Yup, That Pretty Much Sums It Up

This girl is getting some serious cheeks! They are so fun to kiss.




Check out her left hand...she's a natural. ;)



Aunt Karla threw us a baby shower a couple weekends ago, we had so much fun!! This is Joslyn all dressed up and ready to go to the party.













UGH! Mother are we done yet?


When she is in a certain mood she will give you a smile, yesterday morning at about 5:00 she was in that mood. :) Fun huh?!?!

We have been passing pink eye to and fro here at our house, luckily Joslyn & I have been missed...for now. :/

IT"S TRUE!!!

In case any of you ever wonder if your washing machine EATS socks.


It's TRUE


AAAHHH! I can't believe it, my washing machine must be really hungry because I found 16 socks here, that's 8 pairs of socks!!! All of those odd socks now have their mates. :)



I thought I got a glimpse of a sock so I pulled back the rubber gasket (which I have never done before...obviously) and that's what I found, I was dumbfounded.

It turns out that our washing machine prefers little tiny Hudson socks over big bulky daddy socks. What kind of socks does your washing machine prefer?

Soaking Up The Sun

3 days old

There has been a lot of this going on at our house these days. Finally after about a week the doctor finally decided that she was out of the "danger zone" and quit poking her little heel. Hurray for that! I think it is harder on mom than baby to go through that.


4 days old

Other than that I have been busy snuggling this sweet little one, there is absolutely nothing better in the whole wide world!



6 days old

I have been able to do all of this snuggling thanks to my mom who has totally pampered me, and to friends and neighbors who have stepped in and brought meals to our family so, THANK YOU!!


1 week old

And I cannot forget my awesome husband who has stepped in and taken over my duties while I am on the couch feeding the baby, or if I just want/need to sleep for 30 more min. ;) Thank you, thank you!


2 weeks old (yesterday)

The boys love their little sis, even Hudson is OK with her. He has even started to call her by name, it is pretty cute. Occasionally he says, "baby, sit!" and points to the couch, this is usually when he needs me to get something for him. But just as often he says, "hold you, baby" so he can give her loves. I was so worried about how he would handle having a baby around, but so far, so good!


I just want to tell a little story, if nothing else-to prove that I am an absolute BASKET CASE after having a baby, but it was a very sweet moment for me. They had taken the baby out of the room to wash her up and when they brought her back in and I saw her with a little pink bow in her hair I cried (OK I sobbed) "OOOOH she has a bow in her hair!" It still brings tears to my eyes!



WOW- they change a lot in 2 weeks!

She's Here!!!

Meet our sweet little Joslyn Alea:



Born on Monday January 4 at 3:09 p.m.

Weighing 7 lbs 7 oz
20 inches long

I went to my Dr appointment and the Dr asked me what I was doing that day. I told him that I would like to go to the hospital and have this baby. He said let me make a phone call. He came back and said head on over! So I called Nate and he had his patients rescheduled.

They started the pitocin at 11:45 and told me that the anesthesiologist would be there by 12:30 to give the epidural Dr came in at 12:15 and broke my water. 12:30 came and went...no epidural. To make a long story short, the anestheiologist was stuck in a surgery and I think I finally got the epidural at 2:00. I say "I think" because I got a shot of pain meds through the IV and it made me a little loopy. Once I finally got the epidural things went great. Just before 3 the nurse called the Dr and he came a runnin. Pushed through 2 contractions and she was here! She is my smallest baby so recovery has been great! Here are a few fun pics of her:

With dad.


With mom.


Getting ready to go home.



With her brothers.

He's Two

Look Who's Two...


Sweet baby!


Sweet Boy!

Birthday Cake!


Who needs birthday cake when you have a Mickey Mouse juice box?


Bowling




I don't know who was more excited about this toy, him or his brothers. Now they won't have to use rolls of paper towels as bowling pins. ;)



Happy Birthday Hudson!!!

Christmas 2009

We went out to Grandma and Grandpa M's for a little bit on Christmas Eve. We played some games and had yummy food.

Here are the boys opening their Christmas jammies.



Back at home we baked some cookies for santa and layed out the stockings. Have they been good enough???



They must have been.




Santa and Mrs Clause pulled a LATE night at the Catmull house.



Luckily our kids are still young enough that they still sleep in on Christmas morning.

Let's Rewind a Little

Here are some fun pictures of a few of our December activities. In keeping with tradition we went to the mountains to cut down a Christmas tree. This is what we did while dad and grandpa went trudging through the wilderness to find the perfect trees.








We let them have some fun too.



Santa visited the Catmull Christmas party:

Hudson was a little leery of the Jolly Old Elf.



Braiden says, just bring me whatever you want. Don't let him fool you though, he has a list a mile long at home. ;)



Brody knows exactly what he wants.

We're Here...The Baby is NOT :(

We are ready to meet our baby girl, maybe she is not ready to meet us!?!?

Doesn't she want to be wrapped up in this gorgeous quilt from grandma?




Or spit up on these cute burp rags?




I would if I were her {wink wink}

We shall see what tomorrow brings.