Kennie turns 5!

Yesterday Kennie had his 5th birthday. He is so excited for kindergarten and all the fun things that come with being 5! His favorite is being able to get his pogo stick. He wanted one for Christmas, but it says for ages 5 and up so I told him he couldn't get one until he turned 5. So, he wanted the pogo stick for his birthday.

For his "big" gift from Aaron and I, we are combining Kennie and Justin's birthday presents and they are getting a trampoline. We will have it in a few weeks! They decided to do a combined birthday party, so we are having their party on the 9th, so you will have to wait for cake & Ice cream pictures until then! Here are some pictures of our family party though!

The pogo stick!

Justin and Nate got Kennie a Spiderman fishing pole and tackle box. There is a pond pretty close to our house that they stock with fish. It's a catch and release pond. So, Justin will probably get a fishing pole for his birthday and then Aaron can take them fishing!!

8 weeks and counting...

Okay, so technically 8 weeks and 3 hours. Tomorrow I hit 32 weeks. I have hit the point where everything is miserable. I can't do much of anything without it being a production. Take putting away the dishes for example. I can put away about 1/2 of the stuff with no problems, but anything above the 2nd shelf in our kitchen cabinets I can't reach unless I get out the step stool. Seriously, ridiculous!! Starting the 2nd of May, I have to go do the non-stress tests. It's a once a week thing where I have to be hooked up to the monitors and the watch her heartbeat and make sure everything is okay. I've had to do this with Kennie and Justin as well. All of this hoop-la is because I have Graves disease and am considered high risk. I guess you can look on the positive side and say that it just means that I am closer to my due date. The countdown begins!!

On a lighter note, my mom purchased her blessing dress a few days ago. Now I just have to get cloths to bring her home in. Aaron's one job is to pick out a coming home outfit but he waits until last minute. I just have a hard time believing that we are actually getting a girl. We have now had 3 ultrasounds that confirm that it is a girl and even the Ultrasound tech offered to wash all the cloths that I have for me because I told her I was nervous to wash them on the chance that it wasn't really a girl. I have given away all my boy stuff already. Enough rambling, I just thought I would update you.

Nate's fun filled weekend

Okay, so it wasn't much fun, but the weekend before Easter weekend, Nate ended up in the hospital for 3 days. He was admitted because of his high temperature and the fact that he wasn't eating. While there, the doctor thinks he developed a bacterial infection and his eyes were almost swollen shut and he looked like a mess. When Aaron came one night he asked what the other guy looked like.

Nate is a strong little boy and the nurses didn't give him enough credit. They were all taken back by how he could get out of their holds. He bent the board at his wrist and pulled out his IV. So, they had to put another one in and within 20 minutes of doing that, he had bent the board at the elbow and was trying to pull that IV out. That had to cover it 3 or 4 times so he couldn't get to it. Anyway, here are some pictures of his exciting weekend!

He became attached to his blanket and wouldn't let it go for anything!

A moments peace and quite for mom. These are the moments that I slept too. Aaron was on call all weekend so I was flying solo.

Once he started feeling better, nothing could stop him. He was running crazy! The nurses all just laughed at him. One quick note, the pink socks drove me crazy, but that's the only color they come in for his size. The next size up was WAY too big. ARR!!

Big props go out to all the folks in our ward. Kennie and Justin were taken into so many homes and looked after and I didn't even have to worry that they would be taken care of. We had meals after we got home. The people of our ward just gathered around us and took such good care of us. I am so Thankful to my Heavenly Father for surrounding me with people that would take care of us and lift us up in our time of need. We even have a few pediatric residents in our ward and one of them was on call in the NICU the night Nate was admitted. He came down and made sure we had everything we needed and the nurses even told me he came down a few times that night to make sure I was okay, but didn't want to wake me so he just peeked in on us. Thanks to an amazing ward!!!

Easter..a week late.

We did Easter the Saturday before Easter, and didn't go to church on Sunday Easter because I was sick and Aaron was working, so this past Sunday was the boys first chance to wear their Easter cloths. Don't they look great??

Photo Shoot

So, Justin got a hold of my camera. He and Kennie decided to do a photo shoot. Look at these talented photographers!