She's so so happy to be outside...how can you not love that smile :)
Klous & Aysha sportin' the glasses :)
Uhhh....
Zack & Aysha too...man these kids are cute!!!
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Springtime cuties :)
Today is extra nice outside...and Zack came over to play for a bit this morning...so we were outside ALL morning. It was so so nice...and the kids loved it. Although they were kinda tired by the time we came inside!! My friend Marilyn got these ADORABLE glasses for Aysha at the baby shower...and I just had to pull them out today!!! She's so stinkin' cute...and when I got her's Klous & Zack needed the Thomas the Train ones too!! Cute kids...bring on springtime!!! :) :) :)
She's so so happy to be outside...how can you not love that smile :)
Klous & Aysha sportin' the glasses :)
Uhhh....
Zack & Aysha too...man these kids are cute!!!
She's so so happy to be outside...how can you not love that smile :)Klous & Aysha sportin' the glasses :)Uhhh....Zack & Aysha too...man these kids are cute!!!
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
Aysha Rolled Over!!! :) :) :)
Sorry the pictures are kind of dark...I put Aysha on the floor last night before getting her in her jammies...she was just playing with Klous...I put her down and poof...just like that she went from her tummy to her back. Both Ryan & I were watching and couldn't believe it...so I put her back on her tummy and had her try it again....
And yes...it was yet again another success!!! Big girl!!! Then we went to Daddy's work this morning and she showed off for the people there too...so yeah...no more alone time on the couch huh!!! Yeah for Aysha :)
And yes...it was yet again another success!!! Big girl!!! Then we went to Daddy's work this morning and she showed off for the people there too...so yeah...no more alone time on the couch huh!!! Yeah for Aysha :)
Friday, March 13, 2009
Aysha Talking :)
Here is the video I said I'd post...it's just so cute to watch these two...and Aysha is just talking and talking!!! Getting so big!!! CUTE :)
Klous + Aysha = LOVE :)
It's been so cute lately watching Klous with Aysha...since she's more alert and attentive now...he's really liking her!! He tries to talk to her...play catch with her...just everything he does, he wants her to do too!! So here are a few pictures of them together...he's always wanting to hold her...it's so cute!!!
I like the look on Aysha's face in this one...she's looking a little scared!!
Last night it was so cute...Aysha is getting so big and gonna roll over before I know it...and so I put her on the floor to show Ryan how close she comes...of course she didn't do it ;) Anyways...she was just talking and growling and everything...so Klous got down on his tummy too and "talked" to her...he's just so cute with her!! Check out the size difference...crazy what 2 years does...his head is SOOO big!! :) :) :)
I love my kiddos :) I'm gonna post a video from this too...cuz it was cute listening to them talk!!
I like the look on Aysha's face in this one...she's looking a little scared!!
Last night it was so cute...Aysha is getting so big and gonna roll over before I know it...and so I put her on the floor to show Ryan how close she comes...of course she didn't do it ;) Anyways...she was just talking and growling and everything...so Klous got down on his tummy too and "talked" to her...he's just so cute with her!! Check out the size difference...crazy what 2 years does...his head is SOOO big!! :) :) :)
I love my kiddos :) I'm gonna post a video from this too...cuz it was cute listening to them talk!!
Monday, March 9, 2009
Grateful...
Last night Aysha would NOT go to sleep...I don't know what her deal was, but she just kept fighting it. Arching her back...pulling her binki out(her newest game)...looking at me and smiling, then crying. It was getting real old...especially since by this time it was after midnight...and I was DEAD tired from the silly daylight savings time.
Anyways...I was holding her...bouncing her...and trying to do whatever I could to get her to calm down. She didn't want to be held...didn't want to lay alone...didn't want to swing...nothing. So I was getting frustrated, upset, and annoyed. During all this I was chatting with my mom a little...and checking things online. I was looking at people's blogs and reading the updates.
