Boe's Blessing

Boe was blessed on Sunday, April 14th. We were so grateful for all the support from everybody on his special day. He wore the same outfit Brian and Ely wore when they were blessed. Grandma Anderson made his blessing blanket, which turned out great!

I'm so thankful for the priesthood!

Not the greatest picture...but here is our family.

Boe in his blessing outfit and blanket.

Eva was really excited the first time I let her feed Boe from a bottle. She kept asking me when I was going to leave so she could feed him!

I just think thse pictures are so cute!

My kids sure love their dad!

The girls.

Eva just finished up spring soccer. She seemed to really like it. She had a lot of fun and even scored a few goals!!

Family Pictures

These pictures are a month old now, but we basically all look the same still!

 

Boe is two months old now. He is still a great baby. He is still in the stage of eat, poop, sleep, repeat. He loves to smile when people talk to him and will talk back to you with his little coos. Eva and Ely still love him to death! He is very tolerant of them getting right in his face to talk to him. Brian is excited to be finishing up this semester of school (even though he has to go to summer school). I am loving being home on my maternity leave. It is so much fun being with my kids!! I am going to be so sad when I go back to work in 4 weeks (even though I love my job!). I have been so blessed to be able to have so much time off. It's been nice to be home and see Brian more. I've gotten to visit family a lot while I've been off and even got to work on the farm with my Dad!!

Boe Dane Grimm

Yes, Boe is already over one week old...he'll be two weeks Wednesday!! Here are some pictures from his first few hours/days with us. 

Boe Dane Grimm was born on Wednesday, 2/27/2013, at 1:36 a.m.

Weighed 8 pounds 8 ounces

21 inches long

14 1/4 inch head circumference

I started having little contractions at about 1:30 p.m. Tuesday. I got off work at 6 and by 6:30 they were starting to get a bit painful. We called my parents and they were here in record time so they could stay with Eva and Ely and we could go to the hospital. Brian and I went to the hospital at about 10:15 p.m. Tuesday. My midwife met us there. My water  broke at 12:45 a.m. and I pushed for almost an hour to get our baby here. I have pushed for 45 minutes to an hour with all three of our kids. For some reason they all want to come out posterior (face up). Boe turned right at the last push! We were excited to finally have him here (5 days  past our due date). I was very happy to make it through without any medication and no tearing. 

It was hard work, but luckily I had my best friend there to help me through. Brian was amazing and such a great support through my labor!

Eva and Ely meeting their new baby brother. Eva said, "Mom, your baby is so cute!"

Boe, Brian, and Lindsay right after delivery. 

 Boe's tiny foot. He has long fingers and long toes!

The Grimm Family

Boe at home with mom. He is such a good baby. Still so sleepy right now! I was surprised when Boe was born because he actually has hair! Eva and Ely hardly had any hair when they were born. 

Eva, Ely, and Boe. They just love their little brother. 

Ely giving Boe a kiss. 

At the hospital they come around and take pictures of your baby, if you want, and then you can go online and order them. Follow this link to see the cute pictures of Boe. 

http://footprint.zenfolio.com/p444820589

The password is Boe

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Just so you know, our due date is Friday, 2/22/13.
We did not find out if the baby is a boy or a girl.
Our first was born five days past her due date. (7 lbs 13 oz)
Our second was born on his due date. (8 lbs 8 oz)
We are very excited and can't wait to meet our new little one!!

38 1/2 weeks...and more

I told my sister I would put a picture of my belly on here today because she lives too far away to see it in person. My due date is 10 days away! We are getting pretty excited!

Three weekends ago we went snowshoeing. We went on a trail that was just over two miles. Brian pulled a sled so the kids wouldn't have to walk it. Ely wore the snowshoes for about two minutes, then just wanted to walk, then we convinced him to ride in the sled. He got kind of cold toward the end, but he did really good. Eva rode in the sled for awhile, but she walked probably half of the trail. I was really impressed! It was beautiful up there and a fun way to spend the afternoon and get some exercise.

Ely likes cheese...I came upstairs to the kitchen and found that he had opened the fridge, pulled up a chair, and found the cheese in the very top of the door. Then he proceeded to take several big bites out of it! He is so funny!

This is what happens when Brian tries to study at home - the kids just love him so much they can't leave him alone! He is very patient with them and gives them all the attention he can, while still working very hard to get good grades. I am taking one three credit class online and I can't imagine trying to do more!

 

Had to throw in a picture of Duchess.

This was one of the sites we saw on our snowshoeing adventure.

7 Year Anniversary

 Seven years!! I can't believe it. Seven years I have been married to this amazing man that I love so much. I am so happy that he is my best friend and I love being able to spend my life with him!

I got Eva to take a picture of us after we got home from our anniversary date. I am almost 30 weeks pregnant in that picture.

 

 

Eva turned 5!!!

I cannot believe my little baby girl is five! Eva is such a blessing to us. She likes to make us laugh, be silly, play with her horses, watch movies, color, cuddle up with her dad, and help her mom in the kitchen.

Eva is very smart! She has been doing preschool (with her awesome teacher, Danielle) and has just learned so much in the few months Danielle has been working with her. Eva can count to 100 in single digits and by tens. She has learned just about every letter in the alphabet (how to write it upper and lowercase, what sounds it makes, what words it goes in, etc.). She can even read some small words! She loves to learn.

We are so blessed to have her and love her so much!!

 Eva wanted a pony cake for her birthday. After showing her several pictures of cakes on the computer, she decided she wanted to put some of her ponies on the cake, so this is it! She loved it!

 Eva wanted a "unicorn pegasus" for her birthday. Luckily, I found that My Little Pony actually has one...apparently a unicorn with wings is not a common thing. We found this "Pin the Horn on the Unicorn" game to play at her party.

 I think she peeked!!

 Grandma Anderson was able to make it over for the party. She gave Eva those super cute John Deere pajamas and lots of other great stuff!

 This is Danielle (our friend, our babysitter, Eva's teacher, and my sister-in-laws sister), and her husband Octavio, and their baby Caroline. Eva was so excited for the coloring books they got for her birthday!

Aunt Debora, Uncle Gary, and Micah got to come over for the party, too. We were so glad!! We miss seeing Mimi every day!