Yummy Food

Emmalyn just started rice cereal about two weeks ago and at first was not happy about it. But just like my other two kiddos....has grown to LOVE it. I actually switched her to oatmeal because it has been easier on her tummy and she loves it even more! She now demands it every morning.

She sees me start to make it and she can't get any more excited! She kicks her feet, screams her happy little squeal, and bangs her hands around until it gets into her mouth. She's already like her dad though. Totally impatient for food :)

She grabs the spoon as fast as she can and shoves it into her mouth. I just sit and laugh every morning because she's just so dang cute! Her personality comes out more and more each day and I love this little girl so much!

I took her in for her four month check last week and she is so tiny! She is 12lbs. 13oz. and measures 25in. She is only two and half pounds heavier and three inches longer than what Caleb was at birth! It amazes me that I was able to carry something so big in my tummy. And for once in my life my baby has a small head! It's still not as big as Caleb or Jonah's was at birth! Little petite miss :) She is in the 25% and below for everything! It's fun to have the small one for a change! She is very similar to her brothers in one area though...She LOVES food! We love you beautiful baby girl!

It's Been Busy...

Well, a lot has been going on over here at our house. We had a fabulous Thanksgiving with lots of family and friends, I got a part time job, we celebrated Christmas, and brought in the new year. That was a long sentence!

Not to mention my kiddos are growing way too fast! My baby girl is already 4 months old!

Thanksgiving was lots of fun. We got to have two Thanksgivings again this year because we split Thanksgiving between my family and Matt's family. Lots of food = too much holiday weight! Any ways, onto Christmas.

It was lots of fun except for when we woke up to Matt's work phone going off at 6am saying he had to go into work! Needless to say the boys were not happy when they woke up to find that Daddy was not home. They weren't as mad waiting to open presents because they already had seen what Santa had brought them. They played with that until the afternoon once Daddy got home and then we were able to open presents. We had a small Christmas but a memorable one.


(I had to put these pictures in because these are the typical faces I get now when I ask them to smile for me. Love little boys :) )
Jonah continues to amaze me at what an awesome little boy he is. He is such an incredible big brother to both Caleb and Emmalyn. I don't know what I would do without that sweet guy. He is incredibly patient with Caleb and his lack of communication and he is so attentive and always wants to learn new ways to help me with his little sister.

Heavenly Father knew I needed this little man. I have been truly blessed with him. Caleb has grown a lot in these last few months. His speech is continuing to improve tremendously. He is now putting three to four word sentences together on his good days! It's so fun to see his little eyes light up when he knows he has said something that he has been working really hard on. He is getting a lot better playing with other kids and is learning the ropes of sharing much better. He is so loving with his baby sister as well. He has surprised me at how gentle he is with her and I never have to remind him. He just knows. I love this little guy so much and I am so happy he is mine!


(All three of my kiddos at Christmas in their pj's and hats they got)
Little Miss Emmalyn is such a happy baby girl. She is by far my easiest baby yet. I thought the boys were easy until I had her. She was difficult in the beginning but now she is so fun. She is always smiling. She loves to look around at EVERYTHING. She has almost mastered the skill of rolling over which makes me happy and sad at the same time!

I swear this is her sweet face all the time. She is just so happy and that makes me sooo happy! I needed this little girl!

Any ways, life is still going over here and kiddos are still growing. I have been super busy but I hope I can keep up a little better on my blogging this year. Hope all is well with everyone else!

Lovin my family

So we finally got family pictures done. The last time we had some taken was when Caleb was 6 months old....I figured it was about time and Morgan came to the rescue! I know I have said it before but I LOVE her. Not only is she my best friend but she is so talented and I'm so grateful for her. Every day I look at all the pictures on my walls in my home and love that she captures my kiddos so well. We love you Morgan! A big thanks to Auntie Coco as well. She came to help keep the boys smiling and happy! Best decision ever to have someone come help us out! Fair warning: This is a LOT of pictures!


This picture makes me laugh...Morgan told Matt to do something funny that my mother would be embarrassed about and then Morgan would blow it up and send it to her, hence the big smile from Matt. Lovely.


My sweet baby girl. I realized after I came home from the hospital that I didn't get a picture with her and me there. I was so sad because it is one of my things that I like to do after the baby is born. Just one of me and the baby to remember how special it was. Needless to say I made sure that we did pictures of just her and I and I think they turned out pretty good.

This boy never takes a bad picture. I LOVE his sweet smile in this one.

Caleb was fun to try and take pictures of. He did really well he just moved a little too fast. Thank goodness Morgan understands :) Cute boy.

Beautiful blue eyed girl. She did really good during these pictures. This is by far one of my favorite pictures of her. And if everyone will notice...There is not one shade of pink on her :) She is so funny. She can turn on the water works so fast. One minute she was being all cute the next minute this is what she felt like...

I LOVE that lip!

This picture is exactly them. I laughed when I saw this but I totally LOVE it!
This is my favorite picture of Matt and Emmalyn. It wasn't even a staged picture. Emmalyn was crying and Matt was trying to calm her down and Morgan caught it. She looks so tiny in his arms. It shows exactly how much Matt loves his baby girl.


I'm so glad we went to Bartly Ranch and did pictures. Jonah did his two year pictures there on the tractors when Caleb was brand new and it made me think about how much they have both grown. It was so fun to look at these pictures of both my boys on the tractors and then look back at the ones Jonah did when he was two. Caleb and Jonah really do look alike when I look back. I love these guys so much!

This was the ony one of all three of them that we could get. I love it. It is just perfect. I can't wait to get these pictures up on my walls! Thank you Morgan you are the BEST!

I Have a 5 Year old!

I can't believe that 5 years ago today my sweet Jonah was born! I don't feel old enough to have a 5 year old already! Any ways, this sweet boy has brightened up our lives so much! We LOVE him and are grateful everyday that he is here with us! He is such an amazing big brother and both Caleb and Emmalyn love him so much! I have my own sort of tradition every year on here that on each of my kiddo's birthdays I post pictures of them from the time they were little till now. Something to show how much they have grown up and changed over the years so enjoy my cute boy!















Happy 5th birthday Jonah Matthew! We love you!

Emmalyn's Blessing

We were able to bless cute little Emmalyn this past Sunday. We had a pretty good amount of family and friends in town for the weekend that came out just for her so that made the day even more special. Matt gave a wonderful blessing to his first daughter. It was very special for him and me as well. Matt said that each time he looked at her during the blessing to make sure she was okay she was sleeping soundly but had a cheek to cheek grin on her pretty little face! I loved that! We were also able to get both sides of our families together after the blessing to have a fun dinner. All in all the day was fabulous and sweet little Emmalyn did great! Here are some pictures of her in her beautiful blessing dress. I took one of the pictures and had to laugh because all you see is a tiny little head surrounded by LOTS of dress! She looked beautiful any ways though!




My friend gave me this cute little bracelet at my baby shower and I was so sad because I didn't think I would get to use it since my babies were always so big. To my surprise it was too big for her little wrist! But I made her wear it anyways! I LOVED it!

Our first picture as a family of 5! CRAZY!!! (I was sleep deprived the night before so don't look too close!)

My handsome little man :)

Jonah loves his baby sister so much words can't even describe!

I also had to add in these two pictures :) This is the first one of Caleb I could get of him close to her. In previous attempts he would run away too fast!