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Older brother was a little more into the TV and trike…
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Cali has already fallen asleep in the swing both times that she has tried it! Yipee!
On Christmas Eve we went to hang out with the cousins. The kids all did the nativity. We had some confused but very cute role players. Benji was Joseph and Packer is a Wise Man trying to be the donkey…
 
 
CHRISTMAS MORNING! Superman and Batman were very entertaining. We had a great morning enjoying the holiday and our three children.
 
The day after Christmas we drove to California to be with my fam 🙂 Anyone that grew up in the hood might recognize the “sour grass” that Packer is eating. The cousins introduced it to him and I’m pretty sure that is all he had for dinner that night!
We loaded the 4 vans and treked up to Bald Rock for a day. It is beautiful up there. We hiked to the caves and did a little rock climbing and mostly chased kids to make sure noone fell off an edge!
  
 
SUPERMANS! Packer and his cousin Payton were SAMERS – Payton is 6 months younger but they are the same size and were very cute running around in their too long pajamas.
Rocket Launch. Benji got to launch the first rocket. You will see him running away in the last picture. People at the school thought that we were a day care or something – nope – just the Robertsons!
 
 
New Years Eve! We went to Katies Parents house and got to hang out with some of the gang! This was my first attempt at Rockband and I was pathetic ( I don’t know what Angelee’s excuse is!)
 
New Years Dinner – 9 of the 16 grandkids.
Here are all of my parents grandkids – Liz stuck her belly in so that the picture won’t be outdated tomorrow when she has that baby!
And here is our little angel. She didn’t get as much camera time with all of the vacation Chaos but she did get held for most of the time we were there. She doesn’t look too comfy here but she didn’t cry at all on the 11 hour trip home!
We had a fun vacation . And played lots of games. One day I counted 8 games that I played ( puerto Rico, Zooleretto, Hand and Foot, Settlers…) and each game averages an hour to play! That is a lot of GAMING and I loved it! We had a wonderful Christmas month… we got to spend time with lots of family and friends and made it through without any illness… we were very blessed in 2008 and look forward to another great year.
Cali’s latest picture. Holding her head up like a big girl. Today is her 1 month birthday!!
Since My Last Post… We received Christmas package deliveries from FedEx, UPS, and USPS!! And we got lots of Christmas Cards!!! Christmas time is so much fun!
Since My Last Post… I got scared – really scared – like big eyes and startled… My husband waited in the closet at the bottom of the stairs – 11:00 at night – and when I came down from putting the laundry away he jumped out! My eyes got real big but I was too genuinely scared to actually jump.
Since My Last Post… BYU lost their bowl game 🙁 even with Cali dressing up for it 🙁
Since My Last Post… You can see the tops of my washer and dryer! I was a cleaning machine and these machines are really white and beautiful when they are not covered in 3 years worth of odds and ends that don’t have a spot so the top of the washer becomes their spot… I like having a clean laundry room.
Since My Last Post… We made our yearly trip to Cabelas to see Santa! Lots of cousins came and we had a great time.
 
