Another Year Older

Adam celebrated his birthday last week...9 years!!

I know I say it all too much, but where has the time gone?

Adam celebrated by having me bring in his cupcakes for his class. (He really wanted to show off his baby sister, which he did as each student took a turn coming to look at her.) Later we had family and some good friends of ours come join us for cake and ice cream. Adam said he had a great day, so I'd say it was a success! :)

In other news, you'll often find the girls like this.... Jenna loves her little sister and always needs to know where Allie is and asks if she can hold her baby sister.

 I simply can't get enough of this baby. It's hard to imagine life without her. And again, time has flown by...Allie is 4 weeks old today!

Easter

We love Easter! This year the kids were up bright and early

 to find their Easter baskets.

 This Easter we were able to have Allie blessed. Jason and Brook blessed their adorable little guy so we decided that since my whole family would be together, we would bless Allie. We appreciate the love and support we receive.

In addition to Easter egg hunts, coloring eggs, making our own Easter bags, we enjoyed fun family time.
We, of course, are grateful for the reason we celebrate Easter. We are grateful for our Savior and His resurrection. 

Allie Grace

Introducing Allie Grace Richards

March 18, 2013

8:42 pm

8 lbs, 5 oz

20 1/2 inches

 

We have really enjoyed Allie these last 2 1/2 weeks. She loves to be held, especially by her big sister, Jenna.
Allie gained 13 oz in a period of 1 1/2 weeks, which we were so excited about.
Ryan and I couldn't be more grateful for our family.

Meeting Owen

Today the world welcomed Owen Todd Raymond. We had the great opportunity of meeting him tonight. The kids could not get enough! But with a perfect little one to be around, is it really possible to get enough?

Congratulations Jason and Brook! We are so excited for you and glad Owen is here safe and sound!

Look who's FOUR!

On January 20th, this handsome guy turned four! He loved his birthday and all the attention that came with it.

Happy Birthday, Logan, we sure love having you in our family!

Long Overdue

It has been way too long since I've updated the Richards' blog. Some of it was because I was sick for the first 16 weeks of being pregnant, then when I finally got the time and motivation to do an update, I couldn't get any pictures to upload and what is the point of doing an update if you don't have any pictures, right? I know I have left out so many things, but I also have been terrible about taking pictures. (I think I'll pull the pregnancy card on that one.)
I'm now 32 weeks along and I'm the biggest I've ever been! I've had a very hard pregnancy with being sick with morning sickness, bronchitis (first time I've ever had that), a sinus infection (haven't had one of those in years), other colds and problems I haven't had to deal with with my other pregnancies.
We've all had our share of illnesses this winter: Ryan had kidney stones, the norovirus and other medical problems.
Then you have the kids that seem to take their turns getting sick with one thing or another.
Yes, I'm so ready for Spring to come!
We are excited to have a new little girl in our family and although Jenna was very mad at first, she soon warmed up to the idea and can't wait to have a sister. Logan is consistent in calling the baby Kali (his babysitters name) and when we tell him that may not be her name, he just tells us that it is and continues to give "baby Kali" a hug and kiss and occasionally will sing her a song. Jenna and Adam want to name the baby Jessica, a name I think they heard on a TV show they like.

January 2013

We started out our January doing the Pine-Wood Derby, which meant that while Ryan took some time off work during Christmas and New Years, he was working hard on not only Adam's car, but since they had an "open house" where anyone in the ward could participate after the cub scouts raced their cars, Ryan had to make a car for Jenna and Logan too. He wasn't able to spend a lot of time on Jenna and Logan's car, but afterwards when Adam and Jenna had their cars race each other, Jenna's car won every time. Adam was a little upset. Jenna was so excited!