The big day!!!!

Let me just tell you how the morning began....we told the girls not to come out of there room until we came and got them, so around 7:00 we heard them yelling for us, so we went down there and Jaiden was in tears...(she isn't going to be happy with me for writing this) She had an accident in her bed:( she was so excited and she knew she wasn't suppossed to come out, we felt so bad!!!! Then Marlie started to cry and said her tummy hurt, James ran and got a bowl and well....she threw up:( What a way to start Christmas morning!!! We think its her nerves, because last year she did the exact same thing!!! After about 15 minutes she was Marlie again and things were good!!! Ellie was so cute, she opened her stocking and found a candy cane and didn't care about anything else, James kept trying to take it so she would open some presents and she got so upset, so we let her eat it!!! Once she figured out there were toys for her in the presents she went to town opening everyone's presents!!! It was a wonderful day even with all of the snow!!!!

Sweet baby Gage slept through his first christmas:)

Christmas Eve!!!

We had our traditional opening of one present and course it was PJ's!!! They were all so excited, it took an hour to calm them down to get them ready for bed!!!! But yes they all fell asleep:)

Gage played the part of baby Jesus and couldn't have done any better, He fell asleep in Jaiden's arms the minute I put him there!! The only problem was Jaiden's little arms got so tired while Grandpa read from the Bible that by the end of it he was laying on the floor!!!

We started the night off with the meaning of christmas and the kids acted out the nativity scene!!! They all played there part very well!!!

SANTA!!!!!!

All the kids got to sit on Santa's lap at James' work party!!! It was so fun to see Ellie, she was so nervous, but she did great! She got right up there and talked to him and was so big!!!! This is Gage's first visit with Santa!!! He didn't really mind, we'll see if its a different situation next year!!

This is Jaiden singing Jingle Bells in front of the whole crowd (about 2 hundered poeple) She did so good!! They asked for a few volunteers to sing when Santa was coming and she raised her hand and got picked!! It was so cute, a very proud mother moment:) She sang all the words and didn't mess up at all!!!!

Elves!!!!!

We went to see the elves at Gardner Village!! It was so fun, but so cold!!!!

Gage is screaming, because he hated wearing a hat, but its so cute (thanks Casey!)

OOPS!!! I forgot to rotate the picture:)

She's done it again......

Of course I am talking about Little Miss Ellie.....Yesterday morning she woke up and decided to make the day crazy for Mom and Dad!!! It started with Marlie bringing us the bottle of children's Motrin and telling us that Ellie got the lid off and was drinking it....It was still pretty full so I new it wasn't to much to worry about, I took it and put it on the dresser in our room and laid back down...it was still early, anyway about 20 minutes later Ellie brought me the bottle again, this time it was empty....Of course we both jumped out of bed hoping that she just dumped it out somewhere and was playing in it!!!! We couldn't find it anywhere so I smelled her mouth and sure enough it smelled like the Motrin! We asked her what she did with it and she didn't really answer, finally after talking to her for a few minutes she told us she drank it:( I called the Dr. in a panic and they sent us to the dreaded ER. What a wonderful time that was...they rushed her right in to a trauma room and you always know something is wrong when there are about 20 people rushing around in the room and hooking her up to monitors and telling me everything will be okay!!!! Needless to say everything turned out okay, They made her drink that Oh so yummy Charcoal, and had her hooked up to an IV for a few hours!!! They watched her for a while and then finally sent us home!!! We had to take her to the Dr today for a follow-up and the Doc said she is just fine!! I have now learned the hard way that a child proof lid doesn't mean anything!!!!

Happy Turkey Day!!!

We decided to go out for Thanksgiving this year!! We enjoyed a very nice dinner at Tuscany!! It was really fun, but the fancy glasses were a little much for the kids, we only had a few spills though!!! The dinner was so good, we all loved the Mashed Potatoes, but really it was all very good!!! Jill, Kent, Grandpa, Grandma, Marlie, James, Ellie, Jaiden and cute little Gage was on the floor all bundled up and asleep in his car seat:)

Marlie and James getting ready to eat yummy turkey:)

Cute girls at Thanksgiving dinner!!!

Marlie was a Pilgrim for her Thanksgiving feast!!!

Jaiden was a cute little Indian for her Thanksgiving feast!!!

Toothpaste....Yum Yum!!!!!

So yesterday I took the kids to the dentist for there 6 month checkup!! It went pretty good!!! The dentist said that Marlie had beautiful teeth and no cavities:):):):) He does want us to see an orthodontist for her bite:( Then it was Jaiden's turn, she had one cavity:( and the same bite as Marlie so agian another ortho visit!!! Then it was Miss Ellie's turn, this was her first visit!!! She jumped up in the chair and opened her mouth right up!! She was so good, no cavaties, BUT....He said it was time to stop with the thumb sucking:( That is going to be a trial....she loves her thumb!!! So they get there little bags with there toothbrushes and toothpaste and we are on are way home....about half way home, Jaiden brings it to my attention that little Miss Ellie has eaten her whole tube of toothpaste!!!!!! I immediately pulled over and looked at the toothpaste and it said to call poison control right away if eaten....so I called the dentist back and of course it was after 5:00 so I had to call the emergency number!!! The dentist called me back right away laughing.....and said she would be okay, but she had to drink milk all night long and that she might throw up and her stomach would probably hurt really bad!!!! (luckily she loves milk) So we got home and starting giving her sippy after sippy cup of milk!!! We made it through the night and no throwing up:) Anyway, I now know not to let her have the little bag from the dentist in the car on the way home!!! I am sure she is not the first kid to do this.....Oh how we love Miss Ellie!!!

Busy feet!!

8 of the busiest and stinkiest feet you will ever see!!! We were getting this picture done and the photographer was laughing so hard because they wouldn't hold still and they stunk so bad!!! O well it was fun to do!!!

We Just got some so cute pictures of little Gage done!! He is such a happy baby!!

A Beautiful Day!!!

We baptised Marlie and blessed Gage together on the same day!!! It was so wonderful!! Jaiden was so excited for Marlie to talk to the Holy Ghost!! My kids are getting so big so fast. Time goes by when you are having fun!!!

Jaiden was Raggedy Ann and love getting as much candy as possible!!!
Marlie was the Mad Hatter and thinks she is a super model!!!
Ellie was Tinkerbell and of course she runs the whole show!!!
Our darling girls getting ready to go out and trick or treat!! They had such a fun time, Ellie only made it to 10 houses and was in the stroller eating her candy the rest of the time!! Marlie and Jaiden went to a few more than that and had a great time!! Gage and I stayed home and past out candy!!

Gage!

Our new little addition! Gage is now almost three months old. He is so much fun! He is smiling and kicking all over the place. You can tell he is Daddy's boy because when James comes in the room he recognizes his voice and smiles!