First day of School

Just like every year in Septemeber comes school and the end of summer. The kids were really excited about it this year which is great, Mattison is going into the
4th grade which is totally scary and Taylor started kindergarten this year. Since it is now Nov. I will give you a little update along with this post. Mattison is at the top of her class and as her teacher says "everyone wants to be friends with her". Oh my little social butterfly...hopefully it doesn't go to her head! Taylor is doing well also, just learing letter sounds and shapes but if you ask him everyday, "what did you do at school today." his response is always "nothing" ha!

now September we are getting closer to current..

September was full of firsts for Miss Payton, and of course school for Matti & Taylor althouhg I think that deserves a seperate post of its own. Payton is gettin bigger as you can see, she sleeps in her crib, and her first bites of cereal. She took to sleeping in her bed well..(don't get too excited I didn't say anything about sleep through the night!) she does like it though. In Sept. she also got to try her first bites of cereal. She wasn't quite sure what to think of it but knew she wanted more! After a few more bites she knew it was good stuff!

From July to Aug...

Well, August was filled with fun things. Here is just a few to start you off but many more things to come. We started August off with a trip to the zoo and we had a great time. Payton was good, and the kids ran around and just crashed on the way back to the house. There is just something about the zoo that never gets old. Then we took the best family vacation yet to Silver Mountain, and for those of you that have not been it is a must. The rooms are beautiful with balconys and great views everywhere you look, the indoor water park was so much fun and the gondola ride....well jeff had fun the rest of us just about crapped our pants! Notice no pictures....well that is becuase I was convinced if I moved the thing would fall! HA! seriously! Other than that we really enjoyed our selves with G & G Hammitt there to keep Payton busy while Jeff and I acted like kids with kids. (Scary I know) All in all the beer was cold, water was warm & it was just all out fun! Had to throw in a few pics of Payton too.

Rewind the clock!

Since my last post was back in June, I thought we should rewind a little back to then and work our way forward. 4th of July...let's see...We spent the 4th of July with G & G Johnson, ate great food, and just enjoyed the new baby. We got to hang out with our good friends the Stuarts who had us over for a great BBQ (great burgers Lind's can still taste them now) we played games and the kids wore each other out. It was wonderful to see family and friends....thanks everyone & enjoy some of the pictures from that weekend.

Pumpkin Patch and finally an update!

Horrible blogger I am! I am going to try to get back on the wagon & keep this thing updated at least on the weekends. This last weekend was a blast for our family, we did...."nothing"....other than the pumpkin patch and a little girl shopping. Payton was fascinated with the pumpkins and all the people and Matti & Taylor has a blast as always. Just the best time of year! Here is just a few from our day!

Old baby...meets new baby

Stoli was the big baby around this house for the last three years so now that Payton arrived we were not sure we could trust him. We had tried to let him check her out once before but all he wanted to do was nibble on her toes so we had to go back inside till next time... well Stoli was sitting at the slider so we though why not! I don't know if there is anything more cute, he was so calm and we started with the screen in place and he just kept smashing his nose as hard as he could to smell her, so we opened the slider a tiny bit and sure enough he stuck his tongue in the crack and licked her toes...she smiled..so on for more we put Payton in her bouncer, opened the slider and surprisingly enough Stoli just sat down and it was like a staring contest for about 5 min then stoli started mushing her blanky around gently to check her out. This back & forth went on for about 10-15 min.... then SHHHHAAAMACK!!! a big wet kiss and I caught it, she loved it! So cute!!

First tooth!

Man has it been eventful around our house the last month. Taylor lost his first tooth and I was instructed by him to "put it on that blog thing" HA!! So, here it is! He was very proud of it and even pulled it out himself.

BFF's

I had to share, as I was thumbing though old pictures I ran across these ones of Matti & one of her best friends. I coulnd't believe how much they have changed from cute little girls to now little tweens. SUPER SCARY!! That means I am getting old! YIKES....

Pedi's & outstanding report cards....

Mattison had almost a perfect report card half way through school so we let her pick something fun to do. Let's just say the apple doesn't fall far from the tree....a pedi of course! So, I took her grandma-fornia and her to this place in town and they had these crazy fancy chairs. Funny thing is when we walked in I said ohhh look we get cute little chairs...little did I know those were only for kids (nerd). These chairs were the BOMB, they had a built in DVD player, the chair massaged just like the adult chairs and the best part it was a big giant bear! Matti loved her pedi and looked like she was going to fall asleep. She has been doing amazing in school, we are so proud of her.

fun in the sun!

The weather here has been amazing for the past month & the kids have been loving it. They are always outside and we can't keep them out of the water. Just a few cute shots of Matti, Taylor & Matti's friend having fun in our back yard.

Payton Ashley Hammitt has arrived!

Ok, I am so sorry for the delay but I forgot how much a baby takes out of you not to mention having two other kids. PHEW! Payton is doing really well, she is absoultly perfect and everyone is just in love with her.
Payton Ashley Hammitt was born on May 29th @ 10:50pm, she weighed in at 7lbs 5oz and was 18 1/2 inches long. Payton has tons of hair, her fingers & toes are really long and she has the perfect little button nose. Thank you to Debbie & Craig (mom & dad) for being there the whole time! Also a huge thank you to everyone who visited us in the hospital & brought us gifts & sent us flowers.
NOW... about the delivery!!! Jeff and I went to the hospital to be induced at 2:30pm. They started the pitocin at about 3:45-4:00, I was doing perfectly fine so like the idiot I am I told them to crank up the dosage and get me my epidural so that I don't have to be in pain for too long.....well...that was a mistake! I was dealing with the contractions well and they got my epidural in at 5:30pm. I though, piece of cake,...then the contractions came on STRONG & I was getting NO relief from this epidural....long story short epidural was not in & I was having contractions every minuet without even a second to breath, after the nurse finally got the anethesialogist back in at 8:30pm to fix it I was exhausted and miserable just to have him fiddle around with it only to say...."I am sorry but we are just going to have to pull it out & put a new one it!" I could have killed him but didn't have the energy to do anything but cry. He got the new epidural in pretty easily & gave me a HUGE dose of medicine to put me at ease since he screwed up the first time! at 9:45 I was finally ok and the medicine was working, nurse checked me & I was at a 8. She said relax & try to rest. I closed my eyes, then though hum...I am feeling a lot of pressure so I let her know she checked me and sure enough...push time! it was 10:30 when she checked me & Payton was here at 10:50 so it was quick once that epidural was in. My doctor believes that I was fighting my body dilating because I was in so much pain, all I can say was thank GOD for epidurals (when they are in right). Well, there you go the whole story & we will keep you updated with new pictures as often as possible.