Kyra's Surgery

Kyra went into surgery today for her left eye.  We were supposed to be at the surgery center at 6am, but had slept through our alarm and didn't wake up till 6:30.  I've been so deprived of sleep since I had Cody, but even more so this past week.  Getting ready for Noah to go back to school and starting up cub scouts again, has really put me even more behind on sleep than I already was.  Her surgery wasn't until 7:45, so off my husband went in a frantic!  We had some time to spare:)  The nurse had called to make sure we were going to be there.  I'm glad we made it in time for the surgery and was able to still get the procedure done.  Kyra and my husband got home around 9:20am and she has been sleeping ever since.  She hasn't ate a thing since 11:30 last night, I'm sure her cute, little body is starving!  The doctor says that everything went well and that we should see results no later than 2 weeks.  I hope and pray that all works out well!  It is always alittle scary for your own child to go under anesthesia.  Brandon gave here a priesthood blessing last night.  What a sweet blessing!  In it it said that she would be comforted and that things would go well.  I am really grateful for the priesthood in my life!!  What a huge blessing this has been for me and my family!  I love my husband and that he is so worthily holds the priesthood!  Kyra's eye is swollen and super blood shot:(  Poor Girl!  The doctor says that her eye will only feel dry and that there shouldn't be any pain.  I can't wait for these next two weeks to fly by, and I can't wait to see the results!

"Hasta la vista to her patch" Yeah!!!

Baby Cody.

Cody is now 3 weeks old and his siblings can't get enough of him!  I will just say that he isn't lacking any love!!!  Noah thinks it is so cool having a brother, while Kyra seems to ask me non-stop "where is your baby?".  I always remind her that she could ask where her little brother is, but without prevail, she still asks me where my baby is:)  One of these days, she will get it. They are both so willing to help out with the new baby in the house.  But amongst all the help, having three kids is a huge adjustment!!

Blue & Pink!

Kyra reminds me daily that her two favorite colors are

Blue & Pink:)

Everything that comes into play has to be one of the two colors, and if it isn't then she decides whether or not the "green" cup or the "yellow" plate (for example) is good enough.

My Little Anne Geddes.

 I couldn't help but take a picture of her.  Isn't she cute!!  The way she fell asleep reminded me of the famous photographer, Anne Gedde.  

Labels...

Water bottle labels, food labels, chap-stick labels...just about any kind of label.

My sweet Kyra has a infatuation with peeling labels! She always peels them off just perfect. You know it is her water bottle if the label is torn off:) No one else does this at our house, so there is no mistaking that...

She probably learned this from her Aunt Brookie.  I don't know who else would have shown her.

Grammie & Papa's House

We spent the day over at Grammie and Papa's house.  The kids helped Papa plant the garden and some flowers.  Kyra had a blast playing all day outside with Calan.  Especially since the kids don't get to play outside during the summer.  The whether has been getting nicer and so it was one of those days that they got to spend all day outside.  It was pretty difficult getting my kids packed up for the ride home, as if they hadn't been there long enough.  We all had fun!  Thanks for letting us spend the day with you!!

Silly Bandz

Silly Bandz are the latest fad in kids collectibles.  I found this out the other day when Noah came home from school wanting to go buy some.  Silly bandz are rubber bracelets that are shaped like animals and objects.  I guess they aren't as bad as some of the fads we had growing up.  Just to name a few...slap bracelets, garbage pail kids, pogs.  Wow, those where the days:)  It is just so much fun being a kid, isn't it??  I took Noah to the store yesterday to buy a pack.  Kyra seemed to love them just as much, if not more:)  Noah can't wait to wear them to school and trade them with his friends.

Mr. Balloon Man!

Eric never ceases to amaze me....He has all kinds of hidden talents up his sleeves!

Balloon Pro, Balloon Man, Balloon Twister, Balloon Artist

Whatever you wana call him. Noah, Pace, Kyra, and Cade all got to enjoy Eric twisting balloons for them.  This was a first for all of us.  Noah got a motorcycle, Pace got a monkey, Kyra got a teddy bear, Cade got a dog.

From what I hear, Eric did balloon twisting at restaurants way back in the day.  This was his job throughout High school.  He said it made pretty dang good money, and that's all that counts:)  Right?

My kids are so lucky to have an Uncle like him!  He is great!  Eric taught Noah how to make a lizard.

Eric didn't forget about us girls...He twisted me a heart with 2 love birds and Beth got a pretty flower.

The kids also got swords & parrots.  Kyra's sword was purple, how cute is that!!!

