Stott Family

34 weeks

2012-03-06T23:20:00.000-07:00

pic of me before church on Sunday. a little blurry but you can still see the bump. I feel like I haven't really gotten bigger in months. but that's what I do. I get massive and then slow down a bit and let everyone else catch up. :)

I had a Doctor appointment today. I am only 34 weeks but I also got checked. I have been thinking about this appt for three weeks now wondering if I would be anything at my appt or if I even wanted to be? I knew it was early and the likely hood of of dilating or thinning was slim but still it's always exciting when you here something right? Well today at my appt I was 50% thinned and 1 cm dilated. for 34 weeks I'll take it! As all of you moms know that may or may not mean ANYthing. haha... but still it's always fun. I have another appt in two weeks on Monday the 19th. I will be checked again then and we will see if anything has happened in two weeks. I will be 36 weeks then. It's all happening so fast and it's getting exciting. Still doest really seem real yet and I still have a hard time remembering she is a girl. William asks all the time about the baby and he tells me that when she's a pumpkin he will have his baby sister! We look up on baby center .com what size of fruit she is all the time. Last week she was a pineapple and he thought it was funny every time we saw one at the store. This week she is a cantaloupe. Baby center says she is 4 and 3/4 lbs and 18 inches long! wow... seems like shes about ready to me! so crazy!

Lucas the big boy....

2012-02-29T22:13:00.000-07:00

This is how you will find Lucas these days....

(I should have gotten a picture where he was wearing little briefs... his butt is so tiny I cant help but squeeze it.)

Unless he looks like this....

I picked up this costume a year or more ago at a garage sale its like a size 7 or something and my boys have to wear it all the time!

He'll be two at the END of April. April 29th. He is so little and he is a rock star! I can not take any credit for the way my boys are sometimes! Lucas pretty much potty trained himself. He refused to wear anything but undies on Thursday morning when he woke up so I let him. then again on Friday as well! I told Brandon I guess we are actually doing this! He has been awesome! He had a couple accidents the first two days, and nothing since. He went to church in his undies on Sunday and all Monday he was fine as well. So I think it's safe to say he is potty trained!? I have been dreading this post, because I'm sure as soon as I post it he'll digress or something. I don't want to jinx my self but he continues to do so well! We have gone on a few outing, including walmart today. He tells me when he needs to go potty. He is obsessed with undies and hates when he has to wear clothes that cover them up. He likes to change his undies several times a day so he can wear a newer cooler pair that are sitting in his drawer. So my son is obsessed with shoes and undies and is often found with just both of those things on. A pair of boots and undies, or any kind of shoe for that matter. I hope he continues to surprise us and do well! I am still putting diapers on him at night when he goes to sleep, but the past two mornings has woken up dry and told me he needed to go potty. for his naps he does fine too! It's crazy to me! I realise he is not normal, and again I can not take credit for it as much as Id like to think I have something to do with it. ha! love my little man!

Baby shower

2012-02-27T00:30:00.000-07:00

A HUGE Thank you to my sister Mallory for throwing me and Sarah our joint shower last weekend! Thank you to those of you that could make it! We are starting our collection of Girly things and it's making it a little more real!

These pictures may get a little confusing as no one is ever holding their own children! :)

Yummy food, we had Hawiian Hay stacks and cream puffs

Lucas was my little helper while opening gifts. This pic is aweful of me, not to mention it has a horrible on camera flash, and lucas has one of Williams shoes on! haha... (he is obsessed with shoes!)

Sarah with her "helper" It's one of our friends little boys, he was just loving on Sarah, he is so sweet. It was getting her even more excited to have a little boy.

The name of this shower was BABY! we had so many little ones there!

It's always so fun to see long time friends and catch up. Thanks again Mallory for Hosting, and planing!

THE NURSERY

2012-02-23T12:14:00.000-07:00

my 15 dollar changing table I got off of craigslist, gave it a little 3 dollar make over and wala.

changing pad cover

another changing pad cover

crib skirt and front piece of bumper

side of bumper

I recovered the ottoman to match. plus it was SO dirty. :)

Pillows

a little quilt I made.

One side of the room.

The other side of the room.

The adorable table and chairs the boys got for Christmas matches perfectly in here! and I am still going to go and get a matching center curtain panel! :) on my to do list.

Blankets to match the bedding

an old Whinny the Pooh lamp that was in my sisters get rid of pile I spray painted and gave new life.

basket liner I made.

curtain panels

There are things I don't love about this bedding, I was originally going to do the nursery in a smaller room and then changed my mind and put it in this room. which has two big windows. So the material I was going to use for the curtains I needed to change and it needed to stretch! So I don't love them. there are little things Id do differently, and there is nothing on the walls yet. I have more fabric I plan to make more things with if time permits and I get them done. I would LOVE a huge vinyl tree on the wall, and a few other craft projects I have in mind, something for all her hair bows and headbands to go on and her name on the wall... among other things. :)

32 weeks

2012-02-19T20:56:00.000-07:00

I threw up yesterday. What is up with that? Ive gone weeks now with out puking. But the last couple days Ive been nauseous again. nothing bad, but still. maybe that means the end is near. It feels like it is around the corner now! I need to start getting last minute things done. It's starting to get exciting. Mallory (my sister) threw me and Sarah a joint shower yesterday. (pictures to come) Getting little girly things made it more exciting. Brandon even admitting to it getting exciting after bringing home and showing him the little girly stuff & dresses. I had a doctor appt on Tuesday, and my next one is Tuesday march 6th and I will be checked for the first time. Wow! that seems like its so soon! yay! So far everything is good and normal. And as always I'll keep you posted. :)

Lucas Alan Stott

2012-02-09T11:00:00.002-07:00

Again these pictures were taken in November after he turned 18 months. in the life of a 1 and a half year old 4 months is a long time! So I am a little behind! He already looks so different, he looks so young and round in these pictures!

Lucas Alan, where do I start!?

He is a funny kid! He makes everyone laugh all the time.

He is obsessed with balls, he would play catch or kick the ball all day long!

He is also obsessed with balloons! He can point out a balloon from anywhere no matter where we are!

He is obsessed with shoes he tries everyones shoes on ALL day and has to pick out which shoes he wants to wear every day. Some time I have to talk him out of a certain pair! it is not uncommon for him to pick out his little oxfords or a pair of church shoes to wear with his jeans.

He is my OCD independent child! So much different from his brother.

He has to do it him self most of the time. And to my surprise can figure it out and succeeds!

He started telling me he needed to go potty when he was about 18 months. It still shocks me when he comes up to me and says need to go potty and we run to the toilet and he goes. I haven't made the plunge and decided I am ready yet. SOON. He is probably more ready then I am. He wants to wear his brothers undies all the time.

We moved Lucas to a big boy bed the very first of this year. so he was 20 months He did awesome. It's rare when he comes into our room in the middle of the night. (unlike his brother! the stinker!) But he has always been a good sleeper.

He loves babies and loves to "help" and give them "loves" it will be interesting. but it's the circle of life, William "helped" and "loved" him to death when he was born! :)

He has started talking so much more clear lately it cracks me up! He really likes to pronounce the last syllable of words. like booK, pleaSE, yeSS, & uPPP. There are more but I can't think of them right now.

He yells for his brother all day, but he says his name with a M sound. "Milliam are you!?" SO cute!

He looks up to his brother so much! and does everything he does!

He is very thoughtful of his brother and always wants two of everything one for him and one for brother

He is obsessed with taking his vitamin in the morning and always brings one to his brother!

He still doesn't let me leave him in nursery at church. I have been letting him cry the last few weeks and he has been doing pretty good! He will calm down after a couple minutes and does pretty good the rest of the time. I hope he gets better each week.

He has been scared of strangers lately. only men strangers? He runs up to me and wants me to hold him if someone comes over that he doesn't know.

as you can tell in his pictures his eyes still disappear when he smiles! got that from his mama.

he has gotten really good at asking "nicely" and signing please when he wants something, it's hard not to give in. But it's also funny when I say that was really nice but you still can't have another one... he will get mad and say and sign PLEASE! haha! like saying please is the only thing he has to do!

Ive never really put him in the "little" category but he is always only like 8% for his weight at the Dr. office! it's crazy to me! it's his tiny legs and no butt. (he got that from the Trask side but NOT from me. It's only the Trask BOYS that inherit the tiny legs and no butts, not the girls!)

He loves on my tummy all the time and always says Eva Eva Eva, just recently he has started saying Evalyn, it's adorable how he says it.

He is still obsessed with his Papa and Grandma, When we lived with them for a good chunk of his life he is bound to have papa/grandma with drawls.

First pic was an impromptu pic when I was doing avary's shoot, (that's why his hair isn't done)

dazed, he wasn't focusing... but look at those cheeks, when was he ever chubby?

We were singing once their was a baby, it ends with Tall, Tall, Tall, there are about 3 consecutive pictures with his arms getting higher and higher. haha.

William my first born,

2012-02-07T16:19:00.000-07:00

I took pictures back in November when Lucas turned 18 months and William turned 3 years. I am just now posting them! :) better late then never.

William is such a fun kid.

He is so helpful and sweet and thoughtful of others. He loves everyone, and everyone loves William.

He loves to dance, and can shake his hips with the best of them!

He loves to play ALL sports and tells me on a regular basis what he is going to play when he gets 4, 5, 6, 7, and so on.

He is pretty good and is going to be a little athlete.

He tells me what he is going to be when he grows up often as well, some days its a knight or a cowboy, and others its a fixer, to fix houses.

He started Sunbeams this year. That was a big one for me! I can't believe he is old enough for that! It kinda freaks me out.

He has always been a little smarty pants and because of that I hold him at such high standards. sometimes I need to remind myself he is only 3.

He has always been a cuddler and still wants to hold someones ear when hes tired! drives us all crazy!

He is very good at sharing and plays well with others.

His brother looks up to him so much and does everything he does!

He is SUCH a boy! he asks me every day to feel his muscles! (he must get that from his dad!) and if this or that was totally awesome? "mom was that totally awesome?" haha! love it!

He is good with babies and loves to help. cant wait!

He knows his full name, and his brothers, and mine and Brandon's full names. He often refers to his baby sister in my tummy as Evalyn Rose. We are big on using our full names. It's funny when I ask him what my name is he will say Heather Ashley Stott. We are now going to work on my phone number.

REALLY!? is he ONLY THREE in this picture!? I swear he looks like hes in high school, (actually he looks like his dad when he was in high school.) what happened to my little baby?! I LOVE this boy more then words can say, and he makes me so proud to be his mama, Id like to take credit for a lot of it, but I know he is special, I see it in the little things he does. He came that way and as his 5 year old cousin jay jay would say that's how god made him. I am so lucky to have such an amazing little man on my hands! I love you William Randall Stott!

as promised...

2012-02-05T23:50:00.000-07:00

We have 1:00 church, so we are now always ready early and to church early. There fore we have time for a quick photos like these... love my boys... I think I'll start taking more Sunday pictures... well at least I will try. they are not always cooperative. and William is now at that age where he wants to do "cool" things for the camera instead of say cheese. hmmm... we will have to work on that! haha! LOVE these boys!!

weird pic cause William is right behind him getting his hair done... but Lucas was too cute to not post...

love love this pic!

