It's Great to be Eight!

We are so proud of James and his decision to be baptized. I have had so many friends tell me what a special day it was to have their son or daughter baptized. Not that I didn't believe them, but it really was a special day. I guess better than expected.

Rich and I decided to start the day by going to the temple, so early, the 0600 session. It was a nice way to start the day and for me it's been a while with little Tommy. Then we got ready for the baptism. We decided to have an open house at In-and-Out Burger, which we thought may be crazy, but they have an outside pavilion, so it actually was fun-we could actually visit. What I loved about it was we did not have to worry about food and cleaning in the morning we just prepared for the baptism and helped James.

Our stake does baptisms by ward so it ended up just being James. Our family got to put on the entire program. It was fun to have our families give talks, do musical numbers, and everything else. We had all of our families there excluding cute Jon and Rachelle in New York. We missed them. We are so thankful for our wonderful supportive families.

We are so thankful for James. He has been a joy in our family and a great example to his younger brothers and sister. Now if this growing up thing could just slow down a bit.

Such Blessings!

We had an extra special Easter this year as in coincided with our little Tommy's baby blessing.

We have had a few crazy weeks in our family. We moved out of our home of the last four and a half years. Sadly, the home we were trying to get sold before we sold ours, but we decided in this market we should go through with our sale and hope that we find our dream home. So we're in transition and staying with my parents. It has been fun so far. Maybe, this is our dream home. Ha! I'm sure my parents will be glad to get rid of wild children after a few more weeks. Moving was hard and I'm so glad to have it done. So after a few crazy weeks it was so nice to enjoy our baby and so many wonderful family members that came to celebrate with us.

Tommy is now 2 months old and weighs in at 12lbs 7oz. He has been such a sweet baby, a pretty good sleeper, and I think he is easy going (maybe the fourth baby has to be) He has started smiling at us. We all love to get a cute, dimpled smile from him. Rich say that Tommy looks at me like he's in love with me. Well, it's mutual we have a little bond me and this cute boy. He melts my heart with his charming smile. We all adore him and I'm thankful for the way he makes us all a little sweeter. I love to hear my big boys talk to him in high pitched baby talk voices.
And Bella is turning into quite the little Mom as she like to help with baths and even diaper changes. (She just gets the wipes) She can't go by him right now because she has a bad cough, This has proved to be very difficult for her. She love to hold his hands and hold his little face in her hands. We are so thankful for this cute boy. He really has been such a blessing to us.

One Month Already?

I can't believe how quickly time goes by with these little ones. Tommy is one month old today. He has been such a wonderful addition to our home. James says that one of his favoite things about Tommy is his sweet little smiles and he of course wants to hold him as soon as he walks in from school. Charlie just thinks Tommy is all around cute! And Bella thinks it is pretty cool that all he eats or drinks is milk. We really are all fasinated with this dimply, darling boy. We Love you Tommy!

Welcome Baby Tommy!

Thomas Redd Oborn has arrived. Weighing 8 pounds 1 oz and 21 1/2 inches in length. Today he is two weeks old. We are loving having him in our home. I think his sweet little spirit brings a little more peace in our home and has created so much happiness. Our kids are all just in awe of this little brother and so are we. We sure love him!

The Family I love, love, love! and one more to come.

We are all anticipating baby number four. I think especially me. All of our babies have come at 39 weeks, so I've told my kids it will come about Valentine's Days. But as they realized that yesterday was Valentine's, and still Mom had a growing, moving belly and the house was short of a cooing, crying baby, they all started to ask why baby wasn't here yet. I'm wondering too. I now feel overdue. I thought I only had 39 week pregnancies. I'll try to be patient, but time is definitely moving slower. We are so excited to add another special little person to our home coming soon!

Bella is curious about baby. I apparently need to make it look more enticing and magical because she has commented, "I dont want to grow up and have children", while looking at my tummy. She does carry her dolls around with the name of "Tommy" and takes care of them. I think she'll change her mind, say twenty years down the road. I thankful for all my babies.


Charlie is very curious about this pregnancy. Always full of questions and interested in growing Mommy. My favorite was him cuddling up to me one night, rubbing my arm, and commenting so sweetly, "I love you even when you are fat." It made me smile. I don't think Charlie is to in to outer appearance, but in almost all his prayers he prays that "Mommy will be cute and that Daddy will be strong." Such a funny boy. I'm thankful for the prayers.

James is getting so big and smart. He recently was in his school spelling bee. He was one of two to represent his class. Well, being new at this I didn't realize that he was the youngest child and that they were against all other grades and classes. Seriously. We were proud of him as he stood in front of the school and tried to spell his work "auburn" o-b-o-r-n. Well, we only practiced second grade words this was a fourth grade word and I guess it kind of sounds familiar. I was happy that he came home proud of himself. He is excited for baby too and I think and hope will be a big help.

Such a sweet, little family to Love and so excited to add another little lover!

Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year!

Merry, Merry Christmas to all of you and A Happy New Year. We had such a fun time this Christmas season. It is magical with young kids, who believe in Santa. Each of our kids were old enough to leave the ornaments alone and to not unwrap early presents under the tree. That will be out last year of that for a few years. We felt blessed to be surrounded by friends and family who we love, We missed Rich's family though who got pretty sick just in time for Christmas. They are all doing better now. Even though I'm a little late I thought I'd post a few pictures from Christmas vacation and of the progress Meg, Katie and I are making in our pregnancies. We are all due here in the next 5-8 weeks. Yikes, we'll have a lot of babies all at once, but so much fun! With that may the new year bring you blessings and love!

Thanksgiving and Disneyland!

We have spent a lot of time with family over the last two weeks. We are so thankful for our families. We went to California the week before Thanksgiving and spent some much needed time in the sun. We are Thankful for the warm weather we had before returning home to complete winter. We went to Disneyland, which was perfect. We're thankful for the happiest place on earth. If you notice Charlie right eye he got stitches for the fifth time, the night before we went to Disneyland. We're thankful that our hotel it footing the bill. We had wonderful Thanksgiving meals with both the Oborn and Lewis families. We are so thankful and blessed to be surrounded by such great families. We love you!