It's the end of October already???

I am so behind!  Here is a look at what happened in our lives during the month of September...

We are trying to go on family dates every week and do different activities, for September we went to a frisbee golf course which is by our house.  It was hard only because we didn't use the right frisbees but we had fun!

Kayzee turned 5 on September 4th!!!!  I cannot believe my baby is 5!  We planned a birthday party with all her friends on the day of her birthday but she came home from school really sick (fever) so we had to postpone it:(  Sad day but moving it to another day meant she got to celebrate longer and more of her friends could come!

BIRTHDAY GIRL

Being silly:)

 She wanted a pink cake with pink icing, pink sprinkles, and pink ice cream.  Of course!

 Birthday party friends!

 Presents!  Scooter from us, cute new jammies from grandma Thorpe:)

 Presents from her friends

 We also let our kids choose one place they want to go for their birthday.  Kayzee chose the Gateway museum in Salt Lake.  It is a discovery museum with a ton of different exhibits and things to do and play.

Another family date we went on...ride the ferris wheel at Scheels!

Memphis was king of the week in his classroom.  I got to go read a book to the class and help him tell his classmates all about him.  So fun and I am glad I had time in my PE schedule to go do that with him.

 Memphis wrote this letter to me in his classroom and mailed it to me.  It was such a nice surprise and something that totally made my day:)  Sorry it's sideways

"Mommy you are the best PE teacher and you are the best mom.  Love Memphis"  Awwwww:)

 Memphis also painted this pic of me and him holding hands.  He made me tape it up in my PE office and he told me to always think of him when I see it everyday:) LOVE my Memphis!

Another family date: Cat fishing by our house

Danny and I went on a double date with our favorite neighbor friends.  We went golfing and I actually tried and hit the ball a few times!  The weather was beautiful.

 After golfing we went to Leatherby's (famous for their ice cream).  YUM!  Yes, they finished all that with a little help from Danny:)

SICKNESS went crazy in our house.  Danny and I both got really bad colds.  I had so many IBS-D flares that I ate through too many boxes of Pepto Bismol to get me through school so I didn't miss any and I didn't eat for awhile.  It was awful.  I know it was all stress related!  Starting a new school year always makes me sick cause I stress out and don't handle it well.  I also started a 2nd job and it is wearing me out and I am getting behind on PE grades and planning.  Probably not worth getting sick and getting behind on my teaching job so going to check my pay check and see if it is worth the money.

Memphis got the worst of it...strep, tonsillitis (his tonsils were huge, touching so he had a hard time breathing), pink eye, and he was recently diagnosed with severe acid reflux.  Poor guy also got the flu.  He couldn't eat for a whole week.  It was awful.  I am still amazed that he had energy to be as crazy as he usually is.  I had a hard time making him lay still and rest.  And of course our insurance doesn't cover the medicine for the acid reflux because it is so rare for kids his age to have it so we are trying to figure out what to do for it.

Kayzee had a fever for 2 days.  She also got a UTI, and had her usual GI issues.  WHAT A CRAZY MONTH!  Kayzee also went in to the pediatrician for her 5 year well-check-up and for her kindergarten shots.  She has the worst anxiety about shots.  She has been saying for the past year that she didn't want to go to kindergarten and she wanted to stay in preschool forever cause she didn't want shots.  As we were driving to the appointment she heard me say shots (I really tried to not let her hear that) and she started crying and didn't stop through the entire appointment.  During her eye exam she would say each shape just sobbing.  It was actually kinda funny:)  She passed every exam with flying colors!  She is a healthy happy little girl and the pediatrician said she is advanced in many things.  She is just too smart!  And the best part, she screamed during the first shot but then she instantly stopped crying and said, "Oh, that didn't hurt!"  She then had two more shots and didn't cry at all for either of them.  CRAZY KAYZEE!  She is 44 inches tall (73%) and weighs 40 lbs (56%).  She is a keeper for sure:)

One last adventure in our family...
I have many nieces and nephews from Danny's brothers and sisters but I was so excited when my own sister finally announced that she was pregnant.  I finally feel like a real aunt but I wasn't expecting to be an aunt until Thanksgiving.  My sister had some complications and the baby had to come early.  13 weeks early!!!  Baby Max was born when my sister Alicia was only 27 weeks pregnant on August 29.  He only weighed 2 pounds!!!  It was scary but they had so many wonderful people praying for them and they all got blessings.

Newborn baby Max

First time my sister got to hold him

First day daddy got to hold him

First bath

Brain scan came back normal which was great news and he was taken off oxygen around 1 month old. My sister got really sick with a fever and infections and couldn't go see him at the hospital for a long time which was so hard for her but I am glad she got better and then she got to hold him for longer periods of time.

Max has come a long way and October was a big month for little Max and he surprised everyone with how well he progressed and grew but that is for my next post...