Big news!!!!

I'm being induced tonight!!!! Hopefully by this time tomorrow Sydney Brooke should be here!!! They're going to start me on Cervidel tonight at 8:00 and tomorrow morning at 8:00 mt Dr is going to come in and break my water and hopefully everything will move pretty quickly from there!!! Wish me luck!!!!

Maternity Pictures

Camie came over and snapped a few pics for us. She did a pretty good job!!!! Thanks Camie!!!

Christmas Eve

Some one's at the door!!!!

It's Santa!!!!

Sydney's first picture with Santa!!!

Eating rice pudding

Christmas Morning

Alaura with her presents...Santa gave her make up which was one of her favorites!!! She also got a T ball set, a little medical kit, and Mommy and Daddy gave her a camera!!!

Alaura gave Daddy a Mickey Mouse tie!

Mom and Dad Olsen gave me a gift certificate to get a massage hair cut and color!!!!

Mimi and Papa gave her a new bike which she had to ride...even if it was raining.

UTAH

We did a Thanksgiving dinner with my Mom's side of the Family on Sunday before Thanksgiving!!! Yummy!!!!

The pictures from Thanksgiving day with my Dad's side of the family, were taken on another camera...but here are a couple of Alaura that we took after Thanksgiving dinner...

We all went to Layton Park to check out the Christmas lights...it was cold!!!!

Alaura being a dinosaur

On Saturday we went to Wellsville to celebrate Grandpa Leishman's 100th Birthday!!! Eric really got a kick out of the fact that he ate his Birthday cake at 100 years old. We're so glad that we went, because he passed away two weeks later.

Isn't this picture awesome!!! It's a five generation pic!!!!

I'm trying to find the pictures from our trip home, and other's that I took on our point and shoot...

The updating begins...

Halloween

I have to get the trick or treating pictures from camie...

Here are a couple pictures from the Petersons Halloween Party the Monday after Halloween

A Letter to my Princess

Dear Alaura,

It's occurred to me recently that you will always be my only first child. I think that there is a special connection between us that is due to this fact. You're the only child who for three whole years didn't have to share mommy and Daddy with anyone. You have been our whole world for those three years, and now our little world gets to expand in a wonderful way. I watch you everyday as you talk to Sydney in my tummy and tell her about the world around her and how much you love her and I'm amazed. You have a sweet pure love that can only be found in a child who hasn't seen the hurts of the world.

Sometimes I'm scared that when Sydney comes I wont know how to give both of you everything that you need. I hope that you never doubt or wonder how much I love you. Growing up I never wanted anything more than to be a wife and a Mom. And now that I'm living that dream it's amazing. I've experienced the highest of highs and the lowest of lows over the past five and a half years. But the truth is I wouldn't change any of it, because with out those occasional lows I wouldn't be able to revel in the amazing highs!

I'm so excited to watch you grow and learn new things and to continue teaching you new things. I love the way that you love to do everything that I'm doing. (sometimes it's a little hard, but I do love it) I'm so excited to teach you the things that my Mom taught me and the things that your Daddy has taught me. I also love watching you and Daddy play...he loves having girls even though he swore he would have all boys...He's an amazing Daddy. You've always been a free spirit and have done things your own way, and while sometimes it scares me to death, I really and truly love that about you.

I can't wait for the day to come that you are married and have little babies of your own who you love with all of your heart and cry for live for and would die for. I love you so much baby girl. (I know that I'm not allowed to call you that anymore, but you'll always be my Baby girl)

Love
Mommy

Silly Alaura

I haven't been updating about the funny things Alaura's been doing lately, and i know if I don't write them down I'll forget them. So here are two conversations I had with Alaura this week

While getting ready for a quick trip to the park with Camie and Leyna.

A: "Is Camie picking me up to go to the park?"

B: " Nope I'm going with you this time, so I'm going to drive."

A: "No Mommy you're sick, only me and Camie and Leyna can go."

B: "Don't you want me to go with you?"

A: "It's a weird park Mom, you wont like it"

B: "I wont like it?"

A: "Nope, It's weird for you. Only me and Camie and Leyna will like it...If you come the gates will close and they wont let you in!!!"

I guess she's gotten used to going places without me :( I did go, and it wasn't weird and the gates didn't lock me out either :) Although I was REALLY sore afterwards.

This is the second one I'm going to post about right now. I believe that this was in the car on our way home from the park that same day.

B:"Did you have fun at the park?"

A:"Yep, now I want to go to five stores!!!"

B:"Five stores? I think it's time to go home and take a nap, it's getting really late."

A:"I have to take a nap? But I'm not tired (said while yawning). Then I have a quest for you to do while I take my nap."

B:" A quest for me?"

A:"Yep, You must get three things for me. First you must get ketchup. Then you must get Milk. Then you must get Popcorn from Target for me."

B:"Popcorn milk and ketchup? I think we have those at home"

A:"No, you have to get them from the store while I'm sleeping."

B:"But I can't leave you alone at home while you're sleeping."

A:"It's OK Mom, I will let you!!!"

She's so funny. We have some of the best conversations!!! I'll try and remember to put them in as they happen.

I'm also going to try and do one more update with a few pictures today...Just in case by some miracle I get to have Sydney tomorrow. That way I can be caught up. I'll try to do it very slowly throughout the day. But for now i need to go.