phone camera pics

 Last Thursday I woke up before the kids and was feeling brave so I got us all ready to return something at the mall, and find Kent a shirt for our family pictures. Had I realized before I got the wild idea that it was so cold outside, I would not have drug them out! But it went amazingly well, besides Kipton having a screaming fit while waiting in line at JC Penney (for some odd reason they only have 2 checkouts that I could see.) I treated the big kids to a pretzel and a ride then we were on our way home!

 On Friday evening I went with my friend Shannon to a Ladies Christmas Appetizer/Dessert at her church. She hosted a table and made wraps and won ton tacos, then delicious mini fruit pizzas for dessert. Kipton was my date. We had a fun time visiting with the ladies at our table and listening to the speakers, and of course the food!

We had gotten to go to Red Robin for lunch yesterday (I've been wanting to go for months!) and the kids got balloons. Once we got home they kept letting go of them and couldn't reach them. We got tired of getting them down, so Hayden drug this chair all over the living room in hopes to get it herself ;)

I've been choosing to split up vaccines since Hayden was a baby. It works out nice, except I usually forget and it goes longer than the 2 weeks after his checkup like I am supposed to. So today I took Kipton in for the two we held off on at his 2 month check up. I couldn't resist and had them weigh him, too. 

                                                                       13lbs and 2oz

pictures of our little loves

Sunny days are for mud puddles!

THese two munchkins love being outside! After letting Jaxon make a mud puddle once this summer, if the sun is shining he figures its a good day to make one! We had a couple days in the 70's before it cooled back down so we got to get some fresh air...and a mud puddle ;) Now it's been getting too cold so the hose is off limits!

Hunting Buddies

Its probably already been a couple weeks ago now, Kent took Jaxon coy-dog hunting with him for a couple hours one afternoon. We had asked him a few days before if he would want to go, and was counting down the hours!

 Don't want to forget those binocs ;)

All suited up, and ready to go!

 Even though Kipton is too young to join in on the fun, he got to dress for the occasion at least!

Jaxon testing out the call.

I text Kent to ask how it was going, and got this picture in reply. I took that as is was going just fine :)

They didnt get the chance to shoot at any, but Jaxon said he heard one howling anyway. And I was just pleased he got some Daddy bonding time!

Weekend in Centerville

Last weekend we went to Centerville to stay with Kent's parents. It had been a while so we were over due! (Now it is there turn to come as a family:)). Thankfully the drive went smoothly, and the kids did quite well! 

Saturday people made fresh apple cider. I'd say we, but I don't think I did a single thing but watch and maybe move the funnel once. The guys finished up nicely with I believe around 60 gallons.  Not for sure. It tasted good, I do know that ;)

 Dan, Lucas and Eric

 Filling up a jug.

 Brit and Jaxon sampling.

 Yum!

My handsome husband :) And this little cutie was ready for a nap....

 Kipton got to hang out in the Moby until he got too antsy and we got to go in the warm house.

 Strapped her in the stroller so she could watch and not be in the way, and she gave up and rested her eyes for almost an hour :)

 Kipton enjoying snuggles with Auntie Lyssa!

On Sunday Kipton was baptized by Tom Kandoll. Eric and Debbie (Kent's brother and his wife) are one set of his God Parents as well as Joel and Denise Ketola (Kents uncle and aunt). 

Too bad Hayden was napping, or this would have been a good recent family picture!

Haven't been up to much this week, as I have no pictures on my camera! It's just been dreary out so not much motivation on my part! Think I will try doing some Christmas shopping/browsing online now that the babies are napping and I have updated the blog :)

2 months old!

 Kipton being entertained by whatever Kent was researching!

 A couple Mondays ago Kent went hunting, and I thought this shirt was appropriate to start the season off ;) And it's cute!

 Our little cheese ball of a daughter, who rarely leaves her pretties in aka pony tails! She is starting to talk so much more lately. Jaxon sure thinks it's neat and will run to tell me that she said something. I'm a little on the fence about the whole idea since it means she's growing up ;) She asks to go on the potty quite a bit, too. Of course she doesn't always tell me before she goes #2, but we're getting there!

 He sure loves his baby brother! Often at bed time he will ask if he can hold him in the morning when he wakes up and usually doesn't forget! I'm anxious for them to be buddies. Jaxon thinks he is so cute and precious!

Caught the end of a big smile!

