Thanksgiving

Again this year we went to my parents for Thanksgiving. It makes it so easy to have them in our neighborhood. Hayden and Emmie brought their Thanksgiving crafts to put on the table while we ate. Hayden made a cute pumpkin at preschool and Emmie made 2 cute turkeys out of pinecones in therapy.
My mom's friend Evelyn got Paxton this Thanksgiving outfit. It reads "Baby's 1st Thanksgiving" Thanksgiving day Paxton hit 3 weeks old...man its going by too fast!

After eating all that Thanksgiving food we attempted a family picture. Not only is it hard to get everyone to look and smile at the camera.... the sun was so bright in our eyes and the wind was blowing our hair. So it was a little annoying. One day we might actually get a better family picture.


My parents with their 10 grandkids, all 5 years old and younger. 5 boys and 5 girls.
Our little family shot

Mom and Dad
My mom and Cinda had a craft for the kids to do

While Hayden was painting his star he tried to blow it dry and got paint on his lips

Hayden also did Paxton's star for him

Towards the end of the day they played football. (Hayden running with the ball)

1st week with 3 kids

Everyone keeps asking me how it is to have a newborn again. I say its great! Paxton is a great baby...its Hayden and Emmie that are more of the handful. They are super excited to have a baby around the house so they have been so hyper and trying to get away with a bunch of stuff. Plus everytime we have a vistor over to see Paxton the kids do all they can to get the attention. So thats been the only hard part. I know that will all get better soon. They have been good with Paxton, they want to help me with him but he is too small for the to help with much.

To help them burn some energy they have been jumping on this trampoline a lot this week.



I have been taking pictures of Paxton off and on all week. Here is some cute ones I got of him.

Sneaking a thumb suck....Naughty Paxton!

Grandma Ray came for a visit

One great thing that happen this week is Paxton's cord fell off. I was happy because that means I can give him real baths now. It makes it so much nicer. Paxton didn't really care for the bath though.

Welcome home Paxton!

Paxton got to come home when he was 3 days old. Sunday November 8th around noon the lawyer came to the hospital to have the birthmom sign her rights away. Which allows us to take him home and proceed with the adoption which will go final in 3 to 6 months. It was a super emotional time for the birthmom and us. We felt so much joy but it was so hard to see his birthmom suffer. She knew she needed to give him up, it was best for him, but it was super hard for her. She kept thanking us for adopting him but we kept thanking her. She really loved him but needed to do whats best. So it was a super happy time for us to get him but super hard time for her. So we were all crying. After the signing her and the baby were released from the hospital. So we got to bring him home. It was a wonderful feeling to bring our baby home.

His car drive home


Right when we got home he got a diaper change and Aaron fed him. Paxton was soaking it all in.

His sleeper reads "Home Sweet Home" I felt it was perfect for the day!

My mom had Hayden and Emmie so she brought them home. It was their first time seeing Paxton so they were super excited.

Hayden is so excited to have a brother!

my dad came by to see him for the 1st time
My friend Cortney came by to see him for the 1st time


We feel so blessed to have Paxton! He was meant to be our son and I am so glad he is home. When adopting you never know how your kids will come to you and everything about him just fell perfectly into place and it was so meant to be. We already love him so much!

Baby Shower Lunch

The day before we brought Paxton home I had a luncheon shower to celebrate Paxton's arrival. My sister planned this before we knew he would be born that week but it happen to fall on that day but it worked out great. So when Paxton came home the next day he had lots of new fun things waiting for him. We had a nice brunch at Crackers and I really enjoyed every ones company who came. Paxton got some cute stuff!!! I loved everything he got.

Everyone knows I love puppy stuff!



my sister Sara made me a lot of cute stuff!
They have pacifier wipes now....I love it!

We took the party outside

Paxton is Here!

Paxton Aaron Ray
Born 11-5-09 at 7:45am
6lbs 13ozs 19 inches long


1st time we met him in the recovery room

getting a room

Our 1st time getting to hold him





My mom was there with us when we went to meet him and she spent the day with us.








Day 2

Grandma Fuller visiting Paxton

I caught him smiling

Halloween Weekend

We had 2 fun nights of Halloween fun!

Friday night Trunker Treat at my parents and siblings ward.

Its so hard to see Emmie's bat wings in the pictures

Hayden and Emmie with their cousins





Halloween Night


the kids holding Libby as a witch

Hayden and Emmie with some of our neighbor kids before our block party

Our neighbors dog Recker and Libby playing together before our block party

Hayden and his friend Keegan

Block Party!



Aaron taking Emmie trick or treating

AZ State Fair

(View from the Ferris Wheel)

Like every year we went to the fair. It was a pretty cold day and night but it was still so much fun and the food is awesome like always. Most my family met us there, the kids loved riding all the rides with their cousins.

On the BIG ferris wheel

Baby is coming this week!!!

The baby was suppose to be a planned C-section on November 10th and they moved it up a week. With Halloween I was putting some stuff off until after the holiday but now I have to get my butt in gear. Aaron and I did so much today. I am so proud of ourselves, I guess we were "nesting" as they call it. Paxton's crib and changing table are all ready in Hayden's room. We still need to do and buy thing here and there but we are ready for this little guy! This week I am sure I will be doing all I can around the house to be ready to bring him home as soon as we can. We were told to be at the Hospital 9am on the 5th. From there I am sure we will meet Paxton, get to hold him and hopefully spend the day with him. From there I don't know. I hate not knowing! I just pray it all goes well.

Paxton's crib and Hayden's bed

We did the Moster Mash!

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Hayden's 1st soccer practice

Soccer started again in our neighborhood. This is Hayden's 2nd year playing and Aaron volunteered to coach again. Today was the 1st practice and most the kids were real excited and some were shy. Aaron had the kids play some games with the soccer ball to help teach them soccer techniques. This year should be a really fun for Hayden. His cousin Karlee is on the team along with his friend Keegan.

Excited for Halloween

Our neighbor's twins has a Halloween Birthday party. It was fun to have the kids wear their costumes. It was nice to see how they looked and if everything fit ok. I know Emmie's bat wings need to be adjusted better but overall the kids looked cute...or I mean Scary! Going through our Halloween stuff I found a few costumes I bought for Libby our dog last year on clearance, one was a blond wig. She looks so funny in it.


Emmie the Spoiled Bat

Hayden the Vampire
Libby the Blond




Some pictures from the birthday party my kids went to. Our neighbor had ponys at the party. They were so cute!

Heather's Jewelry

My sister in law Heather has been making jewelry for years. She kind of slowed down for awhile but recently really got back into it and is doing all these cute and fun thing with her jewelry. She recently made Emmie some pieces and they are so cute. She also sells her stuff if you want to check out her blog. http://classandsassjewels.blogspot.com/