Dear-

Baby #3-

I still remember the day we found out we're pregnant with you. It was in the fall 2010 and I was planting flowers. I wasn't feeling to swell, so I decided to go use one of my All of Dollar pregnancy tests. I took it and there were 2 faint lines.. I literally jumped up in the air with excitment!

I have been so happy and grateful(i cry often thinking about it) to have this opportunity to be your mom. I know so many people who are close to me that have struggled for along time to have children(as did your Dad and I back in the day). I think of them often, and my heart aches for them...

I never want to take you or your brothers for granted. Ever!
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Here are some fun things and not so fun things we have done while you are chillen in the my belly.
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-My Cravings-
I have craved Mexican food daily..
You and I have enjoyed:
Lots of Rancherito's Bean and cheese burritos., Cafe Rio salads
-Mexi-Icecreams from Taco Time
-Spicy Ramen Noodles
-Sugar straw candy

-6 weeks ultrasound-
You looked a little like a blob. Your heart was barely beating. I was nervous, but praying often for you to be healthy.

-9 weeks ultrasound-
Started looking like a cute alien, and heart was beating very fast. Doctor said you looked healthy so far. i was very relieved...

-13 weeks ultrasound-
You look like a beautiful tiny baby now! They checked for problems with the spine and heart and everything looked great!

14 weeks-
I started to feel your crazy kicks!! It made me happy.

-17 weeks-
You look so big and beautiful/handsome.. We found out if you were a girl or a boy.. Your dad and i were so happy!!

I know you will love your crazy superhero BIG Brothers..

They make me laugh everyday.

Bridger said from day 1 that you were a BOY, and if you were a girl your name would be poopy...

and Foster said, "No, you were a GIRL... and he wants to play with your hair and cuddle you."

Foster decided to flush a toy down the toliet..

Dad looks very happy doesn't he?

It got stuck.. Really stuck.

and your Dad had to take the whole toliet off to get the stinkin thing out.

Here is the toy..

a tiny little pig.

( i wonder how in the heck did this little tiny pig clog the toliet??)

Your Dad would be so very happy if you didn't flush things down the toliet.

You have the greatest Dad in the whole world!

Once he gets home from work there is non-stop wrestling and play.

I know you will love him..

We hung(and threw) Christmas decorations on our tree this year.

We usually go and hike in 4 feet of snow and cut down our own tree.

This year we didn't make it to the mountains and we bought it at Home Depot.

Our tree ended up dying 3 days later..

Yeah, from now on we will keep our tradition of going to Wyoming and cutting our own tree!
You will love it!

Please don't use this light saber as a weapon

on a window..
Foster decided it would be so very fun to hit and hit a window until it broke..
Not a good idea, it made Mom very very mad..

Your brothers love to be silly, have juicy, and hang in there underwear together..

You will love to go to Wyoming because you can drive in big tractors with Papa..
Your brothers do.

Your brother Foster(who is 2) got on ski's for his 1st time this year.
Oh how he loved it.
He flew down the mountain with a big cheesy grin..


You will love ALL your Papa's and Grandma's,
and Aunt's and Uncles,
and Cousins.
You're a lucky boy to have all of them.

Dad will give you many piggy back rides..

Here goes Fost!

You will enjoy all the mountain adventures we have..

Bridger does!

Bridger has been skiing for 2 years now and he loves it.

i look forward to the day of all of us skiing together as a family.

I did that as kid, every saturday..

We headed up to good ol' Powder Mountain.

My mom had her corduroy ski pants on, my dad had his big mustache, and Aunt Tagen and I had our bright lime green ski pants and neon pink neck warmers.

We would fly down the mountain all day long, and take a break and eat chili and cheese fries, and on the way home we we would always stop and get Jakes over the Top icecream.

It was one of the greatest memories i had as a child.

We can't wait for you to join our crazy, but fun family..

We are definitely never bored in the Ostrander House.

(and we take some beautiful family pictures:) he he

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Oh Yeah,

and we were so very excited,especially Bridger:) to find out that you are a

BOY!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS

We spent Christmas Eve at Mike's Dads.

It's always a good time with his fam.

We had wonderful Korean food.

aaahh I'm dreaming of it now!

We tried taking about 10 pictures and they all turned out hilarious.

So I put the best looking one of us up. Ha!

Christmas Morning!!
Bridger woke up early and we could not wake Foster up for the life of ourselves!!
I let Bridger open 1 present, but the anticipation was killing him!!
So, finally at 9 I pulled Foster out of bed and i was only able to wake him up with bribeing him with candy..

What a fun morning we had..
The presents were shredded open in 1 minute and then it was a lot of play!


It was so fun having Erin and James spend Christmas morning with us.

Foster's big surprise!

This has been the only thing he has asked for,

other then a Birthday Cake!

I think this will be some great entertainmet to come.

As long as we can go without anyone getting hurt.

Lounging on Uncle James, enjoying Toy Story 3.

WYOMING

We then headed to Wyoming to spend with my fam.

My favorite times are when the boys play/wrestle together..

And this is where Bridger spent most of his time!!

With his Grandma who had knee replacement surgery a couple days before Christmas.

Honestly the whole week he layed with her...

Giving her kisses, watching a lot of movies, and just giving her love.
He has always had a special bond with my Mom that I have never seen with anyone else.

He just adores her!

Foster wanted to be here on 4 wheeler with Papa!

It was -20 degrees while we were there..

Insane! But so darn Beautiful!

The boys love climbing up on the hay in the barn.

Some good entertainment!

We did some of this

Nose hair frozen- check!

The guys spooned on the tube

Uncle Eric is a great guy..

Who the kids are drawn too.

Fed the horses some Christmas treats

Tag and the horses

Now meet Jack the horse..

Who can be a pain in the A

He runs from everyone that goes out to catch him.

We usually have to let him run for about 20 minutes before he calms down to be caught and we have him cornered.

Well we were out petting the horses, and Bridger runs right up to him and just starts petting him and Jack doesn't move a muscle!

It was a miracle!!!!

Bridger stood and pet him for about a half hour and Jack never moved and you could tell with his demeanor that he was really enjoying the pets and love.

It shocked us all!!

Wintertime Fun!

ZOOLIGHTS

We all had a lot fun at Zoo Lights

We saw Santa's Reindeer and Bridger told us he heard Santa's Sleigh Flying off..

Fun Times

in
the Snow

Bernie loves catching snowballs.

The boys LOVE our neighbors.

Foster and Bridger LOVE Emme..

She is a wonderful babysitter.

Bridger tells me all the time that Mike and I should go somewhere,

so Emme can come over.

Parker Christmas Party!

Every year we have a huge party with all the Parker fam.

It is always good times with great people!

This year we played win it in a minute!

It was great.

This challenge was to shake your booty to get the balls out of the box.

Bridger won!

This one was to put vaseline on your nose and put a string in your mouth with a cotton ball. You have to get the cotton ball onto the vaseline. Kinda gross, but hilarious.

The next one was to put a cookie on your head and work it down your face without touching it and get it in your mouth.

I won.. I was told I looked like a pig..Sweet!

Next was to pick up as many candy canes as you could with one in your mouth.

Curtis won!

Then we have the crazy gift exchange..

We did the nativity this year.. It was really fun.

THis is Mary, baby Jesus, Star(Foster was the star, but he ate it), and Joesph

All the beautiful Angels!!

Wisemen and Shepards

It was a really neat way to remember why we celebrate Christmas,

and it made us giggle a lot too.