Christmas Day 2009

T'was the night before Christmas

Making (and tasting) cookies for Santa.

Our crazy family the night before Jersey's first Christmas. Jersey looks a little freaked out in this picture, I'm sure she's thinking "somebody save me from these people".

December 19th 2009

Since Jersey wasn't coming on her on we had a c-section on the morning of December 19th. I wasn't thrilled with the idea but with a vbac they won't "help" you go into labor and I they don't want to wait on nature too long either. Regardless of how she came we are so happy to have this new addition to our family.

We were at the hostpital at 5:30amRyan and I ready for the O.R.

There's Jersey!

Mom and daughter

Proud daddy and baby Jersey

(Ryan took this pic of himself)

Bringing a new baby to the world is the best feeling ever. I love my family and they truly make me happy.

I know this post is a little late, but it's been a little crazy around here!

Since I was 5 days overdue I needed to keep myself busy so...

Chas and I went to eat lunch with Carson at his school. Ryan played dress up with Jace. (Jace thought he was so cool with hi gear on)

Carson's class had a Christmas party and they made gingerbread houses and had a book exchange.

And of course we went to see the temple lights.

Jersey Mae Howard 6 lbs 6 oz 18 1/2 in 12/19/2009

December is FINALLY here!!!

I love decorating for Christmas. I saw this idea last year and couldn't wait to do it. Each bucket is filled with candy, so as we count down to Christmas we can have a little treat too.

Thanks Michelle for the trees, there not green anymore!

Chas' Turkey Day Performance

He enjoys performing, I wonder where he gets that from?

So...sometimes I don't have the brightest ideas. Taking three kids to the Zoo while being 8 months pregnant was one of my dimmer moments. It turned out good, but I was SO TIRED after that adventure. This was Jace's first time at the zoo and he wanted to get into the cages with all the animals. He probably would of fit right in with some of them.

Seriously...who doesn't like Cotton Candy? That's one of my motivations for going to the zoo.

Jace and I have the same belly.

Tenneal, say "chubby face" I mean "cheese"!

Baby Shower!

I must say that I felt so blessed that anyone wanted to actually throw me a baby shower. I love to go to baby shower's, I don't even have to know the person, but when it comes to my own shower I feel so weird about the whole thing. Anyway, my friend Jeanette threw me a shower in November and it was a lot of fun and I got a ton of great stuff. Girl stuff is pretty fun!When you give any fat (or phat) girl chocolate, we're going to get very excited!

My body pillow and Carson

My body pillow is wanted by everyone in house, yes even Ryan. So I found Carson sleeping in our bed like this with MY pillow. It's just not right.

In this picture Jace doesn't look like me at all, RIGHT!?

Halloween night

Carson and Chas

(Why is Chas popping his knee?)Which one's the DUMMY?A boy from another street made this pumpkin, I think he did an awesome job. Ryan said he can't tell who it is, can you? (answer at the bottom of this post)

Jace as Mater!

There's all my boys, and one extra!

Answer: Michael Jackson in THRILLER!

Chas' pre-school party

Chas was an Alien this year for Halloween. (He didn't want to wear the mask) His pre-school party was very fun and the kids had a blast.