St Patty's Day - the luck 'o the Irish

We go all out - green eggs, pancakes, rolls ... whatever ... and the traditional corned beef dinner ... once a year!

8 days old - shoulda been his birthday!  (look how fab Ash looks already - skinny minny!)

Caleb loves to snuggle up with Papa

Busted!   I thought I heard two little mice in the pantry!

"Mimi, there must be something other than green things to eat in this pantry!"

Splish splash time

Legacy of Love

Wyatt's blanket.  I am not a quilter but do enjoy making each baby their lil bundle of love to cuddle for comfort.  There are many flaws, but am getting better.   This was fun to make all the different monkey squares and turned out to be fitting as Wyatt has many of his own monkey faces.   He's so tiny and when he scrunches up his face, it's the cutest lil monkey ever!

Feelin the love!

Brody's blanket - loved making bundles of love for the twins too.  Didn't get pics of Brooklyn's blanket (Emma can you send me one for the file?)  xoxo

Wyatt John Silva arrives!

Ash planned a normal day of play with Anthony (she's a nanny), and they stopped by for lunch. She complained of a lot of pressure, but after a doubled over jab of "pressure," it was obvious [to me] this was baby day - 9 days early! She was not thinking along those lines so it was a bit of a surprise to begin mapping out the pains ... timing ... putting Bobby on notice and prioritizing the rest of the day.

She played with Anthony outside and he wondered why she kept walking in circles. She would be home about 5pm and I thought it might be a nice treat to have a pedicure before things escalated too far so scheduled one for 6pm. Didn't happen. Baby was coming with a vengeance and labor was all in her back (not her strong spot) so a pedicure lost all its lustre and at this point, who cares about toes!

This is last belly check pic - in between contractions and throwing up.   On the way to the hospital ... life will never be the same!

a new family!

Born March 9, 2011 at 1:42am ... 6 pounds 10 ounces ... 19" long 

He's happy in this position - back in the womb

Nothing better than to snuggle and welcome a new baby to the family at 2am!     Feeling the love from Heavenly Father and His blessings upon our family, especially Ashley and Bobby at this time.   It is a special privilege to be a mom and a grammie!   Again, counting blessings!  

The hospital photos are a huge improvement from our day.  They used to be like your drivers license photo - one shot and the worst they can capture.   Not any more!   She patiently took shots, let us outfit change and then put them all to a slide show on site!  Impressive!   Unfortunately we didn't buy because I shot everything she did.  So fun!

Since he was to be a St Patty's baby, this was his coming home outfit - a lucky charm!  It is a newborn size, still big on him since he dropped to 6-4, but check out those mitts and look how short the sleeves are.  A sign of lanky arms and a lifetime of shirts not fitting properly!   

Auntie Brooke happy to snuggle this anticipated lil one

March Madness Begins!

Brooke is so athletic and fun to watch at volleyball.  Even tho it's church ball, it can get aggressive and Brooke doesn't relent!  Fun games - we ended up with 2nd place

Steve and I got to babysit the twins and it was double the pleasure!   We had the easy shift because we went home for a good night's sleep (well, sort of).    Twins are a LOT of work and Justin and Emma are earning their medals of perseverance in parenting!   What a treat for us to share in the joys!

Belly check 3-6-11  soon for Ash!

the ABCs of a Baby Shower - So much fun to celebrate a new baby boy coming soon to Ashley and Bobby. The sisters put together a fun day to help get the nursery started and share in the joy.


Since the invitations were ABC, we continued with that theme and had fun with the alphabet

C is for Coconut Cupcakes (thanks Barefoot Contessa!)


D is for Donut holes (9 dozen)




T is for Tulips

spring baby = tulips and daffodils

Since Haley Mae is our only girl and getting so big, she got to have girls day with us and share in the baby fun

They are adding baby #4 to their family in May and Haley is praying for a sister

Heather, Brooke and baby Brooklyn

The twins made their  debut - Emma is a new woman and happy to be out of the house!

Mentioned to Heather last week I was gathering goodies for us to make a diaper cake when she got in town.  She was NOT on board and thought we should upscale the shower a bit.   After sending her a few online pics she agreed it would be a fun centerpiece, but thinks it needs a serious name change for appeal.

We've lived here long enough to have friends that have watched Ashley grow from a toddler and it was an absolute joy to celebrate with them on this new milestone for her.

 Life truly is a blink and we look back with gratitude for the many friends and strong family that bless the journey with their love and support.

Love ya'll!!!  xoxo

Finishing February

first lil frog of the season!

Brookie turns 17!   Crazy how fast this year has flown by!   We had a  family party with her favorite salmon dinner and grasshopper pie ... looking forward to a fun friend party in a few weeks!   Happy Birthday sweet one!!!!

We took Tanner and Caleb on a field trip to Home Depot.  Check out the crazy look in Caleb's eyes to drive ... happy this is adult trickery and he really can't control the wheel!    

cuddle time

the wolves are restless waiting to be fed

belly check 2-21-11

We had tickets to the BYU/TCU game and were excited to support the Coug's (Jimmer) in Texas.   Heather was a bit anxious to sport a simple tshirt and just had to dress it up a bit with a collared shirt :)