new look

New look for a new year and my blog is as updated as it is going to get. Hopefully I will get on the ball and keep it updated on a regular basis! That's one of my goals this year...

Also thought I'd take a picture of my happy birthday sign before I take it down. My kids were so great that morning. I could hear that they were up to something, and Jake came in and said stay in bed mom (he really didn't have to twist my arm) and a little while later they came in and had me come to the kitchen. They had made breakfast for me and this sign! They are the best kids ever! They really know how to make me feel loved!

6 weeks...

My baby is 6 weeks old today. Time has flown by even with the lack of sleep! I thought once the baby was here I would get motivated to take more pictures and start blogging...not so much. But with Kyle being 6 weeks I thought I would take a few pictures and make myself update my blog. This baby is so much funny and even starting to smile a little bit. He gave me his first smile on my birthday last week...best birthday present ever! I tried so hard to get him to smile today for the camera but smiles are still hard to come by and well getting him to smile and taking pictures at the same time just wasn't working. Enjoy the pictures anyway!!

After a few minutes a recruited Jake to help.

I had Jake take a few pictures while I tried. While I was trying to get Kyle to smile I kissed him on the cheek and Jake said mom do that again so I can take a picture of you kissing his cheek...too cute! So this picture is posed!

Family Pictures...

It has been so long since we got a family picture taken we decided to go ahead and try and get pictures taken after the baby was born and before christmas. We had them done when Kyle was almost 3 weeks old. My friend Liz started a photography business and did an awesome job. She even went above and beyond and edited a few family pictures the next day so I could get christmas cards made. I am really happy with all the pictures! The link to her photography blog is below.

http://throughlizslens.blogspot.com/

Christmas 2009

We had a great christmas this year! Here are a few pictures...

Christmas Eve...opening up their pajamas.

Christmas morning before all the chaos started

opening presents

Quincy and Abbey are only a year apart...but they couldn't be any more different!

They had been asking for a hoodie since their dad got a Utah one for his birthday. I was so glad when I finally found some online for a decent price...they are adult smalls so they will be wearing them a long time.

Christmas Card/Birth Announcement

I didn't do a very good job at updating my christmas card list...so if you didn't get one, here ya go!

School Sing Along

This morning I little boys and I went to the school for the school sing-along. Quincy and her friend Kendyl played the marimba (pretty sure I butchered that...In fact not even quite sure if that is what it is called) as prelude music as all the parents arrived and the classes filed in. I only got the last half of this particular song...and it was the only song I recorded. She did really well.

After all the classes were in they all song holiday songs. The baby was a little angel the whole time and Jake was really good too!

Owen in his PJ's and Santa Hat...the only picture I got of him.

Abbey walking in with her class.

Quincy after she joined her class...in the Santa Hat and braids.

Jake went and joined Quincy in her class and sang along with them. He really can't wait till he's in school with them next year.

and of course baby Kyle...

introducing baby Kyle...

Kyle Mack Chatwin

November 25th, 2009

11:19 pm

7 pounds 10 ounces

20.5 inches long

It took over a minute for the nurses to finally get Kyle to start breathing on his own...the longest, scariest minute in my life! Then after that I was able to hold him for 2 minutes and they took him away to the "special needs nursery". I wasn't able to see him for over 3 hours later (another long 3 hours), but was informed on my way to my room that he had moved to the normal nursery, which meant he was doing just fine. So a little bit of a scary start, but is now completely healthy.

No kids were allowed to visit the hospital, but they were able to come up to our window and see him. I was a little sad not to be able to get a family picture at the hospital, but I absolutely love this picture. The kids were so excited to be able to see their new baby brother.
Finally eyes open...barely.

Proud daddy!
This baby has been such a blessing to our family. Words cannot express...

38 weeks

Time for an updated picture of my big fat belly! Jake took these pictures for me with the help of a tripod...not too bad for a 4 year old!

Oops...missed the belly shot :)

I am so ready to have a regular belly again!!

Crazy Hair Day

Today is crazy hair day at school. Abbey wanted an Afro and Quincy wanted Pippy Longstocking braids. I knew how to do Abbey's hair as a result from taking out her hair from last year's crazy hair day, but I just didn't have what I needed to do the braids for Quincy. So we just made something up. Owen wanted mad scientist hair, we did the best we could with his short hair.

By the time we took this picture with all of them together Abbey's hair was already settling down. Next time I'll have to put a lot more gunk in her hair to get it to last longer.

Piano Recital

The girls had another piano recital. They have been taking piano now for a little over a year and are doing really well.

The teacher with all her students.

Abbey

Quincy

Rainy days

We woke up Saturday morning to an awesome thunderstorm. The rain is so welcome in the summer because it really cools it off out there (for a very short period of time). After the thunder and lightning stopped the kids wanted to play in the rain because the street was all flooded, so we let them. They had so much fun running through the gutter and they even talked their dad into playing with them. After they were done I made them all shower immediately to get all that nasty gutter water off them.

**I tried to upload a couple of pictures also, but kept getting errors. I'll try again later.

as requested...

6 months

one day...

one day, i'm going to update this blog...one day.

Cancun, Mexico

To celebrate our anniversary this year we decided to do something big before our family gets even bigger. Peter took charge and planned everything. It was so nice for me to not worry about any of the planning...for some reason that part really stresses me out. The kids stayed with his brother in Mesa and had a great time. They felt like they were on vacation as well with a pool in the backyard and a dog to play with. We went to Cancun, Mexico on the 27th of may and stayed for 4 nights. Our anniversary isn't till the 13th of June, but I didn't want to be as less pregnant as possible for our trip!

The ruins in Tulum


Xel-ha - we didn't swim with the dolphins but watched a few people do it. We'll have to do that next time. We went snorkeling which we love to do. I don't have any pictures of that because they were taken with a disposable waterproof camera and need to be taken to get developed (the old fashioned way). I will post some later.

I love the fact that Iguanas are everywhere. They are so fascinating.

The view from our balcony in our room.

We had so much fun and were a little sad that it went by so fast. Hopefully one day we will be able to take the kids, they would love it.

Thanks for the wonderful vacation babe! I love you so much and am looking forward to many more wonderful anniversaries!

Lost Tooth!

Owen lost his very first tooth today. He was so excited because he pulled it out all by himself! It always makes me sad when they start loosing teeth. Just another sign of them growing up, not to mention the awkward years of little kids with gigantic adult teeth.