Utah!

Our first stop was Price to visit all the cousins there :) It was great to spend a couple of days with Gma and Gpa Holt. Here's a bit of what we did...
Playing with Joey and Ava, jeep riding!Rockin some glasses she got at the easter hunt :)Hangin out at uncle joe's golf course with Jaydn and Brenon!Then we hit Vernal. My sister Deanna was able to come as well for easter weekend. It was so much fun, we had our hands full with 2 babies in the house :) By we I mean my mother... lolThe kids rode the cycle...Had a campfire and roasted their own hot dogs and mallows...Shot the bow and arrow at a makeshift deer...Planted another doughnut tree...Played football...Posed on the hopety hop...Went fishing and drove the boat, failed to catch anything, but still had a great time...Slept...Enjoyed baby Cohen and Tristan...

Colored eggs...Went to an egg hunt at the dinosaur museum...Frosted their own cookies...And even sampled some frosting thanks to uncle Richard... I'm not sure who's more surprised, Gma or Cohen :) Easter Day was great. Here's the set up before the bunny left treats, ate carrots, and pooped jelly beans on the floor... :)

Then we headed out to aunt shels in provo and we had a photo shoot with Tristan there. I will post those photos in the next post because they are beautiful! Our trip was awesome and we are going to do it again soon! It was so wonderful to see everyone :)

Easter festivities :)

We took the kids to bass pro shops for a little egg hunt they were having there. It didn't turn out to be much, but the kids did get to see the easter bunny and take a pic, which they were thrilled about. They each got a bag of candy, so as far as they were concerned it went well :) We also took them to a rec center that was set up like a carnival. There were tons of booths with games, crafts and it even was complete with a big bounce house and slide. I love all the festivities that the valley has to offer for each holiday. The kids LOVED this and we spent nearly 2 hrs there. I'm sure the golfing kid got sick of Kailer going back to golf for candy. He just might have done it 20 times... We spent some time over the weekend at Rich's aunts house. They have a pool and hot tub, which the kids cannot get enough of! We had a bbq with Nate and Sarah and Rich's brother's family came down from Mesquite. It was a big party and so much fun for everyone involved :) These are memories we will cherish when in Missouri next year. Such fun family times :)The kids just love Sarah :)Tristan enjoyed himself as well :)Love my handsome man :)The princess and uncle Meich blowing bubbles :)

You would think it was Halloween...

This is what it has looked like in our house lately. You seriously might think it was Halloween or something. The kids love to play dress up, Meili likes to be animals and leans more towards rough boy characters, what do you expect I guess, look who she models after... So, I was so happy when she wanted to wear tinkerbell! Yey! probably won't ever happen again, but yey! Kai wanted to be the snow leopard off of kung fu panda so we made something up quickly using striped pipe cleaner and his old big bad wolf costume. It did the trick! Then he wanted to be a mummy monster from thriller off of the Michael Jackson movie. Yes, he's obsessed...
Oh and don't forget to check out the new slide show!

It's that season again :)

Time for T-ball! Kai loves playing and is now one of the oldest on his team. He is getting better at hitting the ball far and running fast around the bases. He loves it! He loves his coach and especially is loving his new black uniforms this year :) Fun stuff!

He's Here!

This is a late post, but that's what happens when your adjusting to life with 3 kids. You don't really have the time for many many things, least of which, blogging :) After my appt a week ago Wednesday, I was feeling pretty heavy and low and a bit crampy. We had set up an inducement time with the doctor for Thurday, the following morning at 8am. I started feeling kind of funny around 11 and thought I'd better just go to bed and the cramps would probably go away. I woke up at 2:30am crampy again, and thought I would try to count the time in between cramps. I wasn't sure if it was real because being induced the other 2 times, I really didn't know what going into labor felt like. So, from 3-4am I layed in bed and counted what then changed from cramps to contractions. They ranged from 4min to 10min apart. I woke Rich up and told him we were not going to make it til 8:00, and by the time I got up and in the shower I was hurting pretty badly. We woke my mom up and were out of the house by 4:30. I was contracting consistently to the point where I had to sit down on the stairs and hold on until it was over! The hospital is 30min away and I had about 5 good ones in the car ride there. I was close to tears and almost felt nauseated they were so strong. 5am we got to the hospital and they were so fast and so efficient getting me ready to go. I was at 7cm when I got there, amazed that I did half of it at home and that it went so quickly! By 6am my best friend the epidural man made it in. He had to drive to the hospital and I was so nervous he wasn't going to make it in time. He did an amazing job and I was so relieved! Within an hr I was at 9cm and my water broke. My Dr. wouldn't be in until 7am and I was so nervous she wasn't going to make it! She walked in around 7:30 and I was ready. I literally pushed through 2 contractions and he came out in about 5 min flat. Tristan was born 3-31-11 @ 7:34am weighing in at 7lbs 3oz (my largest baby) and 19 1/2 in long :) He is so sweet we absolutely cannot get enough of him. Here's a few pics... Introducing Tristan Saito :)

