32 weeks

All I have for this week is some Ultrasond pictures of our baby girl. These are my last pictures of our little one before she arrives. My pregnancy is going so good that the Dr decided that I don't need to have anymore. In the top picture, she wouldn't move her hand from her face. They tried to get her to move so we could get a good face shot but we had no luck. Then they checked again to make sure she was still a girl so we got a final parts shot. After these last pictures, I can't wait to meet this little one.

Kaitlynn's 4th Birthday Party

 Yesterday, we held Kaitlynn's party up at the Association pool. We brought some extra shade and a table to take care of our party attendees. We also hit the dollar store before the party to pick up some inflatables. It was a small occasion since non of the people I sent Invites to could attend. This year we had both sets of Grandparents, my sister-in-law Brittany and kids, and David's friend Scott brought his kids. It was the perfect day to have Kaitlynn's birthday because it was 100 degrees outside.

 Everyone was just happy to be beating the heat in the pool. After a little while, David decided to get his exercise for the day bye throwing the kids into the pool.

 After David got tired of tossing them, Kaitlynn, Addison and Andrew started to jump into the pool together.

 We took a break after an hour to eat cupcakes and get a drink.

 After some more time of swimming, we all got back out to open presents. While we were trying to get Andrew out of the pool, we borrowed a boogie board and went surfing. Everyone was impressed that he stood up on it in the middle of the pool with no help. The boy has got talent.

 So after present opening, we packed up, said our goodbye's and heading home. We had one more present to give to our big girl.

 We decided that Kaitlynn needed a big GIRL bike. She was one happy girl to be getting a pink bike that is just her size. It didn't take long for Kaitlynn to take the bike outside for a ride.

Happy 4th Birthday to Kaitlynn!! She is one big girl!!

Happy 11th and Happy 4th

 Four years ago we added this little cutie to our family. We are so happy that she did and is always keeping us on our toes. Kaitlynn is a 13 year old in a 4 year old body. She loves her big brother to pieces and will be such a great helper once "her sister" comes.

Happy 4th birthday Kaitlynn!!

I can't believe how fast 11 years has flown bye. Yes, we have been married for 11 years today. I still love this handsome man with all my heart and can't wait to see what the future has for us. There were some people when we got married that told us that we wouldn't last because we were so young. We also got those people that thought we got married because we "HAD" to get married but we just told them we wanted to get married. (ie: i wasn't pregnant) We have definitely proved those people who said we would end in a divorce after a few years wrong. I'm so happy that I have David in my life and I really do love him to pieces. Here is to many more years of marriage!!

Happy 11th Anniversary!!

Meet the teacher and 1st day of 1st Grade

 Yesterday we were informed by Grandma that there was an ice cream social at Andrew's school. We were invited to come down to meet his teacher and then eat some ice cream. After meeting Andrew's teacher, we feel that Andrew will have a good school year. She is exactly what he needs. I totally forgot to take a picture of Andrew with his teacher but I can do that in a couple weeks at Back to School night.

 Today was Andrew's first day of 1st Grade. I can't believe that Andrew is in 1st grade now.

As usual, I had to wake Andrew up at 6:20 am to get him ready to get on his bus at 6:49am. It's going to take a couple days or weeks before we all are on a school schedule. We all just aren't use to rolling out of bed so early (except Kaitlynn). So Andrew goes to school now from 7:45 am to 2:15pm. This is a very long day for my little guy and will take some time to get used to. When Andrew got home from school, he was taking a nap on the bus. I wasn't surprised that he was asleep. I now have a few hours everyday to relax since my big kids are going to school now.

1st Day of Preschool

 Today was the most anticipated day in Kaitlynn's whole life. This girl has been waiting for her day to go to school like her brother. She woke up early and came into my room at 6:15 am to ask if it was time to go to school. I told her that school doesn't start until 7:45 am and that she will have to wait. After getting up and ready we left the house at 7:25 am and drove the 5 minutes to school.

