FOR:Nick--Who has a very easy-going, laid back personality. He is always so much fun to be around no matter what we are doing. He is always happy and always willing to help me out in any way that he can. (Not to mention helping anybody else out who might need it.) For believing in me. For being a great Dad to Sadie. I love you honey!
Sadie--First and foremost, for being alive! Also, sleeping good at nights...it makes being a Mom so much easier! I am grateful for her cute smile and cuddliness also! Love you my little sweetheart!
Dad--For having a fun sense of humor and personality and for having such a good work ethic. For being someone who sets a good example of doing daily scripture study as well as saying daily personal sincere prayers. For teaching me to have faith and always trust in the Lord. Love you Dad!
Mom--For having such a big heart! Always serving others and looking for ways to make others happy. For being a caring and talented person and a great Mom...I hope to be a good Mom like you! Love you Mom!
Tara--For being my best friend! For making me laugh, having a great personality, and being such a fun person! She is so crafty and good at everything she does! She is the person I look up to and know I can rely on no matter what. Love you sis!
Kyle--For being such a hard worker and having a fun sense of humor! He knows everything a person could know about electronics and is always willing to help with computer problems etc. He has a great smile and laugh that I love to hear! Love you Kyle!
Chase--For persevering through the hard times. For deciding to serve a mission despite obstacles that have stood in his way. For his laid back and fun personality! Doing anything with Chase is a guaranteed good time! It is fun to watch him crack jokes and pick on the other siblings also! :) Love you Chase!
Kayla--For being the most talented horse woman I know! For being a thoughtful and caring person. For being an amazing cook and for being such a good helper to Mom! She is a little homemaker already! For being so beautiful and believing in yourself and trying new things. Also for being super smart! Love you Kayla!
Jenna--For being such a character! Jenna has lots of spunk and is fun to be around! She is really competitive and usually beats me at whatever game we are playing (which I don't particularly like) and is fun to do any activity with. She is athletic and smart also. Love you Jenna!
Reid--For always saying things that make me laugh! He tells me about how the garden is doing when I am on the phone with him and says the funniest things! For example, when I had all the complications at birth with Sadie and she got stuck during delivery, Reid told me, "Well, none of that would have happened if you would have had some meat on your bones!" :) Love you Reid!
Sadie posed for a picture with our friend Bill in his family's snow cat.
Island Park. It has actually been a pretty mild winter this year.
Sadie managed to get her hand out of the wrap we put her in at nights.
Taking a ride on a T-Rex.
Tara made this cute sleeper for Sadie a few months ago. She fits it perfectly now! We love it! Thanks sis!
Reid and his volcano.
I took my 14 year old sister Jenna to Claire's to get her ears pierced over Christmas. (She had them pierced at one time but they healed up.) She didn't even flinch! (They numb the ear before they pierce now! What's up with that! Back in my day, ear piercing was done all natural!)
My Mom. That says it all.
My 16 year old sister Kayla with Sadie.
Sadie taking a snooze. I love it when her arms go up like a zombie!
Curled up in a papasan chair at home in Washington over Christmas break.
My Mom crocheted all of us hats for Christmas! We all love them! She is so talented!
Nick and Sadie. She was blessed in the same dress I was blessed in when I was a baby.
A 94 year old woman knitted this blanket for Sadie. She has knitted a blanket for each new baby in our ward for years. In fact, this blanket is the last one she is going to do because of health problems. We sure love this blanket and it was a perfect blessing blanket. What an amazing woman!
Sadie was a little concerned about the bonnet we put on her.
Sadie sleeping on her Grandpa Terry.
And on her Grandpa Simonson. She is such a cuddle bug!
Sadie in a cute bunny outfit.
Thanksgiving weekend my mother-in-law put together an "Amazing Race" for all of us. We were split up into teams and had to solve clues and complete challenges to win. As you can tell, challenges were pretty creative!
Here's another challenge we did! We had to play our own rendition of "Happy Birthday" on recorders! It was fun!
Nick blowing out his birthday candles! Big 2-8 now!
I took the liberty of decorating his chair! Ha ha!
Sadie and her boyfriend Kevin. They briefly held hands and Kevin touched her bum a few times...Typical boy!
Bill holding Kevin and Nick holding Sadie. What good Dads!
Nick, me, Sadie, Jenna, and Dad at Sadie's blessing luncheon.
Beautiful flowers from family.
Mom, Nick, and I enjoying our Stork dinner.
Nick and I right after we were admitted into the hospital.
So excited to have this baby!
My belly hooked up to monitors. The blue one measured the baby's heart rate and the pink one measured the strength and frequency of my contractions.
Mom stayed occupied knitting baby hats. Here is her and Nick untangling yarn in my hospital bed while watching Animal Planet.
This is the craziest picture of me...You can see how unstable I look...Anyways, I was super excited because my milk finally came in!
Sadie and I.
I love this little girl.
Me rocking Sadie in the NICU. Her face is still very yellow from her jaundice.
Working on her tan.
Just chillin'.
Sadie and Nick. She matches his shirt!
Our baby girl in the beginning.
It was hard to see her like this but we knew it was for the best. She's a fighter!
In the beginning her coloring wasn't very good. She was very pale. This was after having a blood transfusion so her color was improving. She was ghost white at birth.
Snoozin' in her shades.
I love this picture. So sweet.
Every day she looked remarkably better! Tubes and wires were gradually removed to reveal a beautiful baby girl underneath! :)
Sadie and I.
Sadie holding Daddy's finger. Love this picture.
Nick rocking Sadie in the NICU. It was so special watching Nick rock Sadie. He would be so content holding her and with tears in his eyes would say to me, "I love this. This is perfect."