And this little fella is 2 months already :( He had his well check up yesterday. Our doctor said she was pleased to confirm what she's sure we already know-that he's just perfect! She ooed and awed over his hair and adorable cheeks. He weighs 10lbs 9oz (22%) and is 22" long (16%). I was thinking maybe he was going to be my smallest so I had to look back and see what the others stats were: Hayden was an itty bitty 8lbs 8oz at 2 months! And Jaxon was a hefty 11lbs 12oz. So Kipton is in the middle for now, curious to see how they continue to compare.

It's been a while :)

Whelp, 3 kids is much more work than 2! If it wasn't for having internet and texting on my phone people would probably think I disappeared. Of course Kipton is still a newborn, so it will get easier as he needs me less, but for now getting the chance to shower or eat is more of a priority than most things anymore :)

Kipton will be 7 weeks old tomorrow, wow! Almost 2 months. He started smiling last week, but you still have to work on him for a bit, but its for sure worth it! Jaxon and Hayden are anxiously waiting for him to be more interactive, i can tell. And Im sure Daddy is too :) I guess its not so exciting for them when he pretty much just wants his Mommy. Though I do enjoy when others can entertain them some!

OK so I shall see if i can get a birth story typed up for those interested :) I did take notes this time...you know, for as long as i was able to! So skip to the pictures if you'd like!

I shall back track a little....Just before I was 36 weeks, my dr sent me for an ultrasound to check up on baby since the only other one i had was at 18 or so weeks. Previous pregnancies I've had multiple u/s, but I wasn't complaining on just having one this time! Less times to be teased to find out what you're having and cheaper! Anyway, my dr had thought they baby was measuring small and had me do another at 36.5 weeks to check on movements and also a non stress test. Baby passed both, but with other dr's opinions they agreed that my placenta was looking old and possibly no longer giving baby the nutrients needed to keep growing. I was then put on a list to be induced at 37 weeks and one day. Of course I anxiously hung around home waiting for a call, nothing. They had told me I would be high priority since it was for medical reasons not just elective, but if i didn't hear from them by noon to call and see where i was on the list. The clock had just barely struck 12 and i was on the phone to the hospital! Somehow i was still 3rd on the list and they had so many walk ins that I probably wouldn't get a call to come in until the next morning. Bummer. But at least i was able to relax instead of sit by the phone. Until about 8:30 in the evening when my phone rang, and I went in to instant panic! Sure enough it was the nurse from the hospital calling to see if we could make it in by 10:30pm. I nervously said yes as long as we could get a babysitter. We weren't home so we headed that way and I got the kids bathed and made sure my bag was packed. My sister showed up just before 10 to stay with the kids. We arrived at the hospital right on time. Unfortunately we had loads of paperwork to fill ou t before they finally started pitocin at midnight. Note to self: Don't go in late at night! Starting out tired is a bad way! Every hour they upped the dose. At 2:40am after just returning to bed from the bathroom, i was pretty sure i had felt a gush but wasn't sure, so i waited. then another gush came so I called the nurse to have her check. I remembered her telling me that at some point the dr would break my water and it would cause my contractions to get much harder and if i wanted an epidural it might be a good idea to get one before then. Well before she got to the room the next contraction was indeed much harder so i was convinced it really had broke. At 2:50 she confirmed it did break and I was only 3cm and 80%. I panicked thinking id for sure be getting a c section since i was only that far. at 4:30 I decided I'd had enough of the pain and asked for the epidural. and my luck he was busy in another room, so he finally got to me at 5:30. Almost instantly after, other than the great relief, I felt awful. I was sure i was going to throw up, so i called the nurse in. About the same time the machines started beeping and i figured it was from the bands monitoring the baby since i had rolled over. But it was actually from my blood pressuring dropping. Apparently a common side effect from the epi. One i hadn't experienced before! I cant remember for sure if they gave me anything in my iv for it then or not. Then it was time for shift change so the nurses were in discussing what was going on and i was just trying to stay still and not be sick! Between the contractions and the baby moving down, his heart rate kept dropping so they had me moving constantly. Finally at 7:30 I was feeling a decent amount of pressure so had the nurse check if i had made any progress, still stressing that I may need a c section at this point. Phew! I was complete and ready to go!(and that our baby had hair!)  Except the dr was 10 minutes away from the hospital! The dr came cruising in the room at 8:00 and Kipton Michael was born at 8:11 after just 2-3 pushes. I did have extra bleeding afterwards and the nurse gave me a shot of something in my leg. I must have looked at her like she was crazy coming at me with a needle, since of course they're talking in they're own language acting so calm and there's so much going on that i wasn't sure what was happening! But she assured me i had an epidural i wouldn't feel it :) I'm still not sure how i managed to give birth when i felt so awful because it didn't go away after he was born. Once everything was cleaned up, i was holding Kipton and looked around and no body else was in the room. I had the sudden urge to throw up but i just kept swallowing and focusing on not, and hoping somebody would come in the room fast because i did not want to puke on my brand new baby! Thankfully it passed and when the nurse came back she gave me a double dose of Zofran. It kicked in pretty quick and took the edge off, but for the rest of the day i felt a bit yucky. I'm not sure if the loss of blood had anything to do with it, but when my dr discharged me the next morning he mentioned being glad he got it taken care of right away. Yikes! Glad my new baby kept me occupied so I didn't really know how bad it was!

