Happy Birthday to our baby!!

Happy Birthday Teat!!

You CAN"T be 6 already? Where has the time gone? Yesterday you were a chubby, happy baby and now you are an independent, fun loving big guy! I hope that you know how much you are loved. I have enjoyed being your mom more than anything else I have or ever could do in my life. You have the most pure and loyal heart (I'm glad you got that from your dad among other things!) and are loved by all who are blessed to know you!
At 6 you are a great little student, you soak up everything you are taught. You make friends everywhere you go and they love you because you are kind and patient, and most of the time a peacemaker! I love your passion for sports and your healthy competitiveness!! I can never get enough of watching you and dad wrestle every night ( no one will ever call you a wimp!) You are a Wii junky, as well as Lego Star Wars and Indiana Jones. We love your imagination and how observant you are (nothing gets past you). You have a sensitive side and the ladies love it!! I have no doubt you are destined for amazing stuff.. We will have fun celebrating you today. Happy Birthday and remember.....
I'll love you forever,
I'll like you for always,
As long as I'm living my baby you'll be!

Random thoughts, feelings and mumblings.

I am one of those really fortunate people who after four pregnancies never experienced postpartum depression. I have always considered myself really lucky for this fact. On the flip side I get the post Christmas Season blues something awful. Some years I can push forward and not feel it to bad others not so much. This year was awful!! I don't know why it has to go so fast. It seemed like a blink of an eye Christmas was over, then New Years and baaam, the kids are back to school, Eric's back at work and I'm lonely and sad! It seems like each year there is less and less time to enjoy all the good parts of the holiday season. I know somehow I need to learn to relish it whiles it's here and then move on but it's a struggle. I HATE taking down the decorations, the nativity and lights it only adds to the sadness! I haven't even blogged because every time I get on the Christmas music starts to play and I am sad all over again. How did I get this way? and why? I just love being with my family. We can be laying around in our pjs playing games, watching a movie or out doing some fun activity it honestly doesn't matter. We love being together. The season just adds something special.
Monday was brutal, somehow I managed to pull it together and be somewhat productive. I was scheduled to work Tuesday and Wednesday and actually got to work. I really enjoyed my shifts, and the girls I work with and it was a good distraction. Thursday when I woke up they called and asked me to be on call and in a moment of sleep deprivation I said yes! I spent a couple hours with the kids, made dinner and ran out the door to a meeting. When I got home the kids were in bed, I kissed all their cute faces good night and went to spend a some much needed cuddle time with my sweet and supportive husband. We have literally just high fived each other the last 3 days. By 10:30 I was out only to be woken up at 1:30am (we are in holds can you come in?)
I don't know where the energy came from but I popped out of bed got ready and headed in! It was a weird feeling to start the shift when it was more than half way over. We had a good night again. At 7 they asked if I would go help cover the ER till we had open beds, being the sucker that I am I said Yes again!!! I got home from work around 10:30am. I didn't feel tired and felt a little like I missed out on life this week so Stacey and I went and got a pedi, then I ran to the school to do folders. Still going strong... I picked up Keaton and Jill at 2, did some chores around the house till the other kids got home
I really wanted to do something fun with the kids so we went to a movie as a family, Bedtime Stories was so funny and I even stayed awake!! 9:30 pm bedtime at last!!! What a week!!

Chirstmas in Pinedale

December 26, 2008
Friday morning we loaded up everything but the kitchen sink practically and headed up the big hill to go to Grandma and Grandpa Perkins. We have all been very much looking forward to going and they were kind enough to get a few inches of snow for us to play in. We were fortunate to have a good drive and good weather getting up there. When we got up on the rim it was unbelievable how white everything was. In some places the snow was above the fence. It is mesmerizing and beautiful and it makes me miss Utah! When we got to grandmas the kids stuck around long enough to unload the truck and then they were off in the snow! Shortly after we got there Darin, Carey and their family arrived! Yea, cousins to play with!! They brought a nice little snow storm with them! The kind with big, fat flakes. Friday night Darin and Russell cooked us a Christmas Paella (I think thats how its spelled?) It was very entertaining and everyone wanted in on the cooking action. I think it had something to do with the MONDO huge pan it was being cooked in, whatever it was it was much anticipated and very exciting!!! Between the 16 of us we didn't even make a dent in the Paella, oh well if their is one thing those Perkins boys love it's leftovers!! The rest of the weekend was spent sledding, playing games, playing wii fit, playing more games, more sledding, movies and we even snuck a sacrament meeting in there!! The cousins had a great time together as usual and thanks to Grandpa for the extra sleds, they got their fill of sledding. Even Grandma got in on the action! I was cracking up so hard at Keaton, Malerie, and Kamryn they would get on those sleds and they are like a speeding bullet shooting down the hill. It was a memorable and fun weekend with family and we were spoiled with good food, company and entertainment and we look forward to doing it again real soon. (Russ, I want a rematch on Settlers!!)