Another Catch up

So here is another catch up post. There has been a ton going on around here lately besides the Operetta and all of its prep. 

Ash has been cross country skiing at school and a couple of weeks ago they went up to a local park in the mountains and skied 5.2 miles. She took her camera with her but used up all her battery taking pics and videos on the bus!! I think you can see how much fun she had! She said it was so pretty up there!

 Hey Natalie!

She was so sore when she got home. She promptly took over my bath tub AND my milk bath bubbles.

I also had to post this because I thought it was so cute, they videoed themselves dancing, AWESOME!

I missed muffins with mom when Lyvi had RSV. Shilo filled in for me and always sends me cute pics of the girls.

Ash, Kenadee, Shilo, and Camille

Ash and Kenadee

She also sent me this one from donuts with dad.

Last week was so warm all the snow finally melted off the driveway! We were able to pull out scooters and bikes, yay! However, they are put away again since it snowed yesterday. Ky said it was the worst white-out by far this year!

We kicked off St. Patrick's day with our green shamrock pancakes. Well we had a hard time actually getting them to look like shamrocks!

The girls had their nails painted and everything, they did not want to get pinched!

We have been keeping busy but have definitely had some fun. I have also been busy shuttling Kami to ice skating lessons, more on that later.

Kaite's Operetta

Kaite had her Operetta last Thursday and Friday, it was super cute!!! The title was "Three of a Kind". Kaite was a kitten and they danced the last two dances. They danced to Walkin on Sunshine and Bear Necessities. Here are the pics I got (can't seem to upload a video again!)

Before the 1st (Thursday) performance. I had Lyvi at this one and didn't get it videoed. She also picked the exact moment Kaite was on stage to spit up all over me!

 After the first performance on stage posing, but I am sure Lark got some better pics.

These are from the Friday morning performance (2nd one).

First pic courtesy of Chantelle

She is in the back on the left

Now in front on the left

I love how high she was jumping, she had so much energy on stage (I was a little worried she would get shy). This was during their lines.

All my kittens I was suppose to watch and make sure they didn't touch their faces (that is a lot harder than it sounds!)

Friday night performance.

This is from the second dance.

  

 The promenade.

It really was a super cute play, I thought the costumes turned out great! I really wish I could figure out how to upload the videos.... I had fun helping the girls with their make-up and costumes, I am so glad I have the opportunity to be involved. I am glad that it is over tho, it is exhausting!

Two years before the next one! They are thinking of doing "It's a Small World".

Catch Up

Marianne had her birthday on Friday. She turned 20, she is officially not a teenager! This is her cake I made her, it is our favorite cake (I am requesting this again this year too) so yummy! Her best and biggest present this year was..... she is finally ENGAGED! Cory proposed to her the night before her birthday. Her ring is gorgeous and we are so excited for them! We have already started looking at flowers and dresses, she picked out her cake I am making her awhile ago. We are so excited for them!!!!

Congratulations Marianne and Cory!

This is what else we have been up to.

We went to the museum and saw their carousel exhibit. The girls loved this, but since we went on the free day it was packed!

 

 We didn't know it at the time but Lyvi had RSV, all the people we exposed, ugh. And it was nap time, she was so tired.

 

 Some of the first carousel horses.

 

 There were some really neat older exhibits.

 

 

 The girls had a ball and we learned a ton about how they started and evolved.
 

When we were done we came home and finished tiling the fireplace.

We still have to clean it up, grout it, and seal it. I think it turned out great, Ky did an awesome pattern! I am excited to see what it looks like when we are done.
 

Update: Lyvi is doing great! I think she may be over it and finally better.
Kami starts ice skating lessons tomorrow. My mom got her lessons and skates for her birthday, she is so excited!

9 Months

Alyvia is nine months now. I feel like her personality is really starting to come alive. She is a strong willed girl (not like her sister at all!) She loves to tease and laugh at her girls. She is cautious about trying new things but then goes at them full steam when she has the confidence. She knows what she wants! She weighs 15 pounds exactly (up from her 14.1 when she was really sick last week). She is about 28 inches long. She has started getting around really good on the floor. She scoots and stretches everywhere, she gets down on one knee and both hands but wont quite crawl yet. She has figured out how to monkey crawl like that and can get just about anything within six feet of her, anymore than that and she gives up! She LOVES to stand, she has started to really pull herself up on things and has taken a few spills. She is doing really well with her reflux, the medicine is working great, and she had put on just over two pounds before getting sick. I think her favorite things to eat are waffles and pancakes. She loves to feed herself and I love that she can and will eat what we are having now. She is down to about 2 1/2 bottles a day, I am working on getting down to 2. I am pretty sure I will have her off by her first birthday. She has started clapping at everything. She also is finding sneakier ways to get into stuff in her walker, her newest thing is to "help" unload the dishwasher! She has figured out how to point and will point at everything, including poking your eye! She is still an awesome sleeper with her big afternoon nap and at least 11 hours at night (uninterrupted). Lyvi does very well with a schedule and it really throws her off when we aren't home but she is adjusting better all the time. She loves to say "uh-oh" at everything. She has opted for more verbal communication and has dropped some of the signing. Her favorite toy is the little piano with the hammer, she can bang all day long, but she has always loved music. She has been a lot more cuddly since getting sick, I hope that she stays that way, otherwise she is just too busy to cuddle. She understands what "no" means and is starting to obey it (when we are watching). She is just my tiny baby, the way I pictured all of them, even her feet are still tiny! It amazes me that it has been nine months already.

