Kyah's little festive outfit!Okay, now for the baby stuff!
Name: Holden Joseph
Date: Oct 16, 2009
Time: 12:43 pm
Weight: 8 lbs 14 oz (enormous in my opinion)
Length: 20.5 in.
After a very long and painful 9 mos, our little Holden was born. Everything went really well with the delivery, except for the fact that his shoulders would not come out. Once he was out, he looked like he had been in a really bad fight, and lost. He was purple and blue and really swollen! He looked like a corpse, kind of creepy for Halloween I guess! He has lots of dark hair and is really chubby, which is a totally different look than all our other kids have had.
We are totally excited to have him as part of our family. We are so grateful for him, and each of our other children. It has been such a struggle for us, but it has all been worth it. We are so thankful for all of our blessings. There are not words to describe the gratitude we feel.

Our two littlest boys. It almost looks like Brevan is doing a thumbs up too!

Kyah is pleased as can be to have another baby in the house.
Porter says he wants two more babies. Yikes!

This was right when we got home. Brevan seemed really excited.



Getting ready to leave the hospital. Let the fun begin!
Don't my feet look wonderful? I'll tell ya what...they felt as good as they looked in this picture.

The happy daddy!
The way happy mommy...what a load off.
This is they kids' pediatrician, Dr. Whiting.

Can you believe the hair???
The chubbs?

The kids were not allowed in the hospital because of the swine flu. I made my way out to the parking lot a couple of times to see them!! Ouch!! It was worth it to see them though!

This was right after he was born.

Would you look at the size of that mitt!! OH, I mean hand.

This was shortly after the fight he had, the one where his face took a beating.
See.....a corpse!
He was alive, but boy did he not look it!
He peed two times before they actually weighed him, but there it is in black and red.
He looks happy, don't you think?
See how purple he is, quite sad!
The happy couple.
Brevan's first pony ride.

Porter on the largest pony he could find.

Kyah loves the pony rides at Thanksgiving Point.

Kyah never lets me do anything I want with her hair. She hated this hair-do, but I made her be in a picture. I knew it would be the first and last time I would see her like this. I think she looks adorable!

We went and ate at Porter's Place to celebrate Porter's last soccer game.

This is my nephew Tate, they stopped by on the way to the MTC. It will be crazy to see how much Brevan will change by the end of his mission.

Brevan looking extra cute! I could just eat up that smile and dimple!


The kids love to hang out and watch cartoons in the chair.

Well, I am suppose to get induced on Friday--I don't know what time, but I hope it is early. I would like to get a good nights rest though. That probably won't happen!! Having a newborn that wakes up in the night, and getting up to visit the potty regularly throughout the night kind of prevents me from sleeping too well!!
Brevan had his 4 month check-up, so here are his stats:
weight: 12lbs 14 oz
length: 26 inches
he is in the 10% for both. He is just like the other kids, small!
He also rolled over for the first time on Friday! I went to go fill up his bottle, and pull a Snicker's out of the freezer--and when I came back he was on his tummy!! I totally missed it. I was so bummed! He is such a good boy, the best baby in the whole world! We are so lucky he is part of our family, he means everything to us! We are so grateful for Shiann--she has changed our lives forever, and for the better.
Even though it is not going to happen, lets all pray the baby comes today!! In addition, lets hope it only takes an hour and it is pain free. Oh, and the 61 lbs I've gained will come out with the baby! In fact, I will look and feel as if I was never even pregnant! If I'm going to dream, I'll dream big!

Finally an update!!

So, poor Kyah has had some life trauma lately. On Friday she had to have 7 cavities filled. We went in in the morning, she did not want to be sedated. So, she was so very brave and got all numbed up. The second they started to drill she started gagging and choking. She soon became very hysterical. I finally got her talked into coming back later and being put to sleep. We went for some bribery and then home. All the while she is totally numb--which is really annoying for anyone. I had to bring her back about 3-4 hours later. They had me give her a Valium an hour before. She was becoming quite out of it just about the time I had to take her back in.

This is her watching Ariel, and not knowing what is about to hit her next.

