Evan's dance

These days Evan as been refusing to get dressed so here she is in her pajamas, dancing her new cute dance and showing off some tricks of how she can climb on the trailer!! Man I love that girl!!!

P.S. Your sound isn't turned off, there is no music. But the show must go on!!!!

Ellie's Blessing

We had one speical weekend this week. It was Ellie's blessing. The week leading up to it was very busy and stessful. I worried way to much about things that don't really matter. But when the time came, it all went away. We had so many loved family and freinds here with us it was great!! The whole time I couldn't stop thinking how blessed I am. I have a wonderful husband that is willing to put up with me and my family when we get all crazy and loud. He is a wonderful partner for me in our journy through this life and a great father to our kids. It is so nice to know that our house is blessed with the priestood because of him. I also have 3 wonderful kids. They are so wonderful and teach me much more than I could ever teach them; all with their own sweet spirts that light up my life. My most recent blessing is to have this new little one with me. She is too young to know very much about her personality. Is she going to be shy and quite or loud and full of energy, I don't know yet. I do know that she is speical in my eyes and in Heavenly Fathers. I am looking foward to getting to know Ellie and all she will be teaching me.

Thank you to all those who came to support us!!! It was great. We love you all!!

Barricade

Jed spilled something on the floor yesterday and instead of cleaning up he built a barricade so no one would step on it. Creative but not very helpful!!!

Ellie Jane Whitworth

It's the newest member of the Whitworth family!! We are proud to welcome Ellie Jane Whitworth into our family. She was born January 31 2010 at 8:54 in the morning. She was 8lb 9oz and 22 inches long. Ellie as lots of black hair and a cute little nose that looks just like both her brother and sisters. And we are so happy to have her in our family!!! And here are some pics!!!

















Now for the labor story. If you are one who doesn't like these kind of thing you are welcome to enjoy the pics and stop reading. I just wanted to give those of you who are like my husband a heads up.

Anyway I felt my fist contraction at about 7:30 in the morning. It was what woke me up. At first I wasn't sure what it was. I thought maybe I had just slept funny. But Evan and Jed were just waking up too. So I got up and got breakfast started, not thinking much of it. About 10 min later I was pretty sure I was in labor and I woke up Sheldon so he could help the kid. I was starting to feel pain. Sheldon asked how much time we had and I said we had plenty. (the thing was I had been having contractions all week long and nothing came of it. So I wasn't quite sure if this was the real thing.) So Sheldon started the kids a bath. I changed my mind 10 min later. It was the real thing and we needed to head for the hospital. So then we debated over who to call. I had some friends all lined up waiting for the call, but it was early Sunday morning and they had kids of their own to get ready for church. Sheldon didn't want to add two more to their morning. So we ended up calling some other friends who didn't have any kids and thought they could get here faster. Well let me back up. Sheldon text some friend he thought could get here faster. But the texting took longer and they ended up talking anyways. So now we had someone heading over. (Now these friends of ours are really good friend and I love them dearly. But they took forever getting to our house. Now maybe it seem long because I was in labor but it was at least a half hour from the time we called to the time they got there.) While we were waiting Sheldon was running around trying to get the kids dressed and putting everything we need together. I was laying on our bed trying to get through the pain. And then my water broke!!! Everything went crazy, I changed my clothes (which was useless because with every contraction more came rushing out) and went down stairs to wait for someone to show up so we could go. The pain was getting pretty bad and I couldn't hold in my screams or at least noises in any longer. So I had Sheldon help me to the car and I sat out there and waited. (Then I could be as loud as I wanted and not scare the kids.) As I sat outside in the truck. Sheldon ran in to stay with the kids and was texting our friend seeing when they were going to arrive. He went back and forth a few time between us. And then finally we saw their car come around the corner. Sheldon jumped in the truck and we were backing our of the driveway before their car came to a stop. That morning was the first snow we had in a while and the roads were ice. Luckily because it was early Sunday morning there wasn't much traffic. Sheldon slide all over the roads. Every light we hit was red, we paused at one light and let a car go by but we didn't stop at any of them. But we made it to the hospital in one peace. Sheldon ran inside to get someone to come and help me. Some one came with a wheel chair and took me upstairs. ( which was a step up from last time, when I had Evan. They made me wake up stairs only five minute way from delivery). So I was in bed and they paged the doctor, I was to close to having this baby though and he didn't make it. But there was another doctor there checking on one of her patients, she hear my screaming and came to look to see what was going on. She ended up delivering Ellie. (She retired from labor and delivery about a year and half ago and now just does pediatric care.) I was grateful she was there because Ellie has the cord wrapped around her neck and it was nice to have a doctor who new what to do. ( With Evan, she just kinda ploped out and there was no doctor. Just a nurse with one glove on who clams she caught her. I think she just landed on the bed though). So Ellie was here and just fine, but my doctor still wasn't. In fact he didn't get the first page and didn't know I was at the hospital until 20 min after Ellie was born. Finally, an hour after all this was over the doctor came, stitched me up and I got to hold my baby!!

