Almost a month later

Dallin

Soccer is going well. He had his first Jog-A-Thon a couple weeks ago. He was very excited that Troy and Garbiella (HSM) and Hannah Montana were there. (Obviously not the real characters). His first school pictures were taken last week and I can only imagine how they are going to turn out! He is a funny kid that does what he wants. I checked on him last night and he was wearing an authentic russian hat (the kind that you can tie the ear pieces up or pull them down to cover your ears and neck) that my parents got him on their European cruise, in bed. Dead alseep. When I took it off of him, it was drenched!! At least I know it will keep him warm in the winter.  

Kailee

Where do I begin with her???? She loves gymnastics and practices on my couch. Preschool is still going well and haven't had to convince her to go...yet. What else, oh yes, she got hit by a car and fell into a pool. Luckily, not in the same day. Those are longer stories, so they will have to be later posted or actually told in person. She is fine and healthy. No hospital visits, just stories to tell.

Tylie

Thank goodness for a good baby. She is finally walking, which is really weird. She is still very small and doesn't look like she should be walking.  Last Thursday, tubes were put into her ears and she had an adenoidectomy. She is an amazing little girl! We thought for sure we were going to be spending the night, but we were able to come home the same day. She is also my little entertainer. My mom came up (to help me out since we had no idea whether or not we were staying overnight) and Tylie kept her laughing. The little girl can pull the best faces. 

Accidents Happen

The past couple days have left marks that show accidents do happen. The other day, I put Tylie in her high chair. When I went to get her tray to "lock" her in, she stood up and fell head first onto the floor. When I picked her up, all I saw was a red mark on her forehead and nose. The next morning, she had a big scab on the tip of her nose. The picture of Ty was taken 3 days after, so you can imagine how big it was (sorry about the milk dribbling out, it was 10:30pm and we were trying to get her back to sleep). 

Then last night, we had some friends over and while we were walking them out, Kailee burst into blooding murder screaming. Gus brought her in and yelled for me to take her. Her lip was bleeding and she wouldn't calm down. The story she told me was that she hit Dallin's head while playing hide and seek. From Dallin and his little friend, her head bounced of his stomach (abs of steel?????) and her face hit the rock pillar outside. Needless to say, I was pretty nervous to check the inside of her lip. Luckily, her tooth didn't cut through, but her gum is bruised. The pictures are pretty sad. It doesn't even look like Kailee. She is totally fine now. As I am posting this, she is racing her stick pony with her little friend against Dallin and his buddy. Amazing how fast kids recuperate!!

After School Activities

Dallin loves soccer. He loves to run, kick things, and go crazy, so what other sport is better for a 5 year old boy? His team is a bunch of boys from our ward and most are his little buddies. They all have fun playing together. Kailee was obsessed with Olympic Gymnastics this summer. She would sit there and watch them do everything. When her first day came to go to her gymnastics class, she thought that I was taking her to Beijing.  Funny how little minds think. She was really good at the balance beam. I was quite surprised how easily it came to her. Even when she was told to hop along it, she had perfect stance and balance! Here are a few pictures of the kiddos doing what they love.

Where does Kailee come from????

I get questions about Kailee all the time: Is she adopted? Where does she get her blonde hair? blue eyes? fair skin? Are you sure she's yours? To answer so many people's questions, I figured I would show you:

Fair Kailee and Dark Tylie

Fair Jodie (my sister) and Dark Becky

Fair Mom with Jodie's Fair son and Dark Dad with Dark Tylie

My sister

For those of you who don't know my sister, she is awesome. Her husband has been in Iraq, training Iraqi soldiers for the past 6 MONTHS!!! She has 3 children under the age of 7 with NO family around her in CO. He comes home in 29 days, and needless to say, we are super stoked for her and the kids. Jodie has been very strong and amazing through this all. I look up to her in so many ways and I am in complete awe with how she has handled everything. I don't think I could last 6 days, yet alone 6 months. Her husband is also pretty amazing. For Mother's Day, he arranged for a weekend babysitter so Jodie could get away. Out of all the places she could have gone, she came here to UT this past weekend. I LOVE being with her. Seriously, and I know it's probably a little cliche, but my sister is my best friend. When I have something sad, scary, upsetting, and especially hilarious I have to call her. She listens when I am in tears, she laughs at my stories, and comes up with fun things to do when it is boring. Plus, she easily matches my hyper moments. 

I wanted everyone who reads my blog to know that I have the best friend a sister could ask for! 

Love you JoJo!

As easy as taking candy from a baby? I don't think so!

I don't know who came up with the saying "As easy as taking candy from a baby", but they must not have tried it before. Tylie has become obsessed with suckers! I am not sure how it started, but I came to the realization that it's a sad day when a 14 month old screams at her 4 year old sister for not sharing her sucker. Kailee let Ty have a lick, but Ty got ahold of it, and OMG! Trying to take it out of the little girls hands with her death grip was nearly impossible. Plus, the screaming that followed...it was so not worth it! At the store, one of the workers was handing out suckers to the kids, so Dallin and Ty got one (Kailee was playing at a friend's house). No matter what, Ty didn't put the thing down. She ate her sandwich, drank her sippy, crawled around and never let the sucker out of her hands. In one picture, her sucker was caught in a book, and instead of using her other hand to get it out, she just dipped her mouth down to lick it. I guess after this post I am off to the store to get a bag of dumdums!

1st Day of School

Yesterday was the kid's first day of school!!! Kailee and Dallin both love their teachers. They both go in the afternoon and yesterday morning, they were extremely excited (well, more like hyper!) When it was finally time to go, they were outside ready to go before I could tell them to get their shoes and backpacks. 

Kailee is in preschool again. This year she has a few of her friends in the same class. When I asked her what her favorite thing was, she said, "We get to go places!" (fieldtrips)

Dallin started KINDERGARTEN!! I have always heard stories of parents crying on their kids first day, but I more excited for Dallin than anything else. 

This is Mrs. Morgan. Dallin really likes her and loves school! He got to ride the school bus yesterday and now he wants to ride it to and from. We will see what happens. Our stop is the first stop, so the bus ride to school is 1 hour, but the ride home is 15 minutes. I told him we have to work out a deal. It is so hard to believe that my little man is already in school. He has grown up so fast!