Sweet Baby Brooklyn!

Brooklyn Kay Felton was born September 26, at 10:27pm. She was due last Saturday, Sept. 22. She weighed 9 lbs. 2 oz. and was 20 in. long. She is so cute and has luscious cheeks. Carolyn looks great and I think they were going home today, 9/27/07. Colleen, Esther, and I brought Kaia in to see her new sister. She just kind of stared. It was nice to go see them in the hospital, it brought back so many memories. I'm baby hungry. Congratulations to Carolyn and Chad on girl #2! She's beautiful! Good Luck with all the hormones, Chad!haha. We love you all!

Kade's 1st Haircut!

We made it until Kade turned 1 year old before we cut his hair for the first time, but it was a close one. The hair hanging over Kade's ears were driving Glen nuts. We finally did it a week after Kade's birthday on Tuesday, September 25. Glen held his head so I could cut. Kade was screaming and kept trying to look behind him to see the cutters. Finally we gave him a DumDum sucker and he was sooo good. That's the way to do it if you can handle sticky hands and face, and hair all over the sucker by the time you're done. That was gross. For cutting a babies hair for the first time, I was kind of proud of myself. Just don't look too closely and it might look pretty decent. He looks like a little boy now! We love our handsome Kade-man!

Kade's First Birthday!

On Sept. 16, Esther and I did a Sunday birthday dinner for Kade and Jesse. Jesse's birthday was that day, the 16th, and Kade's was the day after, the 17th. Jesse turned 25! Someone mentioned that when Kade turns 25, Jesse will be 50 years old!!! I'm sure that made him feel real good! It was funny though. Anyways, Colleen and Seth were so good to let us do it in their home, like always. We had dinner and then let Kade dig in his cake. Lacey and the family in Clay Springs called and sung him "Happy Birthday." As you can see in the picture, Kade was smiling. It was so cute. Then I wasn't even expecting to open presents because his parents didn't even get him anything, but it was so nice he had a few to open. Kelsey and Nelson gave him these fridge magnets and some animals, which Glen says everyday how much he loves those animals. It was partly my birthday too because I ate half the container of goldfish from Malin and Sarah, and Cara remembered I had said I needed to get Kade a crib mattress pad, and so I got it. Also, a big thanks to my brotherinlaw, Seth, and sisterinlaw, Amy, for taking all the pictures! Our camera wasn't working! It was so fun and thoughtful of everyone to come and celebrate with us! We love our sweet boy! I can't believe he's a year already! I could sit there and watch him for hours! He brings us so much joy! I could have a dozen of them!(no i'm not announcing!ha) Love you all!

Glen vs. Bicycle

On Monday, 9/10/07, Glen was riding his bike to ASU like usual. When the light turned green to go across the crosswalk, Glen put his pressure on the right pedal to start going, and being as strong and muscular as he is (haha), the crank for the pedal broke in half, which is wierd because it's metal. Anyways, when his leg went down the sharp metal piece on the bike dug into to his calf. He actually didn't even know it cut him until after he walked back in the intersection and picked up his pedal, then he saw blood and then the cut. Luckily, he didn't bleed very much and it didn't damage any muscle tissue. It did cut out a chunk of fat tissue, so he jokes that this was his weight loss program. He was never in a lot of pain, but the gross part was when they had to scrub it out clean and the fat tissue was moving around. He ended up having 12 stitches, Glen guessed that before they even did it. It's healing nicely and the stitches will be removed this Friday. Fun adventures in life.

Babysitting in Kingman!

Besides missing my husband, Kingman was so much fun! I didn't even feel like I was babysitting. I was there because Aunt Delon and Uncle Clyde, along with my parents, both Grandmas, and other family, all went on the Alaskan cruise. I picked up the 5 Pease girls from Alvin on Monday in Heber and took them in their 15 passenger van back to Kingman. I know, go ahead and say it, I was surprised too when they said I could drive it.haha. Glen and I were in ClaySprings for Labor Day weekend, so it worked out quite well. Aunt Delon is so organized. When we got to their house, there was about 10 sheets of paper hung up for me. It was their daily schedules, meal options, chore charts for the kids. We joked about all the pages she had, but it was really really helpful. As you saw in the pictures, we got to do a lot of swimming, and the weather was nice to play outside. The rope swing was so much fun. I said I was going to reach the rafters by the end of the week, and I did it by Thursday! This is embarrassing for me, but I have to tell a sad story. We were in the pool and Jocelyn was talking to me about how they just throw young babies in the pool to teach them to float, swim, whatever. And so I was holding Kade and decided to see what he would do. I let go of him in the water for about 2 seconds. I don't know why, but I was yelling at him to kick, like he can hear me. When I pulled him out, his eyes were big, his tongue was sticking out, and he inhaled really hard. It was the saddest thing. I will NEVER do that again. I felt like I was drowning my baby. When I tell the story now, we laugh about it, but it was so sad. He is so cute, we just love him so much. Anyways, the kids were so good to keep up the chores and mark their chart, finish their schoolwork, and they helped so much with Kade. Camilla is a strong girl. She would always hold him and take him from me, I didn't know how she was doing it. Kade just loved them all. He was the man of the house. We got to make a little craft, make these yummy peanut butter bees, decorate their barbie house. We made macaroni and cheese one day, and after I had finished eating my bowl, Jocelyn spotted weavels in every bowl. Good memories. I was able to go get my hair cut, and Jocelyn cut my bangs. I told you I didn't babysit. I did Kendra, Camilla, and Myreel's hair in rows. Myreel was busy with 3 volleyball games that week, I got to go to one. They won all of them. Jocelyn taught 5 dance classes while I was there. It was cute to watch her classes. I was telling Glen, that Delon and I share something in common. She gets so distracted. It's really hilarious. She'll be doing her homework, and then just start talking about these random topics, and in the middle of a chore she would just kind of wonder off and I would catch her outside with the dog. It was so funny. Kendra was so good to play with Kade and make him happy all day while every one was doing school. By the end of each night, Jocelyn, Myreel, and I would end up in the most awkward, uncomfortable places, like the kitchen counter or the bathroom when there is a couch or a bed right there. Myreel would always fall asleep in our conversations, I guess I'm pretty boring.ha. I have a really funny video of Myreel sleeping on the couch and Jocelyn is trying to get her to bed. What a grouch! (we love you, myreel). It is definately going in her wedding video someday. Well, that pretty much sums it up. I am so glad I got to go. I got excited and kept thinking of how it will be and what I want to do when I have a bunch of kids running around. What a great family. Thanks so much, Peases!

Labor Day Weekend!

Friday night, on our way to ClaySprings, we caught the last little bit of cousin Parker's football game in Fountain Hills. Nelson, Kelsey, Jesse, Esther, Dad, and Jacob were also there, and then we saw Uncle Wick there. After the game we went to Wendy's to kill time because traffic is always so bad on these weekends. On Saturday, we had fun shooting targets in Lacey's back yard, which is right behind Dad's home. We then went to the elementary playground and had some obstacle course races. Probably the best highlight of that was when Amy went down the slide, the really bumby slide! You have to see it! It was so funny, everyone was laughing so hard, and we replayed it several times on the camera! We love you Amy! On Monday we went to see Mom's grave because her birthday was one or two days later! We picked some weeds around it and put a rock border to make it look nicer! We miss her so much and think about her daily! I am so grateful for the gospel and families to keep each other strong! We love you, Mom Jackson!