Jan. 11th-Welcome Payton Faith Giese

On Jan. 11th I was induced at 7am. I was very happy to been done being pregnant. Though the day did not unfold like I would have liked (like an epidural that only worked on one side, a baby's heart beat that was not staying consistent, and an emergency C-section) we did end up with a healthy baby girl. Payton weighed 7 pounds 11 ounces and was 20 1/2 inches long. Payton is doing great and I am slowly recovering. Avery and Gavin are great with her and Avery is the best helper. We are so excited she is finally here and our family feels complete.

Avery's B-day/ Due Date-No Baby

Avery turned 4 on Jan. 7th, which was also my due date. I was very happy the baby was not born on this day. We had a fun family day with Avery. We took her to I-Hop for breakfast and she had chocolate chip pancakes then we were off to the park for a couple hours. Avery made her own Birthday cake. She thought it was a great day and told me that even though she was 4 she would still be my daughter.

Christmas-Things You can ride on

Christmas was a blast with the kids. We spent Christmas Eve at my parents house which was a lot of fun because all the grandkids can run around now. We had 5 kids under the age of 4 running through the house. Christmas morning we were at our house and we enjoyed some fun family time and spent the morning outside riding bikes, scooters, and coasters. Christmas afternoon we were off to Dan's parents' house. We enjoyed an awesome Christmas dinner and the kids got to ride their new John Deere truck. I think we will be spending a lot of time outside this year riding on all the new toys.

Flower Girl

Thanksgiving weekend Avery was a flower girl in my cousin Jeremy's wedding in San Diego. Avery and Kiana did a great job making it down the aisle and loved being dressed up with their hair done. She looked very grown up!

Visiting Uncle Brandon at the Fire Station

I have not posted in a while and I have a lot to catch up on. In Nov. we visited Uncle Brandon at his fire station. We think Gavin may have found his career. He had so much fun we had to pull him out of the truck kicking and screaming.