becky and placido

Check out our new blog

2010-05-02T23:32:00.002-06:00

We have a new blog up and running now, head on over and check it out.
http://runforfunners.blogspot.com/We are not getting rid of this one, however. I'll still have to try to update more often.
Quick update... We're in training season, so kids go to school, homework, sleep... Oh, yeah, and piano lessons... Then weekends are for training, not much else to do. I do have to update on birthday's though, we've had some of those pass... Elijah is going in for double surgery on Thursday, the 6th. He's getting tubes, and getting his teeth fixed so the youth at church quit saying he looks like a vampire. He has enamel hypoplasia, which unfortunately runs in the family, AND 75% of preemies end up with it... SO, he was out of luck. So we are off to fix his teeth and ears on Thursday, but the thing I'm worried most about, is how am I going to keep him from screaming for a bottle of milk before the surgery. It's not until noon!

So the pictures are just a day in the life of Elijah... He's almost 2 and INTO EVERYTHING! I love this little boy!

Yup, he got up there all by himself! I'm still trying to figure that one out!

He loves this cupboard, he LOVES taking out all my tupperware dishes. He likes to sit in it with the door closed.

He loves his bottle, and who can deny those Beautiful big brown eyes! Don't they just melt you?He loves Micah's DS... He likes to watch him play Mario, in fact, he will say Mario, but not his brothers name, Micah.

Yup, he does this all the time. Thank heavens he's not heavy enough to break it!

MEXICO!~!~!~!~

2010-03-15T13:41:00.004-06:00

Placido and I went on a 7 night cruise to the Mexican Riveria for our 10th anniversary. We had a fantastic time, but I am glad to be home. Elijah learned to climb like a pro while we were gone, so he's even MORE active then when we left! Here are some pic's of the trip!

This is a picture of cabo... I tried to take a lot, but we went snorkling, so I have more with my waterproof camera.

This picture is from our last night, eating at Chops... They brought us out this beautiful little dish to celebrate our anniversary.
Friends we made on the cruise... Becky and Kip Kint.

More friends we made on the cruise, actually we already knew him, or Placido did, but we got to meet his new wife. This is Kamu and Jessica Alisa.

Our pretty dessert.

This is all of us, our little group, the last night on the ship...

I thought my son Micah would like this picture of the pirate ship. This was in Cabo.

This is the famous arch at the tip of the baja penninsula.

And this is our ship! It was 15 floors, ice rink, rock climbing wall, basketball courts, hot tubs, pools, miniature golf... And LOTS and LOTS of food!

Coupons.

2009-11-09T15:32:00.002-07:00

So I've recently started couponing again, after taking about a year and a half off... (hmmm... that corresponds to Elijah's age... coincidence?) I follow fabulesslyfrugal and krazycouponlady and those are both awesome sites. They tell me exactly what to do and what coupon to match with what. Anyway, Albertsons had an awesome sale on cereal and other things, then combine with doubles, I got a HUGE amount of stuff for way cheap...
The pictures don't do the cereal justice, because you can't see how deep they go.
There is 44 boxes of cereal
4 bags chex mix
6 cake mix
10 progresso soup
5 danimals drinkable yogurt
2 Betty crocker cookie dough mix
5 Nestle cookie dough (ready to go)
3 Activia yogurt
And my grand total??? Go to the bottom...

30.88!!! Awesome, huh?

It's been a long long time...

2009-11-09T12:25:00.009-07:00

So, I'm updating my blog. It's been a long time since our vacation. First off, just some cute summer pictures from us at the train depot. We had to visit a historic site to earn Micah's wolf for scouts.

Part of the reason we've been so busy is soccor, 2 times a week, for 2 hours each night, and then saturdays... Boy am I glad it over! Here's a cute pic of Elijah playing while we were waiting during soccor practice.

We went to Elijah's NICU reunion. It was a Halloween party and the kids got to dress up.

If you can't tell, Elijah was a cow... He can now moo... The kid can't say mom, but he can moo...

Placido ran his first Marathon in September... 26.2 miles. It was the Top of Utah marathon in Logan and so we went and stayed with some friends. He did awesome. 3:06 and that's a Boston Marathon qualifying time!

