goodbye 2014

wow! 2014 has been a BIG year

maybe the biggest ever

and it came with a lot of growing pains for me personally

this year we had our fifth baby

in one weekend michael finally graduated from college with his masters

noah turned 8 and got baptized

and henry was blessed at church that sunday

it was such a big weekend and i was only 4 weeks post partum

it probably took a few years off my life

not to mention the stomach flu that plagued us for henry's first 6 weeks off and on

we moved from utah to idaho

bye tiny house!

michael started his first real job

and i had to adjust to having 5 kids and no husband ever around to help anymore

and moved again when we bought our first house

we have been working on our new house like crazy ever since

i cut my hair off and went and saw my sister in chicago

the kids were adorable for halloween

we went and visited my grandma jordan one last time before she passed away

we went to washington again for thanksgiving

and had a nice Christmas at home 

the first one in our first home

somehow i have negative feelings about 2014

it was a really good year

but having a 5th baby, moving twice in one year and buying our first house

was a lot to handle

and really the adjustment to michael being way less available was mostly what was hard

but we're adjusting

and we're happy and so blessed

we don't have many big plans for 2015 but i'm pretty happy about that

bedtime shenanigans

i've been taking some pictures at bedtime lately

just for fun

these were taken on three different evenings

 henry wouldn't put his legs down to crawl on the cold floor without pants on

so he bear crawled instead

 i'm pretty sure we were waiting for olive to stop throwing a fit

this happens pretty often

 double airplane ride

and olive likes to wear ballet skirts over her pajamas

 henry loves it when hazel spins him around upside down

 olive was folding her hands very carefully

 we've started reading book of mormon stories again lately

and it holds the kids attention way better than the regular book of mormon

 silly girls

 hazel is finally going to lose her first tooth soon

last night we did lots of wiggling and took a picture in case it comes out today

she will have a new smile soon

henry is nine months!

 henry is nine months today

i totally love this age

i keep telling michael i wish henry could stay this age forever

he is funny and sweet and easy

 he seems a little off today

he woke up twice last night which doesn't usually happen lately

normally he just wakes up between 5 and 7 to eat and goes back to sleep

 i'm hoping he doesn't have an ear infection

 it might just be another tooth

he now has his bottom two and one on top

but the other isn't far behind

 drool!

 henry only sucks his thumb once in a while

i think he does it less than his sisters did at his age

but all of them did (do) it more as toddlers than babies

 i love those little toes

henry is a big fan of the applesauce my mom made him

i can't believe that in three short months my baby will be one! 

let's just hope it goes slowly

....

henry is super easy going lately

i think he likes that he doesn't have to be in his car seat so much 

now that we aren't driving to and from the kids to school constantly

he likes to eat but seems to like his bottle less and real food more

he is a pro at climbing the stairs 

and just yells for me when he wants to come back down

everyone loves him wherever we go and he likes the attention

he seems especially fond of hazel and michael these days

and kept saying da-da a bunch just this morning

i think he is close to waving and maybe has a little bit

and close to saying "hi", too

i feel silly thinking about how nervous i was to have a fifth child

henry has brought nothing but joy to our family

we adore him

Christmas!

the kiddies slept in until 8:00am so we headed downstairs to see what santa brought

 he brought olive roller skates, noah a lego set, hazel an art set, henry a ball and eleanor a play tent

they were really excited to open the rest of their presents 

 but settled for stockings instead

 we took a break for breakfast

the dixons were passing through and needed a place to stay for the night

so they had breakfast with us

we had waffles, pancakes, sausage, bacon, orange juice, chocolate milk, etc

it was delicious and so fun to catch up with the dixons

the kids were super antsy to open presents so after the dixons headed out, we let them at it

noah's mind was blown that they got a wii u that michael won from work

 hazel was most stoked about her merida bow and arrow

the sweetest gift from my brother ben 

the girls are in heaven (me too!)

 i love watching them play all day with their new toys

 the aftermath

the perfect lego building pose

 my presents

i am so excited about my new boots!

and michael signed me up for a barre fitness class

so thoughtful!

 we made a delicious dinner

we had roasted potatoes, cheesy garlic biscuits, jello, ham, and asparagus

it was sooo good!

 nice poses noah and olive :)

 gorgeous blue eyes

 henry loved dinner

 love these twins

 henry loves eleanor's circus tent

he kept going in and bouncing off the walls

it was so cute

we had a really nice afternoon of naps, movies, wii and playing

merry Christmas!

and just for fun...
a picture of the cutest baby after his bath brushing his teeth!