Growing fast

polka-dot princess

Tevan and Kaebryn

The kids are doing well. We miss Daeson, but adjusting! I have so much fun dressing Kaebryn up! It's like she is my little dolly! Thanks, Jana for the outfit!

Tevan is having so much fun with Yoshi!

Father's Day and Tevan's 4th Birthday

Today was a great day! Tevan opened his presents, then Troy his. The kids sang in Sacrament mtg and Kaebryn and I snuck in the back of the chapel long enough to see them sing. They were so cute. After church, we went to Grover's for a dinner. There was lots of family there and it was nice to see everyone. Kaebryn is still so little, I had such a hard time adjusting to all the people but it worked out great. We hopped in the car and headed to Pocatello to meet my parents. Daeson is going home with them until the middle of July. It was great to see my dad, too. Troy got an Angry Birds shirt (from Tevan, of course), a button-up shirt from Daeson, and Obsession for men from Kaebryn. I gave him a subscription to Handyman magazine. My parents gave him a charcoal starter-heater thing. He had a great day!

Tevan had a fun birthday, too! He got a Yoshi backpack from us along with Mario candy. We had a Cars cake at the Father's Day dinner. He received a lot of gifts at the earlier party but I was glad we could celebrate today, too. Happy Birthday, Tevan! I love you so much and I have so much fun watching you grow up! It's hard to believe you are four!!!

On a side note, I got released from the Primary Presidency today. The whole presidency changed. It was a bitter-sweet feeling. I was ready to be done due to the stress of being prego and having a baby, but I will miss the kids so, so much!!

Happy Father's Day Dad, Richard, Grandpa Lish and especially Troy. You are all wonderful men and I feel blessed to have you in our lives! I have learned so much from each of you!! Happy Father's Day also to Justin, Jesse, Todd, and Adam!

Settling in...

When I left the hospital, I had instructions not to lift anything more than 10 lb for two weeks and not to do any type of exercise for two weeks so that I can achieve maximum milk production. My mom leaves tomorrow and over the last few days I have slowly been taking on the list of chores. This has been an eye-opener and I have hardly done anything! I have appreciated her help so very much! She has held us together the last 10 days. However, she must return home to her far away city. She and my dad are lightening my load...they are taking Daeson for four weeks. I will miss him, but I know he will have a blast with horse riding, rodeos, fishing and other fun things he loves to do with Grandpa and Grandma. He is looking forward to the visit and I am looking forward to him and Tevan not fighting! They have not gotten along too well the last little while. Tevan thinks he is big and Daeson thinks he is boss.

I am going to miss him. I am going to miss my parents. I am going to miss the smoothness of our lives. But the show will go on and I will be a big girl and take over all tasks. Thank heavens little babies sleep...a lot.

More photos :)

Kaebryn's closet is so full, I am grateful for the gifts and hand-me-downs. Because she has a plethera of clothing, I decided to take a picture of her in every outfit. Some of the outfits I have already forgotten to take the picture, but welcome to Kaebryn's Kloset!

Made with love

Thanks for the outfit, Mom and Dad!

Tevan-isms

Last night Tevan was not tired due to a late nap. So, my mom being the Super-Granny that she is, stayed up with him and I, the tired-got-up-all-night-Mom, went to bed. I over heard the following conversation:

Tevan: Gramma, I want a boomerang.

Grandma: A what?

Tevan: A boomerang.

Gma: A boomerang, where? In your room?

T: No, in the black sing. Here I will show you. (He then lead her into the kitchen and pointed to the fruit basket.) In there.

Gma: Oh, you mean a nectarine?

T: Yeah, a nectarine!

Kaebryn's check up

These pictures were taken the 10th.

Yesterday we went to her first check-up. I was doing paper work and Troy was doing the baby thing...changing her into a clean diaper, getting her ready to be examined, much better than paper work! Well, that's what he thought until mid-diaper change she grunted and pooped all over Troy! It was so funny! It got all over him, the floor, the medical equipment, and all over her blanket. The nurse thought it was hilarious as did Troy and I.

