K & E

Emery at 2 months

Last week my sweet little girl was 2 months old. Is that possible?!?!

Emery is the sweetest little thing. She is super affectionate. Loves to be held. Burps like a champ. Is starting to smile. Sleeps well at night. Loves to snuggle. Can roll almost on her side. Prefers to sleep on her belly. Hates the bottle, but loves the boob. And can simply melt your heart.

She also has a big brother who adores her! He loves to give her kisses, hugs, help put her pacifier in, can calm her down when she's crying, and just wants her to be near him. He's such a proud big brother and I absolutely love it.

At 2months we had a checkup.
Stats:
12lb 14oz - 90th percentile
23 1/2in - 90th percentile
She's slightly chubby, but so stinkin cute! Everything else looked perfect. Sweet girl had to get three shots and an oral vaccine. But she got through it, just slightly fussy for two days.

Brother Kayden also had his 3 year checkup!
Stats:
35lbs - 75th percentile
38 1/4in - 75th percentile
He even got his blood pressure taken. He was a champ! Getting him a dr kit when Emery was born helped because he understood what was going on. He's right where he's supposed to be. Now its just time to make him a dentist appointment. Oh and potty train him.........

God has blessed me!

What else?

What else has been going on you ask?

I tried to learn how to ride a segway....that was HARD!

K and his class played with moon dough

we played outside

I have crazy kids

E is learning to sit up!

We make funny faces

we find strange babies in the mirror!

K found a caterpillar at school

how sweet are they?!

K let his balloons go to the ceiling...I let him attempt to get them for a while.

E fell asleep in the bumbo

we fed the geese at boomer with Reagan

K found a rolly polly

E fell asleep again in the bumbo

We played in our little water park

Slide!

Nakie girl

Daddy and his nakie babies

Then K passes out

I love this girl

K gets silly

National Police Week

May 12-18 was National Police Week. Its a week to honor, remember, and thank those first responders who put their lives on the line to protect ours. Each and every day so many make that concious choice to serve and protect.

I never truly understood the dedication it took, or the pure committment those officers have. Thankfully I have had the chance to marry a man who has taken that oath, and upholds it each and every day. Sounds of the velcro on his vest and the snaps of his belt keepers are good sounds. Seeing him in uniform I am proud. Proud of who he is, proud of what he does, and proud to call him my husband, my best friend and the father of our children. He is a great man and has a heart of gold. I'm so thankful and so lucky to have him in my life. No matter what happens between us, he will always be my best friend and the father of our children. I love you Brett. I always have and I always will.

There are lots of unknowns with the job, however you learn not to let those control your thoughts. You acknowledge it, and move on. There are times when you think about it though. We talk openly about the possibilities, but we both know things will happen for a reason. Until then, I tell him to bring his ass home every night.

One of the ways to say thank you, a group of local "badge wives" as we call ourselves, got together and made goodie bags filled with treats for all three departments in our city. It was fun to put these together and to deliver them to the stations. The officers truly enjoyed them. Now we know how many we need (a lot more than we made), so next year will be even better!

all of the goodie bags

Enjoy! Love the badge wives.

For one extra special thank you, I made a sweet little plaque with the kids for Brett. Just a simple way for him to have his babies with him, and to show him that we love him and support him.

E's footprint & K's handprint

Thank you to each and every officer for what you do.

And to Brett, Thank you and I love you.

Kayden is 3!!!!

I can't believe that my little baby boy is a big 3 year old! He is one of the sweetest kids I know, his smile melts you heart, his laugh is contagious, his energy will make you tired, and he's just so stinking cute! I am very proud to be his momma, and thankful that god blessed me with him.

This year we went low key, no parties, but we didn't skimp on his birthday. Brett picked out a teenage mutant ninja turtle theme and so turtles it was! I even managed to find green frosting for the cupcakes! His actual birthday we did cupcakes at school, dad had to work so we waited a day for presents. The next day, we opened presents and had more cupcakes! Then the following day Ob and Lanny came to visit with even more presents! And they happened to buy turtles too! A busy birthday week for a sweet birthday boy!

Mr fix it working on his pirate ship

Love him!

I let him have a cupcake for breakfast on his birthday!! YEAH!!

Ready to go!

Balloons!!!

Opening presents

opening presents

Turtles!!!

Decorating the official cupcake

Light the candles daddy

Make a wish!

Green frosting!

we love cupcakes

Happy Birthday Kayden!

Mommy, daddy and sister love you very much!

CF Walk

Anyone who knows me, knows that cystic fibrosis is one of the charities that is close to my heart. I had the privaledge to live with my pastor during college and his daughter Hannah has CF. That was my first experience with cf and I got to understand it, up close and personal. It was completely eye opening. Then when I moved to Oklahoma a co-worker, now close friend Andrea has cf. CF can be a very liveable disease, if its controlled and various other factors. With Andrea I was able to join her team and begin participating in the walk, as well as raise money for further research. Andrea's team has grown over the years and its something I look forward to each and every year. This year I loaded up the double stroller, two kids, and thankfully a blanket becuase it was cold! But a bag of popcorn and 3 hot dogs later we were enjoying the walk!