Busy, Busy, Busy

So, for all of you who have commented about how much of a blogging slacker I've been....I'm SORRY! I think I have had some pretty good excuses, but I do admit that I am a slacker. Oh, well. At least I've accepted that fact! :0)

Here are a few of the things that are keeping me busy:

#1: Bryn

This is Bryn with her cousins, Dawson (12 days older than Bryn) and Carter (1 month younger). As you can see she did not like them invading her personal space!

Part of a smile. The picture of her full smile was blurry, darn it!!

Look at that double chin! You should see her thighs! :0) We finally have a chubbs!! :0)

She is such a sweet little baby! She went through a period of crying from 8 PM to about 11 PM, but that is now over. Thank goodness! Now she goes to bed between 8:00-9:00 and usually sleeps 4-5 hours at a time. Last night was amazing! She slept 8 full hours straight!!! I woke up at 4 AM and had to check on her to make she was breathing! She finally woke up at 5 AM to eat and then slept another 3 hours! I guess our little princess thought she needed more beauty sleep! :0) She is smiling a lot now and is very happy in the mornings usually. Paige and Austin can't get enough of her and neither can Brian nor I! :0)

#2: Paige

Paige has started preschool again and is loving it of course!! She is such a social little girl and needs that interaction with the kids and teachers. Since we moved to a younger neighborhood, she has been in heaven! She is outside more than she is inside lately and I'll take that as long has the weather cooperates! ;0) Paige is always surprising us with funny phrases and ideas. She remember things better than the rest of us and definitely keeps us on our toes constantly! She loves to tell us that Heavenly Father made her a vegetable eater and, boy, did He! This girl LOVES almost every vegetable we put in front of her. Crazy, but I'm not complaining!! Her primary teachers always comment on how bright she is and how much fun she is. I guess she REALLY likes to sing the primary songs that they'll be singing in the Primary program in a few weeks. If I'm out in the hall with Bryn, I can usually hear her singing at the top of her lungs. It will be interesting to see how she does during the program!! ;0)

#3: Austin

Austin has become my little buddy since Paige has gone back to school. He loves to help me with Bryn (a little too much at times), help me cook, and help me with pretty much anything I'm doing. He talks all the time and says some of the funniest things. The other day I went out to ask Paige and Austin if they wanted grilled cheese sandwiches for lunch and Austin must have thought I said "girl" cheese sandwiches, because he said, "No, Mom, I want a 'boy' cheese sandwich!" It was so cute!! Then he was pestering Paige like always and she asked him if he was trying to make her cry and he said simply, "Yes". I was trying so hard not to laugh!! :0)

#4: Our new house

We are far from having everything put together the way I want it, but can I tell you...we are loving our new house. It's so much nicer than what we were in. I don't feel embarrassed to have people over, there's room (plus some) for all of our stuff, and the kids have room to run and play. I think the best thing is that we have a fenced-in backyard! LOVE IT!! Oh yeah, and we have a dishwasher and a garage. Ahhhhh, so nice!! :0)

#5: Bows, bows, bows

A friend asked me to make some bows for her granddaughters and it has been so fun getting into bow-making again! I couldn't help but make a couple bows for my girls while I was at it. Aren't they cute?!? I think my favorites are the butterflies and Bryn's Halloween bow! :0)

Where did the time go?

Seriously, this summer has just been crazy busy! Besides enjoying life with Paige, Austin and now our sweet baby, Bryn, we are in the process of moving into a bigger, much nicer house! We're very excited for this move because we can stay in our ward, we'll be in a younger neighborhood with kids Paige and Austin's age, and did I mention a bigger, much nicer house?!? :0) The timing of the move isn't the best with a brand new baby and all, but oh well. I think we'll live with it. :0)

I have some new pictures to post of Bryn and the kids, but I'll have to post them once we get settled in the new house because I'm really needing to get more packing done. By the way, if any of you who live nearby are free Saturday afternoon and evening, we'll be moving beds, w/d, etc. and doing the dreaded cleaning. Ya'll are more than welcome to help out!! :0) I'll think of some really nice way to pay you back, I promise! ;0)

She's here!!!

Sorry it's taken me so long to get this posted. We did try to post some pics at the hospital but our computer wouldn't connect with the hospital's network for some reason. Plus, things have been a little busy around here for some reason. :0)

Anyway, Bryn Madison was born Tuesday, August 4th at 11:28 AM. She weighed 7 lbs.. 3 oz. and was 20 1/2 in. long. I did go in the night before to start the induction. They used Cytotec to soften the cervix throughout the night and then broke my water at 8:00 AM. I ended up not even needing the Pitocin which was great. My contractions came hard enough on their own at that point. I barely had enough time for the epidural to kick in before I delivered. It took the edge off the pain, but didn't block the pain much. At least my recovery was great because that's when the epidural really took full effect. :0) Oh well. We're just so happy she's here. She is a beautiful, healthy girl and we feel so blessed to have her in our family!!

Paige and Austin are in love with her, too!! :0)

Here's Bryn and her cousin, Dawson. He was born 12 days before Bryn. I love that she'll have cousins so close in age to play with when they're older!!

Can you believe the hair on this girl. I'm sure some of you remember how little hair Paige and Austin had when they were born. When the doctor said that it looked like we'd have a baby with a full head of dark hair, all I could say was, "What?!?" Finally a baby that takes after me in the hair department! :0)

Here she is as of tonight. She'll be 5 days old tomorrow. It's crazy how quickly they change, isn't it?!?

Baby Dawson

Here are some promised (yet belated) pics of our new nephew, Dawson! He is such a sweet baby boy! He reminds me a lot of how Austin was as a baby, very mellow and good-natured. We are getting very excited to have Dawson and his little girl cousin together soon! Congrats, Kandra and Brandon! We love you!