Boy was he sore afterwards!

He's so fast, I just got the back of him!

Elijah got a haircut adn we cut off thost CUTE curls... I hated it right after I did it, but I'm used to it now. He still get's called a girl though, so my reason for cutting it didn't pay off.

Elijah discovered sour cream... My kids eat that stuff like ice cream, so he's joined the crowed!

This one was cute because you can see his handprint on his forehead.

And since we cut Elijah's hair, Bella wanted hers cut too...

Oh Halloween our friends, the Harbst's came over and ate dinner and then we all went out trick-or-treating together. It was a fun night!

Micah and Jordan hung out while they were off school... They are such good friends.

And they got a hold of the camera.

Summer's almost over!!!

2009-08-22T15:07:00.007-06:00

So, I'm finally posting the pictures from our Summer Vacation. It was wonderful, totally different from doing Disney Land, but the kids loved it, and we loved it. The Oregon Coast is beautiful, if we ever move from Boise, I hope it's to the coast.

This is the glass blower place in Oregon, I went to one like this when I was little, maybe even the same one(?). I was happy to take the kids to see them make a vase.

Whale watching off Depot Bay.

It really isn't the easiest thing tryint to convince your kids to pet a shark. Even if it's a small one.

The kids petting the sea stars and sea anemones (sp???).

Isn't this the ugliest fish you've ever seen??? He's at the Oregon Coast Aquarium if you want to get up close and personal!

Fun at the beach, it was blowing and cold, but still fun!

This is the deformed "sea star" (not starfish), that ended up in our crab pot.

They loved the boat tour. And no, they are not getting sick off the back of the boat.

These are all the things in the "petting zoo" at the Marine Science Center.

Everything you see here, you can touch.

The fun boat trip. Bella hated it at first, but got more comfortable the longer we were on it.

I was the only one brave enough to hold the crab. Good thing it didn't pinch me!

On the boat tour

Micah, Sariah and Placido had to help bring in the crab pot. They are expert "crabbers"!

These were the "synchronized" kite flyers.

The Oregon Coast is beautiful!

Our first encounter with the "God Mobile." : ) ?

One guy, and 9 kites. Wow!

This was the Oregon Coast Kite Festival.

2009-07-08T08:54:00.008-06:00

My beautiful Bella turned 4 today. So I've posted a bunch of random pictures of her, and I'll tell you 4 things about her you may or may not know.
1. Her full name is Isabella, however we call her a number of nicknames... Belle, Bella, Bellarina, Belly Button, Jelly Belly... Her preschool class even started calling her Bellarina.
2. She still likes to drink out of a bottle(only water though).
3. She loves the color orange and will eat anything orange, oranges and carrots are her favorites, she will even eat orange scrambled eggs (red food dye).
4. She is a packrat and always has been a packrat, she loves to carry things around the house and I'm always finding her toys all over the place, but she likes little things. Like little stuffed animals, polly pockets... When she was just barely walking she would carry things all over the house with her hands full, and then find something new to carry, so she would have to drop something.
Happy Birthday Bella, we love you!

Family Pictures

2009-06-16T22:36:00.005-06:00

Okay, So I've been meaning to get these pictures up. Shandy did an amazing job! The pictures all turned out beautifully! I am so happy with all of them.

Elijah's 12 month visit, and other fun stuff.

2009-05-27T15:30:00.006-06:00

On Friday, Memorial Weekend, a big group of us went camping, thanks to the Bernhardt's who reserved the big campsite for us. It was a lot of fun, and the kids were all having a blast, no one's tent was safe! As soon as your tent was pitched, it was the new "fun tent" until the next one was put up... Then when they were all up, it was a free for all. I was panicking the entire time that one of the kids were going to get lost in the woods, but thankfully it didn't happen.

Aubrey, Rachel, and Brody.
All the kids, 3-10 were here climbing this hill. Then sliding down it, like it's a slide. Can we say DIRTY?

Me and Elijah.

Daddy and Elijah

Bella and Aubrey.

Micah waking up in the morning.

