10.11.12

I am so behind on blogging but my internet has been shorting out so it's hit and miss when it works and I have been so crazy at work!  Lots of training lately.  So here is me updating you on my sister's wedding last month...

10.11.12---My sister's wedding day!  She has been engaged for over a year just so she could have that date!  Lucky for me the date fell during my fall break so I didn't have to miss much of work and we could stay longer.  Since we decided to save $900 and drive instead of fly we left early Wednesday morning to be there for her wedding on Thursday.  With two kids and a 12 hour drive I dreaded the long hours in the car but my kids did great!!!!  No crying or fighting.  We got out to play at every meal so that helped a lot.  Otherwise they slept, watched movies, or played on the ipad.

We only drove 10 hours the first day because I wanted to see my favorite Jarvis family.  I miss them so much.  I have known them forever and I can't believe how grown up all the kids are.  THANKS Karen and Gary for letting us stay and for the wonderful meal!!!  We stayed with them that night and then we drove the other two hours to the church where my sister was getting married and helped get everything and everyone ready.

Memphis and Kayzee put on talent shows on the stage for everyone...so cute the two of them dancing and singing.  I feel bad Danny missed the wedding because the kids were asleep in the car but they made it in for pictures and the reception.  The wedding ceremony was perfect.  Short and sweet.  I loved that the Bishop didn't want to talk forever and give tons of advice.  He just wanted them to remember one thing...how they felt on their special day.  PERFECT ADVICE!  I am so excited for my sister Annalyn and my new brother-in-law Curtis (welcome to the family!) and I hope they have a wonderful life together.

*The pictures are in a totally random order.  I got them from my camera and my sister's camera...ENJOY!

I did both my sister's hair and my own.  Nothing too fancy but I found these blue rose hair clips (perfect color to match) to go in both mine and Alicia's hair.  Alicia, Me, and Annalyn's friend Dora were the bridesmaids.  

 This is Jessica Jarvis.  I miss her face!  It was so fun to see her and I am glad she made it to the wedding with her brother Cam and her dad.

 This is Dora.  Annalyn's friend and maid of honor.

 My sister had to get a picture of me getting ready.

 I tried curling my sister's hair with a curling iron but she has the straightest hair!  Nothing would hold the curl so we tried hot rollers and the curls held for the ceremony but her hair went flat by the reception.  Oh well...her dress is beautiful!  Thanks Juli Redford for adding the blue color to her dress:)

The men...my brother Chris, Curtis' brother, best man, groom Curtis, and Annalyn.

 The line...brother Chris, Curtis' brother, best man, Curtis, Annalyn, Dora, Alicia, Me

 My sister told me I needed to find a royal blue dress.  HA!  After 9 different stores I was ready to quit but the last store I tried I found this dress on their clearance rack.  $110 down to $20 bucks!  

 The girls...Me, flower girl and my baby girl Kayzee:), bride Annalyn, friend Dora, and twin Alicia

 The parents...I got to chat with Curtis' mom for a little bit at the reception, she was really nice:)

 My family (finally we are all together...it has been like 7 years since we got a family picture!

 Danny, Kayzee, me, Memphis, my dad, my mom, Curtis, Annalyn, Chris, Alicia, her boyfriend Fausto...HAPPY NEWS-Alicia and Fausto are now engaged and they are planning on getting married October 2013.  

 Curtis' family

 The happy couple:)

 My aunt Cherie, Grandpa Astle, Grandma Astle, and Aunt Sandra all came for the wedding

 The rings

 Had to get a picture of my heels because I NEVER wear heels.  Danny is too short for me to wear heels and since he wasn't in the wedding line I could wear them HE HE!

 sign-in table

 Their theme was "You rock my world" so they decorated with Curtis' guitars

 They went to Disneyland on their honeymoon!

 Memphis asked this girl to dance.  This is the second time I have seen Memphis holding a girl's hand.  Oh dear, I am in trouble;)  But they sure were cute dancing together...

