Bekah is doing great

Yesterday, I took the girls to storytime at the library. They had a great time. Then Bekah took a wonderful three hour nap! She was a little nervous when I put her down, but she hasn't cried at all the whole time she has been at my house. I think that is amazing. She is really a mellow little girl. She was really warm when she woke up from her nap, but I didn't think much of it. Then Rochelle came and picked her up to spend time with her brothers. She threw up at Rochelle's house and was really warm when she came back. I took her temperature, which was 101.3 and gave her a tylenol. She went right to bed. She woke up at 3:30 and was still warm, so I gave her another tylenol and cuddled her for awhile and then she went right back to bed until 7:45 this morning. Her fever is gone now and she is a happy little girl looking at books.


Looking at the pictures Rochelle took yesterday



Playing after breakfast. And I know that this is a pajama shirt, but it is just so cute and Christmasy!

Couldn't resist doing a photo shoot

So I picked up the kids early today and couldn't resist doing a photo shoot with them. I was going to surprise you guys with them for Christmas or something, but then it was harder than I had anticipated and I couldn't decide if I liked how they turned out. I am used to a mom being over my shoulder making them laugh and smile, and I couldn't really get bekah to smile, but it made more sense later after she threw up, she wasn't feeling well. So all things considered, they did pretty good.

This is Erik trying his hardest to smile for Mom and Dad

She did not want a kiss, just wanted to rub her ears!! I tried not to take out her binkie too much.

The boys trying to hug:)

OK this sweater was for Ben, but he didn't want to wear it, then Eric did.

This is Ben showing me his teeth (I have a lot of funny ones like this of him as I am trying to get him to smile:))

I couldn't get her to smile, even while pouring leaves on my head, I think she just thought I was weird.

Trying to get a hug (she didn't like that)

Ben is the only who thinks the leaves on my head was funny... But at least I got rebekah to look up.

I thought this one was cute...

Time together

Today I went and picked up Bekah and Ben so that all the kids could eat dinner and spend some time together.  Eric was really missing everyone, so I thought this would help.  They had so much fun together, and I am going to pick them up ever day so they can spend time together and Wesley and Crystal can have some time with their families:)  After dinner (I let each one choose what they wanted) Bekah went into the hallway and threw up everything she had just eaten, she had a little fever too.  She never even cried or anything.  I gave her a bath and got her cleaned up (Doug cleaned up the throw up bless his heart:), and got her in some jammies and then we had FHE (learned how to be missionaries) and then we went to see the lights at TP.  The kids absolutely loved this!!! Eric colored a picture for you Angela today that says I love mommy on it.  I'll give it to you when you get back.  Hope you are having a great time. The kids miss and love you!!! Oh BTW where did you get that toothbrush, Dalan LOVES it!!

Eric being silly

Ready for FHE

Monday with Benny

Ben did so good today. I think he and Owen woke up at exactly the same time because at exactly at 7:30 I heard both of them picking up on the conversation of cars and legos from where they left off last night- so cute :) Owen gave him a tour of our house this morning ( like he hasn't been here before?) and said really loud as he was showing him my room " this is my mommy's room- but we can't wake her up" They played for an hour before I finally rolled out of bed and he did fine eating one flavor of chex :) We played soccer outside a little and of course legos and cars. Rochelle picked him up to spend time with Erik and now the kiddlets are watching The Grinch before bed, he has been happy all day :) He hasn't been using the potty at all- does he ask or do you remind him?

Yay! Bekah is here!

Things went a lot more smoothly last night than I anticipated. There was a lot of ear rubbing. Especially when I said anything about pajamas or brushing teeth or bedtime. But she did fine and started to warm up on the fifth book or so. She cuddled right up in her blankets and would have gone straight to sleep, but Kaitlyn was pretty intent on keeping her awake for an hour. . . Once they went to sleep, they slept all night until about 7:30. That was so nice!


This is shortly after Bekah came last night. She had fun playing the piano with Kaitlyn.


This is how she was sleeping right before I went to sleep last night. So cute!

This morning, they have been doing so much better than they have done on any of their play dates. They've been coloring for awhile now and Bekah seems to be pretty happy!


Bekah playing with toys this morning.


Bekah and Kaitlyn coloring.

Hope you guys are having a blast!

We've just pulled up to Cabo!

We've just arrived in Cabo! Literally just pulling into anchor. Yesterday on our day at sea... we
*Slept in
*Ate a nice breakfast about it... the nice part is I didn't have to cook and clean.
*Missed the kids royally
*Played a mean game of pinochle... Tony was the one playing mean... he got everything good.
*Had lunch... I made them get me onion rings... yummy.
*Walked around the decks
*Went to a really funny Marriage Game Show...
*Relaxed in our bed, and watched a movie
*Went to formal night in the dining room
*Watched people in our group preform karaoke.. Yes Tony did sing and I will show a picture when I can.
*Then I went to a show.. and Tony went to play cards with some of the guys... which he got second place... not playing for real money...

That was our day. It was fun, but we sure do miss the kids. We love you Erik, Ben, and Bekah!!! We are so grateful that we can check the blog and make sure that everything is going okay. Thank you for taking time to do this. Please give our kids a big hug and kiss from us both. We will see you soon. Love you!!!

Ben

Hi guys, Ben was a little sad and hesitant for the first hour and a half- he didn't move from the spot next to the door. No amount of coaxing or treats, movies, or games could get him to move :) So Owen and I decided to rearrange the living room and 5 minutes later he was rolling on the floor laughing and helping Owen push the couch around. He went to bed just fine on Owen's floor and they stayed up talking about legos and cars for 15 min or so. Hope you guys are soakin' up some sun for us :)