Venetian

Today we saw cousin Frank and met for a yummy lunch at our favorite place in the Venetian! Frank was here on a business trip, we're hoping the next time he comes he'll bring Lisa and the boys with him! (hint hint Lisa)Kylie twirling her spaghetti... (we're Italian, no cutting spaghetti allowed)Check out that bruise... she went smack down on the cement (not today, a few days ago) No one else probably notices, but whenever we go to the Venetian the girls wear these shirts. They're red -safe color when eating Italian food- and the material wipes clean easily.(up and down pics) Fun pictures outside... one of these days we need to take a Gondola ride!

Thankful Thursday

1. I LOVE being able to sleep on my stomach again! ahhhh...

2. Having a washer and dryer... not that I've been w/o one, but ever think how easy that makes our lives??? Not having to wash everything by hand and then dry it outside.

3. I am super grateful that I'm not left to my own intelligence for certain things. I mean I consider myself an intelligent person, but I couldn't have invented the wheel much less anything more creative. Example: Solar panels to heat pool water from 68 degrees (FREEZING!) to 92 in 2.5 days. As cool as that seems and as intelligent as I think I am, I could have never invented that.

4. A compliment I got yesterday. A middle-aged man came up to me (I'd expect it from a woman or a mom, but a man really struck me as interesting) he came up to me and complimented me on how well-behaved my girls were. (HA, I'm thinking: "You should see them at home!!!") I graciously accepted the compliment and felt good about my Mommy skills.

5. This just made me happy... I have these 2 cute blue gingham dresses for Kacey and Kylie that they've never worn, they were going to wear them last Sunday. I put it on Kylie, it fit but it was way too short.... constant problem for her so we took it off and they wore something else. I was out shopping this week and I found a larger size for Kylie... so now I have them for Kylie, Kacey and Kadyn... the best part, it was clearanced to $2.40 and I had 20% off on top of that. SWEET!

Fun Fun

So (not saying it too loudly) don't want to jinx it... but I think I can handle 3. It's certainly not as bad as the transition was for me from 1 to 2. 2 to 3 has been quite manageable. Theory behind it, maybe now I've mastered the multitasking a little better. Who knows, either way, I think I can handle 3... (by no means do we go out, I can only handle 3 at home!)

Yesterday, we made pizza from scratch (thanks for the idea Missy!) The girls LOVED it, messy pizza dough all over our fingers... although we are boring, the only topping we enjoy is cheese, but we loaded it on!

I promise Kadyn is awake sometimes during the day. It seems all the pictures I post are of her asleep.

Sunday Morning Pictures

All 4 Girls!

Kadyn's first day at church, she's also 2 weeks old today. Normally, I wouldn't be taking her to church this soon, except for the fact that it was Kylie's first Primary Program. So Kadyn and I stayed only for the Primary Program, which was the cutest thing ever! Kylie was so proud of herself walking up every time it was the Sunbeams turn to sing, smiling ear to ear. She was so happy! It's truly amazing how the leaders get the children to do all that, hats off to you guys... it was adorable! Matthew and I kept looking at eachother and nodding at the start of a new song... thinking, that's why she's been singing that song nonstop! Kacey was thoroughly confused as to why Kylie wasn't sitting with us, and why she didn't get to go be with Kylie.

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Daddy never made it home from church by the time we needed to leave to go to church. (did that make sense?) So he missed Sunday Morning Pictures. He forgot about his stake meetings this morning, so I was left getting 4 females ready... I think I did okay :)

~no Kadyn's not matching Kylie and Kacey... she's too small, I can't get anything to fit her!!!

