It is spring break for the elementary kids. Yesterday Abigail was asking me what we're going to do for spring break, because we have to do something cause "everyone else" in their class is going to Florida or Europe or something amazing like that. So sad for us, we never do anything. How about camping? Well, I really don't have it in me to take all you kids to a warmer place in southern Utah to camp, sorry. I can't do that solo - and it would be if we tried cause Dad still had work and all the older kids have school. And camp sites up the canyon are still closed, cause it's still freaking cold at night. Abi is so funny, one day last month when the sun was out and most of the snow was gone, she asks if she can get on her swimsuit and turn on the sprinkler. Sorry Abi, it's still too cold. Silly girl. And so what can we do for fun? How about we can set up the tent in the back yard? Ok, that is okay, yes you may.
Abi worked really hard and did a pretty good job getting it started on her own. (she recruited neighbor kids to help) They want to go camping all week though. So to do that I told them we have to put the tent on the dirt so it doesn't kill the new spring grass that's trying to grow. I helped them finish the job and they moved in. They've been able to play camping during the day.
Wes dug a "firepit" right by the front door today. It doubles as a booby-trap. Later Abi moved the firepit to a different spot and I told her to take the dirt and fill in the hole by the tent. No need to have kids falling over if they need to walk out of the tent in the dark.
They didn't sleep out last night, it was a bit cold and windy. The weather is in the 40s until Friday, Friday it will be in the 50s, and that should be okay. Plus then it won't be a school night for the older kids and can sleep out there too. Good thinking on my part to make them put it on the dirt instead of on the grass, pat self on back. While they worked on the tent, Natalie played with rubber band bracelets in the playhouse. She is so stinkin' cute.
Today I made them all work like slaves before they played with friends though, and they were troopers and things are coming together. And may I just say that I love the Pioneer Women stuff at Walmart. Before Kiran left last week I went out and bought some gifts for him to take back to his kids and wife, and got a few things for myself too (justified it by saying they are early b-day and mother's day gifts). Life is good, I enjoy having the kids home
This past weekend was the General Conference for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Starting at 10 am on Saturday for two hours, then again at 2 for two hours, then the boys all headed downtown for the Priesthood gathering of Hibbert family to watch the Priesthood session downtown (usually at the Joseph Smith Memorial building) and afterward they all go out to eat at the Lion House. Then comes Sunday and we do it all again - 10 am for two hours, then the last session from 2-4. It was a spiritual feast as usual. Usually I go with several questions on my mind. This time I really just had one main questions, which was what the Lord would have us/Corey do regarding Movie Mouth. He had a rough day on Friday and they are approaching a cliff again. They've never fallen off the cliff but right now they don't know where the money for the next round of paychecks is coming from. When it was just Corey we were able to figure it out, but now the stakes are higher with an office and 25 employees in Brazil plus the office here. Anyway, I was wondering what the Lord wants him to do. We've told the Lord what we'd like, but what do we do as we wait upon him? There were lots of talks about challenges and facing our trials with faith, but the very last talk by Elder Holland was the one that I felt really let me know what action we can take. "Tomorrow the Lord will do Wonders Among You". Basically we need call our for mercy like Alma (Alma 36:18) and then continue to keep trying~
It is wonderful to receive answers to prayers. :) So that's what we'll do, we'll walk towards that cliff and trust that once again there will be a way for a bridge to be extended as we take each step forward. The Lord has provided for us before, I know that he can continue to do so, and trust that he will. Another talk that I shared with the kids Friday night was by Elder Holland, one of my favorites from March 1999 that always helps me when I'm in a rough spot emotionally, temporally, or spiritually~ "Cast Not Away Therefore your Confidence" and as he started his talk on Sunday he references one of the same verses in Hebrews 10 and I was thinking it was going to be on the same subject, and it kind of was. Yes, keep trusting, keep believing, don't forget the miracles we've already seen, if this business was the right decision back then at the beginning, then it's still right now. Don't panic when the going gets tough. I love Elder Holland. Another funny thing was at the beginning of his remarks, he was telling all of us members of the Church how much the leaders love us, and he said:
I was upstairs watching conference with Joseph and Melodie on the tv in my bedroom. And yes it was about 3:45 in the afternoon and there we three lazy people were still in our pjs and lounge wear. I looked back at Joseph and Mel, they both looked at me and then looked away, like all of us were saying "Um, yeah! we sure are!" We weren't as lazy looking as that guy in the meme though, we had paper and pen and were taking notes. Still it was funny.