Back in September or October, Ryan's younger sister Erin told me about a couple in their ward. They too were expecting a baby and had just found out through an ultra-sound that the baby was diagnosed with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome, which is a serious defect requiring numerous surgeries to try and help the heart work properly, until they can get a transplant. Anyways...back then I was pretty emotional thinking about this poor couple and what they would have to go through when their baby came. I've been following their blog on their little man Grant. I thought all my emotions back then were because I was 8-9 months pregnant and expecting a healthy little girl. So my heart just broke for them to think about it. I would talk to Ryan about it and tell him how grateful I was for the trials we have had trying to have kids, but when we get them, they've come healthy and fully developed. I broke down one night talking to him about it and how hard it would be to know you're pregnant...carrying a child who is fine in the womb, but once it comes into the world, you take it one day at a time because you just don't know what will happen or if they'll survive, so you treasure the time you actually have with them. This is what these parents are being faced with in the next week as they prepare for their little guy.
Anyways...as I checked their blog last night, I saw a post about a fellow little girl, Gracie, who also had this same heart condition, but had recently passed away on March 2nd from complications. The post made me interested to read more about sweet, little Gracie...and when I looked at her blog, I just cried and cried. She's such a beautiful little girl...those eyes just say so much when you look at her...and her smile. I just felt such pain and sadness for her family. Both these families are members of the church, and so it's good to know they have the knowledge of eternal families and seeing their children again if they pass on. But still...never having gone through it...I think it would still be terribly hard. You still have to go through the mourning process and deal with it. So I read more about Gracie and felt like I really got to know her from the posts her parents would do about her and all her treatments, good days, bad days, and everything. She's a precious daughter of our Heavenly Father who I guess He needed her back home for more important work...but how heart-breaking for this family.
It all made me look down at my sweet Aysha...who by this time had actually fallen asleep in my arms and been laid on my lap...I just cried as I looked at her. Mad at myself for getting upset and frustrated at her for not going to sleep. Sad that I would get those feelings, when there are other Mommies out there that would just die to hold their babies. I just held her for a little longer last night...read more about Gracie and looked at the pictures of her on the blog. That is all that family has of her now...obviously the memories and smiles in their minds...but those pictures will mean so much to them in the days, months, and years to come.
I am so grateful for me sweet babies...being a Mom is not always easy...but I will look at them with a little more patience and love when they do something. When I start feeling upset or annoyed...I hope I can think of Gracie and the love her family had/has for her. I don't know that I personally would be able to handle something like that with my kids...I had a hard enough time seeing Aysha with RSV...but to look at those pictures and see Gracie after her surgeries, with all those tubes, machines, bandages, everything...I don't know that I could look at my baby like that in a hospital bed.
Anyways...enough emotion and tears for me tonight!! I did this last night too...and have been thinking about it all day. Feeling like I should post something on here, but not knowing what. When I showed Ryan this sweet little girl this morning...my heart just ached. Babies are so precious...our Heavenly Father has such a great love for them and for all of us...and He is aware of all of the plans for us. I will try now to take things a day at a time and appreciate and love my kids, husband, family, and friends just a little more. We just never know when they may be taken from us, and how sad I would be had I not taken the time to tell them I love them...or followed a prompting to check on someone.
So you all know...I truly love each of you...you have all touched my life in ways you don't know, and I am forever grateful for it. I am praying and hoping for the best with sweet little Grant who will be born next week sometime, if not before. I pray for his parents...for the doctors...and for his sweet little body to be taken care of. Asking our Heavenly Father to bless his family and loved ones with the strength and comfort they will need in the times to come. I hope and pray we can all appreciate our triumphs and trials a little more!!!
Anyways...I was holding her...bouncing her...and trying to do whatever I could to get her to calm down. She didn't want to be held...didn't want to lay alone...didn't want to swing...nothing. So I was getting frustrated, upset, and annoyed. During all this I was chatting with my mom a little...and checking things online. I was looking at people's blogs and reading the updates.