Thankful Thursday

1. A decent night's sleep... last night was a good night. So far we've only had good nights, but every night when we go to sleep I worry that tonight's gonna be the bad one... so far so good.
2. Service: Momma's little helpers. It's nice having extra hands that can grab something for me or help carry things up the steps as I'm holding Kadyn. And also the service that's been rendered to our family with all the yummy dinners being brought to our home. It's been such a huge help, we've had leftovers like crazy... makes my life much easier!
3. The YW and their leaders. Last night for their activity, they had a baby shower for me and Kim Meeks- our babies are just days apart. It was so cute and thoughtful of them! Fun games, I got a whole bunch of sweet gifts... really fun evening out! Thank you for thinking of me even though I've been out of YW for a bit now!
4. Priesthood Blessings. Tuesday, Kadyn developed a nasty cough, so we took her into the dr's. Four hours later, we were still there. She was four-tenths of a degree off from being admitted into the hospital. (I wouldn't have been able to handle that) She had to get blood tests, too bad it took them FOREVER to find her little veins (that nearly killed me)... the tests came back fine, but her temperature was still too high. And they don't give fever reducer meds because it can mask the real problem in newborns. I left with them saying if it got higher, take her to the ER immediately. We got home, Matthew gave her a blessing and she's been in the 97-98 range ever since.
5. 1999 Ford Explorer. My van's battery died as I was going to said dr appt on Tuesday. (ugh) I changed my parents' whole afternoon as I threw my older girls in their direction and took off with one of their vehicles, Kadyn in tow. Fully gassed up, good air conditioning for nearly 10 years old. Anyways, my car battery was completely covered under AAA warranty and we didn't have to pay a penny for a new one... kinda nice, thankful for that too :)

Sunday Morning Pictures

I can't believe it's been a week already...

Matthew took the girls to church today- alone, brave man.

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Our morning pictures... excuse my absence, I was still in my jammies!

Next week I'll make a grand appearance back into Sunday Morning Pictures :)

One week since...

I can't believe it's been one week since we went to the hospital. It's really quite a funny story. Matthew and I went out to lunch at On The Border, in hopes spicy food might actually trigger something... maybe that helped. It was a full moon, I remember taking Maggie out back and staring at the moon thinking "let's go now!" Ironically, the nurses at the hospital said that they really are more crowded on full moon nights.
After we bathed the girls and put them to bed, I laid down and realized my contractions were 7 minutes apart, they continued like that for an hour. I went downstairs and told Matthew to maybe get his Accounting homework done (I'd only been telling him ALL week, but did he listen... no!) because we could be in the hospital for the next few days. I started scarfing down my leftovers from lunch, knowing they won't let me eat once I get there. Then, no lie, in between my contractions -now hurting more and closer together- I'm teaching him his Accounting homework so it can be done for Monday night's class. We get it done, my mom comes over... we're off to Mountain View.

Labor all night. It hurt. Out she came. Did I mention that Mountain View's food is SO good!!! WOW, I don't know if I was just THAT hungry or what, but it was fabulous. I ordered massive amounts of food for every meal, and I enjoyed every single bite. And, I really liked that they gave the husbands food too. Although he did enjoy a bacon cheeseburger as I labored around 2 am... he did the same thing with Kacey, I guess now it's tradition :) :) :)

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Okay, done reminiscing. I did Kacey's hair today in pigtails. So precious! Needless to say, I had to wrap the band around about 67 times, but it's adorable with those curls coming out.

Not much else on our end. Kadyn sleeps so good, if I could be guaranteed another baby like her, I'd have 9 more.... I'll post Sunday morning pictures tomorrow too. (FYI: I'm reading Midnight Sun... I can't read as fast off of a computer screen, but I just love it and I'm heartbroken that it's going to end abruptly. I just really love being on the Cullen side of things and seeing it all from their views...)

Thankful Thursday

(instead of 5, I'll do 3 long ones... because they all pretty much run together)

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1. Our most recent blessing- our beautiful Kadyn! She is the sweetest, calmest, softest little love bug ever! She is such a good baby, I just love her so much!!! She smells SOOO good, she's so tiny.... we had her 3 day check-up yesterday and she's 5 lbs & 12 oz.

