At 4 weeks old....

You weigh 8 lbs. 14 oz.
you are 21.75 inches tall

your head is 14 inches round.

You have a herniated belly button.

You have the cutest dimple in your chin.

You held on to your umbilical cord until you were 21 days old.

You are a great nurser.

You love to be wrapped up tight.

(Abe calls you his "little chimichanga")

Your eyes are working great.

You follow people and voices with your head and eyes.

You always turn to your mama's voice.

You can be in an all out crying fit, and the minute mama picks you up you stop.

You love your Binky.

You make a noise that sounds just like dolphin call.

(It makes your brothers and sister laugh)

You hold your head up really well.

You have rolled from your stomach to your back at least five times.

You had an eye infection or clogged tear duct.

You let your very LOVING sister love you up.

(saint hood in my book)

You like your mama.

Places you've been:

Target

Costco

Walks around the neighborhood

You have been to 4 movies (and slept through them like a champ.)
You have been to 2 swim meets, and

3 very LONG All Star Baseball games, and

many dance classes.

You have already spent countless hours in the car.

You have visited Nannie in Highland, Great Grandma JB in SLC, and Grandy in Lindon.

You have ridden on the back of a tow truck.

We have taken a lovely trip up to Pine Valley and hiked a bit.

Oh the adventures we will have with you!

You are so sweet. So loved. So wanted. So perfect. So Adored.

Gilbert & Sullivan

It has a nice ring to it doesn't it?

To say that Sully has a serious fan club would be an understatement.

So when one of the kids can get him to themselves it's like Christmas.

Especially Gil.

Gil was telling him that he was going to be his best friend.

He also told him he can follow him around when he gets older.

I also got it on video.

Yep, I will hold him to it.

He was also telling him "I am your big brother" over and over and over.

It was Gil who told us (before we knew Sully was a boy) that he was going to have a brother.

He just knew he said.

Two wheels

Last week Bob and Tucker were at All Star practice and the kids were outside playing.

I took Sully out with me to sit and watch the kids.

Gil kept begging me to take his training wheels off.

I told him we would have to wait until daddy got home.

It was starting to get dark when Bob and Tuck pulled up.

That was not going to deter Gil from his wants.

Next thing I know Bob had taken off his training wheels and Gil was just going.
Truly!
He just took off.

Bob held the back of his seat when he got on and then he just started pedaling.

It took him 3 minutes to figure out how to start himself off.

He couldn't wait to try it again the next morning.

Now he is part of the neighborhood bike crowd.

(Although he did start riding a two wheeler before most of his friends that are a couple of years older than him.)

He is already asking for a new bigger bike that's blue.

Bob thinks he looks like a clown on his tiny bike and how fast he pedals to keep up with the big kids.

Mostly I think he just is a CLOWN!

Lady was not to be shown up.

There was no way Gil was going to ride his bike before her.

So after Gil took off she had Daddy take her training wheels off too.

She got going pretty shaky while she whimpered through the pedaling.

But she did learn that night as well, maybe not as gracefully though.

There was no way she was going to be shown up by her little brother who is 15 months younger.

It has been so fun to see how much more they ride their bikes now that their training wheels are gone. They have had a lot more crashes too:)

*helmets are being worn more too I promise.

Snow Canyon Warriors All Star Baseball

Tucker had a great Baseball season this year.

Bob coached his White Sox team this year and they had the best team this season.

I think and have been told by many parents that Bob is a fantastic coach.

Tucker L.O.V.E.S having him coach.
So when it came time to choose boys for the All Star team Tuck was one of the first pick.

Bob was the Assistant coach for the team.

They practiced quite a bit for a few weeks and then this last week we went to Cedar City for the big tournament.

I did a horrible job of documenting it.
My mom and Granny drove down for the fist game on Monday.

(this was not a short drive 6 hrs in total)

Nannie held Sully the whole time so I took a few pictures.

I did miss taking pictures of him pitching, I was intent on watching him and totally forgot.

I thought I can get more the next couple of days. What? I forgot I had a newborn in my arms without my mom there.

So here's what I got.

They lost the first, and won the second, but got slaughtered the third game.