So after Conference, we got ready to head over to my sisters house for our semi-annual post Conference gathering at my little sisters house. And it was a special treat to have our cousins from Indiana in town. Here are all most of the Hibbert cousins, minus Patrice and her 4 cute kids in Texas.
I took a few pictures on Corey's phone of him playing football fly's up with the boys outside. We ate, visited, played games and had a grand time. We were there until about 8:30, and then headed home, and then after that the Hibbert siblings gathered at my parent's house for a "late-over". We wanted to have one more chance to visit with Camilla before they headed out early Tuesday morning, so we talked and played spoons and laughed and visited until about 2 am. It was great. I love my family and love the gospel of Jesus Christ. Life is good, Now back out to tomorrow to face it all with a smile!
We had a sleepover with cousins last night. My sister and her family have been living in Indiana for several years and they all came out for their spring break to enjoy Utah during General Conference this weekend. She and her husband and their older kids went to do baptisms at the Salt Lake Temple this morning, so her two youngest children, who aren't old enough to go yet, go to sleep over at our house and we had a good time. Abi and Neta are the same age and are BFFs now, and Nate and Wesley are the same age too. I let my kids stay home from school today to play with and get to know their cousins that they haven't seen since Beka's wedding in 2011. It was a lot of fun. Nate on the trampoline and Wes - playing a ball tossing game
They were done at the temple early and all at our house to visit around 10:30. Owen has gotten a little used to strangers thanks to Kiran's training and he let Xela and Aurora both hold him. He was so at ease he even fell asleep in Ro's arms.
Neta wanted a turn with the baby. Good boy Owen, he slept through the transition.
Abi waiting for Neta to be done so they can go play again.
Today is also April fools today. A holiday that we've never done anything to celebrate. Until Ethan got home from school... and he had just received so much fool's day inspiration at school, hooray! So he let loose on the house. At school a group of kids played a joke by turning all the desks in their classroom upside down (brilliant!) so Ethan turned upside down the table benches and the barstools. Nice. But he didn't stop there. Upside down go all the spices and containers in the pantry. Ok, annoying, but not a big deal. Come up and fix the benches and stools. Into the fridge I go where I see jars and containers upside down in there. Pickle juice spilling out, yay! Thanks Eth, so funny! Coconut spilled out too. I'm really cursing him under my breath "Come on Mom! Where's you April Fools' Day spirit?" Ethan, we don't celebrate this holiday. I don't need any help from fools to make a mess in our house, you guys are good at doing that on your own. Please stop it. Did you do anything else? I go to get a spoon so I can feed Owen some food... Ethan, where are the spoons? The silverware drawers are full of cheese sticks and clementines. Just give me a spoon please, and put these back in the fridge! Grr. Melodie actually did a joke that was clever yet harmless. She cut out several big shapes of spiders, beetles and large flies and put them in lamp shades throughout the house. Abi and Neta came downstairs in a panic "MOM! There is a HUGE spider in our room!!!" Luckily it was just Mel's joke. Good job Mel. Gives a startle but no harm done. Ethan turned on the lamp in the front room and called to me. "MOM! Will you come kill this fly please?!?!?" Yep, that is Mel. "It is?" He cautiously peeks under the shade. Phew! See Ethan, that's the kind of joke you can do around here. No mess, just a simple joke with no negative side effects. That kind is mother approved. Please don't celebrate this holiday here at home next year. Have fun at school, but don't mess up the house, we don't need any help with that.
We came up with this little thing about 3 weeks ago (after Corey returned from his 10 day work trip to Brazil, I had to start cooking meals again (a lot of YOYO dinners while he was gone (You're On Your Own))). And after failing on a busy Wednesday night, I resolved to do better. Joseph also made dinner one night which was great, and yay, that was really helpful! I should have them help out more often. Thus was born our family dinner rotation display thingy~ We have our little display board (going to get a cuter chalkboard maybe...) on a metal easel...
And a little clothes pin with magnets that holds the papers saying what day we're on and who is helping:
I keep the papers in a little bowl and just magnet them to the clothes pin - the "Who's making dinner" magnet connects to the other magnet holding the papers on.
