Preschool 2011-2012

Preschool is under way yet again!!  Jaylee is super excited for school and I love that she loves to learn!!!  We have some fun things planned for this year and a few things that Jaylee has requested, one being reading!!  We'll keep you posted as to what she does throughout this school year!!!!

Jaylee's 1st Alpine Slide Adventure...

I should have posted these with Kynna's birthday, but I kind of passed over them so I'll do it now!!  While we were in Park City, Jaylee decided that if her cousins could go down the Alpine Slide that she could go down with her Daddy too!!  At first we didn't think that she was serious, but after her having to watch as they were in line, we could tell that if she didn't get to go, that she was going to cry her eyes out!!!  So Brady being the Daddy that he is, went and got them tickets for the slide.  Jason had gone down with his family, but since he got slowed down on the fast slide by the kid in front of him, they gave him another pass to go again.  So he went down with Brady and Jaylee.  Jason went first, and crashed, leaving him with a few good scrapes and bruises, and Brady went down the fast lane with Jaylee and she LOVED it!!  She wanted to go again, but we were done and ready to go!!!  She did get to use Kynna's last ticket for the airplane rides, since Kynna was done and ready for a nap!!!  

 Getting on the lift

 Uncle Jason coming down

 Brady and Jaylee coming down

Cheerios and the Floor

I had a friend who posted something similar to this awhile ago, and I honestly thought, that will never happen to me!!  I'm learning more and more not to say or think this phrase, because it has come back to haunt me way to much!!!!  So this is how something like this happens...

Kynna LOVES cheerios and Jaylee loves to torment Kynna and take her stuff from her.  So one morning, I had given Kynna a few cheerios since she screams(another thing started after I swore my child would never do that) when I am trying to cook if she doesn't have something to snack on.  Well after breakfast, Jaylee decides that they need more cheerios to snack on.  I gave them each a little cup, however Jaylee being the independent person that she is, decided that they needed more and instead of asking me, she decided that she could get more for them on her own.  So she proceeds to climb up the pantry shelves(she told me this later when I asked her how they got down), since the cheerios are on the top shelf, pull them down and get more for them.  So in the couple of minutes that this took, while I was off doing Laundry, she gets them down, and then MaKynna dumps the entire box on the floor!!  I walked out of the laundry room and just stood there in disbelief!!!  I let them snack until their hearts and belly's were full and then I vacuumed them up!!  I have never had to vacuum my entire house for as long as that one little pile took me!!!   They were both so excited to have a BIG pile of Cheerios to snack on though!!!

Really I couldn't get mad at them since they were actually getting along and not pulling each other's hair or fighting with each other!!!  This could be bad for me in the future though if these 2 decide to join forces and be partners in crime!!!!  

Davis County Fair...

Having a horse fanatic and a ;master gardener in the family means one thing, we HAVE to go to the fair!!!  Jaylee was so excited this year for it and she even got to ride a pony!!  She kept saying, "I should have worn my boots and my cowgirl hat!!"  I let Brady take Kynna over to the plant stuff while I stood in line with Jaylee.  We got a few cool prizes and had a nice day in the heat!!!  

Kynna doesn't share the same love for horses as Jaylee does!!!

The Petting Zoo-I despise these things!!  I think they are just nasty, however my little country girl begged and pleaded with us to go in there.  Brady was chosen as the lucky one to go in with her!!!  At least they had a cleaning station right next to it along with hand sanitizer!!!  I will give them props for that suggestion!!!!

Poor Sick Kynna...

Our sweet Kynna has been one sick girl lately!!  Hopefully she is on the getting better side!!!  For over a week straight, she was puking everything she ate.  She was fine to keep liquids down but that was all.  After day 5, we took her in since no one else was catching it and she hadn't been around anyone that had been sick with a flu bug.  They suggested that we have her blood taken to run some test, to make sure she wasn't dehydrated.  She wasn't but was close enough for them to be concerned about keeping a close watch on her.  We took her off of all foods for the remainder of that day and most of the next, then we started her on the BRAT diet.  Well that didn't make it better, so we had to take her back in.  They took an x-ray of her belly to see if they could see anything going on but it just suggested another condition that is actually pretty common in young children.  It's call intussusception, however we didn't know this until after another 2 doctor visits, another trip to the ER and having blood work, and finally taking her down to Primary Children's.  We spent all night and morning at Primary Children's and finally they decided that it was this condition.  They pretty much wait to see if it will fix itself since they don't like to do the procedure to correct in on young children because of the risk involved.  And since she was super white and clammy when we got down there, they are pretty sure it had passed.  The doctors and nurses down there are WONDERFUL!!  As a mother, I felt like I couldn't do anything for her, and they were all reminding us that we were doing everything right and taking good care of our baby.  They told us that if they had any question about whether she was being watched and taken care of, they would have kept her for a day or two to observe her and make sure that all was okay now.  It was just a nice reminder that we were doing everything in our power to care for our baby and that we were doing what was right for her!!

