Merry Christmas!

We had a great Christmas this year! We were with my family and we had a realy good time!

My sister got the boys some shirts that say "Santas Favorite" they are so cute! Thanks Aunt NaNa!

Grandpa and Grandma gave the boys little four wheelers! They are fun and the boys have fun playing on them! What is funny is they gave the girls four wheelers last year just a little bigger but basicaly look the same so now they can all ride together!

The girls had fun doing puzzles that were from Santa until it was time to open presents!

Uncle Sean gave the girls a Tea Pot set that they love~! Here they are having a tea party with papa!

Santa gave the girls dress up clothes and they had a blast dressing ! Grandpa and Grandma Dupuy gave them a princess tent so they love to dress up and have tea partys in the Princess castle!

Here is the loot that Santa left for the kids! Thank you too all the family who sent gifts for our family! Our kids had a great Christmas and it is because of you! We appreciate all that you do for our family!

The stockings waiting for Santa!

Uncle Thomas hooked up a horse drawn sled and the girls had a blast! Thanks Uncle Tom!

This is my four kiddos in their Sunday Christmas attire! They were so excited to get their picture taken can you tell!

So this is when we took the girls to sit on Santas lap! It was funny Lydia walked in and said, "Santa I want a new baby and baby blankets!" Leauna who had talked for days about needing to talk to Santa wouldn't say a word she just sat their and glared! My children crack me up!

Well we hope that you all had a great Christmas! We are so thankfu!l for all that we have, especially good friends and family! We are so blessed and have so much to be thankful for. We are thankful for our Savior and try to remember him all the year around not just during the season! Happy Holidays to all!

Boys Birthday!

The boys had a great first birthday! We had a small little get together at my parents house! Here are some pictures for your enjoyment!

Ryland and Reagan!

They like cake!

The cakes before being demolished! I was so proud of my train cake! I am so not crafty or anything so this was a big step for me!

Family Pictures!

We got our family pictures back! We are so glad that they turned out so well since it was quite the project to keep everybody happy and smiling in the pictures!

Leauna

Lydia

My four little ones! Leauna, Lydia, Reagan, Ryland

Leauna and Lydia

Ryland

Reagan

Lydia

Leauna

Lydia, Leah, Leauna, Ryan, Ryland, Reagan

 

One Year Ago

One year ago on this coming Sunday, my dear sweet little boys were born! I remember being full of so much fear for their safety. Reagan had not been passing his not stress tests the last coulple of weeks, and Rylands ultrasound showed that he was not growing the way that he was supposed too. My Dr. induced me at 35 weeks.
Reagan Douglas was born at 6:22 pm weighing in at 4lbs 13 oz. 18 inches long.

Ryland joined us at 6:40 pm weighing a wopping 5lbs 1 oz 17 1/2 inches long.

They did so well for the first little while, however at about 24 hours Reagan started to struggle. He was having to strain himself realy hard to breath, it looked so painful I remember just wanting to be able to do the breathing for him. The Drs. quickly began runing test and Reagan was diagnosed with Necrotizing Entercolitis (NEC). NEC is an infection in the intestines. It was a very scary time and there were alot of ups and downs but we made it through. Ryland spend 16 day in the NICU and then was able to come home Reagan spend 25 day in the NICU and then our family was complete again! They were well loved by their sisters who were so excited to have babys around! They have been the best big sisters, and they made the transition from 2 to 4 kids so easy on Ryan and I!

They were so fun and good babys. Always making us laugh with their smiles and laughter!

Now my little boys are a year old! They are healthy happy boys! I can't believe how fast has gone by and I still can't believe that we have survived the first year of 4 kids. Reagan is a sweet boy! He is calm and easy going. He will go to anyone and demands little! He can now say DaDa, MaMa. And he just learned to clap! We are so blessed to have him in our family. I thank my Heavenly Father everyday that he is healthy and that we made it through his scare with a mild care compared to what it could have been.

Ryland is my little Tazmanian Devil! He is so full of life and is as fast and busy as can be. He is finding his way into new adventures! He keeps us on our toes that is for sure! He is a daddys boy and if daddy is around that is where you will find him! He can now say Da Da, Ma Ma and BaBa. He can clap his hands and just started giving kisses! I am so thankful for my dear little Taz!

We have truly been blessed by our children and even though two sets of twins isn't exactly how we had our lives planned out I can't imagine my life any other way. Leauna wouldn't be the same with out Lydia, and Reagan wouldn't be the same with out Ryland. I know that there is a reason for everything and they Heavenly Father has a plan. Although I may wonder what he was thinking when he sent these four sweet spirits to me I am truly thankful for them, and thankful to my Heavenly father for trusting me with them. My children fill each and everyday with joy. Happy Birthday Reagan and Ryland I love you!

(birthday pics. will come later!)

Happy Birthday Ryan!

Tuesday was my wonderful husbands Birthday! We had a little get together for him with his family since we were in Washington still! It was great to have his family around for the celebration.


I gave him a Sea Hawks Blanket that he was realy excitedd about!

His sister gave him a Seahawks Sweat shirt! Can you tell he like the Seahawks! Ryan I love you and I think that you are amazing! Happy Birthday!

Leauna's first surgery!

Well on Thanksgiving day I noticed that Leauna's thumb was swollen and not looking good at all. She had an ingrown fingernail that had gone unnoticed. Her finger was red and purple and full of puss. I drained what I could out of it, but it just felt like I couldn't empty out all the infection. Ryan ended up taking her to the ER that night when it continued to look poorly. They had to cut her finger open and drain and clean the infection all out. I am glad that we took her in when we did as it could have continued to spread.

This is Leauna waiting for the doctor to come look at her! She was so brave and did such a good job. Ryan said that she cried when they gave her a shot to numb her finger but other than that she did great! She held still and let them clean her out!

This is her the next day! Showing off with a thumbs up!

Leauna getting her finger wrapped up! We are so thankful that all turned out ok! And so blessed to have such a sweet girl as a part of our family!

Thanksgiving!

We had a great Thanksgiving! We were able to travel to Washington to spend Thanksgiving with Ryans family! It was a full house and everyone was there except for Ryans brother and his family, and we sure missed them! We had Thanksgiving dinner in Moses Lake at Ryans sisters home! We have had a great time here! It has been so nice to see family especially since many hadn't seen the boys before!

This is me and my sister inlaws and my mother inlaws!

This is all the boy cousins except for Alex! We missed you!

This is all the girls! What a great week! We are still in Washington as Ryan is looking into a few job opportunities here! Hopefully something will work out soon.

Look what they did!

Last week me and the kids went to my moms house! I wan't feeling well and Ryan had to work so we drove to Bear Lake where they could help me with the kids! While we were there the kids helped my mom out with canning carrots!


This is how Ryland helped out! A great big bowl of carrots, who could resist!

This is Grandma and her girls cutting the carrots and filling the bottles up! My mom would chop the carrots and give the girls each a pile to put in the bottles!

This is Lydia hard at work!

Leauna! I think she ate more than she put in! Oh well carrots are good for the body!

It was nice to be with family! Thanks for all the help with the kids Mom and RaLauna!

I Love to see the Temple!

A couple of weeks ago I got to attend the Rexburg Temple with my mother and my sisters! It was so great to attend the temple! I am so thankful for the temple and the blessings it brings us!

This is my mother, me, MeLinda, and RaLauna in front of the temple!