Lucas loving on my belly... he kept giving it kisses and hugs and just laying his head on it... so sweet.

and yes he gets his cheese face from his mama. :)

Pregnancy is going well... she is going to be here before we know it! it's just around the corner! and yet so far away. I have been getting a lot of contractions! for me that is normal, but sometimes I wonder if it is more then normal? and I wonder if it is earlier then I'm used to, I guess it's time I read through my old blog posts about my past pregnancies. It's so nice to have those and I know I am going to regret not doing as well with this one! :( The nursery is practically ready, I will post pics of that soon as well.

lukey luke

2012-02-04T17:48:00.000-07:00

Last Sunday morning... Lucas fell face first off his booster seat smacking his face on the tile. A double bloody nose and a goose egg soon followed. Boys will be Boys! :)

I took a quick picture the other day of Andy my sis in law of her belly. (she is due only 3 days after me) and Lucas kept saying CHEESE, CHEESE, I finally pointed the camera at him and snapped a few just to stop him! haha! cracks me up. But of course it's while he has dry blood still in his nostrils from earlier that day, a dirty shirt from pasta at lunch and a nice bump on his for head! why do I never remember to take pictures of my kids when they are clean or with their hair done? tomorrow before church, I will take a picture. that will be my goal. then I can also take one of my growing belly. I hit 30 weeks today!

he is still adorable to me even with his red sauce stained shirt and blood. haha... oh little lucs.

cousins

2012-01-31T15:27:00.000-07:00

I asked Mallory to send me some pics of the cousins for my moms blog... I up dated her side pictures for her! haha... and I loved them so much I wanted to post them my self. love how many there are and how close in age they all are! Brydee just turned 7. so we will have 13 grand kids 7 and under when Me and Andy pop out our little bundles! family pictures are ALWAYS out dated! :) gotta love it!!

top pic is at Titan's baby blessing a few weeks ago.
bottom pic was a pic of just the boys. we needed one for a calendar Mallory was making for my parents... it was taken in December.

I know I know

2012-01-11T21:23:00.000-07:00

I know it's been over a month. Life has been going faster these days! I have a million things I want to get done and always at the same time!

There are a lot of things to post about,

We made the plunge and got our selves a mini van. Its a big deal. The kids LOVE it, especially the flip down DVD player.

Christmas came and went with a flurry, the boys were spoiled and had so much fun.

We made a trip up north and had a week with Brandon's brothers and parents.

I made it to my 26th week in my pregnancy. Week 24 was my miracle week and I have finally started to feel more normal. I have more energy and I haven't been puking so double bonus!

We had a quite New year. played some games with some family and called it an early night.

I have been sewing the nursery bedding for our little GIRL. Still weird to me that "it's" a girl. haha

We decided to stick with the original name we have liked from the beginning of William's pregnancy. Evalyn. The middle name was up in the air for a little while but we think it will probably be Evalyn Rose. Lucas says Eva Eva Eva over and over when he talks to my belly.

I stated a few projects all at once... haha like I said I just want everything done all at the same time! I started painting one day... need to finish, and sanding a new dinning room table. SO excited about that! found the Jewel at DI for 20 bucks. it's gonna be a beauty and I'll def. post pics of it when I'm done!

The boys are doing awesome, they do and say the funniest things daily. They make Brandon and I crack up and smile and want to squeeze the crap out of them all day. They are so much fun and I truly love hanging out with them!

That's all for now. I will post soon. I realize life isn't going to slow down, it's only going to get more busy so I better just figure out how to fit blogging into it some how.

good night.

Titan

2011-12-02T11:26:00.001-07:00

Just had to post a little pic of my newest nephew... love him. If you want to see more adorable pics of him go to Taken.

He is the son of Mallory and Dean and was born on November 20th.

Family pics

2011-11-29T22:23:00.001-07:00

I don't know who decides to take a family picture when they are 20 weeks pregnant! (not my best look)but I think the last one we have was when Lucas was tiny! we never get family pictures taken, and this was our pathetic attempt on thanksgiving last week. On our way to my moms house Brandon spilled a dish of un cooked corn pudding all over his shirt, so as soon as we got there he had to borrowed a shirt from Jason. Also Brandon had played football that morning and came home with a big lip! so all the pictures he looks a little "off" to say the least... my sister snapped a few for us, thanks Mallory even though I complained about every single shot! :)

Random shots Mallory got of me and Lucas.

my boys as of late...

2011-11-21T14:44:00.001-07:00

the other day Brandon gave me a little psssst... to ask me if Lucas' eyes were closed. it was so cute how he fell asleep watching a show with his brother and daddy. And I LOVE how his legs were crossed, sooo adorable, haha!

This was on Saturday when Brandon was trying to watch a little football with his boys... I had to grab the camera for a quick picture.

This was Sunday night just random bath time pictures..

notice Williams foot trying to get in the picture... he thought he was pretty funny.

19 weeks

2011-11-20T21:23:00.001-07:00

I hate these pictures, and hate what I wore on Saturday too for that matter, note to self, turtle necks aren't attractive in pictures... especially when pregnant! but I cropped my face out so now it is postable! haha

Week 16 and 17 turned out to be weeks from hell with throwing up and being sick, and week 18 has started to turn around.I still throw up almost every morning, but I have finally started to have some good days thrown in and it makes life a lot more manageable.

I started feeling her move a few weeks ago but nothing continuous and they were far a few between and random. but this last week things have picked up and she has started to move more regular now.

Wlliam's Birthday

2011-11-09T13:32:00.000-07:00

William Turned Three years old on Saturday November 5th.

I had such great hopes for a great party for William this year but I have been SO sick that I just wasn't up for anything. He ended up feeling special and everything turned out just fine. That's the great thing about being 3. It doesn't take much.

We celebrated it on Sunday at my moms house with his cousins + Avary. We got an ENORMOUS Buzz Light year pinata from the Mexican market here in town and we had a blast filling it up with treasures and then the kids and Adults had a great time beating him up.

Sat. night Brandon and I set up his train set so when he woke up on Sunday he would come down stairs and see his gift. It was SOOO funny how hard and how long it took us to put together a track that made sense and connected all together on his train table. It was comical to see us trying different pieces and laughing at how hard it was! We felt like it was Christmas Eve trying to be quiet and set it up while the boys were sleeping. It got me excited for Christmas to come! I got a great video of William coming down the stairs and seeing his gift.

Helping daddy fill buzz up Sunday morning.

above: Avary taking a turn. Below; Sidney taking a turn.

William blowing out his trick candle for the second or third time. (his dad was in charge of getting the cake and lighting the candles) I didn't know he had added a trick candle.

and just for fun one of little Claire at the party.

cops and robbers

2011-10-29T10:35:00.000-06:00

these pics crack me up soooo bad... My mother in law brought William this Cop outfit when she came out last month, as soon as he opened it I knew we would use it for Halloween. It is SO great. he wears it well, Tells EVERYONE he sees "I'm a police officer" and "I have a gun" and then... "I'm 2 years old".. it is SO hilarious! we also had the idea of putting a mustache on him to complete the outfit! It is SO funny how much a little eyeliner on a mustache can change a person so much! I couldn't even take a picture of him with out laughing my pants off! I love it! and then my little Robber.. Lucas fits the bill perfectly. He has hit the 18 month starting to get naughty stage. haha.... he is still a doll, but sometimes likes to test me! I love them! they are so cute, this was at a neighborhood block party this week.

every time he would pose he had to pose with his gun! love it!

This cop outfit is from Europe. So there for came with a grenade! haha

lucas' costume was put together with a glue gun. It was a total last minute throw together with the help of my sister Tiffany. I have just been too sick and never got around to it. and I didn't have a sewing machine at my house. haha but it's been holding up really well!

BTW....

2011-10-26T16:06:00.000-06:00

Our precious little bundle growing inside of me is going to be a girl!..... Still trying to get used to the idea, and trying to get used to words like "she" "her" and "daughter" so different! I have to change my whole mind set! Brandon is thrilled to be having a little girl! I am just SO happy I got a 100% approval from the ultra sound tech! She said with out a doubt it's a girl! So we are going with that. We did have a name picked out from when we were pregnant with William, and then we found out it was a boy and didn't need it, and the same thing happened with Lucas. and now that we ARE pregnant with a girl Brandon wants to pick a new name... haha! so well see, it's back to the drawing board for us! so suggestions are always welcome.

one of their favorite past times

2011-10-26T11:35:00.000-06:00

The boys love to play horsey with their daddy, Brandon gets abused daily. Good thing he loves his kids so much.

one of the many empty rooms in our house. (the formal dining room) we don't have any furniture in it, or in the living room next to it. The boys play soccer, football, baseball, golf, and use it as their dance floor, you name it, I think they will be sad the day we actually furnish the place!

lucas' cheese face! it kills me.

Brielle Hope

2011-10-25T10:43:00.002-06:00

Brittany had her baby last week, Little Brielle, she weighed in at 7 lbs 10 oz and 19 1/2 inches long. the same exact measurements as William. she has already changed a bunch since she came home from the hospital. She is a whole 5 days old now. so fun!

not a great pic of the baby she was starting to get upset I think, but Lucas was so curious, and interested in the baby.

William, he is such a great big brother and such a good helper to me!

Me holding Brielle for the first time after she was a few hours old.

so since Brittany was in the hospital that meant I had all of her kids at my house for a few days last week! I swear I felt like all I did was make food and clean it up and put it away. The kids loved having company for a few days and Brittany's kids liked having a sleep over at their cousins house! I was sooo tired, and sick! and ready for a weekend, and then I ended up taking two of her kids photo shoots on Saturday! I was exhausted by the end of the night!

The other day....

2011-10-24T09:23:00.000-06:00

All of Williams Jerseys are getting too small and have migrated their way to Lucas' closet, he gets SO sad when I tell him he cant wear it and it is too small. A week ago My mom Mallory and I all went garage selling, I made out with a few treasures, including this NFL jersey in Williams size. It's still almost too small and wont fit him long but I am sure he will get plenty use out of it before it goes t Lucas. It's a Chicago Bears player, I had to call Brandon and ask him if it was a good player and weather we wanted our son to be wearing his name on his back. I didn't want to put it on my son and find out he was in the news for some scandalise trial he was going through. HAHA. But I got the OK from Brandon that he was one of the best in the league. I asked the lady running the garage sale how much she wanted for it, and she said a quarter! I almost said NO here take a dollar! (but i didn't) haha!! Now I love it even more!

This top picture Mallory took with her phone and sent to me. So not the best quality but I didn't have one of them together. and I love it.

this picture is William helping me out before the photo shoots the other day of his cousins. I needed a model to check lighting.. he was posing for me.

during Brielle's shoot Lucas woke up from his nap and had to come say hi to his mama, I snapped a few pics of him with his funny "just woke up" look.

this is Lucas' new "cheese" face. He started doing it for Mallory the other day and now every time we get the camera out he does this face! soooo funny... it's like his fake smile. but still sooo cute! haha

15 weeks

2011-10-23T15:33:00.000-06:00

I was 15 weeks as of yesterday. According to baby center the baby is the size of an apple. We have an appointment on Tuesday to find out the sex. I am so nervous it's going to be too early and I am going to get a "yea it's probably that" I want to be sure 100%. We are super excited to find out what we are having. I am still super sick and puke all the time. This week has been rough and I have been puking up my breakfast and lunch most days. I am ready to start having some better days. I hope it happens sooner then later. With my past pregnancy's I usually start to get a little relief about 20-22 weeks and then I start to have a few good days scatted amongst the bad days. we'll see what happens with this one. I'll let you know our results on Tuesday!

visit from Grandma

2011-10-14T14:05:00.000-06:00

two weekends ago Brandon's mom flew out to Utah for a quick trip to see her children and grandchildren, she drove down to St. George and spent Saturday and Sunday with us. Brandon's Brother Steven also came down with his daughter Lilly. It was fun to have visitors and hang out with people we don't get to see very often. William was so happy to see his grandma and loved the attention. These pictures just crack me up, I love them!

