Mystery Solved!

I have always thought Lydia looked the most like a Dana.... until today that is. I received an e-mail from Dan's cousin with a picture of his Grandma Alta Byrne Malan. She is the little one sitting on her mom's lap.

I saw this and I thought wow I've definitely seen this look before.

Yes, I definitely think she resembles little Alta Byrne Malan. And for the record when Dan
showed her the old picture of his grandma and asked her who it was she responded "Lydie".

Easter dresses

It has taken me about a month, but I have finally finished the girls' Easter dresses. I'm pretty happy with how they turned out. I went with making them more dressy since I could only get the girls to wear their Christmas dresses to church one time because they did not think they were not"fancy" enough. I figure they will probably only want dresses like these for a few more years so... fancy it is. I used Butterick pattern #3350 - I modified the neckline and added an overskirt and slip ruffle. The fabric is from Joann's Casa collection. It is a sage greenish satin with a sparkle organza.

Here are the girls in their dresses.

Pretty in Pink

Okay so we knew it would be a matter of time before the girls would want to do something "girly" to little Abe, however, we did not realize it would be this soon. When I was doing the dishes the other day Savannah said, "Mom, look Abe has a ring on like yours"

This is the ring she is referring to. One of Dan's patients (a jeweler) had made it for me. While Abe's ring is definitely fabulous- I believe I still prefer my own.

Poor little Abe! How will he ever tolerate living in a home full of girls. What will they do next?

Feeling Better

Ever since our Happy Day post I thought I had jinxed Lydia's good behavior. She started crying every day- I just didn't know what to do so I took her to the doctor who reassured me there was absolutely nothing wrong. A few days after going to the doctor Lydia started to throw up about 1 time a day with no other symptoms. I didn't worry about dehydration too much since she was still eating and drinking, however after about 5 days she was not looking too good and ended up being admitted to the hospital with dehydration. We thought it would be an overnight admission and after she was rehydrated we'd be home. However she would not eat and drink and continued to throw up. After 4 days/3 long nights in the hospital and several negative and painful tests the doctors concluded it was just a virus and we were able to come home. Now we are home and have had some up and down days but things are definitely on the upswing.

At this same time, Savannah and Paige have also started to throw up 1 time every few days (weird) but seem to be doing fine otherwise. After 3 weeks of cleaning up throw up, we're hoping the worst is behind us.

Fabrics Galore

I just went on a fabric shopping spree, and this was the end result......

What could have possessed me to purchase 20+ bolts of fabric? 95% off at Joann fabrics! That's right. Our Joann fabrics just opened a superstore and was closing 2 local stores. I went in yesterday morning to see what was left in their liquidation sale. As I walked through the door the manager said all fabric was 95% off, but you had to take everything on the bolt. I went a little crazy. The fabric left was mostly for making clothing, so I got all kinds of dress material (too bad I already bought the material for the kids easter dresses), knits, corduroy, linens, etc. It's a good thing I had my 3 little ones with me or I would have bought even more. It looks like I spent a fortune on fabric, however this load only ran me $50. I think I'm good for the next 2 years. Oh, and not pictured is about 30 + yards of Tulle (at 7 cents a yard I couldn't resist), gobs of buttons, and about 7 spools of Ribbon all at 95% off. It was a lot of fun to get such amazing buys, now.....Where to store it?

Abram gets Blessed

This Sunday Dan blessed our little Abram. He looked so cute in his little blessing outfit. We were glad to have family that lives nearby that could attend sacrament meeting with us. Both sets of Grandparents were there, as well as Amy, Andrew, my Aunt Jana, Uncle Courtney and cousin Carl. Sharing this event with family made it all the more special.

I really like this family picture because even though Abe is crying, he looks kind of like he is laughing.

Here's the Malan/Morgan group.

And the Dana/Malan group.

Snowshoeing in Idaho City

Saturday while Dan and I worked around the house, Savannah and Paige went snowshoeing with Aunt Amy and Grandma & Grandpa Malan. They had an absolute ball, and talked nonstop for an hour when they got back. Here are some pix to highlight their trip.

Here is Savannah looking awfully stylish in Aunt Amy's sunglasses.

Paige our little snow princess.

The girls getting ready to hit the trail.

Wait a second..... We don't have a trailer? Oh well, I'm sure whose ever it is won't mind.