Oh HoW We LoVe~LoVe~LoVe ThIs TiMe Of YeAr!!!

ChRiStMaS!!!

So...before I get started I just have to say, I am SO sad because my memory card that has all my pics from basically after Halloween to right before Christmas wont work?!?!? Therefore I cannot pull any photos off of it, including lots of cute pics of my kiddos, Thanksgiving, & our recent trip to Montana right before Christmas:( I am going CRAZY!!! Anyways, as soon as I figure it out I will just post them a little late...

So now, BACK TO CHRISTMAS!

We had the best Christmas EVER! (Of coarse I say this every year) But this has been the first year for Braylee to be literally doing the Christmas countdown, understanding all about Santa Claus & being so excited cause she really gets what is soon to come. So it was so fun to watch her everyday as it got closer & closer!

So, on Christmas Eve we all just hung out at home did the normal stuff like baking cookies, playing games, opening christmas jamies, watching a christmas movie, ect. & then by the time it was time for bed (around midnight) I thought Bray was going to have a heart-attack with all her excitement, with the boys egging it on of coarse, telling her all about how Santa comes & she has to be asleep or he wont fill her stocking :) It was so cute!

So then in the morning, we got lucky the kids slept in till 9 WAHOO!!! Then they litterally raced to the stockings & we had a hay day with stockings & gifts for awhile then Uncle TJ came over & hung out for a while & brought the kids gifts & Jason came in with suprise bags for me & the kids (he did his own little shopping on christams eve...SO SWEET!!) the kids lLOVED IT!!! Then I made a big breakfast for us all (country fried steak & eggs of coarse Jay fave!!) then we played games & hung out for a while & then the boys went to their moms & we headed to my Mom's for an early dinner, gift exchanges & our family tradition "Rice-kispie Trees" Then around 9ish we picked up the boys & went back home to hang out some more (until about midnight again:) SUCH A FUN DAY!!!!

Trett, Bray & Jadd getting ready to open their Christmas Eve jammies

All the kids with their Christmas jammies onCute Addi in her "baby's first christams" jammies"opening presantsUncle TJ & AddisynTrett & Jadd with their new :sports Albums" I made for themThe Jazz shorts Jay got for the boysBRay's gift from Daddy....make up & a purse :)Addisyn & DaddyJay~Bray~myself~Addisyn at my MomsJason & AddiBray & her fave gift (Belle dress)Me & Addi opening her girft from Grandma WatsonBray & Glori making rice krispie trees (we ran out of green food coloring, so we used red & it went a little more pink, but the girls loved it! They said they made "sleeping beauty dresses) :)Braylee getting ready to go out on her new sledMe & Braylee out sleddingBraylee, Trett & Jadd out sleddingBeautiful Addi sitting up on her ownBraylee & Addisyn all ready for Grandma Crimin's Christmas PartyCute Addi all dressed up :)

*PHOTO TAG* Thanks Sara! :)

GO TO YOUR PICTURES, TO YOUR TENTH FOLDER, & THEN TO THE 14TH PHOTO IN THAT FOLDER.....POST IT, EXPLAIN IT, & TAG 7 FRIENDS!

SO HERE IS IS:

SOOOO FREAK'N CUTE!!! Its Jadd & Braylee laying on my bed talking to eachother when Bray was about 6 months old. Jadd would always do this when Braylee was sad & waiting for Mom, he would lean over her & tell her how cute she was & she would grab his face & talk back. They LOVE eachother SO much! Now Braylee does this same thing to Addisyn :)

Now I tag: Sabrina, Kateka, Jocelyn, Heather, Bre, Maren, & Cheri

FiNaLlY An UpDaTe :)

So I know I have been a total slacker for a while now & have'nt posted much of anything lately....however I did have a baby so I have somewhat of an excuse! :) So you ask... "How is Life???" It's FaBuLoUs BaBy!!!! Let's see... where to start?

Addisyn is growing SO FAST & is absolutley ADORABLE!!! She is our little rolly-poley baby! :) She weighs 15 lbs at 4months old when Bralyee weighed 17.5 at a year old...lol!!!! She is so freak'n cute, & the sweetest baby I could have ever asked for!!!

Braylee just turned 3 on October 13th, & OH BOY did we have a GIRLY-GIRL party!!! She got everything pink you could ever imajine! :) She is absoluelty LOVING being a big sister! I'm not kidding you, she is the sweetest thing EVER, everytime that Addisyn starts fussing at all & I am not there to pick her up at that second Bray is right there saying (in the cutest little baby talk voice EVER) "It's okay Addi, Bray's here, & Bray loves you so much" & "look at that cute face Addi, you are the cutest little baby" lol...She is seriously the best big sister ever & I dont know what I would do without all her help, she is so sweet! Bray has also started Dance which HOLY-COW does she love :) at first I wasn't sure cuz she had a hard time wanting to do what the teacher asked her to do, but now she LOVES it!

