Here we go.
So my last post was January 11, 2012 that makes a lot of time to update.
February 29 Ethan was able to go snowboarding with his school. Nick ditched work to go with Ethan.
Ethan had such a great time and now wants to own a snowboard and go all the time.
At my last doctors appointment my doctor told me that "this baby could come any day, if he doesn't come on his own I'll see you bright and early on the 9th". Blake decided to wait those 3 days. I remember telling Ethan and Matthew that the next time they saw me they would have a new brother. Once at the hospital the nurse told me to just relax and wait for my baby to be born. I think it was 4pm and I had just been checked by the nurse and was still at a 5. After she left I heard Nick sighed I asked him "what" he said "do you know how long we have been here?". I really hadn't been paying attention. I was relaxing (as much as you can when in labor) like the nurse told me to. Nick informed me that it had been 9 hours since we got to the hospital and will the other boys I would of had them by now. That's when I started to think about why we were there. I sat up in bed and imagined my son progressing. Within 20 minutes I was hurting pretty bad and the nurse checked me again, this time I was at a 8 and it was time for my epidural. I received my epidural and the stupid anesthesiologist told me to lay down mostly on my back. Ugh I knew I should not have listened to him when he said "you don't want it all to go to your butt". Well yes I did want most of it to go to my butt instead of going up my back like it did. The nurse checked me again and he was ready. I'm really glad that I only had to push 3 times cause my epidural was NOT down in my butt (cause I listened to the stupid anesthesiologist) ouch. Once he was in my arms I saw he's super cute dimple and birthmark on his thigh. Ethan was so excited to get to hold Blake but Matthew didn't even want to touch him.
Near the end of March we found our house. April 4th the house was inspected and everything was great. It passed! Now we had to wait for all the paperwork to get done. The waiting game was killing me. Packing my house up with two little kids who would unpack a box as soon as I turned my back. I did have wonderful neighbors who took Kaitlyn and Blake to their house so I could pack uninterpreted.
Easter 2012
We went egg hunting at the Masonic Temple in Salt Lake. The kids had such much fun. No one was run over and all of them got tons of eggs.
Holy crap Nick and I have been married for 12 years. I can't imagine my life without this amazing man by my side. I believe that I have become such a better person since I met him. He has given me the support and confidence to believe in myself. Together we have made an amazing life. We have had our hard times but have come out better from them. This year we went out to dinner at Jasoh's in Ogden and ate some amazing food. Yummy beer cheese and fresh pretzels!
We moved into our home this wonderful day. Once in the house we found out that the stupid previous owners had the gas turned off (27th they moved out 28th we moved in, why turn it off??) and of course the weather turns cold and rainy and we need the heater. Nick, the brilliant man that he is, turns the oven on in the mornings so that when the kids get up for school they don't freeze.
Because Ethan and Matthew only had a few weeks left of school we didn't want to take them out of the school right at the end so Nick would drive them 10 miles, 20 minute drive from our new house to school and in the afternoon I would make the same drive (double it for the round trip). To add to the stress Ethan and Matthew were playing baseball every day of the week but Friday. Also Nick was the coach for Matthews team. Some days I would leave the house at 2 with pb&j sandwiches for all of us for dinner we would meet Nick at the baseball park and we wouldn't make it home till 7pm. Such a super stressful time for us. All this time away from the house made it very had to unpack things and make it our home.
May 6th I was moving the couch and my toenail got ripped off my big toe. It hurt so freak'n bad and hurt for months and months.
Nick and I got the amazing opportunity to meet The Thunderbird's. This was just so cool and I took lots of photos. We were able to meet all of them but missed getting two pictures.
June 4th Danica's Baby Shower
I was able to give my sister Danica a baby shower. I had lots of fun getting everything together and planning games for everyone to play. Danica is such a cute prego lady. For some reason I can't find any photos from the shower but I did find this cute one of Danica.
June 11th Ethan's Championship Game
Ethan's baseball team the Angles played their 1st championship game. The boys did such a great job. Everyone played so well. I'm so freak'n proud of how hard my son has worked to become the great baseball player he is.
THE ANGLES WIN!!!!!!!!!!!
June 13th was the big final game. The Angles played very well. The game was so very close but they did not win. The boys should all be very proud of themselves. I'm proud to know that all of our boy got to play regardless of their skills unlike other teams who have only their best players play and bench the other boys.
Every single boy played their best especially my son Ethan who played his very best game.
June 18
Kaitlyn's hair just wont grow very fast. Its driving me nuts. By the time my boys were one they all had lots of hair but not my little girl. Oh no her hair just wont grow but I was finally able to get her hair into piggy tails.
During our first summer in our home we always had someone over. The kids made friends quickly with the wonderful kids who live across the street. We truly were blessed to have such great neighbors.
Blake had a very hard time learning to ride his bike when he first got it. We decided that we would try to teach him to ride without his training wheels. Once the wheels were off he just took off. What we learned was that his training wheels were so tight that they were making so hard to peddle so that's where all the difficulty came from.
4th of July bbq at Adam and Brittany's home. Kaitlyn and Carson sure got dirty. They did have a great time.
Boy was it hot.
Every year we go camping as a family. The kids had so much fun climbing on the rock.
Every year we go to the Pops concert and fireworks at Weber State University. It is one of our favorite things to do. We all love hearing the beautiful music while watching the sky fill with fireworks and then near the end they fire cannons.
August 4th we went to Rocky Mountain Raceway for the Scottish Rite Learning center fundraiser. It was so freak'n hot the boys and I just roasted in the sun. We really liked the train where two cars are chained together. The front car has the engine and the back car has the breaks. They drive around the figure eight track trying to not hit each other. Lots of fun.
August 25th Daxton Joseph Dragon was born today at 11:23 A.M. weighing 7.11 lbs and 21 in. long after 12 hours of labor:) Congratulations Brian and Danica. He is beautiful. Danica was so strong during this difficult labor and brought a beautiful health boy into our family.
Blake's first day of kindergarten
Yes I did cry. Blake was the first of my boys that was worried about going to school. I have to say I loved it.
Ethan's 1st day of 5th grade
Matthew's 1st day of 3rd grade
Matthew says that he was nervous to start school at a new school. He was really missing his friends.
Alright I'll call that good for now that's a lot of updating. Enjoy and hopefully I'll get to finishing very soon.
