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So, here's how it is. I was so worried about life with 3 kids, I would think things like, "what if I can't handle this" or "HOW does anyone do this", and finally, "too late now, here we are". Turns out, I loooove my kids, and I was right to have such thoughts. Life is crazy around here. Not quite asylum crazy, more like funhouse crazy. You never know what you're going to step in, I literally get dizzy from going around cleaning the same things over and over, it's noisy, and-let's face it smells kind of weird sometimes. Tink and Kermit are great, they always crack me up and they love to help with Smalls. They do have their moments still, you know the ones-where you kind of want to just put them away in a box like you do with puppies. Never in my life did I think I would have to scream out, "Ethan, quit letting the Bakugans shoot the Pet Shop!" While Tink is running out of her room frantically with her arms full of little tiny Pet shop pets.

The first grade humor around here is getting out of control. My children are positive that if you say the word poop in place of anything ie. "tonight for dinner we're having chicken and poop" it is absolutely hilarious. Sometimes it makes me want to squeeze the poop out of them-but then I would have to clean it up, so see-not hilarious.

The other night, Rambo was at work, but there was a ward party, so I decided the kids and I would go. It was fun, there was the ceremonious running through the halls (all the kids were doing it mom). So when it came time to leave, I had 2 very tired children (hallelujah!) On the way home, Tink was so funny. She sat in her seat with her head tilted back and her eyes closed very tight, she then announced, "MOOOOM, I CAN'T SEE MY BRAIN!" Followed up with, "Ethan, turn on the light." I was dying laughing.

Kermit very seriously explained to Tink that even if he turned the light on she would not be able to see her brain because her eyes had to be closed to see it, but when you close your eyes everything goes dark anyway.

This is the very first scientific discussion Tink has ever had.

I know one day she will be brilliant, however, at this point I think we should just plan on her being a stunt woman someday.

Tink is incredible with Smalls. She loves her to pieces (almost literally). She collects stuffed animals from everywhere in the house and puts them all around Smalls. Poor baby, she has no idea what to think of her siblings. They know exactly how they feel about her though, they adore her, to a scary point sometimes. We are very grateful she has made it this far.



Isn't she absolutely precious? Her hand isn't weird in real life, it's perfect ( I just caught her in a moment of action-packed baby waving).

I beg her every day to just stay like this.

Look at this sweet blanket, her Aunt Tricia made it-yep, that's right folks MADE IT! It smells wonderful and it's soft and sweet, it's perfect. Thank you thank you thank you Aunt Tricia.

The cute little duckies jammies are from Grammy, they are the "Grammy jammies" ha! I just thought that up all by myself. I'll be here all week.

Look how cute the edges are of this blanket, they're all ruffley, how did she do that? My sis is amazing.

And check out those cheeks! They're coming in nicely, I love to just chew on them.

And thank you Aunt Camille for they beautiful dresses! Tink couldn't wait to wear her "spot dress" so she's worn it a couple times. Smalls doesn't fit into her's just yet, we'll get there though (even thought I'm seriously trying to talk her out of growing altogether.)

Anyway, life with 3 is nuts, and hilarious, and wonderful, and busy. Sometimes an asylum doesn't sound so bad...

But just for me-and only sometimes.

Love to everyone!!!

You're killin' me Smalls!

Just a little howdy from Aubrey aka Smalls.

Isn't that too funny, she looks like she's waving and everything.Kickin' it in the bouncy chair. Why don't they make chairs like this for adults? I would definitely get one-oh, better yet, the swinging chairs-yeah, cuz they recline and everything, plus you don't have to pump your legs, it just swings for you...man, now that's the life.How cute is this little face? We kiss it way too much, actually just enough, I bet we could do more.

And now, a little look at the world through my eyes. Just a little one though, trust me, you wouldn't want the whole thing.

Blessing Day (and other fun things)

Wow, again, I have let too much time go by since I last posted.

Aubrey was blessed yesterday, and it was sooo much fun to have family come up here, it was really good to see my goofy brother. Every time I get to see them, it just reminds me of how much I miss them.Here's sweet little Aubrey in her blessing stuff. All 3 of our kids have been blessed in this little number, I think they look absolutely precious in it, I love tying the bottom closed and then watching them kick around inside it. Too too cute.

I kind of like her.

This is just some weird guy we let come to the blessing, then he followed us to our house for treats afterward...who does he belong to?