 Kayzee LOVES dancing

 Memphis loved the balloons

 I grew up living next door to this wonderful women...Juli Redford!

 My sister Alicia

 Dora and twins Annalyn and Alicia

 Grandparents

 Cutting the cake

 Flower girl!

 Me and my Jessica Jarvis... miss this girl.  I use to babysit her and her brothers and I taught her piano lessons.  I also lived with them for a year.  Glad I could see them this trip.

 Me and my mommy!

Me and my daddy! 

 Me and my BIG little brother.  For those of you who are wondering...he is 6 ft. 8 in tall!

 I wish this picture wasn't so blurry because I LOVE it.  Annalyn had never met Kayzee until her wedding day!  Too long to not see each other.  Niece and Nephew, Aunt and Uncle.  

 Our little family trying to get a picture.  

 And trying again...

 and again!

 My dad's best friend Fred Branson...funny guy!

 Me and my twin sisters!  LOVE AND MISS THEM:)  Happy Wedding Day Annalyn!

Whoa...Howaween!!!

Whoa, Halloween has already come and gone.  We have had a CRAZY busy month of October and I have not blogged in forever.  I have a million things to blog about...

our trip to California
my sister's wedding
our trip to the zoo
my fhe ideas
my kids growing up
kid's rooms finally finished!
Halloween
etc...

Let's just start with Halloween or Howaween as Kayzee likes to say:)  Other posts to come later.

Halloween morning Memphis was so excited to put his costume on.  Kayzee woke up saying WITCH WITCH!!!  She was a witch this year (so was I) but that morning when I put her costume on she started screaming and wouldn't stop till I took it off.  Sooo, Kayzee didn't wear her costume to day care but Memphis wore his costume -Green Savage- to preschool.  He got to go trick or treating around the high school and came home with a huge bag of candy.

That night our ward had a Halloween party so we all dressed up (Kayzee finally wore her costume) and  we enjoyed dinner and trick or treating.  No trunk or treating for our ward, just trick or treating around to all the rooms in the church.  Everyone kept saying we had the most polite toddlers because they would say, "Trick or treat please...thank you!"  I taught them well!  We then went home and trick or treated around our neighborhood (to all the houses that didn't go to the ward party because they were the only ones home) and then put kids to bed.  We have TOO MUCH CANDY it's ridiculous.  We have Memphis' huge bag from preschool, both of the kid's bags from trick or treating, AND all the candy that I had bought for trick or treaters but no one came to our house.

We had a fun Halloween and now every evening Memphis looks out the window, sees that it is dark and says, "Halloween!  I need to put my costume on!"
 

 Memphis took this picture of me and Kayzee, he did a good job:)

 Kazyee took this picture of me and Memphis

At the ward party with my friend Steph and her little girl Brielle

Hope you all had a fun Halloween too!

Sweet Kayzee Lynn

My sweet Kayzee Lynn

My baby girl is growing up way too fast.  She went to her 2 year well-baby-check-up yesterday and she is definitely growing.  The pediatrician did all the developmental tests and said she is basically the size and has the smarts of a 3 year old!  Just like her older brother was at that age.  He said I make big smart babies:)  She is wearing 3T clothes but for winter she is definitely going to be wearing 4T!  

She can sing her ABC's and Twinkle Twinkle all by herself.  And she can count to 12.  She LOVES BOOKS.  She will sit for hours looking at books.  She also loves her babies.  She will eat ANYTHING we put in front of her.  

Here are her stats at 2 years old:

Weight---28 lbs (73%)

Height---36 in (97%)

Compared to Memphis at 2 years old:

Weight---30 lbs

Height---35 in

Kayzee beat him in height!  She is going to be a tall little lady.  

