Random Saturday Pics

For any of you who don't know, this is our dog Maile. She is 3 years old and purebread beagle. She is also pregnant.

Yes, I did say PREGNANT. Since purchasing her we always said that we were going to breed 1 litter and then get her fixed. It has taken us this long to do it. She is due to have puppies somewhere around the second week of June. Beagles gestation is anywhere from 58-63 days long. Wow, wouldn't that be great!!

If anyone knows anyone who would like to buy one of the puppies, let us know.
She is starting to look a little like a cow with udders...especially from a back view.
And here is Neelah today. In trying to get her to wake up we thought that if we just un-bundled her and laid her flat on her back that would do the trick. We were sadly mistaken. Girlfreind just wants to sleep for hours in the afternoons. The only problem with that is that then she is awake until 11pm. "Silly Neelah" Finn would say.

Cake Batter...YUM!!

So last Sunday mom was making this cake for dinner and Finn decided he wanted to lick the bowl...literally! This was after he had licked the first beater and before he had even had breakfast.
Unfortunately, you can't see the cake batter in his hair or really any of it smeared all over his forhead etc. If only it had been chocolate, then it would have shown up better. Maybe next time!

Grandmas

Grandma Sharlene and Great-Grandma Alene.

doesnt' get any better...

Do you think Camden is enjoying this Smore that Nate so graciously made for him?

More S'mores

Jeff and Sydney
Amy and Syd

Hot dogs and s'mores

Here we are yesterday up Millcreek canyon. The Watsons and the Rossi's bbq-ing hotdogs and marshmallows. To the left we have Amanda, Camden and Jeff. Below is obviously Eric and Finn. It was quite a job keeping these two boys away from the fire. Camden entertained us with his yelling of "I gotta go PEE!!" He really just wanted to run down the path to the bathrooms.



















This is the whole spread. What a great idea Sharlene!!

Saturday Morning

Miss Neelah loves to hang out on the changing table. Who knows why...she just loves it. We can always get her to coo or smile when she is there and usually she poops if she hangs out there long enough. Here she is on the changing table upstairs (which is actually my dresser) checking herself and me out in the mirror.
So Adorable!!
All dressed and ready to go! Too bad we didn't have anywhere to go to!

More Pictures

Here we have Tyler, Alex, Janae, April, Amanda and Nate. Congrats to April and Nate who officially set a date to be married, July 3rd!!! Way exciting!
Every time these two get together, they have to wrestle! Ty calls Eric fat and Eric always pins Ty. They always laugh the whole time.
Grandma Colleen and Neelah. You can see the beadspread that mom made for Finn. Thomas the Tank! He love sleeping in his big boy bed "all by self!!"

Blessing day ... 2nd try

Four generations here! What a great picture. Me, Grandma Colleen, Neelah and Mom.
Grandma Sharlene and Neelah. What a proud grandma!
Finn and cousins Averie and Reagan. They had so much fun playing together.

What a Beauty!!

This is Neelah at one week old. Since this picture was taken, she has gained 3 lbs!!! What a PIGGLET!! All she wants to do is eat and let me tell you, the calories she is making me burn to produce milk is so worth it!!
She has started to smile at us and it lights up our days!! There is nothing better than seeing a baby smile...something so precious and true about it...I don't know what exactly but I know I love it.

Finn and Grandpa Rick

I know it is hard to tell but Grandpa is actually holding a play-dough figurine of Maile. Very creative on grandpa's part. Play-dough is Finns favorite past time and he would play it all day long if we let him.
We took these pics last weeken while at grandma and grandpas house. Grandpa took Finn out on the tramp and they had a blast! This is a great action shot of grandpa falling down.
Here they are, exhausted, after jumping for at least 30 min. Maybe it was just Grandpa that was exhausted!

Neelah's blessing day

Today we blessed Neelah. Here she is in the dress that many of the Watson girls have been blessed in. This is 4 generations of first daughters. Grandma Colleen, Mom, Neelah and myself. What an amazing thing it is to have family to rely upon and look to for support. I don't know what I would do without my family. They are amazing!
Here is our happy family. I still can't believe we have 2 kids! Then again...I believe it every time I wake up at 3am to feed Neelah.
Here is the whole fam...from left to right: Alex (Janae's bf), Janae, April, Neelah, Nate, Mom Dad, Eric, Finn- Tyler, Amanda and me. We are missing Alisa, Anne & Andrew and their kiddies. We miss them so much and wish they could have been here for this day. Eric and Ty spent the afternoon wrestling and trying to kill each other. When do these boys ever grow up? It was so nice to have everyone over.

