Fall

I am absolutely LOVING this weather right now! It's fun to be able to wear scarves and hats and not be so blasted hot!! I walked to go get Hailey today ( I got to go by myself which was nice too) and it was such a nice walk! Yesterday I was a little down and stressed out and I decided I wanted to change my attitude so I bundled up the girls and we went outside for some excercise. We raced up and down our parking lot, it was really nice to get out and spend some real time with them. I think they all enjoyed it, after a few minutes Eva and Virginia (our neighbor and her little girl) joined us as well. We all had a lot of fun!

So I made a couple of suggestions to Hailey for her Halloween costume and I think she wants to be a Ghost now, which makes me happy because that won't be too hard to make and it won't cost very much. I haven't talked to Katie yet, and I think I'll either have Zoe be a Lion (the same costume the other two have worn for a few years) or an M&M, I'm not sure yet. I am not a huge fan of Halloween, I don't mind it, but I don't get extremely excited for it. It just seems to cost a lot of money. Oh well, then Christmas is right around the corner, now that's a scary thought!! I can't believe we're almost to the end of another year, it's crazy!! Another thing that's crazy, my baby is going to be 2!!! Zoe's birthday is next Monday the 12th, I can't believe it's already been two years!! It seems to have gone by so fast! She has been so much fun to have around, I love them all so much, I can't imagine what life would be like without them. Ok, so I could...quiet! It wouldn't be near as much fun though! I am very excited for the future though, I'm really excited to see how these next 90 days play out, Randy's made some goals that I'm excited to see him meet, I love watching him change and grow and become a better man (I wouldn't have thought it possible, but believe me, it just keeps getting better!!) I love him so much, there are some days I don't know why he ever picked me, I'm just grateful he did!! Well, this has been sappy enough so I guess I'll end it, but I thought I'd share some pictures of the girls all bundled up to go outside because they look SO stinkin' cute!! Enjoy, I have one of Hailey that I was going to post, but for some reason it didn't transfer over from our camera and now the battery is dead. So, I will add her picture later! For now enjoy these.

Katie wanted to wear the ski mask, except that she said they were to go under water.

Here she is with her Santa hat on, and my scarf.

Cute little Zoe!! I love this kid so much!!

Pictures

Ok, so I've been promising pictures for awhile now and haven't gotten around to it so now I am. These are just a few that I thought I'd share, including pictures of Hailey's first day of school.

Katie bein cute!!

My neighbor made this skirt for Zoe, it is so cute!!

Hailey and Katie got themselves dressed so I decided to put Zoe in a dress too

They love spinning in this chair

Hailey's first day of school, she was so stinking cute!! I gave her a necklace to wear so that if she got scared she would have something of mine. I doubt she needed it, but it was a nice thought right?

Crazy, weddings, life, babies

Ok, so that title doesn't really make sense, but it seemed like fun to me! So last Saturday my mother-in-law got married, it is so nice to finally have it over with. It's such an odd thing to have her be married, I'm excited for her and am so glad that she's not alone anymore, but it's very different. Hopefully everyone will adjust quickly. We're all doing good, I'm excited for the cooler temperatures, it makes it nicer to walk Hailey to and from school. I wish I could say that I was losing weight because of it, but I'm not. Oh well, that will come soon enough. Hailey is LOVING school, I'm so glad, it makes things so much easier. Katie has been doing pretty well, but she's been having some melt downs that last for 30 to 45 minutes depending on the melt down. It's very hard to deal with, but once she's done with it, she goes back to being sweet kind cute Katie. We don't really understand what's going on with her, hopefully we'll be able to figure it out soon enough. Zoe is also having some problems, lately she doesn't like getting dressed. It's very frustrating, today she walked around in just a pull up for about an hour because I didn't want to fight her to get her dressed, it was a big enough fight just to get the pull up on her (I used a pull up because it's easier then a diaper). Then she tripped in the hall upstairs and she smacked her head in to the door frame, and now she has a goose bump and bruise on the side of her forehead. After that, I was holding her while she was playing with a toy and it pinched her hand. Poor thing didn't have a very good 10 or 15 minutes. Randy is doing well, I'm so excited for his business, he's really doing it this time and it's exciting and fun to see him get excited over it. I'm glad he's finally doing something he can really get behind. We're contemplating looking for another job for him, RC Willey has been good, but it's not providing enough income for us. So, we'll see how that goes in the next while or so. I'm doing alright, things are going along normal so far. I'm tired of feeling naseous, I don't remember if I felt this sick with the other ones or not. I never throw up, I just feel like I need to, sometimes all day long. I've had a couple of days where I have been sick at all, those were glorious!! Other than that, I'm tired a lot and unmotivated which has wreaked havoc on our house. I am so overwhelmed with all that I need to get done it's depressing. Oh well, you do what you've gotta do. Anyway, sorry this post is so long, it's been a while and there's a few things to say I guess. Well, I'll have to post pictures from the wedding soon, it was a lot of fun and we have some great pictures from the night. Anyway, until then, adios!!