The pediatrician looked at her umbilical hernia and said that all it is now is a cosmetic issue.  He said wait one more year and if it isn't gone by the time she is 3 then surgery should be considered because no little girl wants a "tootsie roll" for a belly button;)  That is exactly what he said and that is exactly what it looks like.  I am just hoping that it is gone so we don't have to deal with it.  

I also talked with the pediatrician about her lack of sleeping at night.  Sad news for mommy.  He said there is nothing else I can do:(  I just lucked out and have a child that likes to scream 1-4 times a night.  He said she is just so smart she knows we can hear her.  She has been sleeping better  the last few nights so here's hoping she keeps that up!

WE LOVE YOU KAYZEE!

Bi-sick-le

Bi-sick-le=Cycle of sickness and a new bicycle!  Yes, I make up words for my blog:)

Cycle of sickness:
The cycle of sickness has now gone through our family so here's hoping and praying we stay well for awhile...a LONG while:)  Kayzee was actually the only one that was sick the least.  Which is good because Memphis was sick for too long.  Danny came home sick from work one day.  And as for me?  I was sick for a week but not as bad as Memphis so I endured it until I couldn't anymore.  But that's how it goes right?  I got to go to work two days this last week.  I made it Wednesday and Thursday but was miserable and so weak I had to teach PE from a chair.  I DID NOT want to miss Friday AGAIN because they were already behind on fitness testing but Thursday night I was so miserable there was no way so I got a sub and off to the Dr. I went.

TMI if you don't want to read skip down to the Bicycle part below:)  It was definitely a stomach bug going through our house but it affected us all differently.  Memphis was throwing up for four days.  Danny and Kayzee threw up once and they were fine.  I never threw up but food was going straight through me.  I had diarrhea really bad for a week.  I could hardly eat anything but I made sure I drank LOTS of water so I didn't become dehydrated.  I was so weak from not eating and losing all my nutrients so fast.  By day 7 after getting off the scale and having lost 14 lbs in a week I knew it was time to go to the Dr.  I can't lose weight when I try but when I don't try I lose a ton!  HA!  Not fun:(

I seriously LOVE my Dr.  I always praise him on my blog but he is amazing and always cures everything so fast!  He gave me a pill that would instantly stop the diarrhea and a pill to stop my tummy from feeling gross so I could actually eat, a probiotic, and a nasty sodium drink for a little pick me up to get my nutrients back.  That did the trick.  I got home from the Dr. at 11am Fri.  The Dr. told me that all the prescriptions would knock me out so Danny came home early from work and I went straight to bed.  I didn't wake up until 11am Saturday morning!  I slept 24 hours!!!!!!  I guess I needed that.  And the pills really knocked me out so I didn't hear Kayzee at all when she woke up in the night.  Oh heaven!  And THANKS DANNY!  I only woke up twice to go to the bathroom and eat and drink a little to take more pills.  Today I feel a million times better but I am just so weak and light headed still so I am slowly eating more and walking around a little and taking naps so I can be ready to go back to work on Monday.

Bicycle!
Warning: this section has some potty talk;)

When Memphis started potty-training I found a potty-training chart online that I printed out and made to fit Memphis and what I wanted him to accomplish.  We told him if he filled up the chart with stickers he could pick out the biggest prize of his choice.  He choose a bike!  Well, he filled up the chart so off he went with Daddy today to buy his new big boy bike and helmet:)  They have had fun outside trying it out.  It is just a little bit too big but we would rather he have a bike to grow into.  He can still ride it well enough to get where he wants to go.

 Danny was getting ready to go to the store with Memphis and he put on his hat and sunglasses like he always does and Memphis said he wanted to look just like Daddy:)

 Danny told me about this funny thing Memphis said in the car on the way to the store:

Memphis: "Daddy, turn off the music, we need to talk"

Danny: (laughing) "Ok Memphis, what do we need to talk about?"

Memphis: "My bike!" And here it is...

Way to go Memphis!  I am so proud of you:)

It's been 2 years...

