Sweet Season

I am always a little sad when this time of year comes to an end. I love Christmas because of the sweet spirit that comes out around this time that is unless you are at the stores and then it is just pure madness. This year we started a new tradition in our home for Christmas day. We have decided to sing Happy Birthday to Jesus so that we can make sure we bring the true meaning of Christmas back into focus for our children. Aiden can tell us what the true meaning of Christmas is which is so great to me, but the younger ones are not to the point to really understand that. Aiden this year told us that Santa is not real and he figured it out from movies. We countered that with the statement that Santa is the magic of Christmas. It is a little sad that he came to us with that this year, but he still enjoyed seeing Santa and putting out treats. Maybe he will change his mind (fingers crossed). We are so grateful to all of our family for the wonderful gifts they gave to our kids. It was such a great Christmas for us. I unfortunately slacked and did not get pictures that morning, but we recorded it like always so we will always be able to look back at the fun Christmas mornings we have had :o)

Oh Our Precious Treat

So trick or treat now has a new meaning for us. We got the best treat possible on Halloween. Iradessa Ana Po'uha arrived at 8:05 that night. She weighed in at 7.3 and was 19 1/2 inches long. Sadly we did not get to spend Halloween with our boys, but our amazing neighbors took them trick or treating. We are very lucky to have such wonderful neighbors. I am sad I missed Owen's first trick or treating experience, but I think we all feel like Dessa was more then worth it. Our boys are loving their baby sister. Owen is beyond attached and thinks he should just get to hold her all the time. It makes me smile to see Dessa fit in so well with our family. She is such an adorable amazing little baby. I have got to be the luckiest mommy on the planet. I still look at her sometimes and it is crazy to me that we have a beautiful baby girl. Though I really did not plan on her I am unbelievable grateful that I was blessed with a daughter of my own. She did end up on lights for jaundice when we first got home, but they helped quickly and we were lucky enough to avoid the need to have her go back to the hospital to get treated which was very nice. Here are some of my favorite pictures of our baby girl over the last two weeks and the boys in their costumes. :)

 This is the normal way of life in our house now...everyone crowds around Dessa :)

 Loving the brown eyes, but it will be interesting to see if they do stay brown.

 My boys heading back home after a field trip for Aiden's school. My kids have an amazing daddy!

 My cute little monkey man.

 Aiden was our ghost this year.

 Which leaves Ian the growling werewolf

 First time I got Dessa to sleep in her bed with her Nala stuffie from us :)

 This is the baby dress I wore when I was little, and now my daughter gets to wear it.

 Here is Owen holding baby sister again...he really does love her like crazy.

We all love this little girl beyond words, and are lucky to have such a cute sweet little girl in our lives!

Project Complete

So awhile back I shared that I would be crocheting a blanket for Dessa and I thought I would share an update on that. I did actually manage to complete that blanket. Could have done a little better then I did but considering that it is the first blanket that I have ever crocheted I really can't complain. I do like the colors that I used on her blanket though. I cannot wait for her to arrive so that I can wrap her up in this new blanket. I also made a second blanket for her. This one I just made out of fleece and tied though. I love the fleece blanket. The fabrics we chose go great together. More then just having the feeling of accomplishment though I am actually proud of myself for sticking with it and finishing these projects. It is a very rewarding experience when you accomplish something you did not think you could for the first time. I wanted to share some pictures of the finished products. On the fleece one the solid color looks blue but it is actually purple. I do plan to work on more blankets so that I can make one for each one of my children, but I think I will take them slowly.

                                        Wrapped together so you can see the colors against each other.

                                       

Aiden's First Day Of School

I know this post is a little delayed seeing as school started a month ago, but it seems fitting since I made more like two first days for myself. Anyone who really knows me knows that my whole world revolves around Aarron, Aiden, Ian, and Owen. Having Aiden start school was very hard for me. I was a complete wreck the night before and ended up crying again that morning. I felt like in a way I was losing part of Aiden since I knew that school would change his perspective some. I still miss him everyday he goes to school. My saving grace to this point is that instead of putting him on the bus we have been able to drive him to school and pick him up everyday. I enjoy every extra moment I have with him. We have since decided for many reasons that we will start putting him on the bus come the end of the month. That is where the second first day comes in for me. It bothers me that I will not be the one to walk him into class and to be who he sees first as he leaves the school. I honestly just pray at this point that Aiden will be safe and not face any problems at school. I am not sure what is going to happen when he ends up at school all day next year and Ian is in kindergarten. As for now I will just hope that Aiden continues to have fun at school and that he enjoys the bus. Here are a few pictures from the morning of his first day.

Summer Fun

 Boys got to ride a camel at the renaissance fair this year.

 Ian chose to get a snake painted on his face at the fair

 Aiden of course was true to his spider man self :)

 Little Owen was super tired after walking around in the hot sun at the fair.

The boys convinced us to buy the big fireworks. Such spoiled children we have.  These are just a few of the pictures we have from the summer fun that we have had. I am glad that we did these fun things with our boys especially since Aiden is starting school at the end of the month and our time to go do these sorts of things is now going to be very limited! I hope you all enjoy the glimpse into our lives :)

Slow Motion

So time seemed to be going at a pretty nice pace, but now I am feeling like it is almost at a stand still. I know that is not the case, but I really want to see Iradessa already. I do not want her to come this early as that would be scary. Maybe time will pick back up in my mind once everyone I know who is having babies in August have them and then it will be back to just waiting for our beautiful little girl to join us :) Aiden I think is feeling the same way. He has asked me quite a few times if we can see Dessa in my tummy again. To bad it does not work like that. He also is very attached to his baby sister already. He is always putting his hands on my tummy and saying "Mom I want to feel baby sister move." I think it is so cute that he is already so attached to her. Not sure he will be so excited once he realizes that he will still have to be going to school when she arrives. I worry some about Owen when Dessa arrives, because he is so attached to me and he will lose some of the time that I spend with him. I hope that he adjusts as well as Ian did when Owen arrived. Either way I know that it will all work out and our home will still be a happy loving place for all us. On a happy note I am making progress on the blanket I am crocheting for Dessa and I have almost gotten all the boys baby scrapbooks finished. I have like 6 pages left in Owen's book and I will be done. I love finishing projects it really makes you feel like you accomplished something. I think that these memories are so worth having put together to treasure forever!

Crafting Crazies

So since finding out we are having a little girl I have decided that there are about a million things I need to do to be prepared.  My amazing mom crochets beautiful blankets so I thought why don't I try that. I have tried many times to pick up the art of crocheting but I never stick with it. This time though I am really working at it as I know I can make nice blankets and it is cheaper then going out and buying a bunch I don't really like. The thing about this crocheting business though is that I am not overly great at it. I want these blankets to turn out as beautiful as the ones my mom makes, but I am no where close to as good as she is. It is rather frustrating to me and it is driving me a little bonkers. Like the say though "practice makes perfect." It has been a nice hobby to pick up though. It is relaxing to me now so I do plan to stick with this. I hope to one day be able to teach my daughter how to crochet. I think it is great to pass those sort of things along to your children. I want to get a lot more crafty so I can make a lot of things and save money that way, but the amount of time that will take kind of stresses me out. Guess we will see what happens in the future. For now I won't add anything to my list of craft projects aside from crocheting blankets for all my kiddos :-)  One of these days I will have a camera I can download pictures from so I can add cute pictures to my blog!