Chloe

 This little one is growing up too fast. I thought I better do a post all about her so I can remember just how sweet and fun she is at two years old. I really enjoy this stage. We have a lot of fun together all day while the kids are at school. It is nice to have one on one time with her. She is really speaking a lot now. It is fun to hear her little thoughts. She is really funny and has a quick wit. She loves to sing, march and skip everywhere she goes. She loves to read books. She is still really good at sleeping at night and a three hour nap in the day. She loves to watch Mickey Mouse and Lion King. She loves when her brother and sister come home each day. She is quick to tell them if they are being mean or nice to her. Of course it is never her being mean. She is quick to say that she is "daddy's girl". She loves to be with him. We will be setting up a new room for her this week to make room for her new sister. She seems very excited about it and loves to be around babies. Hopefully that will continue.

Rylin comes to our house once a week. Chloe loves her Ry Day and can't wait each time to have her all to herself.

She still loves to read and take care of her baby's.



She loves making cookies with her brother.

Sand Dunes

 I have been wanting to take the kids to the sand dunes here in Idaho Falls for a long time. I remember going as a kid and loving it! It seemed like everytime I would think of it it would be too hot or too windy. The Huls were in town and we finally had time to squeeze it in. They loved it! I don't think they realized what a big hill of sand it was going to be. They had fun digging, rolling down the hills, and digging caves. My kids loved it so much we had to go back the next week with Zach and Rees. Once again they had a great time. I will have to keep this on my list of fun things to do. Harley was lucky enough to go and I think he had more fun than the kids running around and digging in the sand.

Hayden's Football 2012

Hayden loves football. He had a another great season. They won some, they lost some but made huge improvements. He plays with a great group of boys and the coach's (thanks Ed Murdock and Christian Taylor) were awesome. He was really good at getting flags, busting throught the line to the quarterback and he even got to run it a few times.  He is really starting to figure out the rules. He can't wait for tackle football (we will see once he actually gets hit a few times).  Now . . . on to basketball season.

It's A Girl!

We were excited for the ultrasound that happened a few weeks ago. It is great because it means you are officially half way through the pregnancy and it eases your mind on health concerns. We were so glad to hear that she is doing great and all looks well.
The gender was a whole different surprise for us. After calling this baby a boy for four months and making decisions based on it's gender, it was quite a shock to hear "yep, that's for sure a girl". He reassured us four or five different times so there really is no doubt that we have more pink, hair and sweetness coming our way. Heath took it in stride and is just so happy to have another baby. I was shocked and had to let it settle in for a few days. Hannah and Chloe were so excited. Chloe had been telling us that this baby was a girl. I should have listened. I am so excited that this will work out really well for her. It is so nice to have a sister close in age to you. I am sure they will be best little friends.
Telling Hayden was a whole different story.  He was so excited to have a brother to teach everything to and not to be outnumbered. His initial response was tears and then he calmed down and has done really well handling it. He just gets to be our special little boy. He does say that the baby owes him a kit kat because she is a girl. We laughed and told him that would probably work. He will be a great brother to her.
So come February we will be blessed once again. We are so excited to get her here. When I look back at our journey it really is amazing that we were able to have four children. There were many times I thought that would be impossible. We are truly thankful for it. I am excited to be done with contractions, back pain, nausea and to just feel normal again. Now comes the real challenge - finding a girl name!