Back in September or October, Ryan's younger sister Erin told me about a couple in their ward. They too were expecting a baby and had just found out through an ultra-sound that the baby was diagnosed with Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome, which is a serious defect requiring numerous surgeries to try and help the heart work properly, until they can get a transplant. Anyways...back then I was pretty emotional thinking about this poor couple and what they would have to go through when their baby came. I've been following their blog on their little man Grant. I thought all my emotions back then were because I was 8-9 months pregnant and expecting a healthy little girl. So my heart just broke for them to think about it. I would talk to Ryan about it and tell him how grateful I was for the trials we have had trying to have kids, but when we get them, they've come healthy and fully developed. I broke down one night talking to him about it and how hard it would be to know you're pregnant...carrying a child who is fine in the womb, but once it comes into the world, you take it one day at a time because you just don't know what will happen or if they'll survive, so you treasure the time you actually have with them. This is what these parents are being faced with in the next week as they prepare for their little guy.
Anyways...as I checked their blog last night, I saw a post about a fellow little girl, Gracie, who also had this same heart condition, but had recently passed away on March 2nd from complications. The post made me interested to read more about sweet, little Gracie...and when I looked at her blog, I just cried and cried. She's such a beautiful little girl...those eyes just say so much when you look at her...and her smile. I just felt such pain and sadness for her family. Both these families are members of the church, and so it's good to know they have the knowledge of eternal families and seeing their children again if they pass on. But still...never having gone through it...I think it would still be terribly hard. You still have to go through the mourning process and deal with it. So I read more about Gracie and felt like I really got to know her from the posts her parents would do about her and all her treatments, good days, bad days, and everything. She's a precious daughter of our Heavenly Father who I guess He needed her back home for more important work...but how heart-breaking for this family.
It all made me look down at my sweet Aysha...who by this time had actually fallen asleep in my arms and been laid on my lap...I just cried as I looked at her. Mad at myself for getting upset and frustrated at her for not going to sleep. Sad that I would get those feelings, when there are other Mommies out there that would just die to hold their babies. I just held her for a little longer last night...read more about Gracie and looked at the pictures of her on the blog. That is all that family has of her now...obviously the memories and smiles in their minds...but those pictures will mean so much to them in the days, months, and years to come.
I am so grateful for me sweet babies...being a Mom is not always easy...but I will look at them with a little more patience and love when they do something. When I start feeling upset or annoyed...I hope I can think of Gracie and the love her family had/has for her. I don't know that I personally would be able to handle something like that with my kids...I had a hard enough time seeing Aysha with RSV...but to look at those pictures and see Gracie after her surgeries, with all those tubes, machines, bandages, everything...I don't know that I could look at my baby like that in a hospital bed.
Anyways...enough emotion and tears for me tonight!! I did this last night too...and have been thinking about it all day. Feeling like I should post something on here, but not knowing what. When I showed Ryan this sweet little girl this morning...my heart just ached. Babies are so precious...our Heavenly Father has such a great love for them and for all of us...and He is aware of all of the plans for us. I will try now to take things a day at a time and appreciate and love my kids, husband, family, and friends just a little more. We just never know when they may be taken from us, and how sad I would be had I not taken the time to tell them I love them...or followed a prompting to check on someone.
So you all know...I truly love each of you...you have all touched my life in ways you don't know, and I am forever grateful for it. I am praying and hoping for the best with sweet little Grant who will be born next week sometime, if not before. I pray for his parents...for the doctors...and for his sweet little body to be taken care of. Asking our Heavenly Father to bless his family and loved ones with the strength and comfort they will need in the times to come. I hope and pray we can all appreciate our triumphs and trials a little more!!!
I LOVE YOU ALL :)
Thursday, March 5, 2009
Springtime...PLEASE :)
The last few days we've been kind of spoiled with warmer weather...like in the 60's and almost 70's...but then this morning we woke up to SNOW...yes...SNOW on the ground. It was a little disappointing, but I guess it is only March!!
