We're Baaaaaack!

My blogging has been out of commission for a while due to lack of computer for over 2 years now. Well, guess what?!? My AMAZING husband bought me a Macbook Pro for Christmas! That means, I get to grace you all with my presence and approximately 4 million pictures of my three unbelievably adorable kids! Yaaaaaay! Try to contain yourselves, and be patient while I do a little back blogging and some serious picture posting of our disneyland trip. I'm sure I only have about 2 readers at this point anyway, but it'll all be worth it when I get my yearly blog books printed up. If anyone reads this, hit me up with a comment so I know you too are still alive and well in the blogosphere. 

This Is Halloween, This Is Halloween...

Halloween kind of got the shaft from me this year. Since I had a five day old baby I didn't leave the house or eve. Dress up!! Oh well, its a good excuse. The girls both wanted to be a "Vampire princess" don't ask me why. They were pretty cute little vampires if you ask me. They were on a serious sugar high that night too... Hence the crazy faces...



















-Mandi

Blessing

The man of the hour

We were so lucky to have all of my family (including an uncle, aunt and cousin)here for Liam's blessing. Collin's mom and dad were able to fly out for the weekend too and make it extra special. So many people who love this little man already. It was a beautiful day!

Grandma and grandpa Earl

Nana and Papa Whitmill

The Snelgrove bunch with the man of the hour

Ericksons

Me and my cousin Christina

Uncle Dave and Aunt Laura

The Monsons

Auntie Sarah

Peterson's

Catching up... Thanksgiving 2011

I have been MIA from blogging for far too long. There are too many reasons to list why, but I will skip those and just try my best to get caught up!

Thanksgiving was pretty quiet this year. Well, maybe that's not the right word, but you know what I mean. With a new baby we pretty much just hung out with family and tried to relax. I did manage to get a few pictures of my little turkey's first Thanksgiving though.

There was a lot of this going on...

Mommy and Liam

Our Tiny Turkey

The girls and their cousins

It was uneventful, but perfect. It's always good to remember the MANY things I am thankful for.

Mommy and Me

I feel like I never get any pictures of me with my children, because I am usually behind the camera. So, my sister Jenn came over and snapped a few of me with my sweet peanut. He's not quite three weeks here.

Collin says I kiss him too much... I say there is no such thing

Love his tiny little purple feet : )

2 Weeks

Some of these posts are going to be a little boring, mostly just pictures. I'm going to try to get some pics up every month so those who aren't on Facebook can still watch him grow.

He's almost two weeks old in these pictures. Such a sweet baby. He's cuddly, even tempered (so far) and a great nurser. Sure he'll be as chubby as my girls were in no time!

He's been spending a lot of time like this. She's been a great little mama.

The thinker

1,2 and 3

We attempted to take some newborn pictures of Liam, but he wasn't very cooperative, little stinker. I at least wanted a few of the kids in their shirts, so here's what we got.

Still not quite sure what we ever did without him...

Halloween 2011

Halloween this year flew by, with a 5 day old baby I didn't do much. Collin took the girls to the church trunk or treat, and then my sister Nicole took them trick or treating to a few neighborhood houses. When they got home they were perfectly happy handing out candy to the other kids.

To explain the costumes, rewind two months...

When we went to look at the costume shop they had hundreds of costumes to choose from. Female super heroes, princesses, dancers, etc. What did they BOTH choose?

Yup... Vampire Princesses. Couple of weirdos.

We got a few pictures of the three kiddos together, but the girls were CRAZY hyper so I didn't trust them much with an infant. In the end, it was quiet for me, but successful overall. Next year I'll have to come up with a BOY costume. Still seems weird.

Liam Beckett, 5 days old

The sugar high

The Arrival

Liam Beckett Earl made his appearance on October 26th 2011 at 11:30 am. He was 7 lbs 12 oz., and 21 inches long.

We checked into the hospital on Tuesday night and I got started on IV antibiotics. At about 4 am they started the pitocin, but it didn't do much. Around 10:00 am they came in and broke my water. I was still at about 6 cm. I started really hurting so I went ahead and got my epidural. I decided to try and get some sleep since things were moving pretty slow, but naturally, as soon as I got comfortable BAM a ton of pressure and pain. They checked again and I had gone from 6-10 cm in about half an hour. We did a "practice push" and the nurse said STOP and went to get the doctor. My kids and sister were out in the hall, saw my doctor run in and after about 5 minutes my sweet baby boy was in my arms.

He has already brought us SO much joy. I couldn't imagine our family without him.

Naturally... My tender heart cried like a baby. She loves him.