ONE YEAR OLD!!!

Look who's one! Did I blink? The second baby grows so much faster, don't they? Sheesh, will I literally blink once and miss the fourth child's first year? Enough of that...ready or not--Stetson turned 1 on the 29th of October! This little guy is seriously the most smiley and cheesy kid out there. He is so much his Father's personality it's not even funny. He is easy going, totally all about chill-axing and will do absolutely ANYTHING for a laugh. He started walking about 5 weeks ago and he has been a pro since day one. I was expecting that though because he pretty much thought he could walk at 8 months and started letting go of what he was standing up to and would fall face first, laugh, and try again. He is non-stop and all about climbing, throwing whatever he can get his hands on and of course...laughing. Haddyn loves her little brother and he loves her right back, most often :) He has 8 teeth, with the 9th on it's way, and he loves to use them to bite whatever is within his grasp. (including fingers, faces, arms, etc.) He is just barely starting to sign and says Ma and Da. Beyond that he is not interested in communication of any sort :) He and Haddyn are SO different, but they are so much fun. Have I mentioned I love my kids?????

I couldn't decide which of these to use...the first he was 1 day old and the second he was 4 days old. Such a cute little man!Happy Birthday Stets!!!

Happy 1, no 2, no 3!!!!

My little sweet girl is 3. Oh my heart just melted. I may be a puddle when she's like 7. Oh well. Anyway, I know I'm a little late on this too, but Haddyn turned 3 on the 20th of October. Yay for my big girl. Oh, and on a side note, 3 is so worse than 2. Please tell me they grow out of it....please??? Good thing she's cute!!! :)
I know I do this every year, but I just love looking at my babes as they grow each year...so here is a walk through time...
3 days--1 year--2 years--3 years!!!What a big girl!! She still amazes me every day with what she learns and how she grows. She is such a smart girl and I LOVE, LOVE , LOVE her :) Yay for her picking me as her Mommy!

Happy Halloween!!!

So, in an effort to just post SOMETHING, I am skipping the house post until further notice and posting about Halloween. I'll get to the house, I just don't have all the pics I need and etc, so instead of posting nothing and getting all the farther behind, here goes!!!
This year for Halloween we let Haddyn choose what she wanted to be after telling her that Stetson was going to be the sheep or lamb that she was when she was his age. Well, she said, "I want to be Little Bo Peep then, and Stetson will be my lost sheep!!" And so it was....Cute eh?? Haddyn would walk around the house saying, "Come here lost sheep!!" We had our friends Travis and Laci and their two little ones come over for dinner and trick-or-treating! Super fun!! It got cold and rainy though, not so much fun. But, the perk is that when you're trick-or-treating with kids under the age of 4, they don't care if you only hit up 10 houses in a two block radius and call it a night!! This being the second year in running for my little homemade lamb and needless to say boys ARE harder on things than girls are. It took Stetson about 35 seconds to figure out how to pull the cotton balls off. By the end of the Halloween night Stetson was losing about a cotton ball every minute and man, that poor costume just looked, well, Scott liked to use the term "nappy". Pretty much sums it up. He kind of needed to be sheered.He kept leaving little "droppings" on the sidewalk. HA!! It was pretty cold, so my poor son was wearing pink tights with little hearts all over them under this costume. Pink was all I could find in the right size. Sorry buddy. And of course I had to document it. :) Here he is wearing pink, proud and look how excited he is about the CANDY!!! I love the look of anticipation in his eyes!Here are the other little kiddos enjoying a little of their spoils....Overall...all kinds of fun!! I kind of have a bias, BUT I think these two are pretty darn cute myself!

This One's For Nicole!!

Hello all, sorry for the delay! Life is absolutely crazy and out of control, but I promised my dear friend Nicole that I would post today and include a few new pics...so here I am! This will be a quick one and I'll have to come back later with some details, but here goes.

We will be moving into our new house on Sept. 11th and right now I am in Blackfoot again for two weeks working in Arco, but Scott is at home hard at work to finish the painting and the 2nd half of the tub surround, which is all that we have left to finish before move in date. Here are some newer pics, but unfortunately it is changing so fast now they are not all the way up to date anymore.

Front view (rock will be put on some time in Sept after we move in)Laundry roomKitchenEntryLiving Room
Kid's AreaHaddyn sleeping in her "room"Stetson sleeping, well, not in his room (It had been a long day for the kiddos)Besides crazy house building life is great. The kids are growing and so much fun. Stetson had 7 teeth and is so close to walking and Haddyn's new favorite question is "But why?" She loves to sing and read and has such an active imagination.

New Pic

This pic is so cute and I just got it via email from the friend who took it. Had to post!!! P.S.--Don't you love my tan man next to his white fam? I didn't realize how much of a Jacob fan I really am deep down. He,he