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Sunday, January 12, 2014

The Kayzee Adventure part…???

I realized as I was making my blog into a book for each year that I have a lot of posts labeled the Kayzee Adventure. YES Kayzee is definitely an adventure! After 3 1/2 years of being alive she is STILL NOT SLEEPING THROUGH THE NIGHT!!! Once in awhile she surprises us and sleeps all night but that is only like once or twice a week. My body is so used to not getting any sleep so when I do get the random chance to sleep all night I am even more tired than when I didn't sleep. SO ANNOYING!

Because she doesn't sleep well she falls asleep during the day in the most random uncomfortable places you can imagine. I caught some on my camera. She is just so tired she passes out hard and fast.

At the babysitters on her couch...

Literally asleep on top of her toy stroller with the handle bars pressing into her stomach and back...

In Daddy's laundry basket...

On top of her pillow on the kitchen floor...

Half on half off the chair in her room. I should have taken a picture of her waist and legs hanging off...

In the car after playing at the lake...

I love my sweet Kayzee Lynn:)

We also took Kayzee to the dentist for the first time. This was Memphis' 3rd time going and he was cavity free and he did so well:) Here he is waiting for his cleaning watching Barbie (his choice).

Kayzee on the other hand…well… I didn't get rid of her sippy cup fast enough partly because of the laxative she was on for her GI issues so I knew her front teeth were bad because of the juice and the sippy cup. She did really well for the x-rays and the cleaning because the nurse was a girl and she was really nice. Because of Kayzee's adventures at the hospital and countless GI specialist visits and them always being male and causing pain she relates pain to male doctors. As soon as the male dentist walked in the room she started screaming! Poor girl. She had to do the dentist exam on my lap. And she had 4 cavities on her four front teeth. So our options were going to the hospital for gas sedation for $1,200 or IV sedation at the dentist's office for $300. I bet you can guess which route we chose:)

I took her for the fillings the next morning really early and Memphis stayed home with Auntie Nita who was staying with us. Kayzee would not do anything for the male sedation doctor who needed to weigh her and take her temperature so he had me distract her with toys and he gave her the shot in her arm. Kayzee was not too happy but she went limp really quickly. An hour later they came and got me because she was finally in recovery. She was knocked out! We waited 30 min the doctor came in and touched her chest and she instantly woke up. It was weird. And Kayzee was hilariously loopy after the sedation. She LOVED everyone and she told everyone she loved them in a slow loopy voice even the male dentist she screamed at before. On the way home she yelled at me that she was going to throw up and then said JUST KIDDING and then she started laughing hysterically. I couldn't stop laughing with her and I am glad she didn't throw up. She was dizzy and couldn't walk straight for a couple hours and then as soon as she started pestering Memphis we knew she was back to normal:) What an adventure!

Danny's family came up for New Years. (Mom and Dad, 3 sisters Nita, Emily, and Mary, brother Benny and his girlfriend Kayla) We had fun seeing them. My kids love them! We had fun playing basketball in my school gym and eating yummy food. After they all left to go home on Wednesday Auntie Nita stayed with us the rest of the week. We went shopping and to see the movie Frozen and we played games. We love you Auntie Nita and the ROYER bunch!

Assembly line catching goldfish in their mouths

Fun with Auntie Nita

Kayzee's hair is sooooo long. Almost down to her hips! I am having fun playing with it trying out new hairstyles.

Found this smiley face on our bathroom counter. Happy New Year everyone!

Sunday, December 29, 2013

A White Christmas

The first few weeks of December were pretty uneventful. I already had Christmas presents bought, wrapped, and in the mail so I was ready for Christmas. We just did our school and work thing and waited excitedly for Christmas break to arrive so we could relax at home together and enjoy the Christmas holiday.

One exciting thing that happened was a fire at my school in my gym! I was driving to school when I got a call that said, "Because of a fire in your school gym please go straight to the church across from the school." We got the all clear from the fire marshall that students could return to their classrooms but we could not use the gym. The fire was not very big, started by a student, caught early and extinguished by our school Janitor but the smoke and the smell was bad enough I couldn't use the gym for PE till the next Monday so it had the weekend to air out. Bummer but I had Health lessons ready so I just went around to all the classrooms. It worked out and the students were so good through it all. On the first Monday of our break Memphis and Kayzee were already driving me crazy bouncing off the walls so I decided to go let them run around my school gym. Good thing I did. The ceiling in my PE office was leaking from the roof and the janitor was there so good thing I caught it early and didn't come back to school two weeks later with water damage. Fun times!