I Hold You...I Did!!!

"I Hold You"

Just another cute saying that Kyra loves to say when she would like you to hold her.  Makes us laugh every time she says it.

"I Did!!!"

She always says this with such enthusiasm.  When asking Kyra just about any question, her response is "I did". 

For example:

Kyra do you want to go play with Cade today?  "I did"

 Kyra do you want some milk?  "I did"

It is really cute to hear.

Circle Circle Round Round...Twinkle Twinkle★

Circle, Triangle, Star, Square, Heart, Balloon
Yes, Kyra has figured out her shapes.  She is getting so smart and growing up ohhh so fast!  She can point to the correct shape when called out and can place each shape in its appropriate spot in a shape-sorter.

She also has become quite the little singer.  She loves to sing Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Jesus Wants Me for a Sunbeam, and I Am Like a Star Shining Brightly.

One more funny thing she did...Reading to her before she goes to bed is one of my nightly rituals.  Last night we were reading a book and there was a picture of a mouse.  Kyra pointed it out and said "Mickey Mouse".  The picture was of an ordinary gray mouse so it was really cute of her to say that.
 

Her are some random photo's that I have taken of her.  She is now 20 months and getting cuter by the minute:)  If that is at all possible.  We love what she brings into our family.  She is such a sweet little girl!

 Doritos is one of Kyra's favorite snacks and obviously eating them naked is the most fun!

She loves any accessory she can get her hands on, especially these glasses!

Sometimes I don't wake up early enough to workout before Kyra wakes up.  So the only way to get a workout in is to give her her own yoga mat.

 Sunday morning before we went to church.  So Cute!

4th of July!!!

We got to enjoy the fireworks twice this year! 

I really love watching fireworks, it is one of my most favorite things!  Just ask my husband...he probably gets annoyed with me, because throughout the entire fireworks show I probably say "babe, did you see that one?  I like that one!", about 50 or more times. 

Of we go to celebrate:)

Since the 4th fell on a Sunday, some cities were celebrating it on Saturday and some weren't. Ahwatukee celebrated the 4th on Saturday. Some friends of ours were going and invited us to join them. It was fun! I knew Kyra didn't remember the fireworks from the previous year, so I was kind of excited to see how she would do this year. She stared in ahhh up at the fireworks for a good 10 minutes, not taking her eyes off of them while holding onto my neck tightly. She was so cute!

My HOT husband waiting for the fireworks to start.

 Kyra and I watching fireworks.

Ryan my nephew came to visit for the summer.  Noah and Ryan got fireworks painted on their hands.

We also went to Payson on Sunday after church to their celebration.  It's a tradition in Brandon's family to go up to Payson for the 4th.  Payson has an awesome fireworks show, so I don't mind at all.  They spent $20,000.00 on fireworks this year.  Crazy!!  The Payson celebration was way better than Ahwatukee's celebration.

 Kyra loves daddy's "juice" as she would say and...she got away with it!

 Carrie joined us in Payson for the 4th.

 The light up gun we bought for the night.

We also bought this really neat light up binky that Kyra loved once it was dark.

We didn't get back from the fireworks until late both nights, so come Monday morning, the kids and I were very exhausted!  We slept in till 9.  I can't remember the last time I slept that late, and Kyra has never slept past 8.

A Burrito.

I made burritos for lunch today.

Yummy, Yummy burritos!!

Both Noah & Kyra loved them, and I just wanted to jot down how Kyra said burrito.

It was her first time saying burrito, and it was super cute!

Although this won't justify how cute it really was and how cute it sounded.  

She said B-O for burrito:)

1st Movie Experience.

Kyra had her 1st experience at the movies which lasted only approximately 10 min.  She has so much energy it is impossible for her to sit still!

I bought some summer movie tickets this year for the kids.  I usually just take Noah and my nephew Pace, but my mom is in town and so I thought it would be fun for all of us to go together.

Alvin and the Chipmunks the Squeakquel was the movie for this week.

Amongst all the popcorn, candy, and soda.  I ended up leaving early with Kyra.  Everyone said it was a good movie. 

Tractor?¿

Kyra seems to think cars and trucks are tractors.  She loves tractors... I guess?¿  We will be driving down the road and we will see some cars and she will make it known that she sees a tractor.  I think it's cute and besides the point she says it really cute!!

Thank-You Much!

Kyra is just so stinking cute!!!
I just freak'n love her!!!