Since My Last Post… Cali had her 2 week check up! The Doctor said she is a perfect and beautiful baby 🙂 We agree.
Since My Last Post… We went and visited my moms parents that live here in Orem. We had a great Christmas visit. The boys were excited to see their great grandparents and they had a blast playing with Christmas decorations, snow globes and Santas. And Grandpa even sang Christmas Songs with them. They seemed to really enjoy our visit and it put me in a Christmas Happy Mood! I can’t believe that tomorrow is Christmas Eve! I love this time of year!
Dream #1: I am at church in Oroville. We are hanging around in the foyer waiting to go home. 3rd ward is in Sacrament meeting and the next thing I know Packer is sprinting through the back of the chapel. In one door and out the other and I can’t seem to catch the little guy. That was it – I woke up. This is extra funny for anyone that has seen my children try to run fast – they are not capable of fast!
Dream #2: Stutzneggers invite us all over to swim in the new pool. It’s an old dough boy pool but Keith has piled sand up in the middle to rest your feet on and the water is hot so pretty much it was a large hot tub with a mound in the middle. This event turned from relaxing hot tub to “King of the Mountain” as I awoke. (I’m thinking this dream stems from my anticipation of actually getting to use the hot tub over Christmas because I’m not pregnant for once!)
Dream #3: An Oroville 1st ward Pancake Breakfast! Problem is noone seems to know where the food is or all the people. Since my dad is the bishop I finally go home to ask him what is going on and he is still in bed! So are mom and Tracie! It’s already 11:30am – the breakfast was from 8am to Noon. I remind him that it is the Pancake Breakfast. He says, ” ya, I know, I’ll be there.” I say where is everyone. He says that Brady and some of the boys decided to move the chairs and stuff to our front yard and cook on the grill so that they can play basketball on the hoop out front!! So that was the plan – Pancake breakfast in the street in front of the Robertsons house!
Dream #4: All girls soccer game. With Referees. Totally Official…. And we were playing in the Jagodas front yard!! Needless to say it is a small field and we kept chasing the ball across the street and in the church parking lot and there were lots of throw-ins… but lots of cheering and competetiveness. This is when Cali starts crying and I remember that I just had a baby and shouldn’t be playing ball yet 🙁
SNOW SNOW SNOW
We woke up to lots of snow on Tuesday morning and again today. Benji was so excited – he had his snow clothes on and was making snow angels at 8am!!
BATH TIME
Cali got her first real bath! She is a very sweet baby. Her big brothers and parents are very proud of her and happy that she is part of our family!
PACKER and TRAINS
Packer just loves playing trains right now and I love watching him play trains. He gets so excited to hook them together. Too cute.
THE HOGLE ZOO
Before Cali was born we took the boys to the zoo to see the lights. They had tons of animals made out of lights. It was really cold so most of the real animals were not there but the Penguins were! The boys were super excited with the lights so it made for a fun night. The Falabella cousins also made it fun.
 
and ever since Ben and I went to New York our eldest child is obsessed with the Statue of Liberty – he spotted this one at Red Robin when we stopped for dinner.
2 Days in the Hospital
Cali was born at the Provo Hospital, early in the a.m. so Ben and I tried to get some sleep afterwards – -Â the little snow men down below sang Jingle Bells all day and then we were bombarded with some sort of Motorcycle Riders something – not a peaceful morning of recovery!
PROUD PARENTS
baby Claira came to visit. Cali looks very intrigued. and I thought a crying Claira picture would be good to balance out the perfect baby pics that we find on Ericas blog. And below is baby Packer! He is having a little bit of a hard time adjusting. He has taken to grunting at the world and ignoring mom. But he is very sweet with his little sister and Dad has become first choice. Benji is loving having a little sister and just has a million questions about life!
3 DAYS OLD
4 GENERATIONS
FRIDAY DECEMBER 12:
That would be a pile of Turkey and leftovers on our roof! To make a long story short we clogged the sink/disposal on Friday afternoon: Jana and Mom called Mr Fix It Robertson and decided to find the clog and fix the sink before Grandparents, Aunts, and Siblings dropped in to visit. Undoing the plumbing to the kitchen sink was a peice of cake BUT the clog was not there – – so it must be further down the line… I’m not about to bring a hose in the house and start spraying it in hopes that it goes down a pipe so… I call a ward member and he brings the hose in! Again to make a long story short the food found its way out of the ventilatuon pipe on the roof and tried to come up out of the Washer drain before we finally got it flushed out and working. So thankful for willing and helpful neighbors!
here is Benji with his Uncle John. My boys love it when their aunts and uncles come to play with them… so much fun.
GOODBYE GRANDMA
We were very sad to say goodbye to Grandma Robertson on Saturday. She spent the week taking care of Cali, reading books to Packer, playing make believe with Benji, and feeding the whole family. I think we wore her out pretty good and we definitely appreciate all that she did while she was here. Thanks mom!
SATURDAY
Baby Cali has been a good sleeper. She seems to sleep best when the rest of the house is up and going. Nights and days were mixed up at first but now she’s sleeping night and day.
Here is Cali with her cousins: Cali = 1 week, Mia = 3 months, Anna = 6 months. They grow up fast!
December 5th – Due Date. 6:00pm no baby – go to Bens work party. 9pm Boys in bed – watch “Pushing Daisies”, “the Office”, and fall asleep. Dec. 6th – 1am – kept waking up every 10 minutes. 1:50am – are those contractions?? 2am – a hard contraction – felt like the baby kicked me and my water broke! Wake up Ben! Pack Hospital Bag. Call Uncle Pete to come stay with the boys. 2:30am – drive to Provo, Register with Hospital on the phone. Ben got to run a red light to get us there quickly! 3:00am – all checked in. Contractions are 3 minutes apart. 4am – Contractions start to require some breathing and concentration – only a 5. I refuse the epidural - in the olden days women always gave birth without these conveniences! 4:20am – Dr shows up – watches me squirm in pain. Nurse says she’ll check me at 4:30 so I say “I can handle that”. But the contractions are killer at this point and if this baby isn’t coming then I need the EPIDURAL! 4:30am – 100% ready to go – Dr says I can push! 4:40am – “WHAT WAS I THINKING!!??!” 4:46am – baby on my tummy not in my tummy! most relief I’ve ever felt! “Hi little Cali”!
 
