Things I'll never see again

I recently got our camera stolen from the diaperbag I left at the playground. The sad thing is it had quite a few pictures of things I wanted to post, but have been putting off...like

The empty containers of spices that Jacob dumped into a pan. He was hosting one of his many cooking classes while I was helpless nursing...his concoction included: left over mac and cheese, nutmeg, vanilla, orange extract, almond extract, parsley flakes, and red pepper flakes.

The picture of Jacobs face after tasting said concoction

Jacob sitting on the potty fully dressed and reading

Pictures taken while my family was visiting for Keith's blessing!

These are a few of the things I won't see again:

Also my family's dog Budd E. who passed away last week.

Baby's first photo shoot

My mom and me with a camera, my bed, some blankets, a basket plus the darnest cutest baby ever and you get...

Welcome Home

Friday my brother stopped by our home with his family and they were there waiting for us when we brought our baby home. YAY! It was fun to see them again, and a blessing to have Gabe there when Teancum woke up with a high fever. Ryan and Gabe administered a blessing to him (a big blessing since we had just brought home a newbie).

Gabe and Becca didn't stay very long because they had to get to Colorado Springs, and after they took off our adventures really began. First off Teancum threw up. Then at bedtime Keith refused to sleep in the billibed (he has jaundice); in fact, he would scream himself red if he was set down at all! Danette stayed up rocking him all night long, waking me up when he needed to eat. Then at 4:00 Jacob woke up, when Danette tried to get him to go back to bed he threw up. Ryan got up and lay down with him, and he threw up again. So by 5:00am both boys were up, both with fevers watching a movie.
Later Ryan sanitized the bathroom for me and Breanne took Keith so Danette and I could rest some. Ryan watched Keith and Jacob so us girls could take Teancum garage sale shopping, Danette and Breanne watched the boys so Ryan and I could take Keith to get his billiruben tested. Ryan watched the (big) boys so we could all get naps. And the whole day went so much smoother with Danette and Brea and Ryan there to help out and take turns with the kids. I was definitly blessed by having my mother-in-law and Brea there to help all week! THANK YOU!
Oh, by this morning the boys were feeling so much better that we let them be close to the baby. Teancum has been excited about being a brother since before we brought the baby home so this was big for him. Enjoy some pictures of our increased family.

Make a Smilebox photobook

Ryan Keith Maxwell

Announcing the birth of Ryan Keith Maxwell! YES, he's here! :)

After a quick trip to see my brother Andrew and the rest of my family (pics can be found on my sisters blog) we decided to be induced on wednesday and made the trip to the hospital. So the day went like this

7:50 arrive at the hospital

8:00 get set up in our room

9:00 induced (I'm already a 3.5)

12:00 still waiting

4:00 Dr. Breaks my water (I'm a 5)

4:30 get my epidural

5:30 start pitocin (I'm a 7)

7:46 Ryan Keith makes his appearance

21.5 inches long...and so big that he broke his left clavicle on the way out :( But we are thrilled to have him here

1,000 words- sleeping babes

1,000 words about Jacob

A need for more dates.

Ryan and I went out to eat tonight...we haven't been in a little while which was obvious when...

1. Ryan tried to share his glass of water with me
2. We were leaving and Ryan opened the kids doors first and didn't realize his mistake until I pointed it out.

I'm thinking we'll have to try another date before too long so we're not so out of practice next time around.

Silly Silly Boy

Jacob has a lot of silly little quirks that I love. For example he graduated from pulling books off the shelves to this: