Announcing......

Tucker Adam

born on
JUNE 14, 2010
at
10:47 A.M.
Weight
10 lbs. 1 oz.
Lenth
20"

We love our new baby boy and are so glad he is finally here to snuggle and enjoy.
Hope you enjoy the pictures!




Here are some good shots from the hospital.









Here is the fun banner we came home to, that the kids and Grandma Arlene made.



Here are his proud new Sissies!!





We think he is pretty cute!





We think we might end up with our first blue eyed baby! Daddy's eyes are blue too.

Blogging!

Okay I really do want to be a better blogger. So I am going to attempt to do better starting today. At least once a month, right. I used to do so good. I even have several posts in my account that I never even published just at least got in and typed about an event. But honestly haven't posted or written anything since last fall. And this year is already half over. Anyway, here's a little update on our family and some of the recent happenings!

We have all been doing very well. Ashtyn just turned 7 in March.

Can't believe we are old enough to have a 7 year old. Isn't she adorable!!

She has also been taking piano lessons this year and is really getting good. She loves it when we play a duet together.

Hailey turned 5 on 5-5-05. Isn't that cool!! Love that her birthday is such a fun date. Ashtyn had been learning about Cinco de Mayo at school and while learning about it they made pinatas. So we actually had a pinata on Hailey birthday. The kids loved it!!

She had a lot of fun getting her barbie cake.

Hailey has been doing dance this year and she just had her dance recital a couple of weeks ago. She did such an awesome job!

We also celebrated our 9th anniversary. We are so busy we didn't even get to do that much but we hope to do something really exciting next year for our 10th. We really are happy and can't believe how blessed we have been over the last 10 years of our life.

This month is a very busy month for us. The kids are finishing up school.

Hailey finished preschool June 3rd and has her graduation on June 18th.

Ashtyn's last day of school is June 18th. We are excited for summer and the warmer weather that will let us get out and have some fun. Dalton is very grown up and quite the little jabber box.

Things he loves are dogs, including acting like one, being outside, finding bugs, swinging in the swing, reading books, and anything to do with any animal. He gets very excited and is very good at making all of their noises.

We also are expecting our fourth child. My due date is June 13th.

So this baby better come in the next 3 days or I will be induced on Monday. This pregnancy has actually flown by. I have felt pretty great the whole time. My worst problem has been heartburn, which is very manageable. I have been very blessed and am now just ready to have this sweet little one here. We are very excited to meet this new little one. We actually didn't find out this time whether it is a girl or boy. It has been fun to not find out but we are soooooo excited to find out.

Also this month we were expecting Sam to have a big week at Scout Camp from June 21-26, kind of stinks that it was so close to having our baby but that is just how it worked out. But then, just this last Sunday, June 6th, he was called to be the 2nd counselor in the Pines Ward new bishopric. We have been so excited, nervous, anxious, blessed by this but it couldn't have come at a crazier time. We just keep telling ourselves, "We can do hard things." and we are and things are going great. So last week we have the fun adventure of shopping and finding him a new suit. If you know Sam you know that he doesn't wear a suit unless it is absolutely necessary. Which is pretty much never. So we ended up finding two last week and man does he look fantastic all spiffed up in his suit.

Glad that there could be so many good deals because of Fathers day coming. Sam really has so much on his plate, but he really is a superhero. He is our SuperSam and he is great at everything he tackles. He is great at his job, he is doing great in his schooling (working on his Masters-we are more that halfway there wahoo!), he is doing great having this new calling and all the responsibilities and new learning that is coming with it, and he as always is still an amazing husband and father that can deal with all the ups and downs that are going on here at home. We love ya hun!!


In our spare time this month, ha ha, we took the kids down to the carousel and the waterfall. Wow it was beautiful. It was nice to have good enough weather to be out a little. It has been raining a lot here the last month. Not much sunshine.

Well, hopefully our next post with be the announcement of our newest addition!!

The Swing of Things

Well, it is now full on Fall and we are officially back into the swing of things. School, dance, piano, activity days, deacons/scouts, etc. The girls are back in school and loving it. I guess I should include Sam in that bunch too. Sam is continuing to get his masters through University of Phoenix. Ashtyn is in First Grade. Can you believe it? We can't. She is loving it though. She said at first that she wasn't ready to go all day. I was not ready for that either. Six hours, five days a week that she gets to go be with other people and not me.



