Olivia Alice Robinson

Our sweet Olivia Alice Robinson is here and we couldn't be happier! We had Olivia picked out for a long time although we were expecting a boy. We didn't have a middle name picked out for a girl and decided on Alice after Cameron's grandma.

I started having contractions Tuesday night around 2:30am. I couldn't sleep because I was so excited and nervous so I got up and folded laundry and packed a bag for the kids. I woke up Cameron at 4am and told him I'd been having contractions for the last couple of hours. We waited until they were consistently 5 mintues apart and woke up the kids and left our house around 5:30am. We took them to my parents and by the time we got there they were consistently 3 minutes apart so we headed off to Alta View Hospital.

When we got there they checked me and told me I was dialted to a 4 and 50% effaced. Then my contractions suddenly weren't consistent anymore, they were every 3 to 5 to 7 minutes apart. My doctor had a busy day so we decided to just let me labor on my own and if they wouldn't get consistent they'd put me on Potocin. A different doctor came in to break my water and it didn't work. They decided to give me the epideral even though my contractions weren't painful and start me on PIT. They tried to break my water again and it worked this time. They said my amniotic fluid was a bit greenish and were worried about meconium. I was really nervous because a baby in our ward was in the NICU for a week from meconium. Cam gave me and the baby a blessing and the spirit was very strong. I knew she'd be okay and I didn't think about it again. I'm very grateful for my husband for honoring his priesthood, I was immediately comforted and that's what I needed.

I finally talked Cameron into going and getting a book at the Wal-Mart next door. We really thought I'd go in and have the baby quickly after how fast Alina was. We weren't prepared to sit and wait. He left and about 10 minutes later I felt the baby move down and called for the nurse and sure enough Olivia was ready. They called the doctor and I called Cam and told him he better get back here quick. He showed up and 15 minutes later Oneida (my doctor) came and I pushed 3 times and she was born.

Everyone was excited to see what we were having since it was a surprise, but because of the meconium scare the nurses and my doctor were busy cleaning out her mouth and nose. Cam and I were sure she was going to be a boy and didn't even look for a couple of minutes after she was born and then I looked down and said "Cam it's a girl!" And he said "What?!?" We were shocked, but instantly in love with our little Olivia.

We called the kids to tell them and Austin cried when we told him, but the second he saw her he loved her and still wants to share his room with his new little sister.

During my whole pregnancy my friends and family have been so kind. My house was cleaned by Jamie Coe after I got back from the doctor one day. Angie Adams showed up on my door with her cleaning supplies another day. Shelley painted my toe nails for me for when I did go into labor. Everyone was always offering to watch my kids if I needed a nap. My dad watced my kids for all my doctor appointments and my parents took them over night a few times. Then we come home from the hospital and once again Jamie along with Lyndee and Camille had my house all cleaned, with balloons and streamers and this cute message to welcome Olivia home. The kids were waaaay excited about all the candy!

This is my favorite picture of our little Olivia. I could just sit and stare at her all day long. I am so grateful to be able to stay home with this little angel. I'm enjoying every second of it.

Whenever Olivia is done eating she purses her lips like this. Isn't she adorable. We love you Olivia.

My Cute Kids

We had an FHE lesson on the atonement and I was telling the kids we will all be resurrected just like Jesus. Austin had a look of fear on his face, he thought I meant crucified. He's glad we cleared that up for him.

During the lesson we talked about how the people were mean to Jesus and spit on him and called him names. Alina looked very thoughtful and said "That broke Jesus's heart when they did that hu." Cam and I are getting warm fuzzies and then she says. "So Jesus ripped their hearts out and stomped on it." Apparently she's remembering Indiana Jones and the temple of doom.

The other day Greta kept asking me when her friend Hannah was going to be home from school. After she had asked the 3rd time Alina says to her in a tone that she thinks is in defense of me the following.

"Greta mom doesn't know when Hannah will be home because she's not that smart, hu mom."

I love my kids!

Last night we had our quarterly ward enrichment. Since I'm the enrichment leader it was my duty along with my committee to find something to do. Well I have a great friend whom I used to visit teach clear back when I was 19 or so. She's about 12 years older than me, but somehow we clicked. She was there for me when Cam was on a mission and when he got back. We hung out with them quite a bit during our early years and although we don't see much of each other we still keep in touch. Her name is Heidi and she has an amazing voice and because of her talent has been able to be a part of something for the last 9 years called "Women at the Well." It's a musical presentation about the Savior.

I was so nervous about having a big attendance that I didn't get to prepare myself in the way I wish I could've. But when that first song was sung I was touched. Our Savior is truly amazing and loves me. Why do I have to make life so difficult, why do I complain so much, why do I always want more. I realized last night how blessed I truly am. I have a husband who loves me and is perfect in every way for me. I have 3 adorable children who bring such light to my life that I can't imagine life without them. I have this new little baby growing inside me and I get to share in the excitement with my children as they come up with names for this little surprise, and nicknames. Alina has chosen to call the baby "sparkles" if it's a girl. All these little things make life great.

The Savior was spit upon, hated and hung on a cross to die, but he never complained or spoke ill of others. How sweet would life be if everyone could accept each other, and truly learn to love one another. My heart has been changed, I'm motivated to be a better person and to ALWAYS be grateful for what I have. Even if it's that I get to have lemon cake because I'm craving it (thanks Peggy and April), it's the little things that count. It's the little things I'll do to make my family and others lives better. For then I will truly be happy and in the service of God.

