Baby Krew

My sister Ashley and her husband Tyson had their first baby boy last Wednesday. He was 7 lbs 1 0z. and 20 inches long. He has lots of dark shaggy hair. He is so beautiful. He had to be transported by life flight to Primary Children's Hospital for complications. His esophagus was not connected, because the lower portion of it was connected to his trachea, and not the upper portion of his esophagus. We all found out when she first tried to feed him, but the food had nowhere to go. He had surgery on Friday afternoon to connect it. He is doing well, only a few minor complications after surgery, but I would really appreciate if everyone would pray for him. 

Gracie's famous faces...

Taking pictures of Gracie can be very difficult at times. She either sticks her tongue out, pulls a weird face, or scrunches her face up when she says cheese. Here are a few of her classic photo faces...

Yes, those are just a few......

A day at the park...

The weather has been so beautiful lately, so Ryan and I decided to take the kids out and enjoy one more day at the park before it snows! They made friends with two other little girls that were there and Haley and Ryan were playing on the soccer field most of the time we were there pretending to be bears that lived in a cave. Grandma Lucy taught her that one!!

There's a mouse about the house

EWW! EWW!! EWW!!! I was going down my stairs today and there was a mouse on the step!! I went to the store and got 8 sticky traps, so hopefully that will do the trick. Hopefully he didn't bring any friends along with him!!

Disneyland

We made it home from our trip Thursday night. We had the funnest time ever!! The weather was absolutely perfect (about 75 degrees). The kids loved the airplane, and Isaac was so good on it too. We spent three of the days at Dineyland and California Adventure. We also took them to the Princess dinner so we wouldn't have to stand in line to meet them all. We took them on all the little cute rides and Haley really wanted to try out a rollercoaster, so we took her on the one in toon town. She loved it so much, she only wanted to ride on the rollercoasters from then on. Luckily, the height requirement is 40" and she is exactly 40". Her favorites were Soaring over California, Matterhorn, Star Wars, and Splash Mountain. We tried to take her on Space Mountain, but it was too late and we decided to bag it. Gracie was a little nervous on all the rides, but loved them so much. Especially the Carousel! She also loved Buzzlight Year. We spent a day at Sea World, but they closed at 5 p.m. so we weren't able to see everything there. They still really enjoyed it though. The last day we were there, we went to Newport beach. I wish we could have spent the whole day there, but we had to get to the airport. Isaac was great and spent most of the time sleeping in the stroller. He even slept through the night twice there!! He hasn't since though. A few people told us to wait until the kids were older to go, but I would do it all over again in a heart beat. So whoever wants to plan a trip for next year let me know!! Maybe I could talk Ryan into letting us go again.

Ryan and the girls going for a train ride

Haley and Gracie waiting to board the airplane to go to Disneyland

There most favorite character they got to meet

Gracie chasing the seagulls

Me and my kids with the cool birds in the background

Haley had so much fun letting the waves crash into her feet

Isaac watching t.v. and very sleepy

They loved the stingray migration

I love his little dimple

Me and Haley riding the bumper cars

The princess dinner (they also got their picture taken with all of the other princesses)

I let Ryan go on most of the spinning rides

Isaac fascinated with the Pixar parade

The parade of dreams

Haley on the Carousel

Hanging out by the honey pots (Tigger was only a few feet away from them)

So long for now...

Well, today has been a very long day. I always wait until the last minute to get all the little things done and it ends up taking all day since there are a lot of little things to do!! We have to leave our house at 6:15 a.m. so I put the kids to bed early. They decided that they were too excited to go to bed, so they didn't actually fall asleep until 7:30. They're going to be pretty tired tomorrow! Anyway, I don't know what I'm doing on the computer, I need to get my butt in bed. I'm getting a cold, so hopefully my ear drums don't explode on the airplane from all they pressure! I'm not excited about that part, but we are very excited to finally take a family vacation for the first time with our kids!

any ideas?

Can anyone think of a cute boy dog name? I'm still not sure if we are going to keep him, but I really want to give him a name. So hopefully you all have some good names!!

my poor little puppy....

Yes we still have our puppies! We have 7 puppies left out of the 12. We finally posted them in the newspaper so hopefully that will help us sell the rest. We are going to Disneyland Saturday so hopefully the majority will be sold by then! They are getting bigger and more agressive. Mostly playful agressive, but for some reason one of the male puppies keeps getting beat up by the rest of them. It started happening about 3 days ago and luckily we were here each time it has happened. If not, they probably would have killed him. We figured out that they were targeting the same puppy, so we are able to keep them separated and he hasn't been harmed since. It's so sad because he loves playing with them but they don't like him for some reason. Last night I was petting him and noticed that the end of his tail was missing. Luckily it is just the tip. I don't think anyone is going to want to buy him now. It looks like we might end up having 2 dogs at the end of all this! Hopefully someone will still want him, so we'll see. I've kind of grown attached to him and he's grown attached to me since I have been taking care of him.

Look how sad he is :( If you zoom in you can see the end of his tail missing

Here he is feeling a little happier

Aren't they cute? (Even though I'm mad at them)

Haley's 5th birthday....

Haley just turned 5 last week. I can't believe I have a 5 year old! She ended up having a 4 day birthday this year. Thursday they celebrated it at school and on Friday we went to the Fun Park with all of the neighbor boys. She has several close friends and they all happen to be boys! No wonder she is such a tomboy these days. On Saturday (her actual birthday) she had a pajama party (although they didn't sleep over) with all of her girl friends from church and school. They made beaded bracelets, made their own little pizzas, had a pinata, and watched a movie, which nobody watched of course since there were too many presents to play with. She got so many barbies! She's not used to girly presents since she always wants cars, spiderman things, a skate board, and many other boy toys. Sunday evening we went to my dad's and had dinner, opened presents and had cupcakes and icecream. Haley is the sweetest little thing. She is so loving and such a great helper. She is soooo smart and always happy. I am so blessed and thankful to have her. I love you Haley!!

Haley hitting the pinata

Haley and her cute friend Liza

All the party girls

Barbies!

More barbies!!

Gracie hitting the pinata

My sister Ashley who helped me with the whole party! Thanks Ash!!

Haley and Annie (Liza's sister)

All the girls eating their yummy pizza they made!

Showing off their cute bracelets

Gavin, Samantha, Hunter, Haley & Benjamin (Carter was there but wouldn't take a pic!)

More barbies!

Haley loves activities, so she was so excited about her giant coloring and paint book

Haley after celebrating her birthday at school