Someone Got Glasses

Koen got glasses, and he is so excited! I bet it won't last once he realizes they are a part of his life for good now, and he actually has to wear them, even when he doesn't want to. He looks pretty cute though!

Christmas Time

We weren't going to put up a tree this year since we are moving a couple days before Christmas, so Tyrell can student teach! Koen sadly asked us when we were going to decorate for Christmas, so we decided we could handle a little tree, so off to Family Dollar we went to get a $10 miniature tree. The boys are so happy with it, and it's really small so no big deal to take down when we move.

Call Me Strange......

I know this may sound weird, but with every one of our kids I have tried to figure out what he/she will look like based on ultrasound pictures. I know that's weird because there really is no way to know for sure. I could tell the Koen and Kai would be different, but I really didn't expect them to look as different as they do. I really had no idea with Havyn because she was a girl, and that was a first. This time we are having a 3rd boy so of course I am just dying to know if he will look like Koen or Kai or neither, since they look so different. I keep looking at the many ultrasounds I keep having to get and trying to decide. Koen and Havyn look a lot alike to me so I keep trying to see if I can find their features, and up until now I thought he may look more like them, but all I had seen very well was the profile. From that I think he may have more of a long face shape like Havyn, but I really have no idea. Then today I got to see his face really good and up close, and I have come to the conclusion that he just may look more like mister Kai. This could change next week or the week after, but for today I say he looks like Kai. No one will know for sure until he's born, but it's always fun to guess.

Comparison

 This one is now at 25 weeks 2 days

This is Havyn at 24 weeks

So I was looking at my past pregnancy pictures comparing them at the point I am now with this baby. With Kai I was bigger at 23 weeks than I am now with this baby. Koen I didn't take pictures so I really have no idea :(! With Havyn I was about the same size at 24 weeks that I am now at 25 weeks with this baby. This baby looks just a tad bigger, but not by much. It will be interesting to see how big I actually get this time, which will probably depend on fluid levels. Which on a bright note have gone up! I was at an almost normal level last week when they did the ultrasound. Let's hope that things continue looking up! And on a side note if anyone is interested this baby has a name now, well at least we call him by this name so it's starting to stick. His name is Kael.

Cute Kids

This is the kids in their Halloween costumes. They all look so adorable! Thanks to Mom and Jalissa for helping me take these pictures!

Getting Excited!!

Can you believe it? I sure can't, but I am getting so excited!!!!!!! 1 week from today Daren  will be home from his mission. I can't wait for him to meet Kai and Havyn. He has served an honorable mission, and has set such a great example to my boys! I keep practicing saying Daren with Kai, even though he still won't know who he is right off the bat, but at least he can say his name. Koen says he remembers uncle Daren, but I guess we will see next Wed. around noon when he shows up. The funny thing about all this is that he will find me just as he left me, pregnant again, and about the same number of months as when he left. This time things will be a little different though, because if I remember right I was a little larger when he left, due to the fact that I had a normal pregnancy going for me then. I guess I better explain, since I have yet to post about this pregnancy on the blog. This baby is being much like Havyn, and he apparently doesn't like much fluid around him either. They did find the low fluid quite a bit earlier this time, so that does give me hope for a better outcome. That and the Drs are watching me very closely, and have put me on bed rest, in hopes that fluid levels will rise, and the baby will be able to stay in longer than Havyn did. She was born at 36 weeks with no steroids to aid the maturation of her lungs. The plan with this little guy is to give me steroids at 33 weeks to help his lungs along, then deliver him at 37 weeks. Koen was born at 37 weeks, and was perfectly fine, so if all goes well, and we can keep things safe for him until then he shouldn't need to be in the hospital like Havyn.

Baby Boy on the Way!

Yep it's another BOY!!!! Which is super great! I am sure he'll fit right in here!

Pumpkins 2010

So tonight the boys had an awesome experience carving pumpkins! This is the first year Koen hasn't had aversions to touching pumpkin "guts". Kai just kept licking and biting pieces of pumpkin and saying yummy. Strange, but totally and Kai Kai thing to do! Koen picked out everyone's pumpkin at the store, including one for mommy and Havyn to share (although we didn't get all the pumpkins carved tonight). Koen and Kai got theirs done, but the others will have to wait. I wasn't feeling the best so I just watched, and then it got to be dark so Tyrell decided to wait on his as well. Koen picked his pumpkin because the steam was really long, which apparently he thought was cool. He then was determined to have a happy face, so much so that he kept telling Tyrell over and over to make sure he gave it a happy face. Next he wanted Kai's to have a mad face, and since Kai doesn't know the difference I decided to say well why don't we make it scary. I just think scary is better than mad for Halloween. Both boys are happy with what they have as a finished product, and so am I because Tyrell carves pumpkins way better than I do.

Cake Night

Last night we decided it would be fun to have a family night, and bake a cake. The boys had a blast adding ingredients and stirring the batter. I was going to just go get a simple little cake mix, and Tyrell was like that's not fun so I let him have it, and really the kids had way more fun I am sure! Kai was laughing, and well not liking the parts where Koen got a turn, but oh well he's 1 what can I expect? Even Havyn helped by playing with the cocoa.  I am fairly certain from the dry ingredients sticking to a bowl where we had only added dry ingredients, that some little boy added an ingredient of his own. Oh well Koen kept dipping his spatula in it, and licking it so I guess Kai had to put his mark on it too! Oh the joys! Don't worry we didn't take it to the neighbors or anything!

