Happy Halloween

Yesterday was Ryan’s work Halloween party where all the employee’s kids are invited to go trick-or-treat at the office. It’s always lots of fun for the kids to see how Melaleuca has transformed their building and how their parents have dressed up. It also worked out great for Alex because her school had their Halloween party and let all the kids dress up as well.

The marketing department where Ry works decided on a jungle theme this year and had characters from Gilligan’s Island, cast aways or deserted island people and other jungle themed characters. Ryan chose Tom Hanks character from the movie Cast Away. He grew a beard out for about a week, got some ratty clothes and made a “Wilson” ball that he carried with him. He did a really good job.

Alex was a snow princess and Connor was a cowboy. Hayden was too small to fit into any costume so I just put him in a Halloween onesie and called it good.

I’m not sure that we will be doing any trick or treating tonight, but I know Alex is really going to want to dress up again. Maybe I can talk her into just staying home and handing out candy. That’s what she did last year and still had a lot of fun.

Tuna Tower

Every day I’m putting away tuna cans and crystal light containers that Connor gets out of the Lazy Susan. I think about moving them to a different cupboard after about the third time of cleaning them up, but then I think of how much fun he has with them and if that’s what makes him happy then why should I take that away from him.

Maybe I should just put them in the toy box so that I’m not tripping on them every time I go into the kitchen. J

The Past Few Days

Things have been going great. Last week Ryan had to go on a business trip for three days it was the first time I was alone with three kids all by myself and that might not be a big deal for some people, but for me I was scared. But, my wonderfully thoughtful husband of course surprised me getting up at 4:00 am to take an earlier flight to get home at 1 p.m. instead of 11 p.m. He showed up with flowers and all. I was so thankful to have him home early and Alex and Conner were too!


The next day we went down to Utah again for the BYU game. I didn’t end up going to the game with Ry, but it’s always good to see family and everyone was able to see Hayden for the first time.


Hayden is now a month old and getting so much bigger. He really is still tiny, but lets just say I can already feel a difference caring him in his car seat and that is how I can tell that he’s getting bigger.


I got his four week pictures done last Thursday and will post them as soon as I get them back, but for now here are a few that I took just this morning - again they are not the best - but hey he is still cute to me.

Are You Kidding Me!

Today while talking to Ryan on the phone I looked at Alex and noticed that her hair looked a little funny. I couldn’t believe it she had cut her hair again. This is now the third or fourth time she has done this. Will she ever learn? Will I ever learn? That girl can not be trusted with scissors.

Tagged

I got tagged and it was fun to do. It brought back some funny memories of Alex.
What you do is open up your "my pictures" folder, go to the 4Th folder, and find the 4Th picture in that folder and post it.
One morning Alex woke up and got all dressed up by herself I think she was almost two. Ryan took her picture so that when I woke up I could see what she had done. She has always been my little princess.
Tag you'r it Janet, Ranay, Krista, and Annalisa Have fun.

Hayden :: New Pictures

I’m so glad that we have a blog! Living 3 hours away from family really isn’t that bad, but when you put a newborn in the mix it’s hard for grandparents to see them grow and wow, how babies change.

Hayden has definitely changed in the past 2 weeks and we want our family to see how much cuter he keeps getting. J

I will probably continue to try and post pictures of our new little guy every few weeks so sorry if some of you get tired of seeing him, but really, who doesn’t like looking at cute little baby pictures?

2 Week Check Up

Today we took Hayden in for his 2 week checkup and I’m happy to say he is doing great. He has gained weight and is now at 6 lbs. 13 oz., but he’s still tiny compared to other babies his age – he’s only in the 7th percentile.

Other than that there not much to report, things are still going well for me and the kids, but I’m beginning to think that I’m forgetting about someone. Oh that’s right Ryan, I feel like when he gets home from work that I’m so tired I forget to even ask how his day was.

Love you babe and I’ll try harder to not forget about you.

Better Late Then Never

Okay so time has gotten away from me and here we are going on 12 days from when Hayden was born. Last Thur. he was a week old and this is what I had planed to posting.

It is amazing how this sweet little spirit has come into our lives and he’s a perfect little fit to our family. He was so meant to be a part of our family and we look forward to him growing and developing his personality. His first week has been pretty low-key. He had a little jaundice, but after being on a bili blanket for one day and eating a ton, he’s doing great.

Alex and Connor love Hayden so much. Ally is always asking to hold him and Connor loves to gently lay his head down on Hayden’s chest and he loves to put his cheek on Hayden’s soft little head.

It really has been great and I look forward to every new day with Hayden, Alex and Connor that is after I wake up and get over being sleep deprived.