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Thursday, December 25, 2008

What Santa brought us...

Yes, I've been crying all morning...Merry Christmas.

20 comments:

Colleen said...: What a wonderful Christmas gift! Miracles do happen! Hooray for girls!; December 25, 2008 at 1:12 PM
Michelle said...: Congratulations! What a wonderful surprise... and so wonderful because of everything you've been through for this precious girl. I'm excited for you. Wow this little girl is going to have 3 big brother's to protect her! Now onto picking out a name :); December 25, 2008 at 1:14 PM
Anonymous said...: I tear up every time I think about it. I couldn't be happier to send Cindy Lou's clothes to such a good home. And at only a little over a year and a half apart, I hope our little girls can be bestest friends.; December 25, 2008 at 1:16 PM
Angela said...: yeah,yeah,yeah!!!!! I am so excited and happy for you guys. Merry Christmas!; December 25, 2008 at 1:33 PM
The Laundry Queen said...: Seriously, your announcement has made my Christmas! I didn't even care about my gifts after you called! I am so excited and thrilled for you!; December 25, 2008 at 2:29 PM
The Grant Family said...: I got teary eyed again reading the card. I don't know why because a boy would be wonderful too. I'm just so happy that you'll be able to experience a mother/daughter relationship.; December 25, 2008 at 4:34 PM
Andi said...: Oh girls are wonderful! Yeah!; December 25, 2008 at 4:39 PM
Tricia said...: We couldn't be happier for you all. Congrats!! Merry Christmas!!; December 25, 2008 at 5:41 PM
cory and tara said...: yeah, yeah and YEAH! Congrats!; December 26, 2008 at 3:45 PM
Perschon Family said...: I was all antsy scrolling down...I can't imagine how you felt opening it up! That is SO exciting! I wouldn't have even even turned on the computer today except I just had to know about you! YEAH!; December 26, 2008 at 3:53 PM
Darla said...: We are so excited for you guys! You deserve your little girl after everything you have been through!
What a wonderful Christmas gift!
Love,
The Shupes; December 27, 2008 at 7:50 PM
Amy said...: I am soooo excited for you! Congrats on getting your girl!; December 27, 2008 at 8:24 PM
Heather Ashby said...: I'm sorry that the news wasn't what you expected. ;)

Congrats! I can't wait to see her.; December 27, 2008 at 9:38 PM
SP said...: yeah! I checked your blog as soon as I could on Christmas day to find the news. Congratulations!; December 28, 2008 at 5:21 PM
g said...: hoooray! I know you have your heart set on naming her Jenni, but you should really not decide yet.; December 28, 2008 at 7:35 PM
Chels said...: YES!!!! I got the chills when I read that!!!! Congrats...I can't wait! I am so excited for you! (if you can't already tell by all of the "!" which are in this comment) Merry Christmas to you!; December 29, 2008 at 11:56 AM
rachel said...: How did I miss this one? Congratulations! So so so happy for you!; December 29, 2008 at 8:26 PM
the Brakey's said...: Hooray for you! And Look out!! She's sure to run those boys in circles!!; January 5, 2009 at 9:57 PM
cjsmom said...: Tamsen and Rob...

So happy to know that you're adding some pink to your world! That is such fun news :) Can't wait to see pictures when she arrives...perhaps it made the pain of getting her here worth it!

Love, Marla; January 6, 2009 at 12:52 PM
Mrs. Whitney's Classroom said...: Yay! That's all I have to say!; January 9, 2009 at 3:19 PM

Pete said...

Hewitt was just telling me about a new game he created where you can't touch the ball with your hands or feet. He said, "You can only hit the ball with your leg or foot-wrist." And so I clarified, "You mean your ankle?"
(10/8/09)

Me to Hewitt: Whatcha doin?
Hewitt: Arting. It's making art.
(10/2/09; Hewitt's 5th b-day)

Two jokes by Burke:
What does a storm wear?
Thunderwear!

