Just the kids

Just look at how much the boys adore their sister.  It is amazingly cute to watch them with her.  Last week the social worker came out for one of the post-pacement visits we have to do before finalization in May and she kept commenting on how sweet it was to watch the boys with her.  Expecially Braiden, remeber Ty does not do public displays of affection.  Braiden just follows her, or I should say us when we have her, around and kisses her and makes cute little faces and sounds with her.  Ty does it when no one is looking, well we can me but no one else.  He is famous for his fly by kisses.  He will be running around, stop, kiss her on the forehead and carry on with whatever it is he was doing. 

The social worker asked both of the boys what their favorite part of having a new sister, Tyson thought about it for a minute and said everything except the poopy diapers.  He literally gags at the smell and it is not even bad yet, wait until solids.  I feel sorry for his wife as I don't know if he will be able to handle diaper duty.

Addie G (aka Addison Grace)

Oh sweet little girl of ours.  She is so dang cute, I can hardly stand it (although right now she is in the sling and yelling at me, sad for me)  She is almost 4 weeks old now and has changed so much.  It kinda makes me sad.  Funny how I could not wait for the boys to grow up and I keep telling her to slow down.  I do love the age of the boys right now though.  Time could possibly stop and I would be happy with that.
Addison still wakes up every three hours all day/night long to eat.  When she goes a whole four hours at night we jump for joy.  She is alert so much more now and you can actually wake her up, last week forget about it, if she was sleeping there was nothing you could do to change that. 
Here are some freaking cute pictures our friend Amy did of her.  We actually did them at our house, she just brought her house with her for props and what not.  It was fun and she peed on everything, seriously every single shot of her with no diaper, there is pee under her.  It was funny.

This one below is extra cute as it shows her heart shaped birthmark above her hip.  So cute!

Just look at those dimples.  I am excited for when she smiles at me for real and not just cuz of toots.

Brothers

So these really are some of my favorite photos of the boys.  Amy did such a great job with them.  Every time I look at these my heart gets all warm and fuzzy and I think, see they really do like each other.  No really most days they do but on those other times, whoa baby.

Tyson

So here is sweet Ty.  He is my kid who will do just about anything for a laugh, as long as you are not laughing at him.  It must be with otherwise watch out. This unfortunatley does land him in the pricipals office on occasion.  Ask him about 1st grade and he will tell you he spent the whole year there.  He is doing much better in 2nd grade as I think he has only made it there three times so far this year. 
Ty is very sweet but does have a problem with public dispays of affection.  He is much better now that his little sis was born.  Funny how that happened.  He also likes to fix and see how things work, as well as draw.  He is fun to have around.

And then this would be our crazy goofball

Braiden

Cute little Braiden, well, not so little he is almost as tall as me in 4th grade.  What can I tell you about him ... he absolutely loves life and everything about it.  He is such a happy person, a little too happy for me first thing in the morning, as it takes me a bit longer than him to spring out of bed, especailly after being up with Addison a couple of times durning the night!  I love this kid, well duh, ya I love all my kids.  Ok funny story, well kinda as it is bad on my part.  I was nagging him one day about something, who knows what this time as he is 9 and I am a mother so yes I unfortunately do nag, but later Kent asked what mom was yelling at him about and he shakes his head and said, I don't even know.  Goes to show you why we nag.  They flat out do not hear mom's voice - ever.  He is happy about not listening though, ha ha ha

So that was the cute picture so that you can see that he really is such a handsome boy, now for Braiden

She's Here!!!

Ok so yes she is now almost 11 full days old and I am just getting around to posting about her but it is hard to do anything when all you do all day is hold her and stare at her (he, he)

Addison Grace was born on Friday November 13th at 3:13 in the afternoon - I know weird right, all those thirteens. She was 6 lbs 6 oz and 18 3/4" long and absolutely beautiful.  This super cute picture is obviously of her in the hospital.  She kept grabbing her little hat and pulling it down over her eyes.  I thought it was funny so I took a picture of it.

