Lately

I feel like we have been so busy lately between preschool, dance class, park days, play dates, birthday parties, blessings , dinner to friends, missionaries over for dinner, keeping the house clean, doctor appointments, bunco, baby showers, crafts, family in town, stressing about our rank list and match day,  nursing every three hours and all the little things, we are always on the go .  This past week I finally felt like I could take a breather and just relax for a couple of days, it was so nice, I hardly did any cleaning, played lots of games with the kids, watched lots of movies and played at the park almost every day.   Life was a lot less stressful this past week and much more enjoyable and my kids were happier too!  Here are a bunch a pictures from the last couple of weeks. 

 Playing at the new park, my kids love it here and Leila especially likes that they have monkey bars that she can reach and cross by herself

 Asher enjoying his bath especially since he only gets them like twice a week (I always forget or he's napping when I actually have time to give him one)

 Playing puzzles with cousins, I think they each had their own puzzle going.  There were some fights over who got which puzzle but overall they all got along.  It was so fun to have family in town!

 We went to the new park with our family but it was super crowded by the playground so we played over by the maze and luckily we brought scooters and roller skates to play with.

 Leila could jump two footed across the patches of grass and in some spots they were as wide as she is tall, she's got some major jumps!

Greydon has figured out how to ride a razor scooter and loves it!

A couple of Saturdays ago we went hiking with the Larsen's and most of the Karren's on the Historic Railroad pass trail.  It's not really a hike but mostly a walk but it was still fun even though towards the end I was carrying Leila and Asher and Asher had a huge blowout in the carrier and got poop all over.

 Cute kids hanging out in bed in the morning

 Most nights when we put the kids to bed Leila will fall asleep pretty quickly but Greydon isn't quite ready to go to bed.  We put them to bed at the same time but about ten minutes later we usually hear Greydon in the hall.  He usually plays quietly with toys in the hall or his bedroom and then puts himself back to bed when he's tired.  This particular night I found him in the hall with his pajamas stuffed with toys, Paul and I were laughing pretty hard, the things he comes up with. 

Quick story about this cute little boy.  He loves trucks and cars and one day we were driving by a construction site, we were stopped at a the light and pretty soon I hear Greydon cheer, "go, go, go, dump, dump, dump, YAY!!!!".  He was watching a truck with a load of dirt and he was cheering for it to dump the dirt. 

 Love this sweet girl!  She has gotten pretty sassy lately.  One day I asked her to clean up a wrapper or something and she says, " I'm so tired of you telling what to do, you're always telling me things and making me do things, who made you the boss?!"  What? You are only 4 (at the time) not 16. 

Trying to fit his entire fist into his mouth, he really likes to suck on his hands

Erica and I braved the crowds to get us some free frozen yogurt and toppings at Yogurtland.  There were 6 kids and two adults between us and it acutally went suprisingly smooth and the crowd wasn't that  bad.

Baby shower for Jamie

Back row: Jamie, me, Emily, Paige, Marci, Erica, Robyn

Middle Row: Melanie, Rachele, Kirsten, Amanda, Casie

Front row, Lisa, Hannah, Whitney, Melynda

I had more pictures to add to this post but I don't have time to get them all loaded so this is all for now.

Blessing Day

We blessed Asher on Sunday February 5th here in Henderson Nevada.  We thought about blessing him while we were in Utah for Christmas but we were there for such a short time and it was just way to hectic.  It was sad not having all of our family here for the blessing but we were able to have my parents, Paul's mom and Sean's family plus many of our good friends here in Nevada (who are like family). 

Paul did such a wonderful job blessing Asher and I am so happy he is a worthy Priesthood holder and can bless our children.  The blessing also turned into a teaching tool with Leila, she has lots of questions lately and had all sorts of questions about blessings and the priesthood. 

After church we invited everyone over for food and then some stayed and watched the super bowl too.  We served BBQ pork sandwhiches, mac 'n cheese, fruit, seven layer dip and chips, yummy bars, and carmel popcorn.  It was a fun afternoon with great food and great company. 

I barely remembered to get pictures of Asher.  I actually wanted to get a picture right after church with our entire family but Paul ran upstairs and changed before I could make that happen and then we got busy with food and visiting.  So at the end of the night I tried snapping a few pictures.  I look exhausted and Asher was pretty tired too and not up  for too many pictures. 

Asher 3 months old

Asher is 3 months old!  I can't believe it, the time has just flown by.  He wasn't super happy the morning I was trying to take pictures and then the sticker got thrown out so I couldn't try again another day, oh well.

* Asher is smiling all the time now.  He loves when someone talks to him and has also let out a few giggles.  Has a dimple in his smile crease on the left side (just like Leila) and a dimple in his right cheek.
* Asher wants to be held all the time, which makes getting things down a little difficult.

*He is not sleeping as well as he had been but most nights still sleeps until 5 or 6 am
*Hates tummy time but likes sleeping on his tummy
*Still loves to be swaddled
*Hates his car seat and usually refuses to sleep in his car seat

*Still wears 0-3 month clothing but is starting to fit into some 3-6 month clothes.
*Is rubbing off a nice patch of hair on the back of his head but still has lots on top
* Is very nervous when Greydon is around, probably because Grey has rolled him off the couch and tipped him out of the swing
*Doesn't love to be awake in the swing but if I put him in there to nap he'll usually sleep longer
*Enjoys sitting in the bumbo and playing on the playmate
*Is starting to grab at toys
*Loves looking at himself in the mirror
*Really enjoys sucking on his hands
* He has started spitting up a lot more, I actually have to carry a burp cloth with me now

I can't imagine life without Asher and I am so happy we have been blessed to have him in our family!

The hospital

Here are some pictures of the first day Asher joined our family and when the kids were first able to meet him.  My friend Emily came and took some pictures for us and I just love the way they turned out!  There are a ton of pictures, I couldn't decide which ones to leave out so I basically put them all on here.  And I will soon get the birth story, Grey's birthday and a bunch of other things but life has been busy and three kids has really been a change but it's been good and we all just adore our little Asher.