Tuck never takes those things well.

He takes things to heart.

He had some beautiful hits, and he pitched really well.

He did really well this week despite there losses.

It was fun to watch him play.
Fun to watch Bob coach.

I am so glad I am married to that kind of dad.

It was also really nice to get out of our scorching hot weather this week and be in a little cooler weather.

We even got rain that first day.
I will admit that it was a little difficult with a newborn but how can you miss your oldest son's All Star Baseball?

Just imagine me holding Sully in one arm a huge umbrella in the other hand trying to hold it down with the wind gusting like it does in Cedar. The kids needing bathroom runs, (thank you Abe for your help there) money for treats, and Gil and Gwyn finding a mud puddle to play in.

We were a sight to behold.

Thanks to the kind people next to me who kept helping with the umbrella.

So this is love...

This little girl is in heaven....
I won't lie, sometimes her love for him is a little TOO much.

Kind of like the other day when she walked out carrying him from his Moses Basket.

I may have freaked a bit.

She loves to hold him on her chest, and give him his binki.

I do think it's sweet most of the time.

Sully's Eyes...

Sully unedited....

(One day I will have my computer and photoshop again...hopefully soon. I am DYING to get pictures of him up.)

Sullivan Michael Lamoreaux
Birth Stats:

June 20, 2010

7lbs 2oz

19.5 inches long

2:49pm

Due Date...

Today mister Sully was due.

I am dying to post pictures of my sweet little peach,(because that is how he looks, fuzzy and peach colored, hair and all.) but I need my computer first.

So tonight it is the ramblings of new/gently used mother.

I have so much to say.

The last few days little Sully has had his eyes open longer than usual, he is beginning to wake up.

I noticed yesterday the little ridge on his head gone, his head is growing.

He is 2 weeks old today.

My heart breaks and soars at these changes.

I don't blog, or do much but hold and watch this sweet boy. I don't want to miss a moment of him. I want my brain and my body to record every square inch of him. It's like a first love all over again. I want him in my arms as much as possible. Perhaps because he is most likely my last baby or that looking at my soon to be 11 year old that I feel that this time is so very short. So magical. I haven't been sharing him. For those who feel guilt for not seeing him yet, don't. I really have been keeping him to myself.

I asked Gwyn the other day if she could imagine wanting Sully to be a sister. She answered very honestly "no".

He was always meant to be with us.

He cries only if he is hungry. He nurses like a champ. He wiggles for other people then settles in so nice when he is given back to me. He knows me. He likes daddy too.

I am working on his birth story and pictures so look for those. I just needed to post a little something that explains my elusiveness/hermit ways.

I am just in baby Heaven over here and trying to soak up every minute.

My mom was ever so kind and cared for me the first week and then took the 3 middle kids home with her. She is so busy, so I know that this is was hard for her. But the time she allowed me will never be forgotten or under appreciated. She kept telling me she just wanted to give me time to enjoy him, so I truly took that to heart. Thank you Mom. There was never a better woman alive. Sully is such a part of my heart now that I can't imagine life with out him.

This week I will be MOM again....wish me luck!!!

p.s.

happy 4th of July

Sullivan Michael Lamoreaux

This is Brooke, Robyn's sister.
I have broken into her account to post a picture of their newest addition!
what with their computer being down and all...

This is Sullivan.
He was born today at 2:49 pm.

I will let Robyn give the rest of the stats on her own, but I had to share something..
I just love him too much.

Congrats Rob & Bob!
You make perfectly beautiful babies.
:)

A little baby update.....

My stinkin computer crashed this week. I am waiting to see if this awesome guy we know will look at it for us. I have lots of things to post but I am afraid they will not get done until I get my computer back.

Which means probably not until after baby boy is born.

That's right baby boy is planned to arrive this coming Monday if not sooner.

He has been a crazy contortionist in my womb these past few weeks.

I mean CRAZY.

I can tell you that I was in the hospital last Thursday because he wasn't moving and the Dr. office couldn't get the NST to be what they wanted....nothing a little juice wouldn't have helped but seeing that I am Diabetic right now, no juice for me.

So I got to visit the hospital where mister baby here was no longer breech but transverse.

