Family Pictures

We were scheduled to attempt a family picture on Saturday, but now since we are moving we will have to reschedule for who knows when. So, these pictures we took after church yesterday will have to suffice for now. By the way, if anyone out there has any suggestions on how we can get a good family picture with a 3, 2, and 1 year old we could use some, see below...

The first picture we took which was also the best one of all 3 of them, go figure.

This is what Grace kept doing when we told her to say "cheese!"

Sabrina getting VERY frustrated with all the picture-taking...she's still cute even when she's angry!

Gracie and Mommy

Aunt Sarah smooching Benson

Exciting news!

We finally found a house! HALLELUJAH! It has been a very long and painful process, but we finally found the perfect house for the perfect price (to rent). Mike has been incredibly patient because let's be honest if it would have been up to him he would have already picked one of the MANY houses or apartments we have looked at. But I think we are all glad we held out. And we are moving in on Saturday. Yes, this Saturday. Busy week. Tonight we also went out and bought a refrigerator. I'm already experiencing buyer's remorse. We will email out our new address and other info for any interested parties.

We had a good Thanksgiving. Chelsea (my sister) came home from BYU and then we had dinner with my Aunt Julie and her family. Benson was convinced that the holiday we were celebrating was Christmas and would argue with anyone who tried to tell him otherwise. He is really looking forward to Christmas this year. He has been begging to put up the Christmas tree, hang the stockings, and put a wreath on the door. We have never put a wreath on our door before, so I'm not sure where he got that from. But he is ready. He is still our child marketing case study and will tell anyone who asks that he wants a Smart Cycle and the #1 game system (the Leapster) for Christmas. Mike told him that his Santa isn't that rich. Silly boy.

We discovered today after many hours of listening to Sabrina fuss that she is getting 5 teeth right now. Poor kid...she has been one unhappy baby today and her mommy is praying that this doesn't continue all week or we may not move on Saturday after all.

And here are some pictures so this post isn't too boring...

What's wrong with this picture??...I usually change the girls' diapers at the same time after lunch. One day a few weeks ago I switched their pants after I changed them. It actually took me a good 15 minutes to notice what I had done. I thought it was pretty funny.

Benson unpacked Aunt Chelsea's suitcase and packed himself inside of it. He told us he wanted to go on a trip and made Aunt Chelsea pull him around in it for quite a while, what a nice aunt!

Breeny and Chels

Grace admiring Aunt Chelsea's bling

Sabrina's 1st Birthday

Happy Birthday Baby!

Our baby turned 1 on Friday. I never thought that I would get in the habit of calling one of my children "baby" all the time, but I have. Probably because Grace still can't really say Sabrina so just calls her "baby", and the rest of us have adopted the practice. Anyways, to celebrate her birthday my mom and I took the kids to the Tulsa Zoo. The kids were so good and had so much fun. I was very impressed by the Tulsa Zoo (I don't really remember ever going to it before), especially after going to the Sacramento Zoo! All of the animals seemed so close and they were all up and walking around so the kids could see them. Sabrina would point and "talk" up a storm with each new animal we saw. Then on Friday night we had a little party for her. My Aunt Julie and cousins came as well as a bunch of Jenny and Sarah's friends (who knew teenagers would enjoy a 1 year olds birthday party). We made her a little cake all her own and she enjoyed eating it. She liked all her presents, but she hasn't really been able to play with them much. Ben and Grace have pretty much dominated them. She won't really fight over them, she just moves on to something else. Ben and Grace have done plenty of fighting over them. I guess that's how it goes being #3. All in all I think she had a great birthday! As I have said before, she is walking more every day, but last night she figured out how to stand back up in the middle of the floor. Basically since then she hasn't really crawled. When she started standing up by herself last night we all started clapping and cheering so she started clapping too. Her balance still isn't the best, so she would make herself fall over again. Then she would stand back up and we would clap and she would clap and fall and on and on it went. Eventually she started to intentionally fall over so she could get back up and we would all clap again. This went on for probably 1/2 hour or more, it was hilarious. She really loved all the attention. We sure love "baby"!

Here is a video of the kids at the zoo. Sorry it is so dark, we were in a dark building. They were looking at a big fish tank.

Sabrina, Sabrina

Since our baby turns 1 this week, I thought I would do a post devoted to her. Sabrina is really getting into walking. I caught her walking several times today when I wasn't even there to encourage her. One of the times she walked across the kitchen to Grace and then they stood there giving each other a hug, it was so cute. Sabrina has also been pointing a lot lately, at everything. She can say "uh-oh" and "wow" and we think she is saying "hi" as well. She loves to play, especially with her Daddy. Tonight during scriptures she kept sticking a puzzle piece in Daddy's mouth and then he would spit it out and she would laugh and go get it and stick it back in his mouth over and over. She is really a snuggler lately, especially with her mommy. She also still likes to stick her hand down people's shirts, also mostly her mommy's. We're hoping she grows out of that soon. She still doesn't sleep through the night, little stinker. That is mostly because we haven't been able to let her cry it out since she shares a room with her brother and sister right now.
She was so sick and miserable last week and I was getting worried that she was entering a new 1 year old phase, but she is feeling much better this week and she is just such a sweet baby. We sure are grateful to have her around!
Here's a video of her a week or so ago. We were getting ready to go to Tulsa so I hadn't put her down for a nap hoping that she would sleep in the car. She was playing in our closet and the next thing I knew, she was asleep.

Here's a video of her walking from tonight. She's getting better at it every day.