2 Weeks and Growing

Emma is on a mission to Eat, Poop and Grow. This photo was taken on Christmas Eve, so she was almost 2 weeks old. On her 2 week visit to the doctor she grew 2 inches and 1 full pound since birth. With the amount of time I spend nursing her I am not surprised at all! I completely forgot how much time is involved taking care of a newborn. And just so you know....its worth every second.

Christmas 2008

This is the only shot I got with all three kids. Can you find Emma? She is in the bouncy seat in the background. My only excuse for such poor photos is

1. I am still on drugs

2. I have not sleep

3. I was trying to enjoy the moment in person instead of behind the camera.

Somehow he knew what was in it.

I was so excited for Christmas to come and now I am so excited to get Christmas out of my house! I want the tree down and every hint of red gone. Here are some highlights of our Christmas.

Preston woke up at 3:00am, yes 3:00am and scared me to death. I was asleep sitting up (all you nursing mom's know exactly what I am talking about) and I opened my eyes and he was just standing next to my bed. With much excitement he informed me that Santa had been here and it was time to open presents. I said no go back to bed. We found him sleeping on the couch downstairs complaining his neck hurt at about 8:00am Christmas morning!

Papa Santa

Have you ever seen Harrison not give someone a hug? Santa even gets one!

Here is the boys with Papa Santa. Every year Papa dresses up like Santa for something and the boys go and visit. Preston gives us subtle hits that he knows it's papa but I don't think Harrison has a clue. That statement actually describes by boys perfectly! They are so different and we love them for who they are and because they are individuals. We love Papa Santa too!

Seriously

One night the binky fell on the floor and Oliver got it within seconds. He wanted to play and he taunted me with it while running in circles and pouncing around. I didn't think it was important enough to bend over and pick up so I continued to yell at him to drop it. He ran outside, he tought I was going to chase him but my thoughts were very different....I closed the back door and left him out in the rain. So this yellow binky is now Olivers. He doesn't like to chew it, he just walkes around the house sucking on it. So if you come over Emma DOES NOT take a binky, but Oliver does ....so please don't try to give it to her.

First Car Ride With Three Kids

We loaded all the kids in the car for the first time tonight to go look at Christmas lights. I needed out of the house, its been a week already. We barley left Coto and Harrison was asleep and the conversation with Preston started.

P - I have Bad News....... never mind......well I do have bad news but when I tell you guys you will be upset.

Mom - Its okay, just tell us

P - Its nothing I will be fine.

Mom - Preston just take a deep breath and tell us. I promise we won't be mad. (this went back and forth for a few minutes)

P- okay, I stuck a piece of paper up my nose and now its stuck. But don't worry its only medium sized. Do you think I am going to die?

Mom- I think your going to live but we need to get it out.

Thanks to the handy dandy tweezers in the emergency kit, Jeremy was able to get it out pretty quickly. I doubt he ever sticks anything else in his nose. And he was right it was medium in size.

Emma

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A New Love - Emma Wray Eynon

Emma Wray Eynon has arrived and is adorable. She has definitely stolen our hearts already.

I started to have some contractions on Thursday night and decided to just go to bed. I woke up at 2:00 and my water broke! Jeremy and I jumped in the shower and packed our bags quickly. Grandpa was able to come over and sit with the boys until they woke up while we headed to the hospital.

She arrived at 7:30am on Friday December 12th!

She weighed in at 6.11 and measured 19 1/2 inches long.

She is a great eater, we can basically set our watch to her eating schedule, every 2 hours and 45 minutes. I LOVE knowing exactly what to expect and when to expect it. We are so blessed and feel so honored to have her join our family. Harrison is a little protective and Preston is completely in love with her. He says he can't wait for us to come home so he can help feed her, play with her, change her diaper and just plain hold and love her.

We love you Emma!

Bring It On

I am 100% ready for Christmas, the lights are hung, the tree is decorated, the annual gingerbread houses are full of frosting and candies and the presents are ready to be wrapped! We enjoyed "Follow the Star" and driving around looking at lights. So now we wait....patiently wait!

The finished product. Do you see the girls face in the lower right hand window? Harrison put here in the exact same spot then all of the sudden he ripped her off and bit her in half. I said Harrison why did you do that? He responded "I don't like girls". I had to laugh.

Dad did a great job making the Christmas trees!

Harrison was more into eating all of the sugar than actually decorating the house.

I prepped the house for Preston to decorate. Can you tell his in love with his mom?

Our Santa experience was excellent this year. Both Preston and Harrison had a good time sitting on Santa's lap. They also enjoyed the donut breakfast and playing with their friends at the park.

Each year the boys get a special ordainment to hang on the tree, something that represents them that year. This year it was Star Wars. I love to look back on the ordainment for the last few years. It reminds me of me and what they were into and the all the memories of that year. Preston now has 6 and Harrison 4.

Happy Thanksgiving!

Here are the boys ready to eat Thanksgiving Dinner. Their favorite dishes were Turkey and the "Orange Potatoes". Preston had a special performance at school followed by a Thanksgiving Feast. He loves to sing and was extra excited that I was able to help out in the classroom ALL DAY! He decided that he wanted to be an Indian.

