Bekah Piano Recital 2010

I am so proud of this little girl!

She practices all the time, and she has only been playing for a couple months.

She was a little too short for the bench-so dang cute!

Happy Holidays!

Oliver says Merry Christmas, couldn't you just kiss on that face all day?

Me too!

Fox Family Reunion

This last week my whole family came into town to stay at the Running Y Ranch to have an early Thanksgiving and a little family reunion. Trae and Tabitha (who is pregnant, YIPPEE!) drove to Portland and picked up my brother and mother and came in to town (10 hour drive) Then Toshya, Craig, their daughter Mckayla and Zachary drove in from Utah (12 hour drive). We had the very painful drive of about 20 minutes to get to the Ranch. :)

Here are just a few pics from the fun long weekend...

Bekah and Mckayla-lots of fun to have a cousin to play with!
Went out to Crater Lake and froze our buns off in 19 degree weather...well those of us who got out of the car. I may be the only sane one in my family, staying in the car with the buns warmer on full blast!
Can you tell Chad is cold and that Zachary is a giant man child? When did that happen? I cannot believe how much bigger he is than Chad...unbelievable!
My sweet angel boys sleeping-100% brothers through and through. I think it is hysterical that they are both sleeping the exact same way, but opposite of each other-this is about the only time that they are not competing in some way.
It was such a fun trip and I am so glad that they were all able to come out and have such a fun time-thanks mom for the very many awesome memories!

Oliver's Blessing

We blessed Oliver on Saturday the 20th of November up at Running Y Ranch with my whole family around and a few of our very closest friends. Chad gave him a beautiful blessing, though Oliver screamed through the last half of it...he's such a momma's boy...Oliver, not Chad. :)Oliver Smith Hewlett we love you baby!

Oliver

Oli Wolli Doodle

Still enjoying this kissable little face!He is super smiley and fun...
...and just so...be still my heart...he's mine.
Pure bliss.

Sly

Don't let this cute little face fool you......four seconds after this, me and his one month old brother were spitting out sand.

Spankings and tears followed after his sly grin and giggles as he ran away.

Yes, this warranted a spanking.

Such a little poop.

Good thing he is cute.

More Oliver

We are so enjoying our new little Olly bean. He is so sweet and kissable.

Porter would be permanently attached if he could. He is super frustrated that he doesn't have the "equipment" to feed him...he's pretty sure mom is just being selfish to be holding him all the time.

(Maybe I am..how could I not be?)

Here are a few pics from the hospital and a few of the kids giving him some love.

Baby Oliver is here!!! This post is a day late....SORRY....
Oliver Smith Hewlett was born September 23, 2010 at 4:54 pm at Sky Lakes Medical Center. He weighed 8 lbs 11.5 oz and was 21 1/4" long. About 4-5 hours after he was born he had trouble breathing and was given medication, an iv, and a tube down his throat to retrieve air out of his stomach. He received an X-ray Thurs night and it was thought the port between the ventricles of his heart had not closed yet, the X-ray Fri. morning showed perhaps the start of pneumonia. The Dr. thought he just had extra fluid in his lungs from the amniotic fluid. It turns out that the fluid was the correct diagnosis, however the Dr. treated him with anti-biotics to be safe. Oliver will be able to come home Sunday morning and is doing well. He still has an IV, but this is just precautionary and he and his mother are doing great. Enjoy the Pics...

Hacked by Chad

Large and in (pain) Charge

I know I need to update this blog more of what is going on in my family-but I am tired. The end.

I went to the doctor today and I am supposed to be a little less than 33 weeks along.

I am measuring past 35.

I have had 2 ultrasounds that put me actually a week under my due date-so technically I should only be less than 32, but they decided to keep my original due date.

I will have another ultrasound next week to see if this baby is part giant, or if I just have lots of extra fluid in there.

Nothing about this pregnancy has been like the others though...so...

I had my glucose test yesterday...a little late since we've been so busy, and so has my doctor.

Turns out my levels are quite high.

Never has happened before-now I have to do a 3 hour test, after a 12 hour fast in two weeks...if I make it that long.

Hopefully I don't have gestational diabetes.

I guess I better lay off the m&m's and ice cream.

This baby is a mover and a kicker...all the time.

Good for him, he is very healthy.

Bad for me, my ribs are very messed up.

I have not had an even minuscule amount of good sleep in weeks due to aches, pains and....contractions.

Not little, oh am I having a contraction? Braxton hicks type contraction-NO!

More like holy free holies, my uterus is a brick and I can't walk, talk or breathe normally for more than a minute.

The wake you up in the middle of the night, slap you in the face, am I dying? Kind of contractions.

Still, I know I am not in labor-but I don't think it will be long off, and neither does my doctor.

Also I am nesting.

To the point that I can see people thinking I'm insane, but I can't stop myself.

I am on a liquidation mission at my house, everything must go.

All closets, furniture and rooms must be rearranged, organized and pretty much alphabetized.

It is so bad that I even emptied a church closet on Sunday and stayed after purging and organizing it to a state of perfection.

Everyone just stood back and looked at me with scared expressions on their faces.

I am finishing every craft project I have put on the back burner, because for some reason I feel like they need to be finished immediately.

I am pretty sure I have lost it entirely.

Oh and I'm angry.

Like Incredible Hulk angry.

I will snap at anyone and anything, so watch out.

I can hear myself yelling at my children, I can see their scared faces wondering if I am actually going to turn green...and yet I can't stop myself.

I have never felt this out of control in any of my other pregnancies or in any other time of my life.

I am completely insane.

I need this baby to wait until at least the first of September...

August has camping trips, lots of school work and lots of cleaning still needs to be done before I can start even thinking about giving birth.

He will wait at least that long right?

Tell me I'm right....

...Or I'll get angry.

You won't like me when I'm angry.