School

School started this week, and I won't lie I am scared. I got placed in a 2nd grade classroom to do my 6 lessons, and spend 150 hrs in this semester.  My professor is going to watch me teach, so that scares me, and the fact that I almost there and what if I find I hate it!? Then what? I am sure I am worried for nothing. Besides all the scary stuff I am super excited to work with 2nd graders. They think you're awesome no matter what you do, right? I could mess up so bad, and unlike older kids, they care less. The kids have also gone back to daycare, and really seem to be loving it. Koen asked me today why he can't go to his class tomorrow, which makes me really happy because I would hate for them to not enjoy spending their days there. Kai is having the hardest time out of all 3 of them. He did great the first 3 days and the last 2 he cries when I leave, but I wonder if he just gets overwhelmed because the teacher says he does better when she takes him to do something away from all the noise and congestion. They have a huge yard to play in, and are usually out there when I get there in the afternoons. Today I showed up to find Kai's teacher smiling and saying I should go see where Kai had ended up. I head over to find Kai dead asleep under a tree. She said he didn't nap, and when they went outside he just curled up under the tree and went to sleep. It was so cute! Havyn was chattering away, and they say she eats and sleeps great for them. I have never found her crying or left her crying, although she probably loves it because she seems to be spoiled seeings as she is the only baby girl in the entire daycare. I really hope things continue to go well for the kids. I think by semesters end I am going to be exhausted, but hey this is my LAST semester of classes!!!! Tyrell's too for that matter! So far he has quite long days at school, but doesn't have class on Friday, so he's going to be doing lots of honey do chores I think on Fridays. We survived the first week at least.

Havyn Is 6 Months!

Time has flown by, it feels like yesterday we were finally bringing Havyn home from the NICU. She is 6 months old now, and growing well. She started out below the 10th percentile and has moved her way up to the 67th! She now weighs 16 lbs 12 ounces. She has yet to roll over or sit up, but talks non-stop. We love her so much!

Baby #4 is on his/her way

Well here's are BIG announcement. Baby #4 will arrive somewhere around Feb. 24, 2011. Yes we are all surprised so you should be a little shocked. I guess all the trouble getting pregnant with Kai is now way over, because we just can't stop!

Fishing With Grandpa

So Koen has been begging my dad to take him fishing for like a month, and finally we got around to planning a day, which was last Saturday. There was a little kiddy fishing pond my dad found a few miles from their house, where they plant fish, so basically Koen was guaranteed to catch at least one. Well we got there and Koen wasn't all that patient as my dad starting getting out the bait and getting the hook ready and what not. He was like "can we fish yet?" He was a little freaked out when the worms were brought out, and wanted to know what we were planning to do with them, as he looked at them with quite the face. Well once Koen did get to fish it wasn't long and he caught one. I am not too sure what he thought was going to happen when the fish came out of the water, but he freaked out. He was watching it try to swim away as he reeled it in, and getting so excited, but then it came out of the water flapping all over and he screamed so loud, and ran straight for the car. Tyrell had to chase him down, and tell him it was ok. He was not about to get a picture with the fish even after it quit flapping around, nor would he touch his pole again. When we got back, my mom asked him what he thought of fishing, if he liked it or not so much. He said not so much, he hasn't said one word about Grandpa taking him fishing since we got back either. He cracks me up. I was laughing so hard. I know that sounds mean, but it was pretty funny!

Even More Pictures of the Apartment

More Pictures of the Apartment

Pictures of the New Apartment

So a few people have asked to see so here it is.

Our Apartment/House Drama

So as most of you know we put our house on the market, and it sold rather fast (less than a week). Well then the buyer wanted to put a roof on it before closing so we said sure, and he had planned to do it the 15 and 16 of this month. Well apparently some things with our title were missed the last 2 times the house sold, and the garage doesn't really belong to us, so now we have legal problems that may push closing back to the end of June. This makes him unable to touch the house. We didn't find this out until we were in the middle of moving out for him to start working. So we just kept moving to the apartment we had rented. We got into the apartment thinking the smell that was located in the premise would disappear after the carpets were cleaned the day we were moving in. Unfortunatly the smell got WORSE! This caused the landlord to decide that they were going to replace the carpet, but they were quite slow about it. Wed. they decided to replace the carpet, and for some odd reason ordered carpet, and thought we were just going to stay there like that. Well we aren't sick people so we moved a couple things back to the empty house and slept on the floor for 3 nights. After several requests for the carpet to be installed sooner, and numerous other repairs we decided enough was enough. We asked to terminate the lease agreement, and have our money returned to us. Luckily they agreed, and we found a new apartment, which we are finally almost moved into! I really hope nothing else goes wrong with our house, and that we could possibly close by the end of this month, as we don't really want to pay rent and a house payment again next month!

Havyn's Blessing

Havyn was blessed today, and she looked amazing! Grandma Snyder made her beautiful dress, and did an awesome job. We had lots of family and friends come to see her, and spend the afternoon with us. We enjoyed it very much. It was kind of strange because this is the last time we will have a big gathering at our house since we sold it, and will be moving out before May 28th. We are excited to move on, and that it sold so quickly, but it's starting to sink in, and I really will miss this house we have put so much work into. It is by no means a dream house, but it holds many memories we will carry forever, I am sure.

New Family Pictures

This is totally not all of the pictures and they are all so good, so I had a hard time choosing, but here's a few.