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Little twinners

Even matching smiles

BATH TIME

Still Chubby

Curly after the bath hair

THE BOYS CAMPOUT

Brian told the boys that on Friday night they could have a campout. Danny was so excited. They bought treats at the store and built a fort downstairs. While laying in the fort, they watched the Micheal Jackson movie, This Is It. Ever since then, Danny has been OBSESSED with MJ. He loves the song, Smooth Criminal. They had lots of fun.

Whenever Sarah cries, Danny runs over to her and rubs her belly and tells her it is ok. He loves her.

Here are Danny and Sam dancing this morning. If you watch closely, Danny starts to do a Micheal Jackson dance move where he is tipping his hat. But I had to go and interrupt him by asking him to do another dance move.

Life with our little Princess

The boys love to just touch her. They are very cute with her.

Danny asked me if he could put her in his preschool bad and take her for show and tell. I decided it might be a better idea if he just took a picture of her.

This picture makes me laugh. Sam saw that Sarah had on some mittens, so he decided to put his on too.

I just love her. Brian keeps commenting on how happy I am. Ever since she came into our home, it just seems like life is so much sweeter. I love having a girl. She is such an angel. I must say that I am so happy I had my 2 boys first.

Ok this made me cry. We had to put her under these lights for a few days because of her jaundice. The only time we could take her out was if I fed her or changed her diaper. I had to put these goggles on when she was looking around, it made me so sad. Surprisingly, she did very well and it wasn't too hard.

Go Utes!

Enough pictures already!

We decided to get a picture of Danny, Sam, and Sarah with their cousins.

Kind of an akward picture (for Sarah). I wasn't quite ready for her to be sitting on their laps. I can't believe we have 3!

Sarah Elizabeth Ross

On Jan. 5th, our sweet Sarah was born. The delivery went so well. We were so happy. She was 9 lbs 3 oz. I love her big cheeks. She is such a good baby. I love having her in our family.

It wasn't easy pushing a 9 lb baby out. I started cheering when she was born. And how sexy are hospital gowns???

I was so excited to put a bow in her hair.

She is going to have him wrapped around her finger.

Danny was SOOOO excited to see her. Kids aren't allowed at the hospital so he had to wait. He opened the garage door when we pulled up and wanted to see her so badly. When she came in, he was running around the house cheering. He was so excited. Sam just loves her too. He keeps peeking over the bassinet to look at her.

My dear friend, Jennie came and took some pictures of her and put them on her blog. You can check them out here.

Holding off on baby for this...

This year, we planned a dinner with all of Brian's friends for Christmas. Most of them are from out of town and so busy so we couldn't do it until January 2nd. I thought for sure I wouldn't be able to make it because I thought I would have the baby by now. Well I was wrong. I STILL haven't had the baby. I am not due until the 13th but I was 14 days early with Danny and 11 with Sam so I fell like I am past my due date. Not only that but I am in constant pain and I am so tired of waiting. I can't imagine going past your due date. Anyway I am planning on being induced on Tuesday so I am excited for that. I was happy that we got to make it to this dinner. I just love Brian's friends. They are all pretty much brothers to me because I have known them all since elementary/middle school. Not only that but I love their wives/girlfriends. They are so fun to be with. We ate at Cucina Toscana. It was so good!

Abby and Nate totally not posing for the camera.

Thanks for such a fun night you guys! Now the baby can come....

One last time

Today was the last time I had to say goodbye to a brother that was leaving on a mission. I have had 3 brother's leave and today my youngest brother, Alex left on his mission. The past couple days we was Sherlock Homes (I love Robert Downey Jr.), ate at Asian Star (I am so proud that Alex wanted his last dinner there), and today we went to lunch at the Pizza Factory before we said goodbye. Every time I looked at my parents the past couple days they were so sad. Last night Alex was set apart and it was so great. I love spending time with my family and I am so proud of Alex. I will miss him so much but I think my boys will more. They LOVE him. Here are a ton of pics from lunch today. I told my family I would post them all.

Best Christmas Ever!

I think every Christmas just gets better and better and this Christmas was so wonderful. It was hard being so pregnant but it was nice to have so many things planned with family and it kept us very busy. So Christmas morning, I hear Danny walk out of his room and I hear him stop and there is no noise for about a minute and suddenly he comes running into our room screaming that Santa has come. He jumped on the bed and ripped off Brian's covers and shook him until he got up. He was so excited. We asked him to wait to open them until Sam woke up and he waited so patiently. He started peeking through his stocking and at that point I told him just to open them.

Yay roller skates!!! That is the only thing he wanted for Christmas.

There is nothing better than a child opening their presents on Christmas morning.