Only Harrison

Harrison has no fear of pain and the highest pain threshold I have ever seen. I know that we are going to end up in the emergency room at least 3x a year as he grows older.

I was sewing yesterday, when the phone rang. I had to run upstairs and I specifically told him "DO NOT TOUCH THIS". He quickly replied "OKAY MOM". It was not more than a few minutes I hear a "OH OH OH" quickly followed by screaming. Apparently he thought it would be a good idea to sew his pointer finger right down the middle of his finger nail. If you thought it couldn't get worse it does. The needle was in the down position and in his finger nail so he decided to ripe his finger out of the machine. I had to wrap his finger, scold him for touching when I warned him not to and then change the needle on the sewing machine because it was so bent.

Seriously, do they ever learn.

The Count Down!

We have less than 30 days until our new baby arrives! She is expected to be about 8 pounds, which is nothing new to me. Apparently my babies all grow exactly the same! We are getting excited, prepared and counting the days!

Thanks to everyone that came to my shower! It was a lot of fun and I received so many adorable things. I feel very fortunate to have so many great friends, thanks to Denise and Elizabeth for putting on a great party!

Every time I tell Harrison to go get his PJ's he forgets that HIS closet is now Emma's and he yells back at me "It's all GIRL stuff in here"! We are all adjusting to "the pink".

Halloween 2008

Harrison enjoying some candy after Trick or Treating. The boys posing with their pumpkins.

Preston's Kindergarten class.

Star Wars at its best!

Classic Preston

One afternoon Preston reported to me that the Graham crackers in the refrigerator have gone bad so he put them in the trash. As you can see they were Rye Crisps.

Preston's response to "What did you do?" " It was just an accident with markers on purpose, Mom".

How do you not laugh when your kids do and say the funniest things. My boys make life more enjoyable and they keep me laughing.

Harrisons First Day of Preschool

I am finally posting again. I couldn't get a good photo of Harrison, I don't know why he always has that funky smile when I pull out the camera.

Harrisons special breakfast, waffels with chocolate chips and whip cream, with a side of eggs! Have I ever mentioned that Harrison is addicted to sugar?

First Day of School

Today was Preston's first day of school and he loved it. He made new friends with in the first 5 minutes, I think he takes after his mother : ). Harrison on the other hand was beyond upset! He cried and complained all day long. He starts Preschool next Thurs so stay posted for more great blog updates.

I Love Boys

This is what I find on my kitchen table at least once a week. Preston and Harrison as the assistant "surprise" me with a lovely Mickey Mouse bowl full of flowers and "leaves in the middle for extra color". They are so loving and I always know exactly where they are coming from. Which brings me to my point.......WE ARE HAVING A GIRL and I am a little spooked! What am I going to do? I only know how to take care of boys!

Punishment or Parent Torture

Preston was "bad" the other night and I was on my last nerve, so in the heat of the moment I said "No Wii for a week, maybe that will make you think next time". In reality I was the one not thinking. I was not only punishing him...but mostly myself.

Today is a great day, the Wii has returned. Now maybe I can get a few things done while my children sit in front of the TV getting cramps in their fingers. MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU!

Amusement Park Marathon

Besides Las Vegas, we have not had a true vacation this summer. Utah was canceled because I was so sick, the price of gas was so high and the thought of traveling in a car for 24 hours didn't thrill me! So we decided to take advantage of the fact that we live in So Cal. We headed down to Legoland which was promptly followed by 2 FULL days of Disneyland and the Disneyland Hotel. What was I thinking? I all of the sudden I have sore muscles I didn't even know existed. I don't recommend this plan to anyone and especially anyone almost 6 months pregnant.


The boys had a great time and I guess that's what matters the most. In ten years Jeremy and I figure that we will be sitting on a bench on Main Street sharing some popcorn while the boys run from roller coaster to roller coaster. And we would be reminiscing about this particular trip wishing we could go back in time, just to ride It's a Small World one more time with them. We are exhausted by enjoyed every simple, childlike, magical moment.


Here are some photos of our adventures! Warning: Preston is all the sudden into having his photo taken and Harrison thinks its funny to make funny faces at the camera while I plead with him to stop.




The end of the night is pure bliss!! They were asleep with in minutes of crawling in bed.

Like father, like son.
We LOVE the character breakfast, it's a really fun thing to do for a birthday or some kinda of celebration!


Star Wars

I found a new favorite ride, Toy Story. It was sooo much fun, it was something that you didn't want to end and wish you could just ride it over and over again.

Jeremy and I purchased this stone about 10 years ago, when it was just the two of us. Its really neat to see the boys enjoy visiting the stone every time we go to Disneyland. We got a really good spot too its 6 stones due East, I suggest visiting it sometime.



Legoland, I always wondered why we had never gone before, I wonder no more!

The boys did enjoy building a car and then racing them, they spent so much time there I contemplated make a race track like this, but then reality set in.


Indiana Jones