What's been up with us: Christmas 2010 and Events 2011.

Hey all.  We've been busy having lots of fun around our house.  Seriously though, it's also been stressful too.  We've had our share of hard times these past few months.  But I'm going to focus on the good times, and share a few of our other experiences too, shown through our pictures.

The last time I blogged, I had written a bit about December, so here are a few more pictures of our Christmas.  Mama with her four babies.  Despite some challenges lately, we are feeling so very very Blessed too.

Little Man E really enjoyed helping new baby brother Baby C with his 1st Christmas.

We really enjoy going sledding together up in the mountains.  So much fun!

I (Elizabeth) and baby C were asked to perform at our ward Christmas party, and dress-up like Mary and Baby Jesus.  I sang "Tonight You are Mine" to Baby C.  He loved being sang to.  It went well.--  Daddy with his boys.

Baby C, in January, flashing one of his double dimple grins.

Baby C with his Big Sister R.  They are the only ones in our little family that have blue eyes.  Below, Little Miss K, Baby C and Little Miss R, hanging out.

Baby C, in February.  We love our little man.

Little Miss K, freaked me out a couple of times, when I went to check on her, sleeping, I found that she wasn't in her bed.  The first time, I found her behind a chair.  The second time, I couldn't find her for what felt like forever.  I had to resort to prayer to calm myself and to find her at 3 am, and she was under Baby C's crib, behind some boxes.  Scared me good!

 Little Miss R and Little Man E at our Valentines dinner with the kids.

Little Miss R, with Little Man E carrying Baby C (with some help from Dad) on his shoulders.  So much fun!

Daddy reading a story to our kiddos.

We went up to visit family for two different occasions in March.  The first time, was to celebrate the birth of our two new nieces {R and C}, with their blessings.

Little Miss K with new Baby cousins C and R.  We were excited to meet them both!

The second trip up was to mourn/celebrate the life of Mark's Aunt Judie (Mark's mom's only sibling), that unexpectedly passed away.  It was a sad day for everyone, but it was really neat to hear everyone share their special memories they had of this wonderful lady.  Mark, the kids and I were asked to sing at the funeral.  We sang a medley of "The Family is of God/Families Can Be Together Forever".  It went well.  We were glad that we could be there.

  This is us visiting with Aunt Judie and Uncle Anthoney, a couple of months before.

Baby C, with us at the Park.

Little Miss R and Little Man E with us at the Beach at the Park.

Little Miss K, with Mommy and having fun at the Beach.

 Little Miss R, Little Man E and Little Miss K with R, T and A, their cousins.

It was really special for me, that I got to be there for my baby brother, Joe's 18th birthday party.  I cannot believe that he's graduating this year!

We brought balloons to him at school.  It was really neat.  He loved it!

Baby C got to meet his Great Grandma Monson (my Mom's Mom), when we went to visit her and Aunt Luetta, and Little Miss R playing with cousin G.

Little Man E and Baby C.  Lovin' each other.

Little Man E having fun in his Aikido, Martial Arts Class (he's in the red--but he now has a Gi)

Me with Little Miss K and Cousin Baby C and Little Miss R lovin her Ballet Class.

Baby C has been puking an extraordinary amount, since he was born.  This being our fourth child, I knew that something was going on, because the other kids weren't like this.  He developed a barky seal cough, and couldn't be layed down on his tummy or especially his back without screaming really really loud.  He had only rolled over by six months old, twice from tummy to back, out of anger.  Whenever I put him on his back, he would arch his back and scream, in pain.  Anyway, we took him to the doctor a couple times, because we figured out it was infant acid reflux, (I have some of my nieces and nephews that have had that).  The doctor had us use a nebulizer to clear up the cough (it worked!) and put him on a infant Zantac prescription.  The first day that he took it, he didn't puke at all!  And he rolled over four to five times in a row!!!  Such a miracle drug!  I don't like to put my kids, or myself on medication, but this was seriously worth it, he is so much more happier, and can be his laid-back little self.  Amazing.  

     Here are some of Baby C's four month pictures.  I love his double dimples!

He does have a lot of red in his hair.  He doesn't have much hair, but the hair he does have, right now is bright red or blonde.  Strawberry blonde.  Baby C has such a calm, relaxed personality.  Very sweet little man.

Little Miss R lost her first two teeth in March.  She's four years old.  Our kids seem to lose teeth early, so far, Little Man E starting losing teeth at age 4 also.

We took family pictures of Mark's side of the family a couple of weeks ago, right before Mark's parents left on their mission, for our church to the Des Moines, Iowa mission.  We're proud of them, and excited for them.

Mark, his siblings and his parents.

Here are some pictures of our little family. I love that I found both of our girls set and boys set matching outfits.  We found great deals at Ross! Love it!