We've been sick...

Well in case you were wondering we've been super sick at our house for the past...I don't know...forever. I'm hoping were all on our way to healthy sunshine days soon. But since I'm trying to stay down a little more I'd thought I'd blog what we've been up to for the past little while.

Will has spent the past weeks in his pjs and on this particular day put on his snow boots and decided to hunt me, (i've been a bad guy for awhile so i guess i had it comin').

Sundays have been a little rough trying to get use to the new schedule but the kids have been able to keep themselves pretty entertained.

Abby was nicked name the poision princess...a little dark of a name for someone so cute!

Lizzie was some sort of super flying dog, but honestly she was the ultimate peace maker finding compromises for her brother and sister so everyone was happy as they played.

Action pose: BAM! Batman will get you everytime.

The Super Sunday Night Squad: vanquishing boredom wherever they play.



Abby had a field trip to the local firestation. Will was so excited to come along he loves Firetrucks and Abby was excited to get a fire hat. They do such a great presentation for the kids. It was tons of fun

Will was so excited to see all the noisy firetrucks but was a little embarassed when the fireman helped him honk the horn and turn on the siren. He wasn't expecting them to be that loud.

Ya that's how a real fireman sits in his firetruck.





Evalyn is growing and will be a whole 2 months next week. I took these pictures on her 5th week. She's now coughing with the rest of us. I'm watching her like a hawk to make sure that RSV crap keeps away. But she's a tough little girl.

Oh the sweetness. I wish it could last just a little bit longer.

Her hair is by far one of my favorite things about her. When it's freshly washed it stands straight up and feels just like a fluffy baby chick.

I haven't been a very good mom and taken pictures of her with her eyes open only because when those little peepers are staring at me I can't tear myself away from them. There is something hypnotizing when her eyes are open and I want to suck in every single moment.

I love this blanket. It is so soft and she looks so precious in it. You can see how dark her hair really is in the back and it's long too boot! i'll be sad when it all falls out it'll probably come back blonde like everyone else.

We'll end this post with the little ends of Evalyn. Happy Tuesday!

Happy Birthday Honey

I really should post something new and wonderful but being a momma of 4 has some serious time limits. So sorry Jeremy I'll have to be creative for your birthday at a later date. On the plus side two years ago I was really creative so here's a link to a post I did. It' not like regifting...it's more like visiting a really good present from the past. Lots of Love to my Super Man. Happy Birthday Jer!

Evalyn Kay

So I'm not promising the most brilliant story but I thought I'd share some of the particulars of how Evalyn came.
Saturday after a family Christmas party in Logan I started contracting pretty good. I just knew I'd be going in to labor as soon as my parents got to my house. Sure enough that night at about 2 my contractions were about 7 minutes apart and intense. After about 2 hours they stopped. I just thought for sure they'd come back but they never did. Monday Jeremy went to work and I just knew I was going to have to call him home from work but wouldn't you know he came home at his normal time. We had a nice dinner and then changed the kids into their pj's kissed them good-bye and calmly drove to the hospital. I really hoped that when they checked me I would be dialted to at least a 3 and they would send me home to come back the next morning to be induced but I was still at a 1. They gave me a pill that helps soften my cervix and told me to brace myself for lots of cramping and contractions. I slept fantasticly. They started me on the pit at 5:30 a.m. and by 10 a.m. I was only at a 3. I was lucky enough to have my really good friend Shelly as my nurse she let me know that the ansthelogist would be unavailable for awhile and suggested getting my epidural right then. I really wanted to wait till I got to a 4. Then Shelly reminded me that there was no magical number for an epidural so I got one. I was so glad, lo and behold that the anstheologist used to be in my ward, and was sooo awesome. My best epidrual by far. As soon as I got the epidural my body just let go and I started dialating so quick. My dr had been in and out of my room just kind of waiting for things to get moving, he talked to Jeremy a lot. My dr used to be an electrical engineer. He is such a cool guy, he grew up in Israel and has had a very amazing life. I was hanging out at a 6 forever and then I told the dr. that a watched pot never boils, we laughed and he stepped out of the room for just a second to take a call and sure enough I felt the pressure. I told Shelly and she checked me sure enough I was ready. The dr came in got me in position offered to Jeremy to catch the baby which he politely declined. I told them I was ready to push and as soon as her head and shoulders were out they told me to reach down and grab her. Totally caught me off gaurd but it was so cool. And there she was this beautiful little girl crying and all of this hair on the back of her head. Jeremy cut the cord and they started cleaning her up. It was such a relaxed feeling, her cries were polite and I could tell Jeremy was immeadetly taken with her.