2. Matthew! He's been home from work, which has been an enormous help. He's been there to give the girls the extra love they need so no one feels left out or even jealous these first few days with the dynamics of our family changing. He's taken the big girls out for fun activities, going out to lunch, doing one-on-ones with the girls... notice picture...

This is at Star Nursery, Kylie's at Preschool... Kacey and Daddy had just came from breakfast... he took this with his phone, I love it!

The things you have to do when you're the only man in the house. Kylie is doing his hair, combing and using pretend shampoo to rub his head. What a manly man! (I can't wait until she figures out that he has nails that can be painted too!)

3.The extra happiness that just bounces off the walls with a newborn baby in the house. Every yawn, every little glance from Kadyn just excites our whole family. Kylie and Kacey aren't the least bit jealous- I was concerned with Kacey since she's been the baby for a while- but they are so loving and you can just feel that when you see all 3 of them together.

Welcome HOME Baby Girl #3!!!

Kadyn Elisa Boyd

Sunday, Sept 14, 2008 @ 5:12 am

6 lbs. 2.8 oz, 19 in. Literally 30 minutes after delivery, by looking at his bright face you'd think we'd had all the sleep in the world! Matthew got to scrub in and help deliver again which is great, I cut her cord (first time for me). I was in labor ALL night, it was brutal. You forget how much it really hurts. They kept having to up my epidural-- needless to say when it came time to push, about 3/4 of my body was completely numb. I could barely cut her cord :) Love Dr. Kahle, nothing like coming in for my delivery then heading home for a Bishopric meeting.
Bright blue eyes. We are shocked that she has hair and ALOT of it!She is SOOO happy to have 2 baby sisters.

Kacey keeps saying, Baby Kadyn, Baby Kadyn. When we got out of the car today, she offered to carry the carseat for Matthew :) and she keeps saying Kadyn's cute.

So we're home, so nice to be home and to shower in my own shower. Matthew's home for a few days, he took the older girls to get my meds, to Sonic for lunch, and walk around Wal-Mart to tucker them out so Kacey can come home for naptime. What a good dad, he's also the man for diaper changes!!! Gotta love that, those meconium poopies are rough!!! (ps- Kacey still thumbs up with the potty training, I'm going to enjoy some peace and quiet!) Love to all...

FYI - If you don't see us tomorrow...

We are most likely sitting in the hospital with Nicole in labor or with a new baby! It is a full moon and we ate lunch at On the Border! Go figure!

More to come!

-Matt

Kylie's Drawing

Kylie loves to draw and write and color, she's really very creative... and apparently more perceptive than I realized. She drew this for me yesterday, no help, all on her own. I loved it, notice my belly! She goes, "It's Kadyn, I drew Kadyn!!!"

On the back she drew Daddy and Kacey... it's hard to tell, but you can see her detail work with Kacey's eyelashes :)

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Some pictures from this morning... this is when I told Kacey we were going to Daddy's work to meet him for lunch.

Kacey's turning to the side to show off her pretty barrettes. You might think yeah right, she's just not looking at the camera... but no, barrettes are very important in our house! If we start downstairs and I haven't "done her hair" yet, she'll stop... "no no Mommy, my barrettes!" And she'll run to her and Kylie's bathroom and stand on her step stool. She's also picky with the shoes she wears, we go through 3 pairs until she decides on some.

Playing outside when we came home... love this cooler (upper 80's) weather!

Thankful Thursday

1. The cute things kids say~ Kylie told her soccer coach today that Heavenly Father was going to make her grow up big and strong just like her Daddy. (I apparently am not big and strong, she tells me that I'll grow up someday too like Daddy and be able to ride the big rides)

2. Naptime and sleep at night, for my kids and for me... I love that they come daily.

3. Mail. It seems so minor, I love getting the mail. I got a package delivered today, love that!

4. Continued potty training success, not 100% but yesterday we were at Sam's Club and Kacey went there!!! It was a sight to see, me- big belly and all- holding onto her because our tushies don't touch public toilets, yelling, "YAH!" as Kylie's desperately trying to come in the stall to see her sister's victory. :)

