Overwhelmed!

I have so much to post about!!  It's overwhelming... I'm going to try and break it into smaller pieces, as Jay suggests.  Hopefully I will post one every day or so for the next while until I feel caught up!

As you may have guessed, having 3 kids is more time consuming than 2- particularly when one is an adorable baby (adorable is key.  It's hard to not spend lots of time just admiring when not feeding/burping/changing/putting to sleep) therefore this blog has suffered.  However, Jay and I are trying out a new sleep schedule that will hopefully help our productivity and the amount of time we can spend with the kiddos.  This has proved to be very true so far, but it hasn't increased the amount of time I can spend on the computer (because time with kiddos means no time for computer), though the house is finally starting to feel cleaner and we are finally eating good food for dinner again.

We are all alive and happy, in case anyone was wondering :)

Sleepy Phone Pics

Merry Christmas!

McCarthy's in Town!

Jay's family came to visit us this year for Thanksgiving, (which was a great excuse to see the new babe :D)  We blessed Hazel while they were here.

Hazel and Auntie K

Hazel and Nanie

 It was so nice to have a big Thanksgiving meal at my house (didn't have to go anywhere) but only make half of it.  Peach wanted to help me make the rolls, and thought it would be a good idea to taste the flour, directly off the counter:

 Gampie got to hold Hazel a lot while Nanie and I worked in the kitchen.

 Jay even helped in the kitchen!! (we had a hard time moving the 20 lb turkey around...)

We decided to start eating while the kids were napping, expecting them to wake up during the meal.  It was really nice to get to sit and eat quietly for the first half of the meal- best idea ever, Jay :)

 We went to the Natural History Museum up by Red Butte Gardens.  It was really cool, but I was in charge of following The Frog around, which means we were basically running through the museum from one thing to the next and I barely had time to take any photos.  But I did manage to get TWO.

 It was really cool.  I'd like to go again, and I was impressed with how kid-friendly and adult catered it was.

 Nanie bought gigantic gingerbread men for everyone to decorate.

The kids were all really into it!  I thought for sure Peach would just eat the candy right away, but to my surprise, she waited until her cookie was "done".

 Here's her finished product:

 And Auntie K's:

 The Frog was very thorough.  He wanted to use up ALL the candy.

 We blessed Hazel the Sunday they were here and though I got no pictures of Hazel in her dress alone, I did manage to sneak in a family photo.  She's wearing the dress Peach was blessed in, the booties I was blessed in, and I made her a new headband, just for her :)

 We had so much fun.  Gampie spent a lot of time reading the SAME Christmas book over and over and over (by the kids' request.)  He's an excellent story teller :)

Thanks for coming out, McCarthy's!  I wish we could get together more frequently, but we'll see you next Summer :)

Kid Conversation

I have quite a few kid conversations that I've emailed myself, waiting to post here.  Here we go:

Peach often tries to sleep with so many stuffed animals and dolls that there is hardly room for her.  I try to sneak some of them back downstairs to keep in manageable, but she always needs to have at least one baby, her dalmation dog and her lamby.  At bedtime:
Me: Peach, what's your baby's name?
Peach: (thoughtfully) Jesus.

The Frog is playing with Star Wars action figures.
Peach: (talking to Hazel while I nursed her) Hazel is Chewbacca.
Me: Hazel is Chewbacca?
Peach: No, (pointing at the Chewbacca action figure) is Bacca.
Me: Ohhh.  You're telling Hazel that is Chewbacca.
Peach: NO!  No two Bacca, only one Bacca.

While reading a book about space before bed-
Me: (reading from the book) Do stars shine forever?
The Frog: No
Me: How long do they shine?
The Frog: Only at night.

The Frog saw the Thanksgiving turkey defrosting in the kitchen sink-
The Frog: What's that?
Me: A turkey
The Frog: Why?
Me: We have to defrost it so we can bake it.
The Frog: Open it up! I want to see it!  I want to see its eyes.
Me: They cut its head off before we get it, so you won't be able to see them.
The Frog: Well, what did they use?  A knife?  or a sword?