Monday, July 6, 2009

Happy Birthday Gabey!

First BirthdayOne of my favorite pictures
My Mario lover himself
The cake for the "6 up" Birthday boy
I and many others love this little guy. Gabe is such a sweet boy with so much love to give. I will forever be grateful that heavenly father sent him to me. He adds so much happiness to my life and to our family. Happy Birthday Gabey!


my life

My life consists of staring at this beautiful babe! I am so blessed and I am having so much fun literally just staring.









Sunday, June 21, 2009

A is for Annabelle

Kind of a long post but I might not be back for a while.
Annabelle was born June 16th at 10:01 p.m.
she was 7 lbs 15 oz, 19 1/2 " long
Here are some pictures of the last 5 days of our lives.
Hospital wait
My mom was invited to the birth, her first one she ever saw!
Mikes family is the best support team around, they have been outside the door for 3 births now! Thanks.Annabelle was very "cheesey" the doctor said. She was delivered by Dr. Rees and he made the birth as fun as it can be. She came in 2 hours from the time I was put on the pit. I pushed about 6 times with 3 contractions. Epidurals are great even when they make me loopy!
She instantly stuck her finger in her mouth
Gabe and his new baby sister. Gabe was excited.
Jace took some time to warm up to her. When he first saw her he backed away. We asked him to get in the picture and he said "No" Funny because he had been looking forward to this for 9 months. When I would go to the doctor these last few times both boys would ask me "are you gona bring home baby Annabelle?"
Daddy and his baby girl.
The hospital fun
Dad and his boys
Grandma Louder
Kyler and Gabe are missing the same tooth!
Uncle Russell, Aunt Dana and Jack Jack
Uncle Layne, Kyler and Paige
Mindy, Isaac, Ethan and Abby
Grandma Phillips
Grandma Liston
Grandpa Liston
Jace the night I came home from the Hospital. He was wired.
Sleepy days
Annabelle and her cousin Troy born 3 weeks before her. These little kids are gona be best of friends.

my Grandma Liston. She came over this morning to try and get a promise out of us that we wont shorten her name. We will call her Annabelle. I can't promise anything like that but for now she is called ANNABELLE. She was named after this Grandmas mother.
Gabe told me today. "Annabelle wants me" He is so happy to have a baby in our home.
Jace has turned up the volume x 10 since Annabelle was born.
Mike got us a new camera with our new arrival, we are having so much fun taking pictures. Tonight I hope to have a photo shoot so I can get some precious moments of my baby girl.



Sunday, May 17, 2009

A busy eventful week.

It has been a busy eventful week. I am looking forward to life slowing down, if that ever happens. We celebrated Grandma Louders big win on the Price is Right. A lot of the family got together and watched it together. If you missed it and still want to see it you can go to NBC.com and watch the May 7th showing. Mike's little brother Ryan got married on Friday and that has been exciting. We had family come in from out of town and it has been fun visiting. Jace likes to use Annabelle as a pillow.
Our cute family
These cute boys belong to Mike and I. "The tallest of the brothers"
Mike and his sweet sister Terri
The only picture I have of the bride and groom. Janeals mom made her dress and it was beautiful.

There was an ice cream machine at the reception, oh how lovely and sticky.
We spent yesterday at the lake so Todd could enjoy some boat time. Here we are on the Ion, if you haven't tried it you should!
Gabe makes a great driver
Mike and Kathy were a crack up getting flipped all over the lake on this thing.

Flag boy
Moma's boy

Cute cousins Ashley and Amaya
Mike and Todd
Well it was fun. Annabelle is due in 5 weeks and I have had fun decorating her room thanks to Mindy. The boys are in the "boy room" now and they love their new bunk bed. Soon I will post pictures of the bedrooms, they just aren't complete yet. My builder has been busy and maybe he will get started next week, or the next or. . . . who knows. As for now we are happy. Infact we are glad that our builder is busy at work.