Ashley's Ballet Recital

Ash's ballet recital was last week. They performed Alice and Wonderland. Ash was a duchess attendant. Here are the photos. I can't seem to load the video though.
These are from dress rehearsal.

The performance.

Here she is with her purple rose Ky picked up for her.

She did so good and had so much fun. I loved her costume she looked gorgeous. She loves her ballet class and is moving up to the bigger class, soon she will be in pointe!
We are so proud of you Ash!!!


Baby pictures next.

She's Here!!!

Meet Alyvia Kylie. Born at 2:35 am, 6 lbs 9.5 oz. 19.5 inches long. More details to come later.

Check up

I went in yesterday for my check up with hopes the doc would strip my membranes or possibly move up the induction, neither happened. What I got was a little scare instead. When he checked her heart beat he said "sounds great but it's in the wrong place". He couldn't tell if she was still head down or breech. Well after waiting for the ultrasound room we saw that she is still head down, sort of. She is sitting funny in there. Now I have to go back in on Thursday so he can check her position and see if we are good to go for Friday. I think I will cry if he says we can't induce. I also found out the hospital only does 2 inductions a day, I am first on the list for Friday. Ahhh I am so ready to be done! I think since she has been so ornery already we are due for a nice sweet baby, right?!?

Update

I am actually shocked that I made it to 38 weeks. I was really worried we weren't going to make it to 34 weeks. Now I have less than a week to go! We are so excited for her to come! I still have some worries about things but I think we will be okay. She still has a small risk of having some problems from my iron deficiency anemia. Her lungs could not be completely developed, she could have iron deficiency anemia, and she could be small (I don't see this happening). I really think she is going to be okay, she has been growing like crazy lately, this doesn't help my comfort level. I am so ready to have my body back to myself! And I can't wait to sleep on my stomach again, or just sleep comfortably for the 2 hours at a time I will get! We are completely ready I just have a few things to finish. I want to make some more hair bows and try to finish my blanket. Next week will fly by with Ash's ballet recital stuff. I just hope that the L&D isn't full come Friday!

In other news we have been trying to get the yard all cleaned up (well minus me). The girls have been helping me weed my flower bed and they have been such a good help. They have got to spend a ton of time outside lately and were sporting some pink cheeks for awhile. We moved Kami up to a bigger bike and now she can ride in the driveway without getting high centered, so funny btw!

Ash saw the orthodontist the other day and her teeth look great. He said that she is all ready for braces, but we have to wait until she has more permanent teeth. He was shocked at how fast her jaw moved and she is now a class 1 instead of an 8!!! I hope Kaite's will move that fast.

About a month ago Kaite's gymnastics coach told me they wanted to move her up to the pre-team. I decided to wait until summer for schedule reasons. Well a couple of weeks ago she told me they decided she is ready for the team instead. They had been testing her on pre-team stuff and she passed it all and is doing some skills better than the team girls. She also said Kaite is very athletic and picks things up quickly, I already knew that. She is so cute. So for now we will do the non-competitive team. I don't have the time and effort to put her in 6 hours a week and have all the meets to go to right now with a new baby. Their meets can be up to about 16 hours away for 2 days, and there are so many. I am so proud of her though!

Last night we went on our last date for awhile. We went to dinner and a movie. We saw The Avengers, it was a long movie but good. Ky loved it. I thought it was good and funny but started a little slow. Now my opinion could be tainted by the fact that I was pretty uncomfortable during most of the movie.

Maybe I will get another post in this week before the baby comes.....we will see.

Done!

The girls are all in their new rooms and we are ready for the baby.

Here is Kami's new room. She loves it and transitioned better than I thought she would. There is so much more space with just one kid in there.

And here is the baby's room with a fresh coat of yellow paint.

I finished the bumper pad last week, it was so much easier than I thought it would be. I would have liked to use a brighter pink, but all I could find was fuchsia. Also, I love the butterfly pattern. The skirt was harder to make than the bumper pad, but still not too bad thanks to all tricks Cindy taught me. I made it just like the skirts she taught me to make, so pretty easy.

All her clothes are washed, folded, and put away. We have everything out and set up so we really are good to go. I forgot how small the diapers were! They almost fit Kami's doll!
I had my appointment on Monday and got to see Dr. A, I was so happy about that. He did seem concerned that I put on 2 pounds in a week (complete surprise to me since I can't eat and have felt like crap) and was very concerned that I am measuring significantly bigger than I should be. He wants to double check my measurements next week and see where we are, my chart now has a big note on the front. He did stick me on the schedule to be induced on the 25th, but did say we may move that up a week depending on how my next appointment goes. He also said he is worried about inducing too early since the iron deficiency anemia can cause lung problems. It sounds like her lungs might not have matured as quickly as they normally would have. He also said if I go full term she will easily be 9-9.5 pounds, so much for my small baby! He said she is taking up every inch of space in there and I don't have a small uterus, uh is that good? I am to the point that I am ready to be done, but also I don't want her to have any problems. This iron thing has been such a pain and has caused so many problems already! Now I just want everything to go smoothly!

