Summer Fun!

Nothing like a lazy summer day in a hammock!

Life in fast forward

So do you ever wake up and just feel like life is rushing by. Somehow it seems that everything is on fast forward. Wasn't it just yesterday that I had one little sweet baby girl? And now here we are with three children. So experts say that the informative years are between the ages of 1 and 5. And Ashlee is 5. Have I taught her those really important things that are going to shape her into the person that she needs to be? Have I taught her that her heavenly father loves her and that our goal in this life is to live so that we can return to him again? Have I taught her that above all we need to be obedient? Have I taught her to be a good person and love those around her? Have I taught her that life is worth as much effort as you put into it, and that hard things bring the sweetest rewards? I guess all I can say is that I hope so! One thing that I have learned is that time is definitely precious. We need to love and cherish each moment. We need to hug more, laugh more, and love more.

Updates

So, my friend Kiahna created this super cute baby announcement!!! She is very talented!!!

We had a small vineyard growing in the backyard. We loved eating all the grapes!
We found a little friend in the backyard! The kids are so thrilled to finally have a pet!
Ashlee started her first day of Kintergarten!! So is such a cute little school girl!
So we had a wonderful blessing weekend! Paige was blessed by her father and we had alot of fun with family and friends there!

My sweet aunt Sheryal crocheted Paige's blessing dress.

Little Paige slept through everything!

Grandparents

More Grandparents!

All the men!

And all the girls!

PICTURES!

Pictures for the Grandma's!! ENJOY! We love you!!
Aren't my girls cute?

(this is the pooping face)

This one is for Heidi! Isn't the dress adorable?

Paige loves to kick.

We all love to kiss the baby!

Ashlee loves her baby sister!

It's off to kintergarten in a few weeks for Ashlee. Bradley and I don't know what we are going to do without her. I think we might both have a little cry on the first day of school!

They play so well together these days. I love that they love each other!

Paige is a good sleeper!

And she likes to play!

AND Eat!

She loves the swing, but has a hard time staying upright!

WE ALL LOVE THE BABY

So everyday is exciting to wake up and remember that we still have a baby. We have the same conversation every morning.

Bradley: "Mommy is the baby back in your tummy?"

Me: "No Bradley the baby isn't going back in my tummy?"

Bradley: "Do we get to keep her?"

Me: "Yes, Bradley we get to keep her?"

Bradley: "Forever?"

Me: "Yes Forever."

Bradley: "Hooray! I love the baby!"

Emry's thanks for your fun (and super adorable) gifts!!

PAIGE HAS ARRIVED!!!

Paige Alexa Tonks arrived on Tuesday, July 1st at 5:03 PM.

Here is our story:

I went to the doctor the week before to learn that my blood pressure was still on the rise, almost to dangerous levels. Much to my dismay, the doctor convinced me that one way or another the baby needed to come out. We compromised for one week from that day, baby comes out by itself or if not, then baby will come out with a little help. All week long despite episodes of light contractions little Paige was just not quite ready to come. So, on Tuesday morning Cory and I headed to the hospital. After all the paperwork and such we were settled in at about 9:00 in the morning. The doctor came and I asked to just have my water broken to see if that would do the trick. So at about 9:30 in the morning my water was broken. And again to my dismay, nothing really happened. I had light contractions all morning, but wasn't really progressing. Cory and I spent the morning watching a movie, and walking around the hospital. At about one o'clock I decided that thing were becoming ridiculous and that this baby was coming out. So I called the nurse and said "hook me up, let's have a baby." At 1:30 PM I was hooked up to petocin. (which I had been trying to avoid my whole pregnancy.) But now things were starting to progress! Yeh! I called my big sister and she headed to the hospital. Heidi had studied up on HypnoBirthing and had used this method with her first baby. She was going to coach me along through labor. She arrived and things started to happen. I used a deep breathing technique throughout labor that kept me in control and helped my to relax and allowed my body to do what it is suppose to do. My labor progressed quite rapidly and at about 4 PM I felt that things were starting to come to a close. We called mom, who was going to also witness the birth. She arrived about a quarter to five. Baby came fast, I had a couple of really hard contractions and the baby descended and crowned. And then I was pushing. The doctor wasn't there yet, and the nurse kept telling me to hold it, and not push. I could not! She actually held the baby in during a contraction, meanwhile I was telling her to just catch the baby!!! The doctor did finally arrived just in time to catch baby Paige on her way out!! 5:03 PM she joined us!! She was so beautiful and so sweet! I held her right away and still can't believe that she is our little girl! The miracle of life is definitely a gift from a heavenly father that loves us!!!!!!! I am so thankful that he has trusted us with this perfect little gift. Paige was 7 lbs 12 ounces and 19 inches long. She is the spitting image of Ashlee, in fact for a few days, I couldn't help but think that I was looking at Ashlee all over again!

Welcome to the world baby Paige!

The kids were in love with her from the first moment they saw her and have been so excited everyday that their little Paige is finally here!

Cory is very proud of his little girl!

Mommy is very excited to enjoy her time with our new little addition. It seems that this newborn stage goes by way too fast. We will be sure to cherish each moment that we have!

When is the baby coming?

Is it a boy or a girl? I guess that is the question!