Introducting..........

Kylee Alexis born 12/14/11 @ 6lbs 7 oz and 19 inches.

So lets start with Thanksgiving. Oh what a good night. We had a special dinner with a couple families at a friends home. We were totally overloaded with good food and crazy kids. It was actually a really relaxed night and I enjoyed myself quite well. After ward all the girls decided to hit up the black Friday sales! That was a story in its own. We pretty much all got what we wanted but waited in line to check out for an hour and a half. Even one than ditched out and me and Amy went hard core and hit up Target and Walmart together. We were a little bit smarter about the line at target and it worked out great. Fun night!

Our family has had the camping bug lately. We have a had blast packing up the tent and the marshmallows and hitting the big out doors.

We couldn't find any camp sites on the beach but we were close enough.

The second time we went we hit up the rain. We spent most of the time hanging out in the back of cars, but the kids had an absolute blast. Soaking wet running from car to car. I was grateful that we had good company and fun story tellers when we could finally sit around the camp fire.

This was our camping spot, in case you were wondering what it looks like camping in Florida.

One day we rented canoes. Dan and I were quite the team. We kept running into people and looked like a bunch of goof balls. Poor Dan, he keep telling me which way to paddle, but my slow pregnancy reflexes and big belly to get around didn't help my paddling skills. Pretty much we were just laughing at ourselves the whole time, while the other families looked like total pros!

Kiddos chugging yogurt before church! My little man is going to be in primary soon! He is having mixed feelings, but I think he will really like it.

We hit up this park over the weekend up north and it was a total blast for the kids. They had a robot exhibit, and a fun little area for the little ones and a outdoor play ground. Our kids went wild and loved it.

Hads was a little bit over obsessed with RTD2(is that his name?) She would laugh like crazy and run around him.

Hayden played with all the robot controls. You could control an arm and have it pick up blocks, or drive a car and all sorts of cool stuff.

Just my little sweety with her acquired pig tails, ready with her "black shoes" for church.//////

M&M's

What a blast! Halloween was such fun this year! We took the kiddos to a pumpkin patch and let them roam around for a while and play all over the pumpkins, which we never purchased! I thought pumpkin patch pumpkins are suppose to be cheaper than the store? Apparently not here. $14 bucks for a squash, no thank you! But we had fun just chillin.

Just some random photos of the kids goofing around.


We got our non pumpkin patch pumpkins, Haldey was more than ecstatic. Both kids were going nuts picking every pumpkin they could get there hands on and trying to put them in the grocery cart. After we got them home, Hads was pretty much making out with them the first half hour they were home.

My mom growing up did such a great job at making the holidays special for us. I loved it, it made so great memories. I wanted to try a little magic potion like mom did for us. We mixed up some Kool-Aid, and hit up the dry ice store. Hadley picked a purple potion and Hayden did red.

The kids helped me make some jello with eye balls and worms in it. We also made "mummy dogs" hot dogs wrapped in stripped crescent rolls. It was super simple and they had a blast putting it together and their buddies that came over thought it was pretty cool. Hadley totally freaked out when the magic potion starting bubbling, but when it came close to her she flipped and started screaming "Hot, Hot!" Hilarious. Funny thing is... my kids(and I think most of their friends) have never had Kool-Aid before and only had jello a couple times. So pretty much no one ate or drank anything besides the hot dogs! But the reaction from the kiddos was priceless. By the end of the night the dry ice had carbonated the Kool-Aid and Dan and I were downing the grape potion because it tasted like a divine grape soda! So good!

Hayden wanted to be Frankenstein at story time. I must say he pulled it off pretty well!

On to the trick or treating. Hayden got the option of being an M&M or an M&M. I am was not feeling motivated to go all out this year with costumes, but they were more than happy to dress up as candy. They got to go to the store and pick out there favorite colors. And even though these costumes were beyond easy, I think they turned out just fine!

