Love at first sight!

It is so crazy that you really can love someone the second you see them! That is how I have felt with all my girls and my love for all of them just keeps growing and growing. Little Adison is 3 months old now and she is just growing like a little weed. She is such a good little girl and she smiles whenever you look at her. Her smile can light up the whole room, it is just the best thing ever. She is starting to scoot on her back and turn in circles a little, and can not keep her hands out of her mouth. She has the cutest cry and you can't really even really call it a cry, it is just a very high pitch, Aaaahhhhh so cute! Adison is on a really good schedule and knows when it is time to lay down for a nap, and she knows when she is ready to eat, and she really knows when it is her bath time and then bed time. She loves her bath, and will sometimes throw a fit until she gets her bath if you are not on time for it. When she is in the bath she just lays still and stares at nothing, she doesn't really want to be talked to or played with, she just wants to relax and enjoy her bath. Tonight after I got her out of the bath I was putting her lotion on her and she let out the cutest little giggle. It was the first time she has ever laughed so I kept doing things to try and get her to laugh like tickling her and blowing on her belly, but she just smiled. Then I sneezed and she laughed again.... oh it was so cute. There is nothing cuter than a baby's laugh! I am so sad she is growing up so fast and it almost makes me want to have another one right away, but then I see how fun she is getting and how sweet she is and I just want to enjoy every second I can with her for a while. All my girls love her so much and are so great with her. I love watching them talk to her and they get so excited when they make her smile or see her do something cute.

Kindergarten Graduation

Elizabeth is Graduated from Kindergarten! She had a very cute program that we were able to go and see. They all had a letter of the alphabet and each one said something that they did that year that started with that letter, and then sang a song that went along with it. Elizabeth can sometimes be a little shy and not want to show off at all or sing in front of a crowd. But she did so great! I was so proud that she knew all the parts and every song and all the moves to the songs.




Elizabeth's part was X is for all the eXcellent parents that helped us through the year.

Elizabeth got her certificate and she also got a special award for only missing one day out of the whole year!
Lizzy and her teacher Mrs. Murray. Elizabeth loved her teacher and learned so much this year. She is such a smart little girl and she always does her best that she can. I am so proud of her for how hard she works at her school work.
I love my little Lizzy so much!

Cute kids

Adison is always so cute and happy in the mornings. I was so glad that I grabbed the camera and caught these cute pictures but I am so sad that Alexis wasn't in them.





It is so amazing how strong of a spirit this little baby has. It has made our house feel so peaceful and happy. I just can't help but feel so happy and my heart is so full when I see this cute little baby. It is so funny because before I have a baby I always worry.... "what if I don't love this baby as much as I love the others" or dumb things like that. But the second I see them I am sooooo in love with them. My heart at times has felt so full that I thought there was just no room left but my love for my family is endless and my love for them grows more and more each day! And that also goes for my husband! I love him soooooooo much and he is just perfect for me!
I feel like I am so blessed when I see that I have four healthy happy little girls and I am just spoiled. It isn't things that make me happy, it is for sure my family!

For Kate's birthday this year we had her birthday party at a gym. It was a lot of fun for the kids, and they all loved it, but I think the adults had just as much fun or even more fun than the kids did.. I loved doing gymnastics again. I could still do a lot of my tricks, and even was brave enough to do a round off back handspring on the bouncy floor. (I was really sore the next day from all the tricks I did, but it was still a lot of fun) This also made me a little sad because this is the kind of gym that I was able to go to when I was a kid, and I really want my girls to be able to go to this kind also. The only gym close to us is a hole in the wall and all they have taught them in the two years that they have been there is a cartwheel.
Julie doing her toe touch (very impressive) only two and a half months after having a baby!
Ryan Jumping into the pit

The girls doing back flips hooked onto the rope things
Lizzy could do flips like crazy. She got started on her back flips and just kept going and going and going.
Alexis was a little chicken. She has a thing with heights. But she did end up doing a few back flips.
Denton even got hooked up and did a few back flips. I took some pictures as fast as I could so I could get from start to end.


Ta da. Not bad for an old fart huh.... JK!
Alexis was having a very rough day that day. Before we went to the party she fell on some bricks and scraped her leg up a bunch, and then at the party she was running and fell and hurt her hip, some more of her legs and her hands.

Lizzy thought this was so funny to be carried by Jackson!

