It's A Girl!!!

We are so happy to announce the birth of our sweet baby GIRL!!! Tayahna Faith White, born 1/21/10 at 11:08 am! She weighed 6 lbs 9 oz and was 18 inches long! She is healthy, strong and beautiful!

Sorry for those of you who do not want details but I am going to print this one day and am using this as a journal, so I can't say I didn't warn you! With baby #3 we decided to be surprised, which was the neatest experience we could have had! We were so anxious and excited to know what we were going to have! It was as if Heavenly Father handed her down to us straight from heaven and I especially felt so blessed to have experienced that wonderful feeling!

The labor could not have gone any better than it did. Doctor George induced me at 38 weeks because he knew it was only a matter of time before she was going to come, which as you could imagine, I was SO grateful for! The other doctor would not induce me that early, but doc George did not want me to have a baby in the canyon during mid winter, and he knew I was dialating and effacing so he gave us the go ahead! So we got to the hospital at 6:00 am on the 21st. They got me all ready and broke my water and gave me petocin by 8:00 that morning, and by 11:00 she was born. Doctor George said he was so grateful that we induced when we did or I probably would have had her in the canyon if I would have gone naturally because she came so fast being induced. Doc George said it was almost record breaking time!

So here comes details..... The nurse checked me and I was at a 5/6 dialation. By that point I got up and it hit me. They gave me a shot for pain, but I could not handle the pain anymore so I said I want an epidural (especially if I still had three hours to go). So I said I would go to the bathroom while I was up and then get the epidural. So I went and sat down and all of the sudden I NEEDED to push! I yelled for the nurse, she ran in and helped me back to the bed. They called the doctor to come and I was pushing at this point. The nurse said try to breath through the contractions if you can and I looked at her like she was crazy! So the doctor comes flying in, and I told him I needed more pain stuff, he looked at me and said, "Sorry Kristi, you are about to have a baby! He was barely able to put his over coat on (he did not even have a chance to tie it up) and he told me to push twice and there SHE was.

We are so excited to have Tayahna be apart of our family! It is amazing how you can love someone the moment you see them!
Tayahna Faith

Her first bath home in the sink! She did not like it very well!

So sweet! Tayahna is such a good baby thus far! I am grateful to have such a mello baby, especially since I have two other children to tend to as well.

Daddy, Mommy and Tayahna!

Jaden with his new sister! He really wanted a boy but was so happy to hold her when she came home! It was pretty cute. He kept calling her Tiawana, haha but now he has it down pat!

Tayahna gave them both presents when she got home from the hospital. This was as close as Lyxi would get to holding her. She was pretty jealous, but now she is much better and loves her baby!

I wanted to thank all of those who helped with everything and brought in meals and for your thoughts and prayers! I especially want to thank my mom and dad for being there and helping me with the kids. I know they went way out of their way to help. I love you guys so much and couldn't ask for better grandparents for our kids!

This Christmas was a bitter sweet one for our family! Brad was not able to be there for Christmas which was really hard, but we missed him terribly and know that he was dying inside because he wanted to be there just as much as we wanted him there! On a better note, we got to spend Christmas at my moms house which was so much fun. We decided that for one last Christmas everyone would spend it all together as one big happy family! We had so much fun being all together celebrating the birth of our Savior!


We had a great Christmas Eve dinner. My Dad cooked us prime rib which was awesome! Then after we ate we decided to get food, toys and clothes for 2 families that we thought we could help. The best Christmas's that I remember are the ones where we did service. We had such a great time getting things ready and dropping everything off and running. The kids had fun helping and it was a great teaching experience for them. I am so grateful for our Savior and the sacrifices he made for me and my family. Christmas was a great reminder of that!



This is my parents sage brush tree. It is so pretty. There were presents galore, everywhere you turned you saw presents.

Jaden got some fun things from Santa and had to try them on! He had a blast with all of his cousins and loved opening his presents. He got a leapster from Santa and was so excited to get it!

Alyxis is into babies so Santa knew to bring her a nursery set. She absolutely loved it. I was so disappointed though, it was not built well, but she loved it non the less.

Lyxi also loves backpack! She calls Dora, Diego which is harder to say, but she will not say Dora. It is pretty cute. She loved every minute of opening presents and lasted the whole time.