It's been 2 years of NO SLEEP!  But it's also been two years of giggles, sweet smiles, singing, dancing, bows, dresses, beautiful curls, hugs, kisses, and LOVE.  Our sweet Kayzee Lynn is now 2 years old!

A lot would say that they can't believe she is already two and that time has gone by so fast.  For me it has been a LONG two years because of the fact that she doesn't believe in sleeping.  Hopefully we can figure out this month why and fix the problem because I don't know if I can go without sleep very much longer.

But I LOVE my sweet baby girl and I do hate seeing her grow up so fast.  She can say a lot of words now and she can say her ABCs and count to 10.  She loves to draw, read books, and play with her baby dolls.  She also loves to pick on her older brother;)  She has the most beautiful curls and I love having a girl to dress up.  She is so sweet and so smart.  She also has an attitude and will give you a mean scowl when you make her mad HA!

HAPPY 2nd BIRTHDAY KAYZEE LYNN!!!  WE LOVE YOU:)

 Kayzee LOVES her new doll stroller and crib.  They go everywhere she goes with all her dolls.

 Kayzee also loves this new doodle travel pad.  And I love it because the marker only works when it has water in it and it only writes on the doodle pad.  BRILLIANT!!!  Perfect gift from Grandma Royer!  Now I don't have to clean off colors all over my house:)  Thanks ROYER family for all the gifts!

 See all the happy faces Kayzee has started drawing.  She always says she is happy so she likes to draw happy faces:)

I had planned TWO big parties to help her celebrate her birthday.  One with the Royer side of the family and one with my side of the family and Kayzee's friends.  Well they didn't really happen because our poor little Memphis has been really sick.  Sorry Kayzee.  Next year we will make up for it!

I felt like I was getting a bad cold last Thursday night so I got a sub for Friday so I could stay home and rest.  I actually felt fine when I woke up that Friday morning but Memphis started throwing up.  He threw up every 5 minutes for 3 hours!!!  He could not keep any fluids or medicine down.  I was getting worried but he didn't have a fever.  After the 3 hours he was able to keep fluids down but would throw up every time he ate.  Danny's family was supposed to come over and spend the night so we called them and told them to stay away because we didn't know what was going on.

Saturday he was tired all day but he was keeping food down finally so we told Danny's family they could come stay at our house for the rest of the weekend.  Saturday night Memphis threw up a few times during the night so his wonderful Grandma stayed home with him while the rest of us went to church.  THANKS so much Peggy!

We had a small little party for Kayzee that night with Danny's family.  We had cake and ice cream and opened presents.  Kayzee loves her grandparents and her aunties so it was a fun party.  Monday Danny's family left and Memphis started throwing up again:(  He couldn't eat or drink anything again without throwing up.  I have never done so much laundry in my life that I have done in the last 4 days.  We tried teaching Memphis to throw up in a bowl but he understood to throw up on a blanket or towel better so I was ok with that because I would rather just throw those in the washer rather than scrubbing carpets.

Memphis slept all night last night and I got a sub again today so fingers crossed he does not throw up any more because I really can't miss any more school because it's fitness testing time.  I am waiting to hear back from the pediatrician to see what he has to offer.  I can tell Memphis is feeling better because he is getting into trouble and he will not sit still.  I keep trying to get him to rest so he doesn't over do it but try getting a 3 year old boy to rest!  He keeps saying he is starving so we are going easy on the food.  It has been a rough 3 days seeing my little boy in so much pain.  It is no fun being sick:(

On a more exciting note in my life...I finally quit drinking soda (something I have been trying to do for far too long).  I got really sick a month ago and the doctor said the worse thing I could do was drink soda so that was the kick in the butt I needed.  I have not had soda since July 28 and I have lost 10 lbs!!!  I feel so good:)  GO ME:)

Kayzee has her two year well baby check-up on the 24th so we will see how much she has grown and hopefully we can figure out why she doesn't sleep and also see about her umbilical hernia.

I LOVE MY FAMILY!