She is finally here!

Well Baby girl number 3 arrived on Friday April 6, at 7:04 am. It was a little bit scary this time around we almost didn't make it to the hospital in time. Labor only lasted about 3 and a half hours. But everything is good with both Mom and Baby Jacee Chalise. She weighed 6 lbs 7 oz. and 19 in in length. She has quite a bit of dark brown hair and blue eyes. It been a while since we have had a baby in our house but we are enjoying every moment.

Happy 5th Birthday Caitlin!

Well yesterday we celebrated Caitlin's fifth birthday, wow I can't believe she is already five years old. She is growing up so fast, and she says the funniest things. Her favorite phase right now is "That is so awesome" we are not quite sure where she got it from. We didn't make any big birthday plans this year cause we were sure when Baby Jacee would arrive. Just FYI, I am still pregnant, was hoping Jacee would arrive at the end of March, so the girls birthdays wouldn't be so close together, but I guess she isn't ready yet. The girls are out of school for spring break, so we got up and opened presents, and then we went out to lunch at Caitlin's favorite place Carl's Jr. I am pretty sure that Caitlin liked all of her presents, she received a Hello Kitty Ds case, Hop the movie, a Care bear movie, Strawberry Shortcake mini dolls, Minnie and Daisy with cars, a Polly pocket size Ariel house and dolls, and Monster High create a monster mini dolls (which was a lot harder to put together then we thought, Jake was not very happy) and Mickey mouse squickes (those tiny toys in the clear plastic balls) and Tinkerbell shoes. We did brownies and ice cream on Sunday with my family. I know I am a bad mom, I didn't make cake or cupcakes for my daughter's birthday, well no one eats them, so why make them. I threw away the cupcakes we got for Allie, since they only ate one each and then pretty much just the frosting. We are hoping that Jacee will arrive in the next couple of days so we can be together as a family for Easter, but we will see what happens.

Allie's 9th Birthday!!!!!

Well I am getting really old quick, my oldest daughter turned 9 years old on Sunday. I believe she had a very good Birthday, well she said she did. On Saturday we went out to eat at Wendys, Allie loves the frostys. We also went to the movie The Lorax, which was really cute, it was a little bit more entertaining than the old version. I like the old one, but the new one has cute and funny songs. On Sunday we had French toast for breakfast, and then we let Allie open her presents. She got a case for her Nintendo Ds, Mario Party DS game, and an American girl magazine. Caitlin and Allie also got matching I love Monster high t-shirts. We also got Mario Party 9 on Wii but that was for the whole family. So all in all we had a good weekend, now we are just patiently waiting for the arrival of our bundle of joy Jacee, we are kind of hoping that she comes a little early, well sometime before the end of March, since Caitlin's Birthday is April 2nd. But I for sure want her to be healthy, but I think we have pretty much everything ready for her arrival.

Welch's Winter Adventures

I love the Holiday season, but this year it seemed to fly by. It felt like we had Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas within a three week time frame. I am glad that Christmas is over, I like it, but its a lot of work. I was even too tired to make cookies for Santa, so he got Oreos. I think that everyone really liked what they got which is a good thing. Caitlin got a pink Nintendo DS, Smurfs Ds game, Toy Story 3 Wii game, some DVDs, 3 Monster High Dolls, a Magnet color easel, PJ's, a dress, and some books. Allie got a pink Nintendo Ds, Super Princess Peach Ds game, 6 Monster High dolls, Monster High book, PJ's, a Church dress, slippers, an Ipod, and a Monster High Wii game. Jake got a Blue Nintendo 3D DS, Mario Kart 7 game, some shirts, Roboto Uno, cologne, and Framing Hanley cd. I got PJ's, a hot/cold massager, lotion, Breaking Dawn cd, and a heart necklace. I am sure everyone got more stuff than that but its tricky to remember everything. Like I said I like Christmas, but when its over its over, so the day after I took down the Christmas tree. On December 29th Elder Kenny Hugie made it back home safely from his Mission in Milwaukee Wisconsin. We are excited to have him home. His welcome home was on January 1st, which he gave a really good talk. So New Years eve was spent with my family playing games and eating good food. Now we are just looking forward to a new year, and hopefully accomplish some of our goals. Also looking forward to the Superbowl, the girls birthdays, and welcome our new baby girl sometime around the first of April.

Drum Roll..... Please!

Well we had an ultrasound of the baby on November 9th. And....Its another girl! Jake and I were a little shocked at first just cause this pregnancy has been so different we really thought that we were having a boy. Oh well, we will try one more time in a couple of years for a little guy. We actually had to come home and look up some girl names because we only had a boy name and it wasn't really unisex. But everything looks normal and healthy, and my due date is still set for April 5th. So the good thing is we don't have to buy any new clothes, well maybe just a few. I think we will have to spring for a new crib though, ours is kind of trashed, with the wood cracking and splitting in places. I will try to post ultrasound picture but no promises it may not work.

Total Slacker

Well sorry everyone but I have really been a totally slacker lately in just about everything but sleeping, eating, and working. I must be getting too old for this pregnancy thing, hopefully my body can make it until April. Well, here are a few updates Jake and I celebrated our 5 year wedding anniversary this year on October 21st, I was hoping to do something big and fun, but since I haven't been feeling the best that didn't happen. We did go out on a date (out to dinner and to a movie Real Steel) we also got some Christmas shopping done, since I realized that will be here before we know it. It has been five crazy and exciting years, if you are an avid reader on my blog you pretty much know what I am talking about. But we still love each other lots! It was kind of funny the other night I had one of those weird pregnancy dreams. That when Jake and I were dating something happened and we decided to break up. Time passes and Jake is about to marry another girl, when this crazy women (me) goes to the wedding and makes a whole big speech about how he can't marry her he is suppose to be with me. Anyway, end up breaking up the wedding. Then I woke up. I told Jake about it, he got a really big kick out of it, since he knows that I am kind of shy and hate getting up in front of people and talking. Since the words don't come out of my mouth the way I want them to in my head. Crazy Pregnancy Dream! Also on October 23rd, we hit another milestone Caitlin is now 3 years in remission from cancer we are so excited. You really have to look hard to see her scars now, she is such a blessing in our lives. I just can't imagine life without her. I guess I have to mention too that I had my Birthday on October 25th, which I am becoming a very old lady. Maybe I will just not tell the truth about my age. Sorry I am also been a slacker when it comes to taking pictures. Also we are going to have another ultrasound on November 9th to find out the sex of the baby. So I will try to remember to update about that, until then.

Little Update

Well most of you probably already know but we are finally expecting our third child, we are so excited. I have been feeling pretty crappy this time around so we are hoping that means its a boy. The Baby is due April 5th, so we are also keeping our fingers crossed that the baby is not born on Caitlin's birthday which is April 2nd, I don't think she would be too happy about that. In other news, the girls are back in school, and enjoying it. Me as well, they were just so bored at home. Allie really likes her teacher and they have lots of fun things in their classroom. Caitlin is excited to be back with her friends at school. Jake and I are doing good too, just busy with work and household chores, etc. But we are excited for the new seasons of all our favorite shows to start up again. I know we are silly people but its nice to be able to escape from the drama and stress of life and enjoy sitcoms.