36 Weeks!

I made it to 36 weeks! Everything looks good. The doc said I am good to go and I don't have to stop the contractions anymore, but he did say that she could still spend some time in the NICU though. I think we will see if we can make it another couple of weeks, besides I still have a few things to finish before she comes. Also, I still need to get my iron levels up, I don't want a blood transfusion. She does seem like she is smaller than the other three. I was going to ask him when I was in how big she seems but I forgot. Iron deficiency anemia causes smaller babies among other things.
We are all so excited for her. Her room is painted and almost ready, I am still making the bumper pad. All the girls are in their rooms with minimal things to finish. We have been playing musical rooms the past two weeks! It has been so crazy around here but it is almost over!!

And no I am still not posting pictures of my giant tummy.....well not yet.

Craziness...Finally!

Here is what our crazy life has looked like lately.
A couple of weeks ago the mobile finally got moved! This was such a good day, it was a long 3 years of waiting! Our yard is so much bigger now and we don't have to stare at that ugly thing anymore! Honestly, I wasn't sure if it was ever going to happen and it took them a lot longer than they said it would. At one point the front half looked like it was going to tip over onto our deck due to the mud it sunk in. There was quite the mess when it left. There are still lots of pipes and stuff we have to deal with, but I will take that any day over the mobile being there.

We finally got the basement carpet in and the girls moved into their rooms!
Here is Kaite's room.

Her closet. We made it a foot deeper, it made all the difference.

Ash's room.

Her bed, we still have to finish wrapping the purple I just need to find the energy.The stairs.

Living room, complete with dimming lights and built in nightlights. Also, it is wired for a sound system.

I guess I should really post some before and after pics. The basement really was such a nightmare! I still can't believe all the work we have done and how close we are to being done. Hopefully, we can get the bathroom done this winter, then that's it.
Getting the carpet in was not an easy process though. Chad had asked us if we wanted to try a new product which glues the tack strips down instead of nailing them. Ky had it all set up and everything glued when Chad got here on Monday. Well problem number one arised when they were cutting the carpet. It turns out the carpet place shorted us 1.5 yards, even though it said 76 yards and we paid for the whole 76 yards. Well we knew there wasn't going to be enough to finish all the stairs, but they have more in stock it is just cut from a different stock so the color may be a touch different, no biggie really. Problem number two started when they tried to stretch the carpet. The tack strips came up, the glue didn't hold at all. Problem number three happened when Ky tried to nail the strips down, our concrete is so crappy it would just crumble! So we had to use construction adhesive and then nail them down, this took a couple of days to dry. Needless to say, the carpet didn't get stretched until last Saturday and because Chad had to work Ky stretched it. What a pain! And I left out one of the best parts. Wednesday morning Ash came up and said the carpet in the room they were in was wet. Turns out the water filter was leaking and for who knows how long. So after we moved Ash and Kaite into their rooms on Saturday we had to pull up the carpet in Kami's room. That carpet is now dry and Ky is going to re-kick it tonight. We are hoping to have her in this week so we can repaint the baby's room and set it up on Saturday. Then we still have to get the doors and put them on. We will do the trim this summer when Ky is on break. We will be finishing it ourselves so we have to wait for warmer weather.
I am glad it is just finally in! The girls love their rooms, but Ash has been having a hard time sleeping by herself. She keeps asking Kami if she wants to have a slumber party. I thought Kaite would be the one that would have problems adjusting, but nope she loves having her own space!
After all the room swapping is done we have to start on the window wells and landscaping. It is really going to be a busy summer, not to mention we are having a baby really soon!!
In other news the city offered Ky a job. The last week he was finishing up his internship they talked to him and want to keep him on. We are so happy with this because he is getting some really good experience, plus he can probably bump up to full time during his time off this summer. Maybe they will offer him a permanent position when he graduates....
Ky started school last week while we were going through the carpet crisis! I don't think the semester started off the way he wanted, crazy, but he really likes his classes.

This last Sunday I had a WHAT moment. One of the boys in Ash's primary class (he has a huge crush on her) made her an origami rose. I can't remember how old I was when I first got a flower from a boy but I know I was older than 9!! It was cute though, and he is a good boy.