WEEKLY UPDATE 1/20/2008

Car Show 2008!

• Madison had another great week capped off by her very first read-athon. She took a couple of books, a candy bar and one of her stuffed animals. She had a lot of fun.
• Lanie had a good week at school too. She has been getting better at writing her own name. And as you can see from the video above she had a great time at the car show on Saturday.
• Josh has been up to the usual antics...swordplay...pretending to be a dragon, etc... His latest thing is to wear his pajama pants whenever he is home. He knows how to get comfy.
• Dane is the cutest little guy. He is such a good baby. We sure love little Dane.

WEEKLY UPDATE 1/13/2008

STUDENT OF THE WEEK!!!

• As you can see, Madison had a great week at school. She was so excited to bring home the Student of the Week Certificate. She also brought home a perfect score on her 15 word spelling test. She really is a great student!! We are so proud of her.
• Lanie had another great week. Her preschool teacher, Miss Jen, had to change jobs so her new teacher is now Miss Judy. She has really enjoyed going to Lifetime Fitness to play in the kids center and LOVES the red slide.
• Josh really has been improving on going potty. He has been singing songs all over the house sometimes pretty loudly. He has also enjoyed playing with his Christmas toys which he promptly turns into a sword...Anything can be a sword.
• Dane just keeps eating and growing. He is now up to 14 lbs and 24 inches long. Still a BIG boy.

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WEEKLY UPDATE 1/6/2008

Dane's Blessing

• What another great week capped off by Dane's Blessing! With the change to our new 9:00 AM church schedule it was really hard to get all 4 kids ready on time. We made it with about 10 minutes to spare. During the blessing Dane was very calm and awake and he couldn't keep his eyes of of Grandpa Lambert. Click here for pictures.
• Read Dane's Blessing

• Josh had an interesting dream this week...his explanation of that dream is even more interesting...watch it here.
• Dane was really happy last night...watch it here.

WEEKLY UPDATE 11/18/2007

10 DAYS OLD!!

• Baby Dane has been doing awesome! He has perfected the art of Sleeping, Eating and Pooping. Sometimes accomplishing all three simultaneously. He really is a great baby. Very content and only cries a little to let you know that he's hungry. He has brought such a sweet spirit into our home. Madison, Lanie & Josh have all bee so sweet with him. We feel now that he was a missing piece of the Lambert Family Puzzle. We cant imagine our little family without him.
• Madison had another great week at school. She scored 130% on her spelling test and has been doing great at reading. She has loved reading "Chapter Books". She has been doing a great job at helping around the house and has been enjoying helping with baby Dane.
• Lanie has been saying a lot of fun things this week. The funniest have bee changing words like "stupid" to "Stu-kid". She said "Mom...I want one of those "Heart Attacks". We realized that these Heart Attacks she wanted were really Tic-Tac Mints. We are glad that she wanted a Tic-Tac and not a Heart Attack
• Josh is still our crazy little wild man. He has been having a hard time calling Dane by the right name. He keeps calling him Ammon after his cousin. We think he is having a hard realizing that Dane is his little brother. He has been super cute with Dane.

WEEKLY UPDATE 11/11/2007

This week will definitely go down as one of the best weeks in Lambert Family History. We welcomed the newest member of our family this week. Charles Dane Lambert!!

Dane arrived on one of the warmest November days on record. Here is a quick timeline on how it all went down:

• Nov. 7, 2007 11:30 AM: Missy had her last appointment with her OB/GYN, Dr. Lisa Gravelle.
• 5:00 PM: The contractions started and were about 15 minutes apart.
• 6:30 PM: We were out to dinner as a family at The District Theatres when the contractions went from 15 minutes apart to 6 minutes apart. We had to hurry home to get the kids ready for bed.
• 9:30 PM: The contractions were 2-3 minutes apart and we left for the hospital. Gramma Glo came to stay at the house during the night.
• 10:00 PM: We were settled in to the hospital room and were waiting the blessed epidural.
• 11:00 PM: Missy received the epidural.
• Nov. 8, 2007 3:00 AM: Missy's doctor arrived and waited for Missy to go from a 6 to a 10.
• 4:15 AM: Missy was ready and the nurses got all the equipment ready.
• 4:24 AM: After only two pushes Dane almost ran out of the womb.

It really was an exciting experience.

As for the other kids they were about as excited as possible.

• Madison upon seeing her mom in the throws of a full on contraction wanted to make sure that we knew that she needed to be taken to the hospital. "Dad...you're taking Mom the the hospital right?" and "Mom...do we need to call 9-1-1?" She was also baffled that we named him Charles Dane Lambert. "Dad...if you are going to call him Dane, why is his first name Charles?" Great question.
• Lanie was as excited to meet her new little brother as she was in getting the new car seat out of it's box. As you can see in the picture above she has been very sweet and loving with her new little bro. When Grampa came over to the house the day that Dane was born she yelled at the top of her lungs "GRAMPA...THEY GOT THE BABY OUT!!!"
• Josh had a few reservations about meeting Dane. It's hard to give up your coveted spot in the Baby Club to a complete stranger. He didn't want to go near Dane for the first day or so. Upon finding that his new little brother was completely harmless he has wanted to hold and kiss him. He loves to look at Dane's tiny little hands. Today Josh got out his soccer ball and made Missy sit Dane up so that Josh could demonstrate to Dane on how to best kick a soccer ball. It was pretty cute!

