So Blessed

We were so lucky to have my in-laws come out for Adilynn's baby blessing. We absolutely love having them here. We had a great time together, we didn't do a whole lot, but it was so fun just to be with them. The kids were on cloud nine and they got spoiled the whole time. They flew in on Thursday night and we just went around town and played the whole weekend. Then on Sunday we blessed Adilynn in church. I was so glad that Doug's dad was here to help give the blessing. Doug did such a great job, everything about it was wonderful. Adilynn was so good the whole time too. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa for coming, we miss you so much!
Here are the pictures!
The Beautiful Baby!

Sisters and friends forever!
Grandpa Larry and Grandma Lyda

Proud mama
Proud papa

The kids wore their Easter clothes the same day we blessed Adilynn so I had to post how cute they looked!
They are best buddies...most of the time!
My boys!
He is going to be a heartthrob when he is older right?

It's a great day to be alive

My birthday was last month and I couldn't help but thinking about how thankful I am that I am alive. I am 28 with the best husband and four kids in the world. And I have wonderful family and friends. I am so blessed in my life. Happy late birthday to me. Thanks for all the calls and gifts and messages, they really meant a lot.

These are the beautiful flowers Doug gave me. I love that man.

Adilynn ONE MONTH

Here is Adilynn's one month photo shoot! My poor boys might be sad when they get older and realize that their sisters have WAY more pictures than they do. I guess that is what happens though, you take more pictures of your first and last right? Or am I just trying to justify it?

Brielle's Sixth Birthday

Well, I am only a month and a half late on posting this but better late than never!
Back in March Brielle turned SIX!! (I know I cant believe that I have a six year old.) We had such a good birthday celebration. She started out the festivities when my mom was in town. Then the next week we took Brielle, Benson, and three of Brielle's friends to the movie theater to see the Princess and the Frog! (Such a cute movie, it is a must see). I made them treat bags to have while they watched the movie and they loved every minute of it. Then we came back to our house for cake and ice cream and presents. Brielle loves these three friends and she just kept saying that it was the best birthday ever. This is one of the reasons I love her, it was super low key and not a lot of planning but she is so happy with simple things.
The next day was Sunday, her actual birthday and she had requested that Doug make his special chicken and Alfredo pasta! MMMM! It was so good. Then we had ice cream and she opened her presents from us and the rest of the family. It was a great birthday. Thanks everyone for all the calls and presents, she kept telling me that she felt so special, and isn't that what a birthday is all about?

The princess castle cake, made by your truly! She LOVED it!

Blowing out the candles

The beautiful birthday girl!!!!

Brielle with her darling friends!

Of course the boys wanted in on the photo shoot, here is Benson.

And my cute Parker!

One of her friends gave her a hula hoop, so they had a little contest!

Then Doug decided to put on a little concert to serenade the birthday girl!

The kids were cracking up and loved dancing to the rockin music, good thing he is so talented!

Just look at that all-star pose!

If Only.....

If only I could be like my most amazing, wonderful mom. She truly is the definition of charity and Christ like love. I love her so much and I am so grateful for all she has done for me throughout my life. After Adilynn was born she came to take care of me and my family for 12 days. She never stopped working the whole time she was here, even though she just had knee surgery 3 weeks before. She cleaned, did laundry, played about a thousand games of Simon Says, and read about a thousand books to the kids. She was a shoulder to cry on, and a great sounding board for my struggles. We loved having her here. It was the fastest 12 days of my life. Parker still wakes up in the morning and asks, "Where is Grandma Dee?"
I don't know if everyone could say this, but my goal in life is to be like my mom.

where are you my friend?

The friend I am speaking of is sleep. I have missed him so much lately. I am hoping that he comes back to me soon. Then I will be motivated to blog, and do other necessities. Check back, maybe there will be a new post, and that means I have rested.

Happy One Week Birthday!

I can't believe my little babe is already one week old! I cant help but take thousands of pictures of her. She is so perfect and is so far the best baby ever. She is so happy when she is awake, she is a great eater and is even sleeping pretty good. I had to post some new pictures for all those who live so far away and cant meet her in person. She already looks a little different, but is still so beautiful!




This last picture really shows off the dark hair!! I love it!

Adilynn Diane Rose

We are so happy to announce the birth of Rose baby number 4! She was born February 15th 2010 at 1:06 pm. She weighed 6 lbs 10 oz and was 20 inches long. She is absolutely perfect and looks just like Brielle except for the fact that she has dark hair!

The whole experience was amazing. Here is the story.... I started having contractions on Saturday morning. They were coming every 5 minutes and I was already dilated to a 3 so we felt like we better head to the hospital. When we got up there I was still a 3 and the contractions kept coming. I was at the hospital for about three hours, and nothing was happening, so I just decided to go home. All day Saturday the contractions were pretty regular and it kept going this was on into Sunday. I had to speak in Sacrament meeting on Sunday and I am convinced that Doug said a prayer to keep me out of labor just so I had to give the talk. By Sunday night the contractions were starting to hurt worse, but they were still only about 5-7 minutes apart. (I really didn't want a Valentines Day baby anyway.)

Monday morning I woke up and started my regular laundry routine and cleaning the kitchen. I was talking to my mom on the phone and the contractions were getting to the point that I couldn't talk. I called the doctors office and told them I thought I was in labor and they told me to head on up to the hospital. Around 11:30 I called Doug and told him to meet me at the hospital, and called my neighbor to drive me up there. By this time I thought I was going to die!!! I was hurting sooo bad and the contractions were about 2 minutes apart! My biggest fear was that I would get to the hospital and I would still be a 3...but I was pleasantly surprised. I went into the triage and they said I was at a 7!!! They hurried me over to labor and Delivery and got me hooked up to everything. The nurses kept asking if I wanted an epidural, but I really wanted to go "all natural", so they called the doctor to come in. My Dr. arrived and went to go break my water and he discovered that I was a 9 going on 10!! This was it!! I only had to push three times and Adilynn was born safe and sound! I really was one of the most amazing experiences I have ever had. I am really grateful that it all turned out the way I wanted it to. Don't get me wrong it was rough, but so worth it! So far everything is going good. My recovery this time has been the best by far. I feel so blessed. It is an amazing feeling to have our little Rose family complete, and I couldn't be happier. Here are some of the pictures!

This is right after she was born

The sweet little girl!
Just the Rose girls!

The whole entire family!

Benson and Adilynn

Parker and Adilynn
Benson and Adilynn

The two sisters! The resemblance is uncanny!

Finally....

By popular demand I am finally posting a pregnant picture of myself. I was trying to avoid it because I always look back at these photos after I am done and realize how big I was! But here it is, take it for what it is worth, I am exactly 37 weeks in this picture.

I also have to note the haircut. I usually cut my hair when I am preggo, but this time I definitely cut it the shortest. I had it cut about a month ago so it is actually a little longer, but you get the idea. I had 8 inches chopped off so I could donate my hair to the Pantene program. They make wigs for women with cancer. So there it is, the picture is posted. Hopefully within the next 3 weeks you will be seeing some REALLY CUTE pictures of a little baby girl!!

SNOW FUN!!

So it has been a while, but I thought I could actually post some pictures of the fun my kids have been having. Brielle was out of school for a snow day a couple of weeks ago (I know you westerners will not understand getting out of school for 2 inches of snow, but here in the South that is the way it goes!) So we decided to try a little ice sledding down our neighbors driveway! The kids LOVED it! I think Parker was the biggest daredevil of them all.








They played hard and this is what they did a few hours later because they were so tired!