Just some pics

Well, I had to share a pic of my roly poly tubby boy. These pics were taken after one bath, after activity days before we got all the way ready for bed. I love Beckett's chunky cheeks and legs. He is very kissable and loves to give kisses. Annika and Ashton love him. We have had a crazy month, we heard Ryan got laid off, but they gave him 6 more weeks of work. So, we started the job hunt everywhere, went through every emotion and worry and fear and excitement in the last few weeks. We got good news yesterday, Kraft hired him back for a promotion at work. YEAH! That means no moving, no interviews, no selling a house, no more resumes to post. This is a huge relief and blessing in our lives. We feel like we learned a lot and Heavenly Father supported us along with our friends and families. Just a little of what has been going on around here.

Semi-Update

This photo is from Beckett's first week home, when he was still a little yellow. I know it has been a while, but I have been busy and lets admit I have never been good about the blogging thing anyways. But here is what we have been up to. We have had a rough couple of months. This baby thing has thrown us for a loop. I have looked a little more tired and ragged, the house messier, we have been later or non existent to more things and just way more occupied. He has been a momma's boy from the start. And there was a lot of crying the first 3 months by Beckett and me. But, we turned a corner at about the beginning of December. He is pleasant, not perfect, but VERY enjoyable. The kids LOVe him. I can not look and squeeze and kiss and blubber enough. I am starting to get some good laughs too. Ryan is tickling and rubbing his whiskers and bonding with him too. It just took time. I mean, who could expect more when Ryan and I are very busy with church callings, have a third grader with activities and really hard digital homework. A silly now 5 year old boy that loves attention, cuddles, Legos, Wii and his momma and then throw a newborn into it. However, we are starting to feel more normal and we are so happy to have Beckett in our family. I waited a long time for him and I think that has made him even more special for me. I love to see Annika turn in to a little mother. Most of the time she is very patient and she tries so hard with him. Here are a few pics and things we have been up to.

One Sunday afternoon we took a drive up to Mt. Charleston. It was early October and the weather was still pretty warm. It is nice that the mountain is like only 10 minutes from our house. Here is a pic from our adventure. Since then we have slowed down a bit. Beckett does not love the car. If we are driving in the evening hours he screams the entire time. Including one LONG trip home from St. George.

So, for Halloween, we had a witch, Optimus Prime the Transformer and a monkey-but that never lasted long. Annika lucked out and Grandma Urry made her costume this year and it turned out adorable. Way cuter than anything I could ever do. I usually try to make or customize my kids costumes, but with a new baby that was not going to happen so Grandma stepped in to help. We spent Halloween night with our usual soup night at Garners and then trick or treating with them and then back to our house because the kids LOVE to pass out candy at our house. Halloween weekend Ashton had an ear infection. The first of two in about a month. We know these, we deal with them a lot with him and have had tubes for 2 1/2 years, but this one Halloween weekend was different. Come to find out, one tube fell out and that is why the pain was extreme. After two in a row, and talking to the ENT and figuring out we met our medical deductible this year, we opted to do the ear surgery quick and now he has one blue tube, his NV one and one white one, his UT one. It was quick and easy and we are happy to not have any more painful ear infections.

Random cute pic of Baby Beckett. I swear this third kid gets way less photos and memories. Sadly enough the other day we had to look up his birthdate.

Ok, so one thing everyone always notices first on Beckett is his cheeks. Man does he have them. But, this is what happens to big cheeks when you lay on your stomach for a nap. Do not worry I do not let him sleep on his belly, but that night it worked and I sat next to him the entire time on my bed doing laundry. And, let me just say it is a good thing he did finally sleep that night because the laundry needed to be folded. Everyone was out of pants and socks. That has been the hardest thing to keep up with. I think it has something to do with the fact that this munchkin loves his mama and loves to be held-like ALL the time. And more often than not, I give in. Those cheeks just call for me to kiss them.

So, here is what they look like now, right before Christmas! We had a great Thanksgiving with the Urry family. That ended early because of a fussy child-the youngest of the group. But, the dinner was good and we missed out on games. Bummer! So, we did Christmas Eve with my family. After a great Christmas at home, church and feeling so blessed and visiting family. We head over to the Urry's for Christmas dinner. Marianne went all out on the prime rib. But after about bite two, Ryan choked really bad. The heimlich did not help and he felt as if it got lodged, so Ryan, Beckett and I spent the night in the ER. All is good now, but definitely a night to remember. Just an end of the year update on us. We are busy, but good, trying to fit in any moment with the kids even if it means less laundry, cooking and dishes time. Here is hoping 2012 brings us peace and a time to love and enjoy our family.