 Much happier after he got warmed up!

 PROUD big brother!

Kisses from Big Sis

 Hayden is warming up to him :)

 Kiptons very first real smile! So glad I had the camera handy!

She thought it was so neat to put her baby in the bouncy seat. I can hardly wait to get her one for her dolls for Christmas :)

(Sorry it's sideways, I didn't change it ahead of time and thought blogger would let me do it.)

Ok babies are waking up, so sorry for all the typos! Hope to be updating more often, soon!

Jaxon is 4!

Where has the time gone, oh my! He is our wild, but lovable little man! His birthday was monday, but we celebrated Sunday with family. Root beer floats, and rainbow chip cookies-with frosting he insists! We also had sandwiches, chips and watermelon for supper. Full house from 3-9! I think it all went fairly smoothly!

 birthday boy!

 Not sure why he waited until his 4th birthday to get emotional about the singing! Daddy made it all better, and when I asked if he wanted Sister to blow out his candles he snapped right out of it! 

 Mmm yummy!

Present time! 

 He had been eyeing this bat on the counter since it was poking out of the bag, but still acted excited about it!

 And a gun! Such a noisy thing!

Whit whew! Nice cowboy shirt!

Independence Day

 Patriotic little lady watering my flowers.

 Not sure where she was headed with this planter!

Earlier in the day, we had taken Jaxon to Red Robin for his free birthday kids meal (Kent possibly talked me in to it beings i was craving a juicy burger ;)). It was fun to have Kent home for the day in the middle of the week, and that he was able to join us for lunch out!

 Two thumbs up to go watch fireworks!

It was a good show and we got a good view from the grass of the softball field right next to where they light them off. Both kids acted a little nervous at first, but after a few Jaxon was all excited. Hayden relaxed on my lap and was sleeping before it was over! Being that it didn't start til 10 would explain why she was tired, but not sure I could have slept through all that racket!

 For whatever reason Hayden is infatuated with Jaxon's car seat, so we let them trade for the short ride.

This poor girl was also in the middle of the course of Hand, Foot, Mouth Virus. That was not fun for any of us! Though I'm sure she had the worst end of the deal. Her gums were so puffy and bled, then she broke out with 4 blisters around her mouth, and one on her tongue. She was very miserable and hardly ate or slept. Was sure happy to have her happy self back Saturday, which was day 7.Her gums still bleed a little with brushing, but she's back to eating and sleeping :)

We had boughten sparklers last year, and forgot all about them. A few nights ago I randomly remembered them and Jaxon got to enjoy them. 

I have no idea how to take pictures of this type of thing, but thought this one turned out neat.

Backtracking

 Last month, June 15th to be exact, Kent turned 29! Not sure he acts such an age though ;)

His mom and a few of his younger siblings joined us for supper and cake.

Hayden wanted in on all the action. And i was happy to get a picture of those cute pig tails she's sporting!

We had some nice warm weather that was still bearable and the kiddos spent lots of time splashing in their pool. 

 Jaxon is such a busy guy and tries to avoid the camera, but I try sneaking! Of course I don't want to quit taking pictures of my handsome boy!

 Playing with his water gun.

In and out! She thinks it's so great to splash about and go down the slide in to the water.

 Sis discovered she could drink the milk from her bowl! I hardly put any in other than to get her cereal wet, but evidently there was enough leftover!

Such a sweet little lady! 

 Stealing my lounge chair...good thing they're cute doing it!