School kids! Aug 10th & 11th

Kira started preschool on Tuesday...

Kira has Preschool on Tues and Thurs from 12pm-2pm and she loves it!

Cooper started Kindergarten on Wednesday, the day after Kira. He rides the bus(which I wish he didn't but oh well) @ 11am, his school starts at 11:35am and he is done at 2:15pm when I pick him up.

At Kindergarten orientation Cooper was playing with the wheel on the hamster cage. He spun it until it flipped off and rolled on the ground. It scared him SO bad, and I'm sure he thought he was in so much trouble because he looked terrified(probably mostly embarrassment) and just grabbed my leg and burried his face. It broke my heart and I just wanted to cry for him. He was crying softly and said "I wanna go home!" "Let's go!" He calmed down and forgot all about it within just 5 minutes. I was sure that this school year was going to be very long, but instead he has gone to school just fine and loves it. He has had his moments and sometimes just wants to be with Mommy at home all day(that happened about 2 different times-after very long days), but he just needs a little extra sleep. He has been a little whiny lately and I have been terrible about getting him to bed early. He is such a great kid and loves his Teacher- Mrs. Tanner.

Blessing Day! Aug 1st

Lacee was Blessed by her Daddy on August 1st 2010.

My niece Eden with Lacee

My niece Kiley with Lacee

My Mom with Lacee

Grandma and Grandpa Cluff with Lacee

My precious little Angel

Happy Birthday Kyler and Pioneer Day!

Lucky little Kyler kid gets to have a parade and fireworks for his Birthday!

Kira was very sweet about sharing her sucker, she even went to the group of people(whom we didn't know) and offered to share her sucker with another little girl. (I did stop her:)

Kyler turned 2 yrs old on Pioneer Day and had a great B-day!

We had a little fun with sparklers! Cooper was a little scared of them(haha poor kid)!

A little about Kyler:

Kyler has always been a VERY tender hearted little guy, but lately he's been pretty tough and he really likes to SCREEEEEAAM! He is my 3rd red headed temper filled child and then some! He LOVES LOVES LOVES his little baby sister! He in fact loves his whole family very much. He carries around his little green froggy and calls it baby(good thing he has his own baby or Lacee might never be rid of him). He calls Reggie "HI" and use to call Lacee "HI". What a goof-ball. I love this little boy, he is A+Awesome! I Love You Kyler!!!

boy or girl...

We had an adorable baby GIRL last week!

This is the me that I don't really miss...the big, restless, tired and uncomfortable me.

This picture was taken 5 days after my due date and 2 days before having my little sweetheart.

Well I'll TRY to sum up the story...

I was never so done being pregnant in my life. When I had my other babies I was ready-but this time around-I was beyond ready. I was starting to get OVER emotional BEFORE my due date even came around. I was trying not to be induced but knew I couldn't go on forever. The day before my due date I was really hoping for some change or progress of some kind, and when my Dr. checked and there was NOTHING, I went into a short depression and left the Dr. office in tears(what a ball baby I am ). I had to go in to do a stress test every three days after the due date (talk about stressful). Well finally, 6 days after my due date I surrendered and they put me on the schedule for the next morning at the hospital to be induced.

Monday night: drop kids off with G & G Reed

Tuesday morning: arrive at hospital at 7am (or maybe a little after)

approximate times...

8-9am: I get antibiotics-yeah for penicillin!-(or NOT)

9-10am: I get the pit-yeah for pitocin!-(again-or NOT)

10am-12pm: Contractions are getting more intense :) (or NOT)p.s.-I am a BIG baby with pain.

12:30pm: Waiting for my Dr. to come and break my water because THEN I get the HAPPY MEDICINE-aka the epidural.

1-1:30pm: Me really wanting the epidural and still no Dr., so-they got me my epidural.

