Catch Up

Well since my day is going to be spent listening to them tearing up my basement I figured I would catch up on my blogging, more on the basement later.

So here is what we have been up to since just before school got out.

The girls had their gymnastics Olympics. It really cracks me up how Kami is just there kind of oblivious to what is going on until they tell her to do something! She wants to start ballet in the fall which will be a much better fit for her if we can work it into the schedule.

 

 

 Kami's group with her friend London.

 

 Kaite just seemed to be having an off day, fell off the beam twice and just didn't seem to be focused. She loves doing gym twice a week now and is doing so much better. Although, she was so sore for the first couple of weeks..

 

 

 Kaite with her class. This was her last Olympics, now she competes with the team at meets all over the area, and gets to be in the parade this year!

 

 The two of them.

 

 Cute sisters

 

 Ash had her ballet recital the last day of school, they performed Aladdin. Ash was an Arabian Princess.

This first one is from dress rehearsal, it was a long 3 hours! The performance the next night went really well, except Lyvi did not like it

 

 

 

 

 

 Kenadee came with us and then spent the night.

 

 The next day we got up and went swimming. This was Lyvi's first time and she LOVED it. I wish I would have gotten a pic of Ash and Kenadee on the rock wall, everyone had a great time.

 

 Lyvi didn't like the slide very much.

 

 Keeping track of 5 girls was not so easy, good practice though!

 

 Of course we stopped at the candy shop and Lyvi got her first sucker, loved it!

 

 We got some new kittens and they have kept the girls pretty occupied. They can spend hours playing with them, keeps the house quiet.

 

 Kami had fun one day while Ash was swimming and Kaite was at gym.

 

 

Ky has been building the girls a swing set, he calls it a jungle gym. We have needed a new one for about 2 yrs now and saved up to get one but then realized they were way more than we thought. It took a little while but I talked Ky into building one. He had a lot of the wood already and we had parts from our old set so we spent way less on this one and we bought a new slide, swing, monkey bars, and a fire pole. Next year we will add a tube slide off the top platform. He is still working on it (obviously) but has already enclosed the top platform into a playhouse and started some handrail. There is still a ton to do but Ky is enjoying it and the girls love playing on it! More pics when it is done.

 

 Lyvi LOVES to swing.

 

 The girls have been enjoying the warm weather and have had some good water fights!

 

 We celebrated Father's Day which didn't go exactly as planned since I had bronchitis....we sure love you Kyle! He is the best daddy and husband EVER!

 

 Kami lost her first tooth, we had to pull it since the permanent one is already coming in, she didn't even cry though!

 

 We have spent some time at the carousel, always a favorite. Lyvi cries, so we just watch.

Now the basement......

Monday night we were out working on the swing set and came in to the entire basement in water, the carpet was floating. Turns out the sprinkler valve in front of the house was open and when Ky started the pod line at the barn water just shot out of it right into Kaite's window well for about 3 hours. Ky said it shoots about a gallon a second. What a mess! Water was just pouring in her window.

 

 Really there was water everywhere, it was so horrible! We called Ky's buddy who works for a restoration company and they came out and sucked up the water until 3am. They came back yesterday and pulled up all the carpet and padding. Since it is ditch water that came in everything within 2 ft of the floor has to go, all the sheetrock, insulation, and the carpet. So today they are cutting all the sheetrock and trashing all our year old carpet, it makes me sick really. The basement smells fine (their fans are awesome) and hopefully this will be done soon! Thankfully, no problems with the insurance and we may even get an allowance for better carpet, but if not we like our old stuff.

 

 For now all 4 girls are bunking in one room and I just can't even go downstairs, it makes me cry. My kitchen is full of food storage, but we will get through this and maybe it will look even better than before. We were really lucky the trim wasn't up yet! I hope everything is back to normal in the next three weeks!

My appointment went well Wednesday. I am measuring 8 days ahead, but they won't move my due date up, ugh. She didn't cooperate for the ultrasound and it took 55 minutes to get what we needed but everything looks great. She had the hiccups for most of it which made me laugh. We couldn't tell for sure if it is a boy or girl so we will be waiting a few weeks. I did find out the doc was worried about my sugars and my age and that was why he was so insistent on the u.s. My sugars were fine and not even registering on the stick!!! I am worried about another BIG baby though.....

 I love this first pic of her profile!

 

  And this one you can see her legs real well.

We feel very blessed that things are going so well. We have had quite a few friends and family that are having problems, one of which will be having surgery in the next couple of weeks at only 21 weeks pregnant. Honestly, as long as the baby is healthy we will be very happy. I know some of you feel that "Ky needs a boy" but he loves his girls so much! We would both be thrilled with another girl and it takes a very special guy to raise this many girls!

Shocker

So this is about the biggest shock/surprise I have ever had! 

Baby #5 is due December 23rd.

I think me, Ky, and Kami are the only ones who think it is a girl, but that is all we produce and we love them! 

