Kaezli Deanna

I am horrible at keeping this up to date....boy has so much happened!  I want to catch up and I think the best way is just an update on each of us so I will do a post for each starting with our newest and youngest...Kaezli Deanna!
So last time I wrote, I was about halfway through but we did not know the gender yet, boy has so much changed. As many of you already know, we had a girl, Kaezli to be exact on June 20.

She was 8 lbs 12 oz and 19 1/2 inches long.  She was my biggest baby, I was so surprised when they told me I had an almost 9 lb baby, I mean Kyler was barely over 6 lbs!  She ended up coming the Friday before my scheduled csection which is the day I felt like she was coming the entire pregnancy.  My blood pressure stayed good my entire pregnancy except for that last week.  That week I ended up in labor & delivery or the doctor's every day because my blood pressure kept spiking.  At my appt on Thursday, My dr said it was up to me, I could have her that day, friday or when I was scheduled but she didnt recommend waiting any longer with my blood pressure.  I chose friday that way we could have that night to prepare and enjoy our last night as a family of 4.  

Her birth was the hardest out of my three kids, which isnt saying much since I know my deliveries are a lot easier than some and I have been blessed with a body that heals quickly + a high pain tolerance so recovery is usually not that bad.  I reacted to the spinal and threw up  while they were delivering her, which by the way is the weirdest feeling, throwing up with most of your body numb.  I also ended up on oxygen while I was in surgery and I went more numb then normal.  My arms went numb so I couldnt hold her for the first while without someone's help which made me sad but it worked out.  She was born at 740 in the morning so we  got to enjoy her all day.  

The boys came up at lunch and were excited to see the presents she brought them.  They didnt have much interest in and were almost scared of her but Jason got them to at least stand near her.  They also hated seeing me in the hospital so they wouldnt come near me.  They spent a lot of time with grandma and grandpa and were so happy when we came home!

Daddy's little girl!

Grandpa wanted to prove he could hold all three.  

We got a smile in the first 24 hours!

Ready to go home!

I promise korbin is happy, he was just wore out!

My older sister had her baby, Maia,  3 days before me so it's been fun with the two of them.  I am so excited to see them grow up together, they will be the best for friends.  Kyler and Gracie are three months apart and Kyler loves his Gracie so much.  He will even tell you that she is his Gracie.  When we got realized from the hospital we went to my parents for a little while to pick up the boys so Kaezli and Maia got to meet.  

Kyler and Roxie with the newest cousins. 

Our first time home and we started it out with all three asleep!

Now that we are home the boys have taken a much bigger interest in Kaezli.  They both definitely love her to pieces and are always giving her kisses.  Most of my day is spent pulling Korbin off of her as he doesnt realize how big he is and just loves to give her loves.  Kyler always reminds me that he is the biggest brother and Korbin is the little big brother.  It is so fun to see them interact with her and each other.

Jason and I are figuring out how to be the parents of three, It's been quite the transition but we are surviving.  :) The biggest achievement for me is that I am making it out of the house regularly with all three by myself and surviving! :) 

We absolutely adore Kaezli, she is the sweetest baby and such a cuddle bug.  She is everything I imagined and more in a daughter and We are so glad she is part of our family.  

Now enjoy some of the pictures of her first month of life, I cant believe she is a month old already!

Thoughts for the day!

I have a blog with an update on the boys and our family but I have some thoughts I wanted to get out. I am sure that many of you have seen the anti marriage/mothering blog going around on facebook. Like many I'm sure my first reaction was anger. How dare this lady say she looks down on what I do. But this post isn't in anger, because the more I thought about the more I simply felt bad for her.
She wrote in pure ignorance because I assume she herself has never been married or a mom (and if she is, than I feel incredibly bad for her children). Like many moms out there, I have spent time on my own, working and taking care of myself. True it is not CEO type positions like she is talking about. I admit it felt good knowing I could take care of myself and I respect any working ladies (moms or not out there) but there is no way I would trade what I have now to go back to being alone and successful in the modern world.
I feel bad for this lady because she is truly lacking in what matters most in life, loved ones. I am so blessed when it comes to loved ones. I have some incredible friends who seem to enjoy my company.   I have so much extended family who seem to really like me :). Then I have the most special people as a part of my small family who think I am exceptional.

I have this little boy who the first thing he does when he sees me in the morning is joyfully explain momma as he runs to give me a hug and tells me he loves me. 

I have this little boy who thinks mommy's hugs cure everything and is often found trying to do exactly what mommy is doing.

And then my handsome husband who has never said goodbye without saying he loves me first and is always telling me how beautiful I am.

I know my life is exceptional and I truly feel like I am succeeding in life. I know the author of that blog may never agree with me but I hope that she will one day get over her ignorance and respect those who have chosen a lifestyle like mine. We all don't have to agree with what everyone does but we should still respect others as they are trying their best too.   And the fact remains that without wives and moms (parents in general), there wouldnt be successful career people in the world. So to all my fellow wives and moms out there, keep being as amazing as you are, we are a key part of this crazy world we live in. :)

And then there was an update....

