Before and After - Wow what a difference

Okay so for all you who wanted to see how huge I actually got... here you go. I delivered at 160 lbs! My heaviest ever!!

On the flip side... I have lost my weight faster then with any of my other kids! After two weeks I managed to fit my "fat" jeans over my hips and get all the buttons buttoned! LOL!! :D I still have about 15lbs I would like to lose but for now I am going to enjoy all the chocolate and sweets through the holidays!!

So here is a one time "Before" and "After" photo shot of me. This is my stomache a couple of days before delivery. In the photo you can you see that I had to cut the sides of my maternity pants! That is how big I got!! My stomache was stretched to the max and my poor veins are just glowing in this picture! And yes... that is me withouth make-up... Sorry to scare you like that! And the sweater belongs to my husband... Even Large Maternity shirts were to short for this belly! So I moved myself into my husbands closet every morning!

I will post this one first so it will be the photo you see when you go to this blog page!!
Doesn't this photo make you hurt! Yes it's real too!! :D I was annoyed that my mom made me take this picture... Look at my face!

Kylie's Candy Castle Cake

Tomorrow is Kylie's 2nd Birthday! I can't believe how fast they grow up!!! Jenny is planning a small get together for her tomorrow but her big birthday party will be in a few weeks with Madison. Madison and Kylie will celebrate their 2nd birthday together.

I made her a quick cake for tomorrow. It was a practice cake because we will use this same design to make a princess castle cake in a couple weeks. It will be much more intricate and prettier. :D I am glad I got in some practice because I learned so much when putting this together!

Here is a picture of Kylie on her 1st birthday party! She has changed so much. More pictures of her after tomorrow!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY KYLIE! I LOVE YOU LOTS!!

I'm a Gerber Baby

IT'S A PICTURE OVERLOAD DAY!!!


Okay so I had an old friend from High School visit the other day and I got to meet her precious son Blake! He is 7 months old now and absolutely adorable! Check out this kid!!!

It is so great to see friends from High School and see their new families and hear about their careers and where life has taken them! They are such a beautiful family! And Shelan... you are absolutely beautiful and it was great to see you! (Oh and Shelan by the way... that pizza we ordered... is not good reheated... :D ) Lettuce and tomatoes are not meant to be microwaved the next day!!! BLAH!!

So here is precious little Blake...

Yes... even with my sock missing I am still adorable!
He was fascinated with the camera

Ryan took this photo... a little crooked... but hey he tried! That's me on the left and Jenny my prego sister on the right! Can't wait for my first nephew to be born!!!

Madison of course had to get in the pictures also!!

This kid smiled on Q! Perfect kid for portraits... wish I was more prepared!

Found his thumb!

So happy!

This is the proud mommy Shelan

I seriously think he is up there on cutest kid awards! Big blue eyes, strawberry red hair, rosy red cheeks! :D So adorable!!!

Who doesn't love photos of babies and kids!!!

This is a bombardment of photos of my family and friends. I have had so many friends come into town this week! My best friend Jody came into town with her daughter and son and then I had a long lost friend from High School call me and I got to meet her son! I will post those pictures later! I also found out a very good friend from High School just moved back here from Washington and she has a 3 month old daughter so I will be meeting up with her when I get a chance!

Anyways it has been so busy! Isn't it always? What about you? Are you busy like me? Just this month alone I have already celebrated 2 birthdays and then I have a party on Sunday and one next week. I also have Thanksgiving to figure out and my dad and his wife will be in town!! I have family Christmas pictures next week and another birthday party to plan for the beginning of December for Kylie and Madison. In December my daughter turns two, my niece turns 3 and my sister turns 10. On top of that my husband and I will be married 7 years on the 22nd of Dcember and then don't forget Christmas and New Years! :D Wow these months are really hectic for me! Too many birthdays and parties!

Today my son will have his hearing tested as I think that Ryan suffers from hearing loss... or just really bad selective hearing! Guess we will figure that one out today! He had ear tubes in his ears by 8 months old for 6 multiple double ear infections as a baby. He continued getting them after the ear surgery but at least they were able to drain. He has been ear infection free for 1 year! So I think he has finally out grown them.

This is my beautiful niece Hallie. She is a twin to her brother Ret. They were an amazing story. Her mother had IVF because she was unable to get pregnant without miscarrying. After a few years of trial and error trying to figure out why she was not able to carry she gave birth to these two beautiful babies who are not almost 3 years old in January. She went 40 weeks with the twins too!

Here is her brother Rhet. He has the most handsome blue eyes!
Here is Josh's father and proud Grandpa of baby Abby!

Abby got her ears pierced today! And I bought this hair bow for her today too! Isn't she adorable! And that is Josh's brother Jack peaking around her head.

Here are the beautiful twin girls! And of course they have to wear matching outfits!

Big yawn! So tired....

LOL! I love this picture! Not even staged she did this completely on her own

Proud family! So beautiful!

Sleeping away!

I think she is so tired from keeping her parents up all night!!!

I love watching babies eat! So precious!

My absolutely stikin adorable little niece McKynlee! She was quite the little poser today!

My mom was so excited to hold twins! It was her first time!

McKynlee loved baby Abby! It was so adorable !

My best friend Jody! Proud mother of baby Abby! Don't they look alike?

Baby Abby was all smiles! She is one of the happiest and most content babies I have ever met! She didn't take after the Roper's :D With exception to Jessey Roper as she was also a very happy child! XOXO

My sister Melissa loving on the baby! And she is also pregnant! She was my sister who tried for 2 1/2 years to get pregnant. The doctors don't know why she had such a hard time... but now she is finally pregnant and we find out December 4th if it is a boy or a girl!
My little sister Courtnee to the right
Babies have already discovered their fingers!
Baby Abby again and her beautiful blue eyes!
Is that enough photos for you? LOL! I hope everyone is doing well! I will be doing some blogging catching up this week! Expect lots of comments from me! I cant' wait to see all your beautiful families!!!

Halloween Pictures!

So Halloween was a very sad day for me... it was the day I discovered that my favorite lens was broken by my little mutt. It was the day that I had to use my back up lens... :( And sadly my back up lens was nothing more then a cheap stock lens! So here are some pictures... not very good ones... but none the less... they are still pictures! :D

The kids were so stinkin adorable! Madison was a kitty, Ryan was Dash on Incredibles, and Jacob was a Fantastic Four character. We went to Fred Meyer for cup cake decorating and a costume contest in the morning. Later watched Boise State kick some butt on the TV and then we went to the church for a Harvest Party. The kids had so much fun! We ended the night with Ice Age 3 Dawn of the Dinosaurs and candy and popcorn! It was a great day for us!

Here is Ryan. He has been working out can you tell?

Who is the better super hero?

Here is Jacob. I have no idea who this character is... but this is what he wanted to be.

Here is my precious little kitty! she was so good about her make up and ears! I am so proud of her. I actually think she liked it when I put her make up on! She sat still and was so cooperative!

Here is Madison and Kylie at the church. Isn't Kylie adorable! They both are eating suckers... of course... they wouldn't quit getting into the candy!

What a beautiful and perfect family!

I got to watch an incredible family become parents this week. It is the most amazing experience to see such a wonderful and sweet couple finally become parents after 7 years. God has truly blessed this family and I am so grateful for all that He has done!
The babies were 4 weeks early but healthy as can be. Not one day in NICU! Not one day! Can you believe that! They were about 6lbs each too! They are perfect in every way and I am just so blessed to be able to know them. Can you believe all the hair! You can almost braid it! :D