Dawson turns 4.....

Dawson turned 4...yes 4 on November 17th!...He had a little preschool birthday party and then we celebrated at Monna and Coaches house!

Dawson's Preschool teacher really goes above and beyond for these kids!

Dawson's new favorite shirt!..Buzz Lightyear!

Dawson's punching bag....oh yes...Thank u Karly ;)


Dawson's "toodle" cupcake cake. This boy loves Mickey Mouse Clubhouse!

How we love this big Miracle boy....

Fun with cousins.........

Brielle, Dawson and Lily at John's Incredible Pizza!

Milius Family at John's Incredible...

Cousins sharing an ice cream cone!

Cameron and Lily being silly....;)

Even Dallin enjoyed some cousin time napping with Jaxson!

Brielle, Dawson and Will..(who is actually my cousin, their 2nd cousin)

Sure had a fun time hanging out with all our family in California!

Brielle turns 6....

While we were in California for a wedding Brielle had a birthday! My first born turned 6 years old on November 11....We were at our cousins amazing new house and guess what? The birthday fairy visited her all the way from Utah! Oh and she chose a Spiderman Cake very Brielle!

We went to John's Incredible Pizza for her birthday and were joined with all our family and all of our friends! It was great! Brielle played games, games and more games! We all ate and she opened a few presents!

8 Week Old

Our baby Dallin is 8 weeks old! I cannot believe it! This is his Teddy Bear Snow Suit from his Aunt Angie and Uncle Greg!

Brielle took this picture and we think it is pretty funny!

Dallin is weighing in at 12lbs! Look at those wrist rolls. (Okay I realize he is not the fattest baby in the world his best friend Tanner is but I still think he is chubby)

Dressed for a wedding in California..GQ Model...

Nothing better than a sleeping baby! Wish he would do it for longer stretches! Man we are so in love with this baby!

Another Closet......

I did this closet before Dallin was born. In one of my nesting periods. As I explained in the other shelf post I hate dressers! They take up space you cannot see the clothes stacked in them and my kids unfold all the clothes to find the one thing they are looking for! Soooo I build shelves!

Forgot to get a real before shot but here is the first support beam!

All the support beams!...I choose to use beams and drill them right into the stud because I anticipate my children climbing up them at some point!

Painted and caulked.

All finished! Dawson has the 3 bottom shelves. Dallin has the top 2 which are actually further apart so store a lot of clothes!

Last Prego Picture..............

This picture was taken by Brielle on my iphone! This is before I went to the doctors and was sent to Labor & Delivery to have Dallin!
So this is the day I had him! BTW I hate prego pictures! Look at the Prego face...ughhh!

Pumpkin Patch.............

The annual Preschool Field Trip I braved it and took all three kids!


Brielle and her pumpkin!

Dawson and his pumpkin!

The kids with their friend Maklee!

Dallin enjoying the patch!

Me and the kiddos!...(Or the fat girl and my kids!)

Dawson going on the big slide.

Brielle on the big slideBrielle and Trevor on the big slide.

Our 4 week old.........

Our love Dallin is 4 weeks old!!!...I cannot believe it. In some aspects it has gone fast in some aspects very slow. Here are some fun facts about our baby:

He likes his binky.
Only sleeps 2-3 hours at a time. (Yea I am dying!)
Spits up a lot more than Brielle and Dawson ever did.
Has a very mellow personality.
Likes to sleep with his hands up by his face. (just like we saw in the U/S)
Has already smiled twice at me when talking to him!
Weighs a little over 8lbs.
Is still in Newborn clothes, because his legs are soooo short ;)
Holds his head up on his own and has since birth.
Uses his legs to push himself up the bed.
He is very strong.
Has big hands and feet.
He is balding.
He has hair on the back of his head.
His double chin is growing and so is his middle!
He has delicious LIPS!!

Our 2 Week old!!!.......

A busy two weeks! Dallin had a really high jaundice count on his 5 day old check up! His pediatrician told us to go straight to the hospital to start lights. Among the discussion it was told to us that if his counts do not rapidly drop then a blood transfusion was in his future! On Friday his count was 26.1....Really HIGH.

After 24hrs in the hosptial his count was down to 16.9. We were released to go home but he still had to be in the lights!

This is him at home! He hated the home lights more than anything! It was sad and pathetic. He wanted to be held. It was torture for me! After day 2 his counts were 13.5. My Pediatrician told me that between 12-13 we could stop the lights. I figured he was close so let him sleep with me!..Bad decision, his count jumped to 14.5! Ughhh. Then after another night of lights he was down to 12.6!! Took two days off and rechecked his count back up to 16.8. I cried! Though they expected the drop and said no lights! Again re tested 2 days later and he is around 12 again! His liver is now kicking in! YAAAAAAAAAAAA

What have we learned about this cute baby in 2 weeks?????

He loves his Mommy's bed ;)

He loves his hands up by his face!

He smiles a lot in his sleep ;) Which I LOVE.

Melts my heart!

Also, Dallin is allergic to SHRIMP. I had fried shrimp and he was not himself! Up ALL night. Very rough on the Mom. Then the next day he had little hives all over him :( I talked to his pediatrician and he said it is definitely a possibility because Brielle is allergic to shellfish! UGHHH. Of course, during All-U-Can Eat Shrimp at Red Lobster! I may have to feed him pumped milk after my Red Lobster trips ;)

Dallin weighed in at 7lbs. 6oz at his 2 week check-up! He gained 6oz. in 5 days!!

This is Dawson in the Nicu. Dallin has his chin and nose!!!

This is Brielle. Dallin has her eyes!!! :)

Better sibling pics to come.