Introducing...

Evytt Silas 

Born: 4-8-13 at 9:10 PM

Weight: 9 lb 8.2 oz

Legnth: 22 3/4 inches

Everyone is home and doing great! 

Kyan and Nyah LOVE their little brother! 

Halloween 2012

   This year both kids had very strong opinions about what they wanted to be.  Kyan wanted to be Spider Man and Nyah wanted to be a Ballerina.  I found both kids costumes for under $10 each.... and since I am pregnant I decided not to dress up and Jason hates dressing up so he didn't either.  So, we let the kids be the stars of the night! :)

 

Both kids LOVED their costumes and had a great time.  We went to our Church fall festival, which we love since it is all indoors and not scary! Plus it is fun to see all our church friends dressed-up too.

Updated at last!

This poor family blog get so neglected when I am working on my craft blog!!!  But here is what we have been up to the past couple of months:

Kyan started 4-day a week preschool! He is getting so big I can hardly believe that he is going to be 5 in a few months.

 

Nyah had to have a PICC line put in her arm for IV antibiotics.  She still has fluid in her left ear (the one that is closed off) so the Doctors wanted to treat it with strong antibiotics to try and avoid surgery.  We were on the Antibiotics for a month (the PICC line is out now).  We had to give her 2 doses a day, each taking about 1/2 hour to administer.  She did a great job with it considering she is 2 but it was a lot of work to keep up with all the medical supplies!   Here she is after the line went in at the hospital.  A little medical procedure doesn't get in the way of her eating!  :)  

We had some beautiful weather this early fall and the kids got out to play in the leaves! 

AND...

Probably our biggest news is that I am pregnant!   It was (and still is) a HUGE shock! My due date is April 7th and we will hopefully find out the gender on Nov 26th.  A newborn will be a whole new experience for us.  Kyan wants a brother and Nyah wants a sister so, at least one of them will be happy! ; ) 

 

Ok I think I have hit everything for now... hopefully I can get the Halloween pics up this week too!

Family Pictures 2012!

We got our family pictures taken a couple weeks ago!  My cousin and his wife do a FABULOUS job!

Check them all out here: j + h

Swimming!

The kids have been having a blast swimming in our pool this year! It is the only way we have been able to kick the heat this summer! 

 Both of them do very well with their lifejackets on. Their favorite thing to do is JUMP into the pool! Enjoy this fun video I put together with some of the pictures I got this weekend!

 

Strawberry Picking

We went Strawberry Picking a couple weeks ago...here are our pics!  I water marked them for my F&J blog and was too lazy to change it so you get the same ones! :) 

Burns Park

This weekend I met up with my long time best friend, Jeannine.  She was in town for her borther's wedding.  We met at Burns Park, a park we used to play at when I was a kid.  It was really fun to bring my kids to my old stomping grounds! 

Get ready for picture overload!

We got to take a picture of the 2 of us together for our Craft blog

Nyah is a climber... and she has no fear!  She got all the way to the top with no help (I was RIGHT there the whole time though)

Kyan had a ball running around with the other kids!

Can you hear me now?

Yep- She can!

On both sides of her head!!

Nyah got her soft band BAHA today!

When the audiologist put the hearing aid on Nyah's head her face lit up with delight. She could hear! Then i whispered in her hearing aid "Say 'hi mommy'" very softly. And Nyah said "Hi mommy!" clear as day! It was beautiful! I got tears in my eyes right there at the Dr!

When I took it off for her nap here is our conversation:

Nyah: On on on!  

Me: Do you like it better when it is on?