Even though Lucas didn't look at the camera I love this picture of Grandma and William together I also think they kinda look alike in this picture. haha... it's darling!

This was saying good buy to Grandma. She drove back up to prove/salt lake area to visit another day or two before she flew back east to spend a few days with Brandon's sisters and then took the long journey back home.

don't mind how gross I look, a pregnant lady should never take a picture straight on, I should have turned to the side a little or something? haha! but Williams little hand on his grandmas cheek is adorable! love it!

a little b-ball out back

2011-10-12T20:39:00.000-06:00

I cant even say the "other day" cause that would be a stretch I have been meaning to blog forever and I finally just said I am going to do a new post! I have to! I took a bunch of pictures a couple weeks ago when Brandon took the boys out back to play a little basketball. One of their very favorite things to do! a word Lucas says about a million times a day "basketball" often times pointing out to the back yard. I haven't been doing too well at taking pictures of my kids lately and so when they were all out there playing I decided to grab my camera. I took a bunch and it was hard to narrow some down to post, they were (to me) all adorable. love my boys to pieces!

when I let William dress him self 90% of the time he will pick this jersey, haha it's getting too small but he loves his "baseball" shirt.

my little lucs... so funny these days...

love the boys faces in this picture, it cracks me up.

hahaha William wanted to take a picture with his brother, I said ok stand next to him and put your arm around him, Lucas was NOT having it, he was screaming in protest in this picture!

William loves to play, but we only have a bigger ball after a few shots his arms get tired, haha... we need to get one his own size.

love this picture!

look at that form! what an athlete in the making!

he wanted to take a picture of him and his dad.

I don't know why but Lucas has been doing this little stance lately, it is so funny, I love it.

we wanted to take a cool pic of Brandon dunking it. We wont mention it is on the smaller rim. haha, like you didn't know already, but it's a pretty cool picture right? haha

he would finally get the ball and then take off running with it every time like, haha I finally got it! I was chasing him down during this picture!

William said mom take some pictures of me. So I was taking a bunch of pictures of him, like a bunch! haha, and he was like no more pictures mom, no more pictures! if I would sneak one he would say no mom, no more pictures. haha!

love these last two.

love my kids so much! wish I felt better to enjoy our days more often! I just keep having to remind my self that it will pass and it will get better some day....

FYI

2011-09-26T14:35:00.000-06:00

I survived the week Brandon went out of town.
We are settling into our house.
The kids are amazing and doing well.
They love the house.
I am still very sick, and throw up daily.
Things are good.
Life is wonderful.
I am 11 weeks and the baby is 1.5 inches and the size of a fig.

frustration.

2011-09-09T11:49:00.000-06:00

Today we still don't have a close date.
We will NOT be moving this weekend.
We were told it was probably going to happen LAST weekend! ugh.
Brandon is flying out of town next weekend. for a week. for work.
Great timing.
What are we supposed to do?
When are we supposed to move?
And how?
I can't lift anything. and neither can HALF my family being pregnant and all.
I AM SOOOOOO SICK of being sick!
This week has been especially bad!
My zofran does not seem to be doing anything!
I puke several times a day!
NOT FUN.
UGH.
My parents are SO ready to get their house back, and to get our furniture that is closing in all around us out.
I am just a little bummed today.

On a brighter note,
my children are happy and healthy, they are beautiful, and I love them. even if they are wearing clothes today for the first time all week because my dad was sick of seeing them in pajamas.

We are happy to announce...

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yes yes it's true...

We will be welcoming Stott baby number 3 to the family April 2012. :)

My sister Brittany is having a baby girl in October
My sister Mallory is having a baby boy in November
My sis-in-law Lauren (Stott side) is having a baby boy in December
My best friend Sarah is due April 7th.
I am due April 14!
My sister in law Andrea is due April 16th.

My parents will be going from 9 grand babies to 13 by next April. It's so exciting!

I have been waiting to have an ultrasound to make sure everything is ok before I announced it into the Internet world. We had an appt today and everything looks good, our little peanut is good and had a fast heart beat of 182 bpm. The baby was measuring 8 weeks 5 days, 2 days bigger then what my due date says.

My next appt will be October 4th.

We will be finding out what we are having probably the end of October. And as always I will keep you updated on my progress.

AS ALWAYS I am sicker then a dog throwing up several times a day and nauseous all day every day! My kids wear their pajamas all day! They are neglected! my husband comes home to a messy house and a grocery list. So NOT FUN! why do some women get SO sick and some women not at all!?!? It's just not right!

AND as ALWAYS again I am showing from the night I conceive! What is wrong with me!? I can't hide it at all!! People ask me if I know what I am having all the time! If they only knew how far a long I am when they ask me! This picture is just embarrassing!! I don't know why I show SOOOO early but I do! You would think I would just be used to it by now!??! But here I am a week and a few days ago when I was 7 weeks. I swear that's what my belly looked like at week 4! It just pops right out!!!

pumpkins

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Lucas was being a big helper! Jason was out in the garden the other night and the kids had a hay day playing around out there. The boys were both bare foot and filthy!! Just look at Lucas' face!

This is Lucas helping carry in a pumpkin we picked from the garden. My dad has a million out in the garden so we thought we would pick a couple that were ripe and ready.

It was so funny how heavy they were for him to carry, can you see the strain in his face!

They are so cute and festive we just wanted to bring them in and carve them! haha! what else are we supposed to do with them?

Picture taken right before he dropped it.

They are both SOOOOO dirty.

What is this smile? It's boarder line not cute. haha

Showing me he could be a big helper too like Lucas.

He just wanted to sit with the pumpkins and pose for the camera. haha!

We are....

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getting a new house!!

We are excited,

scared.

anxious.

but mostly excited.

We should be closing on the 2nd of September, that's a week away! I can't believe it! My parents are ready to have their house back, they have been SO great letting us take over the past 10 months!! My kids are going to be SO sad when we aren't with grandma and papa 24-7! Lucas is going to go through some serious with drawls! He is SOOOO attached to my parents especially my mom. He wakes up in the morning crying for her. He was only 6 months when we moved in and they have been a major part of his life. He is going to have to go through some major adjustments. poor thing.

It's not like we'll be far. It's maybe an 8 min. drive from them. about 1.5 min drive for Brandon to get to work. And our good friends (Sarah and Steve-o) are also buying a house (and closing next week as well!!) they'll be about a 30 seconds drive away. We couldn't be happier. I am sure we will be saving money on gas for sure!

little friends

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Avary came over to play the other day...

These two get so excited to see each other, little buddies. They are as close as brother and sister. It's adorable. What do you expect when your an hour apart!?

Lucas was saying cheese for the camera. and yes you can admire my craigslist chairs. love them.

Disney Vacation Day 7

2011-08-15T21:32:00.000-06:00

The last day of our vacation everyone flew out at different times. We had a late flight so after we checked out of our hotel we hit up the beach. We had a great time. the kids loved it, and I LOVED IT. I had never been in a warm ocean before! it was awesome! we dried off changed out of our wet sandy clothes in the van on the way to the airport! needless to say we were a little sandy! It was worth it though!

William was crazy, he loved loved loved the waves! He would run and jump in and over them, the waves would take him out and he would go under the water. He had an absolute blast!

Lucas wanting his mommy.

Then we got on our flight...

This was the last picture I took. On both flights we would change the boys into their pajamas and let them get comfy. William liked his little personal screen and ear phones. It was adorable.

The end of the Stott Family Vacation posts for 2011.

Disney Vacation Day 6

2011-07-31T15:38:00.000-06:00

on Thursday (Day 6) we went to Epcot.

Epcot was a lot of fun! They had the Character spot where you could wait in a line IN DOORS with air conditioning and then go through the line of all the characters! We had been to several parks and we had yet to see Mickey! I was getting worried that we had yet to see mickey until I saw the character spot! we waited in line and then we went through and saw Mickey, Pluto, Minnie, Donald, and Goofy we were so excited!

We did a finding Nemo ride.

We did an interactive show with Slush from finding Nemo. (it was so darling and the kids loved it)

and we walked around all the Aquariums and saw the creatures in the water!

Brandon and I went on Soarin' and Test track. Soaring was awesome.

Caitlin and Annalise waiting in line.

he was smashed next to Minnie in this group hug!

Lucas checking out Minnie

he did better with the card board cut outs... he didn't love the characters as much as William!

So sweet holding Donald's hand.

do you see how hard he is squeezing Donald arm!? he was SO excited he was freaking out.

so this was all the kids around Donald.....

and this is what happens when all the kids are so excited around him and Donald is squatting down next to them. He lost his balance and over he went!

Lilly loves Donald, he is her very favorite, she even has a little Donald doll she carries around with her.

like I said he didn't do so well with them.. haha

playing some video games.

I hate that he loves it so much! but he does!

Annalise passed out!

We saw this van on the way out of the park in the parking lot. too funny! we had to take a picture next to it.

We made it a goal to leave this park early enough in the day so we could have some time to "hang out" together. We hadn't done very much of that on this trip so we were determined to have a relaxing night for our last night together. We had a delicious dinner of take out Chinese. We put most of the kids to sleep and the adults played a little poker. :) The last two standing were Ellie and I, and we pretty much called it a draw. It was late and they had to catch a plane early in the morning. It was probably my favorite night while we were there. I love when we all hang out and get to talk and laugh, and eat. Next vacation I am determined we do more of it! Talking and relaxing that is, (lets be honest probably eating as well!) :)

Disney Vacation Day 5

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Day 5 was Hollywood Studios day

Things I want to remember about Hollywood Studios

*Disney Junior Live on Stage: Probably William's Favorite things the whole week. He saw Handy Manny and the tools, Jake and the Never land Pirates, Little Einsteins, mickey mouse club house and all the character's, and he LOVED IT!

*Muppet's Vision in 3D: William wore his 3D glasses the whole time and totally loved it.

*We ate dinner/lunch at this awesome restaurant and ate like royalty, I had the best appetizer, main course, dessert, and drink! Thanks to my in laws for that!! (it was part of a package to go to the fantasia show later that night if we ate there)

*We watched This HUGE mickey fantasia show at the end of the night. It was freaking awesome! it was a little scary when all the villains from all the movies were flashing up on the water and the mean witch turned into a HUGE dragon, but then Mickey defeated the bad guys and won! so then it made it all better! it was a great show!

Brandon and I rode on The Tower of Terror, Star Tours, and Rock "n" roller coaster.

We saw Lighting McQueen, and Mator. And the highly anticipated Phineas and Ferb!!