We went to a big strip mall and hit up the trick or treating. Both did a great job and made out with plenty of loot. They also had a fire truck to check out, so the kiddos blast driving and playing around.

My mischief maker!

Kiddos with their buddies. Later that night we had the ward trunk or treat. Which got rained out and we headed indoors. Can I just say that people are so talented! So many moms made awesome costumes for their kids, and they were so creative! We were surrounded by cute kids all day!

The weather is so warm here you have to wait to carve your pumpkin or it will go bad with in a day or two. Hayden and Hadley picked out Mickey and Minnie for their pumpkins. Hayden was interested for a while, Hadley was a little too interested! Mom and Dad did most of the work.

I think we carved pumpkins in record time this year! Dan was very proud of his Mickey, I claim he has an unfair advantage of a steady hand and many years of dental work under his wing. My Minnie was okay, but you can tell I don't have the skills of a pumpkin carving master!

On actual Halloween we have a few more activities, but I have class at night so we probably won't do too much.

Here we are working on a fall craft, one minute all is happy...

Next, drama. Hayden got a little excited telling me where to put the leaves and he touched the hot glue gun.

Sibling love. This happens all day long and usually ends with someone crying. Hadley got her face painted the day before.



Daniel had gotten the kids to love to play in the rain. It was down pouring and they all head out side to play.

There is a little ditch on the side of the house that collects all the water, pretty much they were bathing it the huge mud pile!

Hadley playing with her dolly's binkie

Fun camping in the hallway. Which includes roasting mallows and hotdogs and starting a fire!

injury

Alright, I am always posting about my kiddos but this time it's about me. Life has been a blur the last few weeks which for a pregnant woman is quite nice. Lets begin back a few months, starting with this pregnancy. This 3rd child has taken a toll on me and she is still only in the womb. I started off with a hard 1st trimester not so much sickness but everything else. I think it put me in a weird depression. I think it had to do with hormones and the fact that my usual exercising went totally out the window, so there goes all those endorphins. So here I am 27 years old feeling like I am going through a mid life crisis. Well I always have said I wanted to go back and finish my schooling, and Dan and I decided this was a good time. I really needed something to get my mind going, something to give me some confidence. So I am now back in school 3 nights a week at college here is south Florida. It has really helped. I am out of the house, doing my own thing and Dan has got to spend a lot of time with the kiddos.
But the story does not end there. Things are going better life is progressing, than a few nights in a row I had a hard time sleeping because of wonderful leg cramps. So what do I do... put on my running shoes and hit the pavement. Not the smartest thing to do when you are 26 weeks preggo. Back up just a moment more to when I was preggo with Hadley where the last two weeks were absolutely miserable because of pelvic pressure. I would call the dr everyday crying until they drugged me up because I was in so much pain. But as soon has the princess arrived it was gone. So back to running, the last mile I slowed it down because I could feel pressure down there. The next day or two I was a little sore down there but it did wonders on my leg cramps, so what do I do....hit the pavement again! Horrible idea!! I get home and I struggle to make it up the stairs. After a few days of misery I look into whats going on with my body. Both my Dr. hubby, and OB have confirmed pelvic girdle pain. Plan of action.....nothing. I have torn a ligament in my pelvis because of the trauma I had with Hadley and than working out. My doctor said that this pain will not even start to heal until after the baby is born. Anything I do aggravates it. You have no idea how much you use your pelvic mucles until you have injured it. Anything from going up the stairs, putting on pants, lifting the kiddos, walking, or getting up from a chair. Anything causes pain. Good news is there is no harm to baby, she is safely hanging out, putting pressure down there. Little miss is healthy and happy. Mom not so much. the last three weeks have been rough physically. Dan has done well with helping me survive. He does get after me a lot for doing things that cause pain, but men do not realize how much has to been done around the house just to keep the family going everyday. But he still supports me when I go into my "melt down mode." Hayden is actually pretty sympathetic also. He sees me struggle and will ask "You okay mom, whats wrong, is baby sis kicking you?"
So that is my complaining for now, I still have 2 1/2 months which I am sure I will do some more complaining. But I do have to say how grateful I am that my hubby is sweet and helpful and that after a few weeks of sick kids that they are now doing well. I think I have had a fairly easy life and so I need a few challenges here and there. Dan and my kids make me so happy, and make life so fun. I am excited to add more spice to my life with another girl. Dan has tried his hardest to make me happy and keep my mood up. Anyone that knows me, knows I am the spontaneous crazy person in our marriage. Not so much lately, but Dan has really brought a lot of crazy happy moments in our life to keep things interesting which I really appreciate. I hope I will soon be back to my crazy self instead of miss boring, complaining woman. In the mean time you will see me walking around like I need a cane. But if you try and make fun of me, I may whip out a cane and beat you down, like all the rest of the angry old ladies you see down here in Florida!

