Dallin Walter Kilton

Sunday the 16th we welcomed our little boy into the world. It was a very easy delivery so we are pleased and it was well worth the trip back up to utah. We are very Thankful for our wonderful doctor there. A one day recovery is much better than 4 months.
Here is daddy talking to Grandma on the phone. The picture doesn't quite capture his excitement.

Danica and Whitney meet their new brother for the first time.

All of us about an hour after he was born.

Some pictures of us the past few days.
Whitney and Grandma having some fun times with Dallin

Whitney is in awe of how little Dallin is and loves to see him with his eyes open.

Starting him early!! Go cougars!! (this was taken during the byu u of u game) We just wish the cougars played better, maybe next year.

NEW Arrival

It's a BOY!
Our waiting is over. All worked out great!
We headed to the hospital Sunday morning and all went well.
Dallin Walter Kilton arrived on Nov 16th after very little effort.
See him and his stats here:
http://www.hospitalportraits.com/

We have lots of pictures, but the SD drive on my laptop erased my last card and I don't want to chance that this time, so check back next week after I get home to NM and I'll have them up asap. I know you are all waiting to see more of him.

For the Love of my Life

This is for my darling husband who is my everything. I miss you more than you know. Every night I pray that this baby will not come until you make it up here. Baby is anxious to come out and meet everyone.

Dave you are the Love of my Life and my never-ending support.

our move and other things

We actually had a very uneventful move. We are almost unpacked and organized. It goes much faster when Dave is around. The only hitch we have run into is that there isn't a doctor in the State that will deliver my baby unless I agree to a C-Section. So after being here for a week, I am heading up to my in-laws and waiting for the baby to come. Seeing as the baby dropped 2 weeks ago and I have been having contractions all week, and that the other two came early I don't think I will have to wait long.
Whitney is coming with me and Danica is staying with Dave so she can go to school.
Danica is in full day kindergarten here and she gets to ride the bus. She loves both. We talked to her after her first full day and she said I haven't gone a full day yet - she thought full day meant that should would be at school for as many hours as daddy is at work. She is a cutie pie.
Whitney is enjoying her time to herself and spends most days in her room playing with everything that has been in storage.
hope you are all well and getting ready for that big Turkey Day coming up. I don't know when I'll get pictures up, but I will try to remind Dave to post when the baby comes.

we made it

I think this was the least adventurous of all our moves so far. We made it without major problems and now are ready to start unpacking.
The kids are excited to be here and have alread spread their toys all over. We are very grateful to our friends who are letting us rent their house - we have never had so much space!! I'm going to get spoiled.

funny comments

As Halloween approaches Danica has been thinking about candy alot. This was our breakfast conversation.

"mom, are jelly beans the goodest candy for you?"
"What?"
" well, they are beans!"

Halloween Carnival

Tonight was the school's halloween carnival. The girls were so excited to get to wear their costumes. Not the best picture, but that's as long as I could keep them still.

They really enjoyed the cupcake walk. In fact I think they played it about 5 times. Whitney won 3 cupcakes and Danica won 1. Whitney was dancing her way around the numbers and Danica had to make sure she stepped on each number as she went around. I think Whitney really enjoyed her first cupcake.

Some other games they played

Danica got to be part of the magic show. I'm not sure why this pic turned out fuzzy, but she got to pick a card and then a ghost turned over her card while it was on the table. She was so excited to get to participate.

The girls also won some goldfish. They were absolutely thrilled to get to have their first pet. Although we decided that when carnivals give fish away as prized, they need to provide a small bag of fish food. The girls were very concerned that their fish would get hungry. So, I sent Dave out to go get some food and it's probalby a good thing since the directions on the food say to feed them several times a day. We'll see how long the fish last. Danica has named hers Amber.

We are so glad that we are able to stay around until after the Halloween festivities because we missed out on most of this stuff last year.

Happy Halloween to everyone!

A bit more details surrounding our new car purchase. We have been looking for quite some time for a van since we haven't really fit in our little car since Whitney was born, but we haven't found anything we were happy with. We have been seriously talking to Danica about a new car since August, and many of these conversations have ended in tears because she doesn't want to part with "Champy". Well, we left the kids with Grandma while we went to check out this van. Dave and I both loved it, it was the right price and in exellent condition so we signed the papers, called Grandma to bring up the kids and we had a new car. When Danica got in she exclaimed "That's our new van!! I love it!!" Then when she realized it had a DVD system she said "I was so excited I burped!" So, her fears were diminished as she discovered this new van. I'm loving the space!