Side to side people.

He did start moving at the hospital, actually he started dancing in my womb at the hospital.

I went to visit this awesome Reflexoligist/homeopathic lady named Julie who put some oils on my feet and did some pressure points and sent me home to sleep before my Dr. and I visited the next day.

I went in, and straight to the ultra sound equipment and sure enough he had flipped to being head down!

Cheering in then back ground please.

After that I was checked and told I was dilated to a 2 (which I know is not a lot for some, but for me that's where I start labor) I started in with some heavy contractions. I was thrilled. I just wanted to get the baby's head engaged, no more of this flipping around thing.

Saturday was Grandma Lamoreaux's Funeral in Paragonah (pronounced Paragoona).

Sunday was Stake Conference where we woke up too 3 puking children. So we had a lazy sick day at home, and during family nap time I felt crazy boy flip again. His heart beat was suddenly under my right rib and he was moving very panicked. Bob can attest, no lady's stomach should be able to move like it was. Even he watched in pure amazement. He likes that Breech position I tell you.

I started panicking and trying every move I could find on the Internet to help flip your baby. I may have hung upside down many times on Monday.

The Dr. Office said I should come in today and see where he was positioned, and during the night he had found his way back to the "appropriate position".

So we are back on schedule because there actually needs to be a schedule.

All my friend "peeps" are gone out of town that would usually help me out should I go into labor, so I need a schedule so that my mom and sisters can help me out.

My mom moved Granny B into her house and has taken full care of my Granny who is not doing a bit well and just found out she is in congestive heart failure along with MANY other problems. She has assured me come hell or high water she will be down here for the darling's birth but not without feeling very stressed about leaving Granny. Hopefully one of her 4 other siblings will take a turn and help out for a week or so that she can be here in the delivery room to see the mister be born and so kindly care for my children for a few days while I recover.

She is a most sought after woman don't you know.

That is where we stand.

-Me and the baby-

I am trying to take full advantage of this last week with just my kids.

Tarzan tomorrow at Tuachan.

Splash Pad today.

(My older boys told me was not real fun for them today)

Baseball party later this week.

Watching all of their birth videos with them.

Swim lessons for the littles.

Just a little time together you know?

We can't wait to meet this new little love.

All of us.

I will post when I have more and my own computer back!

Flippin Baby!!!!

My stinkin' baby flipped to being breech again!

Perhaps he is a gymnast?

Fleeing a little bit grumpy about this.

The Doctor is giving the baby until next week to flip to make some decisions.

Send good flipping vibes my way to baby please!

p.s.

If one more person tries to tell me WHEN this baby should come I may actually scream....if you haven't noticed he is not listening to me or anyone else. I can't seem to get him to want to be on my schedule or anyone elses. So please no more schedule advice.

Baby update

Can you believe it?

He totally looks like one of ours!

I have never been one to freak out about ultra sound pictures. People would talk about how they could tell they looked more like one of their children...blah blah blah.

But with these 4D, I am now one of those freaks.

We are in love at this house.

We can't wait to see him.

To hold him.

To love on him.

I am 35+ weeks and feeling very big.

We are on a serious count down now.

Because of my Gestational Diabetes and the medication I am on I get to visits the Dr. Every week.

I get hooked up to the NST for a 1/2 hour while there.

Every other week they do U/S so we get to see him frequently, they keep his size in check.

He was Breech for a good 5 Weeks.

I was beginning to panic but as of Friday he flipped.

That is why we are getting GREAT U/S pictures now.

I am happy to say he is growing great and at regular speed.

I haven't put on any weight since 28 weeks (because of my lovely diet.)

This week I put on 2 lbs.

Either he is growing, or I am not doing very well with my diet....(okay maybe a little of both.)

I am CRAZY tired and some times just CRAZY myself.

I am really starting to look forward to the end of this pregnancy, and for that sweet little reward at the end.

As far as the preparation goes, baby's room is ready.

Clothes are washed and put away.

Gwyn got a new dresser that we refinished (pics to come later) so baby can have his changing table.

Gil moved in with Big Boys.

Finished Silky blanket that Grandma Lamoreaux and I started 5 years ago.

