Goodbye PINK SHOE...FINALLY!!!

After a long 5 weeks, the fabulous pink boot, got the boot! I was kind of sad to see it go... because it was cute and she loved all of the attention. She got lots of signatures, and I am sure it will be something she never forgets. She was a good sport, and I dont think it slowed her down one bit. She could still pout on quite the Hannah Montana show, and keep up with her older cousins. She said on the way up that she was going to get a purple one next time. She is such an optimist and really puts up with whatever comes her way. She was completely fine with having this pink show on the rest of her life. Bostyn you did such a good job, and I hope that you never get to have a purple one! Thanks Primary Childrens Hospital for taking such good care of our little girl!

Ho! Ho! Ho! Merry Christmas!!!

Christmas was so much fun this year! As you can see we did the nativity play. It was TONS of fun, and even better because we wrote the script. I swear Brad was supposed to be a script writer, rather than finance. :) My mom also bought all of the kids a Christmas book and she read it to them. They of course loved it and it will be a tradition moving forward. My mom also bought me a book about Mrs. Claus and how Santa gets all the credit, when really its Mrs. Claus who deserves it :) It if course made me cry! My mom did alot of really special gifts this year which I really appreciated! Brad got me tickets to Wicked, and some new running shoes, and clothes. What a sweetie! Brad got NFL Sunday ticket, and Ute stuff. Bostyn got a new dollhouse, and lots of clothes. Fynn got a trike that I have been wanting for a room decoration. I guess Santa thought he had been really good for the first month and a half of his life. I love Christmas time, and this was one of my best Christmases ever! I hope all of you enjoyed it just as much, and are looking forward to the new year.

Merry Christmas

I decided to do Christmas Cards this year after I found this cute little Santa! I dont have everyones addresses, so if I missed you this year email me your address so I can get you next. He visits with the kids for an hour and they take all of these cute little pictures. Drew got to hang out with him and drink some soda. He was so excited as this is only his 2nd year seeing Santa in real life. Bostyn got to have a tea party with him and of course was very affectionate with him. She loved seeing him and was mesmerized by him. They took the cutest little pictures of Fynn in a manger and Santa held and cuddled him. This will definitely be a tradition, and the kids already cant wait to see him next year. I LOVE Christmas time and it gets more and more fun as the kids get older. This year we attended a few Christmas events that really got us in the Christmas spirit and concentrated on the true meaning of Christmas. I really enjoyed this as I am normally VERY into the gift giving aspect of the season. Afterall, it is another reason to shop! I hope the holidays found all of you in good spirits and blessed. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

HAPPY 3RD BIRTHDAY BOSTYN!!!

Bostyns Royal ball was so much fun! She loved having everyone at the house and celebrating her special day. She of course got spoiled but was really only concerned that no one left. She didnt want the day to end, and she cried when the last guest finally left. Arlee and I stayed up until 3am the night before baking cupcakes, cookies, and decorating for the BIG event. We didnt give her any of her presents from us until after the party because we thought it would be too much. She was so excited to walk down in the basement to see her hot pink escalade power wheels. It is so cute, and makes me wish I was 3 again so I could ride in it. It has a real FM radio and she likes to just sit in it and jam out She also got LOTS of new clothes, a Dora backpack, dress-ups, Littlest Pet Shop, and lots of other toys! It was alot of fun dressing up. Bostyn LOVED that we all got involved and thought that I was the coolest mom because I was Snow White. Arlee was a good sport and dressed up as Belle. My sister-in-law also dressed up as wedding Cinderella. My mom even got festive with us and dressed up as Cinderella. It was definitely a day to remember. I cant believe she is already 3 years old. My little girl is getting, "bigger and bigger" as she would say. She is so excited to start Sunbeams at church, and has lots of little friends. She seriously has so much attitude and spunk, I cant hardly believe it. I love this little girl so much and I am so happy that she chose to join our family. She definitely has her dad and I wrapped around her finger. We try not to spoil her, but it is so hard when we find something that we think she will like and imagine how excited she will be when she gets it. She never fails our expectations, and is always so appreciative! We love you princess Bostyn, thank you for being so sweet and a good example to us.

Bostyns birthday is coming!

I swear I feel like little Mrs. crafty pants this week. Arlee and I have been busy getting ready for Bostyns birthday this Saturday. I also have been working on Christmas cards, and Fynns birth announcements. I just wanted to put a sample of the card for those of you to see that I didnt think would enjoy attending the princess party. Bostyn is so excited and I will try to put pics up of the party! Oh, actually it will be a must because Arlee, my sister in law, Brinley, and myself will be dressing up as princesses. It should be fun!