I really thought we were done and did not want to go through pregnancy again since I have such a hard time. Well the man upstairs had other plans, SURPRISE. The girls are very excited, I am still in shock. The baby will be due 2 days after Ky graduates, and her and Lyvi will be 18-19 months apart....that is so close!

So far things have been good. I haven't been sick, as long as I eat every couple of hours and get enough sleep. Other than being completely exhausted and the growing belly I don't feel prego. However, when I went in for my last appointment my sugars were through the roof, so lets hope I have fixed that problem!

Only 28 weeks to go.

Happy Birthday Kyle!

 Ky had his birthday today. We had a fun busy day!

Ky is an awesome husband and father, I couldn't ask for better! We all love him so much and the girls LOVE having him home. I was glad we got to spend the entire day with him!

We started with presents, smelling his new wallet.

 

haha!

 Lyvi finally got into it

 Top Gear 2 (his fave show) and some other stuff.

 who needs toys?

 omelets, sausage, and hashbrowns for breakfast

 

  haha didn't have a 3 so close enough! Ky and Cory share the same b-day just YEARS apart!

Ky and his girls, they totally love him!

Kami kept saying "happy birthday old fart" all day!! So funny! Me and Ash had fun picking out a bunch of "over the hill" decorations! He loves it!

Happy Birthday Kyle! We love you!!!!

(did you see it? if not look closer!)

Daisy

It has been 4 weeks since our beloved dog Daisy passed away. She was the best dog EVER! We all still miss her so much and it has been really hard on us, it is like loosing a member of our family because she was. I still find myself looking around for her since she used to follow me around constantly. Ky says he has come home and expected to see her come running up to us. I can still see her laying out on the deck in the sun. 

We buried her next to Domino under a tree with a great view of the mountains, she loved it here. She loved to roam and watch over the property. She was so good with the girls, all of them. They have always loved to climb allover her and pull on everything, she just took it and I think loved it. She loved to play with them and would start pacing the house about 5 minutes before the bus got home. She would go out with them every morning and "stand guard" as they boarded the bus, she even got on with them once or twice!

I remember the day I picked her out at the shelter 11 1/2 years ago, I really wanted to take them all home! She was a sweet puppy from the start but did not like to be alone and wanted to sleep with us from the beginning. She loved to go everywhere with us and got so excited. She would lay on the girls' beds until they fell asleep every night and then come upstairs to bed.

Daisy had been getting old and started having the usual aches and pains. She also started having seizures, which the vet says was typical of the golden retriever in her. We honestly thought she had a few more years in her, and the day before she died she was playing and chasing the ball like a puppy. None of the girls were here when it happened, I was glad for that. She went quickly and I am pretty sure she had a stroke. I am glad she didn't suffer and wasn't alone. Sam knew something was up and has seemed more calm since it happened. The girls tell me almost every day that they miss her, this has been really hard on all of us.

 Kami took these two when she got ahold of my camera after I had Lyvi.

Her horrible hair cut below, Ky hated it when I did this to her.

 Kami throwing snow on her.

 she was such a cute puppy!

 hiking with us

 I didn't have a hard time finding pictures of her, cause she was there for everything. Every time we were outside or any family event she was there, so tons of pictures.

There will never be another dog as good as her.

Rest in peace sweet girl we love you and we will miss you!

Happy 1st Birthday Alyvia!!!

Sunday my baby girl turned 1! I really can't believe it has already been a year. She looked so cute in her birthday dress (it was kind of big).

 

 Our little princess!

 

 She hated the hat!

 Birthday breakfast.

 and kind of cranky.

 Kaite and Lyvi are so close, Lyvi really loves Kaite. Both girls in their pretty dresses.

 She would have been happy with just a hula hoop!

 presents, the girls helped

 

 

 new dress and shoes (it took her a whole hour to get them off)

 

 

 playing ball with Chelsea

 loving the doll and blanket from Missy

 

 matching dress with her sisters

 cake!

 

 ice cream!

 Uncle Chris in his Tiara

 the girls made everyone wear sashes since it was a princess party, everyone was a good sport!

 not too messy

 who were the blocks for?

 Kami showing us her "moves"

Alyvia is such a cutie and she is growing! She is 17 pounds now and 29 1/2 inches tall. She has a very strong personality and definitely knows what she wants. She loves to get into everything and is really talking up a storm. Lately she has been saying "thank you" she also says "more, bottle, grandpa, ball, mama, daddy, Ash, Mar, Sam, and Daisy" I am sure I am missing some. She is still not walking, but she can stand and even took a few steps (she just didn't realize she did). She can be very timid. She loves her sisters so much and gets so excited to see them. She is also still a HUGE daddy's girl and her day is better when she gets to see him in the morning. She is working on more bottom teeth and is drooling everywhere again. She is a huge eater and loves pretty much everything, I really can't figure out why she is so small. Lyvi loves to dance, it is so cute! We all love her so much and she adds so much to our family!

Her last present finally came today, guaranteed delivery last Friday and I was reassured by the local woman that it was on the truck and would be here by 4, yeah right! Well she loves it, it lights up and makes kissing noises.

Happy Birthday baby girl!!!