The Pickett Family

Friday, October 31, 2008

Our First Family Halloween

Before we went trick-or-treating to Grandma's House Nate was snuggling with the boys.

Grandma's House Halloween Party

Are we not the cutest boys you ever saw?

Cousin Belle was a pumpkin too!

Grandma & Grandpa Yates

Yes, my BROTHER Brian...he went as Nacho Libre, but he had to do the DO first...we had to leave before he could complete his costume - too bad.

Grandma & Grandpa Allphin

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Things are really looking up at the Pickett house today. Right at this very moment my two precious little boys have put themselves to sleep in cribs! With no crying for Sam and very little for Eli. They may not stay asleep long, but good for them! The last few days I have been puting them down awake and letting them cry. I didn't use the scream it out method, but it has still been hard to listen to them cry. They are no where near perfect but I am now seeing improvement and light at the end of the tunnel.

Sunday, October 26, 2008

On a Sunday afternoon...

Our friends Chris and Kailee invited us to dinner, so we ventured out and took the boys. But first we stopped at Grandma's for a visit. We had a great time and the food was delicious. Afterwards they helped us feed the boys. They are very excited about their little girl on the way and the boys and us can't wait till Madison is here!!! Thanks Boomers.

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Announcement


Its finally here click on the picture to see!

Thursday, October 16, 2008

I'm a Mom

Life is so crazy and so dang hard right now that it's not easy to see that my greatest blessings are screaming right in front of me. I am just looking down at them now sleeping and thinking of how long I prayed for them. Wow, and they are here! Being a Mom is not quite what I expected it to be. I am still trying to figure out how to describe it. All I know is at this very moment I am so overwhelmed with joy that these two precious little men are mine. They will probably be waking me up from much needed sleep in a few hours, but that's okay because it means they are here.

Sunday, October 12, 2008

New Cam

I have always had a love for picture taking. I still have my very first camera that my parents got me for Christmas way back when. So, I just got an awesome new camera, which I know nothing about yet, except that it is awesome. I wanted to test it out while I was in St. George. My neices were up for a photo shoot and Ang was willing to watch the boys so I couldn't resist. We had so much fun taking these pictures. We took little E along and got a couple pics of him too.

Thursday, October 2, 2008

Oh what a life it is...

"I feel like a bug hitting the windshield of an 18-wheeler -- caught off guard with the full impact of this is what life is for mothers today."

I am down in St. George staying with my sister Angie and she is battling the crying babes to give me a break so I thought I would write a little post or a long one whatever it turns out to be.

So, the twinners, as Liss would call them are 3 months old and as cute as ever, and as grumpy as ever. They are getting so big and chubby. If you blink you will miss it. I think that is why they won't let Mom sleep. They don't want her to miss anything. Either that or they don't want to miss anything. Eli will fight sleep until he is blue in the face, well red anyway, literally.

Don't let them deceive you. They were probably like this for 5 minutes or so. But they were oh so adorable for the 5 minutes. They love to snuggle up to each other.

My little nephew Ethan loves the Babies. At least he did when I first got here. He would wake up and the first thing he would say is "Bubbies? Bubbies?". This is a picture of him holding little Samuel Gene. He would freak out if anyone got close and acted like they were going to take the baby away from him. It has been a week now and he still mugs on them from time to time but he is getting very jealous of them and has been acting out for his Mom's attention. What a holy terror he is. Really he is always on the hunt for more trouble. Now I know what Angie means when she calls him Denis the Menice.

It's Bathy time for Samuel and Eli. They absolutely love the bath. It calms them down every time. They could probably stay in the tub forever and be content. It is when I take them out that they howl. If you are wondering why their belly buttons seem to be jumping out at you, it is because they are. They have a small case of herniated belly buttons. Hopefully they will correct themselves within the year.