Loss of Power & A Fiesta Shower

What do you do after a huge snow storm takes out your power lines?

You have a striped pajama party!

Tolman, Grayson & Max
You put on your snow gear and go outside to play...If you're Grayson and Erin- you build a snowman, make snow angels and play on a snowy playground! Thanks to our friends the Sorensen's for a warm house with power, friends, food and lots of fun despite the cold circumstances with a 3 week old. Speaking of that little newborn...

My friends held a fiesta shower for the two of us this past Saturday!
Lauren, Jana & Tolman.
Lauren hosted the shower and planned it with Erin and my cousin Michelle.
The decorations and games were so fun!

The food was amazing. Cafe Rio pork salads and all the fixings!

Plus delicious and bright colored desserts...

Opening presents-

This picture cracks me up! Perfect placement right in front of my eyes!

We have wonderful friends here. Thanks to all who came to our rescue last week! Our power went out Wednesday evening and was restored Friday afternoon. Don't know how they still pulled off the shower, but it sure was beautiful.

Mid-January

I'm still a little behind... Over MLK weekend Strider's mom flew here to help us out. We had a blast together. The boys loved having her here.

We celebrated Strider's birthday! He turned 26.
New shirt! He also got new basketball shoes and Wii games.

Grandma gave Grayson a shampoo mohawk

More pictures of Tolman... around 2 weeks

Tolman was 8 lbs 3 oz at his appointment. He was in the 37th percentile for weight and 25th for height.

Best Buds

Grayson in T-mans baby bathtub.

A little over 2 weeks- Tolman taking a real bath.

He loves getting all bundled up and dressed afterward. We are having so much fun with him.

Newborn Pictures

Birth Announcement

These pictures were taken by my sweet friend when Tolman was just 2 days old. Tolman is now 3 weeks today! Time goes by too fast. I just want to keep him little.

Photos taken by Erin

Life with Tolman

Well, it's been a while and so I decided to upload a ton of pictures. Consider yourself warned! Life has been wonderful with baby Tolman. We adore him and feel very blessed to have him. Can't believe it's already been a week since he was born. I am a little behind and so I backtrack a bit in this post...

Before Sponge Bath...After
Grayson loves his little brother. He is always wanting to give him kisses! He even likes to hold him, throw away diapers and give him his pacifier on occasion. He always lets us know when baby Tolman's crying and loves to take a peek when he's sleeping. So far he has been an excellent big brother!


Lots of new & recycled clothes to wear...
football & hoodie outfit
tummy time in monkey jammies
sleeping in more monkey gearDreaming in Daddy's arms
Special thanks to my wonderful mother who came and helped us
out right after I delivered! She flew in, got us settled and made our
house shine. She is amazing!
Home from the hospital. Family of FOUR!!

Strider caught me sleeping with little T in the hospital. He is such a good natured baby. He is happy, alert, loves to sleep and loves to eat!

My version of the birth story is not far off from Strider's... just longer of course! He mentioned my labor was 4 hours. I started getting 3-5 minute contractions at 6am Tuesday morning and they continued while Strider left to school. He wasn't even to school yet when he got the call that he should come back! It was around 7am that I knew these contractions were the real deal. Once he came back we woke up Grayson and got in the car. We dropped Grayson off at our friends at 7:30am and made it to the hospital by 8am. Contractions were horrible and stronger than what I remember with Grayson. In triage I was dilated to a 6 and later in the delivery room I was still at a 6. Contractions were still terrible and I told Strider I would need an epidural. In fact I was pretty mean to Strider and let him know that the anesthesiologists needed to hurry. Around that time I had a hard contraction and my water broke. I then was dilated to an 8. By the time they got there for the epidural I was really upset, complete and ready to push. Luckily, they still gave me an epidural, but just a single injection. This was very nice because it helped while pushing and wore off soon after. I also did a 180 and apologized for being so mean! Pushing went fast and Tolman Jetter Farnsworth was born January 4th at 9:57am. 7 lbs 2 oz and 20.5 in... So glad he's here!

Tolman Jetter Farnsworth

Jana started having contractions this morning at about 6:00am. I left for school at around 6:15 but before I even made it to school Jana called and told me I should head back home. We got to the hospital at about 8:00 and at 9:57 am Tolman Jetter Farnsworth was born. Thats right, four hours start to finish. Jana was a trooper and did a great job. He weighed 7 lb. 2 oz and was 20.5 in long. Both he and Jana are doing great.