Snowman

The girls were so excited to make a snowman and had so much fun doing it. Darn Ruby ate the snowman buttons and pipe and knocked the snowman over getting them out. She eats everything. Annie was so upset.

Elbows

Kids are so precious. Well it has been amazing how much the girls love Eva. They all want to help me hold the baby and bath the baby everyday. Ellie is especially interested in her and what I am doing while I'm nursing. I told her a couple of times that it was called nursing or breastfeeding. Maggie tells everyone that I feed the baby "out of my boobs". But Ellie still insists that I feed the baby from my Elbows. Sounds okay to me especially when she tells our friends and family.

It's a girl!

We are extremely blessed and excited to have our fourth baby girl, Eva Marie. She was born on January 12th and weighed 9 lbs 4 oz. It was by far my hardest delivery, of course. I should have listened to the Doctor and let him deliver her early, but of course I didn't want to have an epidural so I didn't want to be started. Big mistake. I had Ellie without drugs and it was the best childbirth. One hour of labor after my water was broken. Well Eva didn't want to come out and didn't fit. Anyway this was my longest labor and after 15 hours of labor with pitossin and hard contractions and absolutely NO PROGRESS, I decided to get an epidural. They turned the pitossin way up and I finally started to dilate. It was my hardest delivery and even with the epidural I thought I would die, but she was worth it.

Look at those cute chubby cheeks!
Annie was by far the most excited to see her new sister. The girls came to the hospital on Tuesday to visit her and Eva wasn't allowed out of the nursery. Eva's glucose levels were too low, surprising for a big baby. The doctor said it was actually normal for a big baby. Anyway Annie was so upset and cried when the girls had to go home.

We let Annie miss school Margaret miss preschool on Wednesday to come and see the baby. They are proud big sisters!!

Ellie was actually very excited to see and hold Eva, but she didn't want to smile for the picture. After she held Eva she came over to me and asked to see the baby in my belly again. I tried to explain that Eva was the baby in my belly, but she didn't believe me. She then dragged my neice Chanel down to the nursery to see her baby. She was so funny.

Proud new Daddy!

Sledding

Sledding in the Hollow with the cousins

Elizabeth making snow angels

Annie and Sierra crashing

Annie is ready to go again

Jenny and Sierra

Makayla

Scott and Ellie

Jack and Margaret

Christmas 2009

I love Christmas and it is even more fun when you have kids. It is so great to see how excited they get as they count down the days until Christmas. This year we let the girls trade names with each other and pick out their own gift. That was fun, they really got into the spirit of giving. We also did a sub for santa for a little girl and got to pick out clothes and toys for her. The girls thought that was really exciting. Bu nothing can top Christmas morning as they unwrap their presents. To see their little faces light up is so exciting. I guess I should have at least brushed their hair.