Here stats put her in at my smallest baby so far at 6lbs 7 oz and 19.5 inches. Everyone asks me who she looks like. I think she looks like all three of them but Jeremy sees a lot of Abby.
Her name is really special. Eva was my grandma whom I was incredibly close with and still miss even though she's been gone for 15 years and Lyn is my middle name. Every time I say her name I can't help but think a beautiful name for a beautiful girl. She is so peaceful and brings a very special spirit with her. I can't imagine going through Christmas without her. It really was a blessed holiday. The kids are all in LOVE with her especailly Will, who has taken the rold of big brother very seriously. Abby asked me when we got home from the hospital if we were a family now. It really made me smile we for sure seem like a family.
Here are some pix to enjoy:

Momma and Baby with a little face time.

Our family.

Lizzie is such a great big helper. It's so nice to have big kids at home.

Abby really wanted to name her Rainbow Flower and has a hard time remembering her name but Loves that they have the same hair color.

Will is so gentle with her and is mindful of his "noisy" toys and puts them away when she's near him.

She is soooo little. All of her clothes seem so big on her but I know it doesn't last very long.

Having Evalyn here before Christmas was so amazing. We are so grateful that she is here safe and sound and love the special spirit she brings.

october extravaganza

hello blogging world. ummm i started this post after halloween and wouldn't you know it's the 1st of December tomorrow. So here's our halloween fun-ness. update wise i have a rotten cold/flu thing, i'm 3 weeks away from delivering...my dr. leaves for israel tomorrow till the 12th of december Jeremy is going to be working a ton in the next 7 days but the good news is I have the majority of my Christmas shopping done...no Christmas tree up yet but that may happen or may not. I kind of think the 2 feet of snow outside is compensating for my lack of decorations. Anyhow maybe I'll post our Thanksgiving extravaganza while i'm trying to rest and recover from this nasty sickness.

we went to the benson grist mill pumpkin walk. The kids had a blast

Will pinned the nose on the pumpkin

Abby's preschool class did a pumpkin display, based off of broadway shows!

I turned 30. While I was 30 weeks pregnant..kind of cool. We went to a show and ate yummy dinner at Rodizzios. Jeremy brought me home some pretty flowers and the kids helped me make some twix cupcakes.

Abby's preschool halloween parade
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Will has had this face down since he was about 10 months old....i never get tired of it.

Lizzie has decided halloween should be both pretty and scary, this was our best compromise, she finally declared she was dracula's bride (i still refused to put blood on her face)

Abby will forever be a princess, looking at her face it's hard to beleive she was puking in the bathtub just an hour later.

three little trouble makers ready to go hit the neighborhood up for candy rain or not!

Jeremy took all three kids out and came back just in time for Abby and Will to puke on each other in the bathtub...it was the most disgusting yet hillarious thing I've ever seen....aww the memories.

I tried to make a spooky meal on halloween but it somehow felt sacreligious on Sunday, so this was as spooky as i got. we gave all of our normal food spooky names and Abby will no longer eat jello afraid that it might be vampire blood...

We Did this

Ok so I've been MIA for what like 2 months or so. Well let's just say pregnant Ladies really shouldn't do as much as I've done but luckily now that I'm in the last leg of the pregnancy I'm kind of just hanging at home doing Mommy kind of things. Anyhow here's what we did for the months of August and September.