Sariah and Bella actually kicked Placido out of his bag and nice comfy spot during the night.

Just a cute picture of a lot of the kids.

Today Elijah had his 12 month checkup with our pediatrician. I was really hoping we would be at least 17 lbs, because that would mean his weight is at least tracking where he should be... We didn't make it. He's 16 lbs 6 oz! So according to him, I should be nursing Elijah a LOT less than I am now, and Elijah should be eating more table food rather than throwing it... (Maybe he will be a pitcher someday???) Anyway, it's kind of hard to answer all the questions the dr. asks with a no. No he's not walking yet, but he's sure crawling fast. No he's not talking yet... No, not pointing yet... how does he get what he want? He either cry's until we figure it out, or get's himself into position to nurse... I'm just glad he hasn't figured out how to pick up my shirt... That's when I'll start weaning. :)

Here are some cute pictures of Elijah on his birthday.

He's figured out that those things he's holding control something on the tv... He's watching Micah play star wars...

He's got the cutest cheeky little grin!

Happy Birthday Elijah

2009-05-20T10:24:00.004-06:00

Imagine…
Waking up in the middle of the night thinking you wet the bed…
Imagine…
Hoping that you wet the bed, because the alternative is much worse…
Imagine…
Trying to call anyone at 5 a.m. to come stay with your children... and it takes 3 tries before you get someone to answer.

Imagine…
Sending your three little children off to stay with an Auntie and bawling as they left, because you don’t know when you will see them again.
Imagine…
Not knowing how long you will stay in the hospital on bed rest, but hoping it’s a very long time.
Imagine…
It’s not a very long time …
Imagine…
They don’t let you eat lunch because you might be having a c-section later that day, maybe…
Imagine…
They were right about the c-section.
Imagine…
Being awake for the c-section and you can feel all the pressure of your insides being taken out, and then hearing your son crying when you didn’t think you would.
Imagine…
Seeing the tiniest baby you’ve ever seen and loving him instantly.
Imagine…
Only getting to give him a kiss while they hold him next to your head before they take him away, but being so grateful to the doctor who let you kiss your baby.
Imagine…
Not getting to see your baby until hours later but being grateful you sent your husband to be with him…
Imagine…
The unfamiliar world of the NICU that will be your new home for the next 5-7 weeks, and learning a whole new vocabulary, desats, bradycardias, brain bleeds, NG tubes... etc. and where measurements are done in milliliters for feeds and grams for weight…
Imagine…
Not holding your baby until he is 4 days old, and then only being able to hold him for one hour a day.
Imagine…
You can’t rock your baby because it’s too much stimulation for him.
Imagine…
Leaving the hospital, and when the nurse asks how much longer your little baby will be there and you tell her, she has a look of shock on her face that makes you burst into tears…
Imagine…
Crying the rest of the way home, and trying not to because you will finally be with your three other kids, but you still left one...
Imagine…
Leaving your three children with babysitters for the next 5 weeks so you can see your baby for a few hours a day, and having to pry the arms of your little ones off your legs when you drop them off.
Imagine…
A new nightly ritual of going to the hospital and staying in the family waiting room, while mom and dad take turns seeing the baby and taking care of the older three in the waiting room.
Imagine…
Seeing his perfect face with no tubes for the first time after more than 5 weeks..
Imagine…

Finally taking that little miracle home.

We've been so blessed over the last year, this was such a trial to go thru, but we made it thru with flying colors. Happy Birthday baby.

Lots going on lately

2009-05-16T18:06:00.006-06:00

Okay, so there's been a lot of stuff going on this past month that I haven't had a chance to blog, so I'm doing a months worth of blogging it now.

First things first. Placido did Robie AGAIN and beat his time last year by 2 minutes. He came in 61 out of about 3,500. He really is inspiring!

Look at that grin, does he look like he just ran 13.1 miles and MOST of it uphill???

This was Micah's birthday party, he just wanted his friend Jordan Harbst to come to Boondocks and we made a fun family day of it too. It took us SO long to miniature golf, but it was really fun. Note to self... Just because you are great at golfing on the wii, doesn't mean you are a great golfer... Not even miniature golf...