I have no idea why William looks SO mad in these pictures? he was really excited? but Lilly Makes up for it! look how genuinely excited she is!!! haha love it!

I love Phineas and Ferb!

Grandma Stott gave all the kids candy necklaces, those things are fun for all ages!

Leaving the park at the end of our AWESOME show!

Disney Vacation Day 4

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Day 4 was Golf in the morning and Blizzard Beach Water Park in the afternoon!

It was a great way to start off our morning, I just wish it wasn't the next morning after having the longest day and latest night the day before at the magic kingdom, we may not have planned that out perfectly. :) But it was still a lot of fun, a big thanks to Steve and Ellie for making it happen! and who woke up with my kids while we were gone! (I totally thought they would have slept in late from the night before!) and Thanks to Kelsey for getting Lucas dressed, and playing with him.

I don't have any pictures of the water park yet, I will add those when I get them!! for now here are a few golf pictures...

I did not know he was taking this picture! haha! and yes the grass was really that dewy! our socks were slushing around in our shoes by like the second hole!

This was later that night while we were getting dinner ready, Samantha (my 7 year old niece) asked papa if he would play go fish with her, naturally he said of course I'd love to, and all the girls kinda migrated around... it was darling, I had to grab my camera. William was sleeping, or else I am sure he would have wanted to play too. He had fallen asleep on the way home from the water park at about 7:00 and didn't wake up the whole night! (that is 5:00 Utah time!) That's how much we had been wearing him out!

love that Annalise is wearing her sunglasses inside, over her hair while playing cards... haha!

Disney Vacation Day 2 and 3

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on Sunday (day 2) we went to church and swam out by the pool at the hotel, I know nice combo huh? (for some reason I didn't take one picture that day?!)
Then on Monday morning (day 3) we woke up bright and early again and headed to the magic kingdom! I really should have written down things we did through out the week! because now I am having a hard time remembering what we did and what day! At the end of each night I would remember what we did that day and what each child seemed to enjoy the most. On Monday there was A LOT to reminisce about. And a lot to remember. The kids loved everything about magic kingdom.

Things I want to remember about the magic kingdom:

*The Carousel: they loved it! Lucas loved loved it, and threw a fit when I took him off of his horse!

*It's a small world ride, Lucas and William both loved it mostly Lucas though. Clapping and smiling through the entire ride!

*We went on a Jungle Cruise.

*We flew on Aladdin's Magic Carpets.

*Buzz Light Year's ride: The kids loved it! Especially WILLIAM! we had to ride this one twice!

*Peter Pans Flight: both kids loved this ride as well, Mostly William! He was sad when we couldn't ride it again right after it was over!

*Pirates of the Caribbean: The boys were a little nervous of the first little drop but then they forgot about it and really loved watching all the animation through out the ride!

*The Haunted Mansion: William kept covering his eyes, I felt really bad, I had to keep telling him it was just pretend and it was ok! after it was over he said it wasn't scary, haha! Lucas fell asleep on my shoulder as soon as we got in the ride where it was dark and cool.

Brandon and I rode, Splash mountain, Thunder mountain, and Brandon rode space mountain later that night.

We also did a photo pass for the whole week and I am so excited to get all those pictures back because I didn't take very many great shots! haha, mine are mostly when we are waiting in lines and we have down time! so not too exciting! :) when I get it back I will probably just go back and update my old posts so I have them for my own blog books. (if I ever get around to actually making them!)

I guess I should explain our shirts, We did family vaca shirts this year, and I must say they were pretty dang cute! Steve and Ellie did them so I can't take any credit for them at all! They bought all the adult shirts at big 5 and then Ellie made all the children's shirts to match! Each family had their own color and each person had their own "dwarf" name on the back. Brandon was sporty, I was Thrifty, William was busy and Lucas was Squinty. and the numbers are in order or age, starting with my father in law at number 1 for being the oldest going all the way down to 21 for Jonah (who is 2 weeks younger then Lucas.)

Lilly just 6 weeks older then William. Little Sassy pants.

like I said, he loved it!

Yes we got a HUGE turkey Leg, we just had to! I was about to either go buy one or knock out the next person I saw with one and steal it and run away! They smelt so good, you couldn't walk around with out smelling the amazing aroma!

The boys did a lot of this on and off through out the day, They were so tuckered out!

Watching the parade at the end of the day!

William atop his Grandma Stotts shoulders right after she had just bought him his light up Mickey Balloon! Watching the fireworks and admiring Cinderellas Castle! So sweet.

At the end of the night after the fireworks, Brandon, both his sisters and a sister in law stayed behind for a little while longer to ride on a few more "big kid" rides, and the other half's took the kids home. It was an adventure! there were 4 adults against 6 kids, 4 strollers, 4 Large Mickey/princess balloons, a lot of diaper bags, and several sleeping children. both my kids were asleep and both of Kevin's kids were asleep. and we had to face the monorail, and tram. (the tram makes you take the kids out of the stroller and fold up the stroller.) which would have been impossible by myself and two sleeping children and a large stroller to carry! It was hilarious, I almost peed my pants several times that night. In the process we lost a flip flop, dropped a sleeping child off the back of the sit and stand stroller, popped a princess balloon, and made a few memorise to last a life time! I will never forget that night and how sad we all looked! not to mention we were all soooo tired! :) great times.

Disney Vacation DAY 1

2011-07-25T23:58:00.003-06:00

The Stott family vacation as usual was a big success! We left Thursday flew threw the night and arrived Friday morning. Friday was arrival day for everyone starting with us. We un-packed and recuperated from our night of no sleep. The next day was the start of our vacation!

The first day we went to the Animal Kingdom. I was looking forward to this park a lot but didn't quite know what to expect. The kids loved it. We saw a lot of fun animals, rode on some rides, and Williams favorite part, saw a few characters!

Things I want to remember about Animal Kingdom:

*Kali River Rapids- (like big foot rapids) Brandon and I were like the only ones in the whole raft that got completely soaked!

*Finding Nemo the musical- The boys loved loved this! I didn't think they would be they did!!! Lucas clapped and smiled the entire time! I loved it!

*Expedition Everest- roller coaster, Brandon and I rode, it was a lot of fun!

the boys were so tired and it was so early for them, especially with the two hour time change they did not want to wake up. This is pretty much how it was every morning.

all of us gearing up ready to go after we all piled out of the huge van!

This is how my boys rode for the whole week. I should have brought my double stroller but thought it would be too big. Now after the thought I wish I would have brought it. They do so well sharing the same seat but often times they would fall asleep at the same time and both want to lay back and go to sleep, and only one of them could fit at a time.

we went on a jungle safari ride and saw a bunch of really cool animals....

King Louie and Baloo the Bear were the first characters we saw of the week, I was waiting to see how he would do, would he be nervous or scared or excited and happy. He did not disappoint! he was SOO excited to see them, ran right up to king Louie and gave him a hug and then took Baloos hand... It is so darling to see him get so excited about the characters he watches on TV all the time!

giving goofy a high-5! he was SO excited to see goofy and Pluto!

Day one was LONG, HOT, and HUMID, but such a great day. more to come!

we are off...

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"Today is our day.

We're off to Great Places!

We're off and away!!"

-Dr. Seuss

The highly anticipated and long awaited day is finally here It's that time of year again, the annual

Stott Family vacation

is here!!!!

We are driving to Las Vegas today getting on a plane connecting in Phoenix flying to Orlando spending a whole week there and coming back. With a lot of fun in between! William is ready after we have been talking about it for months! and so is Brandon and I!! I am sure there will be A LOT of pictures to post when I come back! till then....

The 4th of July

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I love love the 4th of July! It was a great day, filled with family and friends, good food, and home made ice cream. We finished out the day with more fun at the park. cotton candy, lemonade, snow cones, sparklers and a few rides for William. It was a lot of fun. Since the 4th went So late, we did some at home fire works the next night on the 5th. (didn't get any pics of that) but it was a lot of fun. Fire works/sparklers are so much more fun looking at them through the eyes of your children! Till next year....

William and Jay Jay got to ride on the rockets and the big Strawberry together.

This is Dean and Mallory making fun of William. Mallory asked him to say cheese to take his picture, and he did this pose... haha!

Everyone else had gotten a snow cone so Brandon went off to get him self one, when he came back he said, "oh wow, I thought this was the same size everyone else got!" haha, apparently not! haha it was massive.

Sarah Steve-o and Avary Elle

Jason and Andrea

Avary

Lucas doing a sparkler with mommy's supervision

Sidney and Cameron

William

Avary was not digging the sparkler, it was a little scary for her. She did not want to have anything to do with it.

Ben, Ashton, Braden, Skyler.

best invention EVER!!

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This thing is AWESOME!! they are called Puddle Jumpers they sell at Target for $17.99 they are THE BEST floatation device for little ones learning to swim! I am in love! If you have a 1,2,3,4 or 5 year old that can't swim yet go out and get one today!

William will run jump off the diving board go completely under pop up swim across the whole pool get out and do it all over again all by him self! I LOVE LOVE LOVE THEM. They are so safe! My little niece can swim completely by her self while wearing one. They buckle in the back and the kids can NOT take them off by them selves either!

Quick little story...

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Today I was sitting at the computer William was playing near by but then I herd the front door open and close. I thought either someone was home, or William has escaped! I was hoping it wasn't the latter cause I didn't want to get up and go find him. I didn't here anyone home so I thought I better go find my son. I get up and next to me is a roll of yarn, the roll was next to me but the yarn was stretched across the family room through the kitchen, through the living room, and leading out the front door, I instantly started laughing and followed my sons trail. I opened the front door and it continued to lead me through the yard over the drive way and around the corner of the house, I laughed and went in to get Brandon so he could come see his son. We then went back out side followed the rest of the yarn to the back yard where William was found. He was proud of him self but still so an aware of what he has done. I said leave that right there I want to show you what you did. he was like what? ha ha! I took him back to the front of the house, through the house back to the roll of yarn on the floor. We then rolled it all back up. It was pretty funny.

more outside...

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The other day I bought a new slip in slide and little kiddie pool, and Sarah brought hers over too. We invited a few of Williams and Lucas' Friends and we had a little swim party. I don't know why I didn't remember to bring out my camera until the end of the day! ugh!!

So that is what the first three pictures are from...

Tyler

Haylee

Skyler

Then the next day My sisters and all their kids came over and we enjoyed the sun shine once again...

William sliding on his knees

Jay Jay

Corben

Brydee had to show up the boys and go on her tummy!

Sidney getting a drink from the slip in slide

Sidney is my favorite in this pic.

William. Jay Jay. Brydee. Beckham. Corben.

Becks and William going together.

boating!

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We had the awesome opportunity to go boating last weekend! Mallory and Dean were going with a friend and she invited us along! We were more then happy to accept the offer!

William (he started off in a pink life jacket) good thing it's one of his favorite colors. This was right when we got started out.... There is not very many things better then sitting in the boat cruising across the lake wind blowing, sun shining...

Me and Lucas (he loved it too)

Lucas' life Jacket kept ridding up, it wasn't the most comfortable thing to wear but he was a good sport and kept it on the whole time. William also switched his life jacket after we saw a Cars life jacket with lightning McQueen on it!!

love it!

Auntie Bugaboo (as she is called by all her nieces and nephews.)

