moment

even though this was not her happiest moment today, i had to post this picture because i love her messy ponytail. i know that is silly, but she looks like such a big girl with it. she is getting so big. ;0(

this girl

this girl loves marshmallows! 

i have to hide them or she will climb on the counter to get to them.

trooper

well today we went to go get B's blood panel done so that we will know exactly what she is allergic too. i did not want to go in with her. i hate seeing her get poked so garran was free and nice enough to take her in. i waited in the car with the boys, kael especially, who had decided to throw up in the van on the way there! so we waited. garran brought her out and she had teary eyes, but she was all smiles. they had given her a ring and a baby doll. garran said it went pretty quickly and that she was super excited when she saw the toys and that she got to pick some! her she is while we were waiting in the parking lot to leave. she is such a trooper. i am really hoping these tests can give us some exact answers, so that we will know exactly what it is that causes all these problems. we are thinking there is something besides mosquito's causing the problems. so time will tell. hopefully no more than a week!

cuteness in the morning!

that is it...just some cuteness in the morning.

on the way home

on the way home from church today we saw off in the distance all of these kites flying. so we decided to do some investigating and drive by. our town has an annual kite festival. so garran and i thought it would be fun to snap a few pictures real quick on our way home. I wish it would have been at a different time. I am sure the kids would have loved to get out and run and see all the kites. However they liked what they saw from the car. 

this was what we could see from the road.

these were so cool. the kids really liked the octopus and penguin.

so we got a close up of them.

it was a beautiful day. nice and windy.

Kael was most excited about NEMO.

Cullans favorite was the penguin.

I liked all of them. Garran really thought the salamander was cool!

early morning guests

in the morning here, nice and early, we usually have some guests that like to waddle across our backyard. they also come out around sunset as well. they kids get so excited and love to feed them bread, while standing on our back patio. 

please excuse the PJ's, this was an early morning visit.

Cullan feeding the ducks

Kael checking things out. He had literally just woke up.

Briea trying very hard to convince the ducks she is one of them.

 she is so cute to watch. she does everything she can to try and catch a duck. those little fellas just won't give in.

lil dragons

tonight was the first night of the boys new karate class. it is called "lil dragons". i was a little nervous at first. i did not know what to expect and i did not know if it would just send the boys into a wild spin of energy at night after it was over. i have to admit, i envisioned everything in our house karate chopped in half!

here they are warming up

they are practicing their ABC punches

lining up to do some animal drills.

here they are doing the crane!

cullan

then each person had to come up, say their name, bow to the bag, and do five punches. the boys loved this. they thought it was so much fun.

kael

i think this was a great idea. i don't know why i doubted garran. he was right as normal. the boys can hardly wait till next class. i think this is going to be a lot of fun for them.

yet another one...

today i went to have yet another ultrasound. they are becoming a VERY regular thing. for most people that would be great fun, however i have to drive an hour just to get to the place, so you can see how it gets a little old. especially when you have super stubborn baby like mine. this baby absolutely will NOT cooperate with any of the techs or doctors that try to sneak a peak. we still have no idea about the cleft palate thing because the baby refuses to let us see its face! i have no idea where this child gets its stubbornness from (if you could see me, you would know i was motioning towards garran and he would probably be motioning towards me!) I guess we will just have to wait like people have done for years and years!! right now our little bundle of joy is weighing in at 5lbs 1 ounce. Not huge but about a pound ahead of schedule. we will see what happens. hopefully the next 6 weeks go by quickly. i am starting to feel tired all the time and i am so ready to meet this little cutie that i can hardly wait!

Cullan

oh the things this child says...

cullan speaking about a little girl in our neighborhood... "she is the meanest little girl in the whole world! i am pretty sure she was made from aliens."

we had some friends suprise us with a visit. when they got here cullan says to the mom of the group. "HI!!!...wait did you bring your kids??"

as we are walking into subway..."Mom, I am pretty sure there is something delicious in here!"

18 months

today we had to go to get B's 18 month check up taken care of. we are a month late, but it all worked out great. once again, i just have to say that we Love Love LOVE our pediatrician. i can not say enough nice things about her and her partner. they are both so great with the kids and i really enjoy taking the kids there.

So we did all the usual checking and usual shots ;0(. Briea was a trooper. she only cried for a minute and then proceeded to fall asleep in the car. While we were there we did discuss her allergy issues which made me happy. Our pediatrician is going to do a panel on her to see exactly what she is allergic to and how severe it is. She also wrote us a prescription for an epi pen. She said she would feel better if we had one with us. Often times the more they are exposed to something they are allergic too, the worse the reaction gets. So i feel better having it to.

all in all it was a good appointment! her are her stats for our records.

weight: 32.8 lbs

height: 31 1/2 inches 50%

head: 48 1/2 90-95%

sweetness: 100%

but that is obvious!!
ps. kael informed me at the doctors office that garran was going to be mad at me for letting the nurse give Briea shots! (so cute that he is so protective)

the big day

down the aisle with dad....

 and back up again a married woman!!

we are sad that we missed the big day but at least we get to see some pictures of the happy event!!

