This isn't going to be the most interesting post, but I figured I needed to post something. I haven't taken any cute pictures worth posting since christmas so this wont have any pictures either. We are getting over the end of the stomach crud again at our place. Savannah and Logan had it this last week and Aron is starting to get congested. I will be glad when this season is over it seems like this year we have been getting  more sick. Different place different germs I guess. With me baby sitting I'm sure there is more circulation of germs that way too. One thing that was really amazing and reaffirmed what I already knew was when Logan was sick he was holding his ear and saying "ouchy" I thought he had an ear infection. It was after the clinics had closed so I just gave him some medicine and I was going to take him to the Dr. in the morning. Dave gave him a blessing that night before putting him to bed and Logan slept the whole night and didn't complain about his ear anymore. The best part was a couple days later Logan found Dave's oil vial on his keys and found Dave then started patting his head with the vial. :) It melted Dave's heart. Its so great that he was able to recognize that the blessing helped him feel better. I love the Priesthood!

        Well with Logan getting sick he wasn't eating much, I thought once he starts to feel better he would start eating again. NOPE!! I guess I will just have to figure out how to deal with a picky eater now. Usually even when Logan is sick there are a few foods that he will still eat. This last time he wouldn't even eat those and forget introducing new foods. I feel bad that he is hungry sometimes, but I want him to eat when we do and not snack all day. His terrible two stage has started as well. So when he is in a good mood it's really good, but heaven forbid he doesn't get his way. I almost forgot what it was like to have a 2 yr old. At least he is doing really well with potty training. When he isn't wearing underwear or a diaper he does really well, but when I put pants on him again that is when he 'forgets' to go in the bathroom. For just turning 2 he is still doing really well so I guess I shouldn't be worried about it.

        Savannah and Myla are still up to their regular routine. Getting back into the swing of it wasn't as bad as I was thinking it would be after Christmas break. Myla was excited to go back to school and so was Savannah. With a new semester I have a new schedule for babysitting as well. Its not too different, but its more consistent with the time that the mom is done for the day.

      Aron is rolling over regularly now and is starting to become a little chatter box. I forget how much a simple smile from a baby can make everything better. I like to lay on the floor with Aron and we will 'talk' for a while and it will just brighten my day no matter how stressed I feel. There are some days where I just look at my kids and am in awe at how much I love them. I didn't know there was enough room in my heart for all the love I have for them.

Aron and November

Only a few hours old

      Aron Brady joined our family on October 26. He was 7 lbs 3oz and 19 in long. I was induced with him at the hospital in Lynchburg VA. It was the longest stay at a hospital for a birth I have had. So he was born on Friday and I came home with him on Sunday. The first two weeks he was home I was worried that he would get sick. The stomach bug went back and forth between everyone in the family. I was really glad when we were all over it.

Aron 1 day

      The first week of Aron's life my parents were here to help me out. It was so great to see them and the kids enjoyed seeing them too. I was babysitting at the time too, so it was really nice to have the extra help getting used to having 6 kids for most of the day. My mom was able to help me get used to a new routine with the kids, laundry, and dishes. It was harder to tell them goodbye this time because I knew that it would be a long time before we would be able to see them again. I am just grateful for the modern technology like Skype and internet that make it easier to keep in touch.

Introducing Logan to Aron

           Logan has been a great big brother! When he first came to the hospital he was glad to see me, but once he saw Aron he gave him a hug. His attention span for him still isn't too long, but I can't expect much more from him right now.
          Logan is doing really good with potty training right now too. I need to keep reminding myself that he isn't 2 yrs old yet so for him to have only 1or 2 accidents a day is really good. Its hard for me to believe that he will be 2 on Sunday. I will post about it after we celebrate. Its been fun to see how Logan has changed in the last year. We have been really busy and there have been a lot of changes. 

