Baby Pics

OK so that poor 4th child never gets her picture taken. I have many, many, many pictures of Ellie...many, many pictures of Maddie...many pictures of Ethan and we took a few of Annie at the hospital. She in now 4 weeks old so I decided I better pull out the camera or else when she gets older I'll have to tell her we had a house fire and lost her pictures in it or something.

She is such a GREAT baby!! I almost hate to say how great for fear that I might jinx myself. The only thing I can complain about (which isn't really a complaint) is that she is constantly messing her diaper. Everytime I change her we use about 3 diapers because the minute I put the clean one on, she poops.

Lagoon

While I've been home with the baby, Alan has taken advantage of our Season passes to Lagoon. He has taken the kids 2 times since the baby has been born. They love it, and they love the ROLLER COASTERS!! If you were to ask them what there favorite rides are, Ellie would tell you "The Spider", Maddie would tell you "The White Roller Coaster, or The Jet Star", and Ethan who hasn't been able to ride any of the roller coasters this summer because he is 1 inch too short, (until we figure out to let him wear Ellie's Healy shoes, and put a rice krispie treat inside them) would tell you "Wicked". What a bunch of Party Animals!!

Savannah Erickson

Wow! I can't believe she's already 3 weeks old. These past 3 weeks have gone by faster than the last week of my pregnancy! Savannah was born on Sept 29th at 2:30 p.m. weighing in at 7 lb 4 oz and 20.5 inches long. She is such a great baby. I think they come to earth knowing what number order they are in, and she knows she's #4. She is so patient with me as I try to help the other 3, and she doesn't scream too hard while she's being mauled by the others. I think Ethan is the most in love of all of them. He goes to preschool 4 days a week and when he comes home he doesn't leave her side. He always asks "Mom, do you think she needs another kiss?" and when I tell him I think she'd love another kiss, he bends over and smothers her with kisses. Then in his high pitched baby voice he asks her, "How many kisses does one girl need?" I've had to enforce the timer, letting each kid hold her for 5 minutes and then we have to lay her in her crib for at least 1/2 hour, or until she cries whichever comes first.

A light at the end of the tunnel!!

Yeah, I had a Dr. appt the other day and they set an induction date!! Yeah, at least now I know I will have a baby by September 29th. (Unless I get bumped by the hospital). That day after my appointment my cousin had her appt too. I got to tend her twins and it was so fun! They are the cutest little boys. Ethan loved having them over and even got a little jealous. I hope this little girl won't be too rude of an awakening for him.

August 14th E&Y Party

As I was going through my pictures on my camera to post the First Day of School Pictures, I found some others that I had taken while we were in Park City. Alan's work had a company family party and we were able to play on all the fun rides and things in Park City. Ethan loved the roller coaster and Maddie loved the trampoline. The line for the trampoline was about an hour long, and I think she went on it 3 times. Needless to say, that's about all she did there. They also had a face painter that painted all of the kids faces. I think when they first went to get their faces painted they would just get a little picture on their cheek, but by the time they were done, they were actually Spider man, and Cats.

I also found these pictures I took when I was tending Hunter and Wyatt while DJ was at Asthma Camp. They told me they were getting bored so I found them a job to do. Unfortunately this only entertained them for about 5 minutes.

P.S. Does anyone know how to rotate video so that they aren't jumping sideways?

First Day of School

The girls started their first day of school on Monday the 25th. They were so excited!! Ellie is now in the 3rd grade with Mrs. Juescke and Maddie has now entered the 1st grade where she gets to eat lunch and school and have 3 recesses! She has Mrs. Bowhuis and was so excited for school to start that she woke up at 6 a.m. and wanted to start walking over there. Poor Ethan is left as the lone soldier at home with me. I'm pretty boring! He has cried every morning when the girls leave and asks when his first day of school is. Luckily he starts next Tuesday going to Preschool. We have had a few fun moments together though while the girls have been gone. On Monday, he asked me to play a game with him so I told him to go downstairs and pick one out and I would play it with him when the dished were done. He soon came back and said "Guess what game I picked out, but don't guess Lincoln Logs." I guessed Hungry Hippos and he proudly said "Nope it's LINCOLN LOGS!!" About 10 minutes into playing Lincoln Logs our neighbor kids came over and asked him to play and he told them he couldn't because he was playing with his mom. Then he closed the door on them and they rang the door bell again and he impatiently told them "I told you I can't play right now, I'm playing with my MOM!!!" and then he slammed the door. I told him he had to be nice to them, but actually inside it made me feel like I'm a fun mom! He wanted to play with me instead of them! Yeah!

The Last Day of July!?!

I can't believe that this summer is flying by!! We only have 3 weeks left until school starts! I'm not sure whether I should jump for joy or be sad that I'm going to be left at home. Ellie is so excited to go school shopping and Maddie asks almost everyday when she gets to go back to school. (I guess I'm pretty boring) Ethan is just as excited, although Preschool isn't quite as frequent as "Big School". Not only does school start in a little over 3 weeks, that means our baby will be here soon too! WOW! Then that means that Halloween is here and Thanksgiving. Amy will be having her baby and then blink it's Christmas! OK OK I have to stop or it will be summer again before I turn around!