My big boy..

May 19, 2011

Jayven has now graduated Preschool!! I can't believe how much he learned in the 5 months that he was in.. He went in knowing things but he came out knowing SO much more!

ABC's: Check
Spelling his name: Check
Writing his name: Check
Opposites: Check
Rhyming: Check

gosh, so much more can't think of right now.. I just love that kid and he is too smart for his own good!! I couldn't be more proud of him!! :) Such a handsome boy..
Jayven starts T-ball tomorrow and he is so excited!! But, I think I am more excited!! :) I will post pictures.. Who knows when tho. LOL

Mrs. Jolene Creative Kids Preschool 2010-2011

His class L to R
Jayven, Trevor , Gage, Kali, Whyatt, Erin, Allie, Hailey, Ava

4 days old...

Today we went to the Dr. for her newborn well check and to check her bili levels.. She is so stinkin cute!! I just love this baby to death! Her brothers are pretty fond of her too! :)

Her stats:
6 lbs 7 oz
19.5 in
I forgot to ask what the percentages were but she did lose some weight in the hospital which is normal..




The boys absolutely loves her!! Jayven always asks if he can kiss her.. If she is laying on the floor or anything Jayven will walk up to her and say "hi you pretty girl, I love you" it is the CUTEST thing ever!! he does it in a baby voice too thinkin she can really understand it but it for sure gets her attention. Lukas is always just kissing her.. He rubs her head and cheeks too. I thought for sure Luke would be the one to be jealous since he is so young, but I really don't think he is, I think he loves her just as much as us. :) Adjusting to 3 hasn't been hard either, it definately seems to be busier I don't think I have been in bed ONE time since she has been born before midnight. Which is super hard on me, I NEED sleep!! If its not one thing its another.. So that is my only complaint. But life is good with 3 beautiful children and I couldn't ask for more!!
I love them all!! And my hubby too! I guess.. ;)


my kiddos :)

Introuducing...

JOSIE KAYE

5-6-11
7 lbs 19.5 in.
Josie's birthing story is very quick and easy. :) I went into the hospital at 3. Checked in by 3:30. Water broke by 4. Epidural by 4:30. Had her by 7. I think this was by far my easiest delivery but the "labor" part of it was painful. As soon as I had her and my epidural wore off I felt great and even walked to the nursery. I was back to normal things within a few hours and that is so not how my other two have been.. Josie was born with an infection due to my water breaking a week before I had her (stupid nurses sent me home saying it wasn't broke) so she was in the nicu til Monday on antibiotics. I hated this and I will hate myself for the rest of my life for how it all went. It was horrible. James wasn't there for half of the time which was HARD dealing with everything on my own after just giving birth. I was emotionally drained.. One time I walked into her room and the stupid nurse had put an IV in her head!! I about flipped!! They moved it from her hand to her head because it was coming out, and I was fine with that part, but they didn't even connect it to fluids because she was done with them and 2 hours later we got test results back saying her infection was gone!! So no more antibiotics so IV in the head= pointless + painful for my baby girl!! Ugh, so frustrating.. So the Dr. came in the next morning and discharged her and we got to go home, I'm not sure if the nurse was sick of Josie or what but she put her in her carseat (poopy) in dirty clothes and I didn't get ANY going home pictures!! FURIOUS!! SAD!! To top it off, I drove myself and 3 kids home by myself while James went to work! Yup what a day!! Not too happy about it STILL as you can tell..
But everything is great now! I love her to death and she is a great addition to our family!!

A much needed visit

Last week I took my boys to see my Grandpa Don.. It has been way too long and I have been feeling like I needed to get there but always seem to get distracted.. I am really happy that we went and he was happy we were there.. He smiled once and said "uh huh" once.. That was great enough for me!!

My dad had a bright idea to take him some sugar cookies that he had made the night before and Grandpa LOVED them!! :) It was so funny because he started drooling when I showed him what we had brought and then he would open his mouth WIDER than I have ever seen.. LOL So cute.. The nurse came by and told me just to break off little pieces for him to eat but there was NO way I was putting my fingers near those chompers.. haha he did just fine biting the cookie. ;)
I was able to get some good pictures and I hope my boys will be able to remember him and know that he was here.. They wont know him like I did but they will know they had a Great Grandpa Don.. I pointed to each of the kids ( I also had my nephew Kaisen, bro, and dad) and Grandpa would look at each one as I pointed to them, I told him I was having a baby girl and that is when I got the SMILE!! It couldn't have made me more HAPPY!! He held my hand which is great, because he usually just holds his own hands but I got him to let go and hold mine..
I just love him and am so grateful to have him as a Grandpa.. I miss him alot around but I know that he knows I'm here..
Here are some pictures I was able to get.. Enjoy!!