What do you call King Kong's feet?
Big Foot!
(9/26/09)

I had the following conversation with Tosh:
Me: Are you a boy or a girl?
T: Boy
Me: Is Livvy a boy or a girl?
T: Baby
Me: Yes, but is Baby Liv a boy or a girl?
T: Girl
Me: Is Daddy a boy or a girl?
T: Big boy
Me: Is Mommy a boy or a girl?
T: Mommy a babe!
(Not prompted, I promise! 9/3/09)

Hewitt had set up a bunch of toy figures and Tosh was trying to play with them... Hewitt was telling Tosh not to touch them and I asked him to share the toys or to go and get some more figures for Tosh to play with. Hewitt said, "These are not toys! They are art!" (9/3/09)

We were driving along a road near our house (a rather quiet highway, really) and Hewitt suddenly exclaimed, "Mom! I just found the road to our old house! Keep driving straight!" I looked up and realized there were some big mountains in the FAR distance. Hewitt clearly thought he was staring at Utah. (8/28/09)

Hewitt brought home a little "Groundhog's Day" craft that he had made at preschool and kept calling the groundhog a bear. When I tried to tell him it was really a groundhog he looked at me like I was very silly and said, "It's a BEAR Mom, not a CORNDOG!" (2/2/09)

I explained to Burke about the recent airplane crash into the Hudson River and knowing that he would be very concerned, I quickly told him that all of the passengers were just fine. He looked at me with a worried look and said, "What about the birds? Are they okay?" (1/15/09)

I have a trunk full of old performing costumes from when I was a kid. Hewitt saw the trunk in the basement and told Rob that he wanted to open up the "treasure chest." Rob asked him if he knew what was in the trunk/chest and Hewitt replied that it was full of clothes. When Rob told Hewitt that he didn't want him to make a big mess Hewitt said, "I won't make a mess, I will just get out one clo." I guess that "clo" would be the singular form of clothes... (1/13/09)

Burke is always mentioning how he wants us to have lots more babies because he wants "hundreds" of brothers and sisters. I was explaining to him this morning about how it gets harder and more dangerous to have babies as a woman gets older...he looked at me and said, "Well, you look young Mom, like 19!" Then he leaned in closer and said, "Well, I do see some indents in your skin around your eyes (those would be wrinkles--thanks for noticing)." (12/26/08)

Hewitt blew his nose and must have accidentally gotten some snot or tissue in his mouth because he said, "Yuck! That tastes like cow dung!" (12/24/08)

Tosh got to Hewitt's cup of water at the table today and dumped it all over Hewitt's lap and onto the floor. Rob asked Hewitt, "Are you a little wet?" and he said, "I'm a BIG wet!" (12/24/08)

Rob was playing "Memory" with the boys and when Burke got a few matches in a row Hewitt said, "Wow Burkie, you're on fire!" (11/08)

We just bought some sod for our park strip and while Burke and I were looking at the pallet, I mentioned that some of the pieces looked like crabgrass and that we needed to find the best pieces of grass to buy. Burke looked at the sod for a little while and said, "None of it looks like crap grass to me!"

While I was flossing Burke's teeth he said, "Wait--I need to tell you something." I paused flossing and he said, "You sure know how to be a good mom!" (now there's a treasured compliment!)

Hewitt watched Rob kill a fly in our kitchen and then asked, "Did he cry? Did he want his mommy fly?"

I told Hewitt that I was going to get Tosh a snack and asked if he would like one. He paused and then said, "I'll take a milkshake." What am I, a drive-up window?

Hewitt was asking for toast today and when I pulled out the bread he said, "No, the 'letter O' toast!" I finally figured out that he wanted a toasted english muffin.

Burke came down for breakfast and said, "Mom, it might not look like my bed is made and you might not like it, but it's really stripes that I did as a design on my bed."

Hewitt has really liked eating plain tortillas lately. When I asked him if he wanted one he said, "Oh. Sure. I'll have a mamma mia."

Hewitt understands things very literally. When Rob told him that he "needed to fly" this morning (go to work), Hewitt asked, "Where is the fly? In the house?" When Rob asked him if he had a runny nose he said, "No. It's just boogers."

When Rob was leaving for work he hugged the boys and told them to "be good for Mommy and do exactly what she says." Burke said, "OK bye Dad, you be good at work and do exactly what your boss says."

We were discussing prophets in the scriptures for Family Home Evening and when Rob asked Burke which prophet(s) wrote the Book of Mormon Burke said, "Nephi, Jacob, Enos..." and continued to name the books in order. Rob and I were pretty surprised and couldn't help laughing.

I was just eavesdropping on Hewitt while he was playing with his toys and heard him say, "Ladies and jumpingmen..."

Burke was heading off to a neighbor's house to play and stuck his head back in the door and called, "I'll be traveling by bike."

When the garage door opens for us to drive in, Hewitt will pretend to be scared and say, "Oh no, it's the garage mouth! He's going to eat us!"

Hewitt got distracted and starting playing with his toys during lunch and when I reminded him to please keep eating he said, "But Mommy, I'm working."

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