Baby update

So, I've decided I have the best doctor ever! At my appointment on Tuesday he said that I could either wait and go on my own or he could schedule my induction for early this next week. With this heat and just feeling uncomfortable, I definitely opted for the induction!! :0) As long as the hospital has a room for me Monday night, I'll be going in then and will hopefully have our little girl Tuesday! Yippee!!!!! Paige and Austin are very excited. They talk about Baby Sister all the time and I think they'll be great with her. I know Paige will be her normal "Mother Hen" self and I think Austin will follow her example. (He usually does whether that example is good or bad!!) I just hope all the months we've put into potty-training Austin won't go out the window once baby girl is here!!

Anyway, I'll try to post pictures as soon as we're home and settled. (Notice I said "try". I've learned not to promise anymore!) :0) Wish us luck!!

Congratulations!!

My sister, Kandra, just had her baby boy early this afternoon. Baby Dawson Heath was born at 12:11 pm. He weighed 8 lbs 1 1/2 oz. and was 21" long. I'm told he's healthy and both mommy and Dawson are doing well. We are so excited to see him tomorrow when they get home from the hospital. I'll try to remember my camera so I can take some pics and post them later!! I have to admit that I'm a little jealous that she has her little baby here to hold and cuddle with, but I'm mostly relieved that it's her and not me because I have too many things to finish before Baby Girl comes. :0) We love you, Kandra, and we are so happy that everything went well and that Dawson is here safe and sound!! Congrats again!!

Nebeker reunion

I just realized that I haven't posted about the 1st ever Nebeker reunion. We decided that our family is finally big enough to have our own reunion with Mom and Dad and all the kids and grandkids. It was so much fun! We camped down near Vernal, enjoyed the sun and water the first full day and then tried to stay dry the 2nd day. It was also my mom's birthday so the grandkids put their handprints and names on an apron for her. It was so cute and the kids LOVED the special project for Grandma. Of course, Grandma thought it was the best thing ever! :0)

You have to love this 1st picture. At first glance you just see us all chillin' by the lake, then if you look closer you see my lovely brother behind us just being himself. Thank you, Lance! :0)

This was my favorite activity. Taking the kids on canoe rides. Much cooler on the water! ;0)

You have a little sand on your face, Austin! :0)

Here's the apron. It says, "Best Grandma Hands Down"

All the grandkids as of May 2009

Silly boy. I think he just got done peeing in the bushes and he thought that was the best thing ever!! :0)

Steadman's

My friends have had their pictures up from this family outing for a very long time now, oh well. Better late than never, right?

Anyway, there is a very fun, family-owned place about 10-15 minutes away from us called Steadman's. The family actually built waterslides, a zip line, fire pit, volleyball court and more in their backyard (it's a very big backyard) and opened it up to the public as long as they make reservations. It's a great place for some fun. The weather wasn't the best, but it actually didn't rain (one of the two days the entire month of June that it didn't rain here) so it worked out wonderfully!

Bri on the zip line

Austin and I had to join in on the fun.
Paige went down by herself after the first time and even brought the tube up by herself. She did switch to a smaller tube after this trip up with the big tube, though! :0)

Just some random pics from June

My camera was missing for a couple days. I finally asked Paige if she knew where it was and she said, "Yeah, Austin hid it". When I looked at the pictures, I noticed that there were about 200 pictures that I did not take, but I can guess who did. Can you?!?

Notice the jammies. Yeah, we thought they were asleep! Who knows what time they actually fell asleep. Oh well!

I had some time to play with Paige's hair one day and this is what we did. Definitely a hair-do for when you have some time to sit and do it. It was so cute, though!!

Paige and Austin wanted a little photo shoot. They, of course, had to have one with a silly face. I love how Austin was looking at Paige to see how to make the same face! :0)

Silly boy!

How is that comfortable, Austin?!?

Has it seriously been almost 2 months?!?

Time sure has been flying the closer I get to D-day! This is both good and bad. It's good because I'm definitely getting tired of being pregnant (only 2 more weeks, hopefully), but bad because I have so many things to get done before Baby Girl arrives. At least I have our reunions and the Stake Primary Activity Day done and over with (both were so much fun, by the way). Now I have my SIL's baby shower on Saturday and I think that's pretty much it. Then baby can come any day she'd like! :0)

Anyway, I'll try to post several little posts so you aren't too overwhelmed by all the pictures. Here it goes.

The beginning of June, our fam went to Boise for our nephew, Max's, baby blessing. It was so fun seeing him again and meeting our other nephew, Sam, for the first time! It will be fun adding a little girl to the mix soon! ;0) Here are a few pics from our time there.

Bri taking a nap with "Sumo Sam". Can you believe those cheeks?!?

Dan's wife, Rachael, had to try this little spinner out. Looks like fun, but I wasn't about to try it!! :0)
Paige has really gotten good at the monkey bars this summer. In this picture she still needed someone to help her the entire time. Now someone just has to be nearby to help "if needed".
Our sweet boy, playing peek-a-boo. That smile gets me every time!
While the moms and kids were at the playground, the "big boys" played home run derby. Later the little kids had to have a turn. Austin LOVED it and kept telling us that he was a "baseball guy". (Of course, when he had a football, he was a "football guy".) :0)
The Adair clan at Max's blessing
It's always so fun being with cousins!!
Paige and Ashley really hit it off this trip. (I didn't realize how bad Paige's bangs were until I looked at these pics again. We did cut them as soon as we got home!) :0)

Our little family. This is the only picture that all of us were smiling and Austin wasn't picking his nose. Lovely, isn't it?!?