It's about time

Well I finally got around to taking pictures of Laurie in her blessing outfit. It is about one month late but... ;) Here they are!

The many faces of...

Laurie!
This is my favorite! (above)

Nana's gone

But we had a lot of fun. Here are some Nana pictures for you to enjoy! She has more on her computer that she will probably put when she gets home but this is what I have.

Beloved

I am sure all of you will be putting up your own posts, however, I just want to put in my note.

We found out this evening that Pres. Gordon B. Hinckley passed away at his home. It is a sad message to hear, however, I feel in my heart that he was ready. I have felt so blessed to have been alive while he was the prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I feel blessed to have the gospel and such wonderful priesthood holders to lead and guide us under the direction of our Savior. I loved listening to him speak. He could always put a smile on my face and a warm feeling in my heart! I am happy for him that he is with his sweetheart, and that they will be together for eternity. I am also happy that we will see him again. I know I will be able to hear him speak again someday. I know he was called of our Heavenly Father and I also know that our new prophet will be equally called. I am grateful for my Savior and his atonement. I am thankful to Him that we have been so blessed by Pres. Hinckley and the work that he did for this church and for the gospel.

Happy moments

We have surely been having happy moments in our family lately. Nana has been staying with us since Christmas and we really enjoy having her here. She has been here so much in the last 7 months that it feels normal to have her here. We have been taking small shopping trips, dancing, exercising, moving Sarah, eating, baking, reading, sleeping etc. It has been a lot of fun. We are going to miss her when she leaves in ONE WEEK! :(

Also our new family of 5 took a trip to NC this last weekend for the blessings of Ben and Cooper. It was Laurie's first trip, although I forgot to take pictures of her traveling! She did really well on the 3 hour drive. On the way there she slept the whole time. We had a great time watching snow fall and then were a bit disappointed when they canceled church for safety reasons and the boys weren't able to get blessed. Unfortunately now we might miss it! :( BUT we did have a great time with the family. Miriam, Elaine and Logan tried to have a little slumber party on Sunday night (Mon was a holiday) and they were playing so much we finally had to separate them. After all, they needed their sleep!! We played fun games and laughed a lot. Our drive home was fine as well. Laurie slept most of the time, but it took longer to get home because of the attached trailer we were bringing home. The chain was dragging and someone drove up along side us at 60mph to tell us, THANK YOU! We stopped at a little cafe to get some food cause Miriam was STARVING!, and so was Laurie :).
Anyway, we came home to a clean, laundry done house because Nana cleaned it for us! Thank you!! It took about 2 hours for us to destroy what she had done though! Sorry!
Well those are a few happy moments we have had. There have been many more and I am sure will still be more to come! I love my family!!

Shrek and Elaine

The girls had been requesting Shrek the 3rd for a long time and we finally got it on our Netflix list. They love it! They especially love the parts with the babies! Anyway, since watching that and then getting their princess stuff for Christmas, Elaine has taken to a new way of playing princess. She puts on the stuff, stands in front of the mirror and sings like Snow White when they are about to attack the castle, with the same face! AaaHHHAAHHHHHHHHHHAH!!! It is very funny! No dainty princesses for her...unless she is playing with Miriam, then she is the princess and Miriam is the queen, her majesty.

Here are some pictures of them being princesses!

Queen Nana

Wonderful Sunday!

Today was a great day. This weekend most of Carlos' family and some of mine were able to come to church with us to witness the blessing of Laurie Adeline. We got everything ready and went to church all together. I dressed Laurie in her little blessing outfit.

We sat together in the first two rows of the chapel (our favorite place). Mom substituted as the chorister because ours just left on her mission. After the announcements and other business it was time for the baby blessing. Carlos, Abinadi, and other ward members got up and stood in a circle and held Laurie while Carlos gave her a blessing. It is a humbling and heart warming experience for me to feel the spirit and listen as Carlos, a worthy priesthood holder, gives my children names and blessings when they are born. It was a great blessing in which he said, among other things, that she should look to her sisters' namely Miriam for an example. Miriam thought that was fun and chuckled the rest of the blessing. :) We sang the sacrament song, but not before the organist started playing the wrong song and we had to start over :) Hehe, (he is a very good organist and is 13!!!) we all, including Elaine, took the sacrament. (We don't have our children take the sacrament until they are old enough to understand and be reverent. Usually when they join the primary and become Sunbeams!) Then it came time for the speakers. Carlos was the first of two. He talked on preparing for a mission. It was a great talk!! He is a good speaker and I could listen to him speak forever....on most things....hehehe. The other speaker was a member of the Richmond Mission Presidency. It was a great sacrament meeting. The girls were pretty good, Carlos did a great job and for the 'rest' hymn we sang Put Your Shoulder to the Wheel and the girls were singing so loudly and beautifully it made my heart soar! What great girls!

Then most of us went home to eat and socialize. We ate lots of yummy food and desserts (homemade super chocolaty brownies, and homemade pecan toffee!) Hot apple cider and talked, took pictures, fed babies (4) and had fun!!

It was a great day. I felt the spirit of our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ in church as the speakers bore testimony of the gospel and the privilege it is to have the truth and blessings which come from it and our obligation to share it. And the love of family and friends who are there to support us not only in our times of need but at important milestones in our lives and the lives of our children. So thank you to all who were able to come and thank you those who weren't there but I know would have been if distance didn't separate us! I am so grateful for my blessings!

All who came to the blessing, minus Nana who is taking the picture!