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So that is the story of baby number 3! We are so excited to have her in our family and very blessed that she arrived in perfect condition – 7 pounds 8 ounces and 18 and 1/2 inches long.
Check out Ben’s latest website!
It’s got lots of good Christmas Albums that he has put together over the years for anyone looking for new additions to their Christmas Music. You can also listen to an online radio playing the music selection while you are blogging or browsing or working or Christmas Shopping or whatever it is that we do on these computers all day.
Another fun feature is the Radio section. He’s listing what stations are playing Christmas music in different states and parts of the country. If you have a favorite station or know of any that aren’t already listed then please help by commenting and adding the info to the site.
The site lists all of the Christmas Specials that will be on TV. It has words to some of the carols. And It has our favorite Christmas books. Check it out: http://christmas-home.com/
As you can tell we are in full Christmas routine here… Frosty the Snowman is just about to be shown in the other room so… enjoy the site and hopefully my next post will have something about a little baby girl being born!
CHRISTMAS TRAIN
We have had this little plastic train set for the past 4 years but we are almost positive that this will be its last Christmas. Packer is very attatched to the train and spends an hour at a time playing with it, putting it on the track, and carrying it around. Two days and we have two broken peices but it is still running and if you saw how happy he is playing with it you just can’t take it away!
NEW CAMERA
I got this new camera for my birthday and I just have to say that I love it. It is perfect for on the go – always in the diaper bag/ purse. Picture quality is good and I have yet to charge the battery!! It’s been 2 months so I am amazed.
NO NAPS
My boys are going through a crazy no nap phase. Benji is getting older so I know we will go through this but my little 19 month old needs his naps! He just plays in his crib for 2-3 hours and never falls asleep! This was him at dinner time the other day – he just can’t quite make it through the day. They do nap in the same room so I may have to switch something up there. I am not ready to give up nap time!
CHRISTMAS FUN
Our decorations are up and the boys are in Chrsitmas Heaven. I have heard oohs and ahhhs all day as they look at the tree and books and snowmen and nut cracker and advent calendars and…. it’s a lot of fun to see their excitement. Will it last 23 days?…
Are these boys on a roller coaster?? nope. Just looking at Christmas decorations at Lowe’s!! 😀
                         
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We went to Lowe’s to get our tree on Friday. (We are in no procrastinating mode since the baby could come at anytime.) Below is a picture of the boys pretending to be Chrsitmas Trees and having us pick them out and see if they look like a good tree. This is right up Benji’s alley – he is Mr. Pretend.
 
Here is our tree! not as exciting as cutting your own but it was nice to not freeze to death, to have dad home with plenty of time to set it up and they were a decent price this year!
Speaking of “freezing to death” – I have to tell a story about my tender hearted 3 year old that takes everything literally. On Friday night Joel was over helping with our Tree and he promised that if I did 2000 Jumping Jacks then that would guaranteed put me into Labor. I’ve been a little ancy for this baby to come so Benji and I put on our sweats and started our jumping jacks. As I neared 35 jumping jacks my calves were as tight as rocks and I screamed out, “My legs are going to Break Off!” I repeated this atleast 3 more times and Benji just went into hysterics. He yelled for me to stop and wanted to know why my legs were breaking and he was so worried that I wouldn’t have any legs. So I only made it to 75 jumping jacks and had to stop to explain that my legs weren’t really going to break but that was just an expression. … maybe I’ll do those other 1925 jumping jacks today…….