Time line
7:30- first contraction
8:05- call friends
8:20- water breaks
8:30- friends arrive leave for hospital
8:40- arrive at hospital
8:54- Ellie's born
9:45- Doctor makes it to hospital!
It was one crazy morning!!

Just for you Grandpa!!!!

So for Christmas this year my parents gave us a little camcorder. Then the other day my dad called to ask and see if it was working. I told him was working great; he then asked why he hadn't seen any new pic of his grand kids. So this is for him!!! Love you dad!!!

Christmas!

It is hard to believe Christmas has come and left already!!! The season seemed to fly by so quickly this year. But then it seems to do that every year!!! This year we had the chance to stay home, it was so nice to hang out with just us in our house!!! It was a great Christmas. Jed was up at about 7, which was nice we didn't have to get up too early. He got dressed and went to see what Santa had brought him before he came and woke the rest of us up. When he was sure Santa had been there he ran to wake up his sister and the rest of us. I don't think Evan really knew what was going on or why her brother was so excited but she feed on his energy and was in our room trying to get Sheldon and me out of bed with him. I think when we finally all went down stair and she saw all the presents she at least understood that she was going to get some more toys!!

It was a very fun morning getting to watch the kids go crazy and opening everything in sight. Jed did a great job reading all the names and passing out the all the gifts. We also had the fun of having Sheldon's mom and step dad with us that morning. They didn't get to stay very long but it was fun to laugh and spend the morning together.

After all the presents were opened the kids had a few hours of just sitting back and playing with their new things. Jedi received an invention kit and made a motor thing with his dad, it turned out pretty cool. He also spent all morning listing to the music he down loaded on his MP3 player. In fact he listened to it so much that by the end of the day he had sores in his ears. Evan spent hours with her potato head toys. And love showing off all the new face and funny thing she could do with them. They also received the game Break the Ice from my sister and we played that game for a least an hour and a half, which is a lot considering it takes a whole 3 min to play one game. It was a fun morning.

Then when we were all ready we went down to Pocy to spend some time with some more of Sheldon's family. It was really nice to see all of his family. We had a fun gift exchange and got to give Sheldon's sister and brother-in-law their gift. That was really fun watching their reaction. The family went in on some Garth Brooks tickets. And for those of you who don't know this couple they are huge fans!!! I will have to post more about that when I get some more pics from Tacia. I didn't seem to take very many, but she documented every movement.
Well that was our Christmas, it was so much fun the only thing I wish is that I could have had a chance to see all of our family and friend. Hopefully having you all read this and getting to see all of your post it will seem like we were all together anyways. You were all in my heart and mind all day!!!! Love you all!!!!

Christmas program

Jed had his first Christmas program today!!! He did so well and it was so cute. The title was the ABC's of Christmas. Each child had a line that went with a letter of the alphabet and Christmas. Jed had his memorized the first day he brought home his paper, telling about the play. His letter was "J". They also sung a ton of Christmas songs and recited some poems.
The question I had to ask myself was when did Jed get that old? I sat and watched him sing and all I could think was he can't be old enough for all of this. It was just last year he had his first Christmas wasn't it? Everyday he surprises me with how much he is growing. I love that kid!!!!

