All she wanted, is all right here, in 6 months time.

I can't believe my baby is 6 months old now! It's been 6 months of smiling for us from this little guy. We love him so much and are so glad he came to our family. He has brought us so much joy and happiness. We can't imagine our lives without him.

Here's some comparison stats for all three boys at 6 months:

Tyler- Weight: 17 lbs. 7 oz. Height: 27.25 inches

Jeremy- Weight: 17 lbs. 4 oz. Height: 28.125 inches

Andrew- Weight: 17 lbs. 11 oz. Height: 28 inches

Kinda funny how close they all are. I guess I stayed pretty consistent on the feeding. I always thought Jeremy was chunkier but I guess not. As far as Height goes looks like Tyler is the shortest of the 3 and may have inherited his dad's "really tall" genes. The rate that Jeremy is catching up to Drew and from the stats, Jeremy will hopefully be tall. We shall see how it all turns out!

Let It Be Said of Us, That We Lived to be a Blessing for Life

We blessed baby Tyler today and Chad gave a beautiful baby blessing. I feel so thankful to have a worthy priesthood holder in our home. Chad has given our family so many priesthood blessings lately. I am so grateful to him for keeping his covenants that he has made and living worthy to give those blessings.

We had so many relatives and friends that came to see Tyler's Blessing and we thank all of you for coming and showing your love and support for us and our new addition! By the way, Tyler is now 5 weeks old and has slept for about 7 hours at night multiple times! You're a good baby, Ty!

Baby Boy, You Stay on My Mind

We love our baby brother Tyler!

Drew loves to hold his new baby brother. He always asks to hold him and it is so sweet! Jeremy says one of his few words everytime he sees Tyler: "Hi, Tyler!" in a high pitched voice, while petting him softly. Alli picked up Tyler just the other day without me knowing, and swears she is big enough to hold him and walk around with him by herself. (I freaked out a little inside when I saw her but Tyler did not sustain any permanant damage! :)

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!

Ooo, baby I love your way

I had a fun time at Jen Beatty Long's baby shower. Jen is my best friend growing up in KC and it was so fun to see her with her little tummy poking out. I can't wait to see her beautiful baby daughter as well! She is due 6 weeks before me and look how much smaller her belly is. No Fair! I guess I should point out that Jen is good at running marathons, stays in shape, and eats right - all the good stuff and I.... don't. LOL... I guess this proves to me that I should! I'll start my marathon training after I have this baby... (yeah! right!)

O-R-E-O

I don't know how this baby ended up with an Oreo cookie, but I can hear someone screaming, "Chad and Rachel have failed as parents!" He enjoyed every bite, and somehow seemed to get it on every possible inch of the table he could reach. In our defense, Jeremy turns one in just 9 days, so then he won't be a baby anymore. (We almost made it!)

Doctor, Doctor! Give me the news!

Jeremy turned 6 months old a week or so ago and we just barely had his doctor's appt today; so, I thought I would post his stats for the whole world to see how big he's getting!

Height: 28 1/8 inches (90-95%)
Weight: 17 lbs. 4 oz. (50%)
Head Circumference: 43.7 cm (45%)

I'll have to look up how that compares to Drew and Alli later.

Ooh darling 'cause you'll always be my baby!

Jeremy turned 6 months old today! Happy Half-Birthday! We love you Jeremy!

Nothing you can do can take me away from My Guy!

Jeremy turned 5 months old today! I can't believe it. It's gone by way too fast. I need to take more pictures of him. He's so cute. Jeremy has had one busy month. He grabs toys with his hands now. He found his feet on September 4th. He rolled over on September 7th (from tummy to back). He started to really talk and babble on September 25th. Jeremy is definately the most demanding baby I have had. He knows what he wants that's for sure. He hates loud noise and he hates being alone. So that is tremendously difficult to accomplish with Tweedle-Dum and Tweedle-Dee as his siblings. We love him and we can't imagine our lives without him. We love you Jeremy!