Everything seems fine to her at this point--no needles yet.
Then came the abuse, an IV in her arm.
I don't know how to flip this picture, so you'll have to look at it sideways! Anyway, she soon was knocked out. Her eyes rolled in the back of her head and I started bawling. I was teared up the whole time she was in there, but the water works started at that point. It was so horrible to me, she looked dead practically! I walked as fast as my hugely pregnant body could carry me out the door and immediately called Brian. I was in front of the building in tears talking to Brian, about how ridiculous I was acting. I am pretty emotional right now, nearing the end of the pregnancy. I finally pulled myself together and went back and waited for her to be finished.
This was her as she was just waking up, and that was the last time she was calm. She was kicking and really combative the whole way home and then after. I felt so bad for her because she was totally numb again, and really swollen. She was trying to talk and I could not understand a word she was saying because her mouth was so big and swollen. She was totally happy that night, but boy was it a long afternoon for us both!
The kids are hanging out snuggling in our bed!
This is our patio cover, being started. It is now finished, and I really should take a picture!
This was Kyah's other traumatizing experience, which you can't tell from this picture because she looks really happy. That was one of her bribes she is holding. These pictures are in reverse order, so hopefully it will not be too confusing. I am also happy to report that she now loves her earings and has no remaining ill effects of her bad experience!!
As the day wore on, I could not bare the thought of her having her ear piercings totally lop sided. I knew as she grew older she would wonder why I did not make it right originally. So, through blood, sweat, tears, and quite a bit of bribery I forced her back in to have the one side redone. The worker claimed she had never done anything like that before, they were always perfect. Quite unfortunate she had to make her mistake on a girl who was so freaked about it after it happened the first time. So, this is us right before it was redone. I am happy to report the girl who re-did the piercing had approximately 25 piercings herself! I assumed from her piercings she may have done this a few times before. All was well!
We went home and made some delicious peanut butter brownies. I think I might have eaten the whole pan myself.
She seemed okay shortly after, and all seemed well.
She went from sad to down right hysterical. I felt so bad. I felt even worse when I noticed one side was much lower than the other.
This is right after she had it done, and she was pretty sad.
She is about to get them pierced, and she has no idea that she will be bawling her head off in about 10 seconds.
Kyah decided she really wanted her ears pierced, which I thought I would never take her in to do until she was a lot older. In a moment of weakness Bri and I took her in. We decided to seize the moment, (since she is a very big chicken) and get it done. It seemed like such a good idea at the time.
I thought I would throw a picture of Holden in the mix, even though it is hard to see him in there.
This was Kyah's 1st day of preschool!! She loves it so much!
The three kids hanging out on the counter. Brevan's first time in the Bumbo chair.
Porter losing another tooth!! He has the attractive "I have never taken care of my teeth and they have all rotted out of my head look". He does have the one front tooth left, with all others on each side of it missing. Just perfect for this school pictures which were just taken last week.
Kyah went to Thanksgiving Point and rode a pony, which had braids in it's hair. From that point on she has wanted braids. The more braids the merrier in her case. Her signature piggy might be gone for good, I guess we'll see?!!
This is Porter's 1st day of 2nd grade. His teacher is Mrs. Jenkins.

These are Brevan's 3 month old pics we got done today! Even though he is still just 2 mos and 3 weeks!

The addition is almost complete. I will post final pictures when it is finished. We were up late working on the tv stand and all the kids fell asleep on me!! They all love to snuggle!!



Brevan is just about the cutest baby in the world!! He is smiling a lot now.

We went to Sea World a couple of weeks ago. It was so great to escape the construction. They have a Sesame Street section.

The kids love the beach so much!

Brevan and I did not love the beach as much. I was roasting! Brevan was dozy though, so he enjoyed it a little more than me. Being fully clothed was quite the bummer!

This was a memorial at the marina in San Diego.

More beach!

We went to Old Town for lunch.

Touching the star fish at Sea World!

What a doll! We love him so much!

Celebrating Bri's 36th birtday on our trip at Red Robin!

Kyah at Brevan's 2 month appointment.

He was so excited to be getting shots!