Vance is in the dog house again

                                              

Some of you may have read the post about the dog we got, Ernie.  Well, sad to say, we were not able to keep Ernie.  It was too much, especially with the phase that our lovely two year old is going through right now.  He's a bit of a handful(to say the least.).  

Milk. It does a body good.

Milk mustaches!

First Born Tag

I found this tag on my friend Maria's blog, and thought it would be really fun to do.  

Blessing day

1. Were you married at the time? Yes
2. What were your reactions when you found out you were pregnant?  Very excited and scared
3. How old were you? 21
4. How did you find out you were pregnant? I took a test at home.  The results were unclear, and Jordan had to leave because he was working out of town and his ride was outside the house.  But, later, the results were clear and they were positive.
5. Who did you tell first?  Jordan and my parents
6. Did you want to find out the sex? Oh yeah!  The suspense was killing us.  :)
7. What was your due date? My doctor originally said it was October 30th, but later the ultrasound showed October 31st.  But I kept telling people it was the 30th because I didn't want my baby born on Halloween!
8. Did you deliver early or late? 3 wonderful days early
9. Did you have morning sickness? Very little.  I was lucky with all my pregnancies that way.
10. What did you crave?  Chocolate donuts from 7-11.  
11. Who irritated you the most? The nurses in the hospital who kept asking how bad my pain was, on a level of 0-10.  I hate that question.
12. What was your first child's sex? A boy
13. How many pounds did you gain throughout your pregnancy?  I think around 25
14. Did you have any complications during your pregnancy? Nope
15. Where did you give birth? Cottonwood Hospital
16. How many hours were you in labor? 29
17. Who drove you to the hospital? Jordan
18. Who was in the delivery room? Jordan, the usual medical staff, and my parents were there until the actual delivery part.
19. natural or c-section? Natural
20. Did you take medicine to ease the pain? Are you kidding me?  Of course!
21. How much did your child weigh? Eight pounds even
22. What did you name him/her? Mason Henry
23. How old is your first born today? Seven!!

 

Feel free to do this tag!

Better late then never

The Sunday before Christmas, when the boys were all dressed nice for church, I made them sit for a photo session.  The next few posts will show all those pictures.  As you can see from the first few pictures here, getting three boys to sit still and to actually look at the camera is no small task!

Mason and Miles

Vance

Surprisingly  enough, Vance was willing to pose for a bunch of pictures, and I got some really cute ones.  

Striking a pose

If there was an explosion at the place where they make packaging peanuts, this is what it might look like

The other day we received a package for Christmas.  It had a whole bunch of packing peanuts in it.  I put it on the stove to keep it out of Vance's reach, not thinking one of the older children would take it down.  Later on, I went upstairs, and when I came back, this was the lovely sight that awaited me.

The boys were all running around the room, yelling, "It's snowing!!!"  They were doing snow angels on the floor.  These pictures do not show the full extend of the blizzard that hit my house.  It took FOREVER to clean up.