HAPPY HALLOWEEN

Cyrus' favorite word is BOO! He loves to try to scare everyone. It's so cute because he doesn't understand it's not scary to shout boo when someone already knows you're there, just really really funny! We had a fabulous time trick-or-treating. Cyrus was the best Mummy ever. You'll just have to be your own judge by the pictures.

Busy, Busy, Busy!

Hi everyone. The holidays are coming up and we can't wait for a vacation. I am taking eight classes in school right now, Lex is working harder than ever to get some new ideas going, and Cyrus has never been BUSIER! Mom, thank you so much for watching him all the time!!! He keeps us and everybody else chasing him around 24/7.
Halloween is just around the corner and Cyrus will be a mummy. I'll be sure and post the pictures. There's new news in the family. Sorry to those of you who we hadn't told yet, but we were expecting another baby. The baby was going to be born around the beginning of June, but Heavenly Father had other plans for that little Spirit. We appreciate all your love and friendship. Thank you to all those who know for your prayers. Keep in touch and we'll do the same! Talk to you all soon.

More changes, new things happening.

Lex was released from his FAVORITE calling in the Singles Ward bishopric recently, so this last week was our first time at the new ward. It will be great to get to meet lots of new people. It's back to school time and it's my last year! Oh, and most importantly, Cyrus is walking! We are so happy that he's running around and keeping us busy. He's so full of energy. It's great!

Fun Vacations this summer

We all had a family reunion in Ashton. Everyone was able to come and we had a great time! We also celebrated Cyrus's first birthday while we were there. Then Cyrus and I went to Snowbird with the gals in Lex's family while Lex stayed home and ran the show here at our new place. Just after the ladies left, lots of my family came to get in on the fun. We all had a blast! Went shopping, swimming, rode rides, you name it!

We're alive!

Long time no update, right? Sorry about that! We've had an amazing and busy but fun summer. Lex and the family (both his side and mine) got together and put on a fun event to sell some new houses we built. We're still waiting for them to sell, but keeping our fingers crossed! We also moved into our first home at the beginning of July. It's spaceous ;) and beautiful and we love it! iv>

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To the beach... in January???

Yes in January! The sun was shining, the lodging was affordable, and well pretty much Cyrus and I had a blast on the Oregon Coast with Mamaw and all the ladies in the Peek/Dean ladies families.



We went to all the shops on the beach and ate at the "Sea Hag".



The salt water and beautiful beach must have made us long for summer... either that or it made us a little crazy. Rebecca looks like she's trying to surf on that huge tire!



Cyrus was a lone male (most of the time) among many women and he was spoiled the entire time. Mamaw, Aunt Elaine and Aunt Yeeta bought him new train conductor clothes and they are so adorable on him! He was held the entire time, including while he was sleeping. It might be tough to get back to our usual sleeping routine after this trip.

Aunt Leara made beautiful shoulder bags for each lady who came to the coast. She used Grandma Norma's material in each bag and put so much time and thought into designing each bag uniquely for every one of us. We will always treasure our bag. Thank you Aunt Leara!

Start planning now because we hope to make these girl retreats an annual event!!!

Baby's first Christmas

Cyrus and Madison celebrated their first Christmas together at Grandpa and Grandma Case's house.

We were lucky enough to spend Christmas and New Year's Eve in Ashton with the whole Case family. Cyrus got to spend Christmas with ALL his cousins, and it was wonderful to celebrate in the true Spirit of Christmas, giving love and gifts to our loved ones.
Merry Christmas and good bye to an amazing 2006 filled with some of our greatest blessing to date!

If Saturday is a special day, Sunday must be EXTRA special!

Cyrus looks so happy to be all dressed up for church. He's going to grow up to be as handsome and charming as his daddy!


These suspenders may be the cutest thing a little boy could wear!

And thankful we are!

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving at Papaw and Mamaw's house. Needless to say everyone had tons of leftovers to take home, especially pies! The whole Peek family was there and everyone wanted to hold, the only grandson, or grandchild for that matter.


Cyrus had such a great time playing the maracas with Papaw. He's becoming quite the musician already at the young age of four months!

Nearing the end

For a music major, senior recital means college school days are coming to an end!!! My senior recital went well. I am so grateful to everyone who was able to come and support. The recital hall was full. Wowee! Thank you!!!

Cyrus bounced around to the Childhood Fables for Grownups, aka: the animal songs, and spent much of the evening being entertained by Grandma Case and Mamaw on the stairs. Thank heaven for video recording, so they can watch the rest of the show another time.


The recital was a lot of work and I am happy to have it under my belt! Other highlights of the evening included songs from a multi-lingual repoirtoire as required by Boise State's vocal studeo: "Vergebliches Standchen" by Johannes Brahms, "Les Berceaux" by Gabriel Faure, "Se tu della mia morte" by Alessandro Scarlatti, and fabulous music shared by Mike Smith.

The day you were born Cyrus

The Story of Cyrus' Birthday
July 27, 2006

We watched my blood pressure elevate for the last three months of my pregnancy, and then one week before Cyrus' was due, the doctor ORDERED Cyrus to be born. So that's
exactly what happened.

Lex gave me a blessing and drove me to St. Luke's Hospital in Boise for my induction scheduled at 7AM on Thursday, July 27th, 2006. I was feeling mostly excited and also nervous about how painful labor was going to be because I planned to have
my baby naturally.

At the hospital I was induced just after 7AM and my OBGYN, Dr. Lowder, broke my water around 8:30AM. Despite my original birthing plan to deliver without pain meds, my water being broke combined with the Pitocin medicine made labor go from mildly uncomfortable to "umm... maybe that epidural doesn't really sound so bad after all" in no time flat. I waited out the pain for as long as I could stand it and then I told the nurse I would like an epidural. Lex and my mom were the two best people to have there with me during that experience.

After the epidural was in and working its magic, I relaxed and even had a little nap. My body followed its natural course in preparing to deliver and after a few hours of waiting, then five or six pushes in the concluding half hour...



Cyrus Lex Case was born at 2:25PM on July 27, 2006.
He weighed 7 pounds 2 ounces, was 20 inches long,
with a head circumference of 13 1/4 inches.



Ten fingers, ten toes, and a healthy set of lungs are the first things parents think about when their baby is born. We were blessed with that and much more. Cyrus is a beautiful, perfect baby with a beautiful, perfect spirit to match.





Dear Cyrus,

I remember the first time I held you. The nurse placed you in my arms, and holding your little perfect body felt so natural, like I had been holding you my whole life. It was my first real understanding of what heaven must feel like. I was filled with an overwhelming love for you. From that moment until the end of eternity I will always be happy with you as my son.
Love,
Mom