Dancing

Thanksgiving

We spent Thanksgiving at the Horne's cabin this year.
Lots of fun in the snow and yummy food!

We had to snowmobile in to the cabin- The girls thought it was great, and yes I have 3 week old baby Asher bundled up inside my coat! No son of Chad's is too young to go snowmobiling ;) Great food and good company at the dinner table

Sled racing

Asher did a lot of this

(isn't he a cutie)

Carmyn fell in love with snowmobiling

Paige wanted to try on the helmet too

Chad found a nice rack

:)

The best way to go sledding!!

Life at HOME:

Well the past three weeks have been good. We are all a little tired and life has slowed down a lot. We've been answering lots of anatomy questions about the difference between boys and girls and how milk is made. The girls are so in love with baby Asher. I love my slow simple life right now. I get to sit back and enjoy my children and pay attention to the little things that matter the most.

Asher is such a sweet baby and he brings a sweet little spirit into our home.

I love when they are so little you can stick them in a sink for a bath

We don't get dressed any too fast at our house since we don't go anywhere.

Rainboots and PJ's work just fine for our daily walk.

Paige has been especially busy taking care of her own baby while I'm taking care of mine :)

I am so thankful for my sweet little family!

Side note: I just have to add how wonderful my hubby is- We have a crazy busy little family and he is so helpful and good with the kids. Even with no sleep, a full time job, and building our house. I love you Chad!

Introducing............

Asher Jay Horne

6 lbs 13 oz
19.5 inches long

Born 11/4/11

We are so in love with this little guy!

Asher is by far my best newborn baby! He sleeps great, he nurses great, he is so alert and loves to look around. I wish I could cuddle him all day long and just stare at his perfect little features! We are so excited to have a boy! He's got a lot of his daddy in him- same hairline, same mouth, huge hands, and huge feet! Other than that I think he has his own little look- just like my girls. Funny that my kids don't really look alike. I love to compare how different each one is.



I have taken so many pictures and I really tried to narrow it down- but I'm sure there will be many more pictures to come!

Carmyn loves to pat his head and put her cheek on his face.
She always says- "He's so beautiful", "Hi baby brother", "What is he dreaming about?", "When can he eat cereal like me?", "Why does he poop so much?", "Oh look mom- he wants to sing wheels on the bus" (when his arms are flailing around), "Where did his big poop go?" (When he lost his umbilical cord), etc....

I love the mind of a three year old!

Carmyn is such a good big sister. She really does love him so much and is always so careful around him. I'm so grateful for how responsible and well mannered my little big girl is!

Paige likes to act just like her big sister so she has been really cute with baby Asher so far. She can say brother and baby and does a cute little soft voice when she softly pats his head. She likes to point out his eyes, nose, and mouth. I can't help but notice how much she has grown up in the last little while, but also how much of a baby she still is. We spend a lot of time cuddling so she doesnt feel neglected at all. Luckily she is fully entertained by Carmyn for most of the day.

the hospital events...

Baby Asher making his grand arrival!

What a wonderful moment- to hear your babys first cry.
Feelings of relief, joy, love, and gratitude that this little person that has shared your body for the past 9 months is finally here and safe. I know I will never forget that feeling.

What a little miracle....

The hospital was encouraging doing skin to skin contact right after birth which is something I didn't get to do with my girls. I really enjoyed it and I would highly suggest it to other moms. He immediately calmed down and it was a really neat bonding experience.

(Sorry if that was little TMI)




My labor and delivery went really well with Asher. I started having consistent contractions on Thursday night after doing some Christmas shopping with my mom. I went to bed thinking that they would probably go away- because they usually did if I laid down. Then I woke Chad up at 2:30 in the morning and said this has to be the real thing because they are not stopping and I'm really hurting! We called Chad's sister Kelsi to come sleep at our house so she could be there for the girls when they woke up in the morning ( Thanks Kels) and headed to the hospital. I was dialated to a 4 1/2 and my doc broke my water and checked me in. I delivered him 45 minutes after I got my epidural with only a couple pushes. Very nice and smooth- Just what we prayed for with this little surprise :)


Wow that's a lot of offspring in my bed! ;)

A very Proud Daddy!

Big sis needed a little practice holding a baby- we've been working on that!

The girls thought the hospital was pretty cool- the treats were probably more exciting than the new baby, they also loved to push the call light button and the emergency pull in the bathroom. Needless to say their visits where short and sweet :)

Loving my sweet little guy

Chad would like to note that our first big snow storm came right after Asher was born- he's pretty sure that its a sign that this is going to be his life long snowmobile buddy!

Just had to throw in a picture of how tiny he looked in his carseat on the way home.

and now the adventure begins......................................

Happy Halloween 2011

Halloween was so exciting for the kids this year! Carmyn knew she was going to be Repunzel for about 4 months before Halloween so she was thrilled when the day came that she could actually dress up and go trick or treating! Paige made a very cute ladybug and she mastered task of grabbing candy out of everyones bowls! I was praying all day that I didn't go into labor because that was the only day that I didn't want to have a baby! I didn't want my little guy to have to share his birthday with a holiday.

Chad planted pumpkins in our garden this year then he carved the girls names in them as they were growing so it looked like they grew with their name in it- I thought it was a cute idea :)

The girls at my parents house- They went trick or treating with grandpa T and had a blast~!

I think grandpa liked it too :)

Of coarse Chad and I had to dress up! I painted Chads face as a skeleton and apparently I did a little too good because the girls where scared of him for about an hour. Then they realized it was just daddy. I found my pumpkin costume that I wore when I was 2 and it fit perfectly over my huge belly! Cheesy I know- but the girls loved it :)

Speaking of my huge belly- here I am at 38 weeks

right before I delivered