Together Forever!

We had the awesome opportunity to have Andrew sealed and blessed this weekend. It was such a fun experience for our family and one that we have all been looking forward to. Eric's mom made the kids all white clothes for the temple. They looked SO cute! My friend took family pictures before the sealing so I will post those when I get them. It was so cool it be in the temple with all the kids. It has been almost 3 years since we were there last to have Tanner sealed to us.

The kids had to wait a while in the waiting room for everything to start. Thanks for all the help we got.

Aubree has been looking forward to this day for so long. She was so excited to be able to go to the Temple with Andrew. Eric's mom made her a dress, necklace, bracelet, and slippers. She looked so beautiful.

Trav was the most restless waiting.

My mom holding Andrew as they waited. Andrew is such a pleasant boy. He was hungry and tired and still smiled and was happy.

My sister Amy entertaining the boys. Tanner loved being at the Temple. He has asked a lot of times since if we could go back. When I changed into my white clothes for our pictures he said, "Oh Mom, you look so cute!" What a great day!

Poor Aubs was pretty sick all weekend. She had sores all in her mouth and couldn't talk or eat. She still was a nice girl.

Travis had to have his Wheat Thins.

The kids had a fun weekend with cousins. They roasted marshmallows and had s'mores.

Dinner with cousins.

Andrew has the best laugh. Love this boy!

Eric was on Spring Break this last week. It was SO SO nice to have him around. The kids were in heaven. He took them out everyday and the kids were in heaven. One night we went to the park and had a picnic.

I love this picture of the kids. I don't have a lot of pictures with me in them.

We made St. Patrick Day cookies. The kids loved painting on the frosting and using the sprinkles.

Trav loves Andrew. I have so many pictures of Travis laying his head on Andrew.

Travis loves to wear hats.

More fun games with cousins.

We went to Wenatchee for a few days during Spring Break. The kids love it at the Nygard's. They have a chicken coop and they went everyday to feed them and collect the eggs.

Aubs and Tann are both holding eggs in the picture above. We sure love our families.

Andrew is OFFICIAL!

Andrew is legally a Nygard now. He is such a blessing to our family!

Professional Pics

We have a great ward and they threw a shower for Andrew and a few other babies born around him. There is a professional photographer in the ward who gave us the gift of a free photo shoot. I was excited to get some great pictures of Andrew. Her name is Misty Alger, and here is the link to more.

5 Months!

I can't believe Andrew turned 5 months old today. He is such a sweet baby and so loved. He loves each one of his siblings so much. He lights up whenever they come near.

March!

I can't believe that it is already March! We have been busy but doing good.

The kids before church on Sunday. I love how Trav is concentrating on opening a bag of cookies and Aubs tights aren't quite pulled up all the way.

Tanner loves playing with his "windmill."

Andrew is getting so big and is sweeter than ever. At his 4 month appointment he was over 16 pounds. I LOVE how chubby he is getting. He has the sweetest smile and laugh. We are hoping to have Andrew sealed to us in the next two weeks. We are so excited.

The weather has been really nice this winter. This last week it was in the high 50's and Aubree decided she wanted to wear shorts. It ended up a little too cold for her, so she she grabbed her jacket.

My sister gave me a kid's scrub top and Tanner loves to wear it. He wore the stethoscope around his neck for a long time and checked Eric's vitals. Eric was so proud.

We got bored last week and got out Aubree's face paints.

I found Aubree playing with Andrew after their baths. Aubree is so cute with Andrew. She is always entertaining him and holding his hands. He lights up when she walks in the room.

Vampire Tanner. This reminds me of a few weeks ago when Tanner woke up from his nap with a bloody nose and made a mess. When I went in to get him out and I told him it was blood he looked and me, got a smile on his face and said, "Mom, I am vampire!"

Eric has 2 more weeks left in this quarter and then he has Spring Break. We are excited to visit Seattle and look around at housing. It will be nice to get a little break before his last quarter. Eric is so great! We are so proud of him!

