Our first Stitches...

We were at the Shupe's Monday night, Travis was helping them with their remodel and we were having dinner together. The kids were running around and playing when we hear a painful cry from the front room, Travis runs in there and finds out Parley has fallen and hit the corner of the coffee table right on his forehead. It was bleeding pretty good,and as we were washing it out realized that it would need stitches. It was pretty deep!we bandaged him up and i took him to urgent care. He did great, i couldn't believe how brave he was! i personally have never had stitches and don't ever want them. but they came and put some numbing stuff right on the wound and then 15 minutes later stitched him up with 3 stitches, he didn't even flinch. They put a towel over his face and he kept trying to peek underneath it at me. He was so sweet.The doctor and nurse kept saying," i can't believe how good he is being", they said they usually have to wrestle the 2 year olds and strap them down, but he didn't even try to move! i was so proud! In the time we were waiting for it to be all numb, he had a big blowout, and in my hurry to leave didn't grab the diaper bag. i thought oh, we are almost done,but then of course it was going up his back, poor kid! so i asked the urgent care people if they had diapers and wipes and they do, all sizes! so we got him cleaned up and stitched up and he was good to go! i thought it would settle him down a little for the rest of the night, but who was i kidding! as soon as we got back to shupes he was off and running again! What a brave little boy!

Its a .....

GIRL!!
We are so excited to have a little girl join our family! i can't even believe it, it is hard for me to think of a little girl and doing little girl stuff and changing a little girls diapers after doing boys stuff for so long! Travis says he still has a back up boy name, just in case! He is having a hard time believing it! I am so excited to see him with a little girl, it is going to be so fun! If any of you have cute name ideas, send them my way! I really have nothing right now! We feel so blessed to be adding a third to our family, and feel sooo blessed that she is healthy so far and that everything looks just right! what a miracle!

Parley's story....

Ever since my mom and dad left i have tried telling Parley about where they have gone and for how long and everything. He has mastered the story and i finally caught it on tape, i love it! and i think mom and dad will too! my favorite part is when he says, we miss em soo bad!

halloween parties...

We had 3 different Halloween Parties in the last 2 weeks. First my family has a tradition of having a halloween party and the kids all dress up and do a costume parade, then they go on a treasure hunt outside! It was perfect weather this year and the kids had a lot of fun, We had a yummy dinner at the Brown's and they did a great treasure hunt that Parley loved! Mom and Dad called while we were all there, so we all got to talk to them and see them on skype, it felt like they were in the room with us. Mom even said the prayer on the food, it was so sweet and so fun to hear mom's sweet prayers again!

Parley and Boston
Parley is a Pirate this year and has mastered the AAARRrrrgg matey!
Brigham is our sweet little pumpkin.
All the cousins, i don't know why this picture is so dark but it kind of makes me mad.
there was 5 pirates this year, this is everyone except samantha.


Then for my friends play group this month we did another costume party/ Tate's bday party! It was a lot of fun and jade had everything so cute, she worked hard!Parley was scaring all the little girls, sorry macie and mckayla!
some of my high school friends, i love these girls, Melissa, me, Nichole, jade, heidi
the cute bday boy and his mom that worked so hard on everything, thanks jade!
attempting a picture of all the kids, an impossible task.


Our last party was Family night with the Shupe's, and since their house is being remodeled we had the party here, it was a lot of fun, we had yummy pizza and salad. and had an fhe lesson, and played some fun games. then gma shupe had a little treasure for all the grandkids, i think my kids think halloween is everyday lately, they are going to be really sad when its all over ina couple of days, but i will be thrilled especially since i won't have to put their costumes on them again for another year!
Playing fun games and decorating ghosts and pumpkin cupcakes.
all the kids, another bad picture, bug!

Parley and Charlie, the pirates!