Time to re-decorate!

I have this fetish with constantly changing rooms and moving furniture around! I just can't seem to stand things being boring or feeling boring! Anyways, when we were preparing for Ande, we moved my office out into the living room and turned the garage into a game room! Well, now that I will be working from home AGAIN, I have decided that I need my own space again AWAY from everyone and everything! So I told Tony that I want my office moved out into the garage as well but on the opposite side of the game area! Then we will put the living back the way we originally had it. It was more open than it is now! Also, I asked him if he would make a book shelf to put in the living room for all of the our books and the kids books! He said yes! YAY! Totally excited, can't wait to start this project!

Then, for the kids rooms, lol, I am going through ALL of their toys and getting rid of the ones they don't play with. I am also buying bins that will be labeled for all of their different toys! For instance, Michael has about a million dinosaurs so we will have a dinosaur bin! Same with Joseph and Channing!

I guess it's just my new thing! I am trying to get organized like I used to be before I had 4 kids! Anyways, that's it! I will try to update after the New Year and Michael's 4th birthday!!!

Merry Christmas!!!

This year for Christmas, all the kids were gone except for Ande! The boys were with their daddy and Channing went to California to see her mom for the first time in over a year! So the house was very quite! Also, due to the economy, Christmas was alot smaller than usual!
On Christmas Eve, my brother and his little family came over, and one of Tony's buddy's from work came over! We had lots of YUMMY snacks and hung out! We watched Star Trek, the boys played X-Box 360, and after my brother's kids went to bed, Santa came and put out all the gifts!
On Christmas morning, I woke everyone up to open presents! YAY! Everyone loved what they got and around 11, we had our BIG Christmas breakfast! After that, we went and picked up the boys, came back home and opened presents AGAIN!!!
After all of that, we were all extremely tired so we took a little nap while Joseph and Michael played with all of their new toys and Madagascar video games! Later that evening, we drove around to look at all of the beautiful Christmas lights!!!
We hope that everyone had a wonderful Christmas!!!

Ande at 2 months!!!

2 months old!!!

This is Ande at 1 month!

I can't believe how quickly time has gone by! My little Chubsy Wubsy turned 2 months on December 22nd! So here are some things that he is doing now!

* He holds his head up very well now!

* He smiles when I talk to him or smile at him, and if I say, "Ande, where's mommy's smiles?" He smiles really big! LOVE IT!

* He coos and makes sounds when we talk to him.

* He is staying awake more and so car rides are getting to be a little bit harder.

* He goes to bed at 9:30, and doesn't wake up until about 2 AM! YAY!!!

* Every night he falls asleep in his swing while I relax in the bath.

Ande is such a sweet little boy and we all love him so much! His older siblings love to help mommy, but sometimes they help TOO much! LOL! Poor Ande doesn't get any rest when they are around!

1 month old and a Blessing

My sweet little boy turned 1 month on November 22nd, which is when he was blessed. Since Antonio is a convert to the church and does not yet hold the Melchezidek priesthood, my dad is the one who blessed him. My family, my best friend Tarah and her hubby, Antonio's friend from work and his wife, and our friends the Christensen's all came for his big event.
I can't believe my baby is already one month. He wasn't due until December 4th, but well he is here. He has been so much fun and is such a good baby. His nickname from my dad is little billygoat, because he makes so many noises and really sounds like a goat. It is so cute. I just wish he could stay small forever!

Happy Thanksgiving

This year for Thanksgiving my mom, dad, Aleah, Caleb, and Kaprial came and stayed at our house, which meant for my little family that we were going to get an AWESOME Thanksgiving meal! Mom made tons of cakes and pies, ham and turkey, my favorite rice, green bean casserole, gravy, and mashed potatoes. It was absolutley delish! We had the missionaries over for dinner and played board games. Then mom and I took a nap. Later that evening, we all went to see New Moon. It was so much fun and I loved hanging with my family. This was by far the BEST Thanksgiving I have had in about 6 years!