Happy Mother's Day!

Callie decorated this cake for me at school on friday.  Redken made me a cutting board in his enginering class.  Ira made me an egg and gave me a card.  Norielle asked if she could stay home from church and take care of the kids (nice try).  Ryan went to Salt Lake City for his brother's wedding for the weekend, so he owes me breakfast in bed and my sunday mothers day nap!  Happy Mother's Day to all the mothers in our lives.  Mother's are Amazing!!!

Two weeks old...

Collette is two weeks old tonight. She is now a little past her birth weight, 7. 13.  She is starting to smile and sleeping a little better at night. She had her first bath which she did not enjoy. Mick loves  to talk to her. Time flies and we are trying to enjoy every moment.

Redken's 1st date in Georgia

Redken is on a date tonight. Meet Anna King, a senior one of the smartest  in her graduating class I might add, the bishop's daughter and a really nice girl. They are going to a regional mormom prom. Before the dance they were off to take group pictures at the park then off to dinner.

It's a Girl!

We arrived at the hospital on Saturday, April 27, 2013 at 6:30 p.m.  I thought they would send me home because the contractions were so far apart, but when they checked me I was 8 c.m., guess I was wrong. We wanted this Baby to come in April. We got our wish.

After 10 minutes of hard pushing, Collette Maggie arrived at
7:53 p.m. She weighed 7 lbs. and 11 oz. and 19 inches long. We had a great midwife and all the nurses were so helpful.
The kids came the next day and we had a moment of emotion as we realized our family is all complete.  This is it. The last of our children arrived and we feel very blessed.  At the" Top of Our Game " Ryan and I   went home with our little one...

Our New Home

April 26, 2013, Ryan and I officially have a mortgage.  We are so thrilled.  We feel very blessed that we were able to find this home.  We didn't want to get to excited until we had keys in our hands.  So we closed on Friday and on Saturday, we drove out to the house, baked a few pizza's, vacuumed and cleaned all the bathrooms.  We will have the home painted, add a few coats of finish to the hardwood floor, call the Pest control company (because Georgia is full of bugs) and move in around the end of May.

The yard needs some TLC.  The house is in great shape. We wanted to find a home that was move in ready. New carpets, Newly renovated Kitchens and Bathrooms.  The kids are so excited.  Ira and Mick share a room with a Jack n Jill Bathroom attached to Callie and Juliette's room.  Mollie and Norielle share a room with a nice walk in closet and their own bathroom attached to their room. Redken has his own room in the basement.  Ryan has a man cave in the basement that is really sweet for all those honey do's.  I personally have a nice walk in closet, double ovens in the kitchen and a home to manage and maintain.  It's more than we dreamed of and we know that it is a direct answer to prayer.

A week and counting...

With one week to go...May 3, is the official day!  We are ready for this baby to arrive. If my body keeps doing what it is doing we should have a baby sometime this weekend.

Wish us luck...I wouldn't be surprised if I delivered sometime next week.

Our Weekend...

On Saturday, we went to the "Big Shanty Festival."  What is a Big Shanty, you might ask, we asked the same thing, in the 1800's, during the Civil War the shanty became known as the staging ground for the Railroad and the Locomotives.  We had a great time as we watched the parade and walked around the exhibits. It was a small town parade with a Big He-Haw.

The Start of the parade, we collected candy galore, loved the marching bands, the georgia peaches (beauty queens - which I am told were not that beautiful) and a few horses in the mix with some motorcycles and it was a true parade. The last parade we attended was 5 years ago in Draper at Draper Days.

We topped the morning off with a Run to Bojanges, where we were told made the Best BoBerry Bisquits.  We enjoyed...Eat your hearts out Jeff and Cassie, when we come for the wedding we will pack some in our suitcase...

We then traveled out to our new neighborhood to be, to do a final walk through, before we close on the house Friday, April 26th.  We love this neighborhood and it is starting to feel very real.  We will be excited when we have keys in our hands, paint on the walls and furniture delivered.  

We had to share with Y'all... The

Tin Man Fire Hydrant

We cracked up...all the fire hydrants are painted this color.

We thought it was kind of odd...