Paige and Drew's Wedding

Last week Gregg and the kids and I headed down to Utah for Paige and Drew's wedding.  I was so excited to see everyone.  All my siblings were able to be there.  It's been a long time since we were all together and it was so much fun!  I loved being with my family and for them to finally meet Libby.

Of course the wedding was beautiful!  The sealer said  so many wonderful things.  It was perfect.  Paige was gorgeous.  She and Drew make such a cute couple and I'm so glad Paige is now apart of our family!

All the sibilings.  Its a bad angle but my mom is hiding behind John David.

The cute couple.

John David and Scott daring each other to roll down the hill.

James really loved being with his cousins.

Sweet little Lily.

I love my family!

Happy girl.

More of my happy girl!

The kiddos

This winter is dragging on and all three of us are dying to get outside, but until is gets sufficently warm (20 degrees) than we are stuck inside trying to entertain ourselves and not go completely crazy.  Thankfully James is into a lot of things.

Watching Minions half naked in the laundry basket.

Letting chocolate melt before eating it.

Learning to learn put his pants on.....backwards.

Loving smoothies a little too much.

Giving himself tummy time.

Playing basketball ALL DAY LONG.

Trying out Libby's toys.

Reading to Libby.

Libby is so cute.  She just laughs and laughs and spits when she isn't laughing.  Ok maybe she doesn't spit that much but it sure seems like it.  She is growing like a weed even if she is kind of small.  She is sleeping great and eating great too.  She loves to be held and loves attention.  She is such a good baby!

Sweet baby!

Love the cheeks....

and the double chin!  They get kissed a lot!

Libby is always pulling her headbands down.

Silly baby.

I love my kids!  They have more energy than I do especially James but I wouldn't change it for the world.  They seriously make my day!

Another Month!

Guess who is 3 months today!?  This cute girl!

This is the smile I love so much and this isn't even the whole smile.

Libby is so fun.  She is such a happy baby most of the time.  She LOVES to be involved in whatever is going on and sometimes will get cranky if she knows she is being left out.  She loves James and will watch him all day.  I'm afraid that she will be so anxious to run after James that she will become mobile much sooner than I want. Oh well.

Motherhood

We have an app on our iPad that plays Mormon Messages.  James loves to watch them especially this one.  He'll watch it over and over.  I love it though.  It makes me cry every time.  I love my babies so much and even though we have our rough days, I wouldn't change it for the world.  How grateful and blessed I am to be a mother.  It is a crowning privilege and I am so grateful for a hard working husband that allows me to be able to stay home with my children.  Being a mother is the greatest job in the whole world!

“Motherhood is not a hobby, it is a calling. You do not collect children because you find them cuter than stamps. It is not something to do if you can squeeze the time in. It is what God gave you time for.”

Libby's Blessing

We blessed Libby last week. Finally.  We were supposed to bless her the first Sunday in January but the weather was too dangerous so we weren't able to make it to church.  Gregg gave Libby a beautiful blessing and Libby was so good thru the whole thing.  She didn't even make a peep.  We were sad that we weren't able to have family there but it was still a great experience.

This dress has a lot of history behind it and I am so glad Libby was able to be apart of it!

Libby - 2 Months

We love this sweet little thing!  I love being to know her as more and more of her personality comes out.  Libby is a STUBBORN girl.  It is her way or the high way but not even the high way.  She is very vocal and loud if she needs something and it needs to happen right now, thank you very much.  She also loves attention and sometimes will get cranky if she thinks she is being left out. But she has the prettiest smile which she is more than willing to give if she does get your attention.  Seriously though her little smile is the best.  Her whole face just lights up.  I love it!  Libby also started sleeping 9-10 a night ( HALLELUJAH! ).  It just happened suddenly. One night she was getting up every 4 hours then BAM the next night she was sleeping thru the night.  I'm not complaining though!  Libby is such a cutie and I love that she is apart of our family!

I had to put this on because this is a rare thing.  Usually she has to be wrapped and held to sleep.  I was just sad that I couldn't leave her like that.

I rave about her smile so of course she won't do it.

Christmas 2013

This year we stayed home. There was just not enough time to go see any family with the basketball schedule.  But despite not seeing any family, we had a fabulous time! It was so fun to plan Christmas for our own family and to start our own traditions.  The weather even warmed up from the negatives so that we could go outside and play in the snow a number of times! 
Christmas morning James did really well and didn't touch the presents til we told him he could.   He loved opening the presents.  It took him a while then he didn't want to stop.  We definitely got spoiled thanks to our generous parents!  We also had a great time skyping with family!  I love both my families and am so grateful for them!

Cutie on Christmas morning!

Cute pajamas from Grandma and Grandpa Wilson.  They say "Bear Cheeks"!

All bundled up!

For some reason James is really attracted to the dirty snow.

Sledding!

Libby isn't too happy here, but she did have a good time.

Sorry I can't get the picture to rotate.