Love you Gramps. Me and my baby. Love her!And the big stars of the day, Aubrey with her sweet daddy. He did such an amazing job on the blessing, he always does. I love hearing him pray for our babies, I love my sweetheart (sometimes I kiss him).Okay, are these the funniest things you've ever seen? I love them! They're called baby legs and I got them at Target (of course-I don't know what I would do without that store). Tink helped me pick them out, she liked the rainbow ones for little sis. Doesn't she look like a 1980's aerobics instructor? LOVE IT!Speaking of sisters! How cute are these 2 together. Tink loves to hold her, I just have to constantly remind her that Aubrey is not a doll. PLAYDOUGH NIGHT!!!

My creative children, Kermit made this colorful little ball, he called it a Tribite. He just corrected me on the grammar, see, it needed a capital "T" because that's his name. What a show-off.
Tink made a caterpillar, and I made the monster! I'm sooo good at playdough, don't even try to beat me in a playdough-monster-making contest, I will kick your trash!
CAN WE KEEP HER??? My super cute sis-in-law came up on Valentine's weekend to hang out and meet Aubrey and take out my garbage and do my dishes and just be awesome. It was sooo good to have her come, I love this woman. My kids are crazy about her too, they had a really hard time letting her go home-okay, so it was actually me who had a hard time letting her go, but who's counting?

They're doing Mad-Libs together, she had my kids in hysterics with her yoda voice. She was so much fun.Jen, come back anytime for as long as you want. We love you and miss having you here, every time we make smoothies we will think of you. The thing is, I make smoothies every day, so your nose must be pretty itchy.Woowee!!!! Naked girl!!! I love baby bathtime, it is so precious, and smells so good and is so difficult to get them out and onto the towel safely without dropping them. Luckily, I haven't dropped one yet (although, you wouldn't know it with Tink). I love giving her baths, she loves them too. Kermit is so awesome with Aubrey, he loves to hold her and feed her and protect her from Tink. He's such a good brother, what would we do without you Kermit? He loves that he can hold her and walk around with her. Tink, well, she loves doughnuts.
Just a sweet little girl.
We love having this little girl in our house, it seems like she took forever to get here, but she was definitely worth the wait.

Welcome to the Nuthouse!

This is our Aubrey! She's pretty much the sweetest baby ever, we are so in love with her we can hardley stand it. She was born last Friday, Jan. 23rd. She weighed 8 lbs. 1 oz., and was 20.5" long. Her delivery-well, it just plain sucked. The anasthesiologist came in to do my epidural, and he did such a great job that my chest went numb, so I couldn't feel myself breathing, it was not my favorite sensation. He turned down the dosage so I could breathe again, but I was able to feel every other glorious thing going on as well. I won't go into details, I'll just tell you that it really stunk, and I don't understand why you would do that to yourself by choice. Drugs are gooooood -as long as they work. I think I should get a discount or something on that epidural.Now, onto the other loveliness of the delivery, the cord was around Aubrey's little neck, however, it didn't hurt her (thank goodness). But she did have a bit of a breathing problem, so they kept us at the hospital an extra night to keep an eye on her. She's doing great! She's just breathing away-inhale, exhale, repeat-yep, she's got it down!
Are those the funniest little booties you've ever seen? The nurse brought her back to me the first night-after vitals and stats and what-not, with this little hat and booties, they crack me up. Look at those little chicken legs and then those huge boofy booties.

Here we are just kickin' it. She's seriously such a good baby, and pretty easy to read. We love having her home with us. Tink and Kermit love her to pieces already, they kiss her and give her toys, and want to hold her and snuggle her. They're both obsessed with her tiny feet (who can blame them?) They're always asking me to show them her feet.

And of course, Rambo has always been a sucker for babies, and it looks to me like she's in love with him too. They are so cute together, it borders on sickening-well, maybe not, cuz I actually really like it. Rambo is such a good daddy, and he's just my very best friend. I don't know what I would have done without him by my side through all of this. Aubrey's delivery was easily the hardest physical experience of my life, and I just feel all too blessed that I had my loving husband to help me through it all. He's the best, I would be lost without him. I love love love you honey!

Yay for babies!!

Wow, finally, a new post!

I just wanted to post a couple pics of Christmas Eve. I don't even have Christmas day, they were taken on a different camera which we left at Nana's house. We are wonderful parents.

So, Tink and Kermit got to decorate a real Christmas tree on Christmas Eve, they loved it! We got a couple pictures of them perfecting their masterpiece.

