Savannah's Birthday Invite

Super Funny!

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GUESS WHO?

This is a snippet from a video, guess who it is? Ü

Super funny!

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Kita's personal sleep-over

Kianna found Kita all set up on the floor of the family room, her own personal sleep-over. Pillows, Love sac's and blankets. Nice.....

Talon is 4 whole months!

I can not believe how fast time goes by. This sweet little guy is four months old. He is still super hard baby, no naps , hates the swing etc. We sure love him though!

This is for Megan!

Megan and Ernesto then Sawyer when he came along would always come to our house to go trick or treating with us. As they moved far away...SAD...we all took photos of them with us. Flat Megan, Ernesto & Sawyer rode along Talon in the stroller for trick or treating. Garen was with his friend Nick for the night, thus no photos.

HallOwEen!

The trick or treat gang!

Cheyenne: Football, cuter of course!

Savannah: Kind of mixed up Alice

Britton:Cutest clown~

Kenny: Just the cutest Jack Sparrow you have ever seen!

London: Ladybug!

This is why two year old terrorists survive. Too darn cute!

Zoë the sweetest pink kitty ever~

Baby Tal-Tal: A teddy bear of course!

Same thing different kids

Same thing, different kids...

Talon's snow day

I think I will have a few of these from our snow day, I have so many kids to cover! If any of you know any thing I should fix let me know, still very basic but I'm trying.

Zoë's first day sledding

Another scrappy page. I am still really new at this so I am not up on my elements and I don't have much to work with . I think so far my pages aren't really creative but simple and they get the idea across, I figure at least I am doing it!

Our first winter storm

Check out our first winter storm! Saturday afternoon, October 11th it started out not so bad, at Savannahs and Cheyenne’s 9 o’clock games we were glad to have bundled up for the games but it wasn’t freezing. At 11 Britton & Kennedy’s soccer games were cancelled. Garen got to play soccer in an indoor sports arena that was donated to their VIP league for bad weather. That was really fun! Hannah’s game (a double header) was the worst! It started at 2pm and the snow was coming down off and on. Poor Hannah. Talon and I were there for the second game but quit watching because it was too #*^@ cold! Talon and I headed out to wait with the other kids still in the car. Hannah had to finish her freezing games because they are only cancelled for lightening.

During the night I woke to feed Talon and looked outside. The snow was coming down! By this morning we have 5-6 inches and it is still snowing. We have Garen to thank for the photos. He went out to take photos in between snow showers. I know this snow won’t last long but I am a bit worried about what the kids will were as I haven’t changed out there summer clothes for more appropriate attire yet….

"What the he!! is scrapbooking anyways???"

Anyone watch Dexter? "What the he!! is scrapbooking anyways???"
So I am trying to do this. I really think it is pretty fun but super time consuming. If Greg knew how long I spent doing it, it would justify his thinking that I am a lazy arse at home. I am nursing the baby most of the time, one handing typing and Photoshop, ain't I talented! (Mom, the ain’t is just for you Ü)

Grandmas 60th Birthday

I am not trying to be obnoxious with videos however, this is apparently the only way my mom, Grandma Lighten can view videos. Hannah made this for Grandmas birthday, September 21st. Sorry are all very pathetic singers! Here’s to you mom!

Hannah's first video

This is Hannah's very first video. Funny I think, we all look like crazy idiots!

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Search: Lighten

Becky Thatcher

Isn’t Kenny adorable! To me she looks just like what I picture Becky Thatcher (Tom Sawyer’s love) looks like, less the Kool- Aid of course.

Talon's Burrito

This is Talon's Burrito. It is actually the one baby item that I would NOT give up. It has saved my life!

It’s called a Miracle blanket. It is shaped kind of like a triangle with extra parts so his arms are stuck to his sides and it rolls around him so he is just snug as a bug. I ordered this when Talon was just brought home and I was up all night with him for several days. The day it arrived I set it aside so I could wash it. At 2 in the morning I got up and tore it out of its package. I have been using it ever since. It just works! Talon calms and actually can get a good sleep! Don’t I sound like an advertisement!

Zoë having a real good time in the dryer.

My sister Heather thought she was up for child neglect, I think I win…um, this is a might bit dangerous but pretty darn funny.

Carefree days of summer...

Britty on the backyard swing.

Oh the carefree lazy days of summer! I remember those. No responsibilities, not a care in the world but for your friends and when the sun went down.

When I was little I remember looking through neighbors rocks. Especially a neighbors white cortz landscaping rocks. Me and Rhonda Boshaw would spend quite a lot of time looking through those white rooks looking for ones with a tiny bit of red in them. That meant the devil had touched them and we would throw them in the street.

Another favorite summer pastime in the “brown house” was putting rocks in the wheels of moms beautiful 68? Baby blue Ford Mustang. I remember her backing out of the driveway and being super angry yelling, “Who put the rocks in the wheels!” I am certain I did it more than once…

Talon's usual sleeping face

Poor Talon. He is not a happy boy! This is his usual sleeping face, for 5 minutes of course...

Sticker Family

Our Baby Talon

Isn't he beautiful? You are allowed to call baby boys beautiful when they are tiny. Talon was 11 days old. Thank you Heather for being so darn talented!

CHINESE HANNAH

Cheng Fei, the Chinese gymnast (the only one it seams of legal age) is who we lovingly refer to as Chinese Hannah. Anyone else see the resemblance?

Bootie Shorts

Bootie Shorts!
These photos of me are circa 1982. Poor Kianna as dad (Geoff) gives her a hard time for what she wears now!

Family picture by Savannah

Savannah wrote a letter to her great grandma and drew this adorable family picture to go with it. I just had to post it. We all really look like this I think. Of course she drew Greg and I a bit thin...Ü

Our beautiful baby boy!

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We’re home!

Welcome our beautiful son, Talon Gregory.

Boy oh boy that was not the hospital trip I planned! The c/s went just fine even though I was so worried. We got our boy and everyone was so surprised. They only showed me the baby over the sheet for .4 seconds. I told my husband it was okay to let go of my hand and go to the baby, make sure it really was a he and all was good.

The next day or two was uneventful really. Talon and I developed something called Coombs factor, this happened sometime between 24 and 39 weeks. It is a blood “disorder” similar to the Rh factor. Anyhow, it can cause serious jaundice for Talon and would affect any subsequent pregnancies for me, although there won’t be any of those ♥

Talon has been under the lights for several days. Me, something a bit more odd. After my c/s my GI tract just decided not to function. Everything I ate came up a couple of hours later with severe pain as you can imagine after a c/s. This started about 2 days in. I was so sick! I had to be on an IV again and oxygen along with anti-nausea meds and morphine. It was really bad and very painful.

We were released on Saturday and all is mostly good now although I am still nervous about my body and on a mostly liquid diet. Talon is still going in everyday to get his bilirubin checked.
Our whole family is super excited to add a new baby boy to our home. What a thrill it was to tell everyone.

I just made this quick collage of Talon & some family. These are the only pic’s I have uploaded so far.

A very exciting home we have. I feel very lucky and blessed to make it though this journey and to finally have our son home in our arms. ♥ YAY♥

This is the last shot!

Please excuse my fat arse! I just wanted to post a photo of myself as this is the last time I will look like this!

We will be adding the completing member of our family this Saturday July 19th♥