For as old as Kyra is, she talks really well and is easy to understand. Ever since she had her ear tubes put in, she has picked up talking quite quick. There isn't anything this girl can't say. She knows her manners and loves to use them. She just recently started saying "thank-you much". Brandon always puts a "so much" at the end of his thank-you's, so this is where she got her "much".

Well, now you know why I think Kyra is just so stinking cute...she say's the darnest things!

Scripture Study.

While I was sitting and listening to our last General Conference, what really stood out to me was how much we need to be teaching our children, so our children will be ready for the obstacles they will be faced with in their lives. It was as if I wasn't already having family pray or family home evening with my family, it was the fact that I haven't been having scripture study with my kids.

While growing up, my mom showed us the importance of daily scripture study. She would always read to us kids while we ate our breakfast before heading off to school. I know now that eventhough I hated sitting there and listening to my mom read something that I never really understood, that her hard work payed off and because of her hard work I know that it has made me a better person than what I would have been without it. Realizing that, I know that it is important to read to my kids and hopefully they will recognize how important daily scripture study is.

Let me just tell you how much Noah can understand. We have been reading the Book of Mormon together for the last month now, and he just is something else when it comes to knowing exactly what is going on. I sometimes think that he really is not my kid, I mean how can he be. When I was his age, it was just a bunch story's that didn't make sense and words that I couldn't even pronounce. Noah really is the exception.

I really enjoy reading to my kids and taking turns reading with Noah. I hope that I can continue reading with my kids, so they can gain a testimony of the scriptures and get to know who their savior is

New Living Quarters.

We have been living at our new place for about month now, and we don't miss our old house one bit! There are so many things we like about our new living quarters. Here are just a few...

1. The Extra Space
2. Our Neighbors
3. The Backyard
4. Our Ward
5. Closer to My Sisters
6. Closer to Noah's School

Noah loves having the stairs and he loves having shutters in his room. It's funny cause every time I walk in his room he has them open a different way. Kyra loves her new big bath tub. She adjusted to the move without any problems. So like I said...it's been a month and we still have a few boxes to unpack. Hopefully that is normal when it comes to unpacking. I'm tired of putting things away, so I took a break, hoping that they would either disappear or that someone else would finish unpacking them for me. But lately nothing ever gets done around here, if I don't do it! So that was some wishful thinking...

Brandon still needs to finish up the garage and I need to finish doing some decorating. Even though we don't now how long we will be here, this is our home for now and we love it!

Update: Kyra's Ear Tubes.

Today, Kyra got her tubes put in. We woke up early and left the house by 6:45 so that we could make it to her 7:30 check-in time at the hospital. We got there and we didn't have to wait long before they took us in to get her dressed and ready. As you can see, she didn't know what was going on, which was a good thing! Her little gown was cute but kinda boyish, why couldn't they just bust out some pink. The whole procedure took a wopin' 15 minutes. Yeah, for Dr. Gambino...he's so good! Dr. Gambino was the doctor that Beth use to work for. Dr. Gambino said she definitely needed the tubes, especially her left ear. He said that he had to suction her left ear out and that the infection was so bad that it looked like rubber cement (goowie and stringy). I can't believe how happy my little girl was eventhough she was having these incredible ear pains. Unbelievable, what babies go through and they are still so happy!!! I think I need to learn from her and be a bit more happy:) When she was in recovery, it was so sad! I walked in and she was screaming. You know that scream/cry when they are in pain...it was that kinda cry:( It was all I could do but to cry with her. It wasn't that she was in pain, it was just that she was still waking up and she wanted me and didn't know where she was. I sat and sang "I am a Child of God" to her. She never did stop crying until we left the hospital. All she did was want me to hold her and so I did. I stood in the parking lot for another 15 min. holding her. I finally got her in the carseat and she was out-cold. She woke up around 1. She was so hungry!! She had been fasting for the surgery. She is doing good now and you would never guess that she had surgery this morning.

Ear Tubes.

Took Kyra to the Dr. today...she is sick again:( Poor thing...we were up all night with her(which is very unusual despite she has been sick half of her life, she is just a super happy girl). I'm tired! Dr. said she has ear infections again. I made a appointment with the ENT for this coming Monday. Looks like we all have something to look forward to....Kyra is getting TUBES!

Happy Day.

Recently, Kyra has been walking around the house saying "happy day, happy day, happy day"....and she is just so cute about it! Maybe it is just the way she says it, but she is cute!! Don't ask me who she learned this from, but ever since she started saying it, it has set the tone just right in our home. If you weren't having a good day, well you are now...