Me and my girls!

Then our next big thing was Micah's baptism. I'm so happy that he made the decision to be baptized. My little guy's growing up!!!

Doesn't he look handsome in his new suit???

Bella's preschool had a field trip to the zoo, that was fun. This is my little Bellarina.

We had all the preschoolers pose for so many pictures! They were so accomodating though. They were such a fun group, I'm sad it's almost over!

The Bengal Tigers were also having quite the day... They were pretty frisky while we were there... The picutre says it all.

Krista, a friend from church came over with her little guy LJ, he's almost 4 months old and just about the same size as our little Elijah... Elijah's just got a little bit more on the length, but I'm sure not for long.

Sariah was having fun taking pictures while Bella was at Ballet... This is my favorite!

Elijah is growing up so much lately, he can get around like crazy and likes to kneel down... He also knows when I'm taking pictures of him and LOVES it.

My little crawler! He's SO fast too, and can make it up the stairs all by himself... We have to keep an eye on this one!

This was today. My husband is so inspiring that I decided to do my first half marathon. I was hoping to do it in under 2:15, but secretely was hoping for 2:10 or under, because that would be a 10 minute mile consistently for 13 miles! My time was...

2:09:25
Placido was expecting me to come in around 2:20(oh, ye of little faith!) and so wasn't ready when he saw me 10 minutes earlier then he expected... That's why he only got a picture of a little bit of me.

So then he had to make up for it and take a picture of me after the race. I'm so glad I did this.

8 Years ago today...

2009-04-16T12:16:00.003-06:00

8 years ago today I became a mom. So in honor of this event I'm going to tell you 8 things about Micah.
1. He becomes passionate about certain things, it went from Trains, to Super Mario and his new passion is now Lego Star Wars...
2. He LOVES Chocolate Chip cookies... Poor kid didn't even have a chance at not liking them.
3. His favorite color is red... Still leftover from his Super Mario days.
4. His favorite place to eat is Panda Express, he likes their fried rice and the orange chicken.
5. His favorite candy bar is 3 musketeers, he LOVES these!
6. He loves school and used to be upset when it was the weekend because it meant no school.
7. He came out with his redish blond hair so people used to think he was "only mine" and not Placido's child!
8. He likes to swim and is a great swimmer, but doesn't like to do anything competitive he just likes to swim for fun.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MICAH!!!!

The shirt says it all...

2009-04-11T13:34:00.003-06:00

My time - 25:30~ I shaved 3+ minutes off my best time!

Placido and the kids decked out in their BSU gear, came to cheer me on.

My prerace photo.

Happy Birthday Becky

2009-04-05T10:07:00.001-06:00

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Happy Birthday Sariah!!!

2009-03-20T10:06:00.000-06:00

My darling little Sariah turned 6 years old today, so here are just a lot of random pictures of her. She's a little beauty. Also 6 things about Sariah maybe you do or do not know.

1. She is fiercely protective of her brothers and sister, don't mess with them, only she can.

2. She LOVES food... LOVES food... if she is hungry, it so much fun just to watch her eat, she can shovel it in, and I don't know where she puts it.

3. Her favorite all time movie is Phantom of the Opera, she knows all the songs and LOVES the "pretty white dress" that Christine wears in it... (It's more of a lingere piece, but she likes it.)

4. She used to have a big speech problem, but everyone thought she just had a mexican accent.

5. People used to think she was a porcelain doll when she was in the stroller, they had to do a double take a lot of times to make sure she wasn't.

6. She had so much hair when she was one year old that we put the whole thing in a pony tail. See picture #1 - you can't see the pony tail part, but it's there!

Weekly update of random things...

2009-03-06T15:09:00.000-07:00

S this past week has really flown, and I feel like I've been busy, but thinking back it's hard to pinpoint what I've been busy with... Actually, first and foremost it's been this!!!

