Adeline's Blessing

Adeline was blessed by Roger, back in September. It was such a beautiful and wonderful day and we were grateful to share it with loved ones.

Adeline is 5 months old now. I can't believe how fast the time has gone by. She has been such a blessing to our family. Roger and I were talking last night about how it is hard to remember and imagine our life without her. She has been such a good and cheerful baby and all of the kids love their little sister and are constantly trying to entertain her and make her laugh.


Adeline with Roger (on her blessing day).

Our family on Adeline's blessing day.

Me with my sisters and mom (on Adeline's blessing day). We always take a sister picture when we get together (it has become tradition).

All of the pictures below (including the first picture in the post)I took about a month after Adeline's blessing. I wanted to get some more with the full view of her dress, but after I took some of her on her tummy she was done. (my mom has made all of my kids blessing outfits...Thanks Mom:)

Photo Shoot with Arianne

A few weeks ago I took advantage of the rarity of Arianne willingly posing for pictures. Usually, she puts her hands over her face when she sees the camera. I think it helped that I promised her a lollipop (as seen in some of the pictures). I had a lot of fun taking these pictures and Arianne loved her lollipop:)

Gone Fishing...

Here are some fun pictures of a little fishing outing that we had this fall, back when the weather wasn't so freezing and there were still leaves on the trees. (Sorry I'm not writing too much, I'm trying to blog with a very wiggly baby on my lap...)

Random Pictures

Here are a few random pictures that I have taken in the last few months:
These first three are of Adeline at about 2 1/2 months.



Arianne loves her new little sister and his such a great helper.

My three girls.

I love all of Ellie's animated expressions.


Malachi and his latest favorite toys (Bionicles).

Jessica's Wedding (3 months late)

My sister Jessica and her husband Aaron got married 3 months ago (I can't believe how fast time goes). Their wedding/reception had to be one of the most beautiful, fun, original, colorful, weddings I have ever been to. I took a ton of pictures, but they really don't do the wedding justice.

Adeline was only 6 weeks old at Jessica's wedding, but she was a perfect angel the whole time, which was good, because Malachi, Arianne, Ellie, and I all had to walk down the aisle, which is another thing I was kind of stressed about, but they all did a great job.

There are a ton of pictures below, so hopefully you all like to look at pictures. The first four are some of Jessica's bridals taken by her extremely talented photographer.





My beautiful mom and niece Lily.





My brother Elijah as the ring bearer.

My two little flower girls and me.





My parents dancing (how sweet).







I took the pictures below a few days after my sisters wedding:
This picture (above) has all of my parents' 10 grandchildren in it and my youngest brother Elijah (I feel like it was a miracle that we got all of them in it and that most of them were looking toward the camera). My mom made all of the beautiful flower girl dresses.

The Best of Friends

When I found out that I was pregnant with Ellie, I was a little scared. I didn't really feel ready to have another baby (to be born just 16 months after Arianne), but now I am so thankful that it happened that way. More and more Ellie and Arianne are becoming better and better friends and I'm sure that as time goes by, their friendship will just grow stronger (as it has with my sisters and me, which I feel so blessed to have).

 

 

 

 

A little side note: This is Ellie's first French braids:) Could her hair finally be growing? Hurray!
Another side note: The skirt and bow that Ellie is wearing was made by my very talented and creative mother, who never even uses patterns. When I share my sister's wedding photos, you will get to witness some more of my mom's talent (she made all of the flower girls dresses).

Happy Birthday Ellie!!!

Our little "Ellie belly" turned three last month. I love this picture (above) of her, because it defines Ellie so well. I love her big beautiful blue eyes and her sweet smile. Ellie brings so much joy to our family.

Ellie was lucky this year, because we went to Utah for her birthday (so Roger could see her on her birthday) and so she was able to have two big birthday parties and of course she was spoiled. She got everything a little girl could want. If it was "girly" she got it. It was funny because back on Arianne's birthday, Ellie said she wanted everything that Arianne got, for her birthday. Now, Arianne wants everything that Ellie got, for her birthday.

Fourth of July Pictures ( a little late)

The Fourth of July is one of my kids favorite holidays, so even though Adeline was only three weeks old, at the time, I didn't feel like I could deny them of all of the Fourth of July fun. We went to the parade in the morning. Of course, my kids favorite part is to get candy thrown to them (it is like Halloween except for the candy comes to you). During the day we took a much needed nap, and then in the evening we went to the fireworks.




Ellie was the only one willing to get her picture taken.



Here we are waiting for the fireworks to start. Don't the kids look so happy to be getting their picture taken?

a CrAzY life...

I know it has been a while...Life has been crazy since Adeline was born and so I haven't felt like I have had the time to post, so I have a lot of catching up to do. I have tons of pictures to post and things to write, but I'm not going to overwhelm everyone (or myself) by doing it all at once, so I will catch up over the next week or so.

As most of you already know, Roger has a new job back home by family. He started his job just seven days after Adeline was born. He has been staying with his parents and commuting to work while I stay here with our four kids trying to sell our house, so to say the least it has been a bit crazy, but we have definitely been blessed with good friends, family, and a wonderful ward (that I am so sad to leave). Roger comes home for the weekends, so we definitely look forward to that. Our house has been for sale for about 7 weeks and we have had no buyers, so we could definitely use some prayers on our behalf. The idea of moving came by surprise, but we shouldn't have been surprised, because with our past three babies we have moved shortly after they were born (I think I will wait a while to have another one). Arianne was four months and Ellie was less than three weeks. The nice thing is that I don't feel like I really have to adjust to having a new baby, because I have so many other things going on. So, When people ask how four is, I just tell them I don't really notice a difference. It feels like Adeline has always been with us.

I have included some pictures of Adeline, below. In most of them she is sleeping, because that is what she does best (except for in the night). I have tons of other pictures coming soon, which include: The fourth of July, Ellie's birthday, my sister's wedding, and more...

Adeline at two weeks old.





(two and a half weeks) This adorable dress was made by my extremely talented friend Sharon (thanks again Sharon).



4 weeks

All of the kids are so excited to have a new sister (five and a half weeks).

7 weeks

She's finally here...

We are so excited that Adeline is safely here. Adeline is such a sweet little baby, we love her so much and feel so blessed to have her as part of our family. She fits right in and it feels like she has always been with us.

Adeline surprised me...She is bigger than I thought she would be, making her my second biggest baby (Malachi weighed 9 lbs. 4 oz.), so we are glad that she was a few days early. I am also grateful that I was able to have a complication free labor, avoiding some of the complications that I had with my first two (two cervical lacerations and a placenta that didn't deliver spontaneously). And I was blessed with a great labor experience. I really hate epidurals, they make me feel pretty horrible, and so I was able to stick it out and go natural, which I highly recommend. Even though my labor was 9 hours long the intense pain was for only about 30 or 40 minutes (with rests in between the contractions)and I felt great after. I was able to walk around right away and go see Adeline in the nursery.


Above: Getting ready to have a baby.
Below: The labor has just begun...don't I look like I am having fun?





Our family of six, together for the first time.




Getting ready to go home.