Sorry about the sound, the camera didn't pick it up for some reason. His line was J is for Jingle Bells all shiny and bright. We are getting them ready for a sleigh ride tonight.

Bed time!!

I caught this on camera while the kids were suppose to be getting ready for bed and brushing their teeth. Sheldon wasn't home that night so I guess they don't consider me much of a threat and think they can get away with anything. Most of the time they are right!! :)

Finally Halloween pics!!!

OK, OK I know I am really slacking on this; it is two days till Thanksgiving and I am finally posting Halloween pics. Life really hasn't been that crazy either just a little busy getting the house done before holiday company gets here. We are getting really close to having the everything done, well exept the basement. It has been really fun watching it all come together!!!

Halloween was so much fun this year. Jed was really excited, I think it is one of his favorite holidays. Dressing up and getting candy what more could a kid ask for. He had been deciding what to be for months and months, but we finally settled on Wolverine. The claws he wanted to go with it were pretty expensive so he saved his money and bought one for himself and we helped with the other. I was very impressed with him, he worked hard to earn that money.
Evan on the other hand didn't really know what was going on until the day got here. And she couldn't make up her mind what she wanted to be. Luckily, she got to be both things she wanted, a kitty and a dragon. We went trick or treating twice on Halloween first to the mall and old town Twin falls and then later that night around the neighborhood. Evan may not have have know why she was dressing up, but it didn't take long for her to figure out what was going on. By the time we had gone to two or three places she was an expert giving her sweet smile and saying "trick or treat". She melted a lot of hearts and got a ton of candy.


It was so much fun watch them run from house to house. The excitement in my kids eyes is one of the highlights of my life!!!

Special Evan spotlight!!!

My little girl is getting to be such a big kid!!! Evan is talking more and more everyday, copying everything you say like a little parrot. It is so much fun to watch her grow up. She has had a few big changes in her life recently, first she gave up the "pacy." I got the idea from my sister and what she did to help get rid of it with her son. We went to the store and let her pick out any toy she wanted (within a reasonable price) . She picked a baby and a stroller. Then we took the toys to the check out lanes and Evan "paid" for them with her pacy. She was so excited when we got home and played with it all day, taking it for walks outside and many other motherly things. When night came though she had a big case of buyers remorse. She screamed and cried for her pacy. Sheldon and I reminded her over and over again that she had traded it for the new baby but it didn't seem to help much. She just threw the baby on the floor and cried herself to sleep. It was really hard on all of us but we made it through. It has been about 3 weeks and I would be happy to report all is well, but she is still struggling with the loss of the pacy. She has given up naps completely and has quit sleeping through the night. She is getting some new molar that aren't helping with the situation. I am hoping she will get use to it soon though and I will get at least a month or so of sleeping though the night before the next baby comes.
Which brings us to the next change in Evans life. Seeing that we are going to be adding another girl to the family in less than 4 months we thought it was time to get Evan out of her crib/toddler bed and into a big girl bed. I also hoped it would help her sleep a little better if she was warmer and had more room to roll around in her sleep. But it doesn't seem too so far. But she is loves having a big bed like her brothers. There isn't much too it though it is just a mattress on a frame but we did pick out some cute sheets that match the walls and a blue comforter which is her favorite color right now. It is so fun to watch her grow up and go through all these fun changes. I think it is going by too fast though. I know tomorrow will come too fast and she will be headed to her first day of school and all the other fun things that come with that. We are going to enjoy it while it last though, these are some cute years. Even if I don't get much sleep. This is just a little thing I caught on camera the other day during conference. We were all sing the rest hymn with the TV and Evan got out her little microphone and kept on sing after everyone was done. She sure keeps up entertained!!!!
And these are some I just wanted to throw in real quick. We had a porcupine in our back yard the other night eating some of the apples falling off our tree. Evan was the first to see it and said look "meow" then Jed ran to the window to see the cat but it wasn't a cat it was a porcupine. Then he announced it to us and we all sat and watched it wonder though our yard and eat anything it could find even the animal cookies Evan left out earlier that day. It was kinda fun, I have never seen one wander though a yard before.

