Some Firsts...

Taggart had his first day at Kindergarten on Wed. He has been very excited for this day and so have I! I can't believe he is big enough to go to school! I was kinda sad for a bit, but it has been very nice the last couple of days to have some time with just Maddie and Parks.

Look at how cute he is hanging up his backpack. Yes, I was the Mom snapping pictures of everything!

Then he picked where to sit and he chose the back of the class. I was thinking he must be a rebel, because I never used to pick the back of the class!

10 minutes into class and he leans over to me and asks, "Mom, when are we going to play on the playground?" It was so funny and I was wondering how he was actually going to get through the next day when he had to be there until 11:30! He did great the last couple of days and is so far loving it. Everyday I pick him up, he just runs out and gives me a big hug and he is so happy to see me! It is sweet!

Maddie also had her first day of dance. We went the other day and got her some tap and ballet shoes, a dance bag, and some dance outfits. She woke up the next morning and said, "Mom, I dreamed about my dance." She asked for two days straight when she was going to go to dance. She was so excited when it finally came. She loved her first class so much! I watched her for a bit when she was doing her tap dance and she was concentrating sooo hard and watching the teacher..it was hilarious! She was very excited that she got a cupcake too. Doesn't she look super cute with her dance bag?

Anyway, it was an exciting week of firsts for us!

Parker Cameron McCullough Has Arrived!

This picture was taken a couple days before I went into labor. I had wanted to capture a picture of how huge I was getting and we had just gotten home from church and the kids were playing with the stuffed animals that were in the baby's room. I am 37 weeks in this picture and this was the longest I had ever carried a baby. I made it to Tuesday and went to the doctor where I was dialted to a 4 and 60% effaced, so I was wondering how long it would be until he finally came. The doctor stripped my membranes and I went home and just kept wondering when it would happen. Well, at 5am the next morning I woke up with a contraction. Then 5 minutes later had another one, then 5 minutes later another one and I was thinking...this is it..I think? I woke Cam up and said that we should probably go to the hospital and it was so weird this time to just be able to go and not worry that it was too early. We even had enough time to stop outside of the hospital and snap a pic. I have never been able to do that before!

We got to the hospital around 6:00 and I had my epidural by 7, so I really didn't even have to be in much pain, which was very nice! Cam and I just hung around and napped and watched tv and then by about 10 I was ready to push. Only a few pushes later and little Parker came into the world!

He weighed 7 pounds and was 20 inches long. He has hair that is much lighter than my other two kids and we still can't quite figure out who he looks like? His light hair kept throwing me off in the hospital and I kept thinking he wasn't mine. He has big hands and long arms and is just about the sweetest baby in the whole world! How cute is this when he found his fingers?

The kids weren't very interested in him at first, but they warmed up quickly. Taggart asked, "Why is our baby so red?" and "What is his name?" When we told him it was Parker, he said that he didn't like that name. I told him he could call him Parks for short and he LOVED that, so now that is what Tag calls him all the time.

Daddy is in love and already wanting #4! Can you believe my husband, who I had to talk into having a third child, now wants more? Crazy, I think, but I guess we will just have to see... Not much cuter than Daddy and his sweet new baby boy.


After we brought him home, his bilirubun levels kept going up, so we had to put him on the lights a few times. He was so good and I guess enjoyed his little tanning bed! After about a week of going to the hospital daily to get his blood drawn and worrying about him getting enough food and pooping all that jaundice out.. and it finally went down and we were free and clear! Yeah!


Taggart and Maddie have been pretty cute with him. Maddie is being a little Mother and they both like to hold him, but not for very long. I think they get inpatient when he doesn't really do much. He hardly even cries, so I think that they forget about him at times!

Today he is 3 weeks old and he is the best baby in the world! I usually have to wake him up during the day to eat and he only wakes up once in the middle of the night. I guess I forgot how much newborns sleep because basically that is all he does: sleep and eat. He did have a little episode the other day and we had to rush him to the doctor because he was crying, choking, and not really breathing, but it was reflux (just like Taggart had) and we got some meds for him and he hasn't had another episode since. Weird, I know, but I will take it. It is just so sad to see him in pain and I hope this medicine continues to work. I am sooo in love with him and I want him to stay at this age forever. I am so much more relaxed with this 3rd baby and am enjoying every minute of it, minus the 25 extra pounds that I'm carrying around! But I feel really good; I'm not tired and it is so nice to be able to bend over again, and not have sore feet!


We just want to welcome our sweet little Parks into our family and let him know that we all love him very much! It is amazing having a newborn in our home again and just realizing how incredible it is that we can create this beautiful new life. I can't believe that 3 weeks have already flown by and I kinda want to push pause on life and not let him grow any bigger! There is nothing better in the world than snuggling with him! Hopefully he will continue to be our little Angel baby! We love you Parks!!

