Haircuts and Silly Kids

Kayelynn and Sarah were in desperate need of a haircut. So, I broke down and took them to a salon-I usually have a friend do it, but she is so busy with work that I took them to the next best thing. They have never been to a salon (and I forgot to take before pictures), so this was a "cool" experience. This is Sarah's first haircute and be forewarned, she looks like a whole new person, but oh so cute!!!

She got to have the cool clips in her hair

Finished result

Sarah, wasn't so sure about this whole thing

grumpy little lady

finished result-she is not so sure she knows what to think, so funny

The kids were being silly one night, so I took some picts-which explains the PJ's and crazy hair do's

kayelynn's true smile :)

sarah was so tired but wanted her picture taken so badly

bryant gave a semi-decent smile here

sarah wanted to dress up in a princess dress, thankfully kayelynn shared her dress, sarah thought it was so neat they both wore something

she was way excited!!!

I think this was Sarah's first experience with an ice cream cone without assistance, she was in heaven and did not want to share :)

For those of you that have wanted to see my tummy, here it is...I'm already bloating up and I don't think the stripes are really helpful either-but this is what I have to show-22 1/2 weeks.

Happy Easter!

We had a fun, yet simple Easter. The kids went to an "easter egg hunt" on Saturday, but because there is still 18 inches of snow in the field it wasn't a true hunt. They actually lined up in the parking lot of the high school (where the hunt was to take place) and did a sort of "trunk-or-treat" thing instead: people handed out candy from a bag. Man was Bryant disappointed and might I add a little angry that he could not demonstrate his egg-finding skills! He really wanted to find "real" eggs.


Sarah thought that she could throw her egg into the dye-luckily nothing cracked when she did

Kayelynn was so impressed with the process-she really concentrated

The Easter bunny visited our house and put the kids' baskets next to their beds so they would see them when they awoke. Bryant woke everyone up to show them what he got. Kayelynn was so thrilled the Easter bunny would remember her that she just rummaged her basket relishing what she got. Sarah was the smartest-she found the candy and got into it herself-why would she call for anyone to get her out of the crib when she could eat as much candy as she wanted without it getting taken away-HA! she makes me laugh.
They each got some sort of bubbles and the girls each got two rings filled with lip gloss!


excited early morning children-see the evidence of chocolate in Sarah's mouth-HA!

see Kayelynn's thrilled face :)

FYI, I did post a few other things today as well, if would like to read on :)

More Kayelynn Birthday

Okay, so I'm a month late with these, but I am not in the digital world yet-as much as I would like to be. So we have to wait until I use all the film and for some reason I have been really slow with the picture taking this year!
So, here are some other fun and cute photos of Kayelynn's #3 birthday!


Daddy makes all the kids birthday cakes-he loves to create and design them. Kayelynn wanted a flower and it had to be pink!

She loves her cake and especially the #3 on top!

Princess!

Playtime

We are fortunate enough to live in the same town as family and the kids love going to Harrison's (their cousin) house. He and Kayelynn sometimes act like twins they are only 7 weeks apart and it's so cute to see them interact with each other.
We went over last week and I got some good pictures of the kids playing just thought I would share.


Elefun!

I love Sarah's true smile in this one!

They all love to be together, they are so happy to play with each other.

Sarah doesn't hold her smile very long, so I ended up with a booger shot. Oh well, she's cute anyway!

Bryant and Kayelynn were actually playing together and they were happy-a rareity at times-but I love Kayelynn's static hair here :)

HAPPY SPRING!

I know I'm two days late with the post, but HAPPY SPRING anyway!
We have been struggling with sickness in our home for...for...well, it feels like forever, but pretty much since we moved - Jake has been the one sick the most and he is such a trooper just trudging through school and dealing with everything that it finally hit him late Thursday and he actually had to call in sick to school Friday and in the 5 years he's worked at the hospital this is the first time he has used any sick days-he has really been hit with the flu! Bryant and Kayelynn have already had it and Sarah got a flu shot so she should be safe (fingers crossed). And I am invincible so I won't get it...HAHAHA, we are on the tail end of this fight-I hope!
For how much I have been ranting and raving that spring had better hurry, I figured I couldn't miss the post that it is offically SPRING!!!!!!!!! YEAH!

Preggo News

Well, I went to the doctor today for my scheduled 20 week appointment and found out that I am measuring big! Surprise, surprise! For those of you that are at all familiar with my pregnancies you will know that I usually am larger than the average woman when it comes to belly size during pregnancy.
With Bryant, I think that that the belly wasn't the only thing measuring larger than normal, so we won't even go there. :)
With Kayelynn, I looked like I was having twins the whole time and even walked a mile almost everyday...she was 10 days early and 8 lbs. 13 oz.
With Sarah, whoa, that was a whole different story. I was working full time and sitting at a computer all day long and didn't have the energy to really do much besides stay on my butt after work, however I didn't gain as much as I thought I would just hanging out on my keister (sp?) and I measured one month bigger than I really was since about 20 weeks and I felt every ache from it, she was 9 lbs. 13 oz....so you can only imagine the belly and the waddle!
And now with this pregnancy I am measuring 24 weeks (one month larger than I really am), if only that were a precursor to know you would have your child early! Here comes the waddle! What's funny with this pregnancy is that I haven't felt very obviously pregnant like I have with the others and even mentioned this last weekend to Jake that I didn't feel very big compared to what I remember with Sarah...well, as the saying goes, you loose more brain cells with every child...I must really be on my last ones in memory.
I also tend to wait a little longer until I find out what I am having, there are too many mistakes or assumptions made at 20-22 weeks, so I wait until 24-26 weeks to find out...it kills me to wait longer, but there is a more definitive answer by waiting. We will find out on April 10th in the late afternoon what we are having (if the child cooperates :)), so if you are wanting to know as much as I what we will be expecting in July that would be the day to read back :)
Just thought I would share some news since not much is happening in our world of craziness and MORE SNOW (2 inches today and more to come)!!!!!! AGHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!
Good thing it's almost officially spring :)

Spring

I want spring so badly to arrive, that I am doing anything and everything to get it to feel like spring :)  Hence the color scheme change...I just want beautiful flowers like you can see on JR and Kerri's blog (I wish I knew how to put in a link, if you know tell me, then you wouldn't have to search them in the links to the right)-they have tulips in bloom!  We have snow 2 feet or more in every yard-at least we can see the asphalt and the sidewalks, that makes for some lovely dullness: black, grey and white (mixed with brown)!  In all the 8 years this is the first I can remember disliking so long.  I am praying for sunshine and temperatures above freezing the next two weeks so that miraculously we can have an actual easter egg hunt in the grass instead of the house...what do you think?  Anyway, Happy Spring!  I know the actual day is a few weeks away and we have to get used to daylight savings time first, but Happy Spring anyway.  If you are experiencing spring at your home would you please post pictures so I can feel the hope?  :)  Happy Spring!

Good News Minute

This may seem lame to some of you, but after a month of being cut off from the world (at least in my mind)...We finally have internet in our own home!!! I can actually feel like I am "in tune" on a daily basis. I am so excited to actually be able to communicate and see what is happening in the world as the only channel we get in our home is NBC...Good News!