Tuesday, May 13, 2014

Happy Birthday Jamie!!!

Jamie is 5!!!

 If you can notice he is not excited at all.
He got lots of new cars and a cool track along with Legos of course.

And for a super surprise- he got a ride on a helicopter with Dad.
He was stoked. When he realized what was going to happen his eyes got huge and he broke out with a grin.
He had a blast.
Happy Birthday Buddy!!!

Easter

We had a fun Easter with lots of cousins in town.
We had a massive Easter egg hunt with everyone. Uncle Jason was to keeper of the door until we were all ready.

Everyone was lined up and antsy to get outside...



Happy Easter!!!

BUSY, BUSY, BUSY

The last few months have been so busy. I have been finishing my Master's degree....
and we are all so tired....
 Brionney is into babies lately. And books. She has fallen asleep with both on many occasions.

 Grandpa is always great to help get the kids down for their naps.
(This is Kylie asleep with Grandpa. We've had many visits from cousins these past few months.)

Adding to our exhaustion is the many illnesses we've all had.  
Jamie and Brionney have been diagnosed with Cyclic Vomiting Syndrome. 
This means that one child will get sick and puck and be lethargic for several days. We'll have a day, maybe two of health then the other one gets sick. This cycle repeats itself over and over. 
Thank heaven for modern medicine- it has stopped this cycle and returned health and good night sleep to our home.

 Oh and then B freaked us out and added hives to the mess. These things were HUGE!!!
Her thighs were covered with one huge hive each- not seen in this picture. As you can see, her little knees and shoulders have some massive hives as well. We never did find out what caused them but luckily they didn't last long.

We got pretty good at the sick routine. Cover the couch and gather round to keep everyone entertained. 

 But illness didn't keep us down for long. B loves Jordan Almonds. She gets into my stash and scatters them. This time she wanted to play on my laptop as well.

Let's not forget this independence streak. She just had to get the cereal herself. She had powder everywhere! 

We had a visit from Grandma and Grandpa Chipman. 

 Recently, we made our own visit up North. The kids did awesome- even though we started out sick.


Daddy had a birthday!

We attended a Preschool Event Day for Jamie. 
 We got to ride the Carousel. Jamie and Brionney loved it.

We have had fun these last months and are even more glad to have survived them.