Rain

I love rain, but I must admit, it makes it not very much fun to walk Hailey to and from school. It was kind of muggy and while we were walking there it rained on us. Hailey had an umbrella and so did I, but pushing a bike trailer up hill while holding an umbrella is difficult. Hailey is loving school, I'm so glad that she likes it, I hope she continues to like it until the end of the year. Today has been a mostly yucky day, I haven't felt that great all day, I finally feel a little better. We are now watching Jimmy Neutron for the fourth time today, at least they like it. Things here are going well, my mother in law gets married on Saturday, I'm glad for her that it's almost over. They might be moving to Springville, she seems really excited about it, I hope it works out for the best. I'm awful, I still haven't posted pictures of Hailey's first day of Kindergarten, I have a couple, I also have a video of her while we were walking to school. She is such a cute girl, I love her SO much. Zoe is now letting us know exactly what she wants. Yesterday after breakfast she was pointing in to the kitchen so I followed her and she pointed up to where we keep her sippy cups. So I got her some strawberry milk. Then tonight she pointed up the stairs so I followed her up, she led me to the bathroom door and put her hand on the knob, so I opened it, she walked over the the tub and looked at me while pointing. It was very funny, unfortunately I wasn't ready to bath her right then. What a monkey! Katie has had a couple of days where she's had some of her classic fits, but overall she's doing well, I love her so much, she is so funny. I love it when she tells stories because she is so animated! I wonder what our new little one will be like, I can't wait to find out if it's a boy or a girl, Hailey and Katie are sure it's a boy, at least that's what they say it is. I'm not sure if that's because that's genuinely what they think it is, or if it's because I've asked them before if they would like a baby brother. We'll just have to wait and see. It's funny because it's odd to think that I'm actually pregnant, I'm not entirely sure why, it just is. Well, hopefully I'll post some pictures soon, there's a couple of really good ones!! Until next time!

Baby #4

Here we go! I took the test this morning, despite many attempts of others to have me take it last night. It was positive!! Two pink lines, wow, I can't believe it. It seems so strange, we're very excited to be heading down this road again. I told Hailey today, and she was very excited as well, I don't think she can understand the time concept and how long it will take. So for the next little while probably, I'll be asked every day when the baby will come. That's ok, I'm so excited to be able to share this with her. She's old enough now to really understand, and it will be fun to let her feel my belly when the baby starts to move. I still can't believe it!! Since January I've been tracking my cycles, it will be odd to not have to do that anymore, I've also been taking my temperature every morning with a basal body thermometer every morning since then too. It will be weird to be done with all of that. I've very excited to find out what we're having, if it's a boy we'll name him Joseph David and call him JD. If it's a girl (I haven't talked this over with Randy so this may not be the name but I like it) I think we'll name her Madelyn Sierra and we could call her Maddi I really like that name. Anyway, I'm sorry to keep going on about this, I'm just very excited.

In other news, Hailey is starting afternoon kindergarten on Monday. I was really hoping that she would have morning kindergarten, but oh well. I'll definitely be getting my exercise in! It will probably turn out to be a very good thing. She is very excited! Every day she asks how many days until she goes to school. My little girl is growing up! We're also approaching Zoe's second birthday, I can't believe my baby will be two!! It's crazy how fast time flies! It's so fun to listen to her talk, especially when she's playing with her friend Eva, they talk to each othe rin their own little language. It so cute!! Well, I think that's all I'm going to write for today, I think I'll take the girls on a walk to see how long it takes to walk to Hailey's school so I'm ready for Monday! Until next time, have fun!!

