The "wii" - I mean SANTA finally came!!! Yippee!!

My boys were SO excited for Christmas this year! Luckily Santa didn't disappoint and hand delivered a wii for them! They are very excited to have their own since Grandma Squirrel got one and they fell in love with it!! They had a great morning - although I was laying on the couch in severe pain from my kidney stone - I took about 10 photos and went back to bed... Usually I take hundreds, and I would have loved to... oh well

Thanks to Papa Bob and Grandma Di for sending Lego Sets - they spent the whole afternoon working on them leaving me and Jason to sleep .. this was taken from my pillow!!
such excitement!!! Thank you SANTA!!!

Colton, Caden and Jason were sick too... they all had the stomach flu and slept most of the day after all the presents were opened! We were a sad bunch for Christmas! I won't show the "puke" photo i have... save that one for Caden's first date!!!

26 Weeks... almost!

Here she is at 25 weeks and 5 days... everything looks great and the doctor said she is gonna be a teeny baby compared to my big chunk-a-lunk boys!! She is measuring a week smaller than she is supposed to AND she is only in the 20th percentile of the younger gestational age... so...

I think she is gonna be following in my genetic footsteps and weigh under 8 pounds -

unlike her almost 9 pound brothers!!

I am having lots of tightness and cramping when I do too much - luckily, photo season is finally over and I have all my Christmas stuff done - so I should be able to relax and enjoy the last 3 months of being HUGE and UNCOMFORTABLE!!! It is worth every second as long as our little girl is healthy and strong!! She sure does kick and wriggle enough that I would think she is a brute already!! And she always has the hiccups!! So cute! I am starting to think about nursery colors and admire all the cute girly clothes and accessories out there! I can't wait to meet her!

This ultrasound photo was done in 3D - cause the tech is so awesome and wanted to show the boys her baby sister with all the "bells and whistles"... so here she is sucking on her hand and her other hand is right up there next to her face ....

and this one is a shot of her nose and open mouth looking up at her -

she had her head tilted back and was hiding a little bit

Boys get to see SANTA!!!

We went to my aunts store (Junky Trunk) to see SANTA fly in on his helicopter for a very special visit for all the kids! The kids loved watching him fly in on almost "flew" off to the North Pole themselves when he landed from all the wind! It was cute!!

Friend Christmas Party!!

Our annual Christmas party with my high school friends and our husbands!! Ate at Oreganos and played the Dollar game - We always have so much fun!! We missed you Erin and Kristen!!

Ward Christmas Party!

This is our only family photo from Christmas 2007 since we all ended up being sick that whole week.... Don't mind my fat Santa belly and outie belly button...

At least my boys look so handsome all dressed up!!

Talon loves salad!! He is such a healthy eater!!

For those of you looking closely... Colton ate a piece of ham and that roll in his hand, Caden ate everything on his plate... plus 2 more slices of ham...

He can and usually will "out eat" both his big brothers!

Caden's Birthday!!

Caden turned 3!! All he talked about for months was going to Chuck E Cheese for his party! So we went!! When we walked in he threw his hands up in the air and yelled "Chuck E Cheese"... it was so cute and made the bill worth every penny!! He loves Diego and Tif and I made him the cutest cake!! Right before we left I got it out of it's hiding spot and left it for like 15 minutes... came back and there were little chunks of icing taken out of it... luckily it was done by the birthday boy himself or someone would have been in trouble AND I had already taken photos of it perfect... so... here it is!!

"... a little here a little there.... mom won't notice!"

"note to the 'gifters'.. a $2 bill is all you need!!

It Rained... and Rained some more!!

Talon and Caden love to play in the puddles outside when it rains and I had these cute boots and raincoat so I couldn't resist!! They had so much fun and I got some great shots of them enjoying "brotherhood!" Sorry Colton - you were in school!!

Caden and Talon playing NICE!!

The boys love to play outside and their latest thing is playing in the very back of the yard with the dump trucks and mess up Dad's landscaping! Well one day I saw Caden out there playing so cute and "boylike" - it was the perfect light so I took my camera and started shooting away... The funniest thing happens when you start to take pictures of one cute little boy and not the other - the OTHER one gets jealous...

here is the timeline...

They are hugging duke and posing... then they move back to the trucks and play... until Caden doesn't wanna share his truck with Talon..

Talon precedes to take a big scoop of dirt and dump it right on top of

Caden's cute little happy face. Caden starts to cry - mom keeps taking pictures - and Talon gets yelled at while mom is still taking pictures of Caden trying to breathe ...

Then mom finally gets enough of Caden covered in dirt and goes over to Talon - but he is so cute and grumpy - mom starts taking pictures of HIM ...

My boys are so dang cute.... even when they are total BRATS!!!