Ayotte Family Vacation 2010

We had our annual Ayotte family vacation over the 4th of July this year. We spent some time here in Logan, at my parent's house, and camping at Bear Lake. We started out by all going to the fireworks in Logan. The kids were all so excited for them that they asked all day long when we were going to the fireworks. Of course by the time we got there, Mr. Sensitive Ears (Taggart) wanted his ear plugs. It was a great show and it was so fun to all be together this year to watch them.


Maddie was so excited to have her cousin Ada over to her house and broke her in quickly by playing dress up. They played so cute together!

The next day we went to the Logan Aquatic Center to have to fun in the sun! Both Taggart and Maddie just got done with swimming lessons and we know Tag is already a fish, but Maddie learned so much and now she is loving the water more than ever! She spent most of her time in the water and only took a few short breaks for Cheetos...! Go figure!




After the pool we were all able to go to Baby Emma's Blessing. Isn't she the cutest!



It was great to have our entire family there for the Blessing.

My sister, who is 2 months behind me pregnant wise, and I are showing that we are pretty much handicap! Look at how huge my belly looks!!

The next day was the 4th of July and after church we headed over to my Mom's to hang out with everyone.

We had dinner and then we tie dyed T-shirts. They all turned out awesome too!


That night we had some fun with fireworks to celebrate the Holiday. We got good at making AYOTTE out of sparklers. Cam lit off some firecrackers and it scared Taggart so bad he yelled at him and screamed, "You scared my crap out of me!" It was hilarious! Once again, Mr. Sensitive Ears.

The next morning we met at Jamba Juice for a quick breakfast before heading to Bear Lake. Of course we all had to sport our new tie dyed shirts. Don't we look awesome!


We spent some time at the lake at the beach. Uncle Jason built these little pools and the kids had a ball playing in them.

Don't you just love how Patriotic my husband is? This is the way we rolled in Bear Lake (talk about W.T. huh?)

We had a lot of fun camping and we ate a ton of Smores!


We spent a lot of time around camp playing games and having fun. Here are the kids playing with Poppy and Maddie and Ada coloring in the trailer. Nana also got the kids squirt guns, so here they are playing Army with Uncle Jason.



And, what is a trip to Bear Lake with out a stop at La Beaus for some dinner and a milkshake?


Even though I came home with swollen ankles, we had a great time! The kids loved sleeping in the tent and trailer and I enjoyed escaping to a nice, comfy bed down the street at Frank and Marion's cabin. It was nice not to have to stumble to the bathroom in the dark 3 times a night! It was especially fun to have Jason and Claudia and their kids here from California. Maddie and Taggart had so much fun with their cousins and we wish we could see them more often. We had a great time, but then again, we ALWAYS do!

Fun with Friends!

We have been pretty busy this past month and have been lucky enough to spend some time with some friends, which was really nice since we have been missing our St. George friends A LOT lately! First of all, we met up with the Algers at The Gateway for a wonderful night of catch up!
The girls were being models in the window. Nice poses, huh?

We went to dinner, did a little shopping, and had some ice cream. They were having this sidewalk chalk festival and the kids had fun drawing on the sidewalk.

The Chambers Family also came up to Logan to stay a night with us. We went to Willow Park Zoo and the kids loved seeing all of the animals.


Thanks so much for driving all the way up here to visit us! We had so much fun seeing you all again!
We were also lucky enough to be able to go up to Idaho Falls and spend the weekend with my best friend from High School, Allison and her family.

The kids had soo much fun together! Maddie made instant friends with Caroline and they would disappear for hours playing dress up. Taggart had no problem playing with all the girls and we are secretly planning a future marriage for him and Olivia. We went to Bear World and saw all the bears and then the kids had so much fun petting all the animals at the petting zoo. Tag found this chicken and just sat down by it forever! He cried when we left and said he was going to miss Speckles (which is what he named it!)



Then to top it all off, they had some kiddie carnival rides that the kids could ride. They all just ran around getting on and off the rides since there weren't any lines... it was great!


The adults even got away without the kids for some great Thai food and thanks to the sweet babysitter who watched our six crazy kids!! It was a great weekend of fun, friends, amazing food (I'm sure I gained a few pounds, but I'm prego remember?) Thanks again to Ali and Bradey for being the most gracious hostesses and we hope they will allow us back, since we all didn't want to leave! Maddie woke up the next few days asking where her friends were? We already miss our Idaho friends! Thanks again guys!
In the midst of all of this, we celebrated Father's Day also. I didn't really take any pictures that day when we saw both of our Dads, but Taggart was playing with my camera and shot this pic of the girls at my Mom's house. You can't even see my sister's belly (she is 2 months behind me), but as you can see, mine is getting HUGE!

I'm so grateful for the most wonderful husband in the world! He is the best Daddy ever and we are all sooo lucky to have him. I'm also grateful for my Dad and we had a lot of fun on Father's Day by taking this quiz to see who knew him the best. It was fun to see what we all knew and didn't! I hope all you Dads out there had a great day!!