babywearing...

So, I have done a little sewing already since the baby was born. Partly out of "necessity". I was meaning to make a wrap style baby carrier before Evan came, but didn't get to it. So - here it is, in all it's glory. (It's a crappy self - portrait and I had to cut my head and body off, because it just looked too horrible, but give a girl a break - I just had a baby).

And a view from the top with him sleeping snugly and soundly inside. Awwww!!

Today is a good day!

stories...

Zane has taken to telling people "stories". Ok, some of you might call them lies, but they are just too imaginative for me to do that. We have told him that it's fine for him to tell these stories as long as he says "just kidding". He mostly tells these stories to other people and not us -I'm sure looking for their reaction.

Recently - he told our neighbor that John's work is moving to Hawaii, and we are leaving very soon and have to pack up. He is very convincing, she called me in a panic. Ha!

He told my grandmother all about his brother "Josh?(I can't remember the name)" who lives in Salt Lake and is a scout.

He often talks about his brother "Jake" who died, and even goes so far as to pretend cry about it.

And this is my favorite thing he has been doing lately:

These are signs on the play room/craft room door that say: Funland - Bob's carnival games And cafe - Open Forever, never closes.

They make Donut Soup there. Yum!

the first week down...

Evan is 6 days old, wow! Thanks so much to my mom for coming down and helping out. It really was nice for the kids to have Grandma to play with, even though I'm sure they wore her out. The real test will be next week when I am on my own. Evan is still doing good, although he seems to have days and nights just a little bit mixed up. Some nights are better than others. He's not really awake at night, just doesn't sleep very restfully. He doesn't really settle in to sleep until after midnight, and then wakes every 2-3 hours - so unfortunately I don't get a lot of sleep. Such is life with a baby. Other than that we are doing good, and I'm trying to not expect too much of myself. (My house is going to be messy and I don't care if I stay in my jammies and even my bed half of the day.) Lily and Zane seem to be doing "ok" with the new baby, and I hope that continues. They both love to hold him and give him kisses. It's very cute. He is a sweet little baby. Now - pictures!

the pictures are here...

We are home! I feel great, everything went perfectly. Evan is doing wonderfully, too. Here's a few pictures for now and then I'm going to take a nap!

Evan Bradford Collins

Abi is still at the hospital, but I (John) wanted to let everyone know that Evan was born this afternoon at 3:19, 7 lbs. 7 oz., 20 in., and both he and Abi are healthy and happy. I'll let Abi post all the details (and pictures) when she gets home from the hospital, but anyone interested can know that they are both healthy and happy. I love each member of my family very much, and I am glad that each one of them has chosen to be a part of my family.

--John--

happy easter...

lately...

We have had a busy week. We got new callings at church recently - John is the new Cubmaster, and I am the Cub Scout Commitee Chair. Basically that means we are in charge of making sure things are running in the scouts, and then we do Pack Meeting once a month. This week was the Pinewood Derby - probably the "biggest" deal pack meeting of the year. So, we were busy. I think it turned out fun for the boys, at least I hope so.

The weather has been so nice, so we have been enjoying that too. The kids (Zane mostly) wanted to go out and run in the sprinklers one day - so I suited 'em up and they had at it. It was great fun to watch Lily who wasn't quite sure what to think of the "spray" as she called it. She is really becoming a funny little girl, and she LOVES to do anything that big brother does.

Today, we went over to the Arts Festival, even though it was rainy. I was surprised that there were still quite a few people there. Zane and Lily both got their faces painted. Lily got a cute butterfly on her cheek and she couldn't stop saying "fly, fly" the rest of the day. Zane wanted tiger stripes and green eyes, to match the tigers on his shirt. He also made a creative little hat. We also got the house clean and finished up everything ready for baby and Easter tomorrow. Zane says that Monday is Wester, haha!

(I hope to get another post in tomorrow night before baby comes on Wester!) Enjoy the pictures - and make sure to check out the 2 videos in the post below - too funny.

what happens when you are 39 weeks pregnant...

Two videos for your enjoyment. The first one - what your kids do when you are too tired to care anymore. The second one - much more scary - what they do when you are not watching or paying attention at all (Zane took this video of course).

Ok I know that last one is REALLY scary. I know that she's been getting these plug covers off for awhile now - I just never knew how she was doing it. Kudos that Zane knew enough to tell her "No, No", but yet he did stand there taking a video of it. And, yes, I know - this one would qualify me for "worst mother of the year" but I'm over it.

it's official...

Baby Evan will be born on April 13th , unless he decides to come earlier. Yay! We are excited!

fun in the church parking lot...

Well, we have a really *ugly* driveway for riding bikes, so when the kids are itching to go bike riding, we head over to the church parking lot. These pictures were taken this past Saturday. Love the weather this time of year. Oh, yeah and a picture of my pretty pink glitter toes too, thanks Steph!