Dean and Mallory basking in the sunshine.. haha!

Sad Story: William all ready to go, (bravest 2 year old ever! I wouldn't have gone!) they got all ready and the handle where the rope connects to broke off. :( so we pulled them in a retied it to the handles on top where you hang on to. We thought it was worth a try. after all we did get the tube out pump it up and this was the first attempt of the day. SO we started off again and it instantly pulled the tube down into the water. My little son was pulled under and taking in water! :( we said stop stop... Brandon pulled him back up and we brought him in the boat and dried him off. Needless to say that was the start and end of the tube that day.

Mallory and a happy Lucas

He was so happy... love his little smile!

Two minutes later this was him! The boat has magic powers! As SOON as we start ridding across the lake my boys start to drift off to sleep they could not take it! Lucas took two naps while we were out there. This is the second time he feel asleep, and he wouldn't let go of the rope he was holding even though he was out cold.

William couldn't fight it either and he fell asleep sitting up against Brandon. They were both asleep for a little while it was so peaceful.

The last three pics are of Dean wake Boarding.... We had a lot of fun THANKS so much for letting us tag along!!

A sun shine day

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We had a few nice hot days last week, I was babysitting Tiffany's kids and text her to see if she packed the kids with their swimming suits? She said no so I went in to see what I had. To my surprise I had a bunch of swim trunks ranging in sizes! They all picked one out and we were ready. poor Sidney was dressed like a boy as well! haha! I don't have little girl clothes in my house. I didn't know where the slip in slide was so we just turned on the hose sprinkler and that was good enough for them!

notice Sidney! haha! shes the one next to the water.

William and hit butt crack. Those dang shorts would not stay put!

Becks

Corben, William, Beckham, and Sidney.

my little Lucas

no summer day is complete with out some otter pops!

Sidney! Even when she is dressed like a boy she is still beautiful! she is too funny if you ask her her name it is ALWAYS sidneyrella. If you call her Sidney by mistake (Heaven forbid!) She will always say "NO! NOT Sidney, SIDNEYRELLA!"

Beckham

batters up

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The other night Brandon was working late and I went out back with the kids... It was one of those beautiful spring nights where the weather was just right after the sun goes down a little. The kids loved getting out and throwing the ball around.

look at him keep his eye on the ball... haha

Lucas pitching the ball to William?

He sometimes would rather throw it and hit it him self rather then putting it on the T.

Lucas my little walker boy. He is walking like crazy now, all over the place. It's darling.

Lucas' turn.

Massive Marshmallows!

2011-05-10T11:57:00.001-06:00

The other day I got those HUGE marshmallows that you have probably all seen at walmart? William couldn't wait to eat one! We got around to roasting some on Friday night, eating one of these if like eating 4 large marshmallows. It's kind of gross if you think about it! haha! I didn't feel like walking way out to the fire pit thing and starting a fire so we sat on the back porch with one of my moms "canned Heat" containers. for those of you that don't know that they are, They are awesome! It is a can with a whole roll of toilet paper inside and alcohol. When the alcohol runs out you just pour more in, and the toilet paper doesn't ever burn. They can be used for cooking, light, heat, a must for every ones pantry or camping supplies.

When these things caught fire it was like blowing out a torch! you had to keep blowing to make sure you got it all.

celebrating a success, not sure which one?

He got a little messy,

and sticky,

and everything else he touched.

Strawberry Jam! yum

2011-05-09T11:56:00.000-06:00

I love me some home made strawberry jam! and when we got some flats of strawberries for killer cheap we had to jump on it!! So excited... aren't they pretty?

WONDERLAND aka Lucas' Party!!

2011-05-03T15:09:00.001-06:00

So the party came and went with success!! This will be a picture over load! I wanted you to get the full effect of actually being there, plus for those of you that were unable to make it... and for Lucas and Avary to see when they are older especially when they say "you never do anything for me" we will be able to show them the pictures from their huge party party we threw!

Welcome to Wonderland!

The entrance to lead to the back yard aka the rabbit hole.

along the wall leading to the back yard had signs we made, you can't really tell what they are... One says "Lucas is 1" and the other says "Avary is 1"

Signs that say... Yonder, queens croquet, here, there, house of bounce, we are all mad here, wrong way.

Tables and chairs for our guests to sit at.

The centerpieces for the round tables.

Each Center piece had a hand painted Tea Cup with a colorful assortment of flowers, lollipops and pin wheels in it. And one picture each of Avary and Lucas from the photo shoot.

All the kids got to take home a pinwheel & lollipop out of the center pieces along with a goodie bag!

The mad hatter buffet table...

two highchairs set up for each of the Birthday boy and girl.

Cup Cakes, they were VERY colorful on the inside, each cupcake was an individual surprise for whoever bit into it.

Chicken salad Sandwiches

penutbutter and Jelly sandwiches

more cupcakes...

Strawberries

Grapes, cookies, queen of heart brownies. (all the brownies were in the shape of a heart)

more cupcake toppers

Croquet People... (Sarah did a great job on making them!)

The Queen of Hearts

The White Rabbit

The Caterpillar

a playing card.

Rockwell playing some croquet.

Face painting was big hit with the kids.

William

Jay Jay

Corben

but the big winner had to be the bounce house. kids young and old loved it!!

we had quite a few children entertained for a good long time.

HORRIBLE pic, but it was the only one I had of our "Happy Birthday" sign we made.... you can't even tell what it is!

HORRIBLE pic again but it was the only one (for some reason?!) that I had of the cakes!

Then we brought out the cakes... (these are a little out of order)

he had a few melt downs...

he shared with me! he would lick his finger and then let me lick his finger, it went back and forth for awhile.

When he was done... He didn't do too much damage on that thing.

a big THANKS to these two for making Lucas and Avary's Cakes!

one of the Guests of Honor! The birthday girl her self, Miss Avary Elle

Some of our guests include but are not limited to... (I didn't get a chance to take a picture of everyone)

Braden

Beckham (showing off what he found in his goodie bag)

The always fun Haylee Ray

Horrible picture!! (sorry!) but darling baby, Skyler

Raya, Eyla and Rockwell

another Haylee Ray just cause shes so funny.

Julianna, Baby Ruby, and My sister Brittany

SO cute Tyler

Miss SydneyRella

The always adorable Kambria

New baby Claire & her auntie Mallory

opening a couple presents

"L.S." on the back of his "1" onesie. just for fun. haha

error???

2011-05-03T10:19:00.001-06:00

UGH! I have been trying to upload all the pictures from Lucas' party and it keeps saying "Server Rejected" ?? ... what am I supposed to do!? any suggestions? I have uploaded a handful, but it's hit and miss, I'll get one picture out of like 10 to work? I shut everything down gave it a second and rebooted it. I have never had this happen before? as soon as I figure out how to fix it then you will be able to see the party pictures! stand by!

we've been doing a lot of this lately...

2011-04-28T22:04:00.001-06:00

William has become a pro at driving the truck! Hes only 2 and he is actually pretty good! He drives all over the place, and this thing can go pretty fast, If I want a picture of the front of them then they have to stop! I had a lot of pics of them from behind. I will run along side them as they drive on the street. It makes me keep up with them even when I want to stop! haha! If I slow down too much then they are too far ahead of me! It's hilarious to see these little dudes cruising down the street, and they LOVE it!

Lucas waves at me over and over like he is on parade.

Coloring, Hunting, & Rolling Eggs

2011-04-25T09:22:00.000-06:00

Our weekend started on {Friday} with coloring/dying our eggs....

please do not judge the Christmas jammie's in April. :)

on {Saturday} we celebrated Easter with my family with our annual Easter egg hunt for the kids, and the egg rolling competition.

Every child has the same amount of eggs, and their own color. It makes it nice and fair.

Lucas does his crab crawl super fast.

This picture cracks me up because of Lucas' face!

me adorable husband.. he doesn't get in too many pictures... I need to take more of him! :)

Lucas checking out his loot

I left him alone for one second and he ripped open his chocolate... he was a mess... so in we went for a quick clothes change.

Lucas quickly made Friends with Dean... or was it Dean made quick friends with Lucas, All the adults new Lucas couldn't eat all of his candy by him self so we helped... but dean kept feeding Lucas his candy, he was loving it!

nerds... he liked those too.

malt balls..

hanging out with uncle dean.

The amount of candy my children have eaten the past few days makes me sick! that is ALL William ate yesterday I swear Breakfast Lunch and Dinner... I had to take it away today...

Then we all went inside to roll our eggs.

This is the kidos waiting for the egg rolling to start.

we take this serious... well at least we used to before we had so many kids.. every year it gets a little different... But I must document, I had the winning egg... but Sidney had the most wins this year.

{Sunday}, the boys got to find their baskets and see what the Easter Bunny brought them..

and the countined to eat more junk all day..

hope everyone had a happy Easter, ours was a lot of fun!

introducing!

2011-04-22T17:52:00.000-06:00

Claire Andenell Draper

The newest addition to my sister Tiffany's family. Claire was born at home (on purpose) at 3:55 pm on April 16th. weighing in at 7 lbs. 14 oz. & 20 inches long. mom and baby are doing well!

Lucas' Hair Cut

2011-04-21T11:57:00.000-06:00

{BEFORE} ALL smiles! (well except Brandon, don't really know what he is doing in this picture?)

His hair was SO long and he had so much of it!!!! These pictures do NOT do it justice

{DURING} he was so sad, and crying. I know these stupid clippers can pull and hurt so I didn't know if that was why or not? he would cry ever time I put the clippers through his hair, I didn't want to take the chance if it was the clippers hurting him or just him not wanting to get his hair cut, SO I
stopped...

notice his face. :( so sad. We had to stop. It seemed like it was hurting him.

{After} I called reinforcements! we called my sister in law Andrea to come help. :) she does hair for a living at Salon Seine. She brought her nice clippers and sharp scissors. :)

It took like three attempts over the course of like a week to get it right, he had so much hair I cant believe how much we cut off! and this was the only pic I had that showed his hair good enough, and its a horrible picture, oh well... there will be many more pics to come I am sure and you will be able to see his adorable new do! it has changed him SO much!

Paper Airplanes

2011-04-18T21:43:00.000-06:00

My dad makes the best paper airplanes around. I was asking him to teach me the other day. I don't know how many papers I went through! I kept ruining them! The kids love making and throwing paper airplanes around. who doesn't!?

Corben, William, Becks. Sidney was doing her own thing...

this is William after he has thrown his airplane. He throws his up and behind him self, he doesn't even know where it goes most of the time! But of course to him it was way cool.

We have also made it to the "watch this mom" stage! I can't believe I have a boy old enough to say "watch this mom" all day!

He just HAD to...

2011-04-17T22:20:00.000-06:00

...Wear his brothers shirt today.

I told him to go get some clothes with his dad and I would get him dressed, this is what he brought me. I said no this is brothers shirt, it is NOT going to fit you. He said NO I want to wear this one! he would not give in, so I said ok look I'll show you, I put it on him, and told him see it is too small! haha! he said no it's not, and wore it the rest of the day. Good thing it was Sunday and we didn't go any where and he didn't change into this until later in the afternoon after church.

but seriously how freaking funny is he! love this kid! even when he is stubborn, and persistent about what he wants!