Introducing Myla to Aron

Myla has always been a great big sister and has been a great helper with Aron. The firs thing Myla said after she saw him was "Look at his tiny fingers! They are so cute!" She is loving Kindergarten and is becoming quite the little artist. She is doing really good at her letters and numbers. Her Kindergarten class participated in a "Pow Wow" at school. She had so much fun dressing up like an Indian.

Myla at her Pow Wow

Now that is December and things are starting to wind down for the semester we have been trying to get things ready for Christmas and Logan's Birthday. Babysitting takes up a lot of my day and energy, but I like to think that I'm helping out the mom of the kids :) I don't know how she does it being a single mom going to school and working. I think all single parents who invest so much of themselves in their kids are amazing.

6 weeks 12/7/12

        Aron is 7 weeks old today and is starting to  interact more and start to make noises. Its a bitter sweet thing with Aron. Knowing that he is our last one makes all the 'firsts' very special. At the same time it is nice to know it will also be the last time we have to deal with waking up every two hours to feed him. I love our little family or rather not so little anymore :)

I will try and post again next week with pictures from Logan's Birthday.

Short update

So I really need to be better about writing on my blog. A lot has happened in the last few months. I will write again soon I hope with another update about our new little baby. I'm due on Friday with our fourth child! I am hoping that he will come sooner than later, but you can never really know unless there is a scheduled induction or c-section. I have to admit it makes me nervous to have this baby, but I think that is only because this is the farthest I have ever lived from the hospital that I will be delivering. Also because Dave works 20 minuets even farther from the hospital than we live. I am hoping that at my appointment today that my body has started the process of labor already so we can schedule an induction. I was induced with Logan and it was nice to be able to plan everything out for the other kids in advance and have everything like that figured out.

I would post pictures, but the camera is currently put away in the hospital bag and I'm afraid if I take it out I will forget to put it back. So I will post pictures later with another post. Hopefully the new post will be about the addition of the newest member of the family. I can't wait to meet him! I have to admit I am having fun being pregnant this time, but I'm ready to see what he looks like and hold him in my arms. Once the stress and dust settled from Dave losing his job in Colorado and finding the one here in Virginia, and the move out here the reality of being pregnant set in a little deeper. Its like we got to Virginia and I realized I was in my 3rd trimester and it was if a light came on..."Your going to have another baby" and not only that but I didn't have anything set up for him yet.

I will try my best to post another update soon!!

Update!!

Logan’s Birthday



Eating his cake



Now that Logan is 13 months old I thought I would finally get around to writing about his birthday. It was a great day. Even though I Logan didn’t really know what was going on we still had fun with his cake and his present. We didn’t do much for his birthday this year because it was so close to Christmas and with bad planning on my part, we didn’t have much to give him. That just means we can be better prepared for his next birthday. Logan liked his stuffed dog we gave him so that is all that really mattered to us. I put it in his crib at night and he cuddles with it as he goes to sleep now, so I think it was a great birthday for him. Myla and Savannah had more fun with the birthday cake. I enjoyed making it for him. It took a little longer than just a regular cake, but I’m glad I made it for him. One of Logan’s nicknames right now is “Logan Bear” so it only seemed fitting to have his cake in the shape of a bear. I used the cake pan I got from my mom because she used to make these kinds of cakes for me and my siblings on our birthdays. 

12 mo pics

His cake







Christmas

Logan and Daddy on Christmas

This Christmas it was our turn to go to Wyoming and spend the holiday with my family; unfortunately there was a blizzard here the Monday before Christmas so we were snowed in Lamar. That is okay because we were able to have a great day at home. I was disappointed that I couldn’t see my family but I will be making a trip to see them soon. I think the kids had a great Christmas day even though they were bummed they didn’t have primary or nursery that day. Dave and I got the kids matching outfits that matched a dress I made and a shirt that Dave has so I plan on doing our family pictures in these outfits. I’m excited to see how they turn out! We are getting them taken this Saturday by a lady that I go to MOPS with and I am hoping that the kids will cooperate with her. They are late to be Christmas ones, but because they are all red it will look like it. Maybe if I mail them out around Valentine’s Day it will work. I just think it’s time to update our pictures. It has been almost two years since our last ones and I know the girls have changed so much and we now have Logan.

