Blessing Day

Today was a special day for our little family. Ryan gave Sophie the sweetest blessing. He is such a good dad and I am so grateful for the priesthood that he holds. We are so thankful for my parents, aunt, uncle and cousin that are so supportive and were able to come be a part of our baby girl's big day. She wore the blessing dress that my mom made for me to be blessed in. She looked so cute and I loved that it had sentimental value. It made it that much sweeter. We just couldn't be more in love with our baby girl and are so happy to have this time of year to spend lots of time together and with our loved ones.

Little Indian

Last week at preschool they had a Thanksgiving feast. It was darling. They all made hats and vests and had a little lunch. Oh! And Will got a big boy haircut. I was done with the long hair. I was so stressed about it being short cause its been SO long since his hair has been really short. But I am loving it. He looks like a completely different person.

This is how he writes his name. SO cute right?

We went to the Legoland aquarium yesterday and he got a little lego Nemo

Sophie Rose

On October 12th we welcomed our baby girl Sophie. We still can't believe she is actually here and that we are now a family of 4. She was 8 lbs 6 oz. Exactly the same as Will. Crazy right? And they were both born at 40 weeks 3 days and 6:30-ish in the morning. The births were COMPLETELY different this time though. With will I was in labor for days and pushed for hours. With her, it was so fast. I BARELY made it to the hospital in time. We pulled up to the curb at 6 am. I don't even know what time I got up to labor and delivery. Maybe 6:15? She was born at 6:27. When we got there I was dying and the nurses were just annoyed I wasn't breathing though contractions better. We were all pretty shocked when my water broke and she started coming out before I was even checked into the hospital. It was pretty dramatic and crazy like the movies. Being RUSHED into a delivery room as she is coming out, I am screaming, and sweating. Ryan is in the corner trying not to pass out, I don't have time for an epidural.(obviously) I was just so excited to not have to be at the hospital for hours on end WAITING for her to get here. It was all kinda a blur and when I think about it I get major anxiety thinking we were SO close to having a baby on the 405. Thankfully it was before traffic or else we would have. Now, after having a baby naturally, completely on accident I would totally do it again. The whole experience and the recovery was so much better it's completely worth it. Poor baby was pretty swollen and bruised for a day or 2. I think just from coming out so fast. But we love her more than words can describe and are so grateful for the blessing of another baby. It is such a miracle.

Who do you think she looks like?

A couple days after she was born I took her in because her belly button looked super red... Turns out this can be very serious and they don't take it lightly. We were instantly sent to the hospital for her to be admitted and put on an antibiotic IV. It was SSSOOO sad. I cried for like 2 days straight. I hated having my tiny 2 day old baby in the hospital. Ryan and I both stayed with her, and my parents had Will with them. Thankfully we were able to leave after a little over 2 days and everything was okay. I now have a new appreciation for the sick kids and families that have to spend time in the hospital. My heart breaks for them. We were lucky for it to just be an infection. Nothing more. So thanks to all of our family and friends who prayed for our baby girl. I have pictures from the hospital just all on my phone. I need to figure out how to get them off.

Fall

In September Will started preschool. I am not sure who loves it more.. me or him. ha ha He is learning so much and is seeming so grown up. I am always shocked at the things he randomly blurts out. I stop and think... oh, he must have learned that at school. Cause I sure didn't teach him that. He is writing his name, knows about the weather, months, seasons, days of the week, and just a couple days ago he drew a tic tac toe grid, asked me to play him and he totally beat me. I was dying. He is so busy and keeps us on our toes.

We celebrated Ryan's birthday. The big 29!... Every picture is blurry. oops

Cancun

We just got home from a super fun trip to Cancun with my family. It is always good to be back in America but we are already missing everyone. Will isn't sure what has happened he had a million people to play with all day and all night. Ryan golfed 3 of the days so he was in heaven and I did the pool and beach with a day at the spa (which was heaven for me!)

Layover in Houston on the way

Will thinks he is Buzz Lightyear and shoots everything and everyone with his laser beam

He also stands on everything, pops his wings and says "to infinity and beyond" and jumps

little Mr. napkin head... this one is for Mikelle!

My aunt wasn't able to make it this time so me, Ryan and Will were able to have her entire condo to ourselves. It was SO nice. We were definitely spoiled. Every day Will had at least one bath on the deck so he could race his cars.

It rained a couple of the days we were there so we went and let Will pick a ceramic thing to paint. He picked the lizard and was so into it. He calls crafts craps. He would tell us he's painting craps.

Our last day there we took a bus to a catamaran this is the bus ride..

Will busy entertaining everyone

He didn't know what to think of the boat at first. This is his pouty face.

The snorkelers

looking for Nemo

sleepy boy!!

At the end of the day, the crew pulled down the sails and set up a parachute thing with a swing on it. It was so funny watching everyone do it. Obviously the pregnant or under 18 are not allowed to do it. Ryan was nervous cause he doesn't love heights and especially something he can't control or be strapped into. But he did it and had a blast.

And that was our trip in a nutshell... when we got home Will's car seat was basically broken in half. It was the craziest thing you had ever seen. The lady said it must have fallen off a truck and gotten run over. I wish I had a picture of it. So that was drama not fun to deal with after long flights and waking up at 3 in the morning. But we are happy to be home safe and sound and sad to have to face reality. Thanks again to my family for everything. We had a blast!!

Pool Time

We're spending serious time at the pool these days. Lucky for us we have so many fun pools we can rotate through our week. It's always a blast with all our toys, friends and picnics.

My cute friend Sharla came to town. She didn't stay with us but we saw her every day! Will is in love with her and keeps asking me if I remember his friend Sharla. ha ha

Memorial Day

We thought it would be a good idea to go to the beach with all our friends on memorial day.... So did everyone else in America. It was still super fun and always good company. I tried to get a picture looking down the beach so you could KINDA see how packed it was.