Jayven, Lukas, Kaisen holding Great Grandpa's Hand

We told him to say "cheese" and he looked at the camera!! :)

30 weeks!

I know this was a few weeks ago but it is the last picture that I have taken.. I am now almost 33 weeks!! :)

I am still feeling great.. I feel her move more and more each day and she really has a thing for my left side with an elbow here and knee there.. I sometimes can't handle how hard she pushes but I guess that is the joy of being pregnant..

I have been craving lots and lots of fruit.. Pineapple in particular.. :) I have been drinking tons of water which in past pregnancies has been fine, i didn't ever have to pee as much but this one I am constantly in the bathroom..

I went to the doctor on Friday and he said things are looking great.. I had him check me since I started dilating at 31 weeks with Lukas.. But good news, I am still not dilated and I am so thankful for that! :) Now it is just a waiting game.

I am also measuring perfectly..

I am so excited to meet my baby girl.. So interested to see what she will look like since Jayven and Luke look so different.. ugh, I can't wait!! YAY!!! :)

Family Vacation

This year we decided to take a last minute trip before the baby gets here.. We were really lucky to find great deals on hotel and tickets to make it even better. We took the boys to Disneyland.. :) I had my doubts about it wondering if Jayven was too young to really enjoy the rides or not but i'm super happy we took him.. He really enjoyed the rides and his favorite was Thunder Mountain Railroad.. Which I actually enjoyed alot too.. It was perfect weather and there was hardly any waits on the rides. We waited for one at Cali Adventure side that was 35 minutes and that was the longest one!! Jayven rode everything we did and there were only like 4 that Lukas couldn't ride.. :) I rode everything that I wanted to and being pregnant didn't stop me a bit.. They really do make that place kid friendly. I would do it again if the opportunity came about.. We also saw all of the characters except Daisy.. We were told she doesn't come out very often since she goes to the breakfast over at PCH.. We were fine with that tho.. Luke really enjoyed seeing most characters and Jayven loved it.. We decided to splurge a little and take him to the restaraunt that my cousin works at, its called Storytellers Cafe, where we ate breakfast with Chip and Dale, Terk, Kenai, and a few others I can't think of right at this second. It was really EXPENSIVE and the food wasn't that great so I guess we paid for the experience which I thought was great. They did parades around the room with the kids and the characters it was super cute and then there was a "camp director" who made the kids part of the "pack" they had a special code to get in and Jayven thought that was super cool. I got it on video for the most part and it was so cute watching him interact with them.. :)
So we did Disney for 3 days and we did the beach for 3 days.. I think this was Luke's favorite part because he wasn't confined to the stroller. We just let him roam the beach. (there weren't many people at all) He wasn't a fan of the water so I wasn't concerned with him getting into it.. He sat on the sand with a stick and played in it and ate a little while he was at it.. :) I got tons of pictures of us at the beach.. I just couldn't resist.. Such perfect days to be there and with not many people there it was really relaxing.. James, on the other hand was kind of disappointed because the tsunami was coming inland when we were at the beach so they told him he couldn't get into the water past his knees.. The waves weren't very big the first day but the swell was pretty bad.. The second day we went to the beach the waves were huge and just kept getting bigger and bigger.. They weren't as big as we have seen before but they were pretty cool looking. Later that night we decided to go back down there and play on the pier and also there is a swing set so we played with they boys and the swings.. Such a perfect night, I didn't want to leave.. It was really good to just be with our little family and spend so much time together. It was really enjoyable and I wouldn't trade it for the world. I love my kids so much and it was fun to see them having fun and enjoying a different environment. Jayven loves the beach and now so does Luke, I wish we still lived out there and that could be apart of our lives alot more often than what it is now.. I miss it out there. ALOT... I'm grateful that James had time off from school so that we could go and I'm also very glad he had such a great attitude out there and the drive wasn't too bad either!! :)

Overall it was a great vacation and I can't wait to do it again!!! I told you I took lots of pictures (500 something) So this might be a picture overload! :) So fun.. Good memories..
If anyone goes to Cali, you need to go to San Clemente and spend the WHOLE time there. LOL Such a great place and great warm inviting people.. :)

My Handsome Boys!

Jayven liked Minnie :)

Jayven waitin to see Mickey Mouse

James and Jayven on tower of terror!!

How cute! :)

Sand Castles Huntington Beach

::Brothers::

Pregnant Mama and the boys!

Our pricey Breakfast and the bear (forgot his name)