Anyways...with the warmer weather, I've been trying to get out some of the "summer" clothes I bought for the kids...and trying them on for size...I got Aysha some pretty cute capris....but right now they just look like high-water pants...too long for capris and too short for pants...so she didn't wear them...hope she gets a little longer by May/June. :) But the shirts are cute...and it's just making me more anxious for spring/summer so I can see those cute clothes on her!!! Here are some pictures from the last couple days...she's getting so big!!! And it's SOOO great to see her so happy and healthy again!!!
She's getting more into toys now...so we've tried out the floor toy more that Grandma Judy & Papa Bob got her for Christmas...she's happiest when someone stands over her and talks....
And saddest when you walk away :)
Klous is still a cheeser...he's really liking this warmer weather...he thinks as soon as he's up and the sun is out that it's warm enough to go outside...I think we've all got a little "cabin fever"...let us OUT!!!
Today I did some "tummy time" with Aysha...and she actually didn't fuss...but I thought these pictures turned out cute!! And this outfit was so so springy and PINK :) Love our little girl!!
No she's not sitting up on her own...my hand is on her back ;) She's not that big yet!!
This was from last Friday...but this is a cute shirt I think...and it's BLUE!!! But I took the picture to show the new bow I made last week...I was pretty proud of it!! I'm slowly learning all the tricks!!!
Anyways...with the warmer weather, I've been trying to get out some of the "summer" clothes I bought for the kids...and trying them on for size...I got Aysha some pretty cute capris....but right now they just look like high-water pants...too long for capris and too short for pants...so she didn't wear them...hope she gets a little longer by May/June. :) But the shirts are cute...and it's just making me more anxious for spring/summer so I can see those cute clothes on her!!! Here are some pictures from the last couple days...she's getting so big!!! And it's SOOO great to see her so happy and healthy again!!!
She's getting more into toys now...so we've tried out the floor toy more that Grandma Judy & Papa Bob got her for Christmas...she's happiest when someone stands over her and talks....
And saddest when you walk away :)
Klous is still a cheeser...he's really liking this warmer weather...he thinks as soon as he's up and the sun is out that it's warm enough to go outside...I think we've all got a little "cabin fever"...let us OUT!!!
Today I did some "tummy time" with Aysha...and she actually didn't fuss...but I thought these pictures turned out cute!! And this outfit was so so springy and PINK :) Love our little girl!!
No she's not sitting up on her own...my hand is on her back ;) She's not that big yet!!
This was from last Friday...but this is a cute shirt I think...and it's BLUE!!! But I took the picture to show the new bow I made last week...I was pretty proud of it!! I'm slowly learning all the tricks!!!
Wednesday, March 4, 2009
Klous being brought back to 1981-1982 :)
So I don't know what happened to the pictures of Ryan...but Ryan's mom brought a bag up the other night with some clothes in it. They were clothes that Ryan's aunt had made for him when he was little...we wanted to see if the clothes would fit Klous. Ryan's cousin got married last Friday...and it was his cousin's mom who made these clothes. So I had to try them on Klous and see what they looked like!!! He was actually quite cute...and looked just like his Daddy!!
He didn't quite know what to think of the POLYESTER pants though...wasn't a big fan of them...just kinda looked at me with a concerned look and said.."uhhh...Mommy"...but then he left them on. He was excited to show Daddy what he looked like...and actually kept them on for the reception that night. What a stud...I must say though that I'm excited we have other church clothes for him now...not that these aren't cute...just a little old fashioned ;)
What a stud huh!! :) :) :)
He didn't quite know what to think of the POLYESTER pants though...wasn't a big fan of them...just kinda looked at me with a concerned look and said.."uhhh...Mommy"...but then he left them on. He was excited to show Daddy what he looked like...and actually kept them on for the reception that night. What a stud...I must say though that I'm excited we have other church clothes for him now...not that these aren't cute...just a little old fashioned ;)
What a stud huh!! :) :) :)
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