So there is our little dinner rotation thingy, The kids really like drawing on the black board. It's the little things in life... Hyrum wrote "Orange Chicken" then drew a chicken and colored him orange, eventhough it looks more yellow than orange. I'll experiment with better markers, these ones are dry erase crayons which I liked cause they won't dry out. (I figured the kids would like drawing on it and they are pretty good at losing the lids, leaving me flustered as I throw too many markers in the trash. We'll see if this saves me a little bit of headache). They don't just like drawing, they really like helping cook too and they look forward to their day to help. And win-win: I feel like a good mom knowing I'm teaching the a little bit about how to cook (like how to turn on the oven!). I don't have any memories of cooking with my parents growing up. Probably cause I was in my own world playing soccer. I want to teach my kids some basic skills and not have them have to learn everything from Home Ec in Jr. High (a CTE course now...) I want to do this, I just need to slow down and make the time to let them help, this is a step in the right direction. :)
Yesterday morning we said goodbye to Kiran. He spent two weeks here. We hope he had a nice time and that our house wasn't too crazy or loud for him. Owen was very wary of Kiran the first day or two and let us all know with a few bursts of tears if Kiran got too close, but Kiran slowly made a few more gentle attempts they soon became best friends.
Kiran said he is really going to miss Owen.
Owen is going to miss him too! Kiran also had some magical gift or baby-whisperer touch and he could get Owen to sleep so quickly, I was amazed.
The kids all said goodbye to Kiran before they left for school. Wes was the first one out the door, he leaves early on Tues and Thursdays for a Technieer Troup thingy before school. But he gave Kiran a hug. Then Lily and Abi left at 8:30 and we took a quick picture of them.
The older kids were on their last day of spring break, but I woke them up at 8:30 (so early!!) so they could say farewell, so there are the boys with their bed heads. Mel was already awake
Corey and Kiran. Kiran has been a miracle worker for Corey for many years. There have been many a night when I'd come see Corey at the computer skyping with Kiran. With the 12 hour time difference, Kiran would just be starting his day as Corey was finishing. So if there was a bug or problem to fix, he'd tell Kiran who would start working his magic (he's a computer whisperer too!) and in the morning Corey would often return to his computer to find Kiran had solved the issue. We are both very grateful for all the great work he's done for Movie Mouth over the years.
It was great to have him here. After his 30 hour trip, Corey's reported that he's arrived safely back home, we're glad you traveled safely Kiran! We'll miss you!
Today is my second day of Whole30. I'm doing it with my sister Beka and a neighbor Aubrey. A couple of other friends in my neighborhood have done it already and are doing it again too. I'm excited to try and fix my relationship with food, which I believe has serious issues. Evidenced by the fact that last night around 7, I thought I'd give myself a little farewell to food and ate a mini peanut butter cup, which promptly woke up my Sugar Dragon, who quickly consumed a lot more than one little pb cup. After about 20 minutes I was able to get the dragon back in his lair. Yikes. Give it one little taste and things go crazy.
So I'll be keeping all my boring Whole30 stats for myself on my exercise blog for anyone interested, might mention a thing or two here every now and then, but will mostly try to keep this one about the kids and our family. The peanut butter cup that I ate that led to a fast "Food without brakes" free fall was taken from Sophi's easter egg basket, from the Hibbert Easter Egg Hunt we hosted her on Saturday afternoon. Sophi was gone with Corey in St. George, but got to go to a little easter egg hunt there. But my mom gave me a stash of eggs for her (which I gave into as my Whole30 eve binge, but I promise I didn't eat all of it and she had plenty of sugar to meet the demands of Easter Candy justice.) Corey and crew (Joe, Mel, Eth, Sophi and Kiran) were still on their drive home from Southern Utah after enjoying the nice 70 degree weather for a day. Luckily the northern Utah weather cooperated - gave us a bit of snow overnight, but it melted enough by the time the hunt started that we were able to do it outside. While we waited for the last of the uncles and cousins to arrive, the kids watched "The Good Dinosaur" while the adults were entertained as they watched Natalie draw on her Boogie Board. There's a system to it that they were able to observe. Each time, she first drew a line around the boarder. Then a circle... fill it in.
Then another circle, fill it in. Repeat until the board is full. Reset and repeat.
She was pretty cute to watch, she's such a serious student.
Then we headed outside - grab your blanket Owen, it's chilly!