Lucas

2011-04-16T23:41:00.001-06:00

I said I was going to start taking more pictures, even if it meant I was going to use my on camera flash, (I know a few of you may cringe.) This was the other night after bath and pajamas.

He has been teething a lot lately which means two things, 1. he cant chomp on his fingers hard enough! and 2. he is drooling like a saint bernard but he is still a fun little guy! love you my little Deuteronomy.

again unedited straight from the camera.

love his baby blues, and yes he has had a hair cut since these pictures were taken, that will be my next post.

Im "Mad" about HIM!

2011-04-13T23:00:00.001-06:00

Like I said in a previous post Sarah and I are throwing a joint birthday party for our beauties! With Sarah and I giving birth an hour apart last year (down to the very minute!) We thought it would be appropriate to celebrate their first year together with a Par-TEA! We will be having a lot of fun in "one"derland! A photo booth, queens croquet, food, and a bounce house to name a few! If you happen to be in town that weekend let me know we would love to have you come!

To see more of our Mad Hatter/Alice shoot go (here).

William. lately.

2011-04-10T15:26:00.000-06:00

An interview with a 2 year old...

Me: Whats your name?
William: William Stotch (it's pretty close)
Me: how old are you?
William: 2 years old.
Me: what is your favorite color?
William: pink (news to me. haha!)
Me: When is your birthday?
William: ummm... Sunday.
Me: What do you like to do for fun?
William: Play.
Me: what is your favorite food?
William: Ummmm.... Noodles.

William is growing up so fast, he is such a big boy and smarty pants!

He took to potty training like a champ and we haven't looked back, he was fully potty trained with in a couple days and hardly ever has accidents. he does however wakes me up ever night to take him potty. this would be the only down side of him not wearing a diaper.

He is going through his terrible twos, some days he throws horrible fits and I put him in our room with the door closed and tell him to let me know when he is done throwing his fit. I'll go in later after his screaming and yelling calms down a little and ask if hes done? he says "I'm done throwing my fit momma" and he says "I'm ready to be a good boy" it's funny, but sad all at the same time.

He is such a character, today we were going on a little golf cart ride and he said look mom there are "1, 2, 3, 4 tractors, I know my numbers!" haha!

We have been working on using the word "excuse me" he thinks he is supposed to say "get out of my way" I have to remind him over and over, it is more polite to say "please excuse me" we are working on it.

The other day I was doing a photo shoot for Lucas and Avary for their Birthday invitations, (coming soon!) William was feeling a little left out and would not get out of the way! He wanted HIS TURN and kept posing for me. I said ok now it's brothers turn he would say no it's my turn, take my picture! I would take a picture and then he would run over and HAVE to see it, then run back and pose again.... THIS is the result of the other days photos of William, again, they are not edited... they could definitely use a little help, but oh well... every time Brandon and I look at these photos we laugh so hard!

the stupid bear.

he had to pose with this stupid bear stuffed animal! he has never played with it before, but Avary was using it in her photos so I guess he thought he needed it too. he would not put it down, such a weirdo! but I love him!

the other night = a lot of pictures...

2011-04-08T00:05:00.000-06:00

While all the daddy's/men were at the priesthood session the other night, naturally all the girls gathered together at my moms house. We sat outside and chatted while the kids played. I was sitting there and thought you know what I should really get my camera. I feel horrible because I have been taking so many pictures lately but none of my own family! All I needed to do was say the words out load that I haven't been as busy lately and then bam all of the sudden I got busy again! I haven't posted anything about my children in forever, the last monthly post of Lucas was at 9 months and he is almost one! yikes! and I didn't even add his 9 month stats. and who knows how long its been since I have given un update on William.

SO... here are a lot of random pictures from the other night. I have a hard time just taking a picture these days, I want every picture to be great, I want it to have great lighting, and angle and appeal to the eye... and I want to edit it to give it its full potential! but that is so unrealistic. So all these pictures are straight from my camera, no cropping, editing, or enhancing. I still love them. I would rather have some pictures of my children then none at all! So my goal is to do better, and not care as much, not care if I have to use my on camera flash, and not have to strive for the perfect shot every time!

I have really enjoyed my children lately. Lucas is starting to learn new things, and is growing up before my eyes. and William cracks me and Brandon up on a daily basis. We feel so blessed to have two beautiful boys!

Lucas and Sidney exploring

He was crawling around outside, and he was trying to protect his knees the best he could. who lets their child crawl around in the dirt/cement/rocks. poor thing. :)

Bailee Jaine, I just loved how colorful she was, and how her cup matched so well! haha

look at his face!! haha! he was SO dirty!

Eating rocks, yes I just let it happen as I took pictures of him doing it.

My little William, what a character these days

I asked him, can you come stand right here on the grass so mommy can take your picture? he said, yea hold on, he had to first put his hands in his pockets, that was his pose, where does he come up with this stuff? Brandon claims its from my side of the family. But I'm not totally convinced. I say its his dad.

He will not smile normal for me! no matter how hard I try to tell him! If I say smile at the camera this is what I ALWAYS get! it's not cute. haha!

these two! boy have they come a long way! They are finally getting to the age where the don't hate each other and constantly want to kill each other. its nice.

love it!

Lucas waves all day long. to everyone.

there was a breeze that night, the wind caught his hair just perfectly for this shot! and seriously where did his eyes go!? and gotta love the constant drool these days!

this little slide has so been worth my 10 dollar investment. love it. Lucas loves it. He pulls him self down the slide all the time. its darling.

Beckham LOVES Lucas, he is SO good with him! I always tell him that he is Lucas' favorite cousin!

one last one of my little doders. love this kid.

2 things...

2011-03-23T22:43:00.000-06:00

I have decided to throw a big ol' first birthday bash with my friend Sarah for our little ones. You remember the friend that had her baby an hour apart from me in the same hospital, and then we had recovery rooms side by side together!? I can't believe they are almost a year!! where the heck did the time go!? SOOO, my question is any birthday theme ideas you want to share Id be grateful, we want to do something that incorporates both of them, and with one being a girl and one being a boy it gets a little trickier. I still have A LOT to work with a a lot of ideas but I thought I would throw it out there and see what help I get? if I get anything..

ALSO, one more thing,

I would love to know if anyone has any great photography spots here in St George that they wouldn't mind sharing? I have some places that I have used but I need more options and I am sure there are a million places I just need to get more creative, now that the weather is getting nice I don't have to do as many indoor studio shoots, it's all very exciting! So please pass on any knowledge you may have, if you took a family photo session somewhere or had your children's pictures taken some where that you loved let me know where! thanks!

Slowing down...

2011-02-28T09:45:00.000-07:00

Life has slowed down a little bit, it's still busy don't get me wrong it just isn't crazy like it was around the holidays and such. We have been enjoying more days of just playing and enjoying each other. I love days where we don't even get dressed and we, play linking logs, Lego's, animals, cars, trucks, farm house, turn on the radio and dance, and read lots and lots of books. Those are the best days. The boys love when its a low key day and we get to just hang out. William is SUCH a boy and loves motorcycles, trucks, and sports. He loves to play catch, and kick the ball back and forth, and hit the baseball. I'll pitch him the ball and have him hit it. and then he will want to pitch me the ball and I will hit it. He will always tell me, "get in your stance momma" (because that's what we always tell him) and I will. He will pitch it to me and when I hit it he says good hit mommy. haha... so encouraging.

The following are some random pictures of my children.

William lining up all his animals. I don't really know why he does this, but he always lines them up. Are they going into battle or something?

Auntie Bugaboo pitching William the baseball.

My funny little do-dis. I know his eyes disappear when he laughs or smiles big. :)

This is the smile I get every time I ask William to give me a smile for the camera. A total cheese. He will not give me a normal smile. Sometimes he smiles so big it looks painful! haha!

karaoke night

2011-02-26T22:44:00.000-07:00

Sarah and Steve-o were over the other night The boys were watching a game in the other room and Sarah and I decided to take out the ancient Karaoke Machine and have a little fun. We got it out dusted it off and hooked it up, and before we could even sing one song Brandon emerged from the room and took the mike to show us how it's done! I swear he didn't share that mike for the rest of the night!

Sarah and Brandon singing and dancing.

Sarah can kill me later for posting this picture. :) but little avary looks adorable! :)

Then the men got a hold of the mikes and sang and sang. We even left the room and they still just kept on going! haha! they were having too much fun!

did they miss their calling in life??

I'll spare you the video clips that I took! :)

My Valentines...

2011-02-12T20:50:00.001-07:00

Above pic NOT the best quality.

I love my boys, and am so happy to be their mama! They make my days so fun, eventful, and exciting. It's never a dull moment... they continue to surprise me with how smart and clever they are. to my valentines, I LOVE YOU, happy Valentine's Day!

love this picture SO much... they are such good friends, and adore each other. And they play so well together now, I love it.

Lucas {9 months}

2011-02-01T16:20:00.000-07:00

LUCAS turned nine months old on January 29th.

A lot of things are happening and he changes so much every day! He is learning new things and becoming more aware and more smart. He is a happy little guy with an infectious smile! You are instantly put in a good mood with one of his smiles! He melts my heart and has me and his dad wrapped around his finger, we love him more then life, he is so much fun, and makes me so proud to be his mama.

In month 8...

*He went from army crawling to full on crawling on his hands and knees. He gets around pretty fast now.
*He pulls him self up on everything now.
*When he is standing he has started letting go of the piece of furniture he is standing at, it's almost like he is doing a trick, and tries to show off. it only lats for seconds before he either falls or hangs back on. It's funny.
*He has started letting go of one piece of furniture to hurry and grabbing another piece that is near by, and walking along furniture.
*He is starting to boycott his baby food and just want real food. I don't really blame him Table food is way better! But I don't think he is getting as much food because it takes him a lot longer to eat table food.
*He isn't the greatest at feeding him self, he will grasp his food with his fingers but isn't very good at getting it in his mouth yet.
*He does a very loud scream these days. Its a happy scream, it's when he is hyper and happy, so I can't really get mad at him, it's just loud!
*His second tooth just barley popped out and has been causing a lot of havoc this month!
*His hair is getting kind of ridiculous... I think we are going to give him a hair cut soon!

I am loving...

2011-01-20T23:48:00.000-07:00

My new photography prop! haha! It is SO much fun! Thanks Holly.

William the big boy!

2011-01-19T21:18:00.000-07:00

My little baby is growing up! It's happened so fast I don't even know how or when it happened. We started potty training on Saturday.

Saturday morning: We put underwear on him early after we woke up and he stayed in it all day. He did well told me when he needed to pee pee and went on the toilet all day. We even went to walmart and back. He had one pee accident that evening right before bath time. Then we put a diaper on him to go to bed.

Sunday: took off his diaper in the morning put underwear on him went to church, he had a pee accident at nursery. :( Brandon brought him home and talked to him and changed him he said sorry, and he promised he would do better. and he was good the rest of the day. no more accidents.

Monday: He stayed dry ALL day until like 11:00 at night when he was playing with his brother in the toy room, we went in to check on him and there was a puddle on the floor and he was ashamed. I put a diaper on him to go to bed again, still being nervous about going all night.

Tuesday: His diaper was still dry in the morning, and he went in the toilet all day, and didn't have ANY accidents. and we put him to bed with under wear on.

