If you haven't heard...

We are expecting baby #4 December 13th! Kind of crazy, but the time is right for our family to welcome another little one into it :). Clara and this one will be about 20 months apart, so life will be crazy for a bit, but we are excited! We find out the gender in a month :).

Dear Blog

Dear Blog,
You have been neglected for about a year now. I've been poked and prodded by many to get my act together and post something. I promise that I'm still alive. Lynn is surviving. My kids are healthy and happy and we are another year down in this residency program! Woot, Woot! I almost gave up on you, but decided that it was time to post something.

Updates...Clara is one now and just took a few steps yesterday! We are so excited for her and everyone loves her to pieces. She loves attention from her brothers and has such a cute little personality. Can I say that I love having a little girl? It's so much fun! Back in February we entered her into a Babies R' Us crawling contest and she won! She won us a $10 gift card and 3 months of free diapers. We were so excited and happy! Here she is at the finish line. Who knew that my cell phone was all it would take for her to crawl faster than the other babies :)




A quick visit from Grandma and Grandpa Belcher! Thanks for coming to see us :)


Peyton has grown up a lot this past year. He is in preschool and loves it. He loves to play computer games and play Legos with Porter. He is a funny kid and is always making us laugh. He can't wait to play soccer in the fall like his big brother. He is my best helper and loves to help with dishes and laundry. Both of which I despise! It makes it more bearable to do when he's there helping.

Cupcakes that I made for Saint Patrick's day. The kids loved them!

In March we had a fun visit with Grandpa Gurney. He endured another trip to the zoo and cosi. We did take a day trip up to Kirtland. It was way cool. I just wish Clara would have thought so too and I could have enjoyed it a little better. Thanks for coming to see us!

Porter has also had a great year. He loves first grade and I can't believe that he is almost 7! I have a kid whose almost 7...weird. He's been playing so hard in soccer and isn't afraid of playing with kids twice his size. He is such a great big brother and is now embarrassed to kiss me goodbye when he goes to school. I miss that! I understand though :)





We've been busy with a little mom's preschool that we rotate between us. We call it Jelly Bean school. Here is a group of the boys dressed up in our super hero costumes! They have a blast :) Peyton is in the Spiderman costume...he's a pretty good poser.
Lynn has been a trooper this past year. He's been busier than ever and we love it when he's home. Between residency and Young Men's we hardly see him. So, when he's home, the kids are all over him! We are enjoying our time, but we can't wait to live a normal life with a normal job. It's exciting that we are already looking for jobs! We are excited to know where we will be settling down, although we are so used to moving every 3 years. I don't know what we will do when we are actually settled...I'm sure I'll get used to it ;)

I've been enjoying this year, but find myself exhausted at the end of each day. Posting on the blog has been the last thing on my mind. I'm glad that I updated it, but don't expect much from me. It might be awhile until another post finds it's way here.

Future Dentists of America

These cute guys decided they wanted to accompany me to the lab and work on some teeth. So, they each designed their own set of dentures. Not too bad if I do say so myself. Peyton kept telling me he was making baby Clara's teeth.

Clara Michelle Gurney

She's finally here! We are so excited to have a new little baby in our home. Clara is adored by her brothers. They just can't get enough of her.

I was induced April 30th. Lynn and I went to the hospital and just got to hang out all day together. It was very relaxing! We rented a couple of movies and Lynn read his papers for school. I couldn't have asked for anything more "chill". I started pushing around 4:30 and Clara was born at 4:45 pm. That's the jist of it :) She weighed 7 lbs. 11 oz., was 21 inches long and 13 inch head. She has the darkest hair and lots of it! Here are some pictures of Clara's first few days of life. I've got more pictures, but they weren't uploading. boo!

Clara minutes after being born.

Happy mommy!

Porter was so excited for his sister to come!

Peyton loves her too!

Lynn doesn't know what to do with a little girl...he loves it!

Going to the doctors for the first time.

Silly Boy

So, Peyton and I were finished with my Drs. appointment today and we sat down to eat lunch when Peyton asks, "Mom, is there a baby in your tummy?" I respond with a "Yep, right here!" Peyton then says, "Did you eat her?"

I just had to laugh! That makes sense right? To a two year old, how else would a baby get into your tummy?

Oh Baby!

My awesome friends threw me a baby shower this past weekend since I'm having a girl. It turned out great! Laura Farley was an awesome hostess. Maurisa and she planned the whole thing, but Maurisa had to go out of town last minute. We missed her a ton. They went all out, and there were so many people willing to help out. It was a lot of fun opening girl things...dresses, shoes, booties, hair bows, flowers, blankets, and burp cloths! I have so many talented friends who made me gifts. Thank you everyone!

My friend Tori and I. Her husband Kent is in the same program as Lynn.

Jackie, Laura Pack, and Mary Cat (who just had a baby a week ago).

More party guests :) The rag quilt in the back was a gift from Molly.

Molly made this cute "it's a girl" sign.

Gourmet cookies made by Jackie with a "g" for girl/gurney. Super cute!

The food table...it was all so delicious and so pretty!

Laura found various varieties of pink/red drinks in honor of the girl theme.

Maurisa made me this adorable diaper cake. It turned out so cute!

More decor...notice the cute party favors made by Laura Farley. Molly made the super cute mary janes out of paper...talented!

A Plethora of Pictures

In January and February Columbus got a record breaking amount of snow. Yay, for us right? Not exactly, but to look on the bright side, Porter got 4 snow days out of school. It was nice for me not to have to drive on the snowy roads.

Lynn and the boys made this cute snowman

I got to volunteer at Porter's school for his Valentines Party. It's always fun to see Porter interact with his school friends. These are some of his buddies.




It's a Grandma Gurney tradition to send heart sugar cookies to us for Valentines Day. Lynn really wanted to make some of our own together before Valentines, so for FHE we decorated them, ate them, and then gladly downed ours from Grandma a week later :)




The Primary kids put on a talent show last month. As soon as Porter heard there was a talent show he wanted to be a part of it. He decided that he was really good at cart wheels, so that is what we signed him up to do. We practiced, and practiced, and when it came down to the actual night of the show, Porter got cold feet. Oh well...at least we knew he was a good cart wheeler.




Porter build his version of an Alien and we took pictures. This picture is my favorite "cheeser". He's looking a little frightened.




Grandpa Gurney came to visit us for four days. The boys were in heaven! We took him on the "kid tour" of Columbus. We visited COSI (the children's museum), went to a dollar show, took him to Greaters (one of our favorite ice cream places), the pet store, and finally to the zoo. We weren't very good at taking pictures, but we did get some from the zoo.