 Once at school, we took some more pictures while we waited for our turn to sign in. Kaitlynn was really excited to be at her preschool and that Andrew was able to drop her off for her first day.

 After Andrew and I dropped Kaitlynn off at preschool, we waited till it was time to pick her back up at 10:35 am.

 This is a picture of Kaitlynn's class.

Kaitlynn waited patiently till her name was called to go home. Once her name was called, she was one happy camper. Kaitlynn had a great first day and is asking to go back tomorrow. I can't wait to see what happens as the year goes on. I'm so proud of my brave girl and happy that she didn't even cry.

Last chance before school starts

Yesterday, we took the last chance before school starts to hit the lake. We arrived at my parent's house at 7 am to make the drive to Buena Vista. We arrived there about 9 am. We unloaded and set up camp. But everyone was excited to go out on the boat ASAP.

David did some wake boarding!

My Dad even got out there and did some wake boarding.

My mom even took her chance to ski.

After everyone had a turn at water sports, we headed back to shore to eat some food. The kids even played in the water while the adults rested in the sun. It was a 95 degree day and no one was at the lake. It was a perfect day. After some time to let food settle, we headed back out so David could do some more wake boarding. After a few passes, we hit the shore again to blow up the tube. Once we were set the kids had first turn at the tube.

This time Kaitlynn had some fun! We took them over bumps and gave her a smoother ride.

Once Kaitlynn was done, it was Grandma's turn to take a ride with Andrew. My mom is a good sport.

Then Kaitlynn wanted to take a turn with Grandpa. She was one happy girl!

Andrew then wanted to go out with Daddy. Andrew really enjoys his tube rides with daddy.

While David and Andrew were out on the tube, Kaitlynn was driving the boat. She was doing a good job of weaving back and forth, watching for other boats and going in circles to make the ride bumpy.

After some time, Andrew decided it was time to be thrown into the water. So David tossed Andrew in while they were moving to the outside of the wake. Andrew really enjoyed that. After this we went back to shore, to float around in the water. After some time, we all were getting tired so we packed up camp, changed into dry clothes, and loaded the boat to head home. We left the lake about 4 pm.

Andrew just settled into car as soon as he could. He stayed like this until we got back to my parent's house.

Kaitlynn passed out as soon as we got to the freeway.

Tomorrow, Kaitlynn starts Pre-school and Andrew starts 1st grade on Thursday. What a full week we are going to have this week. Stay tuned!!

Andrew's new Accomplishment

 

A couple weeks ago we acquired a crf50 motorcycle from our friends, The Kimball's. This is primarily Andrew's bike but Kaitlynn gets to ride it too.

We have been doing rides with David on the back of the bike. Kaitlynn is still learning and she isn't allowed to ride the bike alone.
                           





Andrew on the other hand can ride the bike just fine but prefers to have David on the back. For the first couple of weeks, Andrew wouldn't ride the bike without David right there behind him. If David slid off the back of the bike, Andrew would stop and say "you sit and ride." After some time, we got Andrew to be ok with David running next to the bike.

 Then today, we got Andrew's new helmet in the mail and something just clicked in Andrew's head. He became a little bit more comfortable on the bike. It took some cheering to help him feel comfortable but Andrew rode his bike bye himself. We are super happy with Andrew's accomplishment. We are so proud of him.
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What a Stud!!!

 

30 weeks

Here I am at 30 weeks and 2 days pregnant! My stomach is tight all day long and I'm always uncomfortable. I can't eat that much right now because my stomach just hurts. The baby is growing right on track and is measuring at 3 lbs 1/2 oz. We had a Dr appointment today, so got to see the little girl.

Here is little girl...she is looking a lot like Kaitlynn.

 

Here is Kailtynn at birth. Check out the similarities of their noses and the chin. They both have clef chins.

The Dr was actually amazed with the ultrasound picture. He hadn't captured a clef chin before on a baby. We then showed him a picture of Kaitlynn to show a comparison.What a cool experience!