Christmas presents from Auntie Brenn

Side notes

So Logan accidently spilled white grape juice on my laptop. It didn’t ruin the computer; which I’m grateful for, but now the keys are sticky. I tried to clean under the keyboard with rubbing alcohol and q-tips and it helped, but they are still a little sticky so I will have to try it again and see if it helps. It’s just a little frustrating to have to type when they keys are sticky. I am grateful that the computer works still, but it’s a little more annoying. J I think I figured out how to take the keys off and back on so I may try and take them off and soak them in water and rubbing alcohol.

I have to say with recent events that I am so grateful for my friends and family.  I didn’t realize how much my friends mean to me until I don’t talk to them for a while. Dave tells me that I am all the friends that he needs and sometimes it makes me feel bad when I need to get out with my friends. Dave understands that I need to get out and just have girl time and it’s wonderful. So my friends if you are reading this I’m telling you thank you for your impact on my life. Even if you are far away it’s nice to know that I can count on you and I can talk/e-mail you if I need someone to talk to.

A few things

(Sidenote:Okay. I give up. I have been trying to organize pictures on this post for almost 20 min. I would have put more pictures on here, but I couldn't get them to go where I wanted them to. So I think there are plenty to look at for one post. I will post the rest of the pictures on Facebook. Now onto the post.)




11 months old!!

My baby is 11 1/2 months old. This last year has gone by so fast. We have been trying to get things ready for his birthday, but also trying to get things ready for Christmas. Its a good thing Logan is so little that he wont remember what a disaster this year will be for his birthday. We will plan better for next year. It has been so much fun watching his personality come through more and more every day. He is definately my little boy. He is a lot like his older sister (Myla), but he has his own weirness that he got from his parents. Example: today I was trying to get him to not touch the t.v. and he would point at it and I would tell him "no touching" and I would point at him. He pointed back at me and just started to laugh. So I would point at him again and he would just point back and laugh. We did this for about 5 min. Its so much fun to hear him laugh.



Before

So Logan's hair was getting long. It wasn't looking too bad, but it started to look like a mullet. After Dave said that he needed a haircut, I tried my best and I gave him his first haircut.

After

I didn't realize how long it really was until I put some in an envelope for his baby book. I think it was only really hard because after Thanksgiving it was one of his last 'firsts'. He is a little ham. All I did to cut his hair was put an attachment on the electric sheers and go over his head. When I put it at the base of his neck he just started to laugh. He is so tickelish it was fun. It wasn't as much of a challenge as I thought it would be. 

 

"It's Me!"


 Sometimes I don't like the fact that our driveway is only dirt becuase when its wet its really gross muddy, but I love it when the girls go out and play and draw in the dirt.


Playing outside

Its been so much fun to see Myla's imagination grow as she starts to play with different things.We were outside a couple days before Thankgsgiving and Myla was drawing in the dirt and she finished and was so excited she had to come show me what she had done. "It's me!" Then below it she had drawn mommy, daddy, and one for Savannah. We just took a picture of the one that you could see the best in the dirt. She was so proud of what she had done. I wanted to share. And of couse we can't take a picure of just one girl...Savannah wanted her picture taken too. 

Thanksgiving Pumkin Pie

  

I know its a week late, but it was a first for Logan. THANKSGIVING! We had a quiet day at home. We had the missionaries over for dinner along with our friend Julia. It was fun to spend some time with them. The girls had fun eating dinner. Savannah's favoite part was the cranberry sauce; just like her daddy. Myla liked the turkey and the mashed potatoes. Logan of course loved the mashed potatoes and the sweet potatoes I made just for him. When it came time for the pumkin pie Savannah just wanted the whipped cream. Myla seemed to like the pie and Logan was just ready to be out of his high chair.

