Jaina's Blessing

We were able to bless Jaina on the 4th of July.

We were lucky to have all of Pat's family here with us, so we took the opportunity to get a quick family picture.

(the first complete picture in 3 years)

Here's Grandma & Grandpa with their 16 grandkids!!

Proud grandparents.

4 generations

Pat gave her a beautiful blessing. I am so thankful that I am married to an amazing man who is worthy of the priesthood that he holds. I am so grateful to have Jaina in our family.

Thank you to all who came to celebrate with us!

Who is Who???

I love that I was able to use the same blessing dress for both my girls.

Can you tell which one is which??

Balloonfest/Forth of July

Saturday, July 3rd, we got up early and met my whole family in Provo for the Balloonfest/Breakfast.  It was great to be there with everyone :)

It was fairly windy so they didn't launch the balloons, at least when we were there. They inflated a few, but they didn't lift off.

(Xander took the pics of the balloons)

Mara was having fun taking pics and got this fun one of Xander & Daddy.

A quick family pic with a balloon before we left.

When we got home we got all cleaned up and in our flag shirts for our yearly family picture.

My sweet kids.

Happy Independence Day!!

Matchy Matchy

Jaina wasn't very happy, but this is the first of many matching outfits.

Dinosaurs

Last Tuesday, the 22nd, I met up with my friend Andrea and we went to the Dinosaur Museum at Thanksgiving Point. The kids had a great time and Jaina stayed asleep for the duration, which was wonderful. Here are some pics of our afternoon.

Mara at the build a dino.

Mara wanted to play in the sand/water area but quickly realized that she didn't like being dirty, so I begged to get a picture of her with the smock on before we went to wash up.

And I thought Xander was tall :)

Mara & Julia

Xander, Jarom, Mara, Julia, & Josh

Doin' some diggin'

We got our kids some squished pennies before we left, here they are showing them off.

Thanks Andrea for the great afternoon.

4 Weeks Old

I can't believe it's already been 4 weeks since Jaina was born. It has gone by so fast, which is amazing because the last month of my pregnancy went by SO slowly.

At 2 weeks she weighed 7 lbs 11 oz, which is 2 oz more than she weighed at birth. Both Xander and Mara were not back up to birth weight at 2 weeks, so this was a surprise for me.

At 4 weeks she weighs 9 lbs 2 oz.  She's gained over a pound and a half in 2 weeks time!! She's well on her way to being chunky like her siblings were :)

More Pics Of Jaina

I've been trying to take pics of Jaina in the same outfits that Mara wore and this is one of them. (I need to do side by side pics too)

I love this dress!

After church on the 13th we went to Pat's parents house for the evening. It's so fun to see grandparents with new babies.

Roger is such a baby hog. He loves his grandkids so much. Whenever he sees babies he has to be the first one to hold them. But he hates the headbands on the girls and always has to take them off.  But I got this pic before he took this one off.

At a little over 2 weeks old, you can see the resemblance.

I bought this onsie about 2 years ago. I just couldn't pass it up! It says 'Princess in Training' and has the dresses of Cinderella, Aurora, & Belle. Mara thought it was great :)

What color do you think her eyes are???  We can't tell!!  Some times they look blue and sometimes they look brown.  By this age we knew that Xander & Mara's were blue, so I'm thinking that Jaina will be brown.

Whenever I take pics of Jaina, Mara has to be right there and get in on the fun.

On Saturday the 19th, we went down to the cabin with my mom and Karri.  It was a very quick trip but fun nonetheless.  My mom has put the cabin up for sale, so I'm hoping to be able to go alot before it's gone.  I love going there but it's too much of a burden for my mom. I will be very sad when it's gone, but treasure all the memories we've made there.

Later that day, we went to Lana's for my nephew Maddox's bday celebration.  Once again, Grandpa had ahold of Jaina.  I just love how the family flocked around to see her. 

Morri, Roger, Tammy & Gwen

Sunday the 20th was Father's Day.  I made Pat this picture frame and mod podged pics of he and the kids on it, then put a pic of them with Jaina in the middle.  I made the frame before she was born, so all I had to do was get the picture printed and I was done!! And he loved it :)

Brotherly Love

Summerfest 2010

I was able to go to the Summerfest parade on June 12th with the kids and my mom.  We met up with Karri and Lisa & Brent (and kids). It was cold and windy, but fun nonetheless.

Mara and Conli loved that there were floats with princesses on them. They had to wave to all of them!

Mara LOVED the bands too. She was dancing around the whole night.

I like that I can steal pictures from Lisa's blog

(she took more pics than I did)

After the parade and while waiting for the fireworks, the kids had a great time running around this tree. Xander told me that he went around it 200 times! 

I love that Mara's pointing out the fireworks to Karri.  Those kids love their aunt so much. Karri even brought glow sticks so we didn't have to buy the overpriced ones at the parade.  Good job Karri!!!

Jaina did really well and slept through the parade.  When she woke up I was able to nurse her underneath/inside my HUGE sweatshirt (I knew there was a reason to buy it huge), then she slept through the fireworks too.  She's such a good baby :)

We missed daddy at the festivities, hopefully one day he won't have to work nights.