4th and final brother....

I have 4 brothers in my family and the 4th and final one just got his mission call. 3 have already served missions and lil' Jeffrey is the last one to go. I'm sure some of you will want to check this out. This is a clip from my other brother, Brent's blog. By the way when you watch this just to let you know he got all of his buddies together and they all had their cell phones and each one of them called someone in our family so all of the Carver family was there, sort of. You can hear us cheering and excited!!!

http://brentandjaneencarver.blogspot.com/

Way to go Jeffrey, we are so proud of you. We love you!!!

Nana comes to town

We are so thankful my mom was able to fly in to help out with the new addition. When you're younger you just don't realize how much your moms do, you actually don't quite get it til' you are a mom yourself.

My mom actually was in almost the same situation that I'm in. She had 3 close together- Christopher 3yrs old, Me 2 years old and then Carrie was born. Her first two were 15 months apart and my younger two are 14 months apart....pretty close. So she can relate to me. Anyway what a blessing it was for me to have her fly down and the kids LOVED it!

Here are all the girls ready for church :)

Mom with Shelbel & Linkin

Ms. Shelby got pretty attached to her Nana when she was here. As you can see she always had to be with her Nana. She got pretty upset whenever she put her down :(

Of course Shelby wasn't the only one loving Nana's company. Ethan got pretty spoiled too. Nana made sure she made time with Ethan and car time ;) She even introduced him to G.I. Joe which he loves.

More fun time with Nana building race tracks. Thank goodness she still has so much energy to keep up with this guy- I for sure don't have it, not right now anyway.

What Link did most of the time during the visit ;)

Here I am trying to juggle two!!!

Ethan has a pretty good idea of my feelings on the subject ;)


The big helper.

Sweet boy, still with the baby blues.

Love my boys :)

Orginally we were scheduled to have Linkin on the 15th and so mom had a flight coming in on the 14th. Like I said on a previous post doctor's were concerned with Link's blood etc. so we went in on the 6th. ANYWAY so here we are on the 14th I went and picked up mom from the airport on Valentine's day and this is what we came home to. I have such a sweet husband. He had a beautiful Vday set up all ready for us. Shirley temples, shrimp and my favorite Gnnochi (nioki) ( a special Argentine meal he introduced me to when he got home from the mish.)

So yummy!

Ok I know this is a random shot but it was so cute I had to add it to the post. Shelby got all dressed up for Nana, curlers and all. The good old curlers. I have many memories of going to sleep in these things as a little girl. I'm sure my sis remembers too.

Shelby is always a very good sport when I'm doing her hair. She'll just sit there patiently while I do it, wonder how long that will last ;)

Pretty girl!

Ok had to add these shots too. Aren't they cute?

Finally the two make the connection. Shelby helps me like she's the mom too. As a matter of fact she has said her first word- "B A B Y" very clearly.

Priceless!

1 month, 15 months & 3 going on 30

So I've been pretty busy and gotten behind on blogging so excuse me for that. I've just been busy healing, resting and getting use to the number 3!!!
3 being..... 3 kiddos. Not as bad as I thought to be honest. We actually have all been having a good time. Things are usually pretty chill except of course when 5 pm rolls around and the count down for bed time begins. Then everyone is not at their best....including me ;) Anyway here's a little update of our lives with our new addition :)



So we have a 1 month old, a 15 month old and of course a 3 year old.....going on 30. I'll let you guess what that means......but I'll get into that later.

LITTLE LINKIN-
What a sweet boy he is. All 3 of our babies have been very chill and easy, thank goodness. I was a little worried during this pregnancy of course b/c we still have a baby- Ms. Shelby but I thought 2 kids so far and looking good. Both have been good pretty easy going babies I was ready for number 3 to break the streak but so far so good. He's just like his older brother and sister were as a baby. Very sweet, quiet and lovable. He just chills, which I'm sure all new borns do. He loves to watch his big bro and sis. He likes the action! Shelby is very sweet with him and treats him like her baby, (natural maternal instincts) and of course Ethan and him are buds already. It's funny to hear Ethan talk to him like he understands him completely. It'll be fun to see how their relationship grows.


THE BROTHERS

(Ethan is 3 months in this picture while Linkin is 1 month)

I can see some similarities for sure, but I am the mom so of course I see it. Linkin isn't quite as "muscley" as little beefy EfyTom was but still they do have the same mouth & lips, Link is just a little bit slimmer than our Football player E was. They are both adorable and we're excited to see the brotherly bond grow.


STILL THE PRINCESS

Well this girl is still getting plenty of attention. We wanted to make sure that when Linkin came Ms. Shelby wouldn't be forgotten seeing as she's still a baby herself. Like I said this girl is a natural little mother, she is very gentle with little Linkin and always gives him sweet kisses and softly hugs him. I was worried how she would react but it's like she was prepared for it, I don't know how b/c she's so little and I'm sure it's hard for her to understand that now she's not the only little one. Her daddy has personally taken it upon himself to be sure of that and little Shelbel is loving daddy daughter time. I keep warning Nathan he's going to be in for it when she's older if he keeps this up. Needless to say he is wrapped around her finger and loving every minute of it.

& THE CHARMER



Despite this boys age he amazes me everyday. Ethan has really stepped up to be my helper. I didn't even expect it. I thought, well too bad my oldest wasn't a girl b/c I hear they are great helpers...natural little mothers and Shelby is still a baby herself but I didn't give Ethan enough credit. He is a wonderful little helper and never complains. I am amazed at this little guy. He is far beyond his age....like I said 3 going on 30 but not in a negative way. He is so mature and really my little buddy. Don't get me wrong he still is a little kid and of course there's a time out here and there but for the most part this guy is definitely a team player and for sure patient with his mommy. Sometimes Ethan will say things that put me in shock, like, "did you really just say that?" as a matter of fact Nathan and I have heard him say a few things that are very insightful and his reasoning skills are beyond a little 3 yr old. He just catches us off guard. But he still is a fun little active,........can I say "ACTIVE" little boy. My mom and I have joked, he's like the energizer bunny, he keeps going and going and going.........I wish I had his energy.

(hopefully I'll be able to get more pictures up soon)

MONSTER TRUCKS!!

Ethan and I decided to spend some man time together since our lives have been preoccupied with the new baby. I wasn't sure if Ethan was old enough to enjoy the sweet smell of exhaust, and thundering noise of 1500 horse power engines; but as you can tell you are never to young to appreciate the finer things in life...

Here is the imfamous Grave Digger after an impressive 360 degree spin

This was one of Ethan's favorites, he nicknamed him Clifford.

This was my favorite part, the super cross bikes. I have to pretend I don't like it too much or Nicole gets worried; their mid-air tricks were amazing.

You can't really see what's going on here, but he just finished a jump.

We all know the fate of this orange van...

Even though it was extremely loud and we sat in the highest seats possible (where all of the exhaust fumes collected) we had a great time.