A little update on the baby.. he is still an angel and patient as ever. I couldnt have asked for a more even-tempered little boy. He is changing everyday and starting to be alot more alert!

Bostyns Broken Leg!

Okay so I havent posted in a while. I promise I have an excuse. Well, a number of them actually. On top of the fact that it the hustling bustling Christmas season, I have a newborn, and life is life... Bostyn broker her leg. Well, actually her dad broker her leg! We were up in Park City a couple of weeks ago because my brother had a condo up there. She and Brad were walking back from the pool while I was shopping and he slipped and fell on her. I get a call from Brad and he is frantic telling me that I need to come quick because we should head back to Salt Lake to get her leg X-rayed. I got there and I could tell she was in a lot of pain. I asked her what happened and she said that Dad was carrying her and he "slipped and tripped and double tripped". A line out of her ever favorite Fancy Nancy book. We took her in and sure enough it was broken. She was such a good sport about it. She couldnt walk on it so I got a little taste of what it is like to have twins. I had to carry both of them everywhere, and stay on a schedule with medicine. You get it right? Poor Danica. They didnt cast it for a few days so those are the pictures you see of just her wrap. When we were walking out of the hospital to bring her home after she got her cast, Brad was carrying her and she said, Dad, dont drop me and break my other leg K". It was hilarious. Needless to say, Brad feels horrible and she is more spoiled by him now than ever before if you can believe that.

Happy Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving was so fun this year! Brad and I have so much to be thankful for. I am not sure if it was the emotions of just having a new baby or what but I totally realized how blessed we are this year. Not only so I realize it, but it makes me emotional. I am so grateful for my wonderful husband. I seriously dont know what I would do without him. I am so excited to go through the temple with him and get sealed together as a family. I really feel like he completes me and I couldnt have made a better choice for my companion. I am extremely thankful for my 2 beautiful children. Bostyn just keeps getting more and more personality and just when I think I couldnt love her anymore.... I do. Fynn is the funnest little boy. He wiggled his way into my heart although I swore a son could never do this to me. I love him so much and I am so excited for him to grow over this next year and see his personality come out. I am so thankful for all of our blessings that we have. We have a beautiful home, wonderful families, and more than we could ever hope for. I am so thankful to Heavenly Father for puring blessings out to us over the past year. I hope all of you realize all of your blessing and are just and thankful as we are.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

Happy 3 weeks Fynn!

Today is our little guys 3 week old birthday. We LOVE him so much and I cant imagine life without him. He has seriously become my heartbeat and made our family complete for the time being. Little boys definitely have a way of wiggling their way into their mommies hearts. Dont get me wrong I still love my little princess just as much, he just brings a whole new dimension to life. I am sure that God knew what he was doing sending our children in the order he did. I have my little girl to dress up and be prissy with, and then my little Fynn to be grateful all I have to do is bath him and make sure he has a hat and shoes to match his outfit for the day. He is the best little baby in the world. Sometimes I worry the poor little guy wont have any lungs because he never cries. He is so patient and just waits for me to get to him. He must have known that he was coming to a family with a high maintenance BIG SISTER who still is learning patience. It will be time for him to eat and Bostyn will be demanding my attention for something that cant wait. He will just settle down and wait until my time can be devoted to him. Today we had to take him to the Doctor because he has been having a hard time keeping his food down. She asked me if it bothered him to throw up. I told her no and that I wouldnt know if it did because he just takes things as they come and never complains.

I am so grateful that he has come to join our family and fits in so well. As you can see above, he is a cute little boy..... watch out girls! :)

Happy 3rd Anniversary!

Okay so my husband is the sweetest guy EVER! Well, I am sure that all you other ladies would disagree and give that title to your husband but just trust me...:) So, he let me sleep in, which is a HUGE treat with the new baby. Then, above is what I woke up to. He and Bostyn got this all ready for me. The theme if the day was of course... 3. He got me three of my favorite drinks (Chocolate Milk, Frappucino (I know I shouldnt be drinking it), and Smart water. Then there were 3 whit roses, and 3 breakfast pastries.... okay so maybe they were dessert but I ate them all for breakfast. He also made me the cutest card. We are really into movies... so the front of it is a movie cover. We got to hang out all day long and then that night we left the kids with my mom and sister and went to dinner at Red Rock downtown. Poor Brad, I cried the whole way there because I missed the kids so much and I really didnt want to do anything after but come home because I missed them so much. Thanks Arlee and Mom for keeping them. What would I do without you guys? Oh well, I guess Brad cant complain after our football anniversary last year he cant complain. Thanks Brad for 3 wonderful years. I really do love you more than you will ever know. We have an exciting year coming up and I am so glad that I get to spend every minute of it with you as my husband and best friend. Thanks for all you do for our family.

