A little report...

We blessed BriLynn on the 21st. It was great to have family come and support us even though the weather wasn't the greatest for traveling. I can't believe she is a month old! For Christmas we had Kevin's parents with us. The kids loved having Grandma and Grandpa here and were very sad when they had to leave. Here is a picture of us playing in the snow making our snow family on Christmas day. I wanted to show you all a video we got of Jacob brushing the teeth of the remote controlled dinosaur that Luke got, but it seemed to fail every time I tried to upload. I've never downloaded a video to blogger before is there a secret to it? I just went to the upload video icon at the top. I'm just trying to take it off the memory card to our camera. I welcome any help with that, I'm technologically challenged. I hope you all had wonderful Christmas. With the new year coming do you have a New Years Resolution?

Merry Christmas

Here's hoping that you and your family have a
MERRY CHRISTMAS!

SICK OF SICKNESS!!!

I don't know about you guys but the biggest thing I have against the winter season is the SICKNESS! Ever since we brought the baby home one of the kids has had something or other. From a sore throat and fever to an ear infection. Thankfully we haven't had the stomach bug (knock on wood). From taking BriLynn into her two week checkup and Jacob to his two year. Luke and Danika have both gone in for Ear infections that's 80 dollars just in co-pays in the last two weeks. Now Jacob has a fever...grr. (Of course it couldn't have been last week when we had his check-up, that would have been to easy). It's hard to know if we should take him in though, he's so little he can't tell us if it's his ears or not. I just hope that it's all coming out now and that we will all be healthy for Christmas. I hope your families are all healthy! I have been giving my kids more vitamin C. My sister swears by this stuff called Emergen-C. Have you heard of it? Do you pump your kids full of vitamins or something else when they are sick?
I thought I would add this video, my sister sent me it an email and I got a good chuckle, hope you do to.

Girls Lunch

This last Thursday was my friend Heather's birthday lunch. She chose to go to El Toro Viejo (who knows if I spelled that right). It was nice to get out without the baby and kids. Just so you know if you go there on your birthday you can wear a Sombrero!!!

We've made the Move

Every time we have a new baby it's always a struggle to know when to move them out of our room. For me it's so convenient to have them right next to the bed. Kevin has pointed out that we both sleep better once they are in their own room. BriLynn turned two weeks on Tuesday so we moved her to the crib in Danika's room. I'm not sure I'm sleeping better but I do get colder since I have to get up and walk to the other room. She has been sleeping better, I think she has put her two four hour sleep stretches together so that's nice.
At what age do you move your babies out of your room? Or do you ever have them in your room?
Anyway, here is a cute picture of her in her crib.

SNOW!!!

I don't know about your kids but as soon as my kids saw the snow this morning it was as if they had died and gone to heaven. The older ones wern't able to play since they had to go to school but here is a picture of the younger ones having fun in the back yard.
I was worried that Jacob wouldn't want to be out for long since it was cold but he actually wanted to stay out longer than Luke. Ahh brings back memories.

Halloween in December?

What do you do when your bored? Well my kids wanted to paint their faces. Danika started with wanting to be a mouse. Andrew ended up as Sonic. Kevin is awarded for the great art work done here he he.

Just one of those days!

I should have known that having a great night sleep would be the high before the low. Last night she was awake from 1-4. Plus I have a head cold and that makes sleep that much harder. The hardest part of my day is trying to get Jacob down for his nap. I can't pick him up..I did it a couple times and paid for it later. So today I had to drag him to his room. It's frustrating not to be able to do the things I regularly do like picking up a child. On a positive note, I don't think the baby blues kicked in this time. I figure if it hasn't kicked in after a week it probably won't. Don't get me wrong I have my moments but I'm sure that's normal. Oh just a note to all those in the ward...don't forget the Christmas party tonight. Okay I'm done, thanks for letting me vent!

Bask in the Moment

Sorry I have to take the time to Bask in the Moment....BriLynn slept through the night last night. I know it may not happen again tonight but for right now I'm relishing it. She went down around 10:30 woke up to eat at 3:30 and then went right back down and didn't wake up till close to 8:00. You may not consider that sleeping through the night when still waking up for a feeding but I do if she goes right back down. Her first four or five days home she was awake for a good part of the night so I hope this continues. I can't believe she is a week old today.
I've been so grateful for those who have brought meals. I used to think it was strange because I feel well enough to make food for my family, but maybe number five has worn me down because it has been wonderful not to worry about it. To bad it doesn't last for a couple months HA HA.