Brett's Favorite Book about "du-du's"

Most kids sleep with blankets or teddy bears, but Brett sleeps with his favorite book. He loves this book, and for one reason only; the trucks on page 8. This counting book represents each number with images, and on page 8, there are pictures with 8 trucks which he calls "Du" or "du-du". He won't let me turn the page, so we sit there and stare at the "du-du's" for 10 minutes, before he decides he needs to sleep with this book each night.

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Brett's new Toy

Brett found a new toy; daddy's 4-wheeler. Brady pulled out his boy toy to help do some yard work on Saturday and Brett fell in love. The best part for Brett was going on an hour long ride with Maddy Anamarie and Brady up to the Pleasant Grove "G" on the mountain.

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Sleeping friends on the stairs

Anamarie collected all the stuffed animals from her bedroom and carefully put each one into it's own "sleeping bag" (pillow case), then placed each friend on their own bed (stair). They all had a great afternoon nap ;)

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Argentina gets defeated!!

This is what I found outside tonight. Anamarie told me they were having a mud fight, however, she was completely clean and Brett was plastered in mud. Yes, that just happens to be a brand new Genuine Argentina jersey delivered to us from Mirta who just came back from Argentina :(

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Cookie Thieves!!

This is what happens when mommy leaves the kitchen for 5 minutes after baking cookies ;)

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William at 1 Month

William is looking a little chubby with his double chin! He gained 2 pounds by the time he was 3 weeks old. Weighing in at 9 lbs. 3 ounces, and 21.5 inches long!! Dr. Spencer was very surprised that he had gained so much in such a short amount of time. He said typicall babies are back to there birth weight at 2 weeks, so it's good if they are gaining extra weight.

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Winter Wonderland in the Food Storage room

Yes, this is my life with 5 children, and yes, that is a 50 pound bag of flour. Brady tried to convince me to stay in bed most of the day so that I could recover from this uterus infection that I have, and I told him there is no way I could possibly do that with Anamarie and her little side kick Brett. Lately, Anamarie has been teaching Brett all her dirty tricks. As you can see she taught him the ultimate trick of all; the flour sandbox. Anamarie told me that her and Brett were going to the basement to play in the "playroom", but I guess they took a little detour through the food storage room. I could hear some commotion going on down stairs so I asked Maddy to go check on them. A few seconds later I could hear Maddy yelling at the kids to open the door. As she caught them in action they took off running to the basement bathroom and quickly locked the door; Anamarie of course. After a few minutes of her negotiating with them, they finally opened the door and ran back to their fun. Madison, completely frustrated, yells at me to "get downstairs now". I ran down took one look at both of them, and my first response put me into shock that I bursted into laughter. I tried to stop laughing; but I couldn't. In the 13 years of being a mom, I had never seen anything so shocking. Taylor & Madison never did anything close to this. Between breaths of laughter I told Maddy to go get my camera. Madison, who was totally confused with my reaction to all of this, reluctantly retrieved the camera, and I managed to snap some priceless picture that will make me smile for many many years. After cleaning up the kids, (which took about an hour because wet flour is like cement in hair), I asked Anamarie why she did that. She said because it was fun, it was like a sandbox. I tried explaining to her that our sandbox is outside and that she made a huge mess. I don't think she got it. Who cleaned that huge mess?? Maddy. She volunteered. An hour later she wished she didn't. The fun never ends;)

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Taylor & Madison Finish Strong with all A's

Brady and I are very proud of Taylor & Madison, for both achieving straight A's this school year!! Madison has always gotten straight A's, but Taylor was motivated to work very hard during his first year of Junior High and accomplish Honor Roll and High Honor Roll for the entire year; and he did it!! They totally Rock!

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Baby William Brady Heiner is Here!

After a long awaited pregnancy William Brady Heiner made his debut on June 8, 2010 at 2:29 pm; on his mommy's birthday. Weighing in at 7 pounds, 6 ounces and 20 inches long. I was surprised that he wasn't a 9 pound baby because the size of my belly was enormous! Brady and I arrived at the Timpanogos Regional Hospital at 7 am. Dr. Ollerton broke my water around 8:30 am. After a few hours I was still dilated to 4 cm, so the Dr. started giving me small doses of pitocin. After a few more hours I still hadn't dilated, so he had the nurse doubled the dose to 4 drops of pitocin per hour; which was still a very small amount. 30 minutes later, I was dilated to 8 cm, and 30 minutes after that I was fully dilated and ready to go. The Dr. quickly came back, and with only 2 pushes baby William was here. There weren't any complications with the delivery or with baby William. However, he did have 5 large scratches on the top of his head and his nose was bruised. Other than that, he was completely healthy. The scratches probably came from the the tool the Dr. used when he was trying to break my water. With 5 failed attempts at trying to break my water because of a full bladder, once emptied, my water broke very easily. Taylor, Madison, Anamarie and Brett welcomed their new baby brother William with lots of love.

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Brett left his Mark!!

Whether it's lipstick or permanent black marker he always has to "swipe" it all over his head and leave a permanent mark on himself. Yes, this was not easy to get clean, especially with his beautiful blond hair;)

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