Kiera

christmas family pic

Blessing day

Kiera was blessed in the dress my mom made for my blessing. I was surprised she could fit it since I weighed 3 lbs more than she did at birth.

Sweet girl

She's here!!!!!

Sean's holding his new little sister. The most important distinguishing features are "she doesn't have any teeth or a weiner."

The hospital entourage: Kath (Elsa's mom), Blair, Elsa, Kiera, and Millie (Elsa's sister.)

Kiera Mae

Our baby boy turns 2!

We celbrated Sam's 2nd birthday as a family. This kid is so good. Don't get me wrong, he's definitely a 2 yr old, but he loves to snuggle, loves stuffed animals, tells everyone he loves them, and says hello to most strangers he passes. He loves his older brothers, even if he bites them periodically. He's also excited about his baby sister. We love our little Sammy!

Decorating the tree/Sam's broken foot

Jake getting festive with a jingle bell necklace.

So this little guy fell off the bed Thanksgiving morning, landing us in the ER and putting him in a cast. The poor thing, we call him our "tiny Tim."

Here's little Timmy, decorating the tree from a chair since he wasn't supposed to bear weight...poor little bugger.

And we're just grateful to have this kid around at all. He got himself lost at the chocolate factory for about 15-20 minutes before Blair found him in the middle of a candy display. He wasn't crying (too much candy excitement) until Blair asked him where he'd gone. Then he realized that the situation had been scary. It took waaaay too long to find him. Not fun. Not fun at all. I'm so thankful that we found him, safe and sound.

35 wk belly

Halloween 09

Jake's school halloween parade--he was in heaven--so excited to be Darth Maul.

Darth Maul and Anakin (one of his best friends, Brigg)

Sammy the lion. He LOVED this costume! He loved chasing his tail, too. So cute!

"I am Optimus Prime...Gzzzhh, gzzhhh, Grrrhh, Ghoh." (Sean)

Family pics

So I've already posted most of these pictures from our UT trip on Facebook. If you've seen them there , you may want to skip this blog. I'm waaaaay behind, but I've got to start picking it up somewhere so here goes:
Here's a family shot of the 5 3/4 of us!
Sibling get-together at Andy and Staci's house. Anna, Elsa, Buzz, Heidi, and Kammi. Kierstin was with us but missed the photo shoot.

Blair & Matt hike/ Anna visit

Smooches from Aunt Anna!

Matt near the top of Ben Lomond. The crazy boys hiked to the top and then ran much of the way back down.

Bruthuhs.

Clay and Bonnie Wedding/ Elsa's Belly

Snugglie bugglie wugglie with aunt shanny.

Sammy sipping soda.

Here's my belly at about 30 wks.

And here are Clay and Bonnie just coming out of the temple.

Ben Lomond bike ride

On the trail up Ben Lomond. Tom and Blair rode some ridiculous amount of miles up a mountain and back. They got muddy and had a great time. I know Blair misses this kind of riding since there aren't too many mountains here in Pennsylvania.

Blair and Tom overlooking Ogden (I think.)

Visiting grandparents

We got to spend some time with Gma and Gpa Low.

And we stopped in to see Gma Spencer after her hip replacement

Visiting with Gpa and Gma Spencer

All the kids: Uncle Christmas and Aunt Shanny, Elsa, Blair, Uncle Matt, Uncle Clay, Aunt Bonnie, Grandma Jeanne, and Grandpa Scott.

The boys got to go for lawn mower rides with grandpa--they loved it!

Johnson Farm September 09

We went as a family to a farm in Jersey. The boys got to pick their own pumpkins and apples! The apples were delicious!

And we were pulled behind a tractor on a hayride--fun!