first day of school

jack's first day of preschool was september 13th. he was a little apprehensive at first because his teacher from last year, mr. jake, wouldn't be there. he loves it now and loves his teacher miss danielle!! he likes her because she's short! the way he says it is really cute because he can't say his r's! i'm especially grateful for preschool this year because jack was really sad when all of his buddies got to go to kindergarten. it keeps him busy enough so he doesn't get too sad when he asks why his friends can't come over to play! i'm glad to have him home 1 more year. he's been such a good helper. he and nate are such good playmates and we'd all miss him too much if he were gone all day! yay for preschool!

hair cut

nate has been saying for weeks that he wanted monica to cut his hair, not mommy, not daddy but monica!! when it came time he stalled, tried to hide and run away. finally i brought the wagon over to him and he happily got in and agreed to a haircut!! yay for wagons and yay for monica!!! we are so glad monica is 6 hours away!

after

before

ps. ok so i got my before and after mixed up but too lazy to change it now! i blame it on the blogging and typing with 1 hand!!

pss. it's amazing what a haircut can do! he looks so much older in his after pic!!

family visit

we had a ton of fun with my family! we watched football, movies, ate lots of yummy food (thanks to my mom and everyone else that helped cook!), played games, went swimming, played at the park, cut hair, played outside, rode scooters and bikes, took pictures, laughed a lot, did a little shopping and most of all had fun just hanging out!

my parents with the grandkids (minus levi)

my grandparents in their boise state attire with me, my brother nate, my 3 boys and jane

aj's blessing

we blessed asher labor day sunday while all of my family was visiting. aj wore the same little suit that the other 2 boys wore on their blessings, but they were 2 months old. aj was only 2 weeks old, so it was a little big. it was extra special having my grandparents here visiting all the way from boise! we had such a great time with everyone and feel really lucky to have all my siblings live relatively close to us! thanks to everyone that came and participated in the blessing!! aj is such a special addition to our family. he has been such a good baby and we are blessed he is healthy and strong. we love our baby aj!

4 generations

baby AJ is here!

we are so excited for our little asher jay gledhill to join our family!!! he was born thursday august 19th at 8:53 pm. he weighed 6 lb 9 0z and was a short 17 1/2 in long. i was induced at 36 weeks, 6 days because of preeclampsia. labor was just over an hour and relatively easy. aj has done remarkably well considering his early arrival. he has had no problems that usually come with babies being pre-term. we are so excited to have him home with us and have enjoyed every minute of our time with him! welcome to this world and to our home baby aj!

bad luck or goodluck???

my last 2 OB appointments i haven't had the greatest luck with driving. a month ago i got pulled over not once, but twice on the way there and the way home for expired tags. it wasn't like the tags were a month overdue, but over 6 months!!! oops on our part. it totally got overlooked. i'm just surprised we didn't get pulled over earlier! luckily i only got one $50 fine that won't go on my clean record!

on friday i had another appointment, luckily this time the kids got to stay home with daddy. i enjoyed my time with no kids, went to my appointment then ran errands. on my way home i got rear ended by a vietnamese lady who couldn't speak a word of english. well, i guess she could speak a few works. she said sorry about a dozen times, but had no idea what i was trying to say when i pulled out my insurance to show her. i was about to call my brother who speaks vietnamese, but then a cop pulled up and helped her get all of her info. i was a little worried she wouldn't have insurance and we'd get stuck paying the bill. luckily i got her insurance info, there no one was hurt and not much damage done, just a little hole and dent in my bumper.

so i'm a little scared to go to my next OB appointment. hopefully my driving experience doesn't escalate into something else!!!

CONTEST

who will be the 1 millionth viewer on jack's youtube video?? (934,000 views) if it happens to be someone we know then there will be a prize involved (to be determined by locale)!

jack swimming

and stay tuned for new underwater swimming video of both boys!!