5. Yes, I'm still alive... still blogging, no hospital yet. Matthew knows he has to post as soon as something exciting happens. But for now, I keep telling myself that I'm glad to still be pregnant so she can keep gaining weight and I can still be thankful for sleep. Although really I could have killed my DR after my stress test Monday when he said he'd either see me at the hospital this week--- me going on my own, only dilated to a 2, yeah right Dr. Kahle, come on now---- or he'd see me in a week and WE WOULD schedule induction. I guess for now he's more concerned with her gaining more weight than my amniotic fluid being low. SO I'm telling myself how thankful I am that she has the opportunity to gain more weight since he thinks she's measuring a little small. Thankful to still be pregnant, thankful to still be pregnant.... maybe if I keep repeating it...


AND I have one more...
I'm the opposite of a procrastinator, which is probably worse sometimes. You give me a year to do something, I'll have to get it done now. We're planning a vacation in the quite distant future, and I made some tentative reservations because I'd been monitoring rates and it appeared they'd dropped that day. WOW, now it's like $100+ more. Go me!!!!

Sunday Morning Pictures

While the girls ate breakfast, I found a new fun thing to do... making them hair bows! It's difficult because Kacey requires alligator clips, while Kylie can just have curly bows. Little glue, some cheap ribbon... WAY fun! Little Princess Kacey went all church keeping her diaper dry, well we did have a #2 dirty diaper... but for right now I'm focusing on tinkling... and she continued the whole day dry! :)
Not that this is a particularly good picture of me, but can we give a sigh of relief... this should be/will be my last Sunday pregnant!!!
Pretty eyes!

Love those curls, you could tell she loved her hair bows too and she could feel the ribbon ringlets on her head. She'd move her neck around to feel them bounce with her and just smile :)

Again, hopefully the last picture of just the 4 of us!!! :)

Happy 2nd Birthday Kacey!

My baby turned 2 today! I can't believe it, she seems so small but so big at the same time! Here are some fun pictures from her special day.......

We like to open presents AS SOON AS we get up in this house!

We had a mini celebration with my folks at our favorite go-to place, Peter Piper. AND Kacey was playing the games and won 580 tickets in about 5 minutes!!!

I've got cupcakes galore- see cupcake mountain down more... any good recipes for leftover icing? :)

Awesome fun balloons!!!

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So now indulge me for a few moments...

Kacey Elisa Boyd

September 5, 2006 (part of the 5% of babies actually born on their due dates)

6 lbs & 11 oz. and 21 in.

She was born at Summerlin Hospital, and Daddy helped Dr. Kahle deliver her. My epidural wore off with her, I'd barely had it for an hour- I'm not sure what happened. It was horrible :) Her blood pressure dropped, I was on oxygen, nurses were running in and out, it was crazy hectic fast... Matthew was frantic, but trying not to be in front of me, asking everyone 1,000 questions, then lying to me about the answers that I'd just heard the nurses say... I guess to calm me down... didn't work, but I appreciate the gesture. The nurses were pushing on my stomach while I was pushing her out, no time to get the epidural man back to me to ease my pain... then our sweet little Kacey finally came!!! (and didn't sleep for 12 months straight!!!) :) :) :) All I remember when she was born was saying, "it's still a girl right??!!!" and Matthew saying, "she looks like Kylie."

We are so blessed to have our little Kacey, she's definitely her own little person and I love her so much for that. She can be a pistol and a half... and you can't help but laugh, we are just so grateful that she chose to come to us!!!

***side note*** As I say it with complete shock, I think she's potty trained (???). 3 days now, dry diapers all day long and holds it to go on the potty-- nighttime and #2's a different story, but I'll take it. I didn't do a thing. Seriously, this wasn't in my game plan at all. I've got no problem with having 2 children in diapers, BUT apparently her and Kylie had other ideas. Fun little present for me! ;) Wah-oooooo!