Hi everyone,
Check out our new pictures below, hot off the upload! The rest of this is a copy of what was in the email, so if you've already read it you can just go right to the pics! Thanks to our friend Amy Eddington for the fabulous photos!
First of all, thank you SO MUCH for all the calls, cards, gifts, etc. to celebrate baby Anna's arrival. I'm still working on thank you notes, but please know how sincerely grateful we are for such supportive friends and family. You are all wonderful! Anna is doing great and we are starting to adjust. She is such a sweet, content baby, which is great for #3. Of course we are so busy with 3 kids 5 years old and under, but we are so happy Anna is part of our family. She is full of smiles and has even started "talking" more this week. To us, she looks bigger each day, but she must still look newborn because everyone comments on how small she is. She is very feminine and petite compared to how the boys looked, but she is filling out nicely and is so much fun.
We had a great week with Kristy and Cherilyn's families in Las Vegas. They stayed in a hotel downtown and besides the bed-bugs they found (they'll have the email that story...yuck!) in their first set of rooms, enjoyed their stay! We had so much fun letting all 10 cousins play at the park, decorate pumpkins and Halloweeen cookies, have a fun Family Home Evening, etc. We realized that we have been blessed to see EVERY SINGLE family member on both sides in the past year. That is quite an accomplishment for families so spread out! We only need to meet new little Sophia now.
Today was the first day we all went back to church for the full block. There has been a nasty flu going around our ward, so we're glad we waited to bring Anna out. There are also SO MANY KIDS in our ward that love to touch, hug, poke, prod, and love litle babies that we needed to keep our distance as well. But we were given a great welcome back by our great ward.
The boys are doing great. Aaron had another soccer game yesterday and it was great to get some fresh air and sunshine. It felt so cold yesterday to us. At 9:45 it was a freezing 65 degrees! We are so acclimated to warm weather, just like the natives I guess. We got some funny looks at the park with cousins when Dallin (from Alaska) went running through the sprinklers without his shirt. The park moms were in long jeans and sweaters, but to Dallin it must have felt like summer! Even Jacob thought it was too cold to go swimming outside in the cousin's hotel pool and opted to just watch them while he stayed in his long-sleeved shirt. Too funny!
This week we have three fun parties to go to...one for preschool aged neighborhood kids from the ward, one at Paul's work, and a trunk-or-treat at a neighboring ward. We're excited for them all since Paul won't be here on Halloween. He has a business trip to Dallas, hopefully the last trip for a long while. He has no desire to travel often...just the desire to go to Australia next time they offer. Maybe I could go with him!
I'd better get Aaron ready for bed. The two youngest are sleeping already. We love you all. Write back when you can!
Love,
Amy
p.s. We are blessing Anna on Sunday, November 12th here in Las Vegas. We just want everyone to know they are invited to come, though we know we are SO FAR AWAY from most of you! We look forward to seeing a few of you then, and more of you throughout the holidays. We figure it may be nice to have company spread out anyway so we really get a good chance to visit! It will be great to see family and friends whenever we get the chance! We hope to see Mom and Dad Lacey over Mom's school break sometime, and the far-away siblings at least next summer. We're just staying here for the holidays this year and look forward to having Natalie join us for Thanksgiving. Paul has used his days off already and needs to stay close to work as well. Thank goodness for emails to keep us in touch! Bye for now! :)
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