Ulysses, KS Last May

The air was so clear here, you could see forever without smog blocking your view
Vato Loco Cows...hehe
Bryce, his grandma Jane and Blake
Bryce's family
We went to Ulysses last May for Bryce's cousin Melanie's graduation. I never got to post these pictures because I broke my camera before I could upload them onto my computer. I got a new camera before Kendall was born and the memory card fit into that camera, so I was able to upload the pics! Thought I'd just take a stroll down memory lane!

Greensburg

I never posted these pictures of Greensburg. The top 3 under the wind mill deals are from areas immediately surrounding Greensburg only about a month after the devastation occured. The very bottom picture is from last November when we drove through again on the way to see Bryce's family in Ulysses, KS. Nearly a year after the tornadoes ravished this town, it still looks pretty much the same! They are going to be airing a show on the Planet Green channel documenting the rebuilding of Greensburg. They'll be building it "green". I hope we will get this channel added to our cable line up so I can watch the show--I'm sure it will be extremely interesting (not to mention Leonardo DiCaprio is producing it....might catch a glimpse of him!).

Today I got some really, really good news!!!!! I have to start back to work Monday (that is NOT the good news), which I've been dreading (well, sort of...I do look forward to seeing all of my friends again--and I do think of my coworkers as friends, that's partly why I am opting to keep my job and not be a stay at home mom). Well, I found out today that I will be able to work part time from home!!!!!! I will work from the office Monday, Wednesday and Friday and then will be home Tuesday and Thursday! I'm so excited! This is absolutely the best of both worlds for me! I get a little bored being home all of the time, but I don't want to have to be away from my kids so much. This way I'll have a reason to get up and get dressed when I have to go into the office, but I still have the benefit of watching my own children the majority of the time! I couldn't be happier about this priviledge I've been given!

I have tons and tons and tons of pictures I need to upload. Since I've already been working from home the past 6 weeks (on a part time basis just to make a few extra dollars while I'm on unpaid leave), I hardly ever get on my own PC (my office has provided me with a lap top on a temporary basis). I will get some pictures up soon! I chopped my hair off yesterday and have to put the pics up for everyone to see--it's pretty different!

I've been up working late tonight and am totally pooped right now, so off to bed I go! I'll post some new pictures very soon--just had to share my happy news!!!!!

Preschool Graduation

Blake's class
Blake getting his "diploma" with Ms. Elaine the director and Ms. Andrea his lead teacher

Blake's school had a graduation ceremony this morning for the kids who are going to Kindergarten this Fall. It was hard to video from my seat, but I got a little of Blake singing. It was a really cute ceremony!

Kendall playing on her new activity mat laughing and smiling at Daddy!

We got Kendall a new activity mat today....She really liked the hanging butterfly a lot--so much, in fact, she had a comversation with it! Enjoy!

A Zoo movie!

Here are the boys at the zoo watching the apes....heehee!

The Zoo

What kind of penquin are you?
"Whoa Mom, look at this alligator!!!"
Blake, Michael and Logan
And this is what Kendall did at the zoo...lol

While we were in Wichita, we had the opportunity to go to the zoo with my friend Michelle and her two boys. It's such a nice zoo--almost as I remembered it, but better!!! The boys had such a fun time together, too! We got there after all of the school kids left and pretty much had the place to ourselves, it was awesome!!!

Mother's Day Pictures

Gramma Pam and Kendall on Mother's Day
Aunt TT and Kendall on Mother's Day
My snotty son....can't he make some mean looking faces!?!
Mimi, Papa and Kendall

I took the kiddos to get their pictures taken last Friday. Man oh man...what a process! It was very difficult to get a picture of the two of them together....At one point, Kendall threw up on Blake's arm and it was game over for him after that--he wasn't at all interested in holding her. We had to threaten him half the time to get him to do what we wanted him to do...Not my ideal parenting style, but geez....three is worse than two!!!! Anyway, I attached a bunch of the pictures for you all to enjoy!

On another note, we will be in Lansing this weekend!!!!!

Bustin Out!

Yesterday was like Heaven! I swaddled Kendall in this special swaddling blanket and she took a 2.5 hour nap in her own bed and then she slept in her bed last night as well (of course she still woke up to eat, but I was able to put her back down in her bed all swaddled without any complaint)! Well, I needed to get some work done, so I figured I'd swaddle her again today and we'd have the same turn out...well, not the case. I put her down twice and both times I came in to find her like this...lol! Her arms and legs are supposed to be inside the blanket all cozy warm and she busted herself out! I walked in and she was just laying there, not making any sounds, just looking around with her arm in the air (wish I had had the camera that time!). Too funny! She's getting bigger and stronger! She finally just stretched out...You know how newborns are all scruntched up for awhile with their legs near their chests? Well, she's finally stretching her legs out more.

In Case There's Any Question, She's Definitely a Girl!

Could I get any more pink in this picture?
Chillin
I almost got the full smile on film!
Chunky monkey!
Kendall got to go to Blake's school yesterday for a baby shower/show and tell. The kids made pudding to emulate eating baby food, I brought a few diapers and they practiced putting them on baby dolls and Blake got to get up in front of the class and tell everyone about his baby sister. I dressed her all up for the festivities! I didn't get to take any pictures, but the director of the school said she'd put them on a disc for me soon.

Bryce's cousin makes hair bows and sent us this headband with several different bows that I can interchange--so cute! I didn't think I'd be the bow type, but they're just so darn cute!!!

Blake had another t ball game Saturday. He wasn't really very into it this time....well, I mean, he did ok, just got a little distracted and bored. Grandma Pam had to come out on the field with him....

I don't know what it is, but Blake just HAS to make silly faces in pictures these days...I thought that started later, but apparently not...

This is the picture I was trying to capture
And this is one I got in the process...This pretty much sums up Kendall's day...She spits up CONSTANTLY. In fact, she spit up in my hair right as we were walking out the door to a dr's appt this morning...it was really awesome. At least I actually got to take a shower today and get the crust out...lol! So, yeah, she eats, spits up and then an hour and a half to two hours later, is hungry again and so the process starts again. Needless to say, I don't sleep much in between all of this pigging out. I was worried that maybe she wasn't getting enough to eat with all the puking, but at the dr's today, she weighed her and Piggy Wiggy is up to 12 pounds! We were at the dr about a month ago and she was only 8lbs 15oz, so she gained 3 pounds in one month! Geez!!!!! It was the cardiologist we went to see. She had a heart monitor for twenty four hours two weeks ago, so we went to get the results of that today. No episodes, so yay! She's now going to be taking her medication every 8 hours instead of every 6 hours. I'm so glad because we were having to give her a dose at 2am, which is really not a fun time to be up! So, no more early morning dosages (well, 7am, but I can deal with that, I suppose). We go back in another month for another heart monitor and then a follow up visit after that. She's doing really well, though, which I am so glad about! I had a very hard time dealing with everything when we were in the hospital....You expect to have a healthy, flawless baby and when that doesn't happen, it's pretty darn difficult--especially when they tell you they're admitting her to the NICU. Anywhoo...She's good, Blake's good, we're all good! Oh, and Kendall's rash is completely gone! Yay!

Kendall really loves her daddy...she will just stare at him and listen to him for hours. He's the first one she really ever smiled at and he can get her to smile the easiest and the fastest!