Congrats Mr. and Mrs. Danilson!!

sara

tomorrow is my sister's wedding. i am hoping it goes well. we will not be able to be there due to some issues with the baby. i am sad that we will miss her big day. i am hoping it goes well and that they have a great day together with family and friends. we will be thinking of them and wishing them the best!

happy moments

i know it might seem silly but i love moments like this. everyone is happy, and together!

(it also doesn't hurt that they are calm ;0)

sketchers

the boys got a surprise package in the mail the other day. they have really wanted these shoes for a while. randomly my dad had called and said that my uncle had bought these cool shoes for his two little guys and he wanted to get some for the boys. to my surprise they were the exact shoes the boys had seen and wanted. so it worked out really well for everyone!! the boys keep jumping around and bouncing everywhere because they light up neon green.

thanks for the surprise grandpa Jeff!!

comments

as previously stated. this is our family journal and so i often post things that I think are funny that my kids say. so enjoy.

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cullan

today I was sitting on the couch and made the comment that my stomach hurt. cullan said "why does your stomach hurt?" i told him that the baby was getting bigger and that it was kicking a lot which made my stomach sore. Cullan then replied " I don't know why the baby would kick you. When I was in your tummy I was so cozy and warm!"

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kael

today we were in the van. cullan asked me if he could have a drink when we got home. I replied " Si Senor". Kael then pipes up from the back of the van, "Who is Lenor and why is she at our house?"

Stitches Out!

that's right. they are out. we were supposed to go to the peds office to get them out. however, garran told me that his dad used to take his stitches out all the time as a kid and that he felt confident that he could do it too. he said it was a very easy thing. so i thought if he felt confident, so did i. cullan laid on the couch and garran just snipped and pulled. out they came. he did so much better this time around and did not freak out at all. i think it really helped that Garran was the one doing it. Cullan feels so much more comfortable with him. 

ps. i love when i get close ups of this kid. those freckles are just to die for. they just melt my heart!

caught

last night garran and the kids made brownies while i was doing some grocery shopping. this morning while i was talking care of some stuff on the computer, i noticed kael was hiding under the table. i was wondering what he was doing, so i called his name. once, twice, by the third time i said "Kael, I know you can hear me...what are you doing under there?" He jumps up from under the table, still chewing and says..."Nothing, I think I need to go to the bathroom and wash my face." I asked why he needed to wash his face, he replied "OH NOTHING!"

ya i think i caught him in the act. this is his "I am not happy I got caught" face!

playing in the rain

today the kids were outside playing. it started to pour down rain, however since there was no lighting i just let them play and get soaked. Joanna...their "girlfriend" was out there running around too. They were laughing and playing. I tried to get some shots of them, but at one point it was really coming down. this first one was through our back door.

 finally the rain slowed down long enough to get a picture of the kids! Joanna did not want to sit next to the boys, because the bench was all wet. (go figure, she was soaked already!) i thought it was funny. i used to love playing in the rain and still do!! i have been known to run around with my kids when it pours.

Cullan-Kael-Joanna

looks.

whenever there is a new baby, we start discussing who the kids look like and what side of the family they get what from. i think it is a natural thing that happens. i think all of our kids have both traits of Garran and myself. The boys favor us individually a little more (i think). However I think B is a pretty good mix! You can judge for yourself. I tried to find pics of all of us around the same time. 

Cullan

Kael

Briea

Meghan

Garran

I think we were all pretty cute babies, if i do say so myself.

seriously not our week!

this little miss is STRESSING ME OUT! i mean not necessarily her, but all her weird reactions to things. we are still working on her allergies to who knows what. she was supposed to have her 18 month checkup yesterday, but we ended up having to reschedule. i was really looking forward to it because i really wanted to talk to the doctor about some of the things i have noticed her having a reaction too. anyways, yesterday morning i noticed she had a bug bite on her side. it did not look like a mosquito bite, but it was a bug bite none the less. by dinner time it was horrible.

it looked like this. swollen, very hard, hot to the touch. she was miserable. we kept putting triple anti-biotic ointment on it and watching it. we tried to call her peds without any luck. i feel so horrible for her. i know she is uncomfortable. this morning there is not much change, so we are trying to decided what to do next. our town is so small the only real option is to take her into the ER. ( i am not really wanting to do that, but i also don't want this to get worse) since it looks infected. i know it is hard to tell from the picture, but this is the size of a decent pancake!

i really hope next week is not so complicated!!