Hyrum had gone on a scout overnighter (said it was freezing!) but was home in time for the hunt. He had the most inconvenietly hidden egg - in air pipe on the side of the house. It was such a tight fit that any attempt he made to retrieve it just pushed it further in. I went inside to get something sticky, and was thus able to get the egg out with some tape at the end of a stick.
Wes is there on the left wearing one of Corey's jackets. He had one last egg that took him a while to find.
Abi, enjoying the hunt. It was a bit cold though!
Cute Lily
It was good to have an Easter Egg hunt here so that no one felt like they were stuck home with nothing fun while the older kids were gone on their road trip.
Natalie, I just loved watching her go around. She had gotten the hang of the game at our neighborhood hunt a week earlier, and didn't know that the rules had changed here. You can't just get any egg when Grandma puts on the hunt. The Eggs are labeled with names, each kid had 10 eggs, two other treats, and one small egg. So 13 things. Natalie was grabbing any egg off of the ground with anyone's name on it. I tried to take any non-Natalie labeled eggs out and re-hide them. Then she'd take all of her eggs and re-hide them too. Maybe next time, 2 year olds should have some symbol instead of their names? Or just a big N, cause she knows her letters and might understand if I told her to get an egg with an N. But it was cute to watch her, love her little sweet face.
Uncle Grant coming in to warm up and get a bite of chocolate - note the mega box of chocolates - Saturday I was prepping myself for my Whole30 and didn't have one bite, but then did have a bit of jelly beans and such on Sunday night. Grant earned his treats, he had done a mini triatholon that morning.
Grandpa giving Owen some love back inside.
Then we went over to the tree farm for an egg toss - raw eggs.
The sand was helpful in prolonging the life of a few of the eggs, until they met their inevitable demise.
Then some of the fam headed home and some of us stayed after and talked about eating healthy. My little brother's wife is expecting and is following a book called "Intuitive Eating" which I'll probably get for my health/fitness/diet book library collection. That was when I tried to recruit Beka to do Whole30 with me. I'm glad she accepted, it's nice to know I have someone to cheer on (and to complain to if needed!)
For some reason Sophi likes sleeping in Ethan's bed. She is usually snuggled at his feet. But Ethan was tired at sleeping at an angle in his attempts to not put his feet in her face, so he's now made a little bed for her. On Saturday night Lily joined her in the big boys room on Joseph's side. Here they are Sunday morning. Pretty cute.
When I asked Sophi why she likes to sleep with Ethan rather than in her own bed, she replied "Because he's nice." I'm glad these little girls have big brothers to be their heroes and protectors. Corey said Joe, Mel and Eth were all so sweet and attentive to Sophi on their little overnighter to St. George. They are good kids, I love them all
The older kids have their spring break right now. The term ended Wednesday and then they had yesterday and today off, they also have Monday and Tuesday off next week. So, Corey decided he should treat them to a little road trip. Plus with his friend Kiran here for a few more days, he thought it would be good to show him a little bit more of the US than just Salt Lake and Provo. So, down to Southern Utah they go! They left around noon and are going to spend the night in St. George. The older kids might stay and swim at the timeshare resort and Corey is probably going to take Kiran to Las Vegas.
I'll update with pictures from them once they send me some.
SO. we're expecting again. I found out the day we came home from Hawaii in January. I didn't tell Corey, didn't think he was ready for the news. When he did find out a week or so later, he wasn't ready for the news, but what can you do. So, being the compassionate person I am, I asked "So when should we tell the kids!?!" Yeah, not ready for that. So we didn't tell them, but I did mention that I thought a good and appropriate time would be at our February Valentines Day Anniversary dinner. He wasn't ready but we hadn't talked about it at all and I accidentally got the ball rolling thinking he was on board, but then he hesitated... which the kids were able to quickly guess. "Hm, there is something mom wants to tell us that dad doesn't... Are you pregnant?" Doh. So the kids found out on Feb 14th and that was that and I once again failed Corey's request. Funny after 10 kids that we're still having issues with how to handle the whole announcing part. Anyway, they all wanted to tell everyone they know and I told them okay. And once again I had failed at letting Corey take him time and "own" the news. Sorry sweetie.