I LOVE Costco... That's where we ordered it. It said 3-5 weeks shipping and I was bummed because I was going to have to work out at our clubhouse, but instead it came in 1 week and 1 day from my order date! I was so excited. It came last friday, and it took me 2 hours to put it together before my husband came home. I like being the one to put things together because I read the directions, I can't say the same for my husband. I do have to say, though, it is getting miles logged on it. We really like this one! And it has a lifetime warranty on the frame and motor, so when we eventually kill the motor from running so much, they will have to fix it!

Micah really wants to have his picture in the lego magazine with some of his creations, so he made me take this picture. I'll have to remember to send it in... By the way, the creation is supposed to be Mario in some land... I can't quite remember what one, but it's from Super Mario Sunshine... I think?

I've noticed that we don't have so many pictures of Sariah lately, but it's because she's wanting to be the one behind the camera... I need to remember to take more of her! This is Sariah and Belle at Belle's ballet class. The next picture is of me and Elijah... Sariah had a hold of the camera, we've got pictures of SO many things, benches, the floor... She likes to take pictures.

My little sister Sami called me one day and said there was a cute baby contest and she wanted all her sisters to enter with their babies but the posting for it was that day at 5 pm, we were headed to the dr's office and so while we were in the waiting room, I decided to take pictures of Elijah and Belle... The rules were they had to be between the ages of 6 months and under 4...

So I got the pictures taken(even after Elijah got his Synagis shot!) and we got home and I went to upload them, and noticed that it was only until 5pm EASTERN time... It was about 3:30 our time, so my kids aren't going to win a cute baby contest this year. BTW, aren't the backrounds ugly in those pictures? The dr's office really need to get better looking paint on the walls!

And finally, last but not least in all the random ramblings... My son, truly is his daddy's boy... He LOVES cookies! He was eating those thin mints (thanks Amber!) and LOVED them. It's official, we are a chocolate family.

In memory of a dear friend

2009-02-19T14:30:00.000-07:00

To my dear treadmill.

You brought me such joy and pain. You were with me through thick and thin. You helped me learn to love to run and you helped me train for my first 5K and my second 5K. You let my kids climb all over you and yet continued to be so reliable. I traded you in during the summer time, for some running in the sun, but you always sat patiently waiting for me, knowing I'd be back because I'm such a wimp in the cold. You helped me loose the baby fat from 2 of my babies and you wore out a few pairs of my running shoes. You were cheap, $166 on clearance and a floor model at that, yet you laughed at that 90 day warranty, even if your maker didn't have faith in you, I did.
We had a good 4 year run, but it is now time to say goodbye. I'll always miss you and cherish our time together.

2005-2009

Happy Happy Birthday

2009-01-12T09:57:00.000-07:00

Placido and the boys on his birthday. My cute boys!
He's the spitting image of his daddy!

So yesterday, January 11th was Placido's birthday. He's 34! So I'm stealing a friends idea(thank you Amber) and going to tell you 34 things about him that you might or might not know.

1. He LOVES chocolate chip cookies.
2. He LOVES pizza- any time, any day, even if he just ate it, he'll eat it again.
3. He LOVES basketball. He thinks anyone over 6' who doesn't play is wasting their height.
4. He loves wrestling with the kids, 3 on 1 anytime.
5. He hates attention from people and having people know it's his birthday. Also he hates getting his picture taken. See above picture #1.
6. He doesn't like getting sung to for his birthday.
7. He had a mustache like Pedro (Napoleon Dynamite) while he was in high school. Too cool!
8. He doesn't like eating vegetables, but he does it anyway.
9. He loves to exercise and totally puts me to shame.
10. He joined the church a month before his 21st birthday.
11. His first job he had, he was 14 and burned his foot with a power washer.
12. He has been driving since he was 14.
13. He can sleep thru anything - even Elijah playing on him and jumping.
14. He gave up snowboarding since marrying me.
15. He went to school for accounting, but is now an IT guy.
16. He's wrapped around two little girls fingers and scared for when they are teenagers.
17. He doesn't like to eat candy(with the exception of chocolate), he'd rather eat cake or cookies.
18. He loves BSU, especially going down to the game in San Diego.
19. He likes to work with the kids at night on reading.
20. He used to have a cat named Kiki when he was young that would say his sisters name, Lala.
21. He hit me one time right after we got married. He was asleep and thought I was a cat attacking him. It was pretty funny at 3 a.m.
22. He won't really admit it, but he does really like having a mini-me. He' secretly glad I was right about Elijah's brown eyes.
23. The song "What's my age again" came out when he was 23... No body likes you when your 23...(It's a line from the song)
24. He likes shows like Mr. Bean and the Red and Green show. Slapstick comedy makes him laugh.
25. His favorite show right now is The Office.
26. He has read a total of 2 books since we've been married, and they have both been since he was released from being in the bishopric. He does have potential to be a book nerd someday.
27. We have spent every New Years together now since I was 18, so 12 years now.
28. He's the clean one of the two of us, but he doesn't mind that our house isn't tidy when he gets home from work.
29. His favorite candy bar is Twix.
30. He loves to snack on Almonds.
31. He loves the outdoors and being outside DOING things. Riding a bike, water skiing, going on a walk, playing at the park with the kids... Just doing something.
32. He looks great with his facial hair.
33. He doesn't know what to do with me when I cry.
34. He is my best friend, and was for years before we got married. I'm so lucky that I am married to him (good thing he listened to me!); he makes me a better person.

