I know.....outrageously big bow!
Pretty little sleeping girl.
I love her cute shaped head.

One week old.
Anything that will keep the boys busy. Popcorn and a movie!
Look at my sweet little family. Aren't they cute?!

Lillian Grace Done

On Saturday May 29, 2010 our little Lily was born at 3:43 pm. She was a bit of a surprise, considering we weren't expecting our scheduled c-section until June 4th. I went into labor in the middle of the night and by the afternoon we had our little angel via c-section. Seriously, she is beautiful! She shocked us all by having a lot of dark hair. She weighed 6lbs 15oz and was 19.5 inches long. Luckily we were already staying in Farmington for the weekend so we didn't have the 1 hour drive to the hospital. I don't know how anyone could go through something like this and not know that their is a Heavenly Father who loves us. We couldn't be more grateful for this gift that has come straight from His arms. Being in Young Womans all I could think of when they put her in my arms was the theme that we say every week. "We are daughters of our Heavenly Father who loves us and we love him." We are excited to get to know her and to teach her who she is. What a blessing she is, we are so grateful for her!
The very proud parents. She looks a lot like her dad and I couldn't be more pleased with that.
The day we brought her home. This dress up, bow thing couldn't be more fun! I am so grateful for my little family (not so little). Lily is so lucky to have two big brothers who love her so much! She will always have them to protect her. (scroll down for more pictures)

Ben wouldn't let go of her. He would put his arm around her and wouldn't give her up.

Look how proud Jack is. He has wanted a sister forever, and he is the best big brother.
First of many, many hugs.

The boys seeing their little sister for the first time. They loved her from the moment they saw her.
Daddy couldn't be happier with his beautiful little Lily. He picked out the bow himself.
Mommy seeing her little girl for the first time. She was beautiful.

Jack's Donut

Jack loves donuts. He isn't much of a sugar boy, but he LOVES donuts. The other night I had to go to the store by myself. Jack begged me to bring him home a donut, and since he hadn't thrown a fit about not going with me, I agreed. When I got home I was done! Going to Walmart on a saturday night, not the best idea. We hurried and got the kids in bed, which made me more done! A few minutes later after I had just sat down to relax for a minute I heard Jack softly call me into his room.

"Mom, did you bring me home a donut?"

At that moment I realized that the last time I saw his donut was when the checker rang it up and I was pretty sure that she had put it on the little table for me to put it in my purse, and I hadn't. I had already put all the groceries away and I knew that it wasn't in any of the bags. I started to panic. I knew we didn't have the donut and now he was politely asking for it. I was frustrated and tired and I didn't want to deal with this at the moment.

"I don't know where it is, just don't worry about it!" I didn't say it very nice, because I knew I really didn't know what to do. I said good night and left the room. I explained to Brendan that hopefully he will have forgotten about it by morning. A few minutes later Jack softly called me back into his room.

"What Jack?" I said.

"Maybe we should say a prayer."

I started to scream inside. "you don't pray over a donut!" I didn't know how to handle this. If he said a prayer to find his donut I would have to drive back to the store (which if any of you remember, we live in Eagle Mountain.....the closest store is 12 miles away!). I told him quickly (and not very nicely) that if he wanted to pray he could, but he should also pray that he would not worry about it any more.

He jumped out of bed and said "Dear Heavenly Father please help mommy to find my donut and please help me not to worry about it. In the name of Jesus Christ Amen."

I said good night and went out into the living room to sulk and think about my drive back to walmart. I sat down for one second and a thought came to me to look in the fridge. I jumped up and told Brendan that I knew where Jack's donut was. I had to take dinner to someone the next day so I had kept all of their stuff in a bag and thrown it in the fridge. Sure enough, there was his donut. I couldn't believe it! I crept into his room. "Jack, I found your donut."

"I knew you would. Good night mommy, I love you."

" I love you too, Jack."

Oh, the faith of a child and the little faith that I had. You really can pray over things as silly as a donut. I will never forget this story, and the lesson I learned from my 5 year old.

A few minutes later I saw Jack's head poke through the doorway. "Can I have just one bite tonight?" I let him have one.

"Look Mom, we look like you!"

Ya, I'm pretty sure they came up with this one on their own!
They both thought they were so funny, and they were so proud of themselves. There is nothing like having a 5 year old around as you get bigger and bigger. These are some of the things he has said.

"Now that you're fat........"

"Mommy what did you look like before Lily made you fat?"

He saw a V8 commercial that talked about the pounds on the scale falling off if you drink it.

"Lily should drink that so she doesn't make you so fat."

I'm sure there are a lot more to come. I usually just laugh, but sometimes I want to send him to his room. Haha I love that boy. He did tell me that it is just my tummy getting fat and not the rest of my body. I think he was trying to suck up!