Bought diapers.

No diaper bag yet, need to start on that.

Need to prep car seat and stroller.

Still have a few sewing projects.
Need to buys wipes....

I need to stop listing it is making me stress...

I still have time, I still have time....

Earrings

When I was growing up, my dad was dead set against earrings.

He would say, "If God wanted you to have holes in your ears, he would have put them there." My mom convinced him we could get our ears pierced at age 10. So for my tenth birthday, I took all my friends to the mall where we ate at the eatery, and I got my ears pierced.

When it came to Gwyn, I left it up to her.

She is it.

There are no other girls following behind to set a precident for.

Bob was more than supportive,
I wanted her to be ready and want them.

The last couple of months, she has been toying with the idea.

She loves jewelery.

When Aunt Brooke was going to be here, and all the boys were at Father and Sons we decided it was time.

We went to the mall, she chose the earrings she would like, and she sat scared on th chair while Minie held her hand.

Two minutes later she was gorgeous.

We then went for Sushi, then a movie, and then a little shopping.

She is so much fun.

She couldn't wait to surprise her Dad and brothers.

Every morning she wakes up then runs to the mirror to look at her divine diamonds that adorn her ears.

She was ready.

Now this punk had a fantastic time on Fathers and Sons.

What camping trip would be complete with out a little flesh wound?

The Angels...

Abe's team the Angels won their championship game this week.

It was pretty serious business.

Abe really enjoys playing baseball and this was his first year of playing minor league which means the kids actually pitch.

Sometime that makes for painful games in many ways.

Getting hit by the ball....

Watching a pitcher never throw a strike...

Watching 2 innings in an hour and a half...

Your son being walked 90% of the time....

I want you to notice that Abe has on normal baseball pants, but his shirt was really short, so he would refuse to tuck it in. That is unless he decided to wear his baseball leggings instead....

Then he would tuck them in.

Yes, he is Grandpa Mike's grandson.

Yes, his legs are really that long and skinny.

Yes, he does wear his pants that high.

Here is the winning team.

Love these boys, most of them we have known since Abe was just 3 years old. It was a fun year of baseball.

Baby Brig

We were so lucky to get a little visit from baby Brig and my darling sister Paige.

We had not met him yet and he did not disappoint.

My kids were smitten.

My mom and Paige stopped to spend the night while on their way to Arizona to get Granny.

They rolled in about 12:45am and we stayed up until after 2 talking and me getting to love on that sweet boy.

It's a good thing I took that time because after that my kids claimed him.

Gil LOVED him. He kept telling us, "Give me that boy baby!"

When I would ask for a turn he would tell me, "Not yet mom, it's still my turn."

Gwyn was of course in heaven.

Brig may look a little scared in that picture though.

Actually, I have never met such a smiley baby at so young of an age.

Gil taking another turn.

It was so fun to see them, and to get ready for our own. The big boys were sad they only got a few minutes with him before they left for school. Even Bob stayed a home a little later than usual so he could get a little holding time in.

Paige is an awesome mom.

She is way more relaxed than I thought my little perfect Paige would be. She is in heaven, and so is Brig. They are the perfect little match for each other, especially that he looks so much like her.

Thanks so much for stopping to see us. It meant the world to us.

Beauty Salon Birthday Party....

Gwyn loves herself a little pampering.

This year seeing that I am Humongous and not wanting to do anything, we opted for the beauty school.

The Paul Mitchell beauty school to be exact.

Gwyn invited 7 of her favorite lady friends (and with a little help from Nannie and my friend Jessica) we had a fabulous day at the salon.

This might be picture overload but what do you do.

All the ladies!

Some of the girls started with pedi's and others with manicures.

Gwyn took this really serious.

The girls got to choose any color and combination they wanted.

It was so fun for the girls.

Piper started the trend for polka dots on the toes.

Janessa had CRAZY ideas for all of her creations.

She wanted swirls and flowers and many other things.

Gwyn had very elegent toes done.

(Her lady was the best.)

Dezzi getting her hair done.

Gwyn getting an up-do.

This is the do all done.

It was such a fun day.

It was fun to have Nannie here and what a treat to have Granny A.