I tried to honor it in the last way possible, by letting him tell his family. But our anniversary was that Friday, five days after we told the kids, and it was still fresh on their brains when they were all going to be sleeping over at his parent's house. Hmm, that presented a risky situation. I told the little girls several times "Don't you tell!" "What about Alix?" "No, don't tell your cousins either. Dad will tell them when he's ready. Don't tell!" I didn't know if they would be able to keep it secret, but they all said that none of them told. When I called and told Corey's family today, they said they didn't know, so good job kids! You've earned more of my trust! I was so impressed that they hadn't let anything slip during all their comings and goings over there.
So, I texted Corey last night "I think you should tell your parents soon cause they might already know and be wondering when we're going to officially tell them. Plus I'd like to begin to blog and document this pregnancy a little but am trying to honor your request..." Every now and then for the past two months I'll ask him if he's told them. "No..." Before he left for Brazil I asked again, "No... you can just tell them." I still didn't though, and then today when I was telling him he should probably tell them soon, he said "I was hoping you'd tell them when I was in Brazil..." Oh, I knew you said I could, but I didn't know that you wanted me to... cause those are two different things, but okay, I'll do it. So I called his mother, then called his sister and brother to let them know that we're officially in over our heads, (if we weren't before!)
Announcing the 11th isn't the same as the 1st or second... I kinda feel weird and hear Jim Gaffigan responses in my brain... "Well that's one way to live your life..." People are nice about it, but I do feel a bit nuts, so that's one part that we both struggle a little bit with. But in an attempt to shirk some responsibility, I'd like to say it's not my idea. I would have be fine with 7 (there were 7 kids in my family, and I felt like I needed to give each of my siblings a chance to be born). I probably would have been fine with 3, I definitely would have been fine with 10, but I didn't want to be the one to choose the number. And I'm sure after this angel is born I won't be able to imagine life without him/her. Still, I've never felt like I know what God wants and unfortunately I think we'll just have to find out as we go along. I'm also a little scared cause 14 was always my jersey number for soccer and has been my lucky number. Is that what we're in for? 14 kids? Oh boy. It creates some uncertainty and stress, but I just don't know! I've never gotten a number of how many kids we should have except for 14 - came when we watched 17 Miracles a year or so ago and I was tired and pregnant and wondering if this was my last and "I don't know if I can do this again" and was thinking about how many kids we should have, it was telling at the end of the movie there that the little girl that was frozen and then came back to life? ...she became mother to 14! So we might be in for a few more years, just warning anyone who thinks we're crazy now, we might get crazier. Also, as I've talked to friends and mothers, I often hear them say "You'll know when you're done..." and I haven't felt like I know I'm done, so I guess we're not? I just trying to leave it up to Him and lose my life in this wonderful blessing.
Also, I remember Hermana Raquel Garcia from my mission, one of my favorite people ever (Natalie's middle name is after her) she struggled so much getting pregnant, and I do remember thinking at that time that here was a sister that would be such a wonderful mother and give anything for more children... if God wants to bless me with children, I'm not going to get in the way.
Anyway, so there is our 11th announcement. I'm almost 14 weeks along and just set up my dr. appointment today. I've been debating in my mind for several weeks about what to do, thinking I'd be nice to go with a new doctor, just to give myself some variety from this groundhog day I'm stuck in but ended up just playing it safe and going with the usual. I know he'll induce me at 39 weeks, which is great for me, so that means this baby will hopefully be arriving on September 19th. Another month and we'll see if we have a boy or a girl and I'll try to figure out a fun way to announce that to the kids. What do you think Owen, do you want a little sister or a little brother?
Hm, I think there's a little troublesome brotherly duo here just waiting to keep me on my toes. I think Owen made a pact with him to make sure he got here on earth soon "I'll be really colicky and fussy and will stop nursing so her body can try to handle it." Of course, he doesn't sleep through the night very much, so I'm still pretty tired all the time and haven't been able to have the energy to work the baby weight off on my own. We better hurry and get family photos taken before I put on too many pounds, and so Owen can be documented as having been the baby! They're just going to be 14 months apart, but two years apart in school, those darn September birthdays. :) Also, I've been tinkering with Whole 30 for two weeks and have got my plan in place now and am thus officially starting on Monday, hopefully that will be able to help me out a little.
Ethan told us this funny story that happened to him yesterday (silly birthday boy). He prefaced it by saying "You know when you find out something that you thought you knew but then you find out you've been wrong the whole time? (like Joseph's "How do you spell Lincoln" moment) Well, that happened to me today..." Then he shared this story.