Abinadi (holding Cooper), Uncle Bob, David, Carlos, Elaine, Miriam, Cindy (holding Mason), Rose-Marie, Ana-Christine (holding Ben), Me (holding Laurie), Catie-Lynn, Sarah (holding Evoly), Logan

Nana Ogden (Laurie) and Laurie Adeline Chacon

1 MONTH!!

Hurray Laurie is one month old! On the 5th she had her one monthaversary! :) Today she had her appt and got a shot :( She did really well. She weighs 9lbs 5 oz 21 1/2 inches! 75% in both. She is a pretty good baby and loves to be held and she is starting to focus on things and follow them around. She is also starting to make noise and smile volunterily! It is so fun and cute! Here are a few of her one month pics and some others. 1/1/08
1/4/08
1/5/08
1/6/08
1/6/08

And there you go...

Mason Wayne Abbott was born to Rose-Marie and David Abbott at 12:39 am on Dec 31 2007. He was 7lbs 2 oz and 20 1/2 inches. Congratulations on a new baby and a very short labor!!!! :)
My first labor and delivery experience was pretty bad in comparison to the last two people in my family (not counting myself) Sarah and Rose Marie had short labors, short pushing times and had a GREAT doctor (same one). I am so glad for them, as for me...I guess it really makes a difference who your doctor is... or maybe my body was just not cut out for the whole labor and delivery process.... Anyway, 5 babies born in 2007 for my immediate family (both sides)!!!! Hurray for babies and cousins that will all be in the same Sunday school class and different graduating classes! Hehehehe.

We are going to have another baby!!

Rose Marie (Carlos' sister) has been admitted into the hospital this evening so it is just a matter of time before we hear the news! We will update as we know more! She is about 2 weeks early...looks like they will get that tax break this year :).

Pictures of Christmas...so far

These days

I have really enjoyed having three girls. It is a test of my patience, but most of that was already happening with Miriam knowing everything now that she is in school and Elaine no caring what you say and doing whatever she wants all while smiling at you trying to butter you up! The house just won't stay clean! I need to spend more time on it but it is hard to get the desire when you have 2 hours in between feedings and want to spend it emailing, playing with older girls, sleeping, cleaning up the throw up from the baby and talking to Carlos. Carlos is so helpful and I feel very lucky to have him in the job position he is and also for the person he is. Having him here does make it a lot better for my nerves and I think that is why I am doing so well. He really is the greatest!
We have Nana and Papa here for Christmas this year and Sarah and Evoly are back. We are having fun and are looking forward to more fun as the next few days unfold! The weather is mild here and we are all (well me and Nana) wishing for snow!! It won't.... The girls are really excited to open presents and I think at this age where they are seeing all their friends toys and seeing toy commercials it is really hard to help them remember the reason for Christmas. We try to focus more on the Savior than on presents but it is hard for them to focus. We will work on it. :)
Carlos, Papa, and the girls made fudge and carmel yesterday. They are delicious. Tonight they are all at the zoo for the nativity and the chorale singing. They will have fun!
Well I just wanted to write something so you all would know I am here. I read blogs every day. I will soon post more pictures but I THINK we are sending out late Christmas/New Year cards so I don't want to post until then.

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!!!!

Alright Already!

I have been meaning to put up pictures for a while but... anyway, here are a few. :)

coming home from the hospital!
first time in the carseat! (thanks Sarah)
first sponge bath at home!
Sisters!
There are a lot of videos and I will put some up later!

We're Home!

I don't really feel like getting into a long story yet, but we are finally home this evening. Laurie is still sleeping, time to feed her but... ;) They had to keep me at the hospital to take meds and now I am done. Now Laurie has an apt on Sunday for bilirubin and I have one on Monday for Potassium and Magnesium. Anyway, we are well now I am just nervous about the having two children constantly talking to me when I just want quiet ;)LOL. We are excited for our new adventure. Carlos has pictures and updates, so check out his blog if you want the scoop!

couldn't sleep and very thirsty!!

Well I couldn't sleep so I decided to get up early and post a quick blurb here. Last night I went to enrichment, it was our Christmas party and it was fun. My friend Kim offered and I accepted to take me to the hospital in the morning (6am) so Carlos could get Miriam on the bus and Elaine to a friends house before coming at about 745-8am. The girls will then be with friends for the rest of the day until Carlos goes to get them. It is so nice to have people around willing to help in emergencies...or in this case a friend put it, a 'planned emergency'. Anyway, I will let you know what goes on if I can, not sure about that. You may have to wait for Carlos to post or for me to get home! Well I am off to get ready! Gotta put on makeup today! :)LOL

Be careful what you wish for

I had my Dr appt today and I have been swelling a lot lately and my blood pressure was up. The Dr came in and told me that I would be having the baby a little sooner than I had thought. I thought this meant that I was ready for labor or he has some magical knowledge as to when I was going to go into labor but....what he said was, 'you won't need to stay or come in tonight but definitely tomorrow morning. You are full term and the fact that your BP is rising and you are swelling makes me think it would be a good time to go ahead and have the baby so you can get better. I will make a phone call to schedule. Don't eat after midnight and come in at 6 to the birthing center. See you tomorrow'....
I was in a bit of shock because he really didn't give me a choice, I hadn't talked to Carlos, and I just didn't expect that.... Then I got nervous. I had forgotten my cell phone today so I couldn't talk to Carlos until I got home. He wasn't there when I got home cause he decided to have a lunch date with Elaine ;) but we talked and have a lot of planning to do. Lots of cleaning to do today, planning, calling, trying to get someone to watch Elaine tomorrow and get Miriam on and off the bus! Then my next thought was 'I wish I had just one more day with just Elaine to make it special' and that made me sad. :( But I am sure we will all be excited, and even after I bring the baby home we can have times that are just the two of us! So... Anyway, I am going in to the hospital tomorrow and will be coming home on Friday... I will post more later!
p.s. both girls are really excited about me having the baby now!
**Oh and Sarah may I borrow your car seat for the ride home? We don't have another one yet ;) LANKS!!