New Addition...still no name!!!

Here are a few pictures to introduce our new little guy to the family. He is definitely little. He weighed 6.1 and was 19 inches long. Labor was very quick and I was actually surprised at how fast that little guy shot out of there. Almost like the Doctor was taking a hike from the center. Farrah was a TROOPER. The epideral (?) didn't take in time so she did it "like a real woman" according to mom. She really wanted to push earlier and kept asking the nurse but they had to wait for the Doctor. He was honestly there a total of about 3-5 minutes before little man arrived. The nurse was telling her to wait and I thought Arden was going to kill the nurse. Farrah was ready to "get'r done". By the way...anyone wishing to have mom or Arden present in the delivery room better get used to them telling EVERYONE that walks in that they had ALL their children natural. Cue the background applause....anyways. Farrah told her mom that she will not be present ever again if she mentions it one more time. So, now Farrah can say the same. She was great. The Doctor that did the epideral came in later to apologize for not getting that working and said he couldn't speed it up. Baby and Farrah are doing great. He is a much better nursing baby than Raegan. It has been a wonderful last few days. Farrah is amazing and more beautiful than before. Thanks for all the calls and texts. I will put up some more pics tonight or tomorrow. Keep checking!!!

Playin' a little catch up...

Well, don't think this is the only new post...keep scrolling down and as you do you will notice I have put up about 3 or 4 new ones...trying to catch up. My computer has been down and I finally got it up and running again, so set aside a few minutes and catch up with us. We are finally back in Logan and we got a bike for Shawn the other day. He has been riding to work and back and loves it. But more he has been taking Rae out in the trailer and Raegan loves her bike rides. Thats how we get her to go to bed half the time is tell her she can go on a bike ride with daddy when she wakes up. We have been enjoying the weather and went to the DuBose's for more fun in the sun. She had a blast with the kids in the pool, on the slip n' slide, jumping on the tramp, and tapping into her creative artistic side with the sidewalk chalk. It was great. Lanonie made some home-made pizza that was magnificent and I took over a delightful chocolate neat treat with ice-cream. We didn't get home 'till 9pm and Rae slept in the following morning until 10:30!!!! It was wonderful. Also, I added some pics of Rae kissing her little brother and a little family pic...oh how cute!

More fun...

My little Pre-Madonna...

Well, I guess there is a first for everything, and because I wasn't able to get a sitter for Rae, she was able to experience her first pedicure as I was able to experience my first pedicure. Doesn't seem quite right considering she's 2 and Im almost 26, but what can ya do. Bug treated all the bridesmaid's to a pedicure and Rae came along and was great the whole time as the lady's polished her nails. She was so excited that the first thing she would do when approached by anybody was hold out her hand and then whip her shoe off to show-off her little toes....and say "nails so preddy"...SO CUTE! Along with the pedicure, she dressed in a princess dress for the wedding and she did not want to take it off. She loves to be fancy. We had a great time with Bugs wedding. All went well except for the weather...the only day of the two weeks I was there that it rained :( but it worked out. I was able to escort her through the temple as she received her endowments as well for her sealing and it was pretty neat. Im just glad I made it through myself without my water breaking or passing out. Anyhow, our stay was long (2 weeks) in Alpine as Shawn was off to California recruiting then to Washington to learn new coaching skills, but it all worked out perfectly as I would have had to be there anyway for a little support to my mom and Bugs wedding. Just a few pics from our long stay...enjoy!

Happy Birthday Raegan...our angel!

Finally Im able to tell you all what a special little girl we have! I know its been a few weeks since her birthday, but just a little low-down on the special day. Shawn and I were so busy on her actual birthday with Bug's wedding (my best friend) that we weren't able to celebrate her birthday until the next day. We had just a small get together with family and shared some cake, ice-cream, and presents. It was pretty funny watching Rae open her gifts, it was almost like she wasn't quite sure how to rip open the paper so my little sisters were more than happy to help her out. She was not a very happy camper cause she has woken up from a nap right before everyone arrived so as you can see in one of the pics, she had a very solumn and expressionless face the entire time she opened her gifts. It wasn't until everyone left that she was able to show her excitement. Thank you everyone for the special day and all the fun presents! I now have to express how grateful and blessed I am for having these last 2 years of my life spent every single day and night with my little Rae. My dad used to always say..."this is what life is all about" as he would smile at his kids and I never really understood that until now. Its soooooooo true. She gives me a purpose and joy in life that I wouldn't exchange for anything else in this world. I love being her mom. She is such a funny, vibrant, smart, tender and caring, fiesty little angel. I love her like I can't describe and the best part about that is I know she loves me! She is a true miracle in our lives and Im so happy to have the rest of eternity with her and my little family. I love you so much Raegan. You are just the Rae of sunshine in our lives!

Grandma Trudy's visit!

Grandma Trudy came to visit us one of the days she was here for Brooke's prom. It was so much fun to see her, and it was even more fun to see Raegan absolutely adore her. She was giving grandma so much love it made me laugh. She kept kissing her and hugging her, asking where she was when grandma was out of sight for a moment, she said 'hi gramma' about 500 times as well! She was so excited grandma was coming that when I told her as I got her out of bed that morning she started jumping up and down crazy in her crib. It made my little heart jump. Anyhow, here are a few pics of grandma's visit! Thanks, Trudy, for making that special effort to see us. We all love you and miss you and can't wait to see you again. You are wonderful!!!!!

