Maya's Birthday!!!

Well I can't believe that it has been two years since this sweet little girl was born into our family. It was a long and scary pregnancy with her. Brant and I were just getting used to the idea of having another child when I found out that I was pregnant. I was not that happy about it. I was really sick again like my normal pregnancy's are and I had three kids that were very active and then at 14 weeks my placenta tore and I started to hemorage. We went to the ER and the doctor said that I would probably miscarry in the next day or two no matter if I laid down flat or walked around. I that point I knew that it was her time to come in out family and felt bad for all the awful thoughts I had about being pregnant again. I went to my regular dr. and he said I should be ok and that she would be fine. I would have to go to high risk doctors so that they could keep an eye on her growth and everything else. I had a c-section with the boys so we decided to do another one with her. At 36 weeks I was having really bad pain in my incision so I went to the dr and he said my uterus was thinning and that they needed to delivery the baby so that my uterus wouldn't burst. They delivered her and she weighed 7lbs. 2oz and she was very healthy. She had to stay in the NICU for a couple days cause they had a policy if they are not exactly 37 weeks they go straight in the NICU. When we fianally got her home it was like we had always had her in our home. She is so sweet and loves to play with her brothers and sister. She is a very smart girl and talks just like her sister did. We love her and knew that she was the puzzle piece that was missing in our family. WE LOVE YOU MAYA HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

Easter

Well even thought the weather here in Idaha wasn't very nice on saturday we were still able to color eggs and have a good time. This year we did karo syrup eggs and if you have never done those they are pretty fun. You have to poke a whole in the top and bottom of the egg and the bottom whole is just a little bigger than the top one and then you blow the inside of the egg out and then let it dry. Then you take the karo syrup and put food coloring in it and then a paint brush and paint the egg and it kind of runs down the egg and makes it look pretty cool. We also just did the traditional dye for some of the other eggs. We were not able to have an easter egg hunt because of the weather but it was still a fun day for the kids. We always do the easter bunny stuff the day before so he comes friday night instead of saturday night just so that we can let the kids have that day to just do fun stuff and then on sunday we tell them the real reason we celebrate easter. It turns out to be a pretty fun weekend. I hope everyone else had a good time with family on easter.

On Sunday since easter is lands on General Conference we decided to wear our easter sunday attire on this sunday. I was really excited how they all turned out we were able to get the girls dresses on sale and the boys shirts I was so excited find some colored shirts and matching ties so here is a sneak peak of what we looked like for easter sunday and then we will do all the fun easter stuff this weekend.

Easter Sunday!!!

HAPPY ST. PATRICKS DAY!!!!

I just wanted to tell everyone happy St. Patricks day. Its kind of fun to have your kids dress up in green. Today for Laney's preschool they tried to catch a leperchaun so they set a trap for him on thursday and when they came to school today they didn't catch one but he made a horrible mess of there classroom. Laney said that he dumped all the crayons out and the toys were all over the place, she also said that the chairs were tipped over and he had taken the gold and hid it from them so they had to find the gold. Laney told me a secret about the gold she said mom its not really cold its chocolate but don't tell anyone. I thought that was so cute. I love how when your kids get into school how the teachers do so much for the kids imagination I think it is so important for kids to have an imagination. Anyway she had a great time and I hope everyone had a fun St. Patricks Day!!!

Wacky Wednesday!!!

Well it was Laney's favorite day of the year on Wednesday. In preschool Mrs. Long does a wacky wednesday where all the kids get to just wear crazy stuff and do crazy things with their hair. Well Laney just loves being able to wear whatever she wants cause most of the time I pick out all of her clothes so for just one day she gets to wear pajamas or whatever and she get to have her hair curly which she loves. So here is my cute wacky wednesday girl. I think she looks fabulous. We also registered her for Kindergarten on Monday and they did some testing to see where she is at and she got a 16 out of 20 which I thought was really good for not expecting a little test. Course I think she is already way smart but I am her mother so I get to say that she is the smartest little five year old, Anyway it was exciting but kind of scary for her to go in that big school. If any of you know how my sweet girl can be you know that there was crying and she was very clingy hopfully we can get over that before she starts kindergarten. Earlier that day Laney and I got to go see Princess and the Frog for preschool it was really cute and it was a fun time with just me and Laney.

A quick update..

Well a little update on what has been going on, my kids are getting way too big. The other night Laney wanted curlers in her hair so I put them in and as soon as I was done Maya said that she wanted one in her hair so if you can't see it very good that is what is at the bottom of her hair. Maya still does not have very much hair so it was kind of hard to get it to stay in. I have also been getting Laney's old clothes out for Maya to wear some that I love so much that Laney wore when she was that age so here is my crazy baby getting so big in her big girl clothes. Then today I went and got some braces on my bottom teeth to straighten them out, and then the dr with round out my first four teeth on the top to give me a softer look. So I am really excited to get it all done but it is definetly different. I am going to the dr that my younger sister works for and he is a really nice guy so hopfully he said in a year I will have them off but we will see I have been wanting them fixed for so long so it will be super fun. We are also loving this spring like weather the kids keep saying every morning mom we can see our grass and then putting on their flip flops cause they think it is summer. They have been so excited. We are also super excited for Brant's sister in law Candace she has three boys and is due in July with a GIRL we are so excited for them and we can't wait to see the baby. Congratulations Aaron and Candace and boys!!

ITS A BOY FINALLY!!!!

Well we are so dang excited!!! Brant's sister Chalai is due to have her 6th baby in July she has 5 girls and she is finally getting a sweet baby boy!!! We are so shocked that she is finally getting a boy. Her girls are so sweet and we love them so much but I think it was time for a little boy to join the fun. I think Chalai will have a lot of helpers which might be nice it might not. But we are so excited and can't wait to see this sweet boy in July!! CONGRATULATIONS Hyrum, Chalai and girls!!! Here is a cute picture of Chalai's family it will be so cute to have a little boy in the middle of all those girls.

SO EXCITED!!!!

I am so excited I am finally getting Laney's room kind of where I want it to be. We still will be painting pink stripes half way up and then doing the waines coat wood stuff the rest of the way down. That will half to wait for a little bit but so far I have been able to get alot of the furniture and some of the decorations. I have been so slow at decorating our house cause I just don't know what to do and it can be very expensive, but luckily I have been able to get all of Laney's stuff for a pretty good deal that makes it even better. I am having fun thinking of ideas for all the kids rooms and for the rest of the house it has been really fun. So here is a little sneak peak of Laney's room so far.