Wednesday: He didn't have an accident at night and woke up dry, and stayed dry all day. NO accidents for two days straight!!

I can't believe he is doing so well, my baby is potty trained. It's crazy! I am so proud of him.

It's someones birthday

2011-01-14T16:01:00.000-07:00

One day, (several years ago! before children.) I think I was in a bad mood or something and Brandon wanted to make me smile. We were sitting on the couch watching TV and when I looked over at Brandon he looked like this!!

penut butter all over his face!

I instantly bust up laughing and asked how long he has been sitting like that!?!? I hadn't seen him get up in a long time! It was hilarious! I laughed so hard I probably almost peed my pants! It's things like this and so much more that make me love you so much!

You are a great dad!

An amazing husband!

You are SO much fun!

So very talented in many things!

A great dancer

A great singer

Talented with musical instruments

A good provider.

SMART

good looking!

and an over all good time!

thanks babe for always being there and for always willing to make me smile! love you! and

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Our Snow Day

2011-01-13T11:09:00.000-07:00

One day last week as Brandon's alarm went off and he went out to get ready and get in the shower he came back in and said "HEATHER! there is SNOW everywhere! a good 2 inches at least!" I laid there and thought to my self does he really know what two inches is?? that's A LOT of snow!

but when I woke up and saw for my self I realised he DID know what he was talking about! but he had underestimated it was even more! I looked to see this!!

We could NOT believe it! it had snowed in the night and no one even knew it was coming! We had a great snow day. William enjoyed it! He went through several outfit changes. Because we live in St. George My kids aren't equipped with snow gear. His hands would get freezing cold, and he didn't get that if he touched the snow it would get his mittens wet! we changed them often, and changed his clothes a couple times and then went back out. He couldn't get enough of it!

William thought it was his personal job to uncover everything. He found his T-ball and bat under the snow. and was so excited and proud of his self, he was like "MOM!, look!" haha

Lucas got to come out and see the snow for a little bit before he went down for a nap. :)

William had just watched an episode on "how-to" make a snow angel on Special Agent Oso the week before. He would run in the powder and through him self back on the snow. and then make a snow angel! I said what are you doing? he said making a snow angel! I said did Oso teach you that? and he said yes. ahaha!! too funny!

Tiffany and her kids came over bright and early that morning and they all had a great time making a "whole happy family" of snow men.

My dad's snow man. I liked his smile the best.

lucas {8 months}

2011-01-12T00:26:00.000-07:00

I am past due for this post, and I have been composing it in my head for the past two weeks or so! I don't want to just skip this month because it was a very big month for Lucas! I would totally regret it, and I love looking back at William's monthly posts to see what he did and when. So here goes

{In month 7}

* Lucas pulled him self up to a standing position for the first time. (it was in his crib)
* He started army crawling.
* He started saying mama.
* He got his first tooth.
* He participated in his first Christmas. :)
* He learned how to clap his hands. and does it all the time.
* I started actually feeding him a lot more solids. (instead of just nursing) I was pretty bad at it before, he likes his fruits now. and is a good eater.
* He still nurses a lot.
* He can drink apple juice out of a sippy cup now.
* He bounces really well in the jumperoo.
* He plays well with his toys.
* He is very entertained from his brother, you can just tell how much he adores him.
* He slept through the night until he was about 6 months old, and now isn't! I really want to sleep train him but the fact that all 4 of us share a room doesn't make it the easiest fix. I have been letting him cry it out for his naps though and some days he does pretty good, others not as much.
* He is so much fun laughs and smiles a lot and is generally pretty well natured.
* His mo hawk is getting super tall these days, and He probably needs his first hair cut. everyone comments on his hair, the color, the length
* He doesn't really spit up anymore like he used to.
* His skin isn't as sensitive as it was when he was first born either. I guess he just kind of out grew it.

Sisters

2011-01-06T11:24:00.000-07:00

"life's too short to wait for your hair to grow" -Ali Vincent (from the biggest loser)

We took this pic at Sunday dinner. We were taking a few pics of our new hair for my sis in law. So we decided to take one of all us sisters too. I realise this pic doest really show our hair very well... there were different ones. My Sister in law works at Salon Sienne and her name is Andrea Trask. If you are thinking about getting extensions you should call her up! me, Mallory, and Brittany all got them. It's been nice because my hair was totally in the awkward stage!

SORRY

2010-12-30T10:38:00.000-07:00

To the boy I accidentally pummeled with water as I drove through the puddles along bloomington Drive last night!
It was a total accident, I didn't even see you there on the side of the road until it was too late.
I felt soooo bad.
sorry.

Christmas Morning

2010-12-28T11:52:00.002-07:00

This was our first Christmas morning with a child old enough to really appreciate Christmas and get excited about "Santa" We woke up and Brandon said "William Santa came last night" and William responds with yeah I saw him I said Hi Santa. hahaha it was funny! so we got up and had Christmas morning with our little family in our room, (at 9:00) and then we went out and joined my parents and then all my siblings came over. it was my family's year for Christmas this year, we met at my moms at about 10:30-11 and all 12 adults and 8 grandchildren filled the family room and we opened gifts. It was more chaotic and louder then it has been in the past but still fun!

look at that face, he is really getting into it.

all helping brother

checking to see who's gift it was, he read it and says "willyum"

opening his magnet writing board. a little excited.. love it!

his first Christmas, not as professional at opening presents as his big brother.

doo dis... love his little swollen face he has when he wakes up in the morning!

William opening his tricycle from me and Brandon. he has LOVED it. (I picked up the little beauty at DI for 2 whole dollars.) It has 10 different buttons that make noises, a revving engine, a key turning, radio music, you name it. and they all work. I meant to spray paint it and make it look good as new but it had been raining here for like weeks! every day I planned on doing it it was raining. but he still loves it!

William got puzzles from my parents.

Brandon and I got a dutch oven, a cooking stove thing, camping chairs and a new mattress topper for our bed! I was soooo happy to see that one!

William got linking-logs from my parents... they have been a big hit. he loves them almost as much as Brandon and I.

Sidney playing with Williams new magnet writing board. ALL the kids (old and young alike) all got great use out of it.

Beckham got a bike from my parents, it was so funny when he opened it and said "oh just what I wanted" loved it!

one of the high lights of the day was one of Andrea's gifts. My mom came across on of my brothers old soccer pictures. So she wrapped it up for Andrea to open on Christmas. It is a soccer picture that was turned into a button pin that you could attach to your shirt or bag or something? really who makes button pins out of their pictures in the first place? (I'm guessing it came with his picture package) she opened it and none of us knew it was coming! it was hilarious! haha! we all got a really good laugh, except Jason, he didn't love it. and tried to steal it from Andrea.

After opening gifts we all got in the trailer and visited my grandparents that live a round the corner.

Becks and Lucas are bestest buddies... Lucas was so chill and content while Beckham was holding him.

Merry Christmas

2010-12-25T01:42:00.001-07:00

We hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas!

HO HO HO....

2010-12-24T08:15:00.002-07:00

Merry Christmas....
from my little bearded man.

musical talents

2010-12-23T15:45:00.000-07:00

He didn't get it from me... It HAS to be the Stott side. They are all very talented when it comes to music of all kinds.

The other night william was kind enough to share his talents with us...

He cracks me up. He has to have his music so he can look off of it and play, and sing, and the last note always has to be drawn out very dramatically. Where has he even seen this before? no one in our house even plays the piano? haha... it's a very quick video.

this just in...

2010-12-21T12:31:00.000-07:00

Golf cart bridge from the SunBrook Golf course has lodged under the new Valley View Dr bridge. Contractors are moving large equipment in to prepare to remove the Golf Cart bridge at this time.

bringing back any memories?

2010-12-21T12:05:00.000-07:00

These were the pictures from the flood in 04 or 05? whenever it was... of my parents back yard... this morning my dad and I went out and surveyed the area... lets just say if the city hadn't put all the work into what they did last time to prevent this from ever happening again it would already be way bad!! but so far it's ok and we aren't filling bags with sand just yet. but by the sound of things, and the look of things we may be soon.

and they said it was a 500 year thing?!?!

this week...

2010-12-11T21:48:00.006-07:00

Random Shot; I was trying to get some shots of my S&S Styles bow ties. This is such a Lucas face! squinty eyes, and wrinkling his nose... gotta love this funny kid!

*After teething forever, Lucas' first tooth finally made it's grand entrance this week!

*We sold Brandon's car this week. We are now in the market for a "family" vehicle. I personally want a van, Brandon wants something more stylish. Vans are just SO easy, easy to get the kids in and out of, to fit all your crap in, the gas mileage is better then an SUV and the tires would be cheaper to replace. We are looking, we are both very open and we will find something we both love I am sure. If anyone know of any great deals let me know! :)

*This may be one of those stories that is TMI but you know me, when does that ever stop me? haha, anyway, My milk supply seems to be drying up? and if you know me I nurse A LOT! like a million times a day, and I always have a HUGE surplus of milk! I ALWAYS have to wear nursing pads and could nurse an extra child in between feeding my own, BUT this week they seem to be less full, and even empty? Lucas is pulling and tugging on them and unsatisfied after nursing, they seem to be flat? I am getting worried? I am hoping if I just drink some more water they will come back? I don't know what else it could be and what could be causing it? I am a huge believer on if you nurse as often as you should and don't supplement with formula then your body will make what it needs to? So would there be another reason for it? I don't know I will have to wait and see if something changes/ gets better?

*William had his first sleep over last night. He slept at his Auntie "b's" house. With his cousins. We were having a test run to see if it would work while we were still close by if it didn't work out and we needed to go get him. Because we were thinking of having a little outing in mesquite? and If he freaked out while we were gone we wouldn't be close enough to run and pick him up. It went well. he didn't miss me for more then two seconds before he got over it and went to sleep. He has been starting to get better at that.

*William has gotten better at me leaving him in nursery! FINALLY he has almost been going to nursery for a year and he is just now getting used to it. He now goes with out me having to stay with him the whole time. It's been really nice!

These are just random shots I took of Lucas the other day. Hat is from Treasured By Holly.

What a chub! he has been starting to pack on the fat, every baby does the round phase and then stretch phase over and over, he is going through a round phase! The hat doesn't help flatter his very chubby little face! haha!

lucas, 7 months

2010-12-03T00:18:00.003-07:00

I took some pictures of Avary today, they are HERE if you wanna see them.

I snapped a few of Lucas after we were done. He turned 7 months old three days ago. I really can't believe it. I know I say this every month but time just flies by, I can't believe how big he has gotten, and how fast the second baby grows up. It's happening even faster then the first. It freaks me out a little!

In month 6...

Lucas has started talking and being a lot more vocal. He says ba ba ba, da da da, and some times I think he is saying pa pa pa or some form of it? I have yet to here a ma ma ma. Only when he is crying do I sometimes here a faint ma ma... but I can't really count it cause he is just whining.

He also has started this spontaneous scream that he does for fun, he thinks he is hilarious.

He has been working on a tooth the last couple days, it's got a massive bump protruding, and I think it's going to grace us with it's presence soon, but nothing yet.

He loves when he gets sung to especially when his cousin Beckham does it. I was dancing around singing Christmas songs while I was making dinner the other night while Lucas was in his high chair watching me. I'm sure he thought it was the best performance ever given!

