Babies...

Finally we pulled out the camera to take a side by side picture of Ben and Rhett. Unless these two little dudes were naked side by side you wouldn't be able to tell how chubby Ben is, but just trust me, he is chubby and Rhett is still floppy newborn small.

Here are a few more pictures of the little dude. Okay the chubby dude compared to Rhett.

What color will your eyes be...I'm pulling for blue, but I'm sure they will end up being a mix of brown/orange/green/hazel color. Sometimes I catch glimpses of blue, but then we see brown. Either way your chubby little face is darling!!

And who doesn't enjoy a good crying picture?? I have to remember the good moments and the bad ones, right? He really is such a good baby. He pretty much sleeps all day long except to wake up to eat, to just fall asleep again. We see his eyes a total of an hour or two throughout the day. Until it happens to be night time then...suddenly we see your little face, eyes and personality!

Our Adventures...

Well we are 4 weeks in and counting...really, it's been an adventure. This little sleeping dude is such a doll to have around. We are all madly in love with him and learning the adventures of having lots of kids and surviving on 3-5 hours of sleep each night. One day that will change right? It's surprising how I have adjusted with less and less sleep.
I attended my cousins mission farewell yesterday and trying to get out the door without Jared home on Sundays was a wild adventure...having us all dressed, hair brushed, clean clothes on, teeth brushed, fed, etc. Was quite the chore. Not to mention trying to schedule in a newborn feeding to plan it just right that I wouldn't drive 35 minutes to attend sacrament, to just end up spending it in the mothers room. Either way, we did it and my cousin gave a great talk. My favorite part was when he started his talk giving a tribute to his mother, his angel. He spoke so kindly and lovingly of her and all that she has done for him. I was completely touched thinking that soon it will be my turn to listen to my sons stand up there and express such sincere love for me, their mother. I told Jared either way he better slip our boys $50 to say something that sweet to me when they leave on their missions.

Here is a new addition to our family. Baby Rhett Dewey Peck was born exactly three weeks after Ben. Krista was SUPER LUCKY to have this LITTLE dude early! She and I went for a pedicure...the next day she was in labor and delivering this little guy with in a few hours. He ended up weighing 6 lbs. 2 oz. Pretty much an ounce different than Ben. In three short weeks it is SHOCKING how BIG of a difference there is. Ben suddenly seems SUPER chubby compared to Rhett. It will be so fun to have two babies so close in age once again. I guess that's the only way our family does it!

The now chubby baby...With lots of wild fuzzy fluffy hair!

Our favorite outfit...You gotta love the monkey bum.

Here is Mr. Trouble doing what he does best when I'm spending time cleaning a different room or sitting and holding Ben. He and Jake went to town "painting" the bathroom. Let's just say I had to pull out the camera because these are one of those moments you'd rather capture a smile than waste energy being mad. The only reason I'd even be frustrated was because I had just cleaned the bathroom.

But really who can stay mad at these boys when they give you smiles like this?

Hilarious. Here is Jake and the twins. Recently, because of college football being shown every weekend at our house. There is a constant discussion of BYU and Utah. I know I have shared in the past that my kids have been brainwashed successfully from Brian and Ashley to LOVE BYU. Well, even with Jared trying his hardest to have them like Utah he has yet to win them over to his team. Anyways, here are the boys doing what they do best playing football. The funny part about this picture is Jake insisted on the Twins being on Utah...even though he is clearly wearing and representing Utah. Jake said, "I'm NOT on Utah's team, this Red "U" on my helmet stands for the U in BYU." The other funny thing about this picture is Jake wanted to be like the Twins and wearing soccer shin guards. But since he has yet to play soccer in a league he quickly used his imagination and got tall socks on and filled them with square Lego's. These boys wore these outfits around the house and playing football for hours.

Our bright eyed burrito baby.

Another peaceful moment...a sleeping baby.

Fun Saturdays with Dad

Thanks to Jared our kids get to "enjoy" the snow! Thankfully this year I have an excuse of having a little baby to stay indoors with. But thanks to Jared they get all bundled up and make MANY MANY FUN memories with their dad. This is how you build a snowman when it snows after Halloween!