It's officially unofficial, and official again!

Okay so after long hours of deliberation, Brad and I decided to change the babies name. He just doesnt look like a Sawyer. We couldnt agree on anything that we both thought fit him. Brad is a movie fanatic so he decided that we could look on the back of DVDs in the hospital. We found one that we both like........ Fynnegan (Fynn) Ramsey McDaniel. We are so crazy about him and he completes our little family.... well at least for now!

Thanks to all the visitors!

Arlee did such a good job taking pictures of all of our visitors while we were in the hospital. This is only about half of the people... but I am still sorting through pictures. Thanks everyone for all of your support with our new baby boy. I am still resting up and all is well. I forgot how much work babies are, but I wouldn't change it for the world. I love being a mom and love my two little munchkins more than words can describe. Without them and Brad my life would definitely be incomplete! Thanks again for the visits at the hospital, and if you didnt make it... you will have to just come to the house and meet the cutest little baby in the world in person. :)

Welcome to the WORLD...LITTLE GUY!

Well, it's official! We hve finally named the newest member of the McDaniel family. Sawyer Fynnigan McDaniel (we will just call him Fynn) has been the sweetest little angel. He seriously doesnt cry, and basically just eats, poops, and sleeps. I thought that I was going to have such a hard time with a boy but I already love him so much and Brad just cant get enough of him. It is so nice to have all of his help. For those of you who have had a C-section you know how much help is required and Brad has been absolutely wonderful!

The details: I had been scheduled to have an election day baby (Nov 4th) due to his breech position for about 10 days. I was fine with it because I already knew what to expect and breech babies are just so perfect because they dont have to go through labor. Anyway, we got to the hospital, a little late because of the weather and I was of course emotional. The nurse comes in and is prepping me and hooks me up to the Ultra Sound Machine to check him. Just my luck, he had flipped around and was now head down. At this point, Brad and I had to make a decision, do we continue with the C-section, or do we leave and go into spontaneous labor. After about an hour of tears and talking through with both my mom and Brad we decided to go forward with the C-section. I am so glad that I did because my doctor would have let me go two more weeks and I would have had to go through labor when he already weighed 8lbs 7ozs. Then, after all of that they tell me that my mom cant come back because they only allow one person back, that led to another river of tears. I was sad she wasnt able to come back but she was right there when we got out of the surgery. Thanks Mom, Love ya!

Bostyn just loves him, and wants to constantly hold him when she is here. My mom and Arlee have been keeping her so I know she is in good hands. I got her the 2 newest Disney movies as a gift from the baby and she is convinced that they were in my tummy with the baby. She is going to be such a good big sister and helper. I can hardly wait to get home and see her in action. Thanks Ar for keeping her, I owe ya BIG time!

I have to share this story with everyone. For all of you who know Brad, know that he has a one-of-a-kind sense of humor especially in tense and uneasy situations. The name of the nurse who was prepping me for my surgery was Polly. I was sitting on the bed after she had left and Brad says, "Hey Danica, I have been fighting the urge all morning to ask our nurse if she wants a cracker." I, of course laughed all morning and the joke carried on through the whole day. Thanks to everyone who has called, messaged, sent stuff, etc.

For all of you who were worried about me loving a boy as much as I love Bostyn........ dont be. He is the apple in my other eye! :)

HE IS HERE!!!!!

Arlee Here - It's Official...BABY BOY McDANIEL arrived this morning! That's right, he still doesn't have a name, well as of 1:45 when I left the hospital! I think it will be decided on by this afternoon! One thing that has been decided is the first photos of the baby will not be sold to paparazzi for the next issue of People or US Weekly. LUCKY YOU!!!! :) You can find them here on the blog as soon as Danica has access to an air card (Maybe tonight when I go visit again). :) Danica is doing ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS and BBM(BABY BOY MCDaniel) is doing GREAT as well. Brad on the other hand is still trying to get used to the fact that he will be sleeping on the MOST UNCOMFORTABLE HOSPITAL bed for the next few nights. :) Although Brad does not think so right now, the baby looks EXACTLY like BRADLEY :) I took Bostyn up to see her new little brother...without...WELL ALMOST WITHOUT any hesitation, she was ready to take him home immediately! WHAT A CUTE FAMILY!!! CONGRATS MCDANIELS!!!! HE"S A KEEPER!!!

