change in blog

So I decided that I should try to make my blog all cute thinking that I would keep it updated more if I did. I almost succeeded but I can't get rid of that pink at the top. Does anybody know how I can get rid of it? If so, please let me know! Thanks!

Tag

This is for Charity although I am not tagging anybody else. Sorry! This picture is of Mom and Charity at Yellowstone in September of 2006. We took a family vacation there and it was a lot of fun except for the fact that Alex didn't get to go with us.

Our New Arrival

Two weeks ago, on October 23, we welcomed Sophie Coleen into our family. I arrived at the hospital at about 1:15 pm and she was born at exactly 4:00 pm. She made quite the entry into the world, much like Ava did. I had stood up to see if I could get through the contractions easier and in a matter of less than five minutes my water broke and Sophie plopped out. There was no doctor there, just Alex and one of the nurses. The nurse had some mad skills too. i was using her as leverage to make it through the last couple of contractions and she was still able to catch Sophie so that she didn't hit hit the floor :) She has been a nurse for a number of years and has never experienced a birth like that. Any ways, it was fast and yes, it was hard but it was worth it and she is absolutely beautiful. Paxton and Ava love her so much. They are the best big brother and sister!
What a blessing Sophie has been. She is the most wonderful, easy baby and she usually only wakes up twice a night. She is a much easier baby than my other two were. It definitely makes things easier on Mommy. I'll post some pictures later.

Kodiak Bears

Last week we went out in search of bears sincethis is the best tie of year to see one. It was definitely worth it because we saw about ten of them. Ava even got to see one of them though I'm sure she just thought it was an extra large puppy. We got pictures but have decided that we need to invest in a better camera so that we can totally zoom in on them. The one we saw right off of the side of the road (couldn't get a good picture because he blended into the trees and brush) and he was about ten yards from my window. It was awesome. We could see every facial feature and I even made eye contact with it. They are truly amazing creatures to see and I have grown to appreciate all of Heavely Father's creations that much more.

Pics

A week ago, Paxton had school pictures so we decided that we would try to get pictures of him and Ava together after school. We wanted to take them outside, which didn't end up working very well because Ava was to distracted by the water, rocks and wind. We were able to at least one that we liked and a couple that we thought were kind of funny! The pics are at the very bottom of the page. Not quite sure how it happened but I don'y reallyknow what Iam doing anyway. Sorry!

Baby name

We have finally found a name for the our soon to be baby girl. We are going to name her Sophie Coleen. We both like the name Sophie and Coleen is after my Mother-in-law. At least we won't have a nameless baby. We weren't sure that we were ever going to find a name for her so we are excited that we found one that we both liked :)

Ava is walking

Ava is finally walking! HOORAY! It has taken her a while and she still doesn't do it all of the time but this means that she should be walking pretty good by the time that the baby comes. It will definitely be easier only having to carry one baby.