Student of the Week, Kittens, and St. George

We have had a very busy weekend. It all started Friday with Austin receiving the "Student of the Week" award. The girls and I went to the school for a special assembly they had for him. He won a certificate for his own pizza and a student of the week award certificate, and a bookmark. He's on a 3rd grade reading level and is reading "Indian in the Cupboard." He's also very good at math which is his favorite subject, his teacher has to give him extra math homework to keep him challenged. He's also very helpful in his classroom and kind to all his classmates. His dad and I are very proud of him.

After Austin got home from school there was some more excitement. We have a cat named Taboo whom we thought was a boy. We got him last summer after Tinkerbell died. Well a couple weeks ago I noticed that Taboo was getting fat. She ran into the house where she isn't allowed and I picked her up to put her back outside and I felt her stomach and realized that He was a SHE and was pregnant. My heart went out to her since I too am pregnant so we let her in every now and then. Last week she really started to waddle with her big stomach and last Friday as I was getting clothes out of my closet for our trip to St. George I heard Taboo purring in my closet. I moved my clothes to the side and this is what I found. Five little kittens as cute as can be. I had all the neighborhood kids up in my room checking them out. Poor Taboo just layed there and nursed them and she looked so tired. We were glad she didn't have them out in the cold. We just didn't realize it would be so soon we just found out she was a girl and pregnant about 2 weeks ago.



After getting the cats taken care of and asking Sammie our neighbor to watch them for me we finally got on the road to St. George with Trent and Jamie. We ran into some bad weather and didn't get there until 1am. The kids were so excited to be there though. The first day we went to the visitor center at the temple and here the kids are on the temple steps.

Then here they are trying to run as fast as they can to leave the temple. Apparently that was boring to them.



Then here they are at Brigham Young's home. There was a big pecan tree and the kids spent their time trying to find as many nuts as they could. Later that night I heard Greta and Hannah talking about how boring it was to just sit and listen to people talk. All they wanted to do was play. The adults enjoyed it though.



Greta brought Her Bella Dancerella DVD and mats so they could practice dancing. Alina brough 2 princess dresses and they just played and played.



We stayed at Trent's parents home while they were gone and they had this awesome playroom up in the attic. The kids loved it, we hardly ever saw Alina, it was her favorite part of the whole trip.



Have you seen these off an infomercial. They had another one in blue and they were really comfy. Jamie and I thought Cameron looked like a monk.



They also had this amazing back yard with tons of trees and a playground for the kids. Greta learned how to do the monkey bars and insisted on showing all of us at least 5 times.



Austin looooved the palm trees.

This game was the kids favorite. I have no idea what it's called but it's fun. Just for the record I beat Cam by ONE point, it was awesome. He was later seen crying like a baby.

Here Cam is making Austin cry after beating him.

They had massage chairs everywhere and the kids were always sitting in one of them.

It was Trent and Jamie's 7th anniversary. I was craving Costco cake so we went and got one and we watched Jamie and Trent's wedding video. They didn't throw cake on one another like Cam and I did so I just mentioned that they could now since we had cake and Trent took me seriously.

On the last day we went to the dinosaur museum and out for frozen custard, it was good! These dinosaur track were found in 2000, they were really cool.

It was hard to leave the warm weather especially when we got to Spanish Fork and it was snowing! We had a great time. We even tried to go to church but missed it because of daylight savings. Trent and Jamie were a lot of fun to hang out with. When we got back we hung out that night and had pizza and watched a movie. Thanks for a great weekend guys!!

We had fun Valentine's Day activities. Our ward put on a fabulous Big Band dance for all our families. We got to dance to great songs and have punch and cookies. The kids were so excited and had such a fun time.

Alina danced all over the place. We would often times see her falling to floor in a dance move and posing like she did here.

Alina and Reagan Johnson.

Cameron and Greta

Austin and Greta had a really fun time dancing together and were laughing about it the whole time.

The Friday before V-day we had Jen and Greg over for dinner with their kids. Our kids spent the afternoon making Valentine decorations for the party. We ate steak and potatoes, salad and homemade rolls. The kids dined on corndogs and mac-n-cheese. I also attempted a cheesecake made by our neighbor. Mine didn't turn out just like his, but it still tasted gooood! The kids frosted cookies and the adults played games.

For Valentines Day Cam sent me 2 dozen roses and they were beautiful. Shelley watched our kids for us and we went shopping. Cam has lost some weight so he went clothes shopping and since I just continue to gain I just helped him shop:) It was nice to get out without our kids. Then we got home and Trent and Jamie invited us over for games and a movie.

Our New Dining Room

We finally got our dining room done! Here is a picture of our dining room before we remodeled it....






Now here is the after pictures....... Cameron did such a great job on the painting and the chair rail. We also got a used light and spray painted it black and I made some curtains. We got 2 inch blinds instead of the ugly vertical ones we had. We also had Cameron's grandparents dresser that we painted black and use as a buffet. We love our new dining room. Now it's time for the living room.

Fatty

Greta every day tells me how big my tummy is getting (I am pregnant) and here is her latest on that....

Greta: mom, so I guess when you have a baby in your tummy everything gets bigger. Look at how big your legs and butt are.

Mom: Thanks Greta.