Thankful for Family

I just want to say how thankful I am for my family. I was born to amazing parents. I have wonderful siblings and those who are married have married wonderful people. I have extremely cute nieces and nephews. I have terrific in-laws. But best of all, I have my own family, and I love them with all my heart.

Joseph {Jopes} is my #1 best friend. He makes me smile every day, if not laugh ridiculously. He's handsome, intelligent, and very athletically talented. He's an honest and righteous man, and I can always look to him for anything. He is a spectacular father, and an even better husband.

Our Joseph is so much fun. He is so smart, too! He knows how to do things that we would never expect him to be able to figure out at his young age. He has the best laughs and smiles. His "cheese" is great. He is a loving big brother. He is small for his age, yet such a little man at heart and in attitude.

Everlit is beautiful. She has a smile that just lights up your heart. She loves to be held and loves to be talked to. She handles her brother's "playfulness" so well. Sometimes, we're even sure that she's looking around for him. She's got strong legs and a strong grip. She is ticklish. And she is so pretty.

I feel so blessed to be surrounded by such great, loving family.

Halloween 2010

Our ward did a trunk-or-treat, which was really more of a chair-or-treat. Our ward doesn't have many kids, and the ones we do have, are pretty young. So, we had our trunk-or-treat indoors. The candy passer-outers sat in a circle of chairs, and the kids just went around to get their candy. It was pretty easy, which was nice since the kids were so little. :)

Joseph has been watching Tarzan a lot, so when my sister, Lora, offered to send up her elephant costume, we decided to be Tarzan (Jopes), Jane (Elizabeth), Tantar (Joseph), and Turk (Everlit). Thanks, Lora and Mama! We were not the most impressive versions of each, but we did our best. ;)

My little sister joined us at our ward party and took a couple pictures for us, but she either didn't notice that they were blurry, or didn't feel the need to mention it to us. Lesson learned-always check family pictures taken by someone else. :D

This is the best one we have:

Jane, Tantar, Tarzan and Turk

Aunt Anna and Joseph

Joseph and his cute black cat friend, Nora.

Tired little Tantar.

Since She Came

Here are the pictures we have since Everlit joined our family. Unfortunately, all the cutest ones have been taken on our phones since we don't dare take time to find the camera for fear of missing the moment. So, we'll have to figure out how to get them from phone->computer->blog, next. :) For now, enjoy!

NOTE: Some you may have seen here or on Facebook already.

Hospital Pictures!

Hope You Enjoy!

We're a family of FOUR!

Everlit Ann Free

So, when I said to look for pictures and such "next week," I apparently meant NEXT MONTH. It's a long story, but we didn't have internet for the whole month of August. But it's back! Whoohoo! Now it's time to play catch-up...

Like I said before, our sweet little Everlit Ann came on August 2, 2010. She was 5lbs 5oz, 18 3/4" long, and healthy as can be. She's grown a lot already, but she's still tiny and just absolutely adorable. She's perfect. She eats well, sleeps well, and ALWAYS wants to be held. :)

Joseph is the greatest big brother ever. He's so good with her. The first words out of his mouth when he wakes up in the mornings and from his naps are "Baby? Baby?" So we take him to her and he points out her facial features, "No!" (nose), "Eye," etc. Then, he holds his hands out and says, "UH!" Which means he wants to hold her. He calls her "Evi" or "Baby." When he's tired, he lets us know that he wants mom to hold him and not Everlit by saying, "Baby," then pointing at either her swing, the couch, or daddy, and saying, "Uh." Which means he wants someone or something other than mom to hold her so that I can hold him and he can play with my hair.

Here's the video of when they first met. We couldn't have asked for a more perfect reaction. Enjoy!

She's Here!

Look for pictures and more next week sometime, but I just wanted to let you know our little Everlit Ann Free came 10 days early! She was born Monday, August 2nd at 7:17PM. 5lbs 5oz and 18 3/4 inches long. She's tiny and beautiful and healthy. We're so happy to have her here with us! Little Joseph loves her. He's the cutest big brother ever.

We are a happy family! :)