We've been busy busy busy!

A lot has happened in the past few months so I think I'll just put it all together in a nutshell and post pictures...they're more fun anyways! Although when I went to put my card into the computer to download all the pictures, a ton of them got erased by one of the stinker butt Mitchell kids :( sad sad day. My fault though for leaving the camera in 6 and 4 year olds arms reach. So most of the pictures are from my phone, not the best, but they'll work.
*Easton is growing right before our eyes.
*Halloween - fun
*McKall turned 6! We took her, Wyatt, Hallie, and Leyla to Jumpin Jacks and McDonalds...fun fun!
*Thanksgiving - Delicious food and shopping madness!
*Easton had his 6 week well child check and was/is healthy as ever...weighing in at 13 lbs. 6 oz. - way to go Easton!!
*McKall got sick and it turned out horrible yet again. :( The poor little thing had gastroparesis, (her stomach was paralyzed) it was in no way fun AT ALL...in fact it was the worst 3 1/2 weeks of our lifes. She threw up and had diarrhea so much that she lost like 5 pounds. My heart broke for her, but we got through it like always and she is doing great! She is one tough little girl! Dr. Rosenbeck said she is going to give us gray hair before she is even dating, and him too! LOL!
*Wyatt turned 4! We took him, McKall, Ryker, Kaden and Preston to see Alvin and The Chipmunks - super cute movie!
*Easton is still growing way to fast! Cant believe he is already 14 weeks. He sleeps like a champ, from 10 to about 7 or 7:30...it's FABULOUS! My favorite thing is waking up to his huge grin every morning. His chubby cheeks are still so KISSABLE...love it! McKall and Wyatt cant get enough of him. They (McKall especially) love to help with him in anyway they can!
*Christmas - spoiled kids and awesome family time! Breakfast at Rachel Maggen's is always my fav, it was DELISH! Chandler and I gave McKall and Wyatt leap pads and Easton a cute little thing for him to lay on and look at himself (what the crap do you call them??)...which he loves. It has some cute music and sounds! Santa brought them (Chandler too;) an xbox kinect...some of the games can be a workout for sure...phew!
*New Years - Fun P-A-R-T-Y at aunt Jan's house!
New Years resolution - there are too many things I need to work on so let's just say, to be a better wife/mom/daughter/sister/friend.
We are looking forward to 2012 and are excited for what it has in store for us!
Nuff said...enjoy some pictures....




This is a weird picture but look how big and hard McKall's stomach would get when it was paralyzed....sad


Ha ha!





Easton loves his baths!

Halloween....


Rachel Maggen looked awesome...


The only picture I had from Christmas...:(

Story time!

I dont want to forget anything about my delivery with Easton and it's a must to tell the whole delivery story, right?!
So I had it in my head that I was going to have an October baby and I wasn't about to let him come early...I totally jinxed myself, and Easton had other plans. September 27th I woke up feeling pretty darn good and went to work. As the day went on I started feeling a few pains...NO, NO, NO, not yet!! I sat my butt in the chair all day long and tried not to move around too much. I left work early to go home and put my feet up and I didn't move the rest of the night. I layed in bed tossing and turning with horrible pains till about 3:00 am. I finally woke Chandler up and told him I couldn't take it anymore and that he needed to get me to the hospital...NOW!!! He called my mom to come stay with the kids and off we ventured to welcome our sweet baby into our family...it was an adventurous delivery for sure. We got there and I was dilated to a 7 so they got my epidural right away. I layed there between contractions thinking ok it's working, but it wasn't, dang it. They gave me more medicine but all it was doing was making my left leg horribly numb. By this time Dr. Bailey had broken my water and I was almost complete so they couldn't take out my epidural and try again :( I had to be tough like the women that do this stuff without medicine...I was scared out of my mind, I know I'm a big fat baby! I got through it, with a few bumps in the road, (which I could not have gotten through without Dr. Bailey) but I did it and the biggest thing...Easton was here safe and sound and sweet as ever!!

Now, he is sleeping through the night, he is always smiling, he is so easy going, he does the sweetest little cooing sounds, and he's a little chunk! I could seriously kiss his cheeks all day long. I could not have asked for a better third child. He melts my heart and he is just growing so fast. Before I know it I'll be reading this to him and he'll say, read it again mom!! Makes me so sad to think about :( It's like he's been a part of our family forever...WE LOVE YOU EASTON, MORE THAN YOU'LL EVER KNOW!

