Kid Pics

My friend Lindsey is a great photographer. She was nice enough to come over and take pictures of the kiddos. I think she did a great job!
You can check out her work here: http://www.cheekyandtrig.blogspot.com

This is pretty much how our life is on a daily basis. Isaac is bugging/ hurting Leila constantly, Isaac is laughing and Claire is just chillin' or crying because of all the noise.

This was the last picture and Claire was not having it...you would never know though. Lindsey caught this just in time.

The girls.


LOVE this one. She is too cute.

The new addition

Things have been going really well with Claire. She has had jaundice and had to be in and out of the bili-bed, but I think that we may be getting over that hurdle now.
The kids love her and overall she has been a great baby.

Isaac is so excited that he actually gets to touch/ hold the baby.

Claire Elizabeth Fauver

Claire Elizabeth arrived about 2 1/2 weeks early on March 11th at 10:39 am.

She weighs 6 lbs. even and is 18 inches long

The delivery went smoothly...I started having contractions about 11:00 pm on March 10th. Went to the hospital at 2:00 am with contractions about 2 minutes apart. After being at the hospital for 7 hours I had only dilated 1 more cm, so they started pitocin. An hour later I was complete, pushed for 5 minutes (don't hate me...that is my gift to myself for putting up with months of preterm contractions) and then she was born. All is all it was a great labor/ delivery.
We are home and adjusting to life with 3 kids....crazy.

Yeah, I am not the type that looks amazing after giving birth...probably due to the fact that I always go into labor in the middle of the night.


My mom was able to be there for the birth...this was the first time that she was able to be there for the birth.
Visiting at the hospital.....Isaac kept wanting to give her kisses.
At home, Leila couldn't be happier.

Monthly post

I know that I need to get better about posting more frequently, mostly because I want to make blog books as scrapbooks and it will be a pretty lame book if I have 1 posting a month and that is it!


Brian's Birthday. We surprised him with some workout tools. I must say that he has been using them every night.


Brian's mom watches the kids in the morning when I work. This is what I walked into one morning when I was finished. They love playing hide n' seek in the storage room.
Pretty much looks like a fat man in a little suit. He love these Lightening McQueen jammies, but they just don't fit the kid. If he didn't wear diapers he would be exposing a pretty serious plumbers crack.

I was unloading groceries from the car the other day and Isaac got out his 4-wheeler to ride on. When I came back out he had found his cowboy hat and put that on too. He looks so stinkin' cute in that cowboy hat. We need to get him some cowboy boots.
Can ya tell he was having a great time?!?!? He is about to fall asleep on his 4-wheeler.
Next he got out Leila's suitcase and decided to take it for a walk. He is so funny.
Yes, Isaac is a naughty little boy...or shall I say typical boy. He dug through our junk drawer and found the only naughty thing that he wasn't supposed to have....a sharpie. He then proceeded to try to put it on like lipstick. He does this with all makers because he sees Leila and I using lipstick/ chapstick. He thought he was pretty funny.
Yes, I am aware of the horrible bedhead...problem is that he has two callics on the back of his head...so we need to let the hair grow long enough so that it will lay flat. It will be a long/ funny looking process.

Winter Fun...and a belly pic

We have had a great winter....

We went up to Paradise Utah and went swimming at the hotel...the kids loved it. Too bad Isaac ended up with a double ear infection and we and to come home early.
We also snowmobiled up in Paradise. I didn't go too far, but Leila thought it was great fun.
Isaac loves to play in the snow. The only problem is when we put his gloves on we can't get his thumb in the slot, so he can't really use his hands. But he is a trooper.

WE got this fire pit for Christmas and had to give it a try roasting marshmallows. The kids loved it.
Random pics.....

Should I be concerned? She loves to walk around in my black boots.
Nice bedhead!
Belly pic..probably the only one you will see. This was taken a few weeks ago at 30 weeks....yipee, I am almost done!

Christmas Festivities

We had a great Christmas this year. It was very magical for the kids, especially Leila.


Christmas Eve dinner was at our house. This amazing Coconut Cake was courtesy of Brian's cooking skills.

Isaac right before he went to bed because he was so sleepy.
Dad, Mom and Brian
Bob and Suzy
Tawnya reading the kids their Christmas story.


Christmas morning....this was Leila's favorite gift from Santa. She could hardly wait for her "Belle Barbie"
Isaac likes to sneak behind the tree and unplug the lights.
Leila got Brian the Pink Panther First Season, they are both excited to watch it.

Isaac LOVED his Matchbox Cars....

Santa brought this new playhouse. Isaac loves ringing the doorbell and answering the phone.
Isaac also got some of his own power tools. He thinks he is pretty big drilling this box.

Our pile of trash...I am glad we can at least recycle.
My dad got Isaac this little 4-wheeler power wheel. He loves it, but can't steer yet.
For Christmas dinner we went to Chaz and Tawn's for dinner. It was great. We were all well-fed and happy.

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL!!!