Her visit went great. She is already 7lb 7.5oz which is 3.5 oz up from when she was born. She got her heel pricked and the second pku was done. The doctor said she looked great. But I already knew that :). We are so lucky to have her in our home. She is such a joy and brings us so much happiness! She grunts to wake me up at night, she very rarely cries. We just love her so much...even Tevan is warming up to her and walks around saying, "I love Kaebwyn" I am so glad he has decided he actually likes her. Whew!

It is so neat to watch Troy, too. He is such a great daddy. He just holds her and looks at her with adoring eyes. He loved our boys, no doubt about that, but there is something different about a little girl. I don't know if he feels like he has to protect her or if he feels like he needs to be extra sure she knows he loves her, but whatever it is it makes me love him more. He truly is a great daddy. I am so glad I have him as my companion to raise these three beautiful kids!

Welcome Kaebryn Joy!

Everything went very well! I could not have asked for better. My induction was at 7 am on Tuesday the 7th. By 8:30 I was all hooked up to the IV and waiting for pit. By 10:30 am the contractions were coming a bit harder and the doctor broke my water. The contractions kinda slowed until the nurse came in to check me. When she checked me the water actually went from a slow leak to a full blown swimming pool! By 1:00 pm I was ready to push. Half way through I decided I didn't want to do it anymore, I was weak, but she made it here and I was once again able to deliver without any pain medication whatsoever. She was born at 1:18 pm and came out starving! She eats really well!! I got moved to the Women's Center and settled in. My mom brought the boys up to see us and Daeson fell instantly in love with her. Tevan, not so much. He didn't want anything to do with Kaebryn or me. Luckily he has warmed up. I got to go home the next day after her testing. I was so glad to be home and settled in there. The nurses were fabulous and I enjoyed my stay but there really is no place like home.

She is now six days old and changing so very much. I sit in her room and marvel at her perfect little spirit and thank my Heavenly Father for sending this precious angel to me. She is adorable if I say so myself. She looks like Daeson mostly, but there is a bit of Tevan in her too. We are so lucky and so very blessed. I have five-hundred more pictures (no, that is not an exaggeration, I really do have over 500 pictures) so I am sure we will be posting more. Until then these will have to do.

Baby Jace visits

Kaebryn Joy

She's here! She is so sweet and so wonderful! I just love her to bits! Everything went well and pictures will be coming soon...I just have to load all 200 of them!

Birthday fun!

Two days...

On Tuesday at 6:30 a.m., I go to the hospital to have this baby girl. (Still nameless...I told you we would change our minds again!) I am both very excited and very nervous. Everything is ready, we will get the boys' birthday party done today and tomorrow I will clean everything. It will be so exciting to have her here! Tevan is not so enthusiastic. Daeson is ready and he is going to be a great help! My sister in law did my hair on Thursday, I got my teeth done Friday...long story, and my other mother took Kayla and I to get pedicures on Friday night. So my teeth are shiny, my hair is cute, my eyebrows are waxed, my toes look adorable (which helps during the pushing process :) ) and my kids are happy! My parents come today and my dad misses her by one day. He has to get back to work. I am sad for this, but right now, Gram is more important.

I have blogged about Gram Tom being sick. She had surgery last week to take part of her colon out, then another surgery to remove the rest. She is heavily sedated right now and I cannot even go see her. I cannot talk to her, I cannot see her and most of all I cannot tell her how much I love her. She has been my best friend for years. I lived with her after high school for a while right after my Grandpa died. She is a wonderful person and I am so sad that it will be months until I can see her. Pray for her, please. She improves very little day by day, but she is improving. I am grateful for the progress she does make. I am grateful my parents have been able to see her so much this week. My dad has been at the hospital everyday with her. She needs that right now. My aunts and uncles have spent a lot of time with her too. I guess you never know what is going to happen in life. She was just fine a couple months ago and now she is undergoing so much pain. She told me last month she was not ready to die. She told me she is not ready to give up on life. I know it has been lonely for her the last 13 years since Grandpa died. It is very lonely for her. But I pray she pulls through and can have a happy and healthy life after this trial. I love you Gram!! Please get better!