Spring Training in Phoenix

It was so fun to go to hang out on the grass and watch the Cubs and the Mariners play.

Porter Jay

It was so fun to spend the week with Porter. He is such a cutie.

Michelle & Zachary

Zachary loves his little sister SO much. When she was born, Zach was sick so he didn't get to hold her. Now that he is better he hold her every chance he gets. He is such a big helper.

Hoover Dam

The kids were so amazed to see the Hoover Dam. I was more excited to see how they were so excited about it.

I LOVE these girls!

These girls have been my friends since I moved to Springville when I was 6 years old. Aubrey (Tanner) Cerny, Amie (Davis) Houser, and Sara (Thorn) Harward. It was so nice to see them. It's funny how we are all the same old 6 year olds...just in grown up bodies. It was fun to reminisce about our spontaneous trips and crazy times we had.

has anyone seen my camera....

Since I have no idea where my camera is to download pictures of our Phoenix trip, please go to Stacy's blog to see pictures she took.

Zachary REFUSED to put pants on today. He even came in and put pants on... just to go out and change back into his shorts in the garage. CRAZY KID!

My friend, Carrie just blogged about how awesome these warm days are. I have to agree, although I’m not about to go run 12 miles like she did. I know we are only in the 40’s but its awesome! We all have spring fever. Zachary just came running out in his summer clothes screaming…”I’m wearing these!” And Darron has already put the trampoline up. The kids have been jumping on the tramp and riding bikes outside all day! We even washed the van inside and out just to enjoy the weather. I told Ashlee yesterday that I have SPRING FEVER… she said, “I think I have it too, Mom. I do feel a little warm.”

Michelle Robbins

Michelle Robbins
Febuary 5, 2009
8 pounds 1 oz
21 inches
Click to see more pics of Michelle.

Michelle is finally here! And she is beautiful and healthy. I know babies aren’t supposed to smile for a few weeks, but she does… and I swear it isn’t just gas! She is such a happy baby. She has been sleeping through the night in her crib and wakes up once to eat. We are so excited and blessed to have Michelle in our family.

I was amazed that I was in labor for only 7 hours (Ashlee took 21 hours and Zachary took 19). I only had to push 3 times. The recovery hasn’t been too awful either. Woohoo! I’m still retaining a lot of water which is no fun, but I think it will go away soon.

Ashlee and Zachary love her. They want to hold her constantly. Zachary has been sick, so we make him wear a mask over his face when holds her. Its fun to see them bond and love her. Ashlee volunteers to change her diapers… and I am defiantly not discouraging this. When we were in the hospital, Ashlee and Zachary got to hang out and get spoiled by Grandma and Grandad. We really appreciate them for watching them for us.

We have been SPOILED by our friends. Tonight is the first night I will have to cook… I need all your recipes; by the way, they were DELISH!

Thanks to everyone for your love and concern. We love you all and can’t wait for you to meet her.

Darron's Soccer Game

Ashlee has the BIGGEST imagination. She could sit and play with her toy dogs for hours.

Darron "gearing up" for his game. They won today 10-6. Darron got a goal! These games are a blast to watch.

Lately, this is what I get when I a take picture of Zachary.

The kids love in when there cousin Porter comes over. They had fun playing hide and seek, horses, and playing with the balls. They took a break for apples and gram crackers. I can't believe how fast this cutie is growing up.

Zachary was so proud that he did this one with on instructions or help from mom. Good job Zachary!

Last night we went to Red Robin for dinner. Ashlee blinked on her first shot so this is what I got on the second....