Easter and more...

Im awful at updating lately...I apologize! It took me this long to post pics of Rae in her magical Easter attire. She looked beautiful and she enjoyed her little Easter gift almost as much as Shawn and I...candy is pretty good every once in a while:) It's always good to celebrate a holiday like Easter and this Easter I was able to appreciate the meaning of the atonement in my life in a different light...HOPE! I know its been taught...hope...but for some reason this Easter day it hit home to me and struck a light in my mind and in my life. I wonder how others without the gospel and knowledge of it get through certain trials, cause for me, that is the one thing I turn to and it gives me hope that 'this will pass'. Its a beautiful thing! Anyway, I thought I would share some of what I feel inside about the gospel and what it means to me! Aside from that little note, I have posted some other fun pics of Rae...cooking with mom (her favorite thing to do lately), attempting to ride a bike, bathtime fun, and more!

What a busy but FUN day!

This past Saturday Shawn left Logan at about 6:30am for his tournament at UVSC and soon after he left, I got Rae up, got ready, and headed out the door at about 8:00am. We drove down to UVSC to see Shawn's games and also got to see Heather and Brooke. Raegan couldn't stop kissing 'Brookie and Header' and every time she would spot Heather on the court she would say 'Header right der.' She thoroughly enjoyed her aunties that she doesn't see very often. We picked up Becca on our way down to Utah Valley and she got to hang out with us all day. After the matches, Brooke, Heather, Shawn, Raegan, and I went out to lunch at the infamous pizza cuisine...CPK! Yum! We departed from Heather and Brooke and made a visit to Aunt Elaine and Uncle Craig. We thought about putting Rae down for a short nap there, but decided against it figuring that a short 45 minute nap may make her more grumpy than no nap at all, so we enjoyed the beautiful weather and the wonderful company of Craig and Elaine. At 3:00pm, we headed over to the BYU soccer alumni game and I got to see a bunch of my old teammates which was so much fun. I obviously couldn't play in the game, but I got to hang out on the sidelines catching up on the lives of my old friends. There was a dinner following the match and at this point, everyone knew Raegan had no nap. She started getting pretty mean, so we quickly ate, said our good-bye's and headed back to Logan at about 7pm. I thought Rae would totally conk out on our way home and she did the second we got into the car until we dropped Becca off. She woke up and stayed awake for the remainder of the ride...and Im sure you all know how pleasant that ride was. Anyhow, it was a fun-filled day and Im so happy we got to see so much family. Love and miss you all!

Baby Animals Day!

Rae and I went to the American Heritage Baby Animals Day here in Logan and got to be up front and personal with the petting zoo and much more. It was great. Shawn and I have been pretty scared that one of these days Raegan is going to be attacked by a stranger dog cause she has no fear when it comes to animals...possibly because of Kaya. So, you can imagine her excitement at the petting zoo. She was not afraid of ANYTHING! Even animals that were locked up, she would stick her arm through the grates with grass in her fingers trying to feed them. It was fun to see her enjoy and freak out with each new animal she got to pet. GOOD TIMES IN GOOD WEATHER!

Taken after her daddy!

The other night Shawn played some basketball with other male athletic staffers...and he did pretty dang good. I was impressed! He got tired but everyone was surprised that he has never really had much time on the court. It was fun to get out and Raegan loved running around in the Spectrum...she runs around in a big circle over and over again asking mommy to 'run on da rack'...I guess she thinks she is a track star but in all reality she is pretty uncordinated when it comes to running. She bounces off walls and her chubby little legs are everywhere...man does she make me laugh. Anyway, on the way home, we stopped by Dairy Queen to reward Shawn :) and we all got dipped cones...including Rae. It was just a tiny free one and I didn't think she could do much damage, but I should've known better. Oh well, she thoroughly enjoyed it and was so disappointed when it was gone. I had to snap some pics of her loving her ice cream almost as much as dad! The other pictures are some from Alpine. I was there over conference weekend and we all took advantage of the beautiful weather. Nothing too exciting, just thought I would give a little update on life. Love you all and can't wait to see Brooke and Heather tomorrow!

Thanks Grandma Arden!!!

Alright, it's Shawn again. Well last week Arden came up on Thursday afternoon and stayed until Saturday afternoon. I would personalize a whole "blog" post to her but she won't read this. We do love and are very thankful she came. She brought Kobie and Alix with her. On her way up she bought two blow up mattresses. One was really nice which she left here for anyone and everyone to enjoy. Hint, Hint...Well Raegan was on cloud 9. She would not leave Alix and Kobie alone. They are great with her and seem to enjoy her just as much. They went to the zoo and we all went out to Cafe Sabor and did a bunch of other things. Good times!! Enjoy the photos!!

Raegan, Raegan, Raegan....

Raegan is learning more and more each day. Obviously it is all pretty entertaining. She tells Kaya to shut up (thanks Dad), started with her abc's, wants to hold Kaya, laughs when she farts and says "I farted", and now tries to talk her way out of going to sleep. She will tell you she is hungry or that she wants to read a book. She sleeps with Big Blue who dad bought for her. She loves Big Blue. She met him at the basketball games and while we are there she will watch him no matter where he is in the stadium. He gave her high five once and so Raegan will now give her stuffed Big Blue a "hi five" in bed. Dad loves to get her out of bed and when he does he sneaks his head around the corner and Raegan always says "Hi Dad."