I am having an identity crisis. I have now officially lived in Utah longer than I have lived in California. Sad day when I realized that fact. But I grew up in California from age 4-18 so I will always claim Cali. BUT one thing I LOVE about Utah and always wanted growing up was a white snow filled Christmas. Christmas is just that much more complete with snow on the ground. At least for me. This year we have had plenty of snow for a few weeks and I have loved it. I don't even mind driving in it. Memphis and Kayzee have loved it too. We have built snowmen and tunnels and slides and have gone sledding have been on many 4-wheeler rides pulling a sled behind it. It has been fun. Here are some pictures of our snow filled fun.

Memphis digging his way through a snow tunnel

I have found a new love of shoveling snow. Seriously I love doing it. I won't let Danny do it and I have gotten to shovel our driveway and walkway 4 times now. NO! I will not come shovel your driveway…only mine;)

Sled and 4 wheeler rides! You can't see it but Memphis has the biggest grin on his face. He loves going fast on that sled behind daddy:)

Kayzee wouldn't go on the sled alone so Danny convinced me to go with her. It was so much fun:) I was actually surprised that little plastic sled didn't break once Danny had to start pulling all 3 of us. AWESOME!

Building a snowman and a slide in our backyard

The Sunday before Christmas I had to dress up Memphis and Kayzee in the Christmas outfits they got last year from my mom. It was great they still fit a whole year later. Aren't they the cutest brother and sister ever? I think so;)

Awww….

And while I am on their cute brotherness and sisterness here is another picture I caught of these two walking together holding hands. They really do love each other and play really well together. Best friends forever!

Here is Kayzee's letter to Santa this year. Memphis wouldn't do one but this is what Kayzee said…

Dear Santa,

I want a reindeer, a princess doll, a snowman, cute dresses, snowflakes, make-up, princess book and a fairy. I would like it if my family could get presents too because I love my mommy, daddy, and brother.

Love, Kayzee

Awwww…so sweet Kayzee and so thoughtful! We love you too.

Now on to Christmas!

Christmas Eve Danny had to work but he got off work early so we went outside to play in the snow while the sun was still up. Then we had our traditional dinner by candlelight (I grew up doing this) and read a picture book about the birth of Christ and the true meaning of Christmas. I also grew up opening up one gift from my Grandma and Grandpa Astle on Christmas Eve so we have continued that tradition because they are now sending Memphis and Kayzee (their great-grandchildren) gifts. Thanks Grandma and Grandpa Astle!!! We love you. The gift is pjs so it is perfect for Christmas Eve. Memphis and Kayzee ran up to change into their new pjs and then we all watched the cartoon of How the Grinch Stole Christmas. Classic.

This picture is our candlelit dinner but the flash doesn't help the whole scene. My kids think it is so cool eating in the dark with a few candles. Kayzee started screaming that her straw was hot and oops, her straw was melting over the heat from a candle.

Cute new pjs!

Kayzee had a fight with the corner of the kitchen table and got a pretty purple yellow bruise on her eyelid. Fun memories made tonight!

Christmas morning the kids woke up and came and climbed in bed with us. We watched some Christmas cartoons and ate yummy homemade cinnamon rolls in bed. Danny had made them the night before so it was perfect. Finally we made our way downstairs around 7:30am to find that Santa had come. Thanks to everyone especially our families who sent gifts for our Christmas. We love you parents and wish we lived closer. We spend Christmas day in our pjs playing with our gifts and watching our new movies. What a great family filled day.

Mine and Danny's gifts

Memphis' presents

Kayzee's presents

Memphis eating a cinnamon roll…yummy!

Memphis was spoiled as usual. He was so excited to get all the fun Jake and the Neverland pirate stuff to go with his ship he got for his birthday. Thanks mom!

Kayzee was spoiled too. She is obsessed with princesses so she was excited to get princess dress-up stuff. Thanks mom. Also that talking Princess Sophia goes with her everywhere.

Danny has a lot to read now.

Memphis and his new scooter. There is too much ice and snow still outside so I have taken him to my school gym to ride his scooter around. He loves it.