Angel Mother-Amazing Granny

I owe so much thanks to my Wonderful Mom. When I went to have Tagg she took the kids and took excellent care of them, make waffles and hot chocolate for breakfast, bathed and made sure they were nicely dressed.. maybe she had them brush their teeth.. maybe not but they had so much fun with Granny. I'm not sure if they even missed me the 2 days I was in the hospital.
Monday Dec. 15th was a crazy day... My mom is now half way done with her Chemo but the 15th was her 3rd treatment. The plan was for me to get induced early enough and she would be able to be there when Tagg was born and spend some time with him. Well I at the hospital at 3am but Tagg was not born until 2:12pm. He was sunny side up and Dr Beck thought originally that he would be born in just a few (short) hours. After Dr Beck turned the baby I dialeted from a 6 to a 10 in about 15 minutes and Tagg was born in just 2 or 3 minutes. Scott called my mom and told her to hurry and get to the hospital... I tried to stall as long as possible... the hospital bed wasn't working.. so that took a good 10 minutes to figure out... Unfortunately my mom ran into the room right as Dr Beck walked out the door. With tears in her eyes she told me she tried to hurry. The great thing was she got to spend a little time with him before she had to run to her hospital and get her lovely 24 hour hospital stay Chemo. With all that she has gone through these last few months I can't help but admire her even more now. She offered to have us stay at her house after Tagg was born so that she could help out with the kids and spend time with the baby. We stayed for 10 great days. I believe this has been my best recovery because of her. What would I do with out such a wonderful mom? This Christmas I have thought about all that i am grateful for and her example is on the TOP of my list. Thanks Mom.

12 days and counting

( this is my favorite picture... he looks so serious... he's just hungry!)
Tagg is 12 days old and I took a few pictures today he is simply the cutest baby! He has made my Christmas wonderful this year, I couldn't have asked for a better present. He's a GREAT baby. He only cries when he is hungry, he hates a diaper change but I can't blame him... he doesn't like his little bummy to be cold. I have to admit his sleeping schedule is MUCH better than Brig's was... Tagg actually sleeps during the night and Brig didn't! We LOVE that difference! He's just as cute in person!

Tagg Anderson Biddle

So here's a little SNEAK peak of this cute little bundle of JOY! He arrived Monday Dec 15th 2:12pm 8lbs 11oz 21in long. His chubby cheeks are delicious.. trust me I have tried them!!! We're doing great and so happy that he's here. I'll post more pictures when I get them all uploaded.

Can't wait for DECEMBER 15th!!!

Today was a wonderful day! well if my day started at 2:10pm it was a wonderful day.. never mind the morning and early afternoon... these kids.. I tell ya! I love em' but my goodness!!!
So the WONDERFUL part of the day began as I said at 2:10, we arrived at the WORLDS BEST DR.'s. Oh how I just love my O.B. ( Scott doesn't like any kind of O.B. so needless to say he's not too fond of him... but I love him and that's all that matters... right?) So today was my last ultrasound before the baby was born and Scott was supposed to go with us but got held up at a Christmas light job so I showed up with all 3 kids.. A little nervous on how everything would turn out but then Scott called and said that he was on his way... a little late but he would be there. I was so excited because I can't wait to meet this baby! While we were waiting Dr. Beck did the most thorough ultrasound I have ever had. This little guy has a head that is measuring 39 weeks and 6 days! I am 37 weeks today! YIKES! everything else is measuring big too. He is really cute and looks a lot like Brig just chubbier. We were able to see him so well because this time we did the 3D ultrasound and man what a difference that makes. So I am glad to report that he is health and well.. but the BEST part is that I am getting induced on December 15th!!!!
You have no idea the joy that this brings to me! No more worrying if he'll come on Christmas. I am dialted to a 2 and 50-60% effaced. Maybe he'll come before my induction, if so then I will be even more thrilled but at least I know he'll be here by the 15th. HAPPY ARE WE!

Happy Birthday Brig!!!

