Jumping in the Sprinkler!

There is nothing more fun than JUMPING on the trampoline with the sprinkler!  

Remember these days?  Seems like yesterday! 

They jumped the whole day and so it was an easy bedtime :)

Spring Break 2012

here's a video from our trip to utah to visit my family. we missed christmas with them b/c of mckay's birth so we made it to the snow in utah during spring!

Bikes!

Carden and Brooke love to ride their bikes! Carden has been riding a two wheeler for over two months or so. He pretty much taught himself. He now rides a bigger bike so I need to get Rhead some training wheels so he can ride a bigger bike. Brooke loves her bike. She rides all day long! They love to tighten the screws and they pretend they are fixing their bikes!! I remember those days! I love riding bikes. Hopefully we will be in a neighborhood soon so they can actually ride somewhere!

Weight Comparison

Carden Weight

Birth: 8 lbs

3 day: 7.14

16 days: 8.4

2 month: 11.15

4 months: 15.3

12 months: 24.12

18 Months: 26.6

2 years: 31

3 years: 34

B/R Weight

Birth: 5.13B, 6.14R

5 day: 5.3B, 6R

3 weeks: 5.15B, 6.13R

2 Month: 9.12B, 10.10 R

4 Month: 12.7B, 14.2 R

6 Month: 15.3B, 16.10 R

9 Month: 18.14 B, 20 R

12 Month: 21.8 B, 23 R

2 year: 31 B, 31 R

McKay Weight

Birth: 8.3

4 day: 7.13

2 week: 8.10

3 months: 13.8
6 months:
9 months: 17lbs 11 oz. (25%)

It is much better being done with the newborn phase. I just can't take the whole stress of weight gain for each baby I have. I keep reading articles on nursing and weight gain just to make myself feel better about being a nursing mother. I have read some blogs of people having a hard time as well with weight gain with their newborn so I know I am not the only one. I know that maybe I should have given up with the whole nursing thing for all my babies but I just couldn't and for many reasons.

Motherhood is hard. But I LOVE LOVE holding a baby in my arms. I have always loved taking care of babies. I remember when I was young I would go and spend a month with my cousins just to hold a baby. I would also dedicate several hours a week at Sister Wright's house just to hold and bottle feed her baby. I loved it. I remember thinking that I couldn't wait to have a baby of my own. Now I have four babies and I love them all!

Happy Easter 2012

We even started our little garden!! Hope it grows.

We had a fun Easter with Grandma, Grandpa, and the van Beevers. We had an awesome egg hunt and great food! Justin of course was the chef! The day was absolutely beautiful!

Oh and does anyone know how to fix the setting so you can blow up each picture when you click on it?? For some reason I only get the first of every upload to blow up. :(