It's GO time!!!

Here I am in all my beautifulness the morning of. I didnt realize how swollen and huge I was until I look at these pics. Oh well, at least it all goes away and I get this cute little guy out of it!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

We had such a fun Halloween this year! As you can see my mom hosted a fun Halloween party, although much of our night was spent out gathering candy with the kiddies. I thought Bostyn looked so cute, and she would definitely agree. She and the mirror were best friends that night. She couldnt get over how cute she looked. We had Drew this year, which is always fun, he brings alot of holiday energy with him which makes things more exciting. We were also able to have my sisters kids here, so there was a full house. For all of you who know my mom, know she is always good for a laugh. When kids would come to the door, she had a bowl full of potatoes and onions. It was so funny to see kids reactions, and what they would choose. Brad decided last minute to dress up and went as a little kid. He said about half way through the night that he felt like a pervert and wanted to come change. I was kind of a poor sport and just drove the car because I was so huge! My grandpa dressed up as a woman to win a Halloween costume contest at work..... it worked and now he is 100.00 richer. Halloween was so much fun... I cant wait till next year so we can dress the little guy up.

Kenadi's Birthday Party

A Few More Pics of The Witches :)

All WITCHED out

We went to Gardner Village for the annual Witches Night Out. It was so much fun to be there and spend time with the fam. Bostyn even came along for the night and she had so much fun. It was fun taking pictures with all of the props, and then going in to enjoy a delicious dinner and some great Halloween entertainment. Next year I am going to see if I can get Brad to come along for the fun! I was so excited that Bostyn was able to get one more use out of her witch costume from last year because Arlee and I spent so much time on it. Nest year I am sure she will need a new one! If you havent been to this before you should totally look into it for next year.

SO BEHIND, I guess I'm tired from the shopping!

Juicy suit to wear home, my new purple runnign shoes :), The Orbit stroller and I got the bassinet and rocker, and my new petunia picklebottom diaper bag!

Okay, so I know that I have been a complete slacker. I have so many pictures to load, and so much to catch everyone up on. We have had a busy month, and so many fun things going on. For starters, the most exciting things is.... Brad got the Melchizedek priesthood. It was such an exciting day for our family. I am so happy for all of the steps he has taken to get to where he is. I dont think that the bishop knew what to think when we had over 30 people show up to be there and experience this with Brad. We also started the temple prep classes and will be ready to go in only a few weeks. It is so overwhelming but we couldnt be happier. I am so excited for our family to be eternal, and it will be so nice to know that our children (including our new little guy) will be sealed to Brad and I forever. We are both so excited!! I feel bad that we arent going sooner, but I want to wait until after the baby... you know for pictures. :)

This last week Arlee, Bostyn and I were able to go to Portland on a shopping trip. Everyone had a hard time believing I was going to go on a 2 hour plane ride with my 2 year old and shop for 3 days. It was so fun, and I of course never miss a chance to have some good sisterly time with Arlee. I kept teasing Brad that I was going to go into labor in Oregon and he of course didnt think it was too funny. He would have been on the first plane up there, whether he liked it or not. Anyway, Bostyn was such a champ and is already a professional shopper. She would pick out the cutest stuff for her and the baby and I of course couldnt tell her no. So, I have 2 favorite purchases. I got my new stroller for the baby. If any of you are Office fans, it made its debut in last nights episode, except for mine is Black. I also got me the cutest Juicy outfit to wear home from the hospital. I have put some pics up of some of the purchases. I will take some pics of Bostyn in her new stuff, with her new purse, etc and post them.

No baby yet, but anyday now. he is in a weird position, they call it back down transverse lie so I will be having another C-section. More time off work for Brad so he is excited. I am so huge I cant believe it. More than anything I am swollen, so if you see me at least I am giving you fair warning.

We also went to Witch -a-Palooza at Gardner Village the other night with a bunch of family. Bostyn had so much fun and was such a big girl. She loved all of the decorations and I got some super cute pics of her I will post soon.

Brad has been working so hard to get the house ready for the baby. Really its for me, but I need to post some pics of all of his hard work as well... BTW he is not for hire.