Hallie turned 5!

Hallie had a RAINBOW birthday party this year! It was fun for me and perfect for a family party or "relative party" as Hallie called it. We had family in town for Bailey's blessing, so it worked out perfectly. My parents from SLC, my brother Tay, and my Aunt Sue all were able to come. Such a fun weekend!

The day of celebration started with a lovely crepe breakfast.

Then the whole fam damily went to the bowling alley! Such good sports! 

Very fun, I felt like we had the place to ourselves!

Uncle Tay helping Brielle push the ball down the ramp

After bowling, we came home to eat Hallie's choice of lunch: corn dogs, tator tots, rainbow fruit skewers (thank you pinterest) and rainbow cupcakes.

 Here's just our little fam (minus Bailey)

My sweet mom and Sue were kind enough to help me make the rainbow cupcakes--rather laborious but very fun! We used gel colors and they turned out quite colorful.

Brielle A.K.A  Mudgie

Then Hallie opened presents. What a haul!!! Thanks for all the gifts and for making her birthday so special!

Hallie's REAL birthday was on her first day of preschool!! So fun! She was so excited to have her new Cinderella backpack, princess lunch bag and water bottle!

I brought in rainbow cupcakes for her preschool class. Yummy!

There's nothing better when you're 5 than getting a birthday hat to wear while the other kids sing to you on your first day of preschool!

Baby Bailey!

FRIDAY JUNE 8th

5 in the morning, labor pains 6-7 min apart. I WAS SO EXCITED!!! 

I woke John up and asked if we could go to the hospital...he leapt out of bed in record time!

 I was so happy to be admitted to Labor & Delivery!

 7 lbs 15 oz born at 11:49 am

 Easiest delivery ever! Dr. barely made it in time--I didn't push at all!

 Grama Bev and the girls came to visit later in the afternoon. So fun!

 Less than two weeks old.

 Bailey Adele Ericksen

Bailey is the sweetest little thing!! We all love her to bits and bits! I forgot how much fun it is to have a baby :) And of course, it has been AWESOME to not be pregnant anymore!!! YEE HAW!!

30 weeks!

Oh I can't believe it.

Oh YES I CAN!!!

I thought the day would never come when I could say I was 30 weeks pregnant!!!

Pregnancy #3 (what the) has gone by so slow--but it's going by faster as of late. I think it's because I have been feeling better over the last few weeks. The morning sickness isn't gone for good, but it's def more manageable. "Oh good, she's finally going to stop complaining about her stupid morning sickness!" NOPE! I still have the acne I could go off on, or the general rapid wt gain! Seriously, I was sorta 'saving' some maternity clothes for the end, knowing I needed to space them out--and I discovered the other day that they are TOO SMALL! Yes, at the store the other day, a teenage guy at the register said, "You look like you're going to pop!" I'm like, "ha, yeah..." knowing he was trying to be funny. Then he made it worse by saying, "Are you sure there aren't 2 or 3 in there?!" Seriously??!!

Nonetheless, the fact is: A countdown has begun!! Less than 10 weeks left, and I'm thrilled.

1081 calorie bacon shake from Jack In the Box

Ah heck no.

Grody to the max!!!

http://www.latimes.com/health/boostershots/la-heb-bacon-milkshake-jack-in-the-box-20120208,0,4234279.story

January Blah

I miss Christmas.

I didn't listen to nearly enough Christmas music, didn't sit by a fire with my hotstuff, and it didn't snow in Texas in December to warrant any sort of outside fun (not for me, but for the kiddies). I guess I did eat enough chocolates of every sort though...mom's famous baviarian chocolate mints and lindt balls being the majority. I shouldn't complain though, we had a wonderful Christmas with my family in SLC!

It was so hard to get the girls to sit and look and smile. That combination was just too much. And after sweet Madelyn (my sis Wendy's baby) got set down in her Christmas dress next to these two, she started crying! Poor Maddie!!

Look how sweet the three of them look though:

(They may or may not be watching Tangled in this picture.)

Madelyn is 15 months, Hallie is 4, and Brielle is 22 months now. Ah, sweet cousins.

More family pictures to come, these are from my mom.

Happy January!