And that night the girls were able to take a bath with their only girl cousin even close to their age on Dave's side. They love this little girl and wish they could live closer to her.

It's official

We got word this morning that Dave's official start date is Nov 13th. Exactly two weeks before this baby is due. We are happy that they did offer him a GS5 position instead of GS4. So we are very excited about that.
We are moving on Nov 1 to get everything down there and settled before the baby comes.
Also some other good news - we also found a fabulous deal on a Honda Odessey so this past weekend we went and traded in our little nissan for this fabulous van.

So we are very pleased to finally be done with the waiting stuff. Now we just have to make sure we have a place to live and get things situated with Danica's school. and pack of course.

Thank you to everyone who has helped us through this crazy time in our life adventure!!

a lot of Randomness

So this post has many many pictures of what we do from day to day. My kids are either bouncing off the walls or glued to the TV - what are we going to do when we move and no longer have the TV??? JK we have done it many times before and as you'll see we have many other things that can keep them out of trouble. So this is what we do to keep them occupied.
I love this picture of the girls. I took it a week or so ago one morning while we were reading scriptures. They were just sitting on the couch "listening" and then Whitney grabbed Danica and just hugged her for a long time - well, long enough for me to find the camera and snap a picture.

Whitney is a funny girl lately. This next pic I was checking on the girls before I went to bed since Whitney has been bringing toys into her bed after we tuck her in. This is what I found. Sheets off the bed, in her Sunday dress holding her pj's with books and toys all around.

This was last Sunday. Can you believe her hair is actually long enough to put in a twist?! I braided it today. Curly hair is so misleading.

Painted LIPs anyone?

That's what happens when mom and dad aren't paying close enough attention during painting time.
Another day of painting. Danica and Whitney love to paint. Whenever Daddy pulls out his hobby they always want to paint along with him. The girls even have their own figures to paint (they call them B-guys, you'lll have to ask Dave about that one) This time they were just painting with their paint kit.



Another thing we like to do is make cookies. They love to add the ingredients and stir and of course eat the dough and lick the spoons.

After Danica's primary program in Sept the primary made "prayer rocks". This is what Danica came up with. I think it's super cute. Way better than the prayer rocks we made when we were kids. She gets it mixed up though and actually sleeps with it on the bed desipite our continual persistance that it belongs on the floor for sleeping time.

Well, I guess that takes care of everything. Sorry it was so long.

Trying something new

Make a Smilebox postcard

End of summer begining of Winter

On Sept 30 we had 80 degree weather and were enjoying our time outside in the sprinkler

Whitney blowing bubbles and basking in the warm sun.

Danica posing for the camera and jumping over the sprinkler

Can you see how this ended up? Danica didn't was trying not to get her sunglasses wet as she jumped through the water and Whitney was running around the water. Neither one of them were paying attention to the other. Danica landed on Whitney, and then she picked her up hugged her and told her sorry all before I could put the camera down and take care of it myself. Whitney hugged her back and they went on playing. It reminds me that they really do love each other.
Well, if you read my blog yesterday you saw that this weather didn't last long. The next set of pictures was taken yesterday. What a difference.


Whitney brushing snow of the sprinkler. You can see our trailer didn't get brought in before the snow got it. Guess what I'll be doing tomorrow? Scooping snow out of the trailer so the girls can get to school dry. Do you see what Whitney is wearing!!! I tried and tried to get her to put on pants, but no she wouldn't have it. And, with our mittens lost in storage somewhere and a skirt on the poor little girl didnt' last long out there. Maybe she'll figure it out for next time. Afterall last year we didnt' have snow.

Danica thouroughly enjoyed herself, although her hands did get cold eventually too, but hey when you're making snow angels and snowballs without gloves what do you expect.

The best part of playing in the snow - the HOT CHOCOLATE afterwards. The girls came in and we took off their wet stuff, wrapped them in blankets and gave them some nice hot chocolate. I really miss the snow.

Sunday afternoons

Sunday afternoons are a great time with family. These pics were taken Sept 28th. Whitney found a brush and since Daddy likes to sit on the floor she found it the perfect opportunity to practice doing hair. She has always enjoyed other people's hair and unlike her sister she likes having her's done.

Danica decided that after Whitney was done brushing it she would style it.

This is their finished product. Isn't he cute!!

It is this reason why I have not yet cut and donated my hair. They have started brushing mine and I'm teaching Danica how to braid it. I just don't think I could do that with short hair. Oh well, I guess that just means when I finally do decide to cut it there will be more to donate. right?