Jaden opening presents. He loved the umbrella!

This picture is classic. Sheri ad Brian gave them pajamas for Christmas and they got to open them Christmas Eve. They were hilarious and were good sports. Melanie and Valerie got cool jammies too! They all looked so cute!

Lyxi with Mommy!

Brad was able to show up Christmas night, which we were so grateful for. He hadn't slept in a long time but he drove all the way to Green River to be with us! I sure love that man. He is such a trooper. So for Christmas we all got dutch oven stuff. So the next day we decided to all make a dish and learn the ropes. It was so fun and we ate like kings too!

The sister picture!

My mom, dad and Val on Christmas morning! I was so grateful for my parents for helping me with everything. My dad helped Jaden open all of his presents while I helped Lyxi and my mom ran the video camera for me! You guys are awesome!

For some reason I didn't get a picture of the Luth family, so this will have to do! Aren't they cute???

Mel and Kyle, living the good life!!!

The Fox family! So cute!

Thanks everyone for a great Christmas! We had so much fun!

Oh Man, Round 2!!!!

Poor Alyxis!!!! This was probably one of the worst things a mother can experience with her child, a broken arm. I know some of you who are reading this are thinking, "Didn't Jaden brake his arm too?" and the answer to that question is yes he did. My track record as a mother is not looking that great! Both Jaden and Alyxis broke their arms around 18 months old. Jaden had to be sedated to set his arm back in place, which was horrible!!!! Alyxis on the other hand did not need to be sedated, but the whole situation seemed a lot worse, here is the story......

We were at Grammy and Grandpa's house playing with the cousins. The favorite toy at Grammy's house is (believe it or not) a mattress. They love to jump and play on that thing. It is quite entertaining to watch how much fun they have. They put it on the stairs, jump off of the couch onto it, or find interesting ways to jump on it. Well this particular time, they were jumping off of the coffee table onto the mattress. So you can imagine it is not that high of a drop off. Well, Alyxis is crazy and jumps and plays just like here brother, so she jumped and there it was. We couldn't figure out why she would not stop crying, so we looked her over and she held her arm out and would not move the other one, so we knew something was wrong. We took her to the clinic in Green River and they couldn't get a good x-ray because she was in so much pain. They knew it was broken but they were worried that there was a floating bone fragment in her arm which required surgery, so they sent us to Primary Childrens Hospital to get a Pediatric Orthopedic surgeon to look at it. So we loaded Lyxi up at about 7:00 pm and headed to Salt Lake City. We got there, my mom came with me which I am soooo grateful for (I love you so much MOM, you are the best. Brad was working in North Dakota, so he was a long ways away. Lyxi was in so much pain and I was just a wreck, I cried ALOT. I felt so bad for her. But we get there and eventually they gave her morphine for the pain, which was also horrible because she hated getting the IV in her little hand. But that helped a bunch with her pain. So they took x-rays and found that there was no floating bone fragment but the doctor said it wasn't bad enough to say she for sure did need surgery but it wasn't great enough that she didn't need surgery. So it was a good thing they sent us down there to make sure everything was ok. So the pediatric orthopedic surgeon came in and he was pretty convinced that with time Lyxi's arm would heal correctly and that if that was the case, she would not need surgery. I was sooo relieved to hear that. She had already been through such an ordeal already. She ended up breaking her suprachrondular bone. Which means right above her elbow. They gave her a soft cast for one week and then we had to come back to Salt Lake City and get her hard cast on which she wore for an additional 4 weeks. Her arm did end up healing without needing surgery, which was wonderful!

Alyxis adjusted well to having the cast, and I am so proud of her for being so tough! She was a trooper through it all. It is a whole other story about getting the cast off, but we won't go into that. Let's just say I hope one day we will get a good Doctor in Pinedale!!!! But things went great after the cast came off!


This is Alyxis after they gave her morphine. She giggled a lot and was actually in a decent mood after the pain went away!

Mind you it was about 2:00 in the morning, and yes, I do look pretty scary!

Alyxis playing after like nothing happened. She is one tough cookie!

Jaden Turns 3 Years Old!!!

