Happy Birthday to my favorite THREE year old boy!!

Today is Karson's third birthday! He is such a sweet boy and I am so proud to be his mommy! He has the best personality and is so silly. I love so many things about him... his "surfer dude" hair, his HUGE smile, the way he says "mm-hmm" instead of yes, his love for his "brobers" and his "baby "seeser." I love when he pretends. You can find him skipping sideways through the house "skateboarding," or runny with his arms out in front of him flying like "pooperman" ... (Superman). I love when he cuddles up next to me and says "I love you Mommy" and then gives me a big kiss and hug. I love him. He is so special!

We had a robot party for him last night. It was a ton of fun and I will be sharing those pictures soon... but I want this post to be about my little birthday boy! He has come a long way in his three years. I will never forget the day he was born. I only got to hold him for a few minutes before they took him away to get him "cleaned up." When he didn't come back in the room, I called down to the nursery only to hear that he was in the NICU. That moment was one of those moments that I will never forget. I remember the sick feeling in the pit of my stomach, I remember how the tears felt rolling down my cheeks, I remember the fear for the unknown. He was transferred to the NICU at Phoenix Children's Hospital where he spent the first 2 weeks of his life. Matt and I were by his side for most of those two weeks. We had Kaleb to take care of, so we did leave at night. I am so thankful everything turned out to be ok... and now I have a healthy 3 year old boy!

I always take the time to look through the pictures of the kids on their special day... Here is a little journey through pictures of Karson's three years!!

About to make his arrival



Brand New



In the NICU



Getting ready to come home!!



First Christmas... 2 Months



Christmas Pictures



Four Months



First Easter... 6 months



1 year old









2 years old

















3 years old!! (don't mind the incorrect date stamp on these!!)





Happy Birthday Karson!! We love you!

Six Months

Half a year. My little princess is one half of a year old!! She is growing way too fast... and her brothers are growing right along with her! Things have been crazy around here the reason that this post is barely making it on the 18th!) We are in full party planning mode. We are having a robot party for Karson this year that has been really fun to plan!

Anyways... back to my six month old!! Kassidy is rolling, smiling and blowing raspberries! She has developed a major dislike to baby food... and only wants to nurse. She spits out anything that you try to give her... bottle, baby food, pacifier... she wants nothing to do with it. That has been a little difficult at times... but we are managing!

She got to try out the bouncer this month and is LOVING it!! She jumps up and down and her eyes get bright when the lights and music come on. She also likes rolling around on the floor with her toys. She is really starting to play... it is so fun to watch her figure things out.

Unfortunately my camera battery charger is MIA, and has been for the past 2 or 3 weeks!! So I don't have any pictures of her in the bouncer yet. But here are a few to hold you over!!

Looking cute at a birthday party!



Here is a better look at her outfit that day... I was loving it!



SO happy!



She takes most of her baths in the sink now... much easier on mommy!



Checking out her crib after bath time!!




Happy half year birthday Kassidy!!

Guess who's birthday it is???

A caring man...



an amazing Daddy to 4...



a supportive husband...



a hard worker...



my best friend...



the love of my life...



Happy birthday hunny! I love you!!

Kaleb... AKA... Picasso

Kaleb has been busy creating works of art.



I am loving every minute of it.



It brightens my day.




It warms my heart.



I love my little artist.

Five Months

Here we are again. Another month has come and gone, and I sit here in awe of how fast times is flying by me. Miss Kassidy is five months old today. She is really starting to show her personality these days. She laughs when you tickle her and she smiles and goos whenever you talk to her. She loves her brothers, and is still daddy's little girl.



She is rolling over now too!! She learned how to do it about a week ago, and now she rolls all over the house. Am I ready for 4 kids on the move?? I am not so sure!



She had her first girl's night last week. Lindsey and Lucy joined us and we all went shopping. It was so fun getting to go out with the girls. The Boys stayed home and played guitar hero with the daddies!



She also found her feet! She hasn't quite made them into her mouth yet... but she holds them and stares at them. You can see that she is working towards that goal! Ha!



Kassidy started eating fruit this month too. She has tried applesauce and bananas. She makes the funniest little faces every time we give her a bite. She is eating 3 meals a day now!



I had to throw this picture in just for fun. While she is happy, 98% of the time... she does have her cranky diva side too! She was not happy about getting her picture taken anymore. I will give her a little credit though, because I took about 99 pictures of her this day! Ha!



So now you are caught up with Kassidy! She is such a beautiful baby girl. I love her so much!

My baby is growing up...

Yes. I said it. Kassidy, my last baby, is growing up. I swear time is going in fast forward. I pray every night that time will just freeze for a while. I am not ready for her to be a "big girl." I know some of you probably think I am crazy for calling an almost 5 month old a "big girl," but she is already out of the newborn stage. She is pretty much sitting up on her own, she is about to roll over (the one milestone she is a little behind on), she has her ears pierced, and she is eating cereal now!!! It has all come way too soon.

We got her ears pierced at the mall last week. We happened to be there (we hardly ever go to the mall) so I decided to just go ahead with it. She sat in my lap and chewed on her hands, clueless as to what was about to happen. They marked her ears with a marker and then got started. It was so fast! Kassidy didn't even cry after the first ear. Then they pierced the second ear, and she cried a little. I stood up and bounced her a little and she stopped crying. I told her she looked "SO pretty," and she got a HUGE smile on her face! It was adorable. She looks so cute with her little earrings. Here she is showing them off the next day.





The other big news is that she is eating cereal now!! She is still a little unsure... and she pushes 98% of every bite right back out with her tongue.... but for the most part she likes it.

First bite of cereal ever.


She got a little on her face :)


This is her favorite part about eating... chewing on her bib.


I am in LOVE!!