Happy Birthday!!!

The other day the kids decided to start singing Happy Birthday. So I decided to have them sing to their cousin who had just had a birthday. I couldn't figure out any other way to get cousin Eli to be able to see the video so I figured I had better put it up here so that he could see it, too.

Then I figured it was only far that they sing to their sibling soon to be born. So here they are singing to Chloe!!!

Baby Chloe

Well, Baby Hunter has finally arrived! While we get the word out, we wanted to share with all our friends the angel that our family has been blessed with. Debbie and I both feel we are so blessed to have this small infant join our family. She is just so perfect is every way.

We are thinking of naming her Chloe May Hunter (still to be confirmed). But, Chloe was born with a weight of 9 lbs 2 oz. She was 21 3/4 inches. She is certainly a big baby and very healthy. Both Mom and Baby are doing very well.

Below are a few of her pictures from today (isn't she just so cute!):

Here are a few action shots with the rest of the family.

I really like this first picture. Isn't this girl the cutest in the whole world? (And the baby's pretty cute too...)

One Down, Many To Go

I had a long list of projects to accomplish before the baby comes that I have been very slow in doing. Friday morning it was raining and I didn't have any place to go. The kids decided that they wanted to color so I thought that I might be able to work on one of these projects. Of course as soon as I started to work on it the kids decided that what I was doing was much more fun then coloring and they were all about helping. It was hard to let them help with the first two parts but they did a great job helping stuff the pillow once I had cut it out and sewed it up. We only got one done before nap time, but by the end of the day we had finished six pillows to go on our couches.

Or was that six pillows for the kids to play with and stack all on one couch for a nice bed. I really wanted something to put behind my back so that my knees could bend at the end of the couch. They are nice and add much to our boring beige couches.

Next to get the curtains for the upstairs, maybe I will get some work done on them before the baby comes.

Did You See Cows?

Today, I told a story that I remembered that I wanted to post on the blog and figured I had better do it before I forgot again.

My Relief Society plans a trip to the Manhattan Temple every month, and last month I was able to go with them. One of the ladies watches the kids while the others are able to go to the temple. It is great for those of us who may not get to go otherwise. So I dropped the kids off and rode with a few other sisters to the temple.

That night as we are talking about our days over dinner with dad, Lizzie starts talking about cows. I had a hard time figuring out what my going to the temple had to do with seeing cows, especially the temple in Manhattan. No cows there. Lizzie really wanted to know if I had seen cows. I finally remembered showing her a picture of a baptismal font in a temple weeks before and mentioning how it rested on the backs of the oxen, or cows. I was so amazed that she had remembered this and therefore associated the temple with cows.

Cute kids Pictures and Updates

I haven't been so good at taking pictures, but I thought that I would put up some of the ones from January.

Here is Jamie doing one of the things he likes best.

Jamie looking though a Jamie Oliver cookbook. Oh the things that he is inspiring too!!!

The kids have started to take to wearing scarfs. Aren't they just so cute in this picture!!!

They have recently decided that it is a fun game to have sleep time in different places around the house at different times of day. I couldn't resist taking a picture as they snuggled together on the couch.

I love my kids!! They are playing together so well and have so much fun together, it is such a blessing. Lizzie has become such a talker and often surprises us with the things that she says and remembers. (I'll post a story about that later.) Jamie follows much of what his sister does and is getting better at talking. I often just sit and watch them play.

I can honestly say that I am so grateful for my kids!!!!

Snowstorms!!

Well I thought I should share some pictures of the snow that we have gotten recently. My kids have almost decided that they like playing in the snow. At the end of last month we had a little storm and the kids helped me shovel the two inches off the drive then asked me to build them each a seat and them they wanted a big snowman. So here they are with their snowman and Lizzie in her seat.

I found that my yard is great for making snowmen. I just had to get the ball to the top of the hill and then let it roll down on it's own. However as the snowman melted all of the leaves started to show.

Then last week we got our best snow storm yet, probably over a foot of snow although I didn't measure this time. it was beautiful to watch it falling all day long and to see the world looking so white. Sadly the kids both had runny noses and coughs so we didn't go out and play in it. I don't think they would like to walk in that deep of snow anyways. Brian worked from home that day so that he wouldn't get stuck in the city as the snow kept falling. I did take the kids out for a little walk to get some fresh air after their naps. I love walking in the snow and was sad that I didn't feel up to doing so earlier either.

A few days after the storm the kids and I did get out to play with the snow although we mainly just stuck to the driveway and didn't actually walk in the snow, except the times the kids let me throw them in, feet first, of course.

As we drive around Jamie keeps repeating "Snow! Snow!" as he sees all of the snow around. It is fun to see them enjoying the winter time so much.

Holiday Projects

Well it is probably about time that I do some blogging again. It has been a while, I know, I know.

So I thought that I would start by displaying some projects that we got done the last two weeks of December while Brian was using up some vacation days, plus the other holidays he got off. First we decided it was time to get some shelves in our basement, and to get that organized so that someday it might just seem livable. We also put some in the garage and was able to straighten that up so we could park a car in there. (The purchase of a garage door opener helped as well, with that part.)

The next project was to find a place for my Christmas present (the bright light with plants growing under it). We decided to put shelves in our dining area because there was no place for it in the kitchen. I took this picture today which is why the plants look so mature.

Our next problem was our front room and play room closets that were wallpaper, smelled funny and only had a bar and top shelve in them. Things were starting to get a bit to piled up on the floor. So we finally took the wallpaper off, painted them and put up my much desired shelves. In the play room we did two shelves all of the way across.

In the front room we did four shelves on each side of the door for games and videos leaving the middle part open for big things like folding chairs and the leaf to our table.

It has been so nice to have these projects done and to feel more settled in our house and to have things a little better in order. I also like having a shelve where I can put decorations that i don't want the kids to get into.

I almost forgot, we also got our curtains up on our two front windows. I am really happy with the ones that we choose. It is great to have something over the windows so that everyone can't look in at night.