The first day was hard, but I did stay busy teaching Hailey preschool. Hailey has started preschool too. She is in another group like last year. There are six of us and we rotate and take turns teaching them. I was first up for teacher this year and it was nice so that I didn't just come home and bawl after dropping off Ashtyn. I dropped off Ashtyn and came home and took care of six sweet little 4 year olds. They are pretty adorable. Then after they were all gone and I was making lunch for only Hailey and Dalton, I started to cry missing Ashy. Missing not making lunch for her, missing not seeing her play with Hailey, missing not having my biggest helper. For the most part the mornings go quickly and we don't miss her too bad. But from lunch time until it is time to go pick her up, seems to take forever. She loves is though. Loves her teacher and loves getting to have two recesses and loves getting to eat hot lunch at school. Ashtyn has also started taking piano lessons too and is doing awesome.


Hailey is loving preschool too. She loves coloring and playing with the kids. She loves show and tell too. She is in dance this year and is absolutely loving it. It was cute, the first day she came right up to me and said, "Mom, she didn't teach me shuffle step." She has been watching Ashtyn take dance and has been to dance camp a couple times and was ready for the teacher to talk about that. Of course it was just the first day so they didn't get to that yet but she is excited and ready to learn all of her new dances. She and Ashtyn are really best friends and she misses her but is doing really good playing and learning on her own. She is good at playing with Dalton too. She loves to put his blanket over her head and act like a ghost and scare him. She also has the best little giggle that she shares with us so easily. I love how easy going and calm and happy she is.


Dalton is growing and changing so fast. He just said "uh-oh" for the first time yesterday at lunch time. He was throwing stuff down and I was saying uh oh and he was saying uh uh uh. And then I looked at him and went uh-oh really slow and then he did it right back and I laughed and got all excited and he did it like five more times and now he is a pro at it. IT is adorable. And today for the first time he rode in his car seat like a big boy, forward facing. Can you believe it. He is one and 30 pounds so around he goes. He loved it. He also got two new teeth in the last two weeks. His favorite book is "What Shall we do with the Boo-hoo baby." In it there is a baby that is sad and there is a cow and a duck and a cat and a dog that are trying to figure out how to help the baby stop crying. They try feeding it and bathing it and finally they get it to sleep. But he loves all the animals and the noises that they make in the book and he is right there making the noises of each one. ADORABLE!! He is still close to walking but isn't taking the plunge yet. He walks all along things, the couch, the wall, the entertainment center, his little truck and toy with wheels, and he will just stand up and stand there without holding onto anything. We have tried a couple of times to get him to walk. I will be walking with him and then just get in front of him and let go of his hands and as soon as I let go he just goes down to his knees. He won't walk even one little step between Sam and I. He just isn't ready to yet. I just know one of these days he will and then he will be unstoppable. He has also started signing his words that we have been teaching him: eat, sleep, and please are the ones he can do now. He also say "wo" and "go". He has been saying mama, dada and dog for a while.

This last weekend we really got a lot done to start getting ready for the winter. Cleaned up some of the garden. Sam got a big load of firewood. I cleaned all the windows inside and out. We fixed up a few other spots in the yard that were just messy. Now we just need to finish cleaning up the garage and sell our subaru. Anyone need a little get around car?? We will miss Carlos but it is time for him to go to a new family!!

I have started activity days. They put me in with the younger girls this year (8-9 yr olds). There are 13 of them. Wow! And they are precious girls. I think this year will be a lot of fun.

I am only three days shy of being 30. It really seems crazy to be that old. I think I will always think of myself as twenty something. But really life is great. I am married to the most fantastic wonderful perfect for me husband. I have three beautiful children. I have a beautiful house that we can call home. I am a member of the only true church. I have health and strength. I have my freedom. I have great extended family. I am truly so happy and so blessed. Thank you God. May the next thirty years be just as wonderful.

Dalton turns ONE!!

Can you believe it? Our big boy is one already. He is the sweetest little guy on earth. We love him so much. He is so happy. He is always doing something adorable!! It has been a year full of fun and excitement. He is still our "heavy duty" weighing in at 30 pounds 15 oz. Way to go Daltonator!!




Proud Sissies!!



Blessing Tux!!



First Big Smile!!



Bundled Kiddies!



3 months old!



Love this one!



The whole fam!



Christmas Baby!



6 months old!






9 months old!



Dapper Dalton!



Camera Face!



1 year old!





(More camera face)



Yummy! At first he didn't want to dig in, he just wanted the candle. He actually did end up eating some of the candle before he ate some cake. Then we cut him a little piece of his cake and he gobbled it right up.





Two of his favorite things to do right now! Both which involve trucks.
He loves to walk and push this little truck all over outside and inside.



And he absolutely loves to sit in the drivers seat and pretend to drive Daddy's truck! We have had a great first year with Dalton. We can't help being so proud of our baby boy.
We love you Big D!!