 Kynna sporting her bandage where they took her blood the first time

 At Primary Children's!!  She wouldn't lay down and even though she was super tired she was not about to fall asleep in a place that looked way to much like the last place that stuck her with a needle!!

She finally gave in and fell asleep in my arms just moments before she was released at 4am.  The nurses all laughed and they adored her little personality!!  I am so grateful to have a Primary Children's Hospital so close but it was so sad to see all the other kids that were so sick in there.  

Kynna is pretty much back to her normal eating patterns now.  She does throw-up every now and then but nothing like she was.  And I am grateful that she is okay!!!  I don't think I could handle dealing with issues like some of the other moms do!!  Heck I cry when my babies have to get shots, let alone when other things are going on with them!!!!  Sick kids is just not for me!!  NO more being sick Kynna girl!!!

Grammy and Papa come to visit...

My parents had planned to come up for Kynna's party, however my Dad was not feeling well so they came a few days later and spent a week with us.  It was nice to visit with them and let the girls get to know their grandparents better.  Ever since Jaylee was just little, she has called Grammy, Bye-bye, until now.  This trip she decided that Grammy was now Gram or Gram-Gram!!  She loves to come up with her own names for people!!  I have tried so many times to get her to call my dad, Grandpa but she insist that his name is Papa, or the Papa with the Grammy when she's trying to keep the 2 separate!!.  She calls Grammy and Papa all the time just to chat, and she really enjoys spending time with them.  Grammy LOVES to read and she loves to read to Jaylee while she is visiting.  It's a nice break for me since I'm always the one that is brought the books to read to her. 

Saying good-bye!!  Such a sad day for me!!  I could have spent another week with them and been totally happy!!!!  Kynna was fine to say bye, however Jaylee was not.  She wouldn't come outside but finally did when I told her they were just going to leave and she wouldn't be able to say bye.  

According to Jaylee-she wanted Gram and Papa to stay forever!!  She kind of likes them!!!

It was nice to visit with my parents as always!!  We do wish it had been longer but we look forward to Christmas now!!!

Kynna's 1st Birthday Party...

On Saturday the 6th, we had Kynna's Birthday Party.  We decided to have it at the park, since it had so much more room and things to do for the kids.  I found some little first birthday cupcake supplies and that was the theme we went with.  We mostly had family there, but also had a few close friends.  Kynna was more interested in walking and exploring then she was in the fact that everyone was there for her!!  She's just not use to having all the attention since her sister likes the attention so much!!!  Speaking of Jaylee, she pretty much stayed away the entire evening off playing and doing her own thing.  Not sure what that was about but whatever!!

 Aunt Brittney was here from Oregon, so that was fun to see her and the kids and spend some time with her!!!

 Aunt Marlee and Uncle JBJ got the major prize and award for having the most answers right on the little questioner we had about Kynna!!  

 She had to have a little encouragement and help getting into the cupcake thing.  She had never had one, I don't even think a bite, so it was something totally new for her.

 But once she did, she enjoyed it!!  I tried a new recipe for her cupcakes and they were pretty good, if I don't say so myself!!!

 Aunt Courtney came up from Salt Lake to be with the birthday girl!!  Aunt Megan and Uncle Tommy and their kids were all there as well.  

 My dear friend Kathy was here from Oregon so she and her kids were celebrating with us!!!  

 Uncle JBJ manned the grill!!  Thanks Jb's!!

 Poppa and Nanny were there as well!!  Kynna loves to snuggle with Poppa, however since she started walking, he doesn't get as much snuggle time as he use to!!!

 Daddy helped Kynna open gifts!!  She got some fun stuff and cute clothes!!  Thank you everyone that helped to spoil our little cupcake!!!