Easter

I have this neighbor who seems to have more energy then anyone I know. She loves to go all out for things and this time it just so happened to be the Easter egg hunt for all the neighborhood friends. Well, of course we have a ginormous snow storm the day before the hunt so she is in shambles trying to figure out where to host this hunt at, since her backyard is now covered in a foot of snow. Well, me being the UN-energetic person that I am told her to just cancel it, but oh no, not her. Where better to have it then in the church gym. The kids were so excited and loved every minute of it. But the fun didn't stop there. We then went up to my mom's house and the festivities continued. Everyone enjoyed being with family and coloring eggs.

Snowmen, Snow Forts and Snow Cones - In ApRiL

We have had MaNy snowmen around this place, but I think this is the best one yet.

Justin was so excited to show me his very 1st snowman he built all on his own.

After seeing Justin's snowman Logan kept begging me to come out to help him build one for him, but I had the neighbor kids here and Allie and her little friend are DoUbLe TrOuBlE when they are together. So I just didn't feel good about leaving them in the house alone, plus I was trying to get Abbie fed and down for a nap.

After much begging and pleading and feeling like I was a bad mom because Logan needed me and I wasn't able to give him the time and attention he needed I finally was able to get Abbie to sleep and the other two in snow clothes to come out with me. Once I got out side Logan informed me "nevermind, I don't want to build a snowman anymore". REALLY LOGAN!

Frustrated, I went back inside, took off all my snow clothes along with the trouble makers. Just to have Justin start begging and pleading for me to help him build a snow fort. AHHHH! A good mom would just do it without having to feel the guilt, but nope not me. The neighbor kids left. Allie and Abbie were both asleep, so on came the snow clothes, AgAiN. Well the second I went to walk out the door Allie woke up, Abbie woke up and neither of them were happy. But out we went to spend some time with Justin. I felt like he was in need of some attention himself.

But you can't have fresh fall'in snow without enjoying a yummy snow cone.and you can't enjoy a yummy snow cone without being in need of some hot chocolate to warm the little body from the inside out!

And in the end it makes all the hassle of the day

WORTH IT!

Sisters

It has been ALOT of fun watching Allie with her new baby sister. She has been such a big helper and surprisingly I haven't seen any jealousy. In fact every time she sees Abbie she says "it's still my turn. I need to hold her on my yap". She sure loves her little sister and you can already tell that Little Abbie is going to LoVe her big sissy...

Abbie Mae

2 weeks old

I've decided that 2 weeks flies by alot faster just after having a baby then it ever has at any other point in my life.

How am I suppose to cherish these moments if they go by so fast?

She didn't like Allie's Build-A-Bear outfit so much, but it was a perfect fit! :)

Allie felt like she needed to get in on the picture taking.

What a cute little stink!

Thanks Nikki Lou for spending the day with me and taking these for me.

Even though little Coy scratched her eye right before. Oops! ;)

Toothless

Justin has had this tooth hanging by a thread for a few days now, but tonight Derrick told him it was time to come out. He insisted on doing it himself. So after 10-20 mins of walking around with dental floss tied to it and slightly yanking on it he gave up and decided he was too chicken. Derrick told him he would untie it for him. HA! I'm not sure why anyone would trust a mischievous person such as him... Hence the end result... You look good buddy!

Induction Day

We arrived at the hospital at 6:00 am for our scheduled induction. Everything was looked good and was going well. They came and broke my water around 10:00 am so I figured it would go pretty fast after that, just as it has in the past. NO, for some strange reason, unknown to us, they decided to turn off the Pit drops for a while, as a result turning off my progression as well. We sat and sat. And sat and sat, with little to no progression. They finally came and turned them back on, but at that same time my O2 levels kept dipping and making them nervous. Nothing a little O2 couldn't handle. Finally after many times of rotating from side to side and making me lay down more (because I liked sitting up so I could breath better) our little surprise decided it was time to come. Or maybe it was finally because my mom came to check on us and then left since we were still going to be awhile. With all four of my kids she has came to the hospital determined to be close by for the birth (not necessarily in the room). With Justin she came, I was at a 5, so she left to run a quick errand. We called her 20 min later telling her we had the baby and she would need to come to find out what it was. She didn't believe us until she came and they wouldn't let her in the room because they were still getting everything cleaned up. Then with Logan she came and decided she would take Justin on a short walk out in the waiting room area and when she came back 10-15 mins later I had, had him. I delivered both of them in Orem, so when she found out I was delivering Allie her in Tooele, she was determined not to miss it. She hung out for a few hours but with the rate we were going she decided it seemed safe to run home for a moment. Before she had even reached her house we had called to tell her we had the baby. So I sat ALL day waiting for Abbie to come while my mom when and enjoyed a leisure lunch with her friend, calling to check on things every so often, with no progression at all. she finally stopped by, but nothing had been happening all day. She decided once again to run home and within 30 mins Abbie joined this crazy world. If you ask me it was pretty rude that mom didn't meet us at the hospital when we arrived there at 6:00 am and then maybe she could have left around 6:30 am so this baby could have came a little sooner! :)

We were pretty excited to find out it was another girl and decided we couldn't have planned our family more perfectly, 2 rough and tough boys in a row and then 2 sweet and precious little girls in a row. Since we have never found out what we were expecting it's always been fun to make the grandparent come to the hospital to find out what we had as well. Unfortunately it didn't work out quite the same way this time. Derricks mom stayed with the kids while we were at the hospital and since due to the H1N1 virus that was rapidly spreading, they weren't able to come and visit. So rather then keeping them in suspense for 24 hours til we were able to bring her home, we called to let them know. Justin asked immediately if it was a sister, so we asked him what we would name her if it was a sister? He said "Abbie". Derrick said "well, I think we have an Abbie in our family". They were so excited.