She's HERE!!!!!

 Our third little one has finally arrived! She is so cute, we just love her, all of us. This is our Favorite OB ever, without him we wouldn't have our three amazing kiddos, we can't say how thankful we are for him and the Dr. that he is. He even came in while off call to deliver our little one, there was a Dr there on-call that could have done it, but he gave strict notation to call him if I was ready before his shift started and sure enough 3 in the morning he showed and helped finish up the process, seriously if all Dr. cared like he does.

 And here is our little one meeting her big Brother, James is so cute with her, he just says, she is so CUTE! AHHHH

 And meeting big sister. Addy is the most excited about the baby, she tells everyone, and says I just love the Baby Audryn. She is striving to be the best big sister ever and even prays that she will be able to be the sister her siblings need, so kind hearted that one.

 Our Sweet Audryn, She was born on Monday Oct 28th at 5:35 am, thanks to my hormone issues and fertility problems I still have trouble getting pregnant, thankfully my pregnancies are pretty good, and then I have trouble having the babies, my body tried to have her two weeks before she came, but failed, so we were induced like we have been with all our babies,I am by no means complaining I am so thankful to have kids, but alas it is a process we have to deal with,  but it went well and she is doing so good. She is our biggest baby yet  by almost a pound and a half, but she also is our first baby to not have to have photo-therapy for jaundice even though she does have jaundice and is very high on the numbers she is right under the cut off and is doing great at fighting it on her own most likely because she is a little bigger and eats like a champ and isn't being starved by a non-milk producing mom, we skipped that this time and went straight for the bottle which has been a good thing for baby and her ability to not have to be in the hospital for jaundice. Doug has been so good to take night feeding so I could rest and heal from it all which has been amazing he is such a good man. Audryn and I stayed two days in the hospital mainly to watch her billy numbers and then we came home to such a nice home coming, My mom and Doug had decorated for us to come home it looks so nice, we are still enjoying it. It was a very crazy week but we made it in fabulous fashion thanks to my parents who are AMAZING (my Dad broke his arm the day I went in to be induced, they were being the wonderful grandparents they are and came to see Addy in the Primary Program at church, she did so good, even if half the ward was confused that she loved the world she lives in because she can help her mom and baby sister, still just weeks before I was to have Audryn people were shocked to find out I was pregnant, anyways my dad had to have surgery on his arm after falling at the church, thankfully he is doing better, but even with the fall and broken arm he has been helping out with our big kiddos, see what I mean amazing) and the fact that we have been blessed with the BEST of friends that love our children and are so helpful and such a part of our lives our big kids didn't feel a bit out of sorts or like things were strange because if they were not with us they were still with people that just love them and are a huge part of our lives, it is nice to have friends and family that are so present. I am sure there will be oodles of more pictures to come.  I am so glad she is here, we just adore her.

Audryn Renee Wild  (her middle name is My Grandmothers, her first is one we just love)

All Hallow's Eve Fun!

 So Knowing we were set to have a baby sometime around Halloween we were quite thankful there were oodles of Halloween Activities happening the Saturday before the big day.  On Friday night we had a pumpkin party, we carved pumpkins that we had picked at the store, as the ones we grew in our garden were little due to that crazy storm that wiped out our garden, we used the little ones for painting and learning about the life cycle of pumpkins they are easy to cut in half, but we found some large ones for carving. James wanted nothing to do with touching the pumpkin goo??? But Addy did great with her gloves on, We had a pumpkin shaped pizza for dinner, and then we made pumpkin seeds and pumpkin cookies to take to all our friends, surprisingly the kids loved the cookies and the seeds. They never cease to amaze me.

 Our pumpkins found their way out to the stoop the kids are so excited for Halloween, they really love this fun time of the year.  Below our cookies minus the cream cheese frosting, YUM! One of my favorite recipes

 On Saturday the plan was to walk my pants off, and that we did, trying to help baby along, We started at Cabella's and did their Halloween festivities complete with trick or treating, We had a Mr. Bones and  a Firefighter that day, I painted James costume the night before, he was super happy with it though, the cutest thing ever was him explaining to Doug that without bones we would be blobs, so glad he is learning in coop, They had a bones unit and that was part of the book, he can also point to the smallest bone in his body round about where it is and the largest.

 After Cabella's we went  to Story time at Barnes and Noble they do a Holiday one on Saturday that is cute, with Halloween festivities. Then we headed to Boo at the Zoo and made a few laps there. We went home for quiet time and then headed out to our Ward Trunk or Treat and Halloween party. It was a very busy day, I was so glad I got to do some of the Halloween fun with them though, We are all just kids at heart in our home, I love it all as much as the kids do, it was really fun

 Addy's preschool being religious in nature did a pajama party for Halloween rather then costumes, Addy



wearing her jammies all day she thought it was great! she picked her favorite jammies and then even wore them to go trick or treating with Grandma at the downtown festivities that day. The kids had parties on tues, wed and thurs, which was a busy week, but just loads of fun, who knew Halloween could last a whole week and not get old?

 On Halloween day the kids went as Skeletons, all three of them, a sneak peak there of our newest addition, Doug painted Addy's bones and I did James, I found Audryn's at the store so she would fit in. They were adorable together all three of them. The big kids are so into bones right now

 Doug dressed up as super Dad to take the kids trick or treating and to a party at his Boss's house They had a fabulous time out , Audryn and I stayed home and handed out candy we didn't have a ton of trick or treaters but some

 James had two other costumes besides his bones costume a pirate that I threw together at the last minute from our dress up box and a Builder that he wore twice but Dad dressed him and took him to his parties so no pictures????? Still impressed Doug had them dressed and to their parties on time so can't complain about the missing pictures.... And last but not least our little pumpkin, in her Pumpkin shoot. Yes we still take pictures of our kiddos their first Halloween in a pumpkin, even if they are only days old. another sneak peak at our adorable little one

Hope you all had a super Halloween, we sure did, What a fun time of the year!

Field Trips

 Both Addy and James Coop groups do field trips which I love! We are so blessed to have such fun friends that work so hard to make coop so good. James group went to the pumpkin patch/corn maize. The kids had so much fun and it was a blast to have our friends there, they were playing gourd tick tack toe, it was a little more like gourd take a square and a turn then tick tack toe, maybe next time, LOL

 My Doug is so amazing, we rarely if ever go somewhere and he doesn't end up with extra kiddos in his arms, look close that isn't our James riding down with him, one of the other little boys in coop was having a hard time and he just decided Doug was going to be his friend, he hung out with Doug the whole time we were there even refusing to go with his mom, the more the merrier, we love it.

 The kids thought the tire horses were the best, it was hard to get them off them, they had so many fun things for the kids, a cow train, corn texture box, teepee's, water games, corn tossing, the maize, a spiders web, I am sure I am forgetting things oh yes the pig racing, it was so fun, could have been a little warmer, but otherwise no complaints. What is fall without a chill right?

 I am telling you what a Dad, I couldn't do much by way of the activities given I was 8 months pregnant, but it really didn't matter since Doug is just that good!

 We took Addy's coop on a tour of a house being built, we were learning about building that day and had all kinds of fun, her group is much smaller then his, but it is kind of perfect for her age and needs. The kids thought the house was so cool, our kiddos are not strangers to construction by any means but it never seems to get old which is probably a good thing, Addy is getting really good at reading blue prints which makes Dad quite proud, she even noted on the blue print I had for our activity that it wasn't a very good house because there was only one bedroom, no room for kids, She was right it was the main level of a two story and I only had the one level so it looked like the house was meant for no kiddos and that would just be a crummy house.

 A random picture of Doug, James and their snowman, we have had snow a couple times already this fall and now that Halloween is over the kids think it is time to kick it into gear for Christmas, funny kids. We will be making a countdown to THANKSGIVING to help them stay focused....

 More of the field trip to one of Doug's houses for work

 October was fire Safety Month and we had a unit on Fire and being safe, including introducing fire man sam,which the kids are completely engrossed with fire that is. We went to the fire station with Jim's coop we had such a good time they had a show for them on safety, they got to tour the fire truck and parts of the station

 and the best part was spraying the fire hose. the kids talked about that for quite some time. Addy was lucky enough to get to go to another fire station the next day with her preschool Grandma volunteered to be her chaperon that time so I don't have any pictures. Addy also with her preschool got to volunteer at the hospital doing visits (they do it every month for service, I LOVE that) They went to a local store that had a pumpkin patch and straw maize they got to do fun crafts and pick out pumpkins Addy thought they were so nice to let them pick out pumpkins at the store and not have to pay for them. I agree it was quite nice of the store to invite them in and they had a field trip to a park to play in the leaves which Daughter like Mother may have been her most favorite part of  all the field trips, We do love a good pile of leaves to jump in!