Tink was in love with this little sled ornament. She hung it on the tree, then took it off and "sledded" it all over the house. Then, she hung it on the tree and "sledded" again, and so on. I think it may have made it back on the tree, but I can't be sure. She also made sure the owl ornaments got to ride on it, she's very sweet that way.

They had a good time, and it was a wonderful idea! Thanks Nana and Grandpa for being so fun!

Here they are in their Christmas jammies. I can tell you, I have never had an easier time getting these 2 to bed than on Christmas Eve. It was a Christmas miracle! That and the Benadryl probably helped a little.
We had a great holiday, and we got completely spoiled, thank you, everyone, for the wonderful presents! Nana and Grandpa, thank you for letting us come stay, and thank you for all you do for us. Your generosity is amazing. We love you!

On another note! We are scheduled to be induced Friday, the 23rd, so hopefully my next post will include pictures of our brand new little girl!!! We cannot wait to meet her!

Dashing!

Holy crap! Christmas is next week! This month is ridiculously fast. Remember when you were a kid and Christmas seemed like bazillions of years away from Thanksgiving? Luckily, I have had tons of help preparing for the holiday, enjoy Tink helping me paint, and just singin' along to her own little tune.

Here we are at the Meridian Christmas parade, it's a jim dandy of a parade if you love old cars, fire trucks, marching bands, and trailers with tinsel on them. Lucky for me, my kids do love these things and they had a great time! They got tons of candy, and even a little beanie baby, Tink's was a turkey, and she immediately proclaimed how much she loved her chicken. Kermit got a blue dinosaur and for the rest of the parade, the dinosaur was trying to eat the chicken-good times.Yep, there's the big guy himself-no, not on a sleigh, but a fire truck, Kermit thought that was probably a better way to go, the reindeer need their rest.Her first day of Primary.

How cute is this? I had a moment of shear genius, this does not happen very often, but here we are. The little nursery kids get to come in for singing time now to prepare them for Primary, and it just so happens that since I'm in the front, I had a great view of the little monkeys, and I happened to have my camera (what are the odds?) So, here's Tink on her very first day of Primary...and-might I add, sitting next to a rather dapper young man. Get a load of that outfit! How cute is he?!? Way to go Tink!

Kermit and Santa, here's what I love about taking this kid to see the fat guy: he's all business. This little smile he's giving me-oh yeah, he's totally annoyed that I would interrupt his "meeting".

And, more of Tink, no, she's not dead, she is making snow angels, they are all over my backyard, along with the "prints". She's loving this snowy weather, she was outside for almost an hour before I could convince her to come inside and get warm. Playing on her sled...
....and more snow angels. Look at that red little nose! And her cheeks, I am so in love with this girl.

Kermit and I decided we needed a gingerbread house this year. He was so helpful with all the candies, Tink just ate them, but Kermit-man, Christmas is all business for this guy, it's awesome. Here he is with the finished product, I know it's more of a gingerbread barn, but still, it's our first attempt, and I'm pretty excited it turned out as good as it did. Look at that smile, he lost another tooth.

All I want for Christmas is my six front teeth.

We're so excited for the big day, and not even close to ready, my Christmas cards will finally go in the mail tomorrow, what is wrong with me? And, I finally got around to buying stocking stuffers today, I gotta tell you, I found the funniest thing for Kermit, they're star wars figures, and they have their light sabers and stuff, but instead of a "saber" on the handle it's a candy cane, and the storm trooper has a wreath around his gun. Oh! And Darth Vader is wearing a Santa hat. I can't wait for him to see those! I got them at Target just in case anyone needs to have them. In the stocking stuffer section!

Anyway, enjoy your holidays! And if you don't get everything done, just consider it money saved for a pedicure!

Too sweet

Just a quick little story to tug at the heart strings. Tonight, I was putting the kids to bed, and I've been letting them choose Christmas stories before we go to bed, they usually pick 2 out of our pile of Christmas books. Well, tonight, Ethan chose Grandpa's book. He opened it up and saw the things he'd written to us (he gave us a super duper signed copy with a sweet little message) and he started to cry. I can't say I blame him, he really misses Grandpa, so do I. I don't know what's harder, missing him, or watching my child grieve.

I got him to calm down, and we looked through the book together, and admired all the artwork-E made several comments on what a great artist Grandpa was, and asked how long it took him to become such a good artist. I told him that Grandpa started working on his art when he was E's age. A little later, I went in to check on him and here's what I found...

He's working on -what I'm sure will be a best-seller someday.

Keep on keepin' on little man!