No more PMS!!!

In addition to selling our house and moving this summer, I also upgraded my ride to a newer minivan, which means I got rid of my PMS license plates. I can't tell you how much I hated driving around in a minivan with a licence plate that said PMS. When I got the plates I actually asked if I could get a different one, and the lady responded, "Just be glad it doesn't say 365 PMS or 247 PMS." That didn't make me feel any better, but I didn't really have a choice at the moment. So I've had my PMS plates for 3+ years and couldn't be happier that they are gone FOREVER!!! I did love our Dodge though. It was good to us.

who are these girls???

A while back my girls asked me to straighten their hair again. This time we even did Chloe's. However, it didn't take long until both of them were asking for curly hair again. They look so different with straight hair, almost unrecognizable.

where does it come from???

People ALWAYS ask where Chloe gets her curly hair from. Well...the one in the middle is her dad when he was about her same age. Any questions???

Our not-so-little little guy

This little guy is not so little anymore. He is one big chunk of love! Already up to 15+ pounds at less than 3 months old. Very different from any of his siblings, that's for sure. It must come with the brown hair. He loves his pacifier. Has no problem sleeping through noise, amazingly. And best of all, his smile and coos warm my heart.

brothers

clate absolutely LOVES his little brother and wants to take care of him all the time. he hates to hear him cry and gets all worked up when i let him cry for even a few minutes. he loves to hold him and talk to him and sing to him. he talks about playing soccer and baseball with him when he gets bigger, and teaching him to ski. he's a wonderful big brother, and thomas is very lucky to have him.

i should have done this before...

My little guy at 2 weeks old. Oh, if I could only freeze time!

how cute is this??? i LOVE this little guy!

i wouldn't change a thing about these 4 kids. they have my heart!

I've never had professional pictures taken of any of my kids as infants, but since Thomas MAY be our last, I thought I should go for it. And boy am I regretting not having it done for the others. I try to take cute, fun pictures, but come on...I don't really know what I'm doing. Anyway, I'm in love with these kids, and these pictures show them off very well.

Other exciting news...we are headed to Ohio in July for 1 year, and THEN we will become permanent residents of Utah County. I can't believe the time has come! Adam is joining the IHC orthopaedic group in Provo. There were 2 places that I had always said we would never consider settling down in, Idaho Falls (bad weather) and Provo/Utah County (no good reason). How ironic is it that the only 2 places that we have really pursued job opportunities have been Idaho Falls and Provo...and we're are ending up in Provo, right back where it all started. Crazy, but good, and we are very excited about it. Just another lesson in never say never!!!

Merry Christmas!

Instead of bringing me flowers to the hospital after giving birth to our 4th child, Adam brought me the flu. I think I would have preferred flowers. Anyway, I've been meaning to blog all week, but have not felt like doing much of anything, so here is a belated Merry Christmas to all!

First of all, here is THOMAS GARRAN BERGESON! we were excited to come home from the hospital with a name for our little guy.

Needless to say, Clate is quite the proud big brother. And the girls love him too.We had a wonderful Christmas Eve and Christmas day, especially having our new guy around. The kids woke up Christmas morning to find that Santa had brought them all the 2 things they had asked (begged) for. Clate received more Legos and Pillow Pet; Halle received a Jessie doll (from Toy Story 3) and a Pillow Pet; and Chloe received Bullseye (from Toy Story 3) AND a Pillow Pet. They couldn't have been happier! All I have heard about for the past 6 months are these darn Pillow Pets. Clate had memorized the phone number and web address; Halle could tell you how they are pets with a purpose and machine washable (though she has no idea what that means), and they could all sing the song! So I was just as happy as they were that Santa brought them each one...maybe I won't have to hear about them all the time anymore!

And finally, our little (now not so little) family! MERRY CHRISTMAS everyone!