Lyvi is doing very well with her RSV she has had a few set-back days but is mostly progressing to getting better. She now just seems like she has a bad cold, her cough is mostly gone and she seems to be returning back to herself. She definitely has her appetite back! The picture above is from this morning, she looks really good for having RSV!

RSV

Lyvi tested positive for RSV. These are all her meds she is on (pictured above). On Monday she woke up with a nasty cough and by the afternoon she was running a high fever, from there she just got worse. Lyvi is a busy body and not a cuddly baby at all, you know she is sick when all she wants to do is cuddle. She was so miserable. I finally got her into the doc on Thursday and yep she tested positive for RSV, she also had a bad ear infection and a touch of bronchitis. He put her on steroids and antibiotics. He said her sats are fine right now( 92%) and she is older, that is the good news. The bad news she is contagious for 10 more days and is now on 5 different prescription meds. We have to keep a close eye on her but she is doing so much better now. I am glad I got her in before she got worse and had to get admitted to the hospital. RSV can be so scary, she still has a nasty cough but hopefully the steroids will do the trick. Also, she lost those 2 pounds she put on and is back down to 14.1 pounds but she is eating better now so hopefully she will put it back on soon.

Valentine's Day Weekend

 These are the girls I got to spend Valentine's day with, it was AWESOME!
(yeah this was before we did hair)

 

Chantelle went to a sewing thing and Chelsea spent the whole day with us. Kami and Chelsea had so much fun playing together. They spent most of the day playing dress-up. I was worried they might get sick of each other but they did great.

We spent the morning with our traditional pink heart-shaped pancakes. Lyvi LOVES pancakes she eats at least two. Because it was a school day, Chelsea was coming over plus the fog we had a hectic morning.

After a nice visit with Chantelle we had a heart-shaped pizza for dinner, the goofy looking side is Kami's no cheese.

Valentine's Day was low key, we had plans to celebrate Saturday with it being a school night and all. We did have a good day though!

Friday Kami had her V-day party with her friends. Here is her cookie she made. I love the face!

Saturday I woke up feeling like crap. I hurt all over and had a massive headache, but I drugged up and we headed for the dog derby, big mistake. Turns out they started everything early and we completely missed the snowshoe races, the girls were bummed.They still enjoyed seeing all the dogs and the kid pull. Lyvi slept through the whole thing!

Here is a pic of one of the junior racers getting ready to head out. She is 11.

I spent the day on the couch and Ky tiled the fireplace.We completely missed our V-day date unless you count a movie on the couch while Ky rubbed my sore muscles! We were suppose to go dancing, I was really bummed!

After two days on the couch I am feeling better but still exhausted. I am glad we have a 3 day weekend, I am going to need it to recover! The girls are excited to go to the museum tomorrow and I am excited that we are going to finish the slate, yay! Even though V-day wasn't how we expected it turned out great, I was with my favorite people who could ask for more!

Normal?

Things just don't seem to slow down around here. I keep waiting for things to get back to "normal" but then I wonder if this is my "new normal", ugh I really hope not. Here are a few things we have been up to.

We finally got around to making some cake pops. They were so fun and yummy, can't wait to do more!

Kami passed off a bunch of her skills and earned her blue and black ribbons. They have been wanting to move her up to level one for awhile but the class I wanted was full...until recently. Now she goes the same time as Kaite and with her friend London. She is super excited!

I love to see this! The girls asked me if we could finish a movie we started the other night, but when I walked into the living room this is what I found. Everyone had their nose in a book and the TV was off! Every since we cancelled our dish I have found we don't miss it and the TV is hardly ever on, result: more books checked out from the library.

Also, me and Jen have been trying to get the costumes done for the Operetta, I think she thought I was kidding when I told her about my sewing skills! Nope, but I can cut stuff out! I can't wait until that project is done! They will looks so cute and Kaite is so excited.

The girls have been spending time with friends. Shae and Kenadee have both been over and Ash spent the Super Bowl with Kenadee at their party, those two are inseparable! Really they even go to the bathroom together at church! I love Kenadee though she is such a sweetheart! Ash was so worried about her the other day when they rolled their truck. I called the school to make sure she was okay (I think her teacher thought I was crazy or a helicopter mom), I found out later Ash cried when she heard about Kenadee. But we did go over that night and visit and make sure they were really okay, (they kept hugging each other), even though Shilo sent me a ton of messages reassuring us they were! Those girls are so silly and I am glad they have each other, and we are super glad they are all okay!

Lyvi has been so active. She won't hold still when I change her, the phase of trying to roll away with her diaper off! She is all over the house and already into everything she can get her hands on! And she eats everything in sight! She has started waving and saying "bye bye dada" it is so cute. Also, she is standing and pulling herself up on stuff. She is growing up so fast! Also, she has figured out how to clamp her mouth shut so I can't give her her medicine, but if I do get it in she spits it back at me! Oh her personality already! We are really enjoying her!

The rest of my week is totally crazy! I just wish the girls would stop growing up so fast.....