Corbin's Update

Corbin is becoming his own little man.  He has such a personality and is becoming Mr. Independent.  I love it and hate it at the same time.  I love it because he is talking and doing so much more for himself and hate it because he is stubborn and when he wants something he doesn't give up on it.  I love this stage.  Even though it is very trying and a lot of work, I love watching him grow and become the person he is going to be.

If I don't watch him every minute he will disappear and come back looking like this....

He got into my make up and made himself "pretty"

Here he is painting....this time more paint got on the paper than on himself...progress to celebrate!!!!

Corbin loves to have his hair cut.  He will ask me to cut it.  Trev loves the mohawk so daddy took it upon himself to give him this.  It totally fits his personality and the stage he is in.

I love my Scooter!!!

Aidan's 1st hospital experience

Aidan had been my one child who had not ever been to the hospital.  He is just naturally a very healthy little boy.  Well for the last couple of weeks he kept complaining about having the urge to pee but nothing would come out.  I chalked it up to a urinary tract infection and thought the doctor would give me a prescriptions and we would call it good.  Well all the tests came back negative so we didn't know what was causing this.  I went to see a specialist and found out the reason he was having the urge was because he was holding his pee to long so when he would finally pee his bladder would still wanna contract giving him the urge to pee again.  That was good news...simple, right? 

No!  We found something else out during the examine.  We found out that he had some scar tissue on his penis making his pee hole really small. It happens in 5% of boys who are circumcised.  It is a side effect. He needed a procedure done that would only take about 10 minutes, but it had to be done in the hospital and he had to be knocked out for it.  Of course, with me being induced the next week I had no choice but to schedule it during Trev's vacation so he wouldn't be able to be there. 

I think the hardest part of the whole situation was having him asking to eat and drink and me telling him he couldn't.  How do you tell a 4 year old that he has to fast for over 20 hours, since his surgery was scheduled for 1 pm?

This is Aidan as we got the hospital...all grins

They were so good to him at Sunrise and he loved being there. I love him in his little scrubs.

I couldn't go with him to the operating room but they let him drive this jeep back by himself.

This is Aidan half awake and half still out if it, but he was happy because they let him have a popsicle.

After about 20 more minutes, he was done and just wanted to go home.  He hated his IV and just wanted it taken out.  My poor little man!

I had told Aidan he could chose anywhere he wanted to eat, thinking it would be In n out or Mc D's, but no he wanted Red Robin.  I guess I need to be clearer about his options, but we went to Red Robin  He wanted clams and he loved them. 

I was surprised how well he did afterwards.  He didn't complain and acted like nothing ever happened. I am just glad we found it out while he is still young.  I guess it was a good thing he held his pee to long or we would of never known.

Guy"cation"

Trevor has worked hard this last year.  It has been a 1st stressful year of law school, and he was so looking forward to a few weeks off between the semesters.  Since we go on a girls trip at least once a year, Trev and his buddies thought they should do the same.  So they did.  Trev has been wanting to learn how to surf so they decided on Ventura, California. 

They left Tuesday morning and got there in the mid afternoon.  This was a view from their hotel room.

  They took their boards out and practiced riding the waves.  Wednesday, they surfed in the morning and hung out on the beach. 

 Later that afternoon they went for a drive. They drove to Malibu and stopped at a couple of shops.  Afterwards, they decided to go back and surf for a couple of hours. It didn't last very long though.

Trev was trying to take pictures and got caught in a wave that tossed him around and flipped his board making it come crashing down on the back of his skull.

This was what it looked like when he made it out of the water.

This is what it looked like after a hospital visit and 6 staples later.

They had to cut their surf time a little short but they had a good "guys"cation anyways.

He says they are already planning next years adventure.

Kaitlyn's 7th B-day

It's official!  I am a mother of a 7 year old. 

I like to make birthdays a big deal.  It is the one day a year you have the right to make the day all about you and you don't have to feel bad.  Trev used to make fun of me, but now he comes up with new ideas

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This year was going to be the first year we didn't have a friend birthday party.  I thought she was going to be disappointed but she understood with me just about to have two babies that it was going to be impossible.  We still did our best to make the day all about her. We started by decorating her room while she slept so the moment she woke up she would know we were ready to celebrate.

She came downstairs to find this...

and she was so excited to open her presents.

We got ready and then headed to build a bear.  She had been looking forward to this for weeks.

KK placing the heart into the bear.

Giving it it's first bath...

Getting her bear dressed....

The finished product.....just so ya know the wings light up.  I think this was the selling factor for the outfit.

Aidan was so happy to take a picture with KK.

After build a bear, we went to In n Out for lunch.  G Ma, Papa, Peck, and Annabelle met us there.  Afterwards, we went to Yogurtland for ice cream.

The boys came home and KK and I went to get pedicures.

We eat Pho for dinner.  She could of chosen anything and she chose this.

Aidan excited to be eating Pho, too!

Corbin loves it but wasn't so happy for the camera.

Trev makes a concoction with his so he is concentrating to get it right.

We finished the night with cake and ice cream at home.  KK was very specific of how she wanted her cake and she said it was exactly how she wanted it.

Corbin likes his cake a little too much!

Happy Birthday to my baby girl!!!

Kaitlyn's 7 year old pictures

Where has the time gone?  How has my little bear become so big?  I love seeing her grow and mature but I am also sad because it makes me realize just how fast they grow up.  She has definitely grown up this year. 

 She was hesitant at first and complained when I told her we were getting her pictures taken but once  we were there she loved it.

I love this sweet face!

I love my sweet baby girl and I tell her all the time that she will always be my baby!!!

Corbin's 2 1/2 year old pictures

I can not believe my baby is 2 1/2 years old.  He is not such a baby anymore.  He is starting to talk so much.  He knows what he wants and if he doesn't get it he can throw a tantrum like no other child I have seen.  He is a monster, but it just makes me love it that much more. He is into everything, and I mean everything.  I can not leave him alone unless I want to come back to a torn apart room.  It gets so frustrating but then he smiles his cheesy grin and it melts my heart.

I love this little face.



Since KK and Corbin got their pictures taken the same day, I had them take some together.  He loves his big sister and loves when she gives him any attention.

Doesn't this picture just show how much he loves her?

I just want to bottle him up right now cause this phase is my favorite and I don't ever want to forget it!

Mother's Day Celebration at KK's school

I have said this before but I will say it again...KK's teacher is awesome. This year they invited all the moms to come to their class for Mother's Day.  They were prepared to entertain and spoil us.  They started out by having a book read to us that made me cry. (I want to buy that book). Then we played a guessing game.  All the kids had drawn a picture of their mom and we had to guess which one we were. 

I am glad I have blue eyes to set me apart.

They then sang us two songs followed by each child having a turn to read a poem they had written about their mommy.  That is when I took this picture.

I am not going to lie I got a little teary eyes while she read it. She is such a smart, sweet little girl.

They finished by giving us a gift of bath salts while we ate our texas sheet cake and ice cream.  It was a fun relaxing afternoon.  I love my little girl and am so glad to be her mommy!