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As Emma's Father, I want to tell all young men that she is not available until she is 21! Or something like that. She is getting so old, way too fast.

Snow on Easter Day

To bad the snow storm didn't "Pass Over". We got hit pretty bad a couple of days before Easter Day. But we had fun with an indoor egg hunt.

Emma had fun decorating the eggs and the next day the Easter Bunny hid them all over the family room. But as soon as Emma turned her back on her basket her daddy would hide them again. She found what must have been 30 eggs with only 11 hidden in the first place. Your only 3 once.

First Family Pic-more to come

I decided to confiscate the blog for a second just to post this family pic. I love this photo mainly because of both Alicia and Emma's smiles. Bennett was flashing gang signs. I was just happy to be in Idaho. Taken on the stage of my home ward building. We were able to bless Bennett in Idaho during my spring break. It was so much fun to see the family again. Being in the mid-(stinky)-west it sure is nice to see family from time to time. But hey, someday we will all be together forever. Yeah! On that note, I love my little family and am truly blessed to have such an amazing wife and such cute kids. There could never be a more happy man. (post by Devin)

New Hair Cut

Emma woke up the other day and I thought it would be a good idea to get her hair cut. So we went to great clips down the street. I think it turned out pretty good!! Here is a before and after.

Our New Addition

Well I know it has been awhile since we have updated our blog....as usual. We have been very busy with our new little baby. He was born on Dec. 29th. 2 days late. On the night of the 28th I was getting very tired of being pregnant and my mom had been in town for 3 days and I just needed to get the baby out. So I had heard that if you drink castor oil it would put you in to labor. We went and got some at the store. It was the odorless, tasteless kind, but still very gross. I mixed it with some juice and drank it very quickly. That was at about 8:00 pm. At about 10:00 pm I started with regular contractions 3-4 min apart. They didn't really hurt so I decided to go to bed and get some sleep. At about 3:00 am I woke up and the contractions were still regular and getting a little more painful but nothing unbearable. I woke Devin up and told him what was going on. We decided to wait until 5:00 am to go to the hospital. When we got there they checked me and I was only at a 1....needless to say I was surprised and disappointed but they didn't send me home because I was overdue. At about 7:30 am I was at a 3 and then at 10:30 am I was still at a 3. That is very annoying. The doctor came in and broke my water and started me on the pitocin drip to help speed things up. As soon as my water broke I wanted the epidural....bad. So I got one and was waiting for it to start working, however, my left side went numb, but my right side did not. It was really weird. So it only worked on one side. At 12:15 pm I was in a lot of pain the babies heart rate started to drop and so did mine so Devin called in the nurse. She came in to check everything and was shocked when she saw the babies head. He was here and ready to come. The doctor rushed in and I pushed for 4 min and then Bennett David Wahlen was born at 8 pounds and 20 inches long. He has lots of brown hair...who would have thought. He is a great baby and we love having him here.

Snow Day

About two weeks ago we got a little bit of snow and Devin told Emma that they would build a snowman but by the time we got home all of the snow was melted. So for the past two weeks Emma has been asking to go build a snowman with dad and we had to keep telling her to wait until in snows again. Yesterday her dream came true and we got about 6 inches of good snow. Devin came home from school early and they went outside to build the snowman. Emma had the time of her life. She loved every minute of it. We also went sledding at a nearby hill and Emma loved that also. We came home and had hot chocolate. It was a lot of fun and brought back a lot of memories of when I would go sledding with my dad and sister as a little girl.

New Living Room

We decided we needed an update in our house so we painted our living room. We sold our other couches and got some that we really love and work a lot better for us. We love the feel of our new room. Painting wasn't that fun but it was worth it once it was over. The best part is the big chair in the middle. I love spending the remainder of my pregnant days sitting in it. We still need to get our pictures up and other decorations to add some color but overall I think it was a success.