My Sunbathing Beauty

Here are some pictures I know many of you are anxiously awaiting :)

My little one soaking up the sun!

Look at those long limbs...just like his Daddy!
He has to be a basketball player...look at those hands!

I love baby feet :)

Today

Today we have a moment to breathe, reflect, think, process, etc. and this picture pretty much sums up some feelings I have...

Spending time with my precious new baby boy, my wonderful amazing rock of a husband, his family as we greive, and missing my other boys at home.

There are tons more pics to come, I promise! We have had a whirlwind of a week so far...birthday celebrations for Caden and Cole, first bath and sunbathing pics of Crosby, and spening lots of time with friends and family. I am beyond tired today. The birth and all the emotions of losing Kaci have finally caught up to me. Pile on that...two of my boys at home don't feel 100% and I feel guilty for leaving them all at home with my mom! But of course my mom is handling things great and we are on our way home today.

Thank you so much for your outpouring of thoughts, love, prayers, and support! We are so blessed to have such wonderful friends and family. The texts, fb messages, cards, and emails put smiles on our faces! Another huge thanks for our Woodward friends bringing meals, helping pick up and drop off kids, and lots of other things! I am not a big one to ask for help, but I have had to this week and you all have stepped up big! The family of God is a WONDERFUL thing to have!!! We love you all!

Celebrating Kaci

With all the joy going on over the last few days, we have also experienced sadness. Cory's sister is now completely healed and restored and dancing with our Lord in heaven! While we weep over the loss of her on this earth, we rejoice in her life and ministry! Kaci was an amazing sister to me and to Cory and a wonderful aunt to our boys. We will miss her terribly and covet your prayers for us and for the rest of her family over the next weeks and months to come. If you want to go over and love on Ryan and the kids, please do so! Cory and I are heading to Guymon today sometime with Crosby, while the other 4 kiddos stay here with my mom. Thank you all so much for your love, support, prayers, offers to help, etc. We feel them all and appreciate them all...it is such a blessing to be loved :)Job 1:21 "The Lord gave and the Lord has taken away; may the name of the Lord be praised." We are praising God today for ALL of his blessings. For giving us Crosby and for Kaci. Our sister is dancing at the feet of our Savior, no doubt hearing 'well done, good and faithful servant'.

Happy 2nd Birthday Cole!

Two years ago today while I was supposed to be at Caden's preschool celebrating his birthday, our lives were once again blessed by the birth of Cole Jackson! Of course God had different plans than I did but that is fine by me! Cole has been such a wonderful addition to our family and we love watching him grow and develop his personality!

1 day old, August 30, 2008

Being his usual goofball self, July 2010
Happy Birthday Col-e Bear! Momma and Daddy love you so much!

Happy 6th Birthday Caden

6 years ago today our world was changed in a moment! Caden is our little miracle baby from God and we have been blessed by him ever since! I am not real sentimental, but I truly love how he has grown and developed over the last 6 years. He is our wonderful 1st born and we love him so!

2 days old, August 31, 2004

1st day of school this year, August 19, 2010
Happy Birthday Caden, Momma and Daddy love you so much!

Meet Mr. Crosby!

Well of course I wasn't planning on having a baby Friday, but that is how God works with me...teaching me things when I least expect it! So crazy story, as usual, but I went to my appt. having contractions as usual, but I had progressed enough that my doctor knew I would have him this weekend and she wasn't going to be in town. She told me she didn't want to miss it and if I wanted to have him Friday, we could! So of course I said yes!!!

But then came the tricky part...I had Cole with me, and didn't think I should go up to L&D with a 2 year old :) Cory wasn't picking up his phone (he was in a business mtg out of town), Carter had to be picked up from school, Caden and Lizzy had to be picked up before my mom could get here, and my bag wasn't packed!!! So after calling Cory several times with no answer, I called my mom and got her headed this way, then called in reinforcements...thank you to Mandy, Becky, and Tisha for being at my beck and call! Also thanks to Devin for letting me call and explain the chaos to someone who would truly understand!!! Love you girls and thank you so much for BEING THERE for me!

So after taking Cole to Fargo to meet Tisha and heading back to Shattuck I went up to be admitted. The nurses had put out APB on me. They were calling me as I walked back into the hospital wondering where I was! So funny. Things progressed slowly at first but once they upped the pitocin we were on a roll. He came so quickly that his poor little face was bruised really bad! So there are no close ups yet :) But enough chatting here are the pics you are waiting for...

Momma and Daddy with their 4th little blessing!

Cole is totally in love with his brother! So proud!
My 4 little men

All 5 of my guys! I am one blessed lady!

Family Portrait

This is our latest family portrait, drawn by Caden. I thought everyone would love to see it!

I am sure you can pick out a few, but here we are from L to R...Mom, with Crosby in the belly :), Dad, Caden, Carter, Cole, and Lizzy. He labeled us all by name but it is hard to read. He worked very diligently!

This part cracked me up. Here is a close up of my giant belly, he even labeled Crosby and drew him in my belly!

So proud of his work!
I wanted to proudly display this on the fridge or something, but no...it was for Daddy to take to his office and display there. So if you go by SPC you can see it in person!

Big Kids' 1st Day of School

We had another successful 1st day! We even got ready in time to take more pictures!

I am so proud of my guy...he jumped right out of the car and barely even said "bye". He was ready to go!

Pretty Lizzy in her 1st day of school dress and pink bag!

My two big kids :)

Cole got really mad yesterday that he didn't get to stand on the fireplace and say "cheese" so we let him today! He just marched right up there and kept yelling "cheese" until I snapped a pic!

Again we are so thankful that my Mom was here this week to help us manage the chaos...so here is our best family shot. Carter was a bit ticked that he didn't get to go to school today, so pardon the attitude!

Hopefully tomorrow goes as smoothly. There were lots of issues with drop off today at their new school, but that is to be expected. Just have to have lots of patience and kindness! I pray that I can get the two big kids dropped off and Carter to his school on time! My mom is leaving tonight, so I am at it alone...here goes nothing :)