Happenings

So much going on lately but not enough time to write about it. We're having fun with our 3 little girlets and they LOVE, LOVE, LOVE each other.

Sisterly Lovin:

Auto Expo in Salt Lake.

The little "fat face" as we lovingly call her:

Hats their cousin Keana made for them:

Goofers:

Getting ready to play in the first snowfall:

Our Christmas Eve (we actually cheated and celebrated Christmas a day early):

Sayings

Abi today:
Daddy you are more crazy than mommy.
Daddy:
Why?
Abi:
Because you joke me too much.

Kate:
Da Mommy da buy da horse pleeease.

Abi:
Mommy, if you ever run into bad guys just call us.
Mommy:
Who's us?
Abi:
Me and Kate. You know, so we can come help you and stuff.
Mommy:
How will you help me?
Abi:
I have some pretty sweet jumping off things skills. I watch a lot of avatar.

Dancing Abi

Merry Christmas

Twas the year 2011 In the Tregaskis Home
We've had a lot of big changes. See how we've grown

This years best news just happens to be
The addition of Sophie Eliza, girlet #3
With 6 lbs 15 oz and 20 inches of skinniness
She sure fills our home with joy and happiness
Her gastro-intestinal music arrays
Keep us busy all night and all day
Her smile is adorable
She's got 2 dimpled cheeks
We love her completely
And we've only had her 3 weeks.

Next from the pileup we have Kate Esther
She keeps us in stitches
She's our royal court jester.
She loves to read books.
She's obsessed with horses and Halloween.
She's one of the most independent toddlers we've seen.
She's a super good cuddler.
Most of her words end in K.
Abi's her best friend.
We can't help but love her more each day.

Abigail Maye is as busy as can be.
She loves dolls, painting, cooking, pbskids.org and especially TV.
She's very considerate, always thinking of others.
She told me she wants 2 more sisters AND 5 brothers. (yikes!)
She's learned her alphabet and numbers
And even how to ride a trike.
She loves to hold her baby sister,
Which her sister DOES like!
She's got the vocabulary of an 80 year old
And she's gaining the wisdom to match it.
She's great at telling stories.
We just love her, every bit.

Dedra's been busy
As busy as can be.
Besides raising kidlets,
You can find her on Etsy.
From bow ties to clip art
and digital paper packs too
Her profits have kept us from feeling blue.
She's been super resourceful
Making do with what we've got.
And after over 50 showings,
She helped our house to get bought.

Richard has been a super hero all year.
He works, serves, and has played Mr. Mom
And he still has only 1 working ear.
He's been Mr. Fix-It
From cars to the house to boo-boos.
He's kept his chin up despite constant bad news.
The girls all scream with glee
When he walks through the door.
He's everyone's favorite
And is never a bore.
He's looking forward to a new house with new projects
And maybe soon we'll move if no one like the bank objects.

We hoped you've enjoyed a look at our year.
Merry Christmas to you and the best for next year!

Sophie Eliza is here!!!!

Our new BEAUTIFUL princess is here. I just can't stop looking at her. She's so precious! And thanks to an amazing delivery I'm not so doped up on meds that I can actually enjoy her. Her delivery was so amazing I just might be able to do this again in a couple of years.

Went to my dr's visit earlier this week. I was super stressed over the timing of the baby. He checked me and said I could go to the hospital immediately and be induced. Why not try it right?
7 hours later, 6-7 pushes, beautiful baby girl. More details later. Exhausted and ready for sleep--hopefully!

He's the best

He really is. My husband is the most amazing man. Not just because he
can install a new hot water heater a few hours after it breaks
save us tons of money fixing electrical stuff for the new owners of our house
can fix almost everything on our vehicles
spends a couple hours sanding wood blocks for my crazy craft projects without complaining
changes diapers
entertains our children
is our girls hero
teaches them proper values and the gospel
looks amazing in a suit or dark denim jeans
gets me anything I need because I'm in too much pain to get it myself
makes me pee my pants from laughing so hard
helps everyone else when they need something
creates a program that is helping translators translate so much ridiculously faster even though he isn't a programmer
has the weight of the world on his shoulders and still acts like the sweetest, most caring person in the world

He doesn't usually care for public braggings like this but he so deserves it. What I'm looking forward to the most this week as we hopefully have this baby is having another adventure with him. I love when we are on the same page, working TOGETHER on the same goal. I love going on vacation with him and the girls because we do work so well together as a team in helping our family have fun. He is so flexible, funny, witty, caring, generous and I love him to pieces! Richard you are the best. How did I ever deserve you????

Junk High (Jump High)

Housing Update

So, thanks to the prayers of many we had a miracle! Some of you may remember we said if we didn't get an offer by a few Mondays back we'd take the house off the market? Well, we got 2 offers that day. It was really hard choosing which offer to accept but we made a choice and we're a week or two away from closing. The people who are buying are going to rent the house out and we are going to rent the house from them until the end of December probably. We put an offer in on the house we've wanted for months and months. It may take a really long time to even see if we get it. There are 2 other offers on the table. We'll see what happens in the next few months.

Now we're moving on to baby... she'll be here soon. Here I am at 36 weeks:

Halloween

Scooping the Goop:


Note to Self: Take pictures of kids in costumes BEFORE they go out--after clearly doesn't work.

Homemade (clearly) Pinata for after Trick or Treating fun. Thanks Curious George for giving someone an obsession with Pinatas. I'm just glad we satiated that desire--for a little while at least.

Kate's Birthday

Kate is 2! We had a wonderful day celebrating Kate. I got a lot more pictures of Kate's Birthday than Abi's. Mommy is imperfect. Kate opened presents then the girls played. Kate's favorite was the horse Abi gave her. (she's a little obsessed with horses). Then Thanksgiving point to see the animals. Her favorite part of the day was riding the horse I'm sure. (Ask her what the horse says and she'll say "yee-haw").
We rode a horse drawn wagon and fed the goats. Then we went to Mama Chus because we thought from the last time we went that she would love it. She was too busy and didn't want to eat. Oh well. Back home for a nap. Later Grandma and Papa visited and we got to eat her Cookie Monster Cupcakes.