11/11/11

I know I'm super de duper, way far behind on the ol' blog, (I'll update soon, hopfully) but I HAD to do a post on 11/11/11. Craziness that it wont happen again for a thousand years!! Check out this sweet picture Rachel sent me. She said she just happened to glance at her phone at work and this is what is said.....

Pretty sweet eh!! I thinks so!!! :)
PS the Mitchell kiddos are doing fabulous and our little Easton isn't so little anymore...makes me sad! :( Crazy how fast they grow...pictures to come!!

Picture overload....

of 3 crazy cute kids! My cousin Nicole took these pictures for us a few weeks ago! She did such a great job...when I first seen them they brought tears to my eyes...they seriously melted my heart! I love them all and I just love these 3 knuckleheads more than anything!

He's here!!!!

Our sweet baby, Easton James, made his way into our family on September 28th at 8:59 am. He weighed 7 lbs. 3 oz. and 20 inches long. We are so excited to have him in our family...he fits right in and looks just like the other two kiddos. Our hearts have grown 3 times as big now...he is so stinkin sweet and handsome as ever...







I know I look terrible and totally exhausted in this picture but everyone else looks cute....despite Wyatt's XXS pj's. LOL!

I know my face looks terribly chubby in this picture....well, because it was/is. :(

I cant thank Dr. Bailey enough, he is truly the best Dr. EVER!

I have tons more pictures to post and will do it as soon as I get a little more time....for now I am having my patients tested by two rambunctious kids that are still getting used to the fact that there is a new one in the Mitchell home. Being a mom to 3 little ones is THE GREATEST!! ;)

Preschool!

Our little man started preschool on the 12th! I'm not gonna lie, I've had a small amount of anxiety since then. Only because Wyatt has such a soft heart and has a hard time leaving his momma. I knew in the back of my mind this would be a challenge for him, and it has...dangit! I've been so worried he's being a distraction to the other kids. I know how stinkin amazing Mrs. Blackett is so I've been able to tell myself to just keep taking him and he'll get better. Lo and behold, she reassured me today that he is getting tons better and he's just fine once they get going. Oh how I needed that reassurance! He promised he wont cry next time and will be a big boy! I know he'll get better at this preschool thing, it just may take a little time! Speaking of time....where does it go??? I swear it seems like yesterday I was dropping McKall off for her first day of preschool...CRAZY!

SOOO HANDSOME!!!

His SWEET Bumblebee Transformer backpack....


Yahooo for Mr. Wyatt!

About 4 weeks.....

and this little dude will be here! We are sooo EXCITED! McKall and I got to take a little peak at him yesterday. He looks just like her and Wyatt both did about this same time....round little chubby faces! He kept moving his lips, it was so CUTE!! He looked like he was totally squashed and his foot was touching his head...poor little dude, but I know he's completely comfortable! He gets hiccups at least 5 or 6 times a day and does some sweet karate chop moves (as Jen and I sit here at work, and no joke, watch him hiccup and do his famous "Easton moves!") non stop! It's fun to feel that and watch my belly form weird shapes! This will probably be our last child so I'm going to enjoy every little moment! We cant wait to meet you baby Easton....

A little something for myself.....

to remind me not to be jealous or be quick to judge....which I'm not gonna lie, it's easy to get jealous when looking at blogs that "seem to be" the perfect little family. This came from a book my sister is reading called, "5 Spiritual Solutions for Everyday Parenting Challenges." Gosh I think I will barrow it from her when she's done reading it. She says it's really good so far and I loved this when she read it to me and wanted to remember it and read it often.....
Avoiding Like a Plague the Tendency to Judge and Compare
As equally counterproductive with guilt and pride (and as equally inconsistent with truths that we know) are judging and comparing.
It is so easy to look at another family (at church or on a blog) and see them as more organized, more in control, more perfect than we are!
First of all, it's not a fair comparison. Often you are comparing that family at its best to your family at its worst.
And the results of the comparing will almost always be negative-discouragement for you and perhaps animosity or jealousy toward them.
The only thing worse than comparing is judging. And that is so easy to do.
"Look at that kid; he must not be getting a very good example at home!"
"From the looks of that family, they're not very in tune with the gospel."
"They really think they are special don't they? They certainly think they are better than the rest of us."
The safer assumption (and more loving one) is that pretty much every parent you know is doing the best he or she can, given what they know, who their kids are, and what other problems they have.