He is such a joy! He cuddles and buries his face in your chest like he gets embarrassed.

He has started reaching out for me to take him.

He has learned how to actually jump in the jumperoo instead of just standing there playing with the toys.

He has had RSV and a double ear infection this past month. You wouldn't have even guessed it unless you listened to him breath... hes been such a good baby through it all.

He ardors his brother.

He plays well with his toys on the ground, which I'm so grateful for.

These pictures aren't the greatest, I should have upped the shutter speed, his hands are obviously moving and blurry. But his face was just so sweet so I still like them. And I wanted recent pictures of him and these were taken today!

This IS Lucas, smiling his squinty eyed smile! sorry buddy you get it from your mom! :) oh how I love this guy!! chewing on his thumb because of that dang tooth that needs to pop out already!

don't you just want to squeeze him! I know I'm a mom.

LOVE this boy more then I can say, I fall in love with him more every day!

it's been a while, time for some ramblings...

2010-11-29T20:50:00.006-07:00

Life has been crazy!, I know I say it a lot and I know everyone says itI know everyone thinks their life is more busy then the next person, but really it has been. I am not one of those people that has to be busy, I enjoy quiet days sitting on the floor playing with my children. I don't feel like I have to be entertained and have my scheduled filled. I'm not even one of those people that go crazy if they haven't gotten out of the house for several days at a time. But lately life's been crazy busy! I keep waiting for it to slow down but I'm afraid this is my life now. There isn't a day that I don't have numerous things on my "to-do" list. and there isn't a day that I even complete a to-do list either. Starting up TWO businesses, moving, trying to expand my photography skills, having two sick children, church callings, playing hostess to visitors, all while trying to do my wife and motherly duties too. some times it's all I can do but keep my head a float. Don't get me wrong, I love my life these days, things are very good, very busy, but very good. I am a very blessed women! I just want to do SO much, I want to do everything, I want to do it all and I am coming to the hard realisation that I can't do everything. If I want to be the perfect wife and mother I feel like I have to do that and only that. If I do anything else with my time then those two things get neglected. I also want to be able to do a good job with my new business. I think of new clever things I want to make and create and if I put my whole heart and sole into it I think I could be successful at it. It would be so much fun! I really enjoy making and creating new and beautiful things. Then there is my photography, I really have a passion for it, I always have and now that I finally got my self a camera I want to learn all I can and really do well at it! I feel like I learn so much with every shoot I do, and my mind goes crazy with ideas for new shoots! I would LOVE to be able to through my self into my photography learn and get better, and take pictures all the time, but with that means time away from my children, time sitting at the computer and editing pictures. and then I feel guilty because I am not spending my time with my precious children that are only young once! I am also a believer in expanding your talents and one should continue learning and developing through their whole life. I don't think there is a clause that says (except for when you have young children) or is that really the case? should I put my interests on hold to raise what I consider my priorities? I REALLY do think that raising children being a wife and mother really is THE best job there is out there!! I LOVE my job as a mom more then anything. But is there room for more??

Sister

2010-11-18T11:22:00.003-07:00

The other day when I was taking pics of the boys out side Mallory came out for a second and I snapped a couple pictures of her. She really is beautiful.

my boys...

2010-11-10T15:29:00.000-07:00

I have been wanting to do a "6 month" photo shoot of Lucas, and a "2 year" photo shoot of William. The other day we snapped a few pictures of them, and well daddy too! this will have to do for now. my cute boys!

more family pics...

2010-11-09T09:43:00.000-07:00

Ok, I need better post editing soft wear! what do you suggest? I also need help putting Jeff (my broter in law) in the picture... He has been sick and I thought maybe I could add him but it's proving to be harder then I thought. :)

don't love this pic, but we were taking an extended family pic of all my family so we thought we would try a family pic of just my little family.

8 and counting...

2010-11-08T12:54:00.000-07:00

We took some family pictures the other day...

These are the cousins...

all 8 of them.

Brydee.

Lucas.

William.

Beckham.

Bailee.

Sidney.

Jay Jay.

Corben.

It's amazing how fast we multiply!

and hes two....

2010-11-06T21:03:00.007-06:00

TWO?!

where has the time gone?! How did this happen? my baby, my baby! He turned two years old yesterday! I LOVE this kid SO incredibly much! he brings so much joy into my life! despite the fact that he is crazy sometimes and going through some terrible two's. He is still SO sweet so loving and still loves to cuddle!

He asks me to cuddle him all the time. "cuddle mommy, cuddle" and he puts his arm out to wrap around my neck. He also does the whole hand on my neck thing. My little sister Mallory used to do it to my mom. it looks like hes strangling me but it's just placed there gently for comfort. He's been doing it for about 6 months or more?

He now spontaneously says "I love you mommy". LOVE it. melts your heart and you want to just say ok you can have whatever you want!

He is a little athlete. I am sure mother that has ever had a boy says this but he is naturally really good at sports! haha, I'm aloud to brag a little. It still surprises me when he can catch a ball from really far away or knock his baseball of his tee. He can throw, catch, kick a soccer ball and hit a baseball like a pro. and could do it all day.

He also loves to watch sports! he will sit with Brandon on the couch and watch a game on TV, but he especially likes to watch his daddy play softball!

He also has a quiet side where he sits and reads book after book after book. I love that he likes to read. He always has, even when he was super tiny he loved it.

He now asks for cartoons ALL the time and gets sucked into the TV when it's on. I have to admit it was nice these last couple weeks while we have been moving and trying to get stuff accomplished to have something to occupy his time. But I hate it when he sits in front of the TV like a zombie child! nothing makes me feel like a bad mom as much as letting my child sit in front of the TV forever. at least a lot of the stuff on these days is educational and interactive. but it's kind of embarrassing when he goes to his cousins house and can name ALL the shows and their characters!

He has started getting a little better with going to nursery at church. He still struggles depending on who is there that week. But I think we are making progress.

he has gotten better with his brother, more sweet, softer, and more careful, I think he is learning. He is also more protective of his brother. He will say, "NO, MY baby brother" haha... I LOVE how he says "baby Brother" it's the cutest thing ever

He is a little smarty pants, we will be driving down the road and he says look mama, horsies, 1... 2.... 3..... horsies. I say yep, their ARE three horses! good job.

He has been getting really good at going potty in the toilet. At least once a day he goes on the toilet. sometimes more then once. He is sometimes dry in his diaper when he wakes up in the morning so I'll put him on the toilet and he goes pee. and then through out the day he will tell me he needs to go and we run to the toilet. He has been doing this for probably over a month. it's really nice. It's still not every time he pees but it's pretty much every time he poops that he goes in the toilet.

Since his Birthday yesterday every time he gets asked how old he is he answers "eight" every time. haha! where did that come from?

He loves his Trucks motorcycles, and Cars. He points out every ones car and who it belongs to all the time.

He loves his cousins, and all his aunties and uncles. He loves his Grandma and papa, and he is loved by all of them as well. He really loves his cousin Brydee. Every time she comes home from school William gives her a huge hug for a good couple minutes.

He does not like to share his toys some times. He knows what toys are his and doesn't like when everyone helps them selves to all of his toys. We are working on it.

We got him a bike for his birthday. with training wheels. from di. for 6 bucks. love di!
He was an adorable dragon for Halloween.
right after he got his bike for his birthday.

at our ward trunk or treat. (maybe I'll get around to doing a Halloween post?)

6 months

2010-11-02T16:00:00.001-06:00

Lucas Alan Stott..
He turned 6 months old a few days ago. where does the time go!? I swear the second baby goes by even faster then the first!! Things are so busy and he just keeps getting bigger! can I just please slow down the days please!!!

He had his 6 month appt yesterday his stats were....

Height 26 and 3/4 inch. 65%
Weight 17 lbs. & 0.5 oz. 48%
Head 44.5 cm. 70%

oh what a joy this baby is, he is getting cuter, fatter, smarter, and more fun every day!

Lucas in his true form... With spit up coming out of his mouth! These next three pictures are actually like 2 months old!!, (taken with my old camera) but since I haven't done a post on my son in that long I thought I better add them! I have been HORRIBLE at blogging! I have taken a million pictures of everyone else and their dogs (literally! haha!) but haven't taken very many of my OWN children! :( I'm kinda sad about it! I want to make a goal to do better!

He rolls all day, rolls and rolls until he runs into a wall or a piece of furniture that stops him.

He took to the spoon really well, but does NOT like fruits? I never believed it when I herd of babies or children that didn't like fruit but Lucas continues to prove me wrong. I give him a veggie and cereal and he gobbles it down! I give him fruit and he gives me the funniest faces! spits, doesn't open his mouth, and gags on it! too funny! I am thinking he will grow out if it but we'll see?

He sits pretty well but still timbers over onto his face sometimes! :)

He is a drooling mess this last week, I'm pretty sure its teething? when those dang things actually decide to poke out who knows? He is biting on everything, fussy, and acting like they are hurting him but again who knows?

He still spits up more then the William ever did but I think (or maybe I'm just hoping,) it's getting better.

He sequels with delight, and is a ticklish little boy! makes me laugh when he gets going!

He was the cutest Caterpillar Ive ever seen for Halloween.

He loves little kids you can tell he adors his brother, he smiles and stares at him all the time. He also really loves his cousins! Brydee, and Beckham especially.

He has sensitive skin, SO not a fan of that! William never did, and if you know me you know I definitely don't take care of my skin! haha! But Lucas breaks out with eczema on his tummy and back often. I just need to break down and buy the stinkin dreft! I'm sure it will clear it all up! :) poor kid! mean mama.

He is now getting to the age where him and William have a lot of matching clothes! :) haha! I have them matching a lot! I love it! haha even if Brandon doesn't agree always. :)

Still Never took a pacifier, (Ive been his pacifier!)

Still never took a bottle. He was chewing on Williams sippy the other day, I think we will go straight to a sippy cup. It's that time anyway.

Since we moved into my parents house he now has his crib. (he had been in his bassinet up until now) It's been an easy transition for him. He still sleeps really well. I really can't complain.

The poor kid totally has man boobs. haha.

He IS such a good baby still, he is happy and smiling and starting to babble and blow raspberry's!

Brandon and I can't get enough of him sometimes we just cant help but squeeze him! this guy is definitely loved by his parents!

life...

2010-10-31T22:50:00.005-06:00

I've been bad at blogging.

life's been busy.

We moved,

kind of.

We are going to rent out our place in hopes to find a larger house.

SOOO... we moved in with these guys!...

(kind of a weird picture of them but I still thought it was cute I love how my mom is looking at my dad to see if he is smiling or doing a serious face? so she can match him. haha, you can tell they just love each other! love these two people so much! They are such good people, wonderful parents, and awesome grandparents!)

Ya it's been a week... our stuff is still very much EVERY where! We finally hooked our computer up too so that's better. but life is definitely not back to normal. hopefully we will get in the swing of things soon, and we will be able to clear a pathway of boxes and clothes so we can walk though our room!

She is so stinking cute!

2010-10-18T13:30:00.002-06:00

My photo shoot with Kambria the other day was a success, she is SO beautiful! She was happy and she was being so funny!

to see more go to my photo blog... http://www.photosbyheatherstott.blogspot.com