Well you better believe that after 4 months, I'm finally back on the blog. I was doing so good at keeping it updated and then I somehow forgot to update, oops.  Well just a quick update and then some pictures from the last 4 months.
Korbin is growing so fast!  He will be 2 in less than a month, I'm having such a hard time believing that.  He still seems like my baby (and yes he always will be) but he has definitely become a little boy.  He is so tough and LOVES to wrestle.  He doesnt understand why Kyler isnt okay with Korbin tackling him all day long, and he loves wehn daddy gets home so that he can tackle him.  He loves balls of any sort and loves being outside to throw them.  This winter has been tough, he is constantly asking to go outside and doesnt get why we wont go out while its freezing and the air is bad.  He is such a sweetheart and gives the best hugs.  While he is definitely all tough boy, he has such a tender heart to him.  He hates people being mad at him and gives lots of hugs to make it all better.  He is so different from Kyler, it definitely makes things interesting.  He looks up to his big brother so much, most of the fights that I break up between them are because Korbin is trying to play with Kyler and kyler wants to do his own thing.  The story of a younger brother, right.  Korbin is an all over grandpa's boy.  If we tell him that we are going to see grandpa, then we better be getting in the car right away or he gets mad.  He walks right in to grandpa's house and looks for grandpa right away.  He loves that man!  We definitely love our Korbin and are so glad he is part of our family.
Kyler is 3 now!  It is so hard to believe. When he turned 3 he got a new speech therapist, who has been working on some new ideas with him.  Since his surgery last May he has definietly started talking more, we are just working on the eaunaction.  Even though he can be hard to understand, he always gets his point across.  He loves to make people laugh, especially Korbin.  He takes after Jason so much and is quite content doing his own thing.  He loves to play with others but also loves his time alone.  He has the best imagination and will play for hours.  He has been going to story time and has been loving it.  He got to go to little aggies preschool for a couple months and he loved that.  Makes me excited for when he starts preschool next year.  He has a sudden obsession with spiderman, which is really funny because he has never seen spiderman.  He is still our little sweetheart.  Last week during testimony meeting at church, one of the ladies who bore her testimony was crying.  Kyler wanted to go give her a hug.  He seriously melts my heart.  I love being mommy to my boys!
Jason is our superstar daddy/husband!  He is doing great at work.  He just recieved a big promotion last week and has been working so hard to succeed at it.  He is now a team lead.  It meant he had to switch teams at work and get a whole new profile, while organizing his new team plus transitioning his old profile.  He has been stressed to say the least but he is always ready to play with the boys when he gets home and always gives me a break.  He is going back to school in the next couple of weeks, which I am also proud of him for!  He had such a hard time at USU and was not happy there but he wanted to get his degree.  He's been taking a break as he has been looking into other schools.  He is going to be going to Steven's Henager and it seems like it will be a perfect fit.  We couldnt be more proud of him!  I definitely married my perfect man and boy do I love him!
I am doing well.  Baby K is doing well, growing nice and big inside of me, I feel huge!  I am 15 weeks and like 3 days.  We have our ultrasound set for February 6 to find out the gender, and we are so excited.  If it's a boy, then Jason and I are going to have to start agreeing on names because so far, we dont agree on any boy names.  If its a girl then her name will be Kaezli Belle.  The boys have been keeping me busy, plus I have been doing some work for my dad.  I am working on keeping life exciting while being cooped up inside so much (Kyler still doesnt do well with the inversions and the dr advised that I not be outside much either). I was called as an Activity days asst. in my ward and it's been fun trying to come up with fun activities for the girls.  I'm happy and am definitely loving my life!
now for pictures...

Aw, the days of sun!

We got to go to the circus, Kyler loved it, Korbin not so much!

I got to go the relief soceity session with my mom and sister, we had amazing seats.  I loved it!

Sadly I was in a wreck in October, our poor new van had to spend a couple weeks in the shop.

Such a cutie!

We got to try out gymnastics.  Kyler loved it, Korbin not so much.  We are looking to get both boys into it soon.

We rode horses a lot until the snow came.

I LOVE this picture of Korbin!

My big boy turned 3!  We had a fun party and were blessed with a wonderful family and friends that came!

Kyler's awesome pinata his uncle made for him!

Jason's halloween costume.

The only picture I took of Kyler, he was a knight.

Korbin's costume was my favorite!

Kyler and I got to go to hardware ranch with my family.  poor Korbin was sick so him and daddy stayed home.

Ready to play in the snow.

Our washer died a couple weeks before Christmas, Thankfully my parents got us a new one for Christms!

My dad's present to Jason

We rode the trax to SLC to see the lights, so fun!

Well we tried to get a picture with teh lights!

The boys' present we made for Christmas, a train table!

He loves his ice cream.

They loved it!

Celebrating on new years!

We went sledding New year's day.

A daily occurrence at our house.

He's so cute!

I will never understand how he finds this comfortable!

Well I will try to be better at updating, thanks for reading!