Tag, I'm it.

I got tagged so here goes!
6 habits, things I like to do, or things about myself:

1. I'm a clean freak. Maybe a little on the OCD side.

2. I LOVE LOVE LOVE to read. I would read all day if I could. I think right now my favorite book is Twilight by Stephenie Meyer.

3. I like to watch Judge Judy and What Not to Wear everyday.

4. I love to make and eat cookies. I make the best cookies in the world.

5. One of my favorite things to do is just hang out with Josh, just me and him. Doesn't happen a lot obviously with 3 little boys at home and 2 of Josh's bros living with us, but that just makes it even more fun and special when we finally do get to spend time together!

6. I secretly want to have 4 boys. Already got 3...we MIGHT try for #4 and if we do, I'm hoping for another boy! (but of course I'll be just as happy with a baby girl)

So I don't know if I know enough people to tag, I think I'm supposed to tag 5. So...Leisa, Denise, Wendy, and whoever else might look at my blog, TAG, you're it!

Zoo Trip

Last Saturday we went to the Phoenix Zoo with the boys. It was okay, once you've been to the San Diego Zoo, this zoo definitely pales by comparison! At least the boys got to see their favorite animals though. J.J. loves giraffes, Trey the elephants, so they were happy. I personally liked the giant turtles. haha... Josh liked the rhinos. Samuel pretty much slept the entire time! Even though it was pretty freezing (like in the lower 50's for us wimpy Arizonians...) we had a lot of fun!

Family Christmas Photo Saga

Okay, what follows is a series of photos in a sad attempt to take a decent family Christmas photo. Why can we not all make a nice face all at the same time?




Clearly we were not meant to be a photogenic family!! Oh well...if you want a Christmas card from us this year email me your address!!

Christmas Excitement

My 3 little boys are VERY excited for Christmas!! (well, the 2 older ones are anyway...lol)

Christmas is coming!

Here are some funny pics from last year's Christmas time! As you can see, Trey was more interested in Santa's belt buckle than in Santa himself...lol!

We put up all our decorations the day after Thanksgiving. I like to enjoy them as much as possible before Christmas, but I also like to take them down ASAP after Christmas... The boys are loving all the deco though, now if I can just keep Trey from taking all the ornaments off, that would be great. I guess I'll end up doing what I do every year, putting all the ornaments out of reach, so the bottom is bare and the top is overloaded with ornaments!

I'm all ready for Christmas though, got all my shopping done and it feels good! Actually I was done back on October, I wanted to be done before Samuel came. It's so nice to just be able to relax and not worry about having to brave the stores at this time of year.

Happy Halloween

Samuel Toa Larsen is here!

And he's so cute! Plus he was my easiest baby to deliver yet. He came out in one push, actually half a push! He was 8 lbs. 3.5 oz., 20 inches long, my smallest baby so far but still decent sized. He had his first doctor appt. yesterday at 5 days old has already regained his birth weight... so it's looking like he'll follow in his older brothers' footsteps and be big.

J.J. and Trey are doing great with a new baby in the house. They LOVE him, are so gentle (for the most part) and helpful. I am so relieved, I was worried that Trey would have a hard time with it. But they just love their little brother and haven't showed any signs of jealousy!

I'm doing fine too, just the normal afterpains from having a baby. Josh is taking this week off work to help with everything and it's been so nice! He is being really sweet even though he doesn't feel well either.

Thanks to everyone who voted in my poll! Obviously we chose to go with Samuel. We changed the last name a little to "Toa" because that means "warrior" in Samoan. That way I can save the name Jordan in case we're crazy enough to try for another boy! (haha...)