Sleep baby sleep!

After all of my whining and complaining Aliya took pity on me. She now sleeps through the night- and I do mean all night. Last night it was 10:30p.m. to 10:30a.m. when I then had to wake her up to make sure she was still breathing! Now if I can just quit waking up at 5:00 anyway......!

Happy holidays!

Here's comes Santa Claus.....

Aren't we an attractive couple? This was for the ugly sweater contest... Darin tied for 3rd. Can you believe mine didn't even place!?! That's how tough the competition was!

Savanah and Meagan trying to convince Santa to put them on the nice list.

Tyson, Josh and Aliya, who coulda cared less!

Baby update (sorry, can't resist!)

This is one of my very favorite, and handmade, baby gifts. Thank you Joy!

Yes, we have a thumb-sucker! Always the left. I dunno... but she sleeps through the night suddenly because of it, so I think I'm okay with it for now!
Oh, and she goes to bed by 10:30 now. Yeah!

Look at those big beautiful eyes!

Chubby baby! Okay, but she's chubby to us!
Gotta have those naked baby pictures!

Happy Birthday Savanah!

Savanah turned 13 on December 9. Yes, she's really a teenager now! Though you may have thought so years ago by her attitude..........

Her cake had so much frosting on it that it was sliding off itself! Not that that's a bad thing! Bring on the chocolate!

Just when I thought I might die from lack of sleep, Aliya went to bed by 11 two whole nights in a row, and last night slept until 8 this morning. Of course this hurt me in other ways, if you know what I mean, but, yeeeeeeeeeeee hah!

Go Kadyn!

Kadyn recently entered an essay contest called "The Voice of Democracy" and won both the regional level (and a $100) and now District 7. So he is one of seven students that now get to go to the state competition in January in Boise to a black tie event and dinner, parents included. I knew those brains would pay off! (He hates this picture)