365- Week 52

The last 2 days of the year!!

12.30.12

Playing around at Lucas' fun Circus themed first birthday.

12.31.12

Juli was working so the kids came to play. Lucy and Aubrey were dancing to the Little Mermaid all day!

365- Week 51

12.23.12

 All ready for church the Sunday before Christmas.

12.24.12

Aubrey LOVED playing with the Christmas Little People!!

She would take Mary, Joseph, and Baby Jesus and put them on the Christmas train pretty much everyday, and Mary always drove the train!!

12.25.12

 Merry Christmas!!

12.26.12

 The day after Christmas we drove up to Mesquite and met Chelsea and Neelie and their kids for lunch at McDonald's and then to play at Neelie's house in Bunkerville.

12.27.12 

 Aubrey and Kaylin playing together.

12.28.12

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12.29.12

Chris went snow boarding for the day and Lauren and Danielle's husbands were at a business meeting so we spent the day at the park and then grabbed dinner and took the party to my house. Always a fun time hanging out!

365- Week 50

12.16.12

 Nick and Aubrey got sick and then it wasn't too long before it hit Chloe.

12.17.12

And then Cooper.

12.18.12

 And then Alex.

12.19.12

 My cute boys all showered and ready for bed!

12.20.12

Poor Cooper was sick the longest! He missed almost a whole week of school. 

His fever just would NOT stay away!!

12.21.12

 The Ambers hosted a Pinterest Party and we made Christmas wreaths. 

They were harder than they looked, but I am pretty happy with how mine turned out!

12.22.12 

 We took all 14 kids to see Santa again this year. Always crazy, but glad we do it!!

365- Week 49

 I don't have too many pictures to choose from lately so here is a pathetic week of pictures!!

12.09.12

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12.10.12

Poor Nick got some bug and was completely lifeless for a couple of days.

12.11.12 

I made a scrapbook to thank my mom and dad for our Disneyland trip. It came in the mail last Tuesday. Now we just have to wait for Dad to get back from Macau so we can give it to them. I LOVE how it turned! I really hope they like it.

12.12.12

This is really a picture! I took a screen shot on my phone for this new recipe. It was so yummy. I can't wait to make it again!

12.13.12

Aubrey wasn't feeling so good so Cooper took a bath with her to try and cheer her up. It didn't really work! But he had fun pretending he was a dolphin in their overflowing tub!

12.14.12

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12.15.12

We just left the doctor Saturday morning and poor girl fell asleep almost instantly. Sinusitis for Miss Aubrey.

365- Week 48

 12.02.12

I was singing Happy Birthday to Nick all crazy like. You can tell by the way Nick and Aubrey are looking at me!!

12.03.12

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12.04.12 

 Nap time for baby girl. She is so nice when she is asleep!

12.05.12

 Nick and I received our Bear award. Now Nick is a Weblo. Next year he won't even be a little Cub Scout anymore.

12.06.12

Alex and Goofy the Snowman. He was a school project. Aubrey LOVED that snowman!

12.07.12

 Cooper, Aubrey and I used to go to Tropical Smoothie A LOT! Cooper had been asking to go so I told him that if he memorized his first list of 'Popcorn Words' he could have a big smoothie. That boy works well with bribery! He had all his words memorized in less than a week.

12.08.12

Nick played his last tournament of the year this weekend. They won 1, tied 1, and lost 1. 

They ended up placing #3 in their AA division. Not bad for a new team!

[Double Digits]

 December 2, 2012

My Nicholas turned 10 on the 2nd. It is crazy how fast these last 10 years have gone. 

My water broke on December 1st at about 11 o'clock PM. It woke me up and I rushed to the bathroom thinking that I had just wet the bed. Chris woke up when the bathroom light came on and came to see what was going on. He was so excited and ready to go to the hospital. I was in no pain at all and afraid to go to the hospital to just be told I needed to come back home. I was young, my first baby, unaware that they would keep you if your water broke. Chris called the hospital, my mom and they all told him that I needed to go to the hospital. I think I was in denial that it was all really happening. I was really going to get the baby that I always wanted! I stopped fighting and we drove the 20ish minutes to Mountain View Hospital. They checked me in and got me all hooked up to IV's and monitors and then it was time to wait. I still had absolutely NO pain. Pretty soon I was dilated enough to have my epidural and I decided it would be better to have it before I needed it. From then on it was a waiting game, watching some TV and dozing off here and there in between changing positions to try and move things along. Nick was "sunny side up" so nurses tried and eventually the doctor turned him around and then it was time to push. I pushed for about 5 minutes and Nicholas finally came at 1:00 PM weighing 6 lbs and 15oz. He was 21 1/2 inches long and was absolutely perfect.  At Mountain View they take the baby to the nursery after they are born to bathe and warm them for about 2 hours. And those 2 hours seemed like eternity! I always wanted to be a mom and I couldn't wait to have my own baby in my arms.

Nicholas didn't fit him right away. I called him "Tiny" and "Baby" for a while because he seemed too small to have that name.  He was such a good baby. ALWAYS happy! And he is still a good boy! 

I am thankful for the good boy that Nicholas is and that I have been given the opportunity to be his mother. He makes me happy and I am proud to have him as my son. 

 10 Facts about our 10 year old:

1. His favorite food is chips and chili

2. He still LOVES baseball. When he grows up he wants to be a baseball player.

3. His favorite colors are red and black.

4. He is turning into a clean freak like his dad and has to shower multiple times a day!

5. He is a preteen. (And has been for the last 6 months. Ben and Nick informed me of this one day when we were driving in the car, even looked it up for me on my phone).

6. His favorite book is Diary of a Wimpy Kid 7: The Third Wheel. Not a fan of reading, but give him a Diary of a Wimpy Kid book and he will pound through it in a day or 2.

7. Ben is still his best friend. I am so thankful for the bond that they have and hope it always stays that way.

8. He eats like a horse! He is definitely a growing boy. Some days he eats more that his dad. I think we may be in trouble when he is a teenager!

9. He is such a good boy. He loves to be with adults. He LOVES  to be with his grandparents, aunts, and uncles. He has both of his grandmas wrapped around his little finger. And he is still a Daddy's boy. He is my buddy and helper a lot too.

10. He is pretty quiet and bashful still at times, but every now and then he lets his crazy side show. He is a hoot and we love him.

 We had a family party at the park on Saturday, the day before his birthday. We had pizza and cake and we all played a little baseball at Nick's request.

Ben spent the night and spent the day with us to celebrate Nick's birthday. The birthday fairy came with balloons and we had chocolate chip pancakes and ham and cheese omelets for breakfast. I made Nick cookies to take to his primary class but I remembered it was Fast Sunday so Nick was happy to eat them himself. After church Jenny and Katie came over for some lasagna and Oreo cake so we could sing to Nick again! 

Happy Birthday Nick! We love you!!

California Adventure

 11.27.12

We spent day 2 at California Adventure. The majority of the day we were all together riding rides, chasing characters, having lunch, and watching the light show that night.

My mom treated all the girls to lunch at Ariel's Grotto. I promised Chloe more than 2 years ago that we would go there the next time we were at Disneyland. It was definitely a fun experience. We had a very yummy lunch, the princesses came out one by one and talked with the girls a little.  Aubrey LOVED Snow White and was crying when she left. Such a fun afternoon with all the girls!

 We scared our kids and went on the Tower of Terror! Chloe and Cooper were NOT fans.

We stayed until after the park closed watching the light show. it was really neat. We didn't get to see all of it because our kids were tired and cold but it was definitely another fun day!! 

Thanks Mom and Dad for a memorable trip!!