She's the Queen of the Cutie Pies!

I seriously can't get enough of this little girl! She makes me soo happy! Most of you know that when I found out I was pregnant with her I freaked out just a little, but now I can't imagine what life would be like without her. She is 2 months old today! Can't believe how time flies. She is a great baby, she loves her sisters already and they love her. She sleeps at night, which is totally awesome. She has the sweetest smile in town, serious. And those dimples just make me want to squish her. The above photo was taken by Abby Kyhl of A&K studio design.

More pictures to come. I suck at blogging. Jason graduated from SUU - yay! I need to post pics from graduation. But, if you know me it may be another 2 months before I get those up. Ava is a Kindergarten grad :( Growing too fast! Savannah is on her way to 3rd grade and just had her 2nd grade program tonight and did an awesome job.

The newest member of our family

Introducing . . . . ALEXA MINER! Yes, it's another girl and we couldn't be happier!

Alexa was born Saturday March 20, 2010 at 8:07 a.m. weighing in at 7 lbs. 8 oz, 20.5 inches long. She's perfect!

I went 2 days over my due date. I was pretty miserable considering my other kids were born earlier than their due date. I only took one picture to document my misery . . . .

Labor was fast and I'm glad I was able to do it on my own. Since I was overdue we were going to have the doctor break my water on Friday, the 19th but labor and delivery called saying that all the beds were full and they didn't have room for me. About midnight Friday night or I guess saturday morning I started having contractions. We waited about 3 hours to go to the hospital until they were about 3.5 minutes apart. I progressed fast, so that was good. My doctor was sick and so someone else was covering for him, Dr. Newman. I really really liked him and I'm glad he was the one on call. He took really good care of me. This is the 2nd time that happened to me with Dr. Gatherum, he's an awesome doctor but when I had Leah he was on a fishing trip and wasn't there to deliver her either. It was fun not knowing what we were having. Everyone in the delivery room was excited to see the sex of the baby too. Jason played a huge part in my delivery as well. He was able to strait cath me twice once before the baby and then once after the baby. The doctor let him deliver the placenta, he said if he would've known beforehand that Jason was in the nursing program he would've let him deliver the baby too but he didn't find out until just after she was born. Jason was really confident and seemed to know what he was doing. We were not surprised when she was born and it was a girl! I was not disappointed at all, I love my little girls. Little Alexa is just soo sweet. I cried the first time I held her. There is nothing like the love of a baby. It's amazing how much you love them, even before you know them.

They have a new thing at the hospital where the dads get to bathe the baby right in the mother's delivery room after they are born. They've only been doing it a little over a year, it was the first time I've seen one of my babies bathed right after birth, it was awesome.

The girls were all so excited, Leah wasn't sure what to think when she came to the hospital. She wouldn't let me hold her or anything. I think it must've scared her to see me sitting in that hospital bed. She was really confused.

After our 2-day hospital stay and right when we were getting ready to come home we found out that the baby had a high level of jaundice and wasn't going to be able to leave the hospital, she needed to be under the bili lights for 24 hours. I ended up staying an extra day with her, I was ready to go home for sure but it was nice to get the rest I did.

Coming home . . . .

Thank you to my mom and dad who have helped me this last week SOO much! My mom stayed with the kids, took them to school and dance and other various activities. Thank you to all the people who brought in meals. It has been a huge help to me. It might take me a while to figure out what I'm doing with 4 kids! Overall, I feel very blessed. So thankful for sweet little babies who remind us how precious life is!

Worst Blogger in the World!

I've really let my blog go, I guess I just don't have much time anymore and it will probably get worst now that I have 4 kids. I neglected to make a post about Ava's 6th birthday and that is really bad. Ava is such a sweet girl and a total diva. For her 6th birthday she got to bring 3 of her friends to Funtime Inflatables. That was an experience, not sure if I will do a birthday party there again or not. She had a fabulous birthday. We're glad she's part of our family!

Ava with her poster she got to take to Kindergarten for her birthday.

Birthday party!

Funtime Inflatables - this was the part when she was actually having fun. The first hour we were there she was crying so hard! Too many big mean boys bouncing the little girls around.

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Christmas and Savannah's 8th b-day!

Our Christmas break was very long, all of the kids and Jason got sick with a 24-hour flu bug, but each person had it twice so we would go one day with one person throwing up all day or night, be ok for a day or two, and then someone else would get sick with the barfs. I guess I should be glad that they weren't missing school, but we didn't really get to do anything too exciting because of it. I was the only one who didn't get it! Santa did find us and everyone was really happy on Christmas day. Jason turned 34 on Christmas Eve - man is he getting old or what?!? Savannah and Ava in their Christmas Jammies.

Leah in her Christmas jammies - man she's so cute!

Savannah had a Christmas program at her school and she got to shake the jingle bells while her class sang and she was quite proud of herself.