 


First Thanksgiving

 I think one of the highlights of the day was when he was getting fussy becuase he wanted down all I had to do was get the camera out and he would start smiling and laugh at me. He likes the camera and its fun that all of my kids are so photogenic.
    





Late Pics



Ready to go out!

  So I finally found my camera. These pics are a little late, but here they are. The girls were so excited to go out trick or treating. What was great about this year is that they were old enough to get really excited about going out. Logan didn't know what was going on yet, but I think he still had fun with his sisters in thier costumes.

I can't believe that it is November already. This year seems to have gone by so fast. I don't know if that is because Logan has changed so much this year or what, but its been good. I guess time seems to go by fast when you look back rather than looking forward. The days seem to go by so slow, but before I know it there over.


My 'Witch' and 'Remy Rattatouie'

 Today is one of the harder days in November for me. Its the anniversary of Papa and Grans (My mom's parents) accident. 6 years ago they were hit by an unlicenced 16 year old girl in California. They are missed very much and they left a void that nothing can fill. We think about them a lot around this time of year because of the holidays. I am so grateful for all the happy memories that they left behind them and for the examples that they are and for the love that we felt from them. One of the greatest blessings is knowing that they loved us. I'm so grateful for the knowlege that I have that I can be with them again. Thank you Papa and Gran for sharing your love with us.


Logan at the Trick or Treat Street at the High School



With November comes the time for giving thanks. One thing that I love that comes around this time of year is all the wonderful smells. Fall has the best smells ever! Now if only I could find a sent for my Sencey warmer I would be set.

Another thing that I have noticed as I have gotten older is I like the color brown a lot more. The fall red I have always enjoyed but now I really like the brown and the orange that come with it. I know its wierd to think about colors, but its not that weird when you have family pictures on your mind. I think around Logans 1st birthday we will do family pictures and his 1 year pics at the same time. That may be our christmas this year is sending out our family pictures to our family and friends. Okay....I'm done being boring. Until next time. I'm thankful for all my friends and family. Sending my love to all!!!

Boring

I was going to post picures, but I can't find my camera. I thought I would post something anyway. It has been a while sence my last post so here goes. We have gotten into the swing of things with school easily. Myla and Savannah are loving going to school and I enjoy my alone time when Logan is taking his naps when they are gone. Logan has three teeth now and is working on his fourth. It will most likely break through in the next couple days. If I can find my camera I will get pictures. Dave is gone today at a Knowledge Bowl meet so I think he probably just took the camera with him.

On the 28th of September I found out that I was pregnant again. Well on the 3rd of October I started to bleed. I was able to get into the Dr's office on the 6th, and I had miscarried. I'm doing okay I think. It's hard one day and not so hard the next. Its just an up and down rollercoaster until I can figure out how to cope with the loss. It wasn't a planned pregnancy, but we were still excited about it. I am still very lucky that I can still have kids and that I have three wonderful angels already. I love my kids and I would like to have one more, but now we are just going to wait for a while longer. I know most women don't talk about having a miscarrage all that much, but I need to talk about mine to figure things out. I do better when I can talk through something and then I can figure out emotions and thoughts. I already know all the encouraging thoughts and sayings....I have been telling them to myself since the bleeding started, but I have to say that all I want to hear now about it is "I'm sorry". Its hard, but I will be okay. I dont' want to forget that it happened, but I don't want to dwell on it either. I'm not angry about it anymore and I still try hard not to blame myself for it, but somedays its still hard to get out of bed. Okay...I'm done with the sad part.

I will post picures later when I find my camera of Halloween and what we have been doing the last little while. I'm looking forward to a cold, but wonderful fall. There is always something that needs to be done. So we just take things one day at a time. That is why I titled this post boring, because we have our daily routine and nothing exciting really happens. That and I think a post is more fun to read when there are pictures.