Thanksgiving Day

This year we had Thanksgiving with the Hare family. We had such a good time! There was lots of yummy food and family, and I absolutely love this time of year!

Holy moly, we have 6 girls!!!

Every once in a while it hits Randy and I that we have 6 kids, and then it hits us again that they are ALL girls!! We definitely have our hands full, and LOVE it!! Emma is 7, Natalie is 6, Naomi is 5, Briallen is 3, Rebekah is 21 1/2 months, and Alison is 4 weeks old today!

The kids and I went out and took a few snap shots, and had a lot of fun!




Rebekah was done at this point...
Briallen and Rebekah ran to play on the playground, and the others wanted to do "funny faces".... I absolutely love being a mommy!

Precious girl

Rebekah has struggled a little bit with having a new baby around (which is normal). So I have chosen not to fight her about certain things like sitting in the baby's swing (plus, she isn't past the weight limit yet). The other day she came with her baby and sat in the swing to rock her, and she rocked herself to sleep. She is such a good little mommy, and I just thought this was so precious, I had to post it! I love this little girl!! :)

I wonder what they were thinking....??

I always forget that every time I have a baby, the other children take advantage of every moment they can while mom is busy with the baby. I was nursing Alison the other day, and pretty soon Rebekah came to me covered in flour. I immediately knew it was gonna be bad... This was a quick reminder of the many adventures I will get to experience for the next several months!! :)
You can tell they had a blast!!

T

Halloween 2011

Halloween this year was kind of low key. I had just had Alison, and wasn't in the mood or position to do a lot, so we didn't go all out with costumes. But Aunt Margie came and got the kids and her and their daddy took them trick or treating. We also went to our ward trunk or treat, so they had double fun!!
Rebekah was a little horse. She LOVED her costume! So much, that every time she finds her costume, she will put it on and wear it everywhere; it's so cute!!
Emma was Goldilocks, and the other 3 were princesses. They had a lot of fun, and got plenty of candy!

Alison Zola

Finally, 11 days over due, our beautiful baby Alison arrived! She was born on October 15 at 8:06 pm. She weighed 8 pounds 7 ounces, and was 22 inches long! She was our longest baby, but our second smallest by weight. The labor was my best one. My midwife helped me to be able to relax my body during contractions, which helped with the pain so much!! The delivery went really quick also. I did lose a lot of blood once I delivered, and I haven't been able to do much besides sit or lay down since. It's supposed to be this way for a while, which is hard. It's hard because I feel weak and dizzy constantly, and I don't like having to be waited on and having no control over my house. On a more positive note, I get to spend lots of time with Alison and the others, which is nice. I think I am getting better every day, and I can't wait to feel "normal" again! :)

I hope these photos don't offend anyone. I tried to pick the most modest ones, but this is my journal, and I wanted these to be part of it.

Randy cutting the cord...

baby being weighed...
My awesome midwife, Lisa Heimberger. She was incredible! She didn't show any signs of panic while I was bleeding so much; she just gave me the herbs I needed, and took really good care of me (I didn't know how bad it was).

A couple hours later the kids came home from Randy's parents and got to see her and hold her before they went to bed.

I don't know why this picture is turned sideways, but it was cute, so I had to show it. Rachel, Molly, and Katie came over to visit and see the new baby, and we had fun taking pictures of both babies!







I love being a "new mommy"!! It's so fun and rewarding, and there is such a wonderful spirit in the home! I also want to thank everyone for their help, love, support, and prayers! I don't know what I would do without all of you!

41 weeks

I have now hit my "one week over due" mark. I have been so ornery and testy lately too. I try not to be. I know that I have probably offended many people, and I am sorry about that if any of you are one of them! :) If I go like normal though, I only have one more week until this precious baby decides to join our family! I think I can handle one more week. It will probably seem like FOREVER, but I have lived with it many times before! :) I am just so excited to finally be able to hold my baby in my arms and cuddle her and kiss her fat little cheeks!

precious baby Laila

Last week I was lucky enough to be able to go and see sweet baby Laila in the hospital. Since I was over due, I was so excited to be able to hold a brand new perfect baby! I didn't want to let her go! I am now a week over due, and hopefully I will get to hold my own soon enough....

37 weeks!

I can't believe I am just over 37 weeks!! This pregnancy has flown by for me! (Talk to me in a couple weeks and we will see if I feel the same way, right??) I haven't taken many preggo pictures of me, so I had Randy take a few this morning. I have major bed head, and no make up on, so specifically asked him NOT to include my head, but this is what I got! :) Rebekah wanted to be in the pictures too...
Every day I have people that are in shock that I am not due "any day now" because I am so big, but I still have a lot of growing to do in the next few weeks! YAY..... :)
*Can't wait to meet this precious little baby!

It's hailing, it's pouring!!

Last night it started hailing harder than I have seen in a long time! Funny thing is, I really really wanted to eat it! I was craving it so bad! Then it rained for the rest of the night. We had a good rain. Here it is, after just seconds of starting it was pouring off the roof!
Rebekah didn't know what to think about it all. She just stood at the window and watched. She kept saying "a wet, mommy" over and over again, it was so cute! (loving the finger prints on the window... didn't realize they were there until I looked at the picture)

Dave Bundy Reunion 2011

It was another good year at the Bundy Reunion! The weather was good, and it was fun to visit with cousins! It was a small year, there weren't a lot of people there, but still fun!
The kids pretty much lived in the water the whole time! It was really cold, but I am sure they were all numb and it didn't bother them. They had a blast!

Briallen decided that Karin was her best friend up there one of the days and stayed by her side.
We brought 2 motorcycles up there, and all of the kids took turns riding them all day until the batteries died.
Best buds. They held hands everywhere they went!
Maddie and Briallen started playing together. It was so cute! They are getting so big!






Rebekah loved playing on the stairs!
These are Stetsy's feet. She went and picked berries, and this is what they looked like when she got back...