Piggies

Poor Ella does not have much hair (as you all know). I know that it will grow in sooner or later and it doesn't bother me all that much because I know once she has hair I will have to do it. But sometimes Ella will cry when I take Tori into my bathroom to do her hair because Ella wants her hair done too. And I often find Ella walking around the house with a comb "combing" her hair. I was getting Tori ready to go the day of our ultrasound and Ella made it clear that she wanted her hair done too, so I figured what the heck. I put Ella's hair in some little piggies and while they looked pretty funny she was very pleased with them.

My friend Lillian snapped a picture for me while she was watching the girls and I thought it was pretty cute, plus it shows that Ella really does have *some* hair now, just not a lot.

5!

Today is kinda a bittersweet day for me. Today marks the 5 year anniversary of Landon's birth. I don't know why but I have been a little emotional about this. It doesn't seem like a my baby boy should be five already. And five seems old, he will start Kindergarten this year and I don't know if I am ready for that.

I remember the day Landon was born well. I had a c-section scheduled for around noon but I didn't have him until after 5 PM because of an emergency surgery that came up (not mine someone else's) I was so nervous and excited about becoming a Mom. I figured that Landon would be a trouble maker because of all the problems he gave me before he was born, but he was almost a perfect baby. I remember the first time I laid eyes on him I thought he was the most beautiful baby in the world (which is kind of funny because when I look back at his newborn pictures now I think he was kinda funny looking in a cute newborn sort of way ;)).

Landon at about 5 months old

I am so grateful for that afternoon five years ago when Landon came into our lives. I have not been the same since. I could not have asked for a better, cuter, smarter, or sweeter boy. He brings our family so much joy and we love him so much! Happy Birthday Landon!

Landon at 5 years old!

June 7, 2010

June 7th, 2010:

Jared and I will celebrate our 7 year wedding anniversary

Ella will turn 2, 2 days prior

Jared will turn 29 a week prior

and Baby #4 is due to be born!!!

That is right we are having another baby! We found out today that we are having another BOY and we couldn't be more thrilled!I thought for sure that we were having another girl because I have been so sick (I guess I got lucky with Landon) but the ultrasound today showed a little 9oz baby boy. We have discussed a few boy names that we like but we haven't decided on anything yet. The kids are really excited, especially Landon who REALLY wants a brother.

Dolls

I had grad plans of making a bunch of homemade Christmas gifts this year, but that idea pretty much went down the toilet. I did however manage to make these dolls for my girls and for my cute little niece. My friend Lillian showed me the doll that she made for her daughter and I loved it, so I decided to make some of my own. She got the idea from this blog , and you can download the pattern for free from Martha Stewart's website.
My helpful tips for making these dolls are:
1. Be sure that after you print off the pattern that you have the pattern enlarged to 150% of the original pattern size.
2. Allow about a 1/2 inch seam allowance for those arms and legs. I didn't do this and I had to stitch all those little buggers together by hand, it would have been so much easier to sew them with my sewing machine.
3. Instead of painting the face on I stitched it on with embroidery floss, I like the look better.
Over all these dolls were really easy to make and I think they turned out super cute!

Happy New Year!

I did this last year and I thought it would be fun to do again this year:Landon December 2008Landon Decmeber 2009Tori December 2008Tori November 2009Ella December 2008 Ella November 2009

The kids Christmas Eve 2008The kids Christmas Eve 2009

Happy 2010!

Christmas 2009

(Here is a copy of our Christmas card for everyone who I don't have addresses for)

I figured I'd better do my Christmas post before the end of the year. We had a a great Christmas this year. I love that my kids are old enough to get excited about Christmas it makes everything so much more fun for everyone.

The Monday before Christmas we invited a family in our ward, the Comstocks, over for FHE. We had pizza and then we had the kids act out the Christmas story. We had a great time and the kids had so much fun playing together.This makes me laugh a little Landon was Joseph and Savannah was Mary. Landon is 4 and Savannah is 9. Tori was an angel. You can tell that we had fancy costumes ;).
On Christmas Eve we went to our friends Lillian and Blake's for dinner. We had a delicious Christmas feast. I feel so spoiled because my friend Lillian is such a great chef. I am going to be very sad when we move away from each other (of course I will miss way more then her great cooking).

After dinner we came home and got into our new Christmas pajamas. Landon and Tori woke us up at about 7 the next morning. They were so excited to see all the presents under the tree and the gifts that Santa brought them. Like always they were spoiled. Here are some pictures from Christmas morning, I didn't get a ton because the kids were way to preoccupied to cooperate for pictures. I included the above picture because Tori's face cracks me up, she was so excited!
Landon looks less then thrilled in this picture but he really was the most excited out of everyone.

Sunday Best

One of my favorite things about the Sunday before Christmas (or Easter) is seeing all the kids in the ward dressed up in their new holiday outfits. I know that before long my kids will start to have opinions about what I dress them in and they won't want to match so I am enjoying my time having full control over what they wear. Here are some pictures of the kids in their Christmas outfits, I think they looked super cute!The pants I planned to go with Landon's vest flooded on him so he wore his suit with his vest. He still looked great!I took Tori to the bathroom during Sacrament meeting and on our way back we ran into a bunch of ladies from the other ward who were waiting to go into the Relief Society room. They started saying how cute and beautiful Tori looked and she ate it up. Tori isn't the smiliest little girl in the world (especially if she doesn't know you well) but apparently all you have to do is tell her she looks pretty to get a big smile out of her. Who knew it was that easy?
I usually don't put Tori and Ella in dresses that match exactly but I just couldn't resist matching Christmas dresses.So hard to get a good picture of three little kids at once.