Our friend Amy took pictures for us again, yes I know it was only like 7 weeks later that we had our pictures taken, but who knew we would have a baby in 3 weeks.  Anyway, this is just to get ya through until the fabulous ones are finished.  I can't wait to see them!!

Announcement

Our life has been super crazy lately as we have offically decided to adopt - YIPEE! It is something I have wanted to do since before I was married and something Kent and I have always talked about.

Around the beginning of October, I finally decided it was time. The feeling that this is something I would like to do just would not go away so I thought it was time to tell Kent it is time. I love my husband, it only took him a couple of days of re-shifting his thinking (that we are done to we are doing it again) before he was on board. We, or shall I say I, read and read and searched and searched for the agency I wanted to go with. We, yes we this time, narrowed it down to two; Heart and Soul out of Farmington and A Guardian Angel from Sandy. Both are great agnecies. We put our paperwork in Heart and Soul on Friday October 23, had our homestudy that day, and planed on submitting our paperwork to A Guardian Angel that following Monday. Well, Monday morning, I spoke with A Guardian Angel about a little girl being born the next day. Yes we panicked but it felt right so we said yes show our profile to the birth mom. I ran to Salt Lake to give them everything we had, emotions flying every direction to get ready for a baby the next day. Well, she did not have her the next day, the doctor said she was not quite ready to give birth.

So the agency shows her our profile, along with a couple of other families that Tuesday. We waited and waited and stressed and got the nursery ready and stressed and didn't sleep hoping and praying we were picked. On Friday morning we got the phone call that we were picked!! I was at work and screamed out loud. Oh the relief and excitement. Made the announcement via text to family and friends in my phone and floated the entire rest of the weekend. (her now new due date is November 13).

Now Kent and I cancell our trip to New York for our anniversary, we would hate to be there if she delivers early, and wait and wait, every so often ask "where's our baby?" We don't like to wait. In the meantime, the nursury if finished, we have a couple of clothes and a car seat and are now just waiting for the phone call that says go to the hospital you daughter is about to be born.

So yes this process was crazy fast (3 weeks from paper work to baby). All I can say is that was one heck of a pregnancy.

More updates to come ...

Pumpkin Carving Time

Ok so the order of these pictures is completely backwards, just pretend you are rewinding. Here we have the finished product both little cutie pies worked so very hard on, possibly even sweat over. There was teeth clenching, toe curling, grunting with determination to get these pumpkins finished and they truly are a work of art. Too bad you cant get the full effect with a flash. They were seriously awesome with the candle inside and the dark night.



Seriously though, just look at that determination.

Of course getting a little slimy is so much fun when you are a boy. I always thought it was a little gross as a kid, but then again, I am, I mean was a little princess!



Seriously, these kids are cute, little cheesers.

Braiden's Football

Oh how I love football. I have to admit, I never enjoyed football growing up. Sure the High School football games are always fun but that is because you are always there with a very large group of friends, not because you actually like football. Then as a married person, the Superbowl parties are always fun, but that is because you have a very large group of friends, and food is involved, not because you actually like watching the game, but then, your precious child plays and suddenly you need to learn about the game, buy yourself a jersey and scream at the T.V. right along with the rest of the men in the house. Funny how kids change your life. I can now honestly say, I adore football.


Is this not seriously the best picture. Thirsty hardworking kid in his huge helmet

Then there is Coach Dad! Cutest dang coach I have ever seen. Us girls it has always been about the cute football players, even still ...

All lined up and ready to "hit somebody", as we were always yelling at them. Funny you spend their whole childhood telling them it is not ok to hit other people then get them on the line and we go back on everything we have worked so hard to teach them.

Ty Soccer

We love fall, it is filled with all sorts of sports. We as the parents of course have no more free time, but we absolutely love it. Now that I am adding these posts, all of our sporting teams are over for the year. We are a little bit devastated, although we did just sign both of the boys up for indoor soccer. Yes we do live vicariously through our children. Doesn't everybody??



I think the thing I love the most about watching little kids play soccer is the big swarm of kids surrounding the ball.

So see that kid leaning in for the kill, yes that is my kid. He is going pro someday, mark my words.

Such good form. Cute little soccer players