A long time again!

Wow, it's been a very long time since I've written, again. I just don't feel like I have much to write about, and I don't really know if people read this blog or not. Well, I know some of you do, so thanks!! Hailey starts Kindergarten on Monday, it's pretty crazy, we asked for morning kindergarten but she got afternoon, which is going to stink. We only have one vehicle right now so I'm going to be walking to pick her up everyday and two days out of the week I'll have to walk her to school as well. Thankfully Virginia is just a couple of doors down so when it gets cold or it's rainy I can leave the other two kids with her. The other thing that will make it not much fun is that hopefully I'll be pregnant also, but at least it will get me doing some exercise, it probably will turn out to be a really good thing. So I should know by Saturday morning if I'm pregnant or not, I don't really think I am, but then all this week I have felt sick to my stomach at LEAST once every day. My brain is also extremely useless which, lets face it it's been that way for a while now. So yeah, I really wish it was Sunday and this week was over, Randy's been working a lot this week to get his stupid extra hours in! I hate this stupid program he's on! He'll be working from about 11 tomorrow morning until 9, and then on Saturday from 9:45 until 9 that night. I HATE it!!! Oh well, it's almost over!

On another note, Randy's mom is getting married on the 19th of October and I finally found my dress, I'm so EXCITED!! It's gorgeous, I feel bad though because it cost quite a bit but she told me the slide show better be a darn good one!! So, I am going to do my very best! I also have way cute shoes to wear too. I'm happy for my mother-in-law, I hope that it is as good as it seems. So not much else is going on around here, Zoe continues growing and changing at alarming rates. She's talking more now, and it's a lot of fun to hear her trying to imitate what we say. Every liquid drink is water, it's very cute to listen to her say it.

We taught Hailey how to open Rosie's cage so she can get her out and hold her all on her own. This is both a good thing and a bad thing, she holds her like a poor cat. It's good because Rosie is getting the attention she needs, but at the same time she's getting a little too much attention! We also got a new female guinea pig name Mya, she's not the same kind as Rosie, but she's adorable. It's amazing to me how different they are personality wise, it's easy to see the Lord's hand in all things when even guinea pigs are different! I think they'll enjoy having each other for company, as soon as they get used to each other. Anyway, I don't think this blog makes much sense, I kind of skipped around a lot topic wise. I guess that's just the way my brain works, well, that's what has been going on. I'm sure I'll have a lot of fun posts to do soon, with Hailey starting school. She's very excited! Every day she asks, how many days until I go to school? I'm glad she's excited! We get to meet with her teacher on Tuesday to go over the results from the testing they did with her. I'm excited to see if she's ahead, right where she's supposed to be, or behind. Ok, so I wouldn't be excited to find out she's behind, but I am excited to go over the results. Well, for now, I'll talk at ya later!!

Terrified!!

Ok people, this is really ridiculous, but I am terrified to send Hailey to Kindergarten. I don't know why. We finally registered her yesterday and last night I was looking through the papers that they gave us and it seriously made me want to cry. I almost felt sick to my stomach. I don't know why I have so much anxiety over sending her to school. I know she'll absolutely LOVE it!! She loves being around kids and I think she really enjoys learning. It just scares me to send her to that big huge building. I also remember grade school and kids can be so mean! If I really think about it though, school wasn't that bad for me, but sometimes kids were just so mean. I have no idea why I'm so nervous, I don't really worry about anything serious happening to her and if it did, I know with proper actions Hailey would be just fine. We all went through school and somehow we managed to make it out alive. Maybe it's just a fear of the unknown, and once she goes it will be just fine. I have no idea what it is. Randy isn't freaked out at all, in some ways I wish I could be like him. I think I go a little overboard with protectiveness though. Randy plans on just dropping her off outside the door and letting her find her own way in to her class (after the first week and she knows where it is) me on the other hand? I'll probably walk her to her class all the time! I worry about her getting lost and stuff, I know she won't, but it scares me. If I had it my way I'd go with her to school and watch over her all the time. I know that's ridiculous and that her teacher will be there the entire time. She'll be fine, and so will I! I'm just freaking out. Hopefully I'm not alone, but knowing me I probably am. Oh well. I'm sure she'll be fine. Here's to the first year of Kindergarten!