HIP HIP HOORAY!

It is finally done! It has taken two years, a few different plans, many headaches, and a lot of help from family, but the upstairs is finally finished! The boys officially moved up to their new room last Saturday!!! There are still a few odds and ends left to do-hang up the fan, paint the closet door (that will have to wait for spring), and get all of their BSU gear hung up and then it will be the proper Bronco room. They are so excited...Evan says he is sleeping better up there. :) Paxton said,"it's awesome."


Jeff has always said he wanted to buy an old house and fix it up...we've learned after this project that we are not so much up the "fix it up" type. We aren't so great at it and I can't stand the continuous project part...I want it to be done and not always "in the process." So, now Jeff is saying we'll just have Zach Evan's (a builder whose houses we both love) build for us and it won't need any fixing up. Sounds good to me!
This is the cute plaque my mom got my boys last Christmas and we just got it hung up. We knew I was pregnant, that is when we decided to move the boys upstairs, so we were waiting to hang it up in their new room. Isn't it cute?

Away in a Manger

It has already been such a crazy month with parties, shopping, and life, but we have had a fun December so far! We had our ward Christmas party/talent show last weekend and Paxton was the donkey in the nativity. (I thought it was a pretty good match...aren't donkeys supposed to be a little on the stubborn side?) I know that I am a little biased, but I think he was the cutest darn donkey ever! He got a little wiggly and kept playing with his ears, but did pretty good. Although Rilynn didn't perform on stage in the talent show, she did announce to everyone that she went pee in the potty (she yelled it to Jeff from quite a distance). She also thought her church shoes on the gym floor made the best sounds as she tapped and danced around. I had to remove her shoes part way through the program to keep her quieter. She kept posing and saying, "take picture of me!" Oh, the talent we Waters have! (Evan wasn't there because he was at a friend's birthday party)

The night we got the decorations out everyone was helping set them up and really excited about it, then suddenly all of my help disappeared. I went to the hall to find Ev, Pax, and Ri all sitting on the ground putting the Christmas stockings on their feet.
Cooper has loved the Christmas lights. He just stares and stares at them. The other kids were most excited about setting up our nativities. One of them was set up so it appeared everyone was in a long line waiting to see baby Jesus. The other was set up the exact opposite, everyone was in a very tight circle, but they did have baby Jesus in the very center.


Evan had his school Christmas program this week. It was 'Twas the Night Before Christmas" themed. It is so different from when I was a kid. Our music teacher, Ms. Haine, played the piano while we sang. Now the music teacher just leads the kids and there is a whole orchestra playing in the background thanks to the music teacher's handy little Ipod which she has hooked up to speakers. It was a really good program though. Rilynn kept waving at Evan and he couldn't resist smiling and waving back at her every single time.
It has since snowed more, but the first day it snowed it wasn't really that much, it didn't even cover the whole ground. Evan was sweet, he was really excited for Cooper to see the snow since "he has never seen it before." Paxton and Rilynn were really excited too. They were all bundled up, outside, and ready to "build a snowman" by 9:15 in the morning! Rilynn lasted all of 1 minute before it was "too cold" and she was back inside. It took ten times longer to get them ready than they actually lasted outside. Needless to say, Frosty will have to wait for another day.

Booper is 5 months

Booper (as Rilynn says) has been 5 months for a little bit, but this is the only journaling I do ( I know I'm horrible), so I still wanted to journal on his 4th month. He is such a happy guy and lights up at anyone just even saying hello. He started rolling over...from his brothers and sister's reaction you'd think he's magic. They love to lay him on his tummy, sit around him, and wait for him to roll. When he rolls the "audience" all start laughing hysterically and cheer for him. This baby loves to suck his thumb and has become quite the little chubster, his thighs each have about 4 rolls. Cooper thinks he can sit up by himself and is always pulling himself forward, but then tends to kiss the floor. We love every chubby inch of him, but he is still a little stinker at the whole sleeping at night thing (or lack thereof). At least he is cute to look at when I am up with him 3 times a night.

P.S. on a side note, we just had Rilynn tested and she was negative for Celiac Disease! YEAH!! So she can eat pizza, cookies, cake, bread, crackers, ANYTHING!