I am 30

I had a birthday last month and it was so great! Ryan and I were able to go on a date with just the two of us. Ryan's dad came to the house and watched the baby and all the girls. It was a little hard to leave her but it was nice to be able to hang out with Ryan. We went to dinner at my favorite place, the Indian Oven. Then we were going to go to a movie but there is just nothing out that even looks interesting, or they do look good and they are R.... so we went shopping and that was just fine with me.
I thought it would be hard to turn 30 this year but it really wasn't a big deal at all. I still feel the same, and it still feel like I should be 18.....

Picture overload!

I have not been keeping up very well with updating our blog so I am going to do a huge overload of pictures. I got a new camera for my birthday this year so I am having fun taking pictures.
She was smiling before she saw a bright red light and then a flash....

Adison is talking (baby talk) to us a lot and she is good at saying "Hi" (or what sounds like hi) and goo, ahhh, ma, and other vowel sounds. It is so cute!
She is getting so big and a little chunky. I took her in for her 2 month check up and the doc said, "she is way off the charts on her height and way over weight". So I was said, "do I need to put her on a diet?" He just laughed and said that she was just over the 90th percent in both height and weight but that she was just perfect. She is 14 lbs and 25 inches. (which he said is as big as most 4 month old baby's)


The day that we blessed Adison my dad was working on his tractor all day on our yard getting it leveled and he also dug our hole for our trampoline. The girls are loving it!
She is so sweet, I love the smiles she gives me. It just makes my heart melt


My Grandma Merrill came to see Adison. It was so nice to see her and get to talk to her. The day after Adison was born my Grandpa Merrill passed away and it is starting to be hard for her. I wasn't able to make it to the funeral because I had a brand new baby and wasn't really feeling like myself yet. I really regret not being able to go. It was nice to hear about it from her and she told me a few stories about him right before he died. I am waiting to listen to his funeral on a disc and then I am going to post about this later.

Magic

We were riding in the car the other day and Alexis asked us if there was such a thing as Magic? So Ryan began to tell her no, and told her the reason why. After a few minutes of telling them why it isn't real, Brytlee say's, "Daddy you are magic because one time you cooked me a hamburger REALLY FAST"!

Adison's Blessing

We blessed Adison this last Saturday in our home. It was such a busy weekend, we had a bridal shower for Chase's bride to be... and my parents came down and helped us work on our yard on Friday, and Julie blessed her baby on Sunday. We decided to bless Adison this Saturday because there was a chance that Ryan may be out of town this next month. It was kinda nice to have it on a Saturday so that all my family could make it without having to wake up early and drive two hours to make it to our Church. We had a great turnout, all of Ryan's family was able to come and his Grandma Thomas. All but Chris and Cindy and Brad was able to make it from my family along with my Grandma and Grandpa Mueller and Becky and Jaycee, our good friends the Marlow's and that is about it. We had such a amazing day and it was so special to share it with so many people that we love! Thank you so much to everyone that made such a big effort to be with us. We love you all so much!
Ryan did a wonderful Blessing. Adison wore the same dress that all of her sisters have been blessed in.
She was hungry but I didn't want to feed her in her dress. So we just kept putting a Binky in to hold her off as long as we could.

My Grandma Janice is who we named Adison Janiece after. She is such a amazing women, and I love her so much. I am so glad that I have a daughter to share a name with such a wonderful women! (It was funny when I called her to find out how to spell her name she said, "just spell it the right way.... not like mine)
Ryan's Grandma Thomas. Also a amazing women! She is going to be 91 this year and still gets around like so is so young and healthy!



It was such a great surprise that Sara was able to make it to the blessing! She lives in St. George so I never thought they would be able to make it. But luckily Sara had a Aunt that was getting married very close to us and came right after the wedding and then spent the night with us! I wish that we lived closer because she is so much fun and such a sweet heart! (And Elizabeth LOVES little Mia)


Elizabeth was so happy to see Mia and even more excited that they were going to have a sleep over! They are the same age and in the same grade and play so great together. Elizabeth just loves her and say's she is her best friend.
Adison is lucky to have three little cousins that are very close in age to her. One only being two weeks older than her. I am sure these little girls are going to be the best of friends.
going from the left to right. Dan and Julie's little girl Jane (2 months), Lesh and Leo's little girl Kinley (6 months) , and then our little Adison (6 weeks and three days).