Beckett Addison Urry

Born August 30, 2012 at 12:10 p.m., 7lbs 11oz., 19.5"

Some News!

Well, I am not sure if anyone even still checks my blog, but I thought I would post it anyways. We are so excited to announce that I am pregnant. YEAH! This has been a long two years, and we are hopeful that things will continue to go well. I am 16 weeks now and am due September 12. The kids and Ryan have been great since my housekeeping, cooking and being a fun mom has been put to the side a little while tired, morning sickness mom has been here. But, that slump is passing. So, think good thoughts for us!

Backyard!

So, when we bought this house it came with lots of projects, some are done, some have been halfway done since we moved in, some are still being worked on. Needless to say, there is always something to do. But, one thing Ryan really was anxious to get working on was the yard. This is what it looked like when we moved in. We killed whatever was left growing, cleaned everything up and took out a lot of ugly rock.

Here we rented a roto tiller one weekend to help break up all the ground and caliche so we-and I mean Ryan-could dig for sprinklers.

Some of the ground was so hard, Ryan's arms would sting for days after picking at it. He did the sprinklers pretty much all by himself. He was grateful for help and advice from family members along the way. But, I have to give credit, that he and the kids moved A LOT of dirt in that backyard. We got some more concrete poured and put a pathway all the way to the front of the house.


We added a bunch of dirt and smoothed it nice, added a little retaining wall in the back corner and got ready for the sod.

So, this is the final project so far. We got the sod in, and I helped Ryan and we laid all 500 sq. ft. by ourselves in about an hour. I want you to know I loaded and unloaded almost every piece. I was tough that day. We still have to add plants-probably in the Spring. We need curbing, and lots of rock and some sort of play structure, but we feel as if we have a good start and can now at least enjoy the yard without getting all muddy.

Halloween!

Then we celebrated on Halloween with some friends with our yummy chili and soups and trick or treating their neighborhood and ended with handing out candy at our house. We had fun at everything as a family and with friends. It is always a fun time of year and a time to kick off fall, cooler weather, remember past costumes and activities.




Of course we carved our own pumpkins-Ryan's least favorite activity-can you tell by his face. But ours turned out cute. Ash and Ry did a two sided normal jack o lantern face and Annika and I did a cat on a fence with a moon. Sticky, messy, but fun!


We had a Stake Trunk or Treat where the kids could safely walk around the parking lot and collect candy from decorated cars. It was a great turn out and we had fun with the Farnsworths and Kundananis.



We hosted a Halloween Party at our house for some friends of Annika's. We played pin the nose on the pumpkin, pitch the pumpkins, find the candy and dressed up as mummies-here is Annika in her mummy get up and this is what Ashton and Dax did with the leftover toilet paper. YEAH!


There was a Fall Festival at Annika's school with a petting zoo. We went to Gilcrease Orchard with Michelle and kids and picked out a pumpkin and apples. We had a school Halloween Parade and Classroom Party.




I forgot the photos go backwards on Blogger, so this is the backwards entry, we visited the pumpkin patch with the Kundanani's and played lots of games.

Hey there, I kind of feel like this holiday was a week full of events and the start of the holiday season. I chose to make the kids' costumes this year. Annika really wanted to be Jessie from Toy Story and at first Ashton just wanted to be a pirate from last year-bonus since he still fits. But, as I was buying stuff for Annika's costume, he changed his mind and chose to be Woody from Toy Story-which I love because I really enjoy it when their costumes go together. So here is a bit from our week of fun.

First Day of School

Yesterday was the first day of school for Annika. I intended to do a post about our summer, but my photoshop is being funny, I will have to wait for Ryan to get home and fix it. She was so excited and a little nervous to start 2nd grade this year. I am glad that she is finally able to start the year, and not have it be the first time for her at the school like it has been in the past. I love the school-and am very impressed by the teachers, administration, everything. This year they did take away the bus for us though since they paved some new roads, and now we are too close, so I am dreading fighting the school traffic every morning. Annika is excited to meet new friends and learn a lot in 2nd grade. Now Ashton and I get to spend a lot of time together, just the two of us. I hope I can keep him busy!