1:30-2pm: Dr. broke my water

2:30-3pm: ME: "Nurse could you check me please, I feel some pressure"

Nurse: "I better call your Dr. and tell him that by the time he gets here we'll be having a baby"

about 3pm: Dr. comes and says something funny. I laughed. Dr. joked about laughing the baby out. I laughed more. It was time to push and my Dr. said laugh. I laughed. He said stop. I laughed more. Remember: I had HAPPY MEDICINE

3:09pm: Little baby girl is born. I laughed my daughter into this world-kinda funny.

We named her after my mom. My moms name is Robin. Reggie and I both agreed how great it would be to name her after someone she'll know, not to mention naming her after someone so great. My mother is a Saint, she is amazing. We are calling her by her middle name.

Robin Lacee

She needed a little oxygen when she was born, nothing major. That tube with the green end is just helping her out with some oxygen.

Reggie called to tell the kids if it was a boy or girl and Kira told Reggie over the phone that it was a girl! She knew it! She is very excited to have a little sister. Kyler loves the little baby but doesn't seem to concern himself too much with her. Cooper is probably the most excited little boy ever. He could hardly wait to see her in the hospital, and he just lit up. The kids can't seem to remember her name yet and I call her cutie pie or sweetie pie sometimes and today Cooper said "Where's cutie-pie?" as if it's her name. It was pretty adorable. Kira calls her "my baby sister" and Kyler says "Baby". All 3 of them think that thing on her belly is REALLY gross.

Sweet dreams sweetie-pie!

Well she was my biggest baby weighing in at 8 lbs. 2 oz. And she was the 4th baby in this family to be born at 21 inches. But she was definitely the first baby with out red hair. I don't think you can see the hair color in these pictures, but she has BLACK hair. That totally threw me for a loop, but I LOVE it! Her black hair is gorgeous, and I'm not sure if it will fall out and grow in blonde or if it will stay black, but either way I'm pretty sure she won't be a red-head. Cooper was the only one who guessed she would have black hair. Well thats the story, I said I would TRY and sum it up not that I actually would :)

Happy Birthday Kira!!

Well my little girl turned 4 yrs old last Monday. Although it seems like she was already four, it's still crazy that she actually is 4 now! She has been saying Happy Birthday every night for months now (she is a VERY silly little girl) and still is.

Reggie was working in the area and swung in to take Kira out for lunch. It was really sweet to see Kira's Daddy want to do something special with her. They have a very cute relationship.

I guess this is Kira's first real date :)

This is a cute picture of Kyler chowing on some birthday cake.

We had Kira's party at the park, but Reggie got home so late that it was almost dark ( oh the poor girl was so anxious to get to the park-it was a very interesting evening to say the least-just trying to get there). But once we got there Kira had a blast with her presents and wondering around the playground in the dark.

She got a bike which she was thrilled about(and Cooper even more so). Thus far Cooper has ridden it more than Kira.

Isn't she such a cutie!

So we got a free cake from Bashas for her birthday but Kira wanted cupcakes. I tried(and half failed) making cupcakes in a cone. Should have been super cute but ended up being super cute melted ice cream cake cones. Well anyway her Bashas cake which I still got for her, fell on the park bench (you know how toast always falls to the ground butter side down-well cakes fall frosting side down ;) Okay, I have to say that it was just another thing to top it all off, but none the less, I thought it was hilarious.

She loved helping me make her cupcakes and she wanted pink yellow and blue frosting, so that is just what we did!

Well Kira, I hope you know how special you are because you really are! You really are easy to please and you love to be silly and make everyone happy! You show your affection very often by hitting people-especially Daddy. You have to be looked at when talking or you think you aren't being listened to (sorry you get that from your Mommy) You are very care free and wild at the same time. You are a great big sister and a fun little sister. We are very lucky to have you in our family.

Love Mommy

p.s. I'm glad you finally came to terms with being 4. I know how bad you want to be 5. Next year you will be, but for now-don't grow up too fast.