This is Jake's pumpkin he carved...

Calebs pumpkin...

Alayna's pumpkin...

The final Snowmen picture!

Off to go sledding with the funnest dad ever!

More Baby Ben...

A BIG thank you goes to my dear friend Emily, who took time to snap a few photos of this new little guy.

I love this one!

Early Christmas Wish

Alayna has three older cousins. All of which lost their first tooth in Kindergarten. Well, Alayna's Kindergarten year came and went without a her loosing a tooth. Since she started first grade she has been "wishing and hoping" that her teeth would fall out. She has talked about this day for SO long. So on Saturday Jared took the kids out sledding, since there was SNOW on the ground. Apparently she hit her tooth on the sled...it became wiggly. To say she was thrilled was a complete understatement. She was in luck, the next morning she was getting ready for church and...(drum roll) her tooth fell out!

She quickly created a SAFE place to keep her little tooth until later that evening when she would be so excited to hide it under her pillow for the tooth fairy to come and take the tooth but leave some $$$. Well, this is where the story goes from happy to sad. Sunday evening arrives, she has said good night to us. We go through the routine of where you place your tooth, etc. But just as she has some extra nervousness (as Alayna often does), she returns back down stairs to ask yet again, MORE questions about the tooth fairy. (ridiculous if you ask me, but it was her first tooth so I figured I could play along.) Anyways, as she's holding her once safe baggy for her little tooth, she pulls on the tape no the bottom. I notice it pulls the plastic bag away from the tape. I then think to myself..."Oh, great that's all we need is a hole to end up in that bag!" So before I said anything out loud, we scooted her off to bed, up the stairs she ran...and no more than 10 seconds later we hear a blood curdling cry! You guessed it, the tooth had fallen out from downstairs to upstairs. I could hardly contain myself, so I shot Jared a look that said, "You better take over or else I might just ruin her excitement." So Jared calmly takes over, takes her upstairs and explains in great detail the "magic" of the tooth fairy. After about 15 minutes of explaining, Jared returns downstairs and is telling me what he explained to her. He said, "But this is the best part listen to what she said, "Dad, what if the tooth fairy isn't real and it's really the Mom and Dad's of kids?" Jared then said he SMILED, Alayna noticed and said, "Dad why are you SMILING? Is that TRUE??" He at that point shut her door and said, "Good night, I love you!" So thankfully Jared saved the night, kept it a secret so she could wake up SUPER excited the next morning to find a .25 cents under her pillow! Oh, the joys and drama of trying to keep secrets, or silly traditions alive for our children.

Three Weeks in...

Well as of tomorrow we are three weeks in to this new baby Ben. It's amazing how SO totally in love you can be with a new little person.

So here are some new photos of how cute his little face is...

Really, crying pictures are my favorite!

My Boys & Halloween

Jake had show and tell for preschool and he said he wanted to take a picture of him holding his new baby brother. So out came the camera and we ended up with some precious pictures of my three boys!

As you can tell Caleb is complete HEAVEN with his little brother.

And they were both "clean" so they could actually hold him.

Big brother Jake lovin his baby brother.

Cute little face. This kid eats so often that he has worn his chin red and raw.

Happy Halloween 2011 - Caleb - Green Frog - Alayna - BYU Cheerleader - Jake - BYU Football Player and Baby Ben as a Giant Pumpkin.

Thanks to my dad the kids scored HUGE this year!

One worn out cheerleader.

One BYU Football player that wishes he could keep this costume and never take it off!

My little Halloween buddy. We got to stay indoors (obviously) and pass out candy. We went to Aunt Shanny's for the picture of the kids then back home we went.

My cute BYU kids. I love it that Jared is such a Utah fan and yet his kids are staying loyal to BYU thanks to Brian and Ashley who brainwashed them from a very young age.

The boys always hanging and watching and singing too and tackling by their baby brother. Sadly, I don't have a picture with Alayna yet because she's up early and home late from school. I need to make sure I snap at least one photo of the two of them!!