Laughable ...

So much has happened in the last 4 months that it is hard to keep up with blogging about it! Over the summer Micah and I finished off another semester successfully.  It was nice to have another one out of the way.  We have since started another semester; second to last! We are almost done! Graduation May 2012 in in the countdown.

 We blessed Mairead and remembered to take pictures of the wonderful men that participated (Grant and Jim we missed you!)  Present in the circle were Micah (obviously-he blessed her-such a great dad!) My Dad, John Anson, and my Uncle David Adamson.  We also had the bishopric in the circle.  It was beautiful, Mari stayed asleep for Micah-so that made it a lot easier.

 Micah Jr. is lovin' being a big brother.  Every moment he gets he is kissing and hugging on Mairead.  He gets a smile out of her the majority of the time.  When shes has had enough she is not shy about letting us know-it often ends up with Micah is the naughty point because he won't stop. Below is a picture of the two of them in her bed, he'll climb in there and give her loves, and sometimes he'll make her giggle by jumping in the bed.  He is very careful not to land on her. She loves it-I'll have to take a video!

 He loves to have her sit with him-here they are watching a cartoon-probably one of our Disney movies.

 PHOTO SHOOT! WE are trying our hand at photography-soon to be followed by a better camera.

 Micah loves to help me bake-when it is something tasty!  Here he is helping me make banana bread-ingredients and scooping it out were his helping jobs.  I sent some pics on my phone to relatives, one response was "Get him out of the kitchen!" (courtesy of Grant)-My reply "Think of it as making a mess and getting dirty rather than baking!" - "Alright, that works.  We already know he's a manly man."  Which if you haven't seen Micah Jr in action-he is 200% boy.

 Mairead has the most beautiful big blue-ish gray eyes right now.  She is going to be a knock out when she is older!

 Micah loves How to Train Your Dragon (the movie) and we have been able to find most of the dragons at Wal-Mart on clearance (its the best way to shop).  He owns, Toothless the Night Fury, Monstrous Nightmare, and Red Death along with three gronkles (one of which that has gone MIA in the front yard here at Nana's-search parties have commenced on multiple occasions and still no sign of the missing gronkle)

Gotta love that smile!

Baby Mairead

My amateur attempts at photography

Family Visit

Earlier this summer we had Sarah and Grant come up from Texas with their son Jacob.  It was great to see them and miss them already.  Micah Jr had a blast rough housing with Grant, he couldn't get enough! Jacob and Mairead are exactly one month a part and it is fun to see them grow side by side (well, when we get to see them).  We didn't manage to snap some photos-oops! maybe next time.

Then 2 weeks later the Fontenot family came to see us. Stacy, Mike, Phoebe and Renee (Nae Nae as Micah calls her).  We had a great time playing games and going to the park.  Can't wait for the next visit!

Micah is 3!

Micah Jr turned 3.  I can't believe so much time has passed.  We had a little party with a few friends and family at the park.  It was a great summer day, not too hot with a little breeze.  As usual, Micah scored with presents (hence the few friends-he already has so much!)  We are so grateful for the wonderful people in our lives that take the time to share our celebrations with.

Mairead is Here...and is now 8 weeks old

Its been a busy 8 weeks since Mairead arrived.  She didn't come on her own so just as with Micah we had to use force!  We went into the hospital Tue night (May 17) and started the inducement process- by the by everything went smoothly with that-and had our little girl in our arms on my birthday (May 18) by 3:31 pm.  It was a great birthday and we were happy to finally have her here with us.

She came out at 9lbs 2 oz and measured 21 1/4 in.  She beat Micah Jr out in both categories! He was 8lbs 10 oz and 21 in.

She is now 8 weeks weighing in at 12 lbs 2.5 oz and 23 in.  Looks like Micah beat here out for this growth stage, he was 12lbs 5 oz and 24 3/4 in.  Both are all stars!

She has been a great baby-sleeping most of the night-waking to feed-and then back to sleep.  She is a little more high maintenance- she likes our fingers in her mouth over the paci-its nice when she does take it, give our fingers a break-likes to be held in the lap over the swing- but who can blame her.  Shes a doll.

Micah Jr has given her the nick-name of "Baby Gorgeous" a name that is sticking, along with "Sweet" -derived from mommy saying "Sweetie."

We are trying to get out of the house often so Micah Jr has time to stretch his legs-the Denver Zoo has been that out let at least once a week-Marty bought us a member pass for our family-it's been great to have.  Mairead usually sleeps through the event but I think will grow to love it just as much as her brother.