A Busy Week

What a week for the Stevens'! For starters, last week we had Riley's newborn pictures taken. My friend who runs Forever Photography down here in St. George did them for me. It was so much fun, and he was so good he slept through the entire thing. Then on Monday it was Holden's first day of school!!! Is it ok for me to freak out? The night before, Wade & I just talked and talked about life and how fast the last 10 years has gone. I can't believe he is in school now. It is the ending of an era, a little bittersweet. He had a really good first day though, whew, and when I asked him the best part of his day he said "recess," but then followed it with a hilarious story about the automatic flushing toilets at the school. I love that kid so much he always has something funny/interesting to say.

We started a few fun traditions with Holden for his first day of school. His favorite was the Schultute. It is something that they give to children in Germany on the first day of school. Schultute mean "school cone," and we filled it with school supplies and a couple treats.

Two Babies !?

During my pregnancy I was really nervous to have 2 children under 14 months. It was funny when we told our families, because people kept saying, "Another baby?" "Different than Paige?" Yes people, some of us don't have enough excitement in our lives, we need ANOTHER baby to spice things up. Just kidding, our lives were plenty busy, but heaven had something else in store for us. Since Riley has been home everyone has been extremely calm and cooperative. I have LOVED having 4 kids, and loved even more having 2 little ones. For a few days before the big event, I tested out the idea of calling Paige a "big girl," so that it would seem less scary, but after some more reflection I realized that it is ok for some of us to have.....
2 Babies. :)

Paige just says, " Baby, baby," over & over and tries to
kiss his head all day. I am really glad she likes him.

Riles at 1 week old. I swear I can already see what he is
going to look like as a little boy. Anybody else?

Newest Little Miracle

Well, it was sort of a lot of work getting him here, but it was worth it!

Riley Parker Stevens
Born on August 4th, 2011
5 lbs. 15 oz.
& 5 weeks early!

Everyone was VERY excited for him to come home.

This kid has already been super interesting. Riles, I can't wait to see what you do in life.