Life in Slow Motion. . .

There are those times when life seems to pass in slow motion as we take in the moments and savor the experiences we live. For me that is always the case when I sit with Rachel in the hospital as she begins the delivery process to bring our babies into the world. The future is never known, but there are so many uncertainties when bringing a new life into the world. The excitement, fear, and joy are almost tangible.

We talk about what to expect from the upcoming arrival and it never fails that Rachel jokes and laugh about whether or not she has really experienced "labor" since she had a C-section with the first and an epidural with the last two. She wants to experience it fully and came close today, but it's hard for someone with such a high pain tolerance to really know what she is feeling. Plus, being v-back they strongly "recommend" she has an epidural, and why not right?! But to the point, Tyler Scott has arrived . . .

Rachel was amazing, as always, and despite a little scare resulting in the Dr. stopping labor for about 20 minutes when she first started the real pushing, Mom and baby are doing well and resting comfortably. Sure enough, the little guy was stubborn and didn't want to turn the correct direction, probably due to the cord being around his neck. I don't know for certain, but maybe we should have our kids in gymnastics, cause they sure do seem to like the sport while Rach carries them.

So at 8lbs 8 oz, 20.5" long Tyler arrived at 2:47 PM. Shortly after we had a new family photo op. . .

Thanks to the family for all your help with the little ones and support, while Rachel closed the deal!

Ride on the Magic School Bus

Allison is loving the bus! She asks every morning if we are going to miss the bus or how much time is left til the bus comes. A few days ago we were really late and we missed our bus so I had to take her to a different bus stop cause she was going to be so sad that she didn't get to ride it. She is just so adorable when she gets on everyday, it has even brought me to tears before. She sits down and looks out the window, waves and blows kisses until the bus leaves.

I love my little Alli so much and she's growing up. I am so blessed to have her in my life. She is so helpful around the house and I don't even have to ask. In fact, this morning she organized everyone's shoes in the bench we have by the garage door because Andrew was looking for his other sock. The other day when the kids were having their "quiet time/nap time" she cleaned her room, made her bed, then went into our room and made OUR bed. She is the biggest sweetheart I know. Heavenly Father definitely was blessing me when He sent her to me!

Honey, I'm a Big Boy now

Anticipating the arrival of our new little one, we noticed all our upstairs bedrooms are occupied. Our kids are too young and scared to be in the basement bedroom, so we have to start doubling up on bedrooms.

I shared a room growing up with my sister and loved it. I like to think it is very helpful in preparation for college roommates and marriage to share rooms when you are young.

Anyhow, so we were on the lookout for Jeremy and Drew's new beds. (We decided on bunk beds and just separate them into twins until they are old enough to not do normal toddler things like "see if we can jump from the top bunk and out the window onto the ground without breaking any bones.") We found these really nice, inexpensive solid pine bunk beds from Wal-mart for only $189! They look so nice in the room I love them. They were a steal at that price, too! (Most nice ones are at least $300.)

After we got the beds set up and put his new Target Bedding on, we started putting Jeremy in his "big boy" bed for naptimes with Drew in his bed. And now all they do is play.... no more naps. This is not good. Anyone has any ideas on how to make a 16-month old sleep with a 3 year old? I would love any suggestions! I need to get them sleeping before baby#4 keeps us up all night.

This is the last time to get it right!

This is for you Kathryn since I know how much you like Zach Effron!

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A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...

We went to the free Pottery Barn Kids Star Wars Promo. We had to stand in line for about an hour but it was worth it. They had Darth Vader, a Stormtrooper and a Jedi dressed up. Vader was so cool, he even had the voice changer thing. When he shook Drew's hand he said, "Greetings, younling. I sense the force is strong with you, Andrew." It was hilarious to see Drew's face and even funnier to see Jeremy's face. As you can tell from the pictures: Jeremy got one look at Darth Vader,
and ran away crying all in a matter of seconds.
Jeremy is now off hiding somewhere safe.

Pictures of You, Pictures of Me, Hung upon your wall for the world to see.

Chad took this pic at sunset from our back porch.
We love our new camera, the Canon Powershot SD1100 IS!

It even has a sunset mode on it. We take one picture with it instead of 20 like we did with our old camera - so great!