BABY JACOB!!!

I am very late posting about Baby Jacobs birth, but I am very busy these days. :) Maybe having eight children has something to do with it....

Jacob William Barnett was born on June 17, 2009 at 12:47 a.m.. 8 pounds, 4 ounces. 21 inches long. Quite a bit of black hair.He is so cute and sweet. :)

I was telling Brian how your newborn child is the ONLY person you will ever love IMMEDIATELY. I never met him before, he didnt do anything to EARN my love, I dont know him...but I LOVED him. Immediately. I think its so neat.

California trip!

Brooke Grace and Grandma Grace

California was AWESOME! We had such a good time. We drove this time, because it would save a lot of money. Just renting a van big enough for us last year cost ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS!!! And since we OWN a van now, we could not justify flying there and paying that much!!The ride wasnt even that bad, it was actually pretty fun. Although we DID get pretty sick of Jameson demanding to watch "BOB!!!" (Spongebob) every second. But the kids were able to work on their homework, sleep, watch movies, play games. It was actually kinda fun to drive.

We stayed in Vegas the first night then continued on to California. We stayed in our favorite hotel, Staybridge Suites. Its just so much fun to change your routine for a week and just swim, sleep, play, eat out, go to Disneyland. etc.

We did the three day pass to Disneyland and by the third day, I LITERALLY couldnt walk anymore. My hips were out of joint, my legs were all wobbly, I was having tons of Braxton Hicks contractions and I just couldnt go anymore. Bri went and rented me a WHEELCHAIR!!! lol even though I felt like an idiot riding around in it, it was SO NICE. :) Thanks babe!! :)

The kids had a blast, and even though Jameson was afraid of a lot of the rides, he still had fun. We LOVED the Toy Story ride. Brigham LOVED Buzz Lightyear. And I think our very favorite is Splash Mountain.

The weather was PERFECT. There were two HOT days, (100 degrees) and we went to the ocean on one of them, which was so much fun. Then the cooler 70 degree days, we spent at Disneyland. It was just perfect---cuz I really wanted a hot day at the beach so the kids could play IN the water fully. But I did NOT want to be dying at Disneyland. So it was just AWESOME the way the week turned out.

We visited Brian's grandparents in Montclair and also attended his cousin Duanes wedding. It was really fun to get to visit with them all. It always makes me wish Grandma lived closer though. She is such an awesome lady and I love her so much.

It was really relaxing and fun to be away together! I realized when we got home that I didnt take very many pictures of Disney--it seemed like we were just there and all the pictures would have just been the same...lol. But we got a few, like on the Jungle ride and Tarzans tree house. I also was just all dead and not paying as much attention to picture-taking. :(

Thank goodness for washable markers!

Jameson LOVES markers. Crayons just don't do it for him. He found a blue one unsupervised here. All I can say is I am SO THANKFUL to whoever invented washable markers! ha ha ha

EASTER 2009

Finding eggs with Bailey at Uncle Brett's house

He loved finding the eggs!

He would THROW his egg in the dye and then put

both arms in the air and say "YEAH!!!" like he made

a basket!

At the Riverton City Easter Egg Hunt

Here are some pics of Easter 2009. It was so fun to watch Jameson. He was so cute!

This is while we were watching conference. Jameson is enjoying his first Mexican Platter Dip which is a conference Tradition for us. He loved it.

J.J. !!!

Jessie's future mother-in-law :) has been wanting me to post a video of Jameson. Her baby, Anya, is Jameson's obsession right now. lol He LOVES to watch videos of her on Becky's blog and is constantly saying, "ANYA! ANYA!" so now Becky can hear him say it.

"Just like my big brother"

Jameson often wants to do the same things Brigham does. I think it is so cute. Here, Brig is relaxing with my foot spa, and Jameson insisted on joining him.