Happy Thanksgiving...

We've had a great Thanksgiving...cornbread stuffing, "Enchanted", and gingerbread boys. What could be better. I thought I would list what each kid was thankful for:

Parker:
1- Friends
2-124 cars (the current tally of hotwheels)
3-Disney-Pixar movies
4- House (especially the new bedroom)
5-Utah (the state, not the school)
6-Google

Emi:
1. My silkie (her beloved blanket)
2. House
3. Friends...namely Jade, Mallory, and Emily
4. Trees
5. Heavenly Father
6. Rowboats (???)

Quinn: (if he could talk)
1. Mommy's hair
2. Mommy's cheeks
3. Mommy's skin
4. Mommy's earrings
5. Fosse's tail
(all things he likes to chew on)

Trouble starts with "Q"

This is Quinn....isn't he cute? He's 10 months of cuteness. He is also the most high-maintenance baby we have ever dealt with. Quinn is a light sleeper (not good with noisy older siblings), a non-cuddler, hates the car seat, and a grabber (of hair, skins, earrings, food bowls, etc). But a mother's love is a miraculous thing. Plus he is REALLY cute and especially charming with Bill's blue eyes. As I write this post, he has learned to climb stairs.....great.

Technicalities

My cute (picky) husband has informed me that I will be messing everyone up with the name of our blog and the web address. Please note that the title is "Livin' the dream" (without a "g"), but the URL is livingthedream-lb.blogspot.com (with a "g"). I told him that we have smart friends that can get past this little quirk.
-Liz

Welcome to our blog

I'm a little scared to start a blog. We've been meaning to do this for months. Since most of our family is spread out around the country (and since I'm so bad at sending pics and updates through e-mail), we figured this would be a great idea to keep us "in the loop" with everyone.

Bill came up with "livin' the dream" as a title because it's a constant phrase muttered in our home when changing yucky diapers, cleaning up puke, and standing in long lines at Target. Right after Quinn was born, Emi had her playgroup at our house. I watched these four little girls dress their baby dolls, feed them, rock them to sleep...in short..be moms. I watched this as I was still in my PJ's, hair everywhere/no make-up, sleep-deprived, and realized....they wanted to be me. Livin' the dream!

In all seriousness, we really are: 3 beautiful (& strong willed) children, a great house, super neighbors, and don't forget the cat. We hope you will check here often and keep us posted on your life as well.