Glenn Beck!!!

2008-12-08T12:49:00.000-07:00

Okay, I am still so excited! Placido and I are going to go see The Christmas Sweater tonight. And because Glenn Beck is in town he did a book signing at a local book store, so I went an hour early today so I could get some books signed(yeah!) and it's a good thing I did because there were SO many people there to see Glenn Beck for the book signing, anyway, we (me and Elijah) waited in line for an hour and then once he got there it went pretty quickly and I had some people in the line who were going to take a picture of me while I was getting the books signed and then I would take pictures of them getting theirs signed. Anyway when I got up to the front he signed my books and shook my hand, then asked if he could hold Elijah!!!!!! So I completely forgot about getting a picture of me getting the books signed and I just took pictures of him holding my little Elijah! How cool is that???

6 Months!

2008-11-25T12:32:00.000-07:00

Well, I finally did it. I got Elijah's 6 month pictures... I usually do their 3 month, 6 month.... and so on, but time just got away from me, so we at least have his 6 month pictures. They turned out great!

This last 6 months truely have been a miracle for us. With all the trials we've gone thru with him, the NICU, the colic, the milk intolerance... It's been a pretty wild ride, but I think it's made me more thankful for each little moment. I'm also thankful for small miracles that we have witnessed. I wouldn't change a thing.

Quick update

2008-11-23T22:50:00.000-07:00

I can't believe it's been so long since I've posted but I've been extremely with busy with work and my new church calling. Placido was released from serving in the bishopric, and then I was called as 1st counselor in the Primary presidency. I'm really enjoying the calling but it is keeping me busy. Elijah just turned 6 months old already, he's still quite small, smaller than Micah was at 2 months, but eventually he'll grow... He's got to, right? He's quite a happy baby for the most part, over the colic and not sick anymore(he had a bad cold for 3 weeks). So we are doing well!
Can't wait for Thanksgiving.

The Truth is out...

2008-10-10T22:14:00.000-06:00

Micah has a friend staying with us for a few days because his parents are out of town. Normally we don't do sleepovers, but we did to help them out. So on day two, the friend was playing with his(Micah's) Franklin Talking Dictionary. Now this was the Christmas present Micah got almost 3 years ago when he was 4, and he was asking Santa for a Mr. Spell, like the one in Toy Story... Come to find out, they really don't make those and Santa was almost out of luck, then wa-la, I found the Franklin website with the talking dictionary... Check it out, it has been the BEST thing we've invested in as a learning toy, he plays with it all the time, still 3 years after getting it. Anyway, like I said, his friend was playing with it, and came to bring it to me because he needed help with one of the games on it and he handed it to me, but let go before I had it, and it dropped on our kitchen floor and the screen broke! My heart SANK to my stomach, that was Micah's FAVORITE thing, when he saw it he was devastated and while I was trying to console him, he said, "Mom, it's not your fault, I should have told him to play it in my room." Way to make me feel even worse! So I called Franklin this morning and explained the situation and there is no way to save our dictionary, it's a goner, but they did let us get a new one for a reduced price and free shipping. I couldn't NOT do it, we love that thing!

