Easton's Blessing

Last weekend we were able to have Grandma and Grandpa Hendrickson, Grammy and Ponk Smith, and the Widdison Family come down to Vegas for Easton's Blessing. It was so fun to spend time with them and have them here to share such a special time with us.






Saturday night as my kids were getting ready for bed Santa stopped by our house to pay them a little visit. They were so excited to sit on his lap and tell him what they wanted , they even had to look out the window as he left to try and see his reindeer.


The first thing Taylor said to Ponk (when he got out of the "shower") was "Ponk, you missed Santa again, you missed him last year and then this year" I think next year my mom will have to call the neighbors.

It's Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas!

Today when we woke up and looked out the window this is what we saw...

.SNOW!! I love snow! Especially in December. It hasn't felt too much like Christmas (with the 60 degree weather and sun shinning) so when I was driving Taylor to school in the snow and listing to Christmas music, it made my day. I know it's not going to stay- in fact they say it hasn't snowed here for over four years - but at least I got a day of it and that's better than nothing.

Because it was cold and snowing I had to bundle Easton up to take Tay to school ,Isn't he so cute!?!

I just had to put this picture in. Each year the kids get to pick out an ornament for the tree and this is what Connor picked out. It looks pretty funny on our little 6 foot tree, especially because we don't have many ornaments due to the fact that all our Christmas decorations where ruined last year

Family Pics

This year the Hospital hired a photographer to take family pics for Christmas. We decided we would take advantage of the opportunity since we never go get family pics. They turned out pretty cute and we got a free 8x10, it cant get better then that.

Halloween and More

Halloween was pretty fun this year and the kids did their share of trick-or-treating. Friday, Halloween night the kids got dressed up and we went to one of Taylor's preschool-friend's neighborhood to trick-or-treat. Everything was going fine and the kids were having fun until we came to one house. The house was decorated as much as the others but there was a man walking around with a big open wound and a device to change his voice. Trying to ignore the scary man we went to the door and knocked. As soon as the door opened Taylor started to scream... the lady who opened the door had a big scary mask on and Taylor was terrified. Because the lady wouldn't take the mask off Curtis had to take Taylor and leave while Connor collected the candy. After we got Taylor calmed down she told us that she had enough candy and was ready to go home, but of course Connor wasn't ready to go. So Curtis and Connor continued to knock on doors while Taylor and I stood on the side walk. Overall Halloween was pretty fun and If you ask Taylor she would say the same.

Easton's first Halloween he's a sleepy blue monster

Connor as Darth Vader

Taylor as The Little Mermaid

Easton's favorite place to sleep

Easton thinking

Easton's first bath, and as you can tell he didn't like it so much

The other night I went to check on the kids and this is how I found Connor asleep

A few cute pictures

Things are going well here in the Hendrickson home. The kids have adjusted well to little Easton , in fact they can't leave him alone. Taylor is always singing Backyardigens to him and Connor is constantly giving him kisses and trying to get him to take a pacifier. The kids are so good with him and love him to death, but really how could you not he is so stink'n cute and for the most part is a good baby.

Easton meets Taylor and Connor

Tuesday night Taylor and Connor were missing their mom and dying to see Easton. We went to the hospital and, in spite of a couple of scary incidents (including a near shaken baby syndrome episode and a couple of karate-like kicks to Emily's stomach), it was a good time.

Pay attention to the end. Connor gets Emily out of answering some tough questions from Taylor.

P.S. Emily and Easton are home and doing well. So, after a brief stint in the blogging world, I am giving the controls back to Emily.

Easton Emery

Emily is a trooper. She was not a big fan of me taking this picture. It was taken the night before we went to the hospital. We were at Sports Authority earlier in the day and I was afraid they would stop us at the door. She looks like she is trying to steal a basketball.
I am lucky to have her.

Emily's first chance to hold Easton.

He's a big kid. 9 pounds 9 ounces. 21 inches long, 31 inches long standing on tip toes (look at those flippers)

I think that the looks like Uncle Reed. Maybe it's just the cone head.

Taylor and Connor already LOVE him. I will post the video of them with him when I get more time.

Easton was born at 4:44am Oct 14. His shoulders were too big to be delivered (Shoulder dystocia) so the OB had to break one collar bone to get him out. At first they thought that they got him out without a break, but the pediatrician could feel one (poor kid). He took it like a champ. He gets his toughness from his mom, who has delivered about 27 lbs of baby so far.