The boys football is ALMOST over....yay!!!! I'm sorry but I'm just over it for a little bit, & I love football but after having the schedule of: Monday thru Friday practice 6-8 & then a game every Saturday for Trett's team & then Games twice a week for Jadd's team....it was kinda hard to fit in much of anything else :) so 2 more games to go & it's OVER!!!!! till next season when I wont have a newborn & I can tolerate it a little better :) MOVING ON..... :)

Halloween was fun as always! Braylee was.......You guessed it, A PRINCESS! & of coarse she was princess Aurora (cuz she is the PINK princess) & she looked so adorable! Addi was a cute little strawberry (only because it was a warm, soft, & comfy outfit perfect for a newborn :) The boys were of coarse something (I can't even tell ya what it was:) bloody, scary, & gorey all at the same time & Jay & I were lazy butts this year & dressed up as our selves (BORING:) We had a few really fun halloween parties to attend & as always took the kiddo's trick-o-treating & Bray was "IN LOVE" with it all :) such a fun night!!! :)

As far as family pics "RETAKES" go, they were absoluetly FABULOUS!!! the kids did so good & BRaylee din't fall down this time! She kept saying on the way there "Mommy, I'm going to listen & not run & dance this time, I promise" :) & she kept her word :) So thank goodness we got them all done & ordered, so I will be posting them soon! They are all so freak'n cute!!!

Anyways, We are super excited for the Holidays! I can't wait to put up my Christmas decorations so I think I will be putting them up earlier than the day after Thankgiving this year! I love Christmas Decor'! :) Here are a few pics of the last few months for ya...ENJOY! :)

SoMe Of OuR FaMiLy PiCs.....

:::BEFORE THE BIG FALL:::

So last week we had set a date to do our annual family pics, & of coarse I had all the normal anxiety that comes along with family pics...what are we going to wear, is the weather going to cooperate, are the kids going to be happy, ect. Well, all my fears were put to rest when the day was AMAZINGLY PERFECT & everything was going so perfectly as planned, The kids were so happy & looked so FREAK'N CUTE, my husband was being helpful & sweet (I must say though he always is with pics, I got lucky!) & Addisyn was being SOOO cute, looking right at the camera.

Then.....while Jason & I were doing the pics of the two of us, Braylee & Jadd were running & dancing along this little dirt road by us, & of coarse we had told them to stop about 10 times each. Well then the inevidable happened....

Braylee fell flat on her face! I paniced & picked her up & litterally she had gravel inbeaded in her forhead & cheaks :( & her lip was bleeding pretty bad. :( So of coarse being the mom that didn't want to have to do this all over I was like "okay lets just see if we can finish up & photo shop Bray's poor face." Well about 2 minutes later her face was so swollen & red that there was no way that we could photoshop it all out without her looking like a different little girl :( SO....we had to set another date for the remainder of our pics & hopefully that will work out for us!!!!

But, here is the link for the sneekpeak for all the pics we did do. I LOVE THEM ALL!!!!

http://janae-lastingmemoriesphotography.blogspot.com/

OuR BeAuTiFuL BaBy gIrL!!!!!

Okay.... So I am a total slacker because I have been meaning to put these up for like 2 weeks now, But hey.... I have had a ton going on. So here it is, the link to Addisyn's absolutely gorgeous newborn pics! & soon enough I will get the announcements out too! So keep your eye out for those! :)

http://janae-lastingmemoriesphotography.blogspot.com/2009/07/addisin-salt-lake-newborn-photography.html

The Happy Arrival Of.......

LiL. AdDiSyN JoAn!!!

ON JULY 13TH AT 6:05 A.M. OUR SWEET LITTLE ADDISYN DECIDED TO COME INTO THIS WORLD! :) (2WEEKS EARLY) SHE WAS 6LBS. 13OZ. 20 INCHES LONG

IT ALL STARTED ON THE SUNDAY MORNING THE 12TH AT 2AM THE CONTRACTIONS BEGAN. & BOTH OUR MOM'S WERE A LONG WAYS AWAY....(JOAN IN MONTANA 8HRS & MY MOM IN VEGAS 6HRS) SO MY FIRST THOUGHT WAS THAT THERE WAS NO WAY THAT THEY WOULD MAKE IT....LOL......LITTLE DID I KNOW ADDISYN REALLY WANTED BOTH OF HER GRANDMA'S HERE TO SEE HER WHEN SHE GOT HERE. THE CONTRACTIONS WERE HARD BUT NOT VERY CLOSE SO I DIDN'T GO TO THE HOSPITAL UNTIL 4PM ON SUNDAY. I HAD THE SAME PEOPLE IN THE ROOM THAT I HAD WITH BRAYLEE, WHICH WAS OF COARSE MY SWEET HUSBAND JASON, SISTER SHANNY, MY MOM, & JAY'S MOM (I AM SO GLAD THEY COULD ALL BE THERE). THE WHOLE TIME ALL OF US WERE MAKING BETS ON WHEN SHE WOULD GET HERE. THE BETS STARTED WITH 8:35PM & 11:05PM & THEN THEY WENT ALL THE WAY TO 6AM BY THE TIME WE HAD MADE A FEW BETS & OUR TIMES HAD COME & GONE.....I WAS STARTING TO WONDER IF SHE WOULD EVER BE HERE! BUT 28HRS LATER (FROM START TO FINISH) WE GOT OUR PERFECT LITTLE BABY GIRL!!!!! ALL I COULD THINK OF WHEN I SAW HER WAS "WOW, I ALREADY HAD THIS BABY, SHE LOOKS JUST LIKE BRAYLEE!!!"

"SHE IS PERFECT!!!!"

WE ARE ALL SO HAPPY TO FINALLY HAVE HER HERE! SHE IS SUCH A SWEET BABY!!!!