Its a girl!!!!

I went to the doctors and had my ultrasound today and we found out that we are going to have another beautiful baby girl!!! So if you didn't know I was pregnant you do now. She is healthy and all is going great. My due date is February 8, we have lot of request to have her a little early to hit a few family members birthday but I will just be happy it she waits till February, to much going on in January, and I have had all my other babies a week or more early.
As many of you know Sheldon and Jed were hoping for a boy and to tell the truth so was I but now that we know its a girl all is well. Jed came to grips with it right a way and was excited to have another sister, Sheldon on the other hand is going to take some time to get use to the idea but it is growing on him already. Evan doesn't really know what is going on but she was really excited to watch the baby on the monitor and loves looking at the pictures now.
We are so excited for this new addition to our family and wanted to share it with all of you. Love you all!!!!!!

Hanging out with Grandma and Grandpa

The week before school started Sheldon and I went to California for a vacation; and my parents came to our house to stay with the kids. I just got some of the cute pics from my parents so I wanted to post them for everyone.
Jed went fishing again and caught 3 fish. He was so excited, he called us in California and told us all about it. He caught one with a worm and two with power bait. He loves power bait!! They also had a great time climb all the trees in the back yard. Jed had to have pictures taken of him and how high he could climb. Evan couldn't be left out of the fun so she had a few taken of her climbing not so high in the trees.
Thanks Grandma and Grandpa!!!!

Jed's first day of school

Well I know I am about a week behind everyone else on this but I guess it is better late than never. Jed had his first day of school on Aug. 24 2009. Everything went really well. He is in the afternoon kindergarten so the morning started out pretty slow. Jed was so excited and was ready for school about 8:00 that morning. Luckily another mother with her inpatient kindergartner came and knocked on our door at 9 hoping that they could play. So Jed spent most of the morning playing at a friend house. Then he came home had lunch and he and his friend rode scooters to school while we walked behind. When the bell rang Jed and all the other kids went inside. I followed hoping to get a few more pics and maybe help him if I could. But I was soon reminded that I was no longer needed. He was a big kindergartner and he could do it all on his own. So from a distance I snapped a few quick shots and left again. Leaving him there wasn't as hard as I thought it was going to be for me. My little (I mean) big boy and I have been through a lot together and I thought letting him go, grow-up would be harder. But it just seemed like the next logical step. It was what he needed and he was so ready for school, that it made it easier on me and all I could be was happy for him. The walk home wasn't all tear free though, as we walked away Evan kept on asking where Jed was at and if she could play with him. When it was clear he wasn't walking back with us she broke down in tears and cried "I play Jed, please!" When we got home though I laid her down for her nap and she didn't wake up until after Jed was already home from school. While he was gone the time went by pretty fast, before I knew it, I was walking back towards his school to pick him up. The report was all pretty good except all of his friends were in the other kindergartner class, but he had already made one friend that day so all looks good.
Now it is a week later and he has already changed so much. I am need for thing less and less. He has decided that he wants to ride the bus to and home from schools instead of walk with his mom. And every day the report of how his day went is "fine" or "we didn't do much." Not the little chatter box he was on the first day. But then the "growing-up" has already begun and I am just the mom and happy to have the part!!!!

Loosing the first tooth

Jed lost his first tooth this week. He has two of his adult teeth coming in behind his baby teeth. So we have been working on getting them out. His sister was the one who first to loosen it. They were playing puppy, and she ripped a rope out of his mouth and all the sudden it was loose. We worked on it for a while and then yesterday he got it so loose that all I had to do was pull a little on the string around it and it flew across the room. He was so excited and couldn't wait for the night so the Tooth Fairy would come. But then when night finally got here, he didn't want the Tooth Fairy to take it because his dad wouldn't have been able to see it. So we drew a picture and left it on the dresser for Dad to see. Dad got home late that night and I made sure he saw the tooth. Even though Jed didn't put it under his pillow the tooth fairy found it and left a dollar. So it all worked out.