2 Teeth less!

James Micheal lost his two front teeth today. After a lot of crying and screaming on James Micheal's part we got them out. They were just wiggling and he couldn't eat anything hardly because it hurt to eat, so we told him it was time. The first one we tied a string to and by the time we were done, it pretty much came out on its own. We were debating on who would pull the string when James Micheal comes up to us and says' "HELLO!!". The tooth has already fallen out. The other one, we told him we needed to get the blood off his tooth, and James just yanked it out! He is already talking funny, but is happy they are out now. Oh the joys of growing children. Awkward stage begins now!!

The Kid's New Portraits.

Luckily I have a wonderful mother who takes pictures of my kids whenever I want her too. I have 8x10's of each of the kids on my dining room wall, I was contemplating how I needed to move them over to make room for Emily's newborn photo, when I realized that Sadie's is from when she is about 4 months old! Yeah she has changed a bit since then. Evan...pretty much looks the same, that kid never changes! But here they are. My mom just gets better and better. I really love Makayla's too, she is really smiling for the camera! Oh and James Micheal looks like he is ten, that kids goes through a growth spurt once a month. I can't believe Emily will be joining the rosy cheek gang so soon!

My Mother's Day!

What a wonderful mother's day I had this year. It started with yummy apple cream crepes and bacon for breakfast!! My husband is an amazing cook, he also bathed and washed all the kids, cleaned up the kitchen and living room, and did the dishes, and let me sleep in. WONDERFUL!! We went to church and the highlight of the day was watching James Micheal run crying from the pulpit during the primary song. He didn't know the words, got scared and embarrassed and took off running. Everyone was giving him this look like they had so much pity on him, but I was just laughing so hard I could barely contain myself. It was a great memory either way, and I loved that he is such a tender heart!! All the kids, except for Sadie of course,gave me homemade presents they made at school. Evan gave me a cute magnet picture of him, Makayla gave me a marigold and her name brailled on a card. James Micheal gave me an awesome butterfly he made and my first handwritten card from him! I loved them all, I think I need to have a file for all their presents over the years. We went to my parents after church and James got to talk to Dustin and Will who are both on their missions right now. We had yummy kabobs and smores after dinner!!! My mom took great pictures of the kids in their sticky glory. All in all a wonderful night. I am so grateful I can be a mom to these wonderful little kidlets. They are getting too old already!

Emmy's Quilt...

is done!! I won't say it is perfect, I know its not actually but I do like how it turned out. For my first quilt I say it turned out a lot better than I thought I could do on my own. Either way I am sure Emmy will like the bright colors during tummy time and spitting up all over it. I am glad I did a special blanket for her, I think it shows how I feel about each of the kids when I make them a keepsake as babies. I feel like it shows how I think of them as individuals and not as a group. I can't wait to meet her!!

Spur of the moment.

So my husband is super awesome. He is super awesome because Friday morning he called and told me we were going to Seattle with the family and having a spur of the moment trip. He wanted us to go somewhere before I had Emmy. Let's just say we have gone through a lot of stressful things in the last month and a half and everyone needed a break. With MRI's, exams under anesthia, blood testing, genetics testing, influenza A, hand foot and mouth, and a crazy school schedule and tough pregnancy....yeah, we were drained. It was nice to go to the science center, play in the park, and go to ikea. The kids were spoiled with candy and eating whatever they wanted. James was wonderful and carried and chased everything and everyone. And I got some great foot and back rubs from my sons and hubby. Here are pictures in no particular order. And the one of Sadie was just a funny shot James took at home. She did love the mirrored doors at the hotel. She would kiss and talk to her reflection at least three times a day. So cute!! Here is my adorable family, I can't wait till little Emmys smiles are added to the gaggle!!!