold her and help me get her changed and dressed! Easton told us a few times that he really liked our baby!

Our veiw from our room. It was the last day of our nasty inversion we had here all of January, a storm moved in later that day, it was fun to see the mountains!

Introducing....

Addie!!!

Addie was born on January 27th at 3:52 PM. She weighed in at 7 lbs 3 oz and 19 1/2 inches long. We decided to be induced and the doctor said he would do it up to a week early. We decided to do it the 27th which was just 6 days early. I called the hospital that morning and they told me to come at 11. We dropped the kids off at my moms and headed over. We got checked in and settled and things got started just after noon. I got my IV and everything else and by 1 we were on the road! I had the best nurse, her name was Nicole and I am sad we didn't get a picture with her because she was amazing and listened to us and our wants and needs. She got the anesthesiologist in my room within about 15 minutes and I got my epidural and hardly had to feel a thing and I had a button to push if I needed more!  My doctor came and broke my water a little while later and things started moving pretty fast. About 2:30 we realized the baby was posterior and so we needed to flip her, well she ended up doing it herself. She was also stuck a little and it makes sense why I hadn't gone into labor because if wouldn't have been stuck I probably would have had her already!  By 3:30 everything was ready to go and the doctor came in about 3:45. Three pushes later she was here. It was pretty easy and such a great experience. We love our doctor here and had such a different experience this time around than the other two! I did not miss delivering in Mississippi! We instantly fell in love with this sweet girl. She came out perfect. Her coloring was amazing and her head wasn't mishapped from delivery. We stayed at the hospital until Wednesday until about 11. I was quickly discharged and we were on our way, another huge difference from Mississippi, not having to wait around for HOURS to be discharged, it was so nice!

 

Cupcake face

The other night we went to Andrew's mom's house and had cupcakes for his Sister's birthday that is coming up! The kids loved them! Easton picked the one with red frosting and he got it everywhere! It was streaked on his fingers and across his face! It stained his face and he had a cute little red streak the next day on his cheek!

Ella makes messy cupcakes look like they aren't messy!

Sunbeam

Easton was so excited to start Sunbeams! He asked every week since his birthday, luckily it was only 4 weeks, when it was time for Primary! He was a little skeptical to go in but he has done really well! The first week my class sat right behind him and it really was a distraction but luckily they moved my class to the other side of the room! They made the kids these cute sunbeam masks and had them come up and we all sang Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam to welcome them into primary! It was really cute and it made the kids seem a little more comfortable! Some of the new little sunbeams didn't want to come up so there are a few missing in the picture, all in all there are 12 new kids!

Wedding

Saturday January 4th Andrew's older sister Deb got married. It was a nice day! We first had the ceremony and Easton got to give them the rings! He was a little shy about it but did a great job! After we all got together and took pictures and then went to lunch. Later that night we went back to the church and had a reception. The kids loved running all over the gym and playing with some new friends. They probably ate more cake and candy then they should have but they really had a good time! They both loved when it was time for dancing as well!

Deb got Ella this dress a few months ago and I got Easton's suit last summer on clearance for $10! He looks really cute in it but it is really quite large and should fit for at least 2 more years! He loves dressing just like Dad!

Andrew's three sisters and Deb's new husband Tim!

I didn't seem to take very many pictures once again, hopefully once I'm done being pregnant I can get my energy to do this such as taking pictures back!

Andrew's brother Matt and his family

She could dance her life away, she loves it!

With their cousins Josh and Lindsay! We don't get to see them a whole lot but they sure have fun once they get together!

Last week of class

I snapped these pictures of the kids the last Sunday of the year before we went to our classes. Easton was going to Nursery for the last time and Ella was going to Sunbeams for the last time. Easton was really excited to be done with Nursery luckily he was born right before the cutoff! Ella was a little sad to leave Sunbeams but she has learned so much!

After church we were waiting for Dad to come home and they kept running and pulling each other down. I told them to stop but 2 minutes later I heard a crash and they had both fallen Easton hitting the wall, it was a huge goose egg! It was quite the bruise for the next week!

Playing games

The kids got a couple games for Christmas and we have enjoyed playing them all! The week after Christmas Andrew had to work most days so we kept ourselves busy playing lots of Memory, Candy Land, Princess Yahtzee, and so on! They love to play games just like their dad!

Ward Party

Our ward party was the first part of December. We had a nice dinner catered from Texas Roadhouse and then had a program where they put on the Nativity. It was actually a really cool experience to see. We have a couple in our ward and he has Muscular Dystrophy and has been in a wheelchair his entire life and his wife is blind, they played Mary and Joseph and our Bishop's baby who was born last July 8 weeks early was baby Jesus. The kids all gathered around the manger scene and were all so reverent. The spirit was so strong, it was an amazing thing to witness. We sang songs and then Santa came. The kids all were excited to see Santa and they did pretty well not all going crazy! It was such a great night!

Ella and Santa!

Easton and Santa!

Random

These are from December off of Andrew's phone. December went by so fast but I'm glad we were able to do so many fun things and not have to move or spend days traveling home!

We went to the Festival of Trees! We have gone for years and it is so fun to see all the amazing trees, hopefully someday I can have a halfway decent looking tree! We planned to go after we went to dinner with my family and then it was suddenly a blizzard while we were eating. It snowed a couple inches while we ate but it slowed down and so we went down there, it was only about 3 minutes from our house so it wasn't to bad!

My Grandma and her siblings get together each year with all their posterity for a Christmas Party, once you are 18 you can come. It has gotten so big now that we have it at a church. The Saturday before Christmas we enjoyed going to the annual party and seeing cousins and family we don't usually see a whole lot! It was a fun night!

Ella talking to her cousin Jocey on the phone one night at my mom's house. She really misses Jocey and tells me all the time, we wish they were closer than Texas!

Easton loves babies and especially loved when Timothy was in town!

Ella got this dress up for her birthday from one of Andrew's sisters! She loves it!

I love all of Ella's drawings! This was her first one she included our baby! I love how she draws the bodies with a bunch of circles! We can't keep paper in our printer she takes it all and could go through 50 pieces in a day!