Savannah also turned 8 on the 28th of December. I cannot believe I have an 8-year-old! Where does the time go?!? She had 2 friends come with her to "The Princess and the Frog". I think she had a pretty good day and she is looking forward to getting baptized very soon. If you ask her what the highlight of her 8th birthday was she will tell you that her Aunt Anna gave her a perm. She has been asking for it for months now and I must say that she looks pretty darn adorable with it. I don't have a picture of her with it yet, but I will take one and post it soon. It has been so nice and easy to do, I even love it! She loved having the "salon experience". Thanks Aunt Anna for making her feel so special!

And I finally finished Leah's Christmas stocking! It took me too long not to share and post pictures! And I didn't post any other pics of Ava so I will post this one because she is such a diva! This girl is constantly singing and has taken quite a liking to Taylor Swift, really I think she might be a diva someday!

We saw our baby for the first time yesterday . . . .

But we didn't see any of its "gender parts". That's right - since it is our last we are keeping it a big surprise. Things look good though and the little jr. was just as lively as could be.

Most of the time he/she had his/her leg up like this just hanging out. He/she must be pretty acrobatic!

Toes to kiss! Even though I'm scared of my ability to take care of 4 kids, I got a little excited when I saw this cute little thing.

On a different note, if you scroll down you will see our Halloween pics. I entered Jason's into a photo contest and he won the category for "funniest" costume. Hey - I got a free 8 x 10 out of the deal.

Halloween Happenings!

Halloween was a hit as usual! We like Halloween at our house.

Savannah was a wizard

Ava was a "Diva"

And Leah was a cute little piglet

Jason was dressed like a girl

And I went as myself . . . . A witch!

Suprise!

Well, I'm sure almost everyone has heard the news by now, and I know I am not all that great on keeping up with my blog (like anyone reads it anymore), but in case you didn't know - Yes, it's true - we are expecting our 4th baby in March! This has come as quite a surprise for us, a shock actually. I am about 17 weeks along, feeling good, I haven't been sick. Mostly, just trying to get used to the idea of having 4 kids, and 2 of them only 21 months apart! I hope I can handle it all, and in case you were wondering - this is the LAST Miner to join our bunch. And, I won't be sad if it's a girl!

Our kids are so excited, Ava has been super sweet to me and worried that if she's naughty it won't be good for my baby.

Savannah has been coming up with names, some of them a little crazy. Yesterday she was thinking of the name Stella and Emma.

Leah, well Leah is just at a fun age right now and I am loving it. I love it when she says "Mom", it is the sweetest sound. I'm sure it will be hard for her to have to share the limelight!

Ava's first day of Kindergarten!

Watch out, she's in Kindergarten now! She was really scared for her first day. She cried all morning long because she did not want to go. This didn't give me an opportunity to be sad, in fact after that morning I was ready for her to go! But she really had fun when she got there and was so excited to go the next day.

Savannah's first day of school!

Today Savannah went to second grade! She was too excited to eat her breakfast and she was all smiles as I walked her to the school.

Random Stuff

I can't believe that summer is almost over. We have been keeping busy with kids in swimming lessons, tumbling, and summer preschool. We've had lots of fun with cousins sleeping over and birthday parties with friends, and we have been to St. George a couple of times to their new aquatic center that is so much fun. I think they need one in Cedar for sure. Here are some random picture to share.
I love this picture of Leah, she hated this life jacket so we didn't leave it on her that long.

Jason and Leah at the Aquatic Center.

And She Walks

So I have been really lazy with my blog lately and not posted anything for a while, but for documentation sake I need to post about little Leah. She finally took her first steps on August 4th, just less than a week ago. She is still really wobbly and is still practicing walking from couch to couch, or if Jason is home she practices walking from me to him.




And My favorite thing about the first picture is Jason's face in the background. He has this little girl spoiled to the core. She is definitely daddy's girl!

We love that little Leah girl!

Putting a plug in for myself!

K friends, I need a favor. Please go to mommymodels.blogspot.com and vote for my shoes (#13) on the right side of the blog. I know my shoes are not the cutest pair, not even close, but keep in mind I wasn't planning on having my pics taken, I was there for my daughter's photo shoot. However, the winner gets a family photo shoot (a $475 value) and I could never afford that - we haven't had a family photo since Leah was born. You have from now until July 31st to vote - so please vote for me! Thanks!

Happy 1st Birthday Leah!

Happy Birthday Leah! We can't believe it was only a year ago that we welcomed you into our family! A year ago today we got our new baby and new house all in the same day - it was so fun. We have enjoyed having Leah as part of our family, I don't remember what we did without her. She is a spunky little gal! Her sisters are so much help and love her so much.

Toothless Wonder!

She finally lost her two front teeth - and all in the same week!

Fishin' at Yankee Meadows

Last weekend we took the kids up to Yankee Meadows with my family. It was soo much fun. I think that Yankee is my favorite place to go, it is so pretty and the fishin' is usually pretty good too. We did take the poles and fished for a little bit, but Annie was the only one catchin' anything. We roasted some weenies and marshmallows and just had a good ol' time. Can't wait to go campin!

Picture Overload! This is Annie with her fish that she caught. Below is a picture of my mom with all the grandkids (minus Savannah) and Jason roasting his weenies :) Thanks dad for taking us. It was so much fun!