Ham it up, originally uploaded by Casey McDaniel.

Grateful for goofballs..

Sweet or not, originally uploaded by Casey McDaniel.

Grateful for sassy, little girls..

Little Miss Piper, originally uploaded by Casey McDaniel.

Grateful for hugs..

McDaniel Family, originally uploaded by Casey McDaniel.
Grateful for Family!!

Christmas Card?

Designer Collection - Holiday 5" x 7" Flat Cards by Vistaprint

Just playing around with some Christmas Card ideas..

Holiday Flat Cards - Vertical by Vistaprint

Little Dude.

Friday afternoon.

Cole started smiling today while he was sleeping and so I took out my camera, hoping to catch a few. Piper felt left out, so she grabbed her sock monkey and I turned the camera to her. I asked her to give me a funny face and this was what she did..





And here are some of the ones of Cole!

Life lately..

Little smirk.

Proud to have a little brother

Big sister

2/2/2012.

Our third baby was coming and on Feb 1st, 2012 I was walking around Michael's Craft Store when I started to get some strong contractions. I stopped while looking in the bead section and recognized the fact that these contractions were a little longer and stronger than normal. Suddenly, I was scared and thought, what if I go into labor sitting here in Michael's, looking at beads!! ha! I quickly checked out and drove home with mixed feelings about being excited and scared at the same time.
That night, I paced my apartment like a mad woman for 4 hours as the contractions continued to get longer and stronger. I knew that no matter what, I was going to have this baby either tonight or tomorrow. Around midnight, we decided to play it safe and go to the hospital, even though my contractions weren't as intense as my last two pregnancies/labors had been.
After arriving at the hospital, the OB resident looked skeptical and was going to send us home, even though I was dilated to a 4. After an hour more of walking around, she decided to keep us since I was now a 5.
My whole perception of this delivery was wrong. Before, I had been really worried that I would go into labor and this little guy would come pretty quickly, since it was my 3rd baby and since my other two had been pretty quick deliveries (one I pushed for about 50 min and the other 15 min). Boy, was I wrong. ha! After over 20 hours of labor and 2 real epidurals (one doctor tried over 10 times, giving me a spinal tap that later gave me the worst headache of my life), I finally pushed 3 times and delivered a 7 lb. 11 oz, 19 1/2 inch long baby boy at 12:16pm, on 2/2/2012. I was completely exhausted from being in labor for so long, and for not eating forever, plus the first epidural had come out and stopped working right before the peak of my final, most painful contractions, which didn't help. But, after he came out, it was all worth it. :)
We have had a hard time picking a name for this little guy and finally decided in the hospital, that Cole Jackson McDaniel was the one. Welcome to the world Cole.

I never thought this day would come..

No, I haven't had my baby yet. :( But, we did get a new car today! I never thought it would be a mini van, though. I have never wanted to be a minivan mom, but today things changed. Long story short, we saw the van on Monday, in which case we found out the man was moving overseas on Thursday and had to sell it by Tuesday, so since we were in the market for a larger car anyways before our little guy came, we decided that it was perfect for our needs and bought it on Tuesday & picked it up today! Whew!! It was a little crazy. And, I have to say,...I kind of like it. Not just because we got an amazing deal on it, since he was running out of time (sad to say), but also because it is pretty much like brand new and has really low miles! YEAH!! And since I am married to a man that has bought and sold cars most of his life, I am thinking I can live with this for now, because I know we can sell it again in a couple of years! ha!
Anyways, here it is. Please ignore the fat pregnant lady in front. And the fact that it is white. Not my favorite color. Oh well, it has heated seats. :)

I am now a member of the "big-bummed mini's", as I call them.
P.S. I am really sad not to have Utah plates anymore..I have snuck by with them until this day, without any hassle from the police...hush hush.