Kicking Cancer's Can 8-7-10

This is the Heaps Family and the very first family we sponsored with my new Non Profit group Kicking Cancer's Can.

We were able to surpass our original donation goal and had over 122 runners run our 5K. Not too shabby considering the huge Rain storm that hit just hours before we started, not to mention having other things competing with us like the County Fair and Demolition Derby.

I was able to snag my very fist Glitter tattoo. Looks quite fetching on my arm don't ya think..it faded after about 10 days.

The week after KCC (Kicking Cancers Can). We had the Rawlings Family Camp Out in our backyard, well more of the mountains you can see from my backyard.

We tried taking all the kids up Deseret Peak...umm ya they didn't make it too far

Jeremy and Curt were the only ones who made it to the top. What a view!

The Next weekend we hurried like crazy to get the kids all ready for school and before we knew it....

The Kids Started School

Lizzie started first grade! And boy oh boy did she start it in style.

Lizzie was a little bit nervous about who was going to be in her class but it didn't take her long to warm up to all the kids in her class. (Like 30 seconds)

Abby has started preschool and LOVES going to school three times a week. ( I love having just one kid at home for three times a week)



The week after School started was mine and Jeremy's Anniversary and after a lot of talking and a lot of begging (on my part) we took a much needed couples trip to San Fransisco.

San Fransisco

By looking at this pic you'd think it was a beautiful sunny day but it was soo cold!

They really need to start thinking about turning this windmill into one of those power generating windmills. I'm pretty sure it'd look just as good.

We went here, i didn't really get the big deal, minus the great chocolate sample we got Pumpkin Spice Chocolate oooh so delicious.

I really wish we would have had more time to hang out on alkatraz island. I love cool old buildings and there was so much history here.

(Reminder I'm not fat just pregnant 24 weeks in this pic) Alcratraz was such a cool tour!

When we first saw Alkatraz Island Jeremy pointed out that it looked like a boat, then this little tugger passed and it really brought out the boat shape of the island.

We hiked to the golden gate bridge from the beach and then walked the bridge, it was foggy but still cool to see.




I don't know what it is about San Fransisco but I would see things and think "ohh that would be such a cool shot". It really was a lot of fun.

We chilled (quite litterally) on the beach and took in amazing sunsets. It really was a nice relaxing trip and so nice to get away with just Jeremy. It was the almost perfect vacation..well until someone stole our identity...we've got it sorted out now but really was a bitter aftertaste following such a great trip.

Feild Trips

We did a field trip to the local aquarium and Abby swallowed her fear of turning into a frog and kissed the giant Frog.

My two little guppies.



Lizzie turned 7

Lizzie's 7 year old breakfast of Champions. Captain Crunch and Blueberry muffins.

We surprised Lizzie for her birthday and took her to Chuck E Cheeses. She LOVES winning tickets.

For Lizzie's friend party we did a Late Over where all the girls came over in their pj's brought their stuffed animals and favorite blankets. We ate pizza, made pillowcases and watched Tinkerbell and the Great Fairy Rescue.

This sleepover Bed cake was the perfect touch to Lizzie's Late Over party.

Poor Lizzie started out with a guest list of 25 kids to invite. It was pure torture getting her to cut it down to 16. Next year we're instigating the rule you can invite as many kids as number of years you're turning.



Just for those of you who are still reading through this super long post, the Pregnancy is going great. We found out that it's another little girl coming our way, I'm currently 29 weeks pregnant but I'm measuring super small so I have to go in next Thursday to see if she's growing right. I've had a lot of back pain with this pregnancy so I'm thinking she's just hugging my spine. I really don't want them to push the due date back, right now I'm set at the day after Christmas and have my dr convinced to induce me the week before Christmas so we don't have to stress about it. If they move it back this baby may have to Share Will's Birthday of New Year's Eve...so here's hoping she's growing like a champ. So there it is. Who knows maybe I'll be better about posting October events where as they host such fun activities like Halloween and Oh ya my 30TH birthday! I'm super excited! (Really, I know it's weird but I like getting older). Tell then...