Some of our family from Colorado came to visit. It was so great to see them! The kids had so much fun playing together, we haven't been able to get to Colorado since Graysen was born so it we were really missing them. Matt has always told the kids that when they came out to visit he wanted to take them fishing so we ended up going to the trout farm and the kids caught a TON of fish. We were going to limit them to 2 fish per kid but of course we just couldn't tell them no when they wanted to try for another. There was also a corn maze we went through. It was pretty fun but I couldn't look around to close or I would have freaked out about all the bugs!!! It was a great visit!

Aunt Jess and Uncle Mike

Tatum showing off her fish

We were a little nervous one of the kids would end up in the water.

Baby Graysen traveling in style!

Tatum Update

This is Tatum for her first day of preschool, she missed the deadline for kindergarten by 10 days:( I think she is ready to start but I decided it will be good for her to be the oldest. I am hoping she is going to excell vs. just trying to keep up. She is so sassy she only wants to wear dresses or skirts. What a cutie!!!

She also started to play soccer this year. Her first game was amazing she scored 2 goals and was really aggresive but since then she seems to have lost a little interest. She still likes to play and says she is having fun so I guess that is all that matters. Plus she looks really cute in her soccer uniform.
Little Graysen has so much fun being outside and cheering for sissy.

Tatum turned 5!!! She had her first friend party and decided she wanted to make it a fairy party. She had her friends over and they all got a pair of wings and made tutus. They all turned out great!

Only 5 months late.....

As you may already know clear back in April we welcomed Graysen Michael into our family. He came into this world much faster than his older sister, we checked into the hospital at 6:15 and he was here by 10:17. It would have been even faster but the little stinker decided to be face up so it took a little longer than the Dr. thought it would. I worked a full day of work until 5:30 then headed straight to the hospital, I was really happy I didn't waste any of my leave sitting around waiting for him to join us. He was born very healthy at 7 lbs 10 oz and 20 inches.

Tatum just loves her little brother. We were a little worried about jealousy because she has been the center of our world for so long but she is incredibally good to him. She is always asking to hold him, help feed or bathe him. He loves her too, she can always make him smile or laugh.

Our poor little guy had a rough couple months at first. He had colic and acid reflux. He only had 3 states of being...sleeping, eating or crying. It broke my heart to have him so unhappy with nothing I could do for him. We started him on zantac which seemed to help a little but really it was just time that was the biggest improvement. He is now going on 6 months and such a happy kid. He loves to be held and loved on, he smiles full time and laughs at everything. He started rolling from his back to his belly right at 5 months and gets mad that he can't just get up and go. When this little guy gets mobile I think it will be non-stop, we are gonna do a lot of running to catch up with him.

Wait.....I have a blog?????

Well it's been a long time with no posts, really (knowing myself )not surprising at all. There has been a lot going on in our life. Most of you probably already know our family is expanding. We are having a baby!!! Most people thought we weren't having anymore but we knew our family was not complete yet. I am now 19 1/2 weeks along that means he should be here sometime around May 13th. I have been meaning to put this on here for a while but I thought I would try to scan in the ultrasound picture to go with the announcement but that just didn't seem like it was ever going to happen. We had an appointment on Friday and the Dr said "definitely a boy" So now we start to think of all thing blue. Tatum was a little disappointed at first and said "if it's gonna be a boy he better be a nice boy" I told her that it is our job to teach him how to be a nice boy. Now I'm thinking that was not the best thing to tell her cause I think she thinks she is now the boss of the poor kid and he is not even born yet.

In other new Tatum had her first dance performance last week. She did GREAT!!!!!! We were so proud of her. She did all the steps and smiled like crazy. Our pictures of her on stage did not turn out:( but we were able to get it on video. I can't seem to figure out how to upload it yet but I will keep trying. She is so cute!!!!

What did you do for your Birthday?

So I went SKYDIVING yesterday, always wanted to but never really thought I would. I decided that my birthday was a good reason to go jump out of a plane. It was pretty crazy, I never really got scared to my suprise. It all seemed a little like a ride at Disneyland or something. p.s. sorry about the underline not quite sure how that happened or how to get rid of it and I already had to download the picture twice so I just went with it.

FAMILY PICTURES

Candice set up for us to have some family pictures taken and I think they turned out pretty good. I still can't decide which ones to have printed, as you can tell I can't pick my favorites. Any help in that department would be much appreciated.