Halloween 2014

The other kids kept asking me what Delanie was going to be for Halloween. Considering she was only going to be about a month old I told them she wasn't going to be dressing up. I happened to find this cute shirt and pants and figured it was as dressed up as she was getting.

 Statton dressed up as a grim reaper. Can you see the glowing eyes? Cassidy wanted to be Elsa from frozen but after finding this dress she changed her mind. She is a medieval princess. Madison is a fairy princess.  Cousin Kensie is herself.

Our ward didn't have trunk-or-treating this year and our Bishop had encouraged the ward to go trick-or-treating to our neighbors and visit with them in their homes. It turned out to be really fun. We went and trick-or-treated Grandpa and Grandma Heward and a few of Blair's Aunts and Uncles. We got to go to Great Grandma Heward's house. We then came back to my parent's neighborhood and did some trick or treating to the neighbors. The kids had a lot of fun going into these people's homes and showing off their costumes and visiting with them a little bit. It was so much more personable and I loved it. The kids still got a ton of candy plus pop, toys, a puzzle, and even a gold dollar.

Delanie's newborn pictures

Moving!

     The first part of September, Blair received a phone call from a friend of his that works for Idaho Power. He told him how the positions in Twin Falls, ID were re-opened to applicants because apparently they didn't like any of the candidates they got from the first time they posted the position.

     We had decided not to apply the first time for a few reasons. Blair was having computer problems with his application, we had just been in Thermopolis a little over a year and I felt we owed High Plains more of his time. I had just started working prn for the local hospital, we were having a baby soon, and I loved our friends here. All this going on we decided not to apply. When we got the phone call from his friend telling him he should apply and he's already told the foreman about Blair, we decided we better put his application in. (Blair said he had been kicking himself for not applying the first time anyway.) Well within a few days he had done a phone interview with Idaho Power, few days later he was on his way for a face-to-face interview and skills test. The day after getting home from his interview he was called and offered a position on the Twin Falls crew. We accepted and set a start date of October 13th. That means we would be moving back to Idaho about a week and half after I had the baby. Talk about crazy. New baby, New job, and major move. It was pretty stressful for a few weeks while all this was going on but we got it done. Excited to be closer to family but sad to leave our friends, home, and school for the kids.

Delanie Heward is here

Welcome to the newest member of our family. Delanie Heward. Born Oct. 1, 2014 at 11:53 a.m. She weighed 7lbs 5 ounces and was 19 1/2 inches long. She was born at the hospital in Powell, Wy. Blair and I drove up early that morning from Thermopolis. The doctor broke my water shortly after 8:00 and she was born at 11:53.

 

Having Delanie was probably the easiest delivery in history. They were having troubles keeping my monitors on my belly for her heart rate so the nurse had another nurse come in to see if she could get them to stay. While she was fiddling with them she heard a little squeak. She pulled up my covers and let out a gasp, reached down and pulled up the baby on my chest. I had no idea I that she was out because I was completely numb from the waist down. We were all in shock with what happened. Funny thing was is that Blair had stepped out to grab a quick bite to eat before things started happening so he missed the whole thing. I had to send the student nurse to go find him and tell him. He was worried that I was going to be so mad. (Considering he hasn't made it to one delivery of our kids.) I told him not to feel bad because apparently we all missed it. :-)

Preschool for Madison

Madison has been so excited to start school just like her big brother and sister. Me and some other mom's with kids the same age got together and wanted to do a mommy preschool together. Amy Ready who is over the district preschool and toddler programs for the community offered her facility and resources to help us out. She also volunteered to help over-see our preschool program and help us with a curriculum. We started the Monday after Labor Day. It has been wonderful.

 They start the day by finding the coloring page with their name by it. After they color their page they take their name badge and go and answer the question of the day. Then they move to the rug for a book and then do the days of the week and letter of the day. They also do some counting and rhyming. Then they move to the "stations." We have a math station, craft station, and name and letter station. After stations we have free play and then finish off the day on the rug with creative drawing. They practice drawing letters, numbers, and their names.

 So this is the whole preschool class. L-R Clay Hubele, Ammon Gevas, Madison Heward, Orion Jenks, Connor Emmett,Jay Emmett, Georgia Emmett, Kacey Mackay.

 Just a few final pictures of her first day.

Statton loses his first tooth

Statton lost his first tooth on August 24th. Statton had been complaining of his bottom front tooth hurting for a few weeks. Then we noticed that it was loose. He had been working the tooth loose with his tongue for a few days and it was really loose but he refused to let dad pull it out. Sunday morning he was eating breakfast and bit into his lucky charms cereal and the tooth popped right out. He was very excited to finally have it out and put it under his pillow for the tooth fairy. Cassidy was upset because she wanted to lose a tooth too.