He was in his history class, and they were given a piece of paper of the Star Spangled Banner. They had to fill in all the blanks that were scattered all over the paper. The first 5 students to fill it out got a starburst candy so pressure was on, Ethan really wanted a starburst. He knew the song very well and sang it in his head as he filled in all the blanks. He filled out the paper very quickly, yes! He was the first one to go up and give it to Mr. Arnell for his approval. He had to look it over before he could give the candy. Mr. Arnell looked at the first line and just started laughing, shook his head, still smiling, and gave it back, he couldn't even bring himself to explain why it was wrong... "No, I can't..." and he just laughed. Ethan didn't quite understand his reaction and went back to his desk to look it over. Ethan thought that since he filled it out very quickly, his handwriting probably wasn't very legible. He corrected a few words that he thought might be hard to read, gave it a look over again, and went up to turn it in again. 2 people had gotten starbursts. Mr. Arnell took one glance, laughed, and gave it back, not saying anything this time, just laughing. Ethan went back to his desk quite perplexed. A few kids had gotten starbursts and Ethan was running out of time. Ethan couldn't understand what the problem was. He had known this song all his life. He read his paper quietly to himself..."O' Jose can you see, by the dawns early light, what so proudly we hailed..." He shook his head, dumbfounded. How in the world was this wrong? He went up again and asked Mr. Arnell, determined to know his flaw. "Is my handwriting still bad?" Ethan asked. Mr. Arnell looked at the paper, then looked at Ethan. "Jose?!" He laughed again. "What?" Ethan said. Mr. Arnell laughed some more. "It's just funny" he said. Ethan looked at him confused and thought for a second. He sat down and turned to his friend to ask him for help. "What?!" His friend said, very surprised. "Come on Ethan, I thought you were smart?!" Ethan was now very confused. He looked at the Jose on his paper, and then it hit him. "Is it spelled with an "H"?" Ethan asked. His friend was laughing hard now, but seemed concerned that Ethan was still confused. He thought of all the possible things that could go in the place of Jose. All he came up with, was Hose. It took him a minute more, but he got it. He felt so stupid, and even though the race for candy was over, he needed Mr. Arnell to understand that he had solved the mystery. He shouted, "Mr. Arnell, its not Jose, its O' Say! I figured it out!" He felt stupid.
Mr. Arnell pulled up the Star Spangled Banner on the overhead. He pulled out his pointer stick and went to the overhead where the words of the Star Spangled banner were now displayed for all to see. He pointed to the first two words and started to laugh again, paused to compose himself, and then began to review with the class... "Now the first two words are NOT some Hispanic person..it is O' say." and he laughed again. Ethan's friend who knew it was him said "Ethan..." a little loudly yet under his breath. Mr. Arnell continued on and Ethan felt quite silly for the rest of the day. When he got to the other O' say part he said, "...now there's that hispanic person again..." So I thought that was about the funniest thing I've heard all week. When I asked Ethan why he thought Jose made sense, he explained "...thats just how i've known it all my life, i've never questioned it..." And I bet for all of Mr. Arnell's years of teaching that that might have been a first! "O Jose, can you see..." Mr. Francis Scott Key was talking to his brother, Jose, about the flag, right? Hey, it's possible!
Happy Birthday Ethan! And I remembered to take a birthday photo, a new tradition we started this year. 2 for 2, go me.
Happy Birthday Ethan. He's a good kid. He's had a busy day, but we did have angel food cake per his request and some chocolate cake that Grandma Hibbert brought over too. Sugar sugar sugar.
He got cash and lots of clothes, cause he's a teenager. Plus a pair of Stance socks from Grandma Wride that he's excited about. He told us a funny story tonight, I'll share it tomorrow. Love you Ethan!
Here is Natalie today around 4. I thought she looked pretty cute and tuckered out - and I liked her feet pointed in. This is the big fuzzy carpet in our room, aka her bed. She sleeps on the floor in our room everynight just like Sophi used to when she was 2nd to last and Natalie was the baby.
So now Owen is the baby in our room and Natalie is the toddler on the floor. I know I'll miss this little thing when they are grown. Here's more napping ~ Mel and Owen after school, they're pretty cute too. The teenagers are always willing to hold Owen, especially when he's tired, cause then can nap with a cute warm teddy bear.
