family pictures

We had family pictures done for Christmas cards. And the photographer came to our house and took these!! They did an AMAZING job! I just love the photos of the kids. F A B U L O U S!!

I have been busy trying to handle three kids. Mostly trying to get them ALL on the same schedule, AKA I get a nap! So far it has been OK. I get a nap each day, for at least an hour. Sure there are a ton of other things that need to be done. Like laundry, clean the house, blah blah blah. But nothing gets in the way of my daily nap.

Melissa's vocabulary still grows in leaps and bounds. She hollers "PHONE" whenever the phone rings. And she hollers it until I pick it up. She continues to learn about her body and can locate eyes, and so forth.

Caleb is still complaining that holding Ryan while I make dinner is NOT a reward for good behavior. I continue to try and convince him otherwise.

And Ron broke down and bought a minivan. It is a ooo la la version of what we need. It has LOTS and LOTS of bells and whistles, DVD player (Thank goodness!) Navigation (so I can ACTUALLY FIND my home to Utah!) and so forth. I am looking forward to having it. No more kids poking each other's eyeballs out, no more "Melissa is pulling my hair", no more WHY can't we bring the DVD player with us when we are driving to the grocery store .5 miles away?? Sweet peace is what this will bring us. Of course, another car payment too. bluk! But worth it I think. It is located out of state and so we are waiting for it to be delivered to us. Hopefully my parents can deliver it to us and manage to come for a short visit at the same time.