Labor Day weekend and a visit from Kenna

Dan's sister came to Florida for a week and brought her 2 kiddos. Baby T and Kenna that is 5 (today!) I took hardly any pictures and don't want to fix the ones Dan took (he always takes them sideways and I too lazy to fix them) So here are just some totally random pictures for my whole 3 readers out there!
We hit up Hollywood beach twice, first time did not work out well. It down poured for 45 min while we waited in a garage. The kids went crazy and got soaking wet going in and out of the rain, but after a while of waiting Dan ran in the rain to get the car and pick us up. So that day was a dud. But next time was a success. Kenna loved the beach! Maybe a little too much! Momma was occupied with the baby and she had no floaties with her. It was so fun to she her so excited about the beach and I am so relieved everyone made it home alive!

Why is it that whenever I go anywhere with my kiddos they think its time to eat? They can always find the food!

Kenna crashing through the waves! Whenever Dan and I took her out she was terrified of the sharks and fish in the water. Which made Hayden a little on edge.

Baby T. Oh he looks just like Hayden did. He's got those big eyes and huge eyes brows like the rest of Dan's fam. He was such a good baby. As you can tell Hadley was more than happy to help "baby" out in any way she could.

Kenna and Hayden had alot of fun together. Kenna loved having someone to play with all the time. They would run around shooting dragons everywhere in the house. But Hayden had to bring out the bully in himself and after a few days and was teasing and bugging Kenna like he does his own sister. Kenna did not like it so much. Poor girl!

We went to the keys and fed the tarpoon. Man these fish are huge! Kenna and Hayden were a little hesitant at first to touch the stinky fish, but when Hadley and Dan had no problem they quickly changed their minds.



Some friends recommend a quite little place on the ocean. It was yummy food and relaxed enough to let the kids run free. Kenna is such a cute little girl.

Some times you gotta go straight to the tickling to get a smile for the camera!

While Heather and her fam hit up a glass bottom boat tour, we hit up the snorkeling beach. Let just say these were not like the beaches by our house. Rocky and slimy. Totally grossed me out and the kids were not liking it at all! I wish I would have brought some shoes for them to wear in the water. But it was so cool to see all the neat fish in the water with no waves. I saw massive ones floating along in a school of fish. We took turns going out and watching the kids but Hayden most the time just rode around on your back begging you to go our farther! I hated going out very far so Dan got most the swim time. I guess I get a little anxious.

Got this out for Baby T and I think he sat in it once! Hadley thought it was a wonderful sitting spot.

I took Heather to the splash pad one day and of course took no pic's. But we had lunch and a squirrel came and stole Hayden's sandwich. The kids all got a good laugh and when I realized what was going on a snatched the sandwich back (it was in a plastic bag)

Heather has a love of Waffle House! It was my first experience. of course I am pregnant and ate the food, but I will never go back!

I didn't know what to expect but it was no ihop and my little girl was not in the best of spirits that morning!



what girls is not in love with all kinds of shoes?