Love this picture! So cute!

Trav man. He is growing too fast. He is very particular boy. He loves the alphabet and loves to be read to. I have to read to him his books in a certain way for he won't turn the page.

Happy Valentine's Day!

We had a good Valentine's Day. I loved that it was on Sunday and that we could have Eric with us the whole day. Aubree needed Valentines for preschool friendship party. We made these flower ones from the Family Fun magazine. She loved receiving and giving valentines.

Travis loves playing in the fridge and while I was feeding Andrew the other day, he came out carrying a block of cheese with huge bite marks out of it. He thought he was pretty funny.

Handsome Tanner. In the middle of the sacrament a couple Sunday's ago, Tanner turned to me in his talking voice (he only talks LOUD) and said, "I want a hot dog! Mom, can we go to Costco and get a hot dog!" People all around us were laughing. That was his way of telling us he was hungry, I guess.

Aubs and Tann, Sunday before church.

I found these pictures on the camera. Eric must've taken them while I was gone. Aubree is wearing one of Eric's shirts as her pajamas, Tanner has on Eric's coat, and Trav is climbing onto our entertainment center.

Love Aubree's pose.

I found Andrew with She also likes Aubree's Snow White sunglasses on. Andrew is such a nice boy!

The last 2 weekends we have been traveling to support Eric's little brother, Brian in his wrestling. He won Districts and got 2nd at Regionals. He is headed to State this next weekend. When we were in Wenatchee watching Districts, a high school girl selling programs asked Eric if he was Brian Nygard's Dad. It was pretty funny. A bunch of the high school kids kept staring at them when they were together commenting on how much they look alike.

Aubree loves Andrew so much. I need to get on video her interaction with him. She is so soft and nurturing with him. She always wants to hold him and help me with him. If he is ever crying, she is always giving him his binky or entertaining him. It is really nice when she can help me feed him when the other two boys need me at the same time.

Goggles

Sweet Andrew! He is creeping up on 4 months and I can't believe how fast time has flown by. I LOVE this age. He is so interactive, smiley, and fun, but he doesn't crawl around yet and it doesn't take much to entertain him. Andrew is such a good boy and we are so grateful for him.

Trav loves to get into the fridge and in the morning he had gotten into some cream cheese. I had forgotten about it until I was in my bathroom before I went to bed and this is where I found it. Kind of random.

It has been really nice for winter here and we have been able to play outside quite a bit. Here's Tanner cleaning up the yard with his wheelbarrow.

Beautiful Aubs. She decided to cut herself some bangs. It could've been a lot worse.

Goggle Boy. Travis found Aubree's old swimming goggles and loves to wear them. Whenever he sees them, he asks me to put them on for him. He wears them so long they start to fog up.

Goggle Boy #2

Goggle Boy #3 (I love how it squished his eyes. Doesn't bother him.)

Goggle Boy #4

Before preschool last week Aubree asked me if she could wear jeans. I really don't remember the last time she wore jeans. I think the last time was before she turned 2 and I got her dressed. She has decided she likes jeans now and has worn jeans almost everyday. She has a lot easier time matching her clothes now. ( Goggles on Tanner too)

Andrew in the Bumbo. He likes it for short periods of time.

Our boys.

When we go outside I bundle Andrew up in this bear outfit and the kids think it is the coolest thing in the world. When Trav first saw him he couldn't stop giggling.

Eric's super talented Mom made him some scrubs for Christmas. Not many dental students can special order homemade scrubs.

I love Tanner's smile and laugh. This boy is something special. He is constantly wanting to eat. Most days I think that he consumes more calories than Eric. As soon as one meal is done he is ready for the next. For example: for lunch he had 8 chicken nuggets, half a hamburger, pb&j sandwich and some of my pancake. I can't imagine how it is going to be when he is a teenager.