The Kids

Since today is going to be a very nice, sunny day...I decided to dress Neelah in this cute little sun dress. She has been pretty happy the last couple of days. She is getting good at letting out all that gas! She actually woke us up yesterday morning by tooting. And then this morning as we were saying the prayer over breakfast, she decided to let one rip and Finn just had to announce it to us all, as if we couldn't hear it for ourselves. :) How so much stink can come out of something so cute is beyond me.
Here is Finn pre-clothing. He likes to stay in his jammies all morning. Actually, he likes to stay in his jammies because then he doesn't have to have his bum changed. Wierd child. He has begun to tell us as soon as he poops that he needs a clean bum but if it is just wet, he will wear it all day long.

I guess I have to apologize, I didn't mean for this blog entry to be all about bowels etc. Oh well.

The Weekend

On Saturday, Finn and Eric decided to play in the tent. We bought this at ROSS about a month ago and it has been a big hit ever since. Finn is just about too tall for it if he stands up inside. He takes his trains and books in there and entertains himself. Here we have Finn and dad inside the tent, reading stories.
Ya-ya and Neelah. We are SO BLESSED to have mom around!! What would we do without her? What would Finn do? Since Neelah has joined our family, Finn has been following Ya-ya around constantly since she is the one who will pay attention to him. Poor kid. Poor mom.
Here is yet another testimony to why I don't like late church. Finn fell asleep in like 60 seconds.

Sydney Rossi's bday party

Okay, so I bootlegged these photo's off of the Rossi Blog but they are so cute and I forgot my camera so this is what you get. Just like Amy says in her blog, yes, it does look like Finn is downing a beer but it IS just orange soda...I promise. :) Finn has learned to sing happy birthday and he often sings it to his trains. Here are the kids just before the candle blowing. Camden was so anxious to blow out that candle!! The cake was so yummy and Camden immediately removed the Reeses on the top and put them in his mouth. We love it when the Rossi's invite us to their events, we always have so much fun.
This is Camden and Finn on the teeter-totter. They finally grasped the concept of how it works and had a blast. This was mere moments before Finn had his melt-down and Camden started torchering him. They better get used to each other, they don't have much of a choice. No, usually they have a great time together!

Getting used to having a new baby around...

Like I said in the other blog, I LOVE it when Neelah is awake! Although you can't tell in this pic, her hair is really curly on top...not so much on the sides. Both Eric and I think her hair is turning more and more auburn as the days go by. Wishfull thinking? Maybe but it just might be true!
We were trying to get Finn to hold Neelah but he didn't want her next to him. He has his moments, sometimes he insists on holding her and others it's as if she doesn't even exist. He is really helpful when I ask him to bring me her blanket or burper. He is constantly concerned that she wear a bow in her hair. All in all, he is adjusting quite well. I am working on making sure he gets his one on one time with Mommy. That is harder than I thought it would be.
Mom and I love this pic...she has such a goofy smile! It was one of those random accidents that we caught it on camera. Isn't she ADOREABLE???

Easter pics

This Easter we had a chill family dinner at our house. Easter was actually my due date and I was SO GLAD that I wasn't prego anymore. Plus it was fun to show off the new baby. Here is Great-grandma Colleen holding Neelah. She was one of the few to get to hold her...I am still a little leary about passing a new baby around. It's okay, you can call me O.C.D. I love this pic because grandma and Neelah are just looking into each others eyes. I love it when she is awake.
Mom made all the kids these bunny ear hats. Finn has insisted on wearing them to random places since. He hops around the house and announces that is is a bunny. The kids had fun searching for easter eggs that I hid around the back yard. Even though it was cold, they had fun. This pic is of Keaton, Averie, Felicity, Finn and Reagan. Only Gabe and Neelah are missing. Maybe next year they will graduate to being old enough to have bunny ears...

Week 1 in the life...

Such a princess!
Finn needed some special attention too so Ya-Ya gave him his bath and spiked his hair.
Love the moments when she is awake!
Pucker up Daddy!
Neelah's first bath. She loved it and only cried when it was time to get out.