Newborn Photos

Earlier this week my mom helped me take some adorable pictures of Audrey.

Baby Audrey

I am a terrible blogger. Four kids is a lot of kids and I find it difficult to find time for myself, let alone blogging. However, my sister lives a thousand miles from me and needs to see pictures of my new baby girl. Who knows, maybe this will stat a new trend of occasional blogging; or not.

Meet Audrey Louise Jacobson. Born February 10, 2011 at 7:25 am. She was 7lb. and 20 inches long. She is perfect and we love her!

Quick Update

I'm short on time, so no pictures today, but I do have a bit of exciting news to share. Two pieces of information really. The first is that I'm pregnant! The Baby is due in February. And the next order of business is that we will be moving back to AZ in a few weeks. Mark is transferring to ASU, so we get to move closer to family. We are really excited about these changes and also nervous. We are also super busy with packing and trying to find somewhere to live. It also doesn't help that I'm sick and just getting out of bed is difficult, so needless to say, not much packing has gotten done yet. We are excited for the changes though and hope to very productive over the next few weeks. Hope everyone is doing well.

Ryder's Walking!

Ryder has started to learn to walk. It's fun to see him take his first steps. He falls a lot, but he always gets right back up and tries again.

Mother's Day

Mother's Day is always a great day for me, but this year was extra fun. Dallin is finally old enough to do things for me instead of Mark doing everything and saying the boys "helped". Dallin decorated a flower pot for me and planted a flower in it. He also made me an adorable card and a host of other things in primary. What a fun thing for me as a mom. Another highlight was he is finally in primary and was able to go to the front to sing. He seemed unsure and only sang a little bit, but for a sunbeam any singing is good, right? We had dinner as a family and then we had to enjoy a popsicle outside since the weather has been so nice. 

Michael & Jennica's Wedding

For Spring Break we went to AZ for Michael & Jennica's wedding.

What a cute group of cousins. Elliot, Landon, Steven, Dallin & Ryder.

What a cute couple.

My mom got a few good pictures of our family. 

I don't want to brag or anything, but check out the cute skirt I made for the wedding. I had no idea I had sewing capabilities of that nature. Right now I'm working on this killer red dress. We'll see how that works out for me.

April

April has been a fun month.

Out of nowhere flowers popped up in my front yard. I didn't plant the bulbs, so they must have already been there. What a pleasant surprise. 

We had some friends over to decorate Easter eggs. the kids had a lot of fun.

On Easter we went to the Crandell's house for dinner and an Easter egg hunt.

Harrison, Elliot, Steven, Dallin and Landon.

It's very rare that all 3 boys sit still at the same time.

For Easter I made a strawberry mascarpone tart and a cheesecake. Both very yummy.

It's been getting warmer outside so the boys get to play in the yard quite a bit. Check out the "popcorn" on our tree. 

Yesterday was my birthday. After dinner we hung out in the back yard. I'm so glad it's starting to warm up again.

November

I really should post more often, but I still don't have a desk so I have to kneel down to use the computer and that is too painful to do for extended periods of time. Unfortunately, I have not been very diligent in taking pictures. That means I don't have much to show for November, but here it is anyway.

Mark turned 30. Are we really getting that old? Yes.

I saw this cake in the Martha Stewart Living magazine years ago and cut out the recipe. I knew I wanted to make it, but wanted to wait for a special occasion. It didn't turn out as I had envisioned, but I think it turned out pretty well. Plus it was really yummy.

Steven turned 2. I wanted to be more ambitious with his cake, but we were really sick for 2 weeks and I could hardly make a cake. He was happy with it and that's all that matters.

I have tried to make french bread numerous times, but it never works for me. It's always flat, but I followed the instructions this time and it actually worked. Plus it tasted good.

Ryder started solids. He seems to like them, but he is not a fast learner. He spits it out, blows raspberries constantly and doesn't eat very much. I'm hoping he gets better at it quickly.

It snowed and Mark and Steven built a snowman. Dallin said it was too cold to go outside. I agreed with Dallin.

Mark said the snowman looked angry. He probably just knew he was going to melt later that day.

We had girls night and went to see New Moon. We had pizza and lots of fun. I can't wait for Eclipse.

Update

Things have been crazy the last 2 months so here is an update for anyone that might be wondering. 

I am not good at moving. My house is still not fully unpacked and may never be. But we like it here and we have made new friends so life is good. 

So everyone can catch up with us here are pictures and brief descriptions of everything we have been doing the last couple of months.

Mark with the boys. Everyone is getting so big I can hardly believe it.

Yesterday I took Dallin to see Toy Story and Toy Story 2 in 3D. He loved it, but refused to wear the glasses. I had a lot of fun and am excited for Toy Story 3 this summer.

Check out my little smurf.

Ryder has been so smiley lately. He has decided he doesn't want his pacifier very often. Instead he would like me to hold him. Smart kid.

Mark customized our master bedroom closet for me. Before it was one rod on each side and I couldn't fit anything in there. This is much more functional and I love it. I have been able to unpack so many more of my boxes, which has been great. What a great husband I have.

Mark put in hanging rods, shelves and lots of shelving just for shoes. It's so nice.

Dallin is daddy's little helper and Mark let him hammer some of the nails. He had a fun time helping daddy.

I have a friend who is having a baby so for her shower I sewed this nursing cover. I didn't know I was capable of such a task. It turned out really well. Go me.

Steven no longer has any dietary restrictions and he is loving it. Here he is eating pudding. I think he likes it. Ha ha.

Ryder learned how to roll over on Monday, October 5. He rolled from back to tummy first and then from tummy to back. He is the only one of my children who has done that. He was able to accomplish both on the same day. What a smart kid.

Conference weekend we built a lego tower al the way to the ceiling. It even stood by itself for a minute. Dallin thought that was great fun.

Dallin started preschool. I joined a preschool group with some women in the ward. I'm really excited for him and he loves it too. He asks to go to preschool all of the time. Last week they went to the pumpkin patch and he picked his own pumpkin. I get to teach for the first time this week. I'm crossing my fingers it goes well. I've never done anything like this before and I'm a little nervous. I'm sure the kids will have a blast though and they won't care what I do.

The leaves aren't falling off of the trees yet, but Dallin is practicing for when they do.

Ryder gets bigger everyday and I can hardly stand how cute he is.

We also got a new toy for the yard. It is the first time the boys have had grass and they love it.

Camping

A few weeks ago we went camping with some friends. The weather was fantastic and so was the food. There were even horses that someone had brought camping and they were nice enough to let us pet them.

Sam helping Dallin feed the horse.

Ryder all bundled up.

Dallin had a blast with this stick. Kids can be so easily amused.

Ryder and me staying warm.