so here is the short version of griffin's birth. since i was induced i had to wait for the hospital to tell me what time i could come in. they called wednesday night and said to be there at 5:30 am. this sounded great to me! at 11pm as i'm just about to go to sleep they call and push the time back to 10am. this makes me very mad and of course now i can't sleep. we get to the hospital and they start the IV. finally at noon they start the pitocin, i get my epidural, and they break my water. i let them know that things move pretty fast when i reach 4cm. finally at about 5pm i'm a 4. they get the room all set up at about 5:20 she checks me and i'm a 10. she calls the dr., not knowing he left the hospital, he says he'll be there in 5 minutes. she looks at the other nurses and they all try not to look freaked out. rosie got to the hospital around 4:30 and was planning on leaving the room during the birth. she is now stuck in the corner and can't get out. the dr. comes in, i push thru 2 contractions and griffin is born march 1st 2012 at 5:33 pm. he weighed 6 pounds 5 ounces and was 18.5 inches long and perfect. rosie survived being in the room and didn't see anything to disturbing. she said," wow, i'm impressed you didn't scream or cry or anything." i explained thats why you should always get the drugs so you can actually enjoy the birth!!! so thats the story of little griffin being born. nice and boring just the way we like it. here are a few pictures of our new little man.

these 2 crazies thought he needed a few friends to lay around with. yes they are in their swimming suits. no, i don't know why.


all of my friends that have little boys told me i would fall in love with this little guy as soon as i saw him. with a face like his how could i not!!

as you can see griffin has his daddy's profile just like his sisters do.

Griffin William Harr

well hes finally here! we could not be more in love with this little guy. more details to come but i thought i better post a picture or 2.

2 weeks and 2 days

hair cut and highlighted, had the best baby shower, griffin's room done, car seat ready to go, gave my last sharing time for awhile, having my last cold now so i'm not sick when he gets here, hospital bag almost packed. the countdown is on. griffin will be here on march 1st whether he likes it or not. i scheduled my induction yesterday. if he decides to come earlier on his own i would love love love it! he just isn't allowed to come from sunday the 19th- wednesday the 22nd cause his daddy will be out of town with work.

december is one of those months that is crazy busy and before you know it its over. besides christmas we also get to celebrate mya's birthday and our anniversary. they happen to be on the same day so in order to space things out a bit jason and i celebrated earlier in the month. we booked a hotel room downtown slc, went to dinner, and walked around temple square. most of all we enjoyed a quiet kid free (well almost, griffin was with us cause he goes where i go) night and just enjoyed being together. it was probably the last relaxing night we'll be having together for awhile. the last 9 years have been full of ups and downs but mostly ups. i am so grateful to have jason as my husband and best friend. i'm so grateful for the relationship he has with our girls and pray that it always stays strong. he will be a great example to griffin as to what a husband and father should be. i'm also so grateful for the relationship he has with the lord and the respect he has for his priesthood. it is a huge blessing in our house. pretty much i'm the luckiest girl in the world!
here is the simplified version of our crazy month.
olivia had a mini dance recital. she looked adorable which was good cause she didn't dance very much. she really didn't like having people watch her.

it wouldn't be december without going to cabela's to see santa himself. i'm telling you if you haven't done this you are missing out. as you can see hes the real deal and they give you the picture for free. not to mention they give fudge samples out while you wait in line!

we spent christmas in bountiful with my parents, rob's family, his friend ali, and rosie. we ate way too much food. played sweet valley high. which is the world's best game!! and took care of my cute mom. she thought it would be a good idea to go ice skating and fell and broke her wrist. maybe not the best idea shes ever had!

of course we acted out the nativity story on christmas eve and ali and robert were the wise men. i don't know where they found their outfits but they were awesome!

santa came and the girls were on the nice list so they were spoiled rotten.




candy for breakfast of course.

mya turned 2 on the 28th. we were lucky enough to have 2 of our cute nieces, who were visiting from cali, come sleepover with us. the girls spent the day playing dress up and modeling. we had cake and ice cream that night with jason's family and more the next night in bountiful with my family.


opening gifts.


typical mya face before blowing out the candels.


olivia got to roller skate for the first time. she loved it and looked pretty cute doing it!


so thats our december in a nutshell. now we're more than half way through january and little griffin will be here in about 6 weeks. somedays it feels like he will never come and others i feel very overwhelmed that i'm about to have 3 kids! mostly i'm just ready to have my body somewhat back to myself. i'm not exactly the biggest girl so i'm really running out of room for both of us. i've tried to explain to him if he wanted to come a bit early he would be more comfortable. a girl can wish right! as good as i am about blogging he will probably be here by the next time i get around to an update. wish me luck!

we spent thanksgiving with jason's parents this year. we ate way too much. then we ate some more. its was quiet and relaxing and we had a great time. the girls wanted to play outside so daddy and papa took them out to run around. when i went to check on them this is what i found.



yes, they somehow talked fat, tired mommy into getting in the leaves too. it was gross.

i stole this picture of mya from rosie. shes just so cute i had to post it. its hard to believe she is almost 2! how does that happen?! she is one of my biggest trials in life but i couldn't be more in love with her. she has taught me a lot about myself and a lot about being a mom. no matter how much we struggle to get through the day sometimes its all worth it when she wraps her little arms around my neck and gives me her big mya hug followed by holding my cheeks and giving me a big kiss. these are not easy to get so if you've had one you know how great they are.

Olivia started dance class this year. She is the cutest little dancer in the class of course! Mya seems to think that she too is in the class and does everything the teacher asks. The owner of the studio asked me why I don't have her in the 2 year old class. I explained thats because shes not 2 yet. She said she is a better dancer and better listener than most of the 2 year olds she teaches. Lets hope it stays that way.