Blessing Day!

This thursday was a very special day for our family. We not only celebrated Thanksgiving but we got to have Addison blessed! We decided that since there were several family members here from out of town, that it would be the perfect opportunity to have Addison and her second cousin, Allison blessed. (Since they are only 2 weeks apart, and share several family members) We also thought it would be fun to do it together! And it was! We had close to 70 people there between the 4 families! What an amazing day~ Allison was blessed by her father, Kent, and Addison was blessed by my cousin, and Brian's brother-in-law, Phillip. ( I know, it is confusing sometimes!) Both girls were absoultley beautiful! What a wonderful way to remind us about the things we are thankful for!

Precious updates

Well, we are back! Our Internet has been on the fritz for a few weeks, so we have plenty to update you all on.

Since our last post (Brian's Birthday) we have celebrated Addison's first Halloween, which included a trip to Lauren's school to see the ever popular Halloween Parade. She has had her 2 month check up, and my oh my!!! This little girl loves her groceries!! She has gained 4 pounds and grown 2 inches since she was born!! What a great eater!! She has retired the bassinett in mom and dad's room to be in her "big girl crib" in her own room!! She seems to be sleeping much better. She is averaging about a 6 hour sleeping stretch on most nights before she decides it's time for an early morning snack!

Dad, Gabby and Lauren are constantly making sure that Addison is getting EVERYTHING her little heart desires. It seems that she has mastered the "fake cry" just so they will come to her bekon call! Amazingly enough dad and big sisters have not figured out her little plan :) Mom, on the other hand, has figured out that if she just keeps her fed and changed, everything will be A-OK.

We have also experienced Addison's first giggle's and smiles. Oh how we forget how much fun it is to make a baby laugh!! Too bad you can't just bottle it and save it for those days when they grow up all too fast!

Gabrielle and Lauren are doing great! They are both getting fabulous grades in school, and staying very busy! Gabrielle just celebrated her 15th Birthday yesterday! She has started her first "real job". She is working at the University of Utah in the consessions stand selling fast food, and getting paid to talk to everyone! What a perfect fit!!! Lauren is doing the Junior Jazz Program again this year for Basketball. She is doing great and is super fast at defending the ball. She sticks to her opponent like glue!

Miriah and Shannah will be here this week to celebrate Thanksgiving with us. We are getting family pictures done this week and having Addison blessed with her 2nd cousin Allison on Thanksgiving morning.. We have 4 extended families coming, so we decided to have a joint baby blessing at the church so that everyone would be able to attend. I think it will be awesome!! The two girls are only 2 weeks apart, and Addison has her cousin by at least 5 pounds! Isn't it wonderful to be a baby and everyone keeps track of how much weight you have GAINED instead of when you get older and it is so cool to LOOSE weight...... Ahhhhhh........ To be a baby!!

Brian's Birthday :)

WOW how time fly's!! We were going to try to update this every week, but with a new little one, and 4 older ones, it just hasn't happened! We were able to get all the family together for a photo so I thought I'd throw it up for all to see. This was at Dads 30 something birthday and Addison's 1 Month Birthday. Dad and the 4 oldest spent a rainy day at Lagoon. We didn't have to wait in any lines due to the wet and cold, but we went on every ride we wanted. Here's everybody's name and age; Brian, Heather, Gabrielle 14, Miriah 12, Shannah 11, Lauren 10, Addison 1 month Old!!!!!

ADDISON COLLEEN FARNSWORTH

SHES HERE!!!! Addison Colleen Farnsworth arrived on Tuesday September 9th at 5:31pm and weighed 8lbs 8oz and was 22 1/2 inches long. Present at her arrival was Mom(of course), Dad, Grandma Wendy, and big sisters Gabby and Lauren. The delivery was somewhat a struggle due to scar tissue from Mom's past surgery's and implant which made it so she will remember how fun it is to give birth. Both Mom and Baby are fine and doing well!!! Brian

One BIG baby Bump!!

Well, We have made it to month 9 ( only 28 days to go)! It sometimes feels like month 29, but I am pretty sure at this point that this little girl will come out someday! I went to the Dr. yesterday, and she said we are dialated to a 2+ and about 50% effaced. I guess that is progress after being a 1 for almost 2 months and on bed rest! So glad that part is over! The girls are getting so excited. We got the nursery pretty much finished, baby clothes washed and ready, and Brian even checked out the car seat yesterday to make sure it fits properly in the Avalanche. So funny! Hopefully it isn't too long of a wait now! We will keep you posted!

Here We Are!!!

We have finally decided to dip our toes into the "blogging" world. We will hopefully be adding things to this page periodically. Especially since little baby Farnsworth will be coming into our family very soon! We thought it would be fun to share our news with friends and family that are far away, and hopefully stay in touch a little better!
Looking forward to the days, weeks, months, and years ahead!
We hope you enjoy!!!