Today Brig turned 2. Still hard to believe. He had a fun day filled with playing at the park, playing at home with friends & playing with family. We did pizza for dinner & a yummy cake decorated with Thomas the Train... his favorite thing in the world.. besides his new... BIKE. We were just going to get him a cheap little walmart thingy but look how much he loves this!




He is thrilled that it has a little cubby in the back, perfect for storing his Thomas the train stuff.

His sweet little smile is priceless!


There was no question if he loved his cake or not.
he thinks that you must squint your eyes when you smile and saying cheese is a MUST when taking pictures!

Some of our favorite things about Brig are...
How he sings Jesus wants me for a Sunbeam & Happy Birthday
How rotten he is... did you know his 1st word was GO AWAY??? Seriously!
He loves his binky, blanky & hat
( I know there are a lot of hat pictures but I just think he's too cute)





LOVES GUM!
Gives ear loves freely to all of us.
Hi answer NO to everything except for when he wants gum or candy, its a nice SWEET yes.

He has grown so fast, the time has literally flown by it seems like just yesterday he turned 1


And not much before that we brought him home from the hospital





Brig HAPPY BIRTHDAY!
We love having you in our family, you bring so much joy and I don't know what we would do without you! You little STINKER

Thinking like Drew

Yesterday we were in the car and Drew out of the blue said " I wish I could turn my head all the way around so that I could see my back."
I just thought it was so funny and I always want to remember what he said.

tonight while she sleeps.. .she's 6

The thought of having my little girl turn 7 is almost unreal. I remember vividly the day she was born, the birth I remember the best. Was it because she was my 1st born? Was it because she was the little baby girl I always dreamed of having??? I am not sure why but I am so happy that she came to me and has allowed me to be her mother. So as I went to her room tonight to sneak a peak of her while she was still... still 6, I was taken back at how amazing it is to be a mom and how quickly time flies. Enjoy your moments as a mom... because tonight while she sleeps she's 6 but tomorrow she'll be 7. Before I know it she'll be too cool to kiss me all the time, too old to hold me hand, too big to want to sleep with me when Scott's out of town, and too big and cool to love that I am her mom. Before I know it.. she'll be a mom and I can only hope she loves being a mom as much as I do.
I love you Kali.

summer part 2

after our fun time in Seattle we came home re-grouped, cleaned clothes, melted in the Arizona heat and then headed up to 2 weeks of fun in McCall Idaho... This is therapy to anyone... this picture explains it all!


I will have to post the lake pictures later. For now these are the pictures from the 'Garden'.. it's a magical place where we go to take beautiful family pictures...



enjoy for now... until next time!

Summer is gone where did the time fly???

Let us take a little walk down memory lane... this summer was loaded with lots of fun!
In June we went camping
July we went to Seattle.. ok a few times!! I was so happy to get out of the heat and we had a blast...
The weather was perfect 85/90
here are a lot of highlights from the trip..



The world's LARGEST AND LONGEST slip n' slide

Some family friends have a beautiful house and gorgeous property, they made this cool slip n' slide and the kids were hooked... who am I kidding we were all hooked.. I even went on it a time or too (pregnant) something Dr Beck needs to know nothing about & sorry baby if you have anything wrong with you. The key to speed was lots & lots & LOTS of baby shampoo! Essentially you would put about a bottle of soap on your self a little water and off you go!

it was so so fun but Brig thought NOT SO MUCH... he was happy to sit in the grass



or on gramma's lap



or his favorite thing in the world...


pick his belly button.


Jetty Island










Dumbo and his magic feather.. I love you Drew and I love your ears











Downtown Seattle










Since I lived in Washington for 9 years I get really excited to show the kids culture, beautiful sights and GREEN!!! Scott grew up there so between the 2 of us its like 2 little kids in a candy store as we drive into Downtown. It is so beautiful there... all year round but I prefer to visit in the summer. The Arizona heat has made us both too whimpy although we miss Scott's family terribly we'll stick to our long visits in the summer.

The next post will be more vacationing but for now I must go snuggle with my babies!