Pregnancy Update

Fist of all, let me just say that I am so thankful and blessed to be pregnant. We tried for 3 years to get Ashlee and with this one it took us about a year and a half. It seems like every time I come to the realization that I just can’t get pregnant, and I’m ok with that concept (at the time) I get pregnant. When I found out I was pregnant with this one we were so surprised. Darron will tell you that I am the most inpatient person in the world. I want to get pregnant when I want to and I want to deliver when I want to. But we all know it doesn’t work that way. I have had my heart set for the last few months that I will be delivering next week. I was shooting for January 27th (27 is my lucky number), but Dr. Nance only induces on Thursday’s which is on the 29th. I am ok with the 29th, but PLEASE don’t make me go another day after! This week at my weekly exam I asked him if we are still shooting for the 29th. The look on his face told me I am in it for the long haul. He told me that that I was dilated to a certain number and effaced, that then maybe he would induce me. I told him that my body doesn’t know how to do all that. He thought I was joking, so he just smiled. He told me that one of his patients is going to deliver today and her due date was a week and a half before. So I think I am going to be pregnant for at least another year. I have another appointment on Tuesday so I’ll let you know if my body found out how to do have a baby. I can’t believe some ladies LOVE to be pregnant.

Oh! We do have a name picked out, but we can’t think of a middle name still. We are pretty sure we will name her Michelle. Of course we could change our minds when we meet her. Please advise if you have a great middle name that would go with Michelle.

Last FHE

Look who showed up for Family Home Evening last Monday. Lucy from Narnia and Spider-Man!

Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Darron made a track in the snow with the 4wheelers and then let the kids ride them around. I know it looks dangerous, but they were putting pretty slow. After we let them ride around in circles for awhile we took them for a ride up behind our house. I would like to say that it put me into labor... but I'm still here.

Puzzle Time

One of Ashlee's Christmas presents this year was a huge puzzle of the world. It was a great family project for all of us. It took us 5 days to finish it. And I can't believe that we put it away after all that hard work.

UPDATED!

I haven't been good at keeping updated on this, but I am going to better now. My picture taking has been at a slow too. But for the update on us....

We are all doing well and healthy. We had a great holiday season and spent time with family, which is are most favorite thing to do. Darron has taken up indoor soccer. He is on two soccer teams now. One of the teams is with his brothers that live close. They play on Saturday's and it has been fun to cheer them on on the stands. Mickey defiantly wins the cheering award. None of them have had bad injuries yet, but I think they are finding out that their 30's body is a lot different from their 20's body. They had a slow start, but now they look like a real soccer team. And they are winning! I will take my camera next time and try to post some pictures. He has really enjoyed getting to know everyone in our ward better. Every Sunday he comes home from his meeting and mentions how great our youth are or how giving everyone is in our ward.

I feel like I am going to pop any second. And my belly button is almost completely gone now. The kids are at counting down the days to meet their new baby sister. They have been dressing up there stuffed animals including diapers sometimes and pretending be the mom or the dad. I have purchased all my new work out clothes and work out tapes to get back in shape. Has anyone tried "The Biggest Loser" work outs? I'll let you know how they go. My goal is to get on a soccer team this season and not look like a complete idiot.

Well, I'm off to take more pictures. The kids and Darron are up on the mountain behind the house playing in the snow. Maybe if I get on the 4 wheeler it will help this delivery speed up a little more.

Scraping the Walks

I LOVE mornings like this. This was taken about two weeks ago when we had a huge storm hit us. I love waking up to all the mountains and the orchards around us covered in white. Darron loves the view, but is checking the classifieds for a great deal on a snow blower. We still have about the same amount of snow. We went up to Draper last Friday for the Draper Temple open house and I couldn't believe they didn't have any snow up there.

I can't believe I am putting this picture up. But I just wanted to let you know that we were up at 3AM in on Christmas morning this year. The kids kept asking when the sun was going to come up. Not for 5 more hours!

Ashlee's Christmas presents.

Zachary's Christmas presents.

LUKE 2

Mary and Joseph. They came up with their costumes and props with no help from mom. I thought it was cute that they ever found all the animals that would be appropriate for the skit. Then they put on the play for mom and dad.

(Hey Melissa and Amber...do you reconize that quilt?)

Manger Scene with homade stable

I found this at Sam's for $6. I thought it would be a good one for the kids to play with. Ashlee thought it was needed a stable so she made one out cardboard.