5 Years!

Can you believe it? Dennison and I have already been married for five years. Once I give you a photo journey through our life together, you might find it a lot easier to believe. A LOT has happened! Don't worry, it's the abbreviated version.

Engagement pictures

At our reception

Aren't we cute?!

These were our first "children". I really loved these cats. Especially Oliver, the orange one. Yes, I had a favorite.

He's now living in Idaho with only 3 legs.

And this is Leroy:

He was kinda weird, but really funny. He was scared of Dennison if he was standing up.

They had a love/hate relationship.

This was our first home purchase. We fixed it up and sold it less than a year later.

And this was my car that we sold when we bought our Trooper.

And this was Dennison's truck that we sold.

Then we had a baby! Cute little Carter. 7 lbs 11 ozs almost 3 weeks early.

4 months after he was born, we moved to a different state. Our stupid car broke down along the way. It was not fun, but it makes for a good story now.

When we moved, we left our cats at my sister's house. I really missed them so we tried getting a new little kitten. Isn't she cute? Her name was Juanita.

Well she was also mean. She only lasted a couple days in our house.

Then Jude was born! What a sweet little baby. 9 lbs 2 oz.

We bought another house! There's still a lot that we want to do, the first one being to finish painting. We really dislike that grey poupon color you're seeing in this photo. And that silly curtain is only temporary.
P.S. We've moved a total of 5 times in five years. I hate moving.

Baby #3!! A sweet little angel girl. Vienna. 8 lbs 2 oz.

Not to be a downer, but it's a huge event in our lives. 3.5 weeks after her birth, Carter was diagnosed with Leukemia. Not cool.

This is the most recent family photo. It makes me sad to look at it though because Carter is obviously sick-looking. It was taken about a week before the diagnosis. But otherwise a cute picture, right?

And look at how cute our kids are now!

I don't have one of them all together.

And this is the most recent photo of the two of us. Not at our best, but it will have to do.

It was taken at the beginning of January in the hospital.

It's been a fun, exciting, and crazy ride. And we're still in love after all this! :)

Thumb sucker

I know that there's some strong opinions about whether thumb-sucking is a good thing or a bad thing. My opinion?? It's WONDERFUL!!! This little Angel has been sleeping for 10-13 hours straight through the night ever since she was 2 months old. I give all the credit to the fact that she sucks her thumb and puts herself right to sleep. I know it might be a tough habit to break later on, but for now, I don't care about that. How long has this been going on? Let me show you :)

about a week ago:

about 2 weeks ago:

a week and a half old:

20 weeks pregnant:

She is just so sweet and amazing. We just can't get enough of her around here!

Jude's a big boy!

That's right. As of Friday night, Jude is pacifier-free. I took him to the store to pick out a toy to trade for his paci. He picked out these cute little Woody and Buzz LightYear figures. When we got home, he threw his paci in the trash. He's been going to sleep pretty well at night without it. No crying, just asking for his paci. Nap time, he has a harder time. I'm pretty sure it's because at night he has Carter with him to keep him company but at nap time he's all alone. But still, all things considered, he's doing really amazing.
Now here's the pictures I took this morning of him with his new toys. The first one is not so bad, just no smile.

Then he got scared of the flash. I kept telling him to open his eyes and this is what I got.

And this

So I turned the flash off, but he didn't believe me the first time.

Then he was ok but still no smile. And it's a little blurry with no flash

And he's done.

Good job Jude! You're a big boy!

Now for that potty-training thing.....

The last couple months

Life has been crazy around here! I know my other blog is probably more interesting right now, but here's some pictures I wanted to share. (Nevermind the hole in my armpit (kinda embarrassing) or the Obama chia pet in the background.) My sweet Carter giving me a kiss. I love him.

A lot of our time is spent like this, at the hospital clinic. Not very fun, but it must be done.

Little Vienna Dear is almost 2 months old already!!! She is such a little sweetie.

I can't believe how old she's looking! She is still pretty tiny, but her face just looks so mature.

I love the look she's giving my mom in this one.

She LOVES her daddy! It's really cute to watch them together. She just lights up when he comes near her.

Little Angel

Jude discovered he can touch his nose with his tongue.

Jude loves to share things with Vienna. It's very cute. These are his car stickers all over her.

Uncle Jerry has made several appearances. He brought this helicopter to show the boys. They love when he comes to visit!

She smiles all the time now. So fun!

Jude's crazy

I love this picture. Carter LOVES Vienna so much. I'm sure they were best friends in heaven.

Jude hugging Grandma goodbye.

He's always trying to help her. Jude really loves her and tries to help her all the time too. They are both such sweeties.

I can't believe she's big enough to sit in this swing already!

Jude had a little run-in with our door. He went running out of our bedroom one morning while it was still dark and the door was only partly open. He ran straight into it.

Whenever I lay Vienna down on her stomach like this, the boys lay down and start chanting, "tummy time, tummy time!"

I love her hair! She is just so cute, I can't get over it.
Sorry for the picture overload. I don't have the energy to separate them all into different posts and such so I just plopped them all here for you to enjoy.

One month old!

Wowzers, time is just flying by. Vienna is a month old already!! She's our little angel baby. She has been so amazingly good her entire life :) But especially this last week, spending so much time in the hospital. She is so content and still sleeps a lot. A week ago, she smiled at me for the first time! She is just such a happy baby, we are seeing smiles more and more. She's been getting all sorts of attention from all the doctors and nurses. They loved to come ooh and aah over her and tell us how pretty she is. Like we don't already know that. In a nutshell, she's amazing and we love her so much.

I tried to capture a smile. You know how those first smiles are.... very elusive. And sorry about the hairy legs in the background. No, they're NOT mine.

We got kinda bored at the hospital...

She's such a sweetheart.

I can't think of an adequate title for this post so it will remain title-less. Late Thursday night, Carter was diagnosed with leukemia. He's been in the hospital ever since and has started chemotherapy. Everything's going well so far. I've started another blog for updates and to tell Carter's story to all interested. Feel free to check it out, I plan on updating it often.

http://cartersmightyfight.blogspot.com/