Meet Felicity

Felicity Julia Long decided to join our family on August 28th at 3:45pm. After a very easy pregnancy (compared to my boys) she decided it was time to come meet everyone 2 weeks before her due date. This is the longest I've ever gone being pregnant (I delivered my boys at 37 and 35 wks) and I can't complain because the pregnancy was so easy. She weighed in at 6lbs 1 oz. and was 18 inches long, so needless to say I didn't get huge with her. I didn't swell up in my legs at all and I was never super uncomfortable. She is a great blessing to our family and we have seen many miracles with her in the short time that we've had her.

I had her all dressed up and Brandon had to pull out the phone and start taking pics

On our way home from the hospital

minutes after birth

First Day of School

All I can say is thank goodness for smart phones! I totally missed the first day of school for Carter because I was still in the hospital after delivering Felicity. Brandon was a great dad and was able to get Carter all ready and off to his first day of Kindergarten. Luckily his nifty phone has a great camera and he was able to also get some great pics for me because our camera was MIA for a few days. This obviously had to happen when I went into labor and when Carter had his first day of school. We have the camera back now and are very glad it is back where it belongs!

Lining up with his classmates

In front of the school

Baby's room is DONE!

After a few months of trying to figure out exactly how I was going to do some of this I have FINALLY finished the baby's room. The walls are still somewhat bare, but I have a few ideas for some of these, so I think this room will always be a fun ongoing project for me.

What Lincoln calls "princess" light

Super cute lamp (from Grandma Diana), baby book (from Aunt Laura), and piggy bank(from Ashli)

Curtains all hung and everything in place

Very greatful to my mom for her wonderful sewing skills and help with the bedding and valance!

Now that everything's done I just need a baby (hint hint little girl in my belly!)!

Fishing trip and itty bitty soccer

We decided a few weeks ago to pack the kids up in the car and head up American Fork Canyon to Silver Lake to have some dinner and go fishing with the cousins. The kids had SO much fun and Carter caught his first fish all by himself. He was so proud!

Lincoln obviously had no clue what he was doing and kept throwing his line out over and over. Brandon finally took the hook off and just let him play with it

We signed Carter up for his last session of Itty Bitty Soccer. His favorite position was goalie. He was so fun to watch and really enjoyed himself.

Trying to dribble the ball around the cones (it was really hard to get a pic becuase I was sitting about 30 feet away on bleachers. Sorry the pics aren't that great).

Next up for Carter is basketball this winter. Since he is turning 5 he will actually have real practices on weeknights and games on Saturdays. He is pretty excited for this.

Pioneer Day 2011

On Pioneer day this year Brandon was lucky enough not to get any emegency calls so we were able to spend the day as a family. We had so much fun taking the kids to Trafalga even though it was unbearably hot (well, maybe just for this prego momma). We had never taken the kids there and were pleasantly surprised at how many things there are to do there. Besides all of the fun outdoor rides they offer a huge arcade, laser tag, bowling, mini golf, & rock wall for climbing (there might even be more that I missed). We spent the whole afternoon there and then took the kids to grandma's for a BBQ. It was a great day and I really enjoy it when we can spend time together as a family.

Brandon and the boys on the bumper boats

The airplane ride

This ride shoots you straight up and drops you down. Carter loved it...Linc not so much. It's hard to see his expression on here but Brandon and I couldn't help but laugh. He never cried, however, so we knew he was fine

Prego momma ready to head home after the boys started getting tired and were still soaked from the bumper boats an hr later

Lehi Foam Day!

The Lehi Fire Dept. puts on "Foam Day" every summer for the residents of Lehi. We have never taken our kids to this before, but after hearing how fun it is we decided to do this. The boys had a blast and as you can see I literally got hosed down by a fireman as well. They had so much foam in some spots that it actually covered my boys' heads and I had to pick them up (due to my crazy anxiety that I get that one of them might be trampled or suffocate, etc). There were a ton of kids and I insisted my boys hang on to my hands the whole time. After playing in the foam for a while we headed over to where they had the fire truck set up with it's tall ladder extended with a large fire hose spraying down like a shower to clean the kids off. This was a fun day and we will definitely go again (but next time Daddy will HAVE to wear his suit so he can help). Even though I'm 8 months prego it still was pretty fun and a nice way to cool down on a hot day.

Carter nad Linc after the foam

Carter coming out of the foam

Linc and I coming out

Going in for the 1st time (being sprayed down by a fire hose filled with foam)

Before the madness

St George Girls Weekend 2011

Every year my friends and I try to put together a kid-free, hubby free trip with just the girls. We went to St George and stayed in a very larger, beautiful 3 bedroom condo. We spent time laying out and swimming at the pool, shopping, and saw an amazing play (Grease) at the beautiful outdoor theater, Tuacahn. It was nice to get away and have some girl time. I was joking with Ashli while we were laying by the pool and said it was so nice not to have somebody running up to me every 2 minutes screaming, "mommy, mommy!" or having someone climb all over me. This was especially needed because at the time of the trip I had just turned 8 months prego and needed that away time before we have our baby in a few weeks.

Left to right: Me, Becca, Christy, Charise, Michele, Tina, Megan, and Ashli (3 of us are prego in this pic)

Charise at Texas Roadhouse riding the saddle. We told the waitress it was her birthday and she was a good sport and got on the saddle it even though it was not her birthday.