Easton James Black

Well as most of you know, Easton James Black has arrived! He was born on April 10th, at 5:33pm, weighed in at 9lb 2oz, 20 1/2 inches long and was very healthy! The labor was great although the delivery was a different story. Our little man decided that he was going to be "sunny side up" no matter what the doctor did and ended up getting stuck because of that and his large side. I pushed for over 2 hours and wasn't able to have my epidural for about half of that time. It was tiring, extremely painful, (had a LOT of stitches) but 100% worth it.

Easton will be 2 weeks old tomorrow and is an amazing little guy. He has a sweet, sweet disposition and is already sleeping very well for a 2 week old and is truly a blessing. I has said all the way through the pregnancy that I "just knew" he was going to be a really great baby and there was just something special about him. But to see that come to fruition is really an incredible feeling. I am so thankful to God for always knowing what we need and when we need it. I don't know that I coculd do the whole mom of three thing if he wasn't the way he is.

Here are some pitures of Eston. We hope that you all can meet him soon!

Love to you all!

Lemon Lady

April 4th marked the National Convention for Lemongrass Spa Products. The weather men were predicting a huge blizzard for that weekend, but I ventured on anyway. As it turned out, the weather ended up being fine and I was so happy that I went as I had worked incredibly hard the past year. At convention I was recognized for being one of the 4 women who had acheived the Spa Destination trip for 2009! I had over $15,000 in sales and recruited 9 women in 6 months to receive the trip. It will be an all expense paid trip for Jesse and I to San Diego, CA this June! We also get $150 to the resort spa for the treatments and then another $100 for spending on whatever we so desire. I am VERY excited! While at convention, I was recognized for being the top recruiter of the year for the nation and 4th in the nation for sales. Pretty cool. I am truly blessed to be able to work with such wonderful company and to be able to set my own hours, be creative and have a TON of fun while doing it.

Our first baby is 9 today, no joke!

Today is our dog, Zoe's 9th birthday! She is the first dog that was ever my very own. We got her while we were in Grand Junction visiting my grandma back in 2000. She is such a good dog and we love her lots! Carter really wanted to give Zoe a birthday party tonight. I think it was because he wanted to eat cake, but we indulged his request and gave her a little birthday party.

Carter's First Date

For most of you, you know that Carter's absolute best friend is Clahra. They have been best friends literally since they were babies. I have never seen two little kids play so well together and they really are like Forest Gump said, "Peas and Carrots."

Sadly for us, Clahra and her family are moving very soon to North Carolina to be with Roger as he is in the army and has been away for the last 8 months. Clahra will most likely not be here for Carter's birthday coming up on the 13th so she took him to Lil Mr. Bigg's for a birthday date. The two of them had a great time and played for 4 solid hours. Here are some pictures from there outing...I think they're just too cute!

2 weeks, 2 days, and Counting!

Well we are getting SO close to our due date and feeling extremely excited to finally get to meet our new little man. Our official due date is April 14th, but who knows if he will come early or late. I had an appointment on Thursday and my doc said from the way things are now, she is pretty confident that I will go all the way. I'm starting to suspect that he may be late, as Rylynn was late and I think Carter would have been too if I hadn't been induced. Never know though, and he may be early or right on time...all which would be fine with me. We are all ready and have all the gear set up and are just waiting to put him in it all and keeping the cats out. A couple of weeks ago, I painted the nursery and then made curtains for his window out of some of the same fabric that will be in his quilt that my mom, grandma, and sisters are making for him. These pictures are the best that I could get with out the light making the wall color look too neon. Enjoy!

Sledding Surprise

Yesterday we took the kids sledding. They had been waiting all winter long to go sledding and other than being able to go once in the mountains while visiting Lindsey and Daniel, we hadn't gone all year! The park down the street has a terrific sledding hill so we headed over there to have some fun. The drifts were incredible and the wind had blown all the snow onto the side of the hill creating a huge cliff off the side of the hill. The picture doesn't even come close to capturing how large the drop was. Below the "cliff" there was no snow on the grass. It was quite a site.

Rylynn took two runs along the side of the hill but it wasn't steep enough and able to give her a fast ride. So, we decided to let her try and ride the big hill and go over the cliff. (This video shows her on that ride)

She rode it with success and when she stood up we saw her with strange look on her face that very soon turned to crying. She started yelling that her tooth was falling out of her mouth. Apparently, as she went off the cliff she knocked her teeth together and it made her tooth ready to come out. Now, this tooth was already a tiny bit loose, but NO WHERE near ready to come out.

We decided to leave because she was so upset and bleeding. We hadn't been in the car more than two minutes and all of the sudden Rylynn shouts, " I pulled my tooth out!!!" So she got to go sledding and lost a tooth too, what a day!

We have a 6 year old?!

On Sunday, we celebrated Rylynn's 6th birthday!!! We could hardly believe it! She has grown up so much and yet is still our little girl. She had a Tinkerbell party this year and had the family and a couple of friends over for a fun-filled party. They played games, ate cake, had a pinata, and all sorts of fun. Thanks to everyone who was able to come and celebrate with us.