We love October!

My awesome mom made Kyla an Incredibles costume for halloween and she has been wearing it all the time! The mask is still a work in progress!

Jaxon is going to be a fireman, we are going to make him a box firetruck. He loves his costume and never wants to take it off!

Maelie is going to be Rapunzel, but I don't have a pic.

The cute kids enjoying my bed... I am having the hardest time sleeping and want this baby out!!!

The kids love our tradition of painting pumpkins! Maelie made a rainbow pumpkin...

Jaxon is obsessed with blue right now...

And Kyla made a witch...

fall break

We've been having a very laid back low key fall break around here. We have been walking to the park first thing every morning, each park a little bit further than the last. Maelie and Kyla both ride their bikes and Jaxon rides in the stroller. He still doesn't show much interest in learning to ride a bike. The weather has been really nice, especially today! We spent about 2 hours this morning walking/riding and playing at parks. Then we met Jonas for a picnic at another park. And I think I will take Maelie and Jaxon to a park while Kyla is at therapy. I just want to be outside today! I'm loving the open windows. Tomorrow we have plans for another park picnic after I take Maelie to the dr, she has a strange rash that isn't clearing up... anyway! Tuesday night Jonas and I went to the temple while the kids had a blast with Shannon. I went to dr today and didn't get checked but baby has dropped. Hopefully next week when I get checked, I have made progress! It's coming!!! YAY!!!

general conference

General Conference weekend was great! Maelie had a soccer game first thing in the morning so we still need to watch Elder Scott's talk. There were so many great messages, I need to watch, listen and read them all again! A quote that really hit me was "Motherhood is not a hobby, it is a calling." by Elder Neil L. Andersen. I truly believe that and it was something I needed to hear. I really enjoyed that entire talk probably because it was close to home. "They're all mine and it's no picnic!" haha :) There were many other good ones that I am excited to go over again! Sunday Trevon and Hillary came over for the afternoon session, dinner, and games. And then that night we went to Brandon's mission farewell open house. He is headed to the MTC on Wednesday and then Mexico! Today is the first day of fall break! We walked to the park, went to therapy and have been kinda lazy other than that. Now time to take Maelie to piano, make dinner, have FHE, and put the kids to bed so we can watch Terra Nova - we really liked that show last week and hope it stays good!!

bah humbug

I have been having lots of pains and contractions so I was hopeful at today's 36 week checkup. I am 50% effaced and not dilated AT ALL!! A C Section is looking more and more tempting to me.... but I am trying to be patient!!!

Tomorrow is the last day of school before fall break, 2 1/2 weeks off for the kids! I am excited for not getting them to and from school and homework and all that.... but I hope I can survive the kids home all day everyday so pregnant. I'm sure I can!

And Saturday is October!!! YAY YAY YAY for October!!!!

And this weekend is conference! woohoo!!!

a light

at the end of the tunnel!

The end is near!! I now have my C Section scheduled, so now I know I won't be pregnant after October 30th! The countdown is so on! I am still really hoping he will come not only on his own but earlier!! I would also love to be able to go trick or treating and not be in the hospital on halloween. But it's not really my choice now is it!?

PDD-NOS

Kyla got her official diagnosis today from the developmental pediatrician. PDD-NOS, an autism spectrum disorder, basically mild autism, or atypical autism, or high functioning autism. This is the diagnosis she was given last year but I guess now it is official. So when she turns 6 she most likely won't get therapies through state anymore because she doesn't have typical autism. Oh well. I am looking forward to less. Kyla is a quirky little girl and we love her so much!!

getting ready

Today, Jaxon and I went over to my mom's to do some projects! I finished Canyon's blanket, made a crib sheet and made a car seat tent! My mom is amazing and awesome and I love her so much!!!

Saturday my awesome family gave me a baby shower. My sister in law Hillary made this cute cake!!

monotony

life is feeling a little monotonous. i need a change. a big change. any ideas???

JK. i have a big change coming and i feel so ready but at the same time i am scared out of my mind. am i ready for four kids? am i ready for another newborn/toddler/preschooler/school-ager/teenager. i know it's obvious but it's crazy how when we have another baby, it's not just another baby, it's another human to raise. it's a lot of money, time, and effort. it's also a ton of love and fun and adventure.

i'm also scared of the unknown. when will he come? will he come on his own so i can deliver vaginally? can i handle labor again? it's been 5 1/2 years since i've done that. i wish someone would tell me the day and time that he will come so i can plan and prepare and get on with my life. i hope my house will be clean the day he decides to come. i am trying to keep it clean but it's not working too well. in the back of my mind, i am thinking i will end up having another c section and i guess that's ok.

i am really excited! i hope all the kids will get along well. i hope i can do this. i hope i am ready.

life lately

Maelie started her first soccer league! A lot of the other kids seem to have been doing it for years... I didn't realize she would need cleats, ball, and shin guards, hehe. She has had 2 practices and 1 game. The game today was HOT!!! And they lost but I was pretty proud of Maelie, she kept on going!!

