Let's go play in the snow!

We've had some interesting weather here in Vegas. We've really enjoyed the rain and cooler temperatures. Sunday after church we took the kids up to play in the snow. Riley had been asking to go all week, and we didn't want to put him of again. So we piled everyone up in the van and up the mountain go. It was getting dark, but we had a blast. It took the kids a few minutes to decided that snow was going to be fun. It was really cold, and we didn't have gloves for them. But with a little ingenuity, a pair of socks and mommy's over sized gloves, all was well. Someone had made a snow man, which Riley really thought was wonderful. He wanted to make one too, but it was a little late and cold. Plus the snow wasn't really sticky enough to make a good one. He wasn't happy but he'll live. They did have fun throwing snow balls. All in all a great outing!

Our tree

We finally got our tree up and decorated. It took us a week... from buying the tree on Monday to getting it set up on Thursday to finally decorating it on Saturday. I worked a bunch of games and having me gone in the evening made it too hard to get the tree decorated. But we got it done, and it looks good. Now, if we can keep little hands from destroying it... Well, that will be a great feat indeed!

I Believe I Can Fly

Last week when it was so cold outside, Allen decided to the kids needed some "P.E." around the house. He took every pillow and blanket he could find and let the kids jump! And boy oh boy did they jump!

Christmas Beka

During quiet time today I took the opportunity to take a couple of pictures of Beka. She looked so cute with her little Christmas hat and outfit! I think it turned out really cute. The last one is my faviorite!!!!!!! She has a little smile on her face. She's such a cute little girl, and we are having so much fun getting to know her. She's a really good baby, just have a little trouble gaining weight. Hopefully our next doctor's appointment (Monday) she will have gained the weight that they want her to!

I A Princess

Last Sunday I put Emmaline into her into her new Christmas dress. I figured it was close enough to December. She was so cute I just had to take a couple of pictures! The best part was she kept saying "I a princess!" She LOVES her new dress and pretty hairbow. What a girl!

Beka Pictures

Hi everyone, Thanks for waiting... I have a ton of super cute pictures of our little Beka, but have been waiting for my computer to be fixed... unfortunately, the hard drive appears to be totally shot and without the cash flow to replace it, there will be no photo shop work for me. This makes me pretty sad, but I have a found a couple of free photo editing programs that can make a few of the post production work I like. Not even close to as easy, nice, or as good as what I would get if I had my wonderful photo shop, but we will deal. Anyway, Beka is super cute! And such a good baby... She sleeps good (for a newborn, she sleeps about 3-4 hours a stretch at night) She LOVES to be held and seems to have no end of arms happy to do so. Riley and Emmaline adore their new sister and fight over who gets to hold her but usually Mommy wins. She's such a cuddle bug. I love this picture! Riley and Emma giving Beka kisses. They adore her. When they had to leave they cried all the way to the car! They brought Beka presents too. They were so proud of what they had picked out! Riley got her a dolphin and Emma gave her a penguin! This was the day we came home from the hospital. The hospital didn't have a baby photographer, and Allen figured I could take as good of a picture as one anyway. So here you go: I love this outfit! It's so soft and beautiful. I've seen this kind of picture and have always wanted to try it. She looked so cute and I couldn't believe that she had her eyes open for it! Way cute! Happy Thanksgiving. I thought this looked so cute! Beka was so pretty, and what a great color on her! Roland and Beka are going to be celebrating their first Christmases together. I wanted to take a couple of pictures of the two of them for Baby's First Christmas. This was my favorite one of the two of the them together.

She's Here

Beka arrived Nov 18, 2009. More pictures to come!

Rebeka Susanne Leavitt arrived today! She was born at 3:51 AM and weighed in at 7lbs and was 19.7 inch long. She is super cute! Her deliver was pretty easy

Too Cute

Last night Allen was reading Emmaline stories. I looked over and saw this: I think she was a little tired! It was really cute.

Another Baby Update

Well, now this little baby has decided maybe I don't want to come out just yet... It's cold out there. So, after 14 days on bed rest I'm up and about a little. I feel really good, for being nine months pregnant. We have an official eviction date of November 25th (yes the day before Thanksgiving). With luck, we might be able to convince her to come a little earlier than that, but as with many things, we have no control over that. She's doing well, heart beat good, growing well, moving and grooving all over mommy belly. Mommy's blood pressure is good and for once gaining weight like I'm supposed to. Usually I loss weight with pregnancy. Another 1.5 lbs this week... hopefully it's mostly baby, right? Anyway, that's the news out here... pretty much no news. Which is good. Thanks for all the prayers and well wishes!

MGM Lions

A few weeks ago I dragged my dad with me to take the kids to see the lions at the MGM. It's a free exhibit and I wanted to do something fun with the kids... I had been kinda a boring stay in the house not leave all day mommy... I think that's what happens when your almost 9 months pregnant. Anyway, the kids really enjoyed it. One of the coolest things about the exhibit was going under the lions. They have a tunnel that you walk through and the lions LOVE to lay down on top. It took some convincing to get Emmaline to look up... but once she did Emma was very impressed. Her mouth was just hanging open. It was really cute!I tried to get a cute picture with the lions, dad, and the kids... Couldn't get the kids to look at me. Emma was too amazed at the big cats right about her head. Both kids were really impressed. It is really cool how close you can get to the lions. Riley and Emma were both in amazement with all the lights and sounds that go along with the casino. Riley in particular liked the bar that looked like it was underwater. The best part I think was going to the rain forest cafe afterward. If you never been it's a lot of fun. There is a thunder shower every couple of minutes. There are animals all around you (fake but animated) and they all start doing their thing. My favorite animal was the giant butterflies. It was really cool. The other amazing thing in the rain forest cafe was the aquariums. They are from ceiling to floor circular tubes. The were salt water tanks with giant fish! Walking out of the shop was this giant snake! It gave Riley quite the scare!

All in all it was a really fun outing. I think I'd have planned a little differently but it was really nice to get out of the house!