TYLER AT TWO

Tyler.....

loves his new baby sister, "Baby Addie" as he calls her

loves Buzz Lightyear (Buzz Ight-ear); He runs around the house saying, "To Infinity and Beyond!" He saw this swimsuit and he could not let go of it....and wore it for 2 days straight before I could get it off of him!

loves swimming!! Jumps right on in (thank heavens for life jackets) and when he jumps he yells out, "To infinity and Beyond"!

always want to watch "The Three Little Pigs"...I found the original 1930's version on You Tube...he'll watch it over and over...and sometimes, if I'm lucky, he'll fall asleep watching it!

(still on the Three Little Pigs) saw this guy dressed up for the DARE program "Dr. Slaughters Haunted House" and thought it was the Big Bad Wolf; he wanted to have his picture taken with him (I'm sure the guy was a little annoyed that he wasn't seen as some scary creature, only the Big Bad Wolf)

3 SISTERS

Three sisters - pregnant at the same time and due within 4 weeks of each other:

All three babies arrived happy and healthy!!

KID FAVORITES

Here is our annual 2010 "favorites" list from the kids:

McKenna
favorite color - red
favorite book - Fablehaven book 1 (currently reading)
favorite toy - ankle jumprope
favorite song - Love Story by Taylor Swift
favorite food - snowcone (not surprised - she is our SUGARBABY)
favorite movie - Despicable Me (we just saw it last night)
favorite tv show - Wizards of Waverly Place
favorite thing to do - play softball and swim
favorite place to go - Disneyland

Harrison
favorite color - blue
favorite book - Pirates of the Caribbean
favorite toy - guns (yikes!)
favorite song - Let's Get it Started by Black Eyed Peas
favorite food - snowcone
favorite movie - Pirates of the Caribbean
favorite tv show - Spongebob Squarepants
favorite thing to do - play with dad and mom
favorite place to go - Salt Lake hotel because they have a swimming pool and hot tub

Tyler
favorite color - blue
favorite book - Ping Ping Panda
favorite toy - Buzz Lightyear
favorite song - I'm A Be by Black Eyed Peas
favorite food - fruit snacks
favorite movie - Toy Story 3
favorite tv show - Mickey Mouse Clubhouse
favorite thing to do - dance
favorite place to go - Bear Lake cabin

MY LITTLE BABIES

Addison's jaundice levels were high enough that she has neede to be on a billiblanket for a few days. I went into my room to check on her and found my two little babies asleep:

I have actually had a hard time calling her Addison - I keep slipping and calling her Tyler because he's been my baby for so long. It's funny how the baby of the family "grows up" when a new baby joins the family!

WELCOME BABY #4

Our family has grown with our new baby girl!! Baby Cromwell #4 was due on July 4th, but she decided to come a week early (of course, in the middle of the night) but we are SO EXCITED to have her here - happy and healthy!!

Here I am getting ready to get things going and anxiously awaiting my epidural!! When I was in labor, Dr. Leavitt came in and asked Adam to "scrub in"; he was able to assist in the delivery (I wish I would've had my camera in hand to take a picture of him in the scrubs, but I was a little busy...

So, here SHE is - happy as a clam to be here:

A few weeks before Addison was born, I was talking with McKenna and Harrison about the birth of babies and we got on the subject of the baby crying when they are born. I told them how doctors use to spank the baby's bum to make them cry; that was one of the first questions asked by McKenna after Addison was born, "Mom, did the doctor have to spank her bum?!?" As you can see by the pictures above, she didn't need any help with learning how to use her lungs.

I have been lucky to have an epidural every time I have given birth, but for both Kenna and now Addison, the epidural has caused a peculiar side effect on me - "saggy eye" - I call it...so annoying while in labor because I feel like a pirate with one eye - I guess I should've gotten me an eye patch just in case:

Oh, how great to be a mother!!