I love this guy

So I have been wanting a really expensive camera for a long time. I love taking pictures and I wanted an SLR so that I could take better pictures. I have been bugging Brian to let me get one for a long time now but I knew I could wait to fork out the money. Well he totally surprised me and got me a new camera. There were tears in my eyes I was so happy. I am going to take classes so that I can get a lot better but I am so happy you have no idea. This is Brian posing for one of the first shots on my new camera. I just took it on auto because I have a lot to learn.

Sam was a little overwhelmed with all of the presents but he was happy.

A nap that they desperately needed.

Gator golf with Granddad.

Exchanging gifts with my family.

Every year the boys get new boots from Brian's parents. They couldn't take them off because they were so comfy. And yes, they left their pj's on all day.

Baby update and Christmas fun

Let me out!

Ok some of you might not understand what is going on in this picture so I am sorry if you can't. Yesterday I had an ultra sound and the baby is doing great. She is measuring about 7 lbs (give or take a pound). I am dialated to a 1. I seriously thought that I was going into labor on Sunday night because I was having the worst contractions in my back. I laid down and they wouldn't go away. So finally after about an hour of laying down, they went away. It was so cute because Danny laid next to me and hugged me the whole time. Every time Brian would come in, Danny would tell him to go away (probably because I had just gotten mad at him for something that I can't even remember right now). It was funny. Anyway the baby is just in an akward position right now so it is killing my back. So this is a picture from my ultra sound yesterday. My scanner isn't working so I just took a picture of the picture. That big bulge on the right is my placenta and on the left is the baby's eye (closed), nose and lips. I can't wait to see her. Don't you just love her already?


Ross Family Christmas Party

This is Brian's parents with our family.

I love Sam's big smile.

Danny doesn't like to sit on Santa's lap but he decided afterwards that Santa was a nice guy.

Brian also turned 30 on the 19th. Danny took this picture. I don't have picture's from his party but I will get them later.

Every year we eat at Joe Morley's and it is soooooooo good.

Christmas pj's

They are just so excited. This is Danny and Sam with their cousins. Little cuties.

We went to go see Santa at the assisted living place where Brian's grandma lives. How cute is he?

Danny is still not sure about Santa being this close.

Danny's Christmas Program and a call from Santa!

Today was Danny's Preschool Christmas Program. He was very cute although I could barely see him half the time because they decided to combine just about every kids class who goes to the preschool into one program. The only way I could see him was to go up the stairs and try to get some pictures there. I was so frustrated but now I realize I just needed to relax. These things are just such a big deal to us because we have been working so hard with him to be better at performing in front of groups and I couldn't even see him.

He did go to the front for a song so I got this picture.


I got another picture afterwards.

I also found another Santa hat because I couldn't get a picture during the program.

Danny took this picture of Brian's parents. They came and entertained Sam. My Mom, Whitney, and Sophie also came but they had to leave right after. I felt bad that they couldn't see Danny during his program but I love their support. Danny is a lucky boy.

I love these boys!

A phone call from Santa.

My sister scheduled for this recording of Santa to call the boys. These videos are so funny.

He called Danny first. I love how he says Thank you at the end. He really wants roller skates for Christmas.



For some reason, Sam hated the phone call from Santa. I don't know why, he usually loves to talk on the phone.

Thanksgiving

I think every year there is more and more that I am thankful for and this year is no exception. This year hasn't been easy. We have has some hard times but it is only now that I can look back and be so thankful for them because it has made me realize how blessed we have become. I am so thankful for my family. Not only Brian and my sweet boys but ALL of my family. Not only my family, but Brian's family too. We are so lucky. I am thankful for much more but we will just keep it at that.

We started off the day with our traditional Thanksgiving activities. The boys played football and the girls played tennis. I didn't get any pictures but if I did, it would have just been me standing on the tennis court trying to run after the ball but failing miserably. It was fun but I was pretty much immoble.

We celebrated Thanksgiving with my family this year. We ate at the Salt Lake Country Club and the boys were SO good. I was not expecting that. The dinner was wonderful.

Brian and Sam

The boys and my Granddad. They LOVE him to death. If you have ever met him, you would understand why. He is so fun with the boys.

Alex and Lil (my bro and sis) with Sam and Danny.

Danny wanted to take pictures of everyone with my camera:

Patrick (brother)

my Granddad

Tim (my brother)

Elizabeth (sometimes you have to bend really low to get in the picture)

Thankful for:

Danny cheering me up the day Oliver died by tucking his pj's into his underpants after he went to the bathroom. What a funny boy.

My good friend, Kristin threw me a shower and we ate at Mimi's Cafe. She was so cute and decorated the table with so many cute things. I was so impressed! What a great friend.

Elementary school, middle school, high school friends and friends that I met when I first got married. When I have good friends, I don't let them go. Thanks girls!