It's a Girl!

Stats: Alauna May Marshall Born January 25, 2009 8:48 am 7 lbs. 4.3 oz. 18 1/2 in. long

Story: At 11:30 pm on Saturday night, I first experienced labor contractions. We got all our stuff together, called my Visiting Teacher to come be with Josh, and rushed to the hospital (rushing because Josh was born 5 hours after the first labor contraction). We got there, and got hooked up, and after a bit of monitoring, the nurse told me she thought I was just dehydrated, and wanted to send me home. I drank 1 1/2 Litres of water, and my contractions started slowing down. The doctor told my nurse to observe me one more hour to see if they would stop. They didn't stop, and at 8:48 am (right after we watched Music and the Spoken Word with the MoTab), she came out after just one push.

Here's a picture of her at 4 days old. She looks a bit jaundiced, but otherwise my beautiful girl. Also, a picture of the proud big brother loving his little sister.

The Shiner!

So, boys will be boys. I had to post this picture because it is pretty cool (at least, I think). Josh was so excited to go throw something in the garbage, he slipped on our kitchen floor and hit the corner of our kitchen table just below his eye. If it had been up a little more, we would probably would have had to pop his eye back in. Thank goodness that didn't happen. Anyway, he told everyone at church (no matter who they were) that he had a black eye. I think he is quite proud of it. So here he is in his spiffy new church outfit that matches his eye.

I am the HULK!

Finger painting usually turns into body painting. Josh had fun painting himself as the Hulk. Grr......doesn't he look scary? Don't make him angry. You wouldn't like him when he is angry. ;)

Josh and Santa

Josh sat on Santa's lap successfully this year. The last two years, I had to sit on Santa and Josh sat on my lap. He asked for a little talking train Gordon (Gordon from Thomas and Friends) and a little talking car Sarge (Sarge, from Pixar Cars movie). Maybe Santa will bring them for him this year (wink, wink).

My Little Snow Angel

Josh and I had fun while Ammon shoveled the drive way. What a great time of year!

NKOTB Concert

Yes, of course I went to the New Kids on the Block Concert! Who would pass up free tickets to them? (Ammon did offer to buy me some before I learned about free tickets, and although it was tempting, I figured I could live without spending $75 a ticket to see my first loves perform). Anyway, it was a great evening. I went with my sister-in-law Sue, and her two girls, Annie and Lucy. The seats were good, but the girls couldn't see, so we got moved to a place where some other kids were watching the concert. Then out of the blue, the NKOTB came and performed on a little pop-up stage right in front of us. Not only that, but David Archuleta was standing right next to us as well. I got his autograph on my arm (hey, I didn't have any paper with me). While at the concert, Ammon was so nice and watched Josh and Sue's other little girl, Ruby. As you can see from the picutre, they had a lot of fun. Nothing like a movie, PB & J, and some milk to entertain two toddlers.

Halloween!

What a great holiday! I love Halloween, and I think I may have gone overboard this year. First, Josh and I went to "Boo at the Zoo." We have a membership to the zoo, so it was free. We spent two hours there and got a huge loot of candy. Josh had so much fun. Then, on Halloween, we went to "Grandma's School-Work" and went Trick-or-treating to some of the classes that have teachers who remember me. He loved going up and down the halls of the school and growling at all the big kids. They thought he was the cutest thing in the world. After, we joined Josh's cousin, Caiden, and his mom at Arctic Circle, had lunch, and went Trick-or-treating at a local supermarket. Then, that night, we joined Josh's other cousins, Lucy, Annie, and Ruby, and went Trick-or-treating around their neighborhood. Besides the occasional rain shower, we all had fun and go SO MUCH candy. Ammon and I have been lusting after Josh's candy bag, but we have set a time limit on when we can indulge ourselves without stealing from Josh (on November 31st, if there is any candy left, we will be partaking freely-with Josh's permission, of course).