Britton's first hair cut

The BEFORE…….

A bit shaggy. 

Nice and trim afterwards!!!

Britton Turns 1!!

Our sweet number five turned one on April 13th 2014. 

We celebrated with cake. 

I think she liked it. 

Some things about Brett at 1. 

Loves to run, call after siblings, eats everything, 

no longer nursing b/c sharp teeth, 

and is super adorable. 

Brett

The kids have been starting to enjoy holding her. 

And she absolutely loves bath time. 

Christmas 2013

Merry Christmas!

Due to some unfortunate circumstances this year, t

here was no nativity pageant on Christmas Eve 

but we did do some gingerbread houses. 

Which were very difficult to stay together 

so out came the hot glue gun & voila! 

They didn't budge. 

The boys made theirs into tanks and forts with missile launchers. 

Girls used all the pink & purple they could find. 

On Christmas Eve. 

I thought it was impossible to get everyone to look 

at the camera at the same time. 

Christmas morning before the minions attacked. 

Grandma & Grandpa with baby's first Christmas!!

Littlest Pet Shop.

Some scooters. 

Daddy got a new shotgun. 

Skylanders.

 Hello Kitty was EVERYWHERE!!!!

The only picture of me.....

The aftermath. 

It's all over. 

Here's to another year for planning, 

making treats, Grandma spoiling everyone,

trying to save money, 

and to making it the best year EVER!!

Britton at 6 months

This sweet girl is blazing through her milestones. Crawling at 4 1/2 months, pulling herself to standing at 6. Not quite sleeping through the night, but eats like a champ. She's super happy, loves to play with toys and her siblings. She offers a smile to anyone who asks and is following the tradition of being a petite girl.

Big B comes to our family

Here's me at 35 weeks

And at 37 weeks. 

 I went to the doc's on Friday the 12th for a routine check up. I hadn't been feeling Brett move so they put me on the monitor. I started feeling some pinches & asked if the monitor recorded contractions. Yes it did, & I had 4 tiny ones. The nurse said they were probably just Braxton Hicks. I've never had those before, so I doubted. But too soon to get excited. 

I kept getting the little pinches & feeling a lot of pressure. We drove my dad's truck up to El Dorado Hills to get a rototiller for the garden. The truck was bouncy & the contractions got harder & more frequent. As we got home, they went away. But alas at 4 am they were waking me up!! When they were 4 minutes apart I got ready,  packed my bag,  called the hospital & my Momma and then  I woke up Jared with the good news. 

We made it there in record time. A 45 minute drive in 20 minutes. A few red lights may have been overlooked;) We arrived at 5:30 am. I pulled my "I have 4 kids already" shpiel & was admitted without the usual silly tests. Just say you feel like you have to push. They'll wheel you right up!

Great mid wife, awesome anesthesiologist. The epi only worked on the hard pain. I felt so much pressure that I had a tough time breathing through the contractions. When my water broke, the gushing sound was so loud, and A TON of gross amniotic fluid came out. First for that. Poor mid wife had to change scrubs. 8:20 came around, time to push. One big one & she was out! The mid wife grabbed her fast & held out a bag to catch the rest of the fluid. Again, it was so loud. I had no idea my body could make that kind of noise. 

Head full of dark black hair. Screaming her cute little lungs out.  

Britton Mae Hasleton

7 lbs 15 oz 20 something inches

April 13th 8:20 am

Mae is for Mary, my Grandmother on my Maternal side.

I don't remember how we came up with Britton. We had liked it for Elliott. Who still tries to poke B in the eyes. 

The kids with her as we brought her home on Sunday. Grant isn't very excited. He says it'll be more work for him. 

My sweet little darkie! She is so precious. 

Definitely worth the last 9 miserable months!