Anyway, you would think that would be enough drama for one day, but no, you would be mistaken. About 9:30 Micah get's out of bed and comes into my room saying something about Christmas, but they had gotten out of bed so many times and Placido gruffly sent him back off to his room. Then he felt bad and couldn't let Micah go to sleep with us being grumpy with him, so he went in to tell him good night. Placido then comes back in to tell me that Micah's friend just told him Santa wasn't real. I brought Micah in my room to talk with me and asked him what he thought and he said he thought he was real, I was ready to leave it at that, but Placido thought that since it's already out there, and we would have told him soon (definately after Christmas around the time he turned 8, maybe during the summer?) that we should just get it over with... So there last night at 9:30 I'm having the conversation with him about Santa. He was okay with it, but kind of sad because he really wanted to believe and he was looking like he was about to cry, but I tried to make it fun and let him know that he now get's to help us do the Santa stuff for the younger kids, and how he get's to be part of the surprise from now on.

That really makes me sad that it's over for him now, though.

Okay, now today after I picked Sariah up from school, she wanted to hold Elijah, and I let her hold him while I was getting lunch ready, well, I look over into the TV room where she is with him, to find this...

Cute huh? She's such a little mommy with Elijah!

October is here!

2008-10-06T13:47:00.000-06:00

Okay, So this pictures is of my new coat rack. I was getting sick of the kids coats on the floor, and not being able to find everything in the morning before school... I really like this coat rack!

Elijah was so cute in his little BSU outfit, during the game! BSU won, by the way.
Micah helped me out by taking this one, I was giving him a bath in the sink...

Bella had this dentist appt. today and she actually DID it! We practiced with her last night, and told her that it's a space ship chair she gets to sit in, and she get's to be Princess Peach (don't laugh, it worked!) with the mask... So now we get to go back for the other side in another two weeks!
This was right out of the dentist's chair. Look how happy she was, with half a mouth that's numb.

This is the picture I took of her on the way to the dentist. She was styling in those sunglasses.

Now, She's enjoying the fruit(donut) of her labors... Krispy Kreme saves the day.

And her sister is also benefiting from it. Way to go Bella~!

So we got "Boo'd" on Sunday, the 28th. It wasn't even October yet, so for FHE we went Boo'ing. For those of you who don't know what that is, you get treats, drop them off at someone's house and knock and leave... But there is also a cute saying you leave with a paper and a paper ghost too.

Happy HalloweenI know your family will adore,
helping this ghost go from door to door…
So put together some other treats,
and help this ghost go on down the street!

…Please accept these goodies from your secret Neighborhood ghost.
Quickly hang the ghost on your door so that everyone will know that you have been visited. But before you do, use your ghost to make 3 more ghosts along with a copy of this note, so that you can deliver them to 3 more unsuspecting Neighbors! Hopefully the phantom ghost will have visited the whole Neighborhood by Halloween night!
Happy Halloween!

We let Micah, Sariah and Isabella do the running and leaving the things at the doors, they had so much fun!

First Post!

2008-09-26T14:25:00.000-06:00

Okay, I'm plunging in and trying this whole blogging thing. I'll try to get the pictures up and going first. Elijah is now 4 months old and just had another check up with the Doc. He's 11 lb 6 oz and finally hit the charts, he's now in the 3rd percentile for weight! Just an update for all who don't know, he was born 9 weeks early because of pPROM, and was in the NICU for 38 days. He's a little bundle of joy now that the colic is pretty much a thing of the past, but he still loves the MOBY. Micah is now in 2nd grade, and Sariah just started Kindergarten with Mrs. Hall. We love Mrs. Hall. I'm helping out on Tuesdays in the classroom, and it's so much fun getting to know all the kids in her class. Bella is doing preschool on Tuesdays and Thursdays with our little co-op in the neighborhood, and she LOVES it! The first picture is Elijah when he was about 5 days old. He was SO small.
That's about it for us, we've had a busy last 4 months.