I can't believe that our baby boy is 3 years old! He is getting so big (and so mouthy, but we won't mention that.) He is such a joy to be around and really is a great boy! He is a good big brother and is always happy! We are sure glad that he is part of our family. He keeps us on our toes and always gives us something to laugh about.

We had his birthday party at the Pinedale Aquatic Center. Jaden wanted a Scooby Doo party, so that is what he got. We had cake and ice cream, opened presents, and went swimming. Brad and I had a blast swimming with everyone, it was quite entertaining. We are grateful to all of the family that came and missed the family that could not be there.

Jaden with his cake. He thought it was pretty cool.

The cake that took me FOREVER to make. But it was worth every minute to see how happy and excited Jaden was about it.

Jaden opening his presents. Thanks to everyone for making his day, we love you very much!

Valerie being the dork that she is............

Stefanie being the dork that SHE is....................................

Lots of the cousins, not all! We tried to get a picture with everyone but we all know how easy that is!

Lyxi enjoying the cake and ice cream!

Sadly we did not get any pictures of anyone swimming, we are all to busy trying to watch all of the kids. It was crazy but fun!!!

Thanks Jaden for the love you show me everyday and for making me want to be a better mom. We LOVE you soooooo much and can't wait for the many more birthdays to come!!!

Halloween!!!

We had a great Halloween this year. The kids had such a fun time. Thursday night we went to the PAC where they had a big party. The kids ran around and played and got lots of candy that night. On Friday, the church put on a carnival that was soooo much fun. It ended up being at Zane's shop, so Katie and I were lucky enough to help be in charge of putting it together. So unfortunately I did not get any pictures of that night. It was crazy but tons of fun. There were bouncers, cake walks, tons of games, and lots of food. There was a great turnout and we thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. Then on Saturday, we went to the trunk-or-treat and then went to a few houses. For three days, we did nothing but party! It was great!

Lyxi was out little lady bug. Se looked so adorable. She had no idea what was going on, but she loved every minute of it. I could not get her off of the bouncer/slide. Brad just had to watch her and make sure no one plowed her over. She even wanted to walk around to every house we went too! It was pretty cute.

Jaden was Scooby Doo this year. He was soo funny. He was so stoked to go get more candy. He would say, "Trick or treat" and then try to go into their house and get more. We had to keep our eyes on him. He won a cake at the cake walk and thought that was pretty cool. He said he LOVED being Scooby!

The two munchkins taking a break after the trunk-or-treat.

Daddy with Lyxi trying to warm up! Luckily it wasn't that cold of a night!

Cousin's Halloween Party!

The Stevens cousin got together and were able to have a halloween party. It was so fun for the kids and even for us as moms! We ate lots of food, decorated sugar cookies and were going to have a treasure hunt, but they had too much fun with everything else.
Taycie and Hailey decorating cookies. The boys did one each and were outta there, but the girls spent lots of time on each cookie and made them look "beautiful."

Here are all of the cousins! They have so much fun together!

These are part of the appetizers. My mom, Stef, Sheri, and myself. I love my family. Valerie was too busy with classes to make it but we thought about her and Melanie and wished they could have been there.

Austin and Tyler with their snakes!

We sure love all of our cousins!

Suprise!!!

This ultrasound compared to my other two, was awesome. We were able to get it done in Grand Junction where they had a 4D ultrasound machine! I can't believe the difference between the black and white pictures and the 4D. The lady who was doing the ultrasound was so informative and showed me everything there was to know about it. It was the neatest experience I have ever had!

We decided to keep the gender a surprise! Brad wasn't too happy about our decision, but he was a good husband and gave into his pregnant wife. At this point I was only 20 weeks along and the baby still had not developed any baby fat yet. The best time to get a 4D ultrasound is around 25-30 weeks because the baby has fat and will look pretty much look the same as when he/she is born. Too bad we still didn't live there, we would get another one done, but oh well. We are so excited to welcome this baby into our family. The closer it gets the more excited I am to be able to hold a brand new baby and cuddle and love someone who is straight from heaven! We love you baby "White."

I call the baby a "SHE." So don't take my word for it, but "she" always had her hands near her face. This is a typical girl pose, and is showing me she has attitude already, could be a drama queen, but we will find out soon enough!

This is the picture with her legs crossed.

This is a picture of her face. It is kind of hard to tell but, that's what it is!