WEEKLY UPDATE 11/4/07

HALLOWEEN 2007

What an awesome week! The kids had a blast with Halloween and scored some great candy!

• Madison had a great time getting her costume ready for Halloween. She had a hard time deciding what she wanted to be. At first she wanted to be Princess Leia from Star Wars. She finally decided to be a witch. Her most favorite part of her costume was her black tights with orange pumpkins on them. She loved the makeup job Missy did on her too. Dark, dark eye shadow with bright red lipstick. She also taught herself how to spell the word Halloween. Smarty pants!
• Lanie had UEA week and only went to school on Friday. She was the special leader which means she got to bring the treat bucket and she got to lead the class in the Pledge of Allegiance. We've been trying to get this recorded but she gets pretty shy when the camera is on her. She dressed up as Tinkerbell from Peter Pan. As we went trick-or-treating she always remembered to say thank you after she was given a treat. Her treat bucket has since been hidden and we are at a loss as to where it is. Every so often she comes out of nowhere with a sucker or a candy. It's driving us crazy!!
• Josh is still pretending to be every vicious animal you can think of. He likes to growl and thrash like a lion. Is this a phase? We hope so! Josh was dressed up like a bat this year and loved to run around with his hands down to his sides. Apparently in an attempt to become more aerodynamic to achieve flight. He did come pretty close a few times.

For family night we carved pumpkins and the kids enjoyed grabbing out handfuls of pumpkin guts. After Josh's pumpkin was cleaned out he decided to put the guts back in so that he could take them out again. We finished of the night with our "Lighting Ceremony" and came in after for a huge Dunford Chocolate Doughnut.

We're just waiting patiently for our new little guy to join us here. Missy is just about ready to pop...literally. We have been getting the house ready for the little dude's arrival. We went out and bought a crib that would fit a little better in Madison's room and we put together the 30 year old cradle to have in our room for the first few weeks. We just need him here NOW! We don't want to wait any longer.

WEEKLY UPDATE 10/28/2007

We had another great week:

• Missy is still HEAVILY pregnant and with just 2 weeks to go is doing great! She is definitely ready to have the baby now...if he would decide to come. We're excited to welcome this cute little guy into our home.
• Madison has completed her 1st week of being of track and has been having fun with friends. She has been getting better at reading stuff around town. She saw a sign for "Mc Grath's Fish House" and commented that "...that building says Fish House!"
• Lanie has been having another great week at school. Her teacher was so impressed that Lanie knew the words for colors on a work sheet without the colors being there. She also took notice of our GEICO car insurance paperwork and noted "That's your car insurance, huh mom!" We've never discussed our car insurance with her...and do you blame us? She's only four.
• Josh has been up to his usual craziness. Acting like a lion or a bear or a shark or like any vicious animal for that matter. This behavior is very cute until you get to sacrament meeting. The people at church must think we're raising a wild man. He has also been having a hard time going to bed when it's time. We usaully hear him playing in his room until he eventually crashes right against his bedroom door. On one such night missy found him asleep with his hand underneath the closed door.

Weekly Update 10/21/2007

The fence is finished!!

• The fence is finally finished! Now we can leave the kids outside all day and not worry about their safety. You would think that by fencing in the yard it would feel smaller...well...it actually feels a little bigger. The kids have loved to go outside.
• Madison went off track on Wednesday. She had her Halloween Party at school on that same day. They made funny hats and ate lots of treats. Grampa Came over for dinner today and was able to pull out one of Madison's front teeth.
• Lanie had another great week at school. Her teacher says that she is getting better and better with each day. She learned all about the letter "F" this week.
• Josh actually slowed down enough this week to enjoy some matching games with Mom. He knows his colors really well. He also said something pretty funny. The neighbor boy, Kyler, was over and he and Josh were watching TV. A commercial advertising a girl toy came on and Kyler said "Ooooh, I want that!" and Josh turned to him and said, "No...that's for girls!" He is our little man.

Grampa pulls a tooth.

Lanie meets a strange halloween creature.

Weekly Update 10/7/07

This picture was taken from the grounds of the Oquirrh Mountain Temple

We had a great week this week.

• I had a missionary reunion on Friday. The attendance wasn't that great but I did get to see two of my companions. Wiscombe & Callister.
• Missy is almost 8 months pregnant. She is in that uncomfortable stage of the pregnancy and this little boy likes to move A LOT! He not only moves but likes to push out with his hands and feet HARD. He also likes to push on the bladder which is the reason behind all the frequent bathroom breaks.
• Madison is an awesome student. She got 140% on her spelling test this week. She got all of her required words correct and her extra credit ones too. These included difficult words like October, oxygen and cotton. She also earned the Super Achievement Award which includes a coupon for a free meal at Del Taco...Pretty exciting!
• Lanie is able to recite the entire Pledge of Allegiance, word for word, without any help. She also learned about the letter D and has been going around and telling us words that start with D. Like Destinations and Denali! Lanie also really enjoyed conference. She especially loved the singing by the choir.
• Josh loves to play down in the basement in the new playroom we set up down there. He also has taken an interest in Missy's pregnant belly. He lifted up Missy's shirt and put his ear against her bellybutton. He then proceeded to lift up his shirt so that he could rub bare bellies with his mom.