Baby Announcements

We had a lot of fun taking pictures last Sat. for our Baby Announcements. I wanted to do something fun with St. Patricks day coming up. Here's our little pot of gold at the end of the Rainbow, and our silly Leprachuan sisters and brother.

Made these 'big sister' shirts for the girls to math Ellie. These sisters (and mom) are gonna have a lot of fun over the years to come, it makes up for me not having any sisters I guess.

I just love how this picture turned out! I saw the idea on Pinterest, and had to give it a try.
It makes me happy :) 

My sweet sister in law Angel saw that I had pinned this cupcake hat on Pinterest and made it for us.
Isn't it so cute!!

I'm just loving this new little one. She is doing really well and we are all getting back on our feet.

 

Bringing Ellie Home

Well we didn't make it to the end of our chain. Or even to the 6th when I was scheduled to be induced... but all's well that ends well. It was probablly better that she came on her own, and so quickly too!
The girls wanted to finish the activities anyway.. we'll try to get some done in the next couple of weeks.
 

Proud Mommy :)

and Proud Gma, what a gem to help us out so much, we love you Gma! 

All bundled up in her carseat.

 

Big brother so excited to have Baby Ellie home. The girls were also excited to get off the bus and find us home. :)

Welcome to our family Ellie

We welcomed Ellie Marie to our Family on Saturday March 3, 2012 at 6:34 pm.
Her day of delivery is a story that we will always remember, both because it was crazy and because it was wonderful. Saturday morning we had planned to get up and work on some spring cleaning before the baby arrived. Wayne was helping put away some food storage and sneezed, causing severe pain in his back. He limped into bed, and stayed there for a few hours. We decided to go see a Dr. and ended up in the ER. Wayne could barely walk into get there and ended up laying down on the waiting room floor. It was a relief that his Mom and Dad came to help. The ER Dr. gave him a steriod shot and a shot of morphine for the pain. He felt better for a little while, but when we wheeled him out he started to have a great deal of pain agian, and had to lay down in the back of the car to get home. He took some Lortab and crawled back into bed at home. By the time I had some lunch and put David down for a nap it was 3:00. I layed down by Wayne and started to feel some strong contractions. After about 20-30 mins I decided I better start timing these contractions and maybe do something about it. I called my Mother in law and sister in law. They came and got the kids and Connie drove me in to the hospital. I was teary and emotional leaving Wayne, but felt like it couldn't be helped. He was nauseus from the pain medicine and still hurting. I knew it would be very hard for him to try to make the trek in again. After that I really didn't have much time to think about him missing it all. It was scary and a little sad, but I knew the Dr. and Nurses and Connie would help me get through it. And most of all Heavenly Father blessed me so that I could remain calm and have strength to bring our precious little girl into the world. I was blessed to have familiar faces to help, a mother in law who remained calm and helped me be calm and get through the pain, and a fast labor. Everything went really smooth and well.
Wayne had his brothers come give him moral support and the Bishop and our Home teacher came and gave him a blessing. We stayed in touch on the phone. The next morning he was able to come in and meet her. He has been resting and improving, he had an MRI and it looks like he has a herniated disc, we will probablly have therapy and work through it.


Gma was a little late for the delievery too, her flight home from Fiji landed in Salt Lake at 7:30ish on Sat. She called right away and I was able to tell her all about it. So happy to have her home to meet her newest grandchild! 

Big brother is pretty excited about his cute new baby sister!

 

The girls were also able to come in and meet her, they were so excited! The hospital brought them cake and Ice cream for a birthday celebration!

 

Girls are lots of fun!

 

 

Getting ready for Baby

We have been getting ready to welcome our little baby girl. I fixed up a corner in our room for her. It was fun finding some things at the dollar store to brighten it up. I also made a new cover for the changing table, and little blanket for the bed.

 

I found this wonderful printable on Pinterest and painted a frame and mat we had, turned out cute!

 

The girls are excited, they love her little corner. They felt a little bit left out that they didn't get new decorations and things, so I told them about how before they were born I made and bought things for them. Then we got out the scrapbooks and looked at their baby pictures, they loved it!
I also made this little paper chain last week to 'count down' the days before my due date. We each predicted when she will be born. On each strip is a little activity for us to do together. IT's been so fun! We read books about sisters, watched a princess movie, played babies, played "American Dolls" (ours aren't the real thing, but we call them that), played legos, read valentine books. Just simple things but fun to do ;)

 

Anna's doll all dressed up:

 

Megan has to hold the hair out of her eyes.

 

And Megan wanted matching hair dos. Girls are so much fun ;)! David has been busy playing hot wheels and monster trucks with Daddy, but also loved playing babies and legos with us.

 

Happy Valentine's Day!

Some more Valentine fun...
Our Little Flirt:

 

Sweetheart big Sister:

 

Cutest little Sister:

 

Our fun Lacy Heart pancakes, yum!

 

Sweet filling in the center ;)

 

Kids have the most fun!

Kids sure can have fun playing, imagining, pretending, making... (messes)!
Megan is all into having her picture taken lately. I scored this cute little skirt on clearance at Walmart for $2! (thats my fun ;))

 

The girls had so much fun decorating the toy rocking horse and taking pictures of it.

 

Megan set up a Valentine Tea party for David and I, complete with bagels, pretzels, invitations, and sign. :) She is so much fun, It's nice to have her home still in the mornings!

 

What a cute little guy.

 

and a sweet little girl!

 

They have lots of fun together ;)

 

Valentine Fun

We have been having fun getting ready for Valentine's day at our house. At the end of January the girls made little mailboxes and every day since then they get a little Valentine. They have really gotten into it, and race home off the bus to check what surprise is waiting. They have also enjoyed making little valentines and leaving them for each other. I have had fun passing the time with little projects too. I made this cute decoration out of paper plates glued to ribbon ;)

 

Yesterday Anna and Megan had fun making little Valentine robots out of conversation heart boxes and random candy.

 

I had also had fun finding some cute Valentine decorations for my little shelves. We don't have a lot of good places to decorate, but I carve out a little bit... it makes it fun for the kids and me.

 

We also made our homemade picture valentines to give away at school. They turned out pretty cute!

 

And one last little valentine from the whole family: