What?? Moving again??!!

Yes, we are moving again. Our original plan was to pay rent through the summer so we could come back to this house in the fall after Eric's internship in VA, but our rent situation in this house has gotten rotten :( I'll spare the details, but we don't like renting through the school and we can no longer afford the monthly rent. So we've decided to save over $5,000 by not paying rent over the summer for both here and VA. But unfortunately we don't have a cheaper alternative lined up yet for when we get back from the summer in VA. And now I'm scrambling around trying to pack everything we need for the summer and the rest for storage. At least I have 2 weeks before we leave and Eric will be done with finals on Tuesday and will be able to help out.

So sorry I don't have any new pics up yet. Give me a few weeks and get ready for a huge incoming of my cuties because I have been having way too much fun taking pictures of my angels!!!!

Mommy's shoes

My favorite shoes are also my daughters favorite shoes. But I think they wear them more that I do.

Bath Time Fun

When Kallyn was a new born infant she was very colicky and sometimes the only way we could get her to calm down was to hop in the shower. For the first month it was the only way I could nurse her, too! She had the tendency to spit up EVERYTHING she ate immediately after she ate. So she would still be starving and I would be entirely empty. So I was irregularly engorged for the first month of nursing until her little tummy got used to working properly. But until then every time she nursed my milk would let down and I would become a fire hydrant of milk spraying with such pressure that even the nursing pads couldn't catch any of it! And, as soon as she was done on the one side she would immediately spew every ounce back up at me and make me smell like sour milk. So to avoid all the mess I would hop into the shower to nurse her.

Needless to say, Kallyn got used to taking showers very early in life. Then, because Kallyn was such an excellent big sister to Allison (always super willing to pick her up and hold her) I could never leave her alone as a baby. So if I wanted to shower, I had to put her (baby Allison) in the tub with me. So both my girls have rarely taken baths and now that they are older they really enjoy taking showers regularly.

Brielle - 4 weeks old/one month!

Brielle is so strong! She already holds her head up. She was born just like her sisters - head up, eyes open, and ready to take on the world!!


Any family resemblance? I can't tell who she looks like. I think she looks a lot like Eric's dad, but beyond that she's a perfect mix between Kallyn and Allison.




Oooh! I love the sweet curls and arches when babies stretch.

Good morning little one! I have so much to look forward to every morning waking up to this! Yes, by the morning time she is in bed with us. It's just been so hard to gat any sleep at all with the girls staying up so late and having to get up to pack the house! And I can't bear to give up a cuddly morning!!

Kallyn holds Brielle every morning. She will do anything just to get a few minutes of Brielles morning goodness!

Sweet pics of 5 weeks old.

I caught a snapshot of her sweet dreams grin! She chuckles all the time. I know I'm going to miss it so much when she stops.

Streeeetch!! Stick that little bum up there!

She is out!!! Even with all the posing she still slept peacefully. I really want to get newborn portraits, but when am I going to find time to make time to get it done? I guess these will have to do.

Again, good morning little one. I can't help it!! I love the morning snuggles with this angel!

What would I do without my baby sling? Isn't she adorable all snuggled up to mommy?

The LDS idea of partying in Graduate School

Students ready for a break from finals...

BBQ Grills...

LOTS of food...


And lots of fun!!!

3 weeks old

Brielle is so alert now and is starting to interact with us. She watches us as we move around in the room. She's trying so hard to smile when she wants to. She still needs to be swaddled to sleep and of course loves to be cuddled up next to daddy when he's home. She's taken her first bottle and Kallyn has had the honor to feed her, Can you tell she's excited about that!!

Play dough and creativity

Both these girls are very creative and good with their hands. Playdough is one of their favorite past times and here's what Kallyn came up with. Often it's food realated (like cakes, berries for pies, sandwiches, pizza, and cookies), but she is slowly branching of to other sculptors. Like Mr. Potato Head!

Happy Easter!!

Kallyn insisted on a Glitter coloring kit (big surprise there!). NEVER again!! It was messy, and the glitter didn't stick to the eggs very well. I think we'll go back to the basic coloring kits! But for a while it looked blingishly beautiful!

The Playgroupies

Thomas, Quentin, Allison, Finnley, Boston, Jacob, Andrew, Selia, and Kallyn

Bunny Pancakes- a super yummylicious start to a hopping good time at our ward's Easter Activity.

A special visit from the Easter Bunny! Allison was very hesitant, but we got in one good picture of her smiling! You'd never know she was freaking out ten seconds before this was taken.

Barister's Ball 2009

Once upon a time...

Barister's Ball, April 2009

It's always a great time when you can escape the routine of three kids for a special date as sweethearts!

Our friend Alex

Posing with the beautiful Eeming and her Date David

Ben and Megan, John and Laura, Eric and Jan

Jenny and Dave

Alicia and Dan

Brett and Emilie - the Lovely Lady in Red

Tyler and Eric

Miranda and Dave

The Law School Groupies (notice the goofball in the middle giving his buddies bunny ears!)

Couples Left to Right

Michelle and Ross, Dave and Jenny, Brett and Emilie, Eric and Janalee, Alicia and Dan, Erinn and Trent, John and Laura, Miranda and Dave

Another great and fabulous time at the Ball

...And they lived Happily Ever After!