Everything went so well and so fast that I am feeling so much better than my after my other 2. I really feel like my body was able to go at it's own speed and that really helped things. Even though it was definitely more painful :) Thank goodness for epidurals though! We're so glad my parents were able to be there for it since we were planning to be induced that day anyway. My Dad was able to watch the kids and my mom was able to be there for the birth. It was a beautiful day :) Here's a few pics from home...

We are now a family of 5!

We pulled it off :)

My brother arranged to come home early on the day of my mom's birthday. It happened over a weekend, so we thought we would tempt fate and sneak up to slc and see Daniel surprise my mom without having this baby! It was tricky once we all got to the airport trying to stay hidden from my mom. She is the most informed person in our family and it is super hard to surprise her with anything! When Deanna and her husband were driving to the airport they ended up getting on the freeway and merging right next to my mom and dad, they pretty much followed them to the airport, so lucky mom mom didn't see them! She walked right past Kailer and his cousins and he hollered, 'Hey its grandma Jan!' She didn't hear or see him and kept walking, thank goodness! Then my sister and I were hiding in a little shop and she started to walk in. I was on the phone with my other sister at the time and told her to call my dad and get them out of the shop! It was craziness, we almost ruined the whole operation 3 times. The look on her face was priceless when she saw him coming down the escalator because she thought she was there to pick up my sister from MN, who was next to him. She could not believe it... Lots of tears and shaking! It literally took her all weekend to grasp the idea. Needless to say I did not have the baby even through the 6 hr canyon drives, and no I did not tell my doctor, she would not have approved I'm sure :) It was so fun to hang out with my 3 sisters and Daniel for the weekend. It definitely was worth the quick weekend trip up.

In other news, before we left we did a cute little st patricks day celebration with the kids. Lucky the leprachon decided to pee in our toilet and make our milk green. He also shared some of his loot from the end of the rainbow with us :) The kids loved it and mommy is still eating the chocolate :)

My friend Katherine was so sweet to throw me a little baby shower party and she even made this cute diaper cake for me. It was a great evening of icecream and ladies I love :) I have such great friends, thanks Katherine :)

I also had my sister take some pregnancy photos while we were visiting in Ut. I've never really done this before, but I think they turned out pretty cute :)

My 3 sisters are so cute I really had no idea they were planning anything for me. They totally made me a diaper cake and stuffed it full of tons of cute baby things! I got a couple really cute outfits and Michelle made me a minke blanket, which is more my size than the babies, I may be stealing it for myself... and Deanna made me a car seat cover, which I love :) They were so thoughtful and totally caught me off gaurd. I'm so grateful for them and love them so much :) Thanks guys

Lastly, Nate and Sarah took the kids to monster jam to watch monster trucks over the weekend and they had such a blast. They literally did not get to bed until 11:30 that night. Kai could not stop talking about the trucks and did not sit down the entire time that trucks were moving. He could not even contain his excitement. Meili thought it was loud, but wore here ear protectors and ate candy :) So, she was happy and had no 2 yr old fits for Nate and Sarah! The evening was a huge hit with them, they love Nate and Sarah so much, they get so spoiled! Rich and I had a much needed date together. We went and ate at Bj's and had wonderful food that we got to thouroughly enjoy, then went to a movie I loved! The adjustment beauro was definitely more of a chick flick than it was advertised as and I loved it! More importantly Rich and I got to spend quality alone time together, it was a great evening for everyone involved :) Thanks Nate and Sarah you guys are great!

This shall be my last post before the baby announcement post! I am very excited and ready :) I wanted things to happen naturally, but I don't want to go past my due date, so on my appt wed we will be having a little discussion because this baby doesn't want to come out for some reason and my due date is the 3rd, so wish us luck :)