Maelie got Sideways Stories from Wayside School (loved that book when I was little) from her book orders. I love that she reads to Kyla. Kyla is also starting to read.

We are getting ready for Canyon!! I had about a million contractions yesterday from cleaning all day long! I am glad they stopped, even though I'm excited for him to come, he still needs to do a little more growing. :) But we are borrowing this awesome bed for Jaxon so now Canyon has a crib! (he won't need it until he sleeps through the night) I also quilted him a blanket, just need to bind it and make a sheet!

33 weeks!!!

7 weeks left!!!

49 days left!!!!

hopefully less (but probably more)

good thing they're cute

overwhelmed

school, piano, soccer, musical theater, therapies, pregnant! what have i done? I will never do this again.... I don't know what I have gotten myself into but it's too much for me. I am trying to gage whether it's too much for me or too much for the kids!! So far, I think it's just too much for me!!! And I think I need to get a job!

swimming lessons

The girls have been doing swimming lessons on Saturdays this month. Maelie was an Otter, Kyla was a Duck, and there wasn't an open class for Jaxon... Maelie passed! And Kyla, had fun. :) And the rest of us were HOT!!!

decisions...

Trying to make 2 decisions right now...

Since my last baby was a c section, I am not supposed to go much past 40 weeks. I have a choice to schedule a c section on my due date (Fri Oct 28th) or 40 1/2 weeks (Tues Nov 1st). I am hoping to go into labor on my own before I have to get a c section. I can't get induced unless I have already made progress on my own. Part of me thinks I will be so ready for this baby to come out by my due date and the other part of me thinks it's only 4 more days and that gives me more time to start labor on my own and hopefully have a successful VBAC. hhmmmm....

the other is about Kyla and her therapies... She has occupational therapy right after school on Mondays and speech therapy right after school on Thursdays. Like, I pick them up at school and we race to therapy and barely make it. Part of me realizes this is good for her and I need to take advantage of these therapies because she only gets them until she is 6 in January. Another part feels like Kyla needs as much free time as she can get! And she does like them....

hhmmmm.....

really cute kids =)

picture day for the girls... blue day for Kyla!

the bottom 3 pix are taken by Kyla =)

sleep over!!

Friday night the kids had a sleep over! Pizza, dancing, candy and movies! And sleeping in the tent. They had a great time!!

Shape Family #2

Here is cute Kyla and her Shape Family poem. For fun, you can see Maelie doing the same thing 2 years ago...

http://thestanfordbunch.blogspot.com/2009/09/shape-family.html

recent pix

Kyla with Oaklie and Journey... Maelie practicing the piano... Jaxon playing with daddy

Kyla and Jaxon playing with daddy... Jaxon playing at Grandma's... Maelie dancing with Kailin at Lexy's wedding



Jaxon and mommy at Lexy's wedding... Kyla dancing at the wedding

I had Canyon's ultrasound with the specialist yesterday and his kidneys are barely swollen, at what is considered a normal level, so no worries there. :)

Baby Canyon

I got to see my baby this morning and I love when they turn on the 3D! He is so cute, I want to hold him so bad!!! He has a big head and he does have swollen kidneys, but the dr said not to worry (yeah right). I am going to get another ultrasound done at a specialist to see how bad the swelling is. If the swelling is bad, then I have to deliver at a Level 3 hospital (Banner Desert) where there will be a pediatric urologist to check him out. But.... dr said not to worry because he's not worried, so we shall see. He is about 3 pounds (60th percentile) and he is measuring almost 2 weeks early, so I would LOVE that!!! (not gonna count on it tho) Everything else looks great. All my tests came back awesome and I am totally healthy!

11 more weeks!!!

preschool

I never got a pic of Jaxon on his first day back to preschool because it was a rough day. He's been having a rough couple weeks. Extra clingy, having a hard time leaving both his blanket and his mommy. Today was his happiest and he actually had his back pack on and was ready to go out the door! So I was able to get his pic. Yesterday was semi happy, but he was still clinging on to his blanket! I go to curriculum night in a bit to find out more about his new school, since he switched schools. It's still thru the school district and he still rides the bus.

*gasp* I was not expecting this but both Maelie and Kyla are loving school so far. Kyla hasn't mentioned a word about it being too long. Her teacher says she is so sweet and is really good at following directions. Whose daughter?!?! There has been some awesome storms lately and we have loved them! Too bad it's not cool enough to open the windows!

I am feeling slightly spoiled. Last Wed afternoon during Jaxon's preschool Jonas and I went to see Harry Potter and yesterday afternoon we went to lunch. I volunteered this morning in Kyla's class and am doing that in Maelie's next week. I have time to get my bloodwork done and other fun stuff, kid free! haha! One of these days I'm going to get some material to make Canyon a quilt. But my times next week are already pretty much booked, with getting new glasses, and taking the kids to the dentist, and volunteering. Anyway, that's what we've been up to in a nutshell!