A look back at 12 years.....

Today Weston and I are celebrating our 12th wedding anniversary. Wow...where did the time go? While I was packing I came across some old photos and I thought it might be fun to post some pics of our time together. It has been an amazing ride so far and our adventure is no where near over. I'm am lucky to be able to share all that life brings us with such an incredible man. One thing I noticed while posting this is my hair has gotten progressively blonder over the years. I guess my secret out...I'm not a real blonde...shhh...don't tell anyone! ;)




Weston's senior pic....I still remember him sending me this very picture while he was away at college...ahhhh dreamy.


My senior picture


Weston took me to my senior prom.


Our wedding day...obviously!


On our honeymoon in Maui. We got asked if we were old enough to be running away together while we were there. Now I see why...we look like babies!


A family trip to Disneyworld (b.k.) before kids. Let me just say it's a whole different experience going w/o them! :)


We stopped in Vegas for a few day on our way to Texas. This was our first time living in a different place than our families. It was so fun just the two of us on this crazy road trip...I have some stories involving car accidents and brothels in the Nevada desert!


Here we stopped in Santa Fe, NM while moving from Texas to Idaho. I detect a pattern here.


Here we are at one of Weston's brother's wedding. Look at that hair and PINK lipstick...what was I thinking?


This is from our most recent trip to Hawaii. We went to the island of Kauai w/o the kids and it was heavenly!

So that's why I'm still not packed!

So for the past 2 weeks instead of packing up my house for my impending move...I've been busy with swimming lessons and trips to the lake. It's been great fun, but unfortunately I'm going to have to buckle down now and start w/ the not so fun stuff...packing. :( It's pretty easy to procrastinate when the weather is so beautiful and I'm not going to have a lake w/ a sandy beach just 3 minutes from my house anymore! Remind me why I'm moving again? ;)







Water and sand...what more do you need?


This is how London spends his afternoon at the lake.


The boys w/ their buddy Jack.


That would be the back of Logan's head...practicing his flutter kick.


Here they're getting the dive rings from the bottom of the pool.


Carson's getting better!


Wow he actually posed for me!

One month went fast!

I know it sounds so cliche', but man did the last month fly by. I can't believe our little London is now one month old! I'm happy to report that he weighs 7 1/2 lbs. Wow...he's now the same weight as a normal baby! :) He is such a blessing to our family. I can just imagine my life in a few years when he's old enough to start wreaking havoc with his brothers...I wouldn't have it any other way!







You know you're in love with your baby when they are still adorable...even while crying. Seriously the pouty bottom lip gets me every time!


All he needed was his binky. This kids got a serious attachment already...uh oh.


The binky does the trick every time.

Announcing London Thomas Stewart!

London arrived May 12th at 7:19 p.m. almost 4 weeks early! He weight 5 lbs. 13 o.z. and was 20 in. long. Everything was going fine with my pregnancy up until the Saturday before Mother's Day. I woke up that morning when I experienced very heavy bleeding. So heavy that at first I thought my water broke until I saw the blood. Needless to say I was completely freaked out! When I called the hospital the first thing the nurse ask was "Can you feel your baby moving?" Well of course during that exact moment I couldn't feel him which scared me even more. Weston rushed me to the hospital where they monitored the baby and I for most of the day. The ultrasound came back normal thankfully. Never in my life have I been more thankful for my ultrasound background, because I could read the scan right along w/ the tech instead of waiting for the Radiologist's report.

After keeping me most of the day and since I wasn't still actively bleeding, they decided to send me home on bed rest. What a way to spend Mother's Day weekend. On Monday when I called my Dr. they said since I was 36 weeks now, I could resume normal activity, but just take it easy. Well I had a feeling that he was coming that week so I was running errands all day on Monday trying to get ready. Sure enough on Tuesday at 1:00 in the morning the bleeding started again. We went back to the hospital where they ran through the same routine they had on Saturday. They still could not find anything wrong and they had no idea why I was bleeding. Throughout the day on Tuesday I continued to bleed off and on. I was dilated to a 4 and was 80% effaced by late morning. Finally my Dr. said she wanted to just induce me because neither one of us was comfortable w/ the bleeding since we had no idea where it was coming from.

So they broke my water and started the pitoson about an hour later. I went from a 4 to a ten in an hour! Thank heavens for epidurals is all I have to say! :) London arrived in perfect health and we feel so blessed that everything turned out so well. When the Dr. checked over my placenta she found a small tear, too small for u/s to detect or to cause me any discomfort. It just reaffirmed to me that my Dr. and I made the right decision! So that is my crazy delivery tale! Here are some pics of our little cutie...enjoy!

Easter in Vegas

We were lucky enough to get to spend Easter in sunny Las Vegas this year! Weston had to go to his usual KFC meetings so we decided to head there early so we could spend Easter w/ family. It's so nice that we can stay at his parents house and can get away from "the srip" when we want to. We packed in a whole lot of fun in just a week, so here are some pics!




Our good friends Neil and Naoma Wilkinson who used to live in MN just happened to be visiting Vegas the same week we were! We hadn't seen each other in over 2 years! It was so fun to see them!



We took the boys to their 1st magic show at the Monte Carlo to see Lance Burton. They loved it!






They loved visiting the Shark Reef Aquarium at Mandalay Bay. I think their favorite was the jelly fish!



We can't be in Vegas w/o spending some time swimming! I usually just lounged by the pool feeling like a beached whale! :) Is this pregnancy almost over?








Weston's mom set up a fun treasure hunt for the kids to find their baskets. Logan loved that he could read all the clues w/o any help. They had about 10 stops before they finally found their goodies! Their little cousin Vella was so cute. She didn't know what to think so she just ran around following the boys! We went to church and then had an amazing Easter dinner. Later in the evening Weston's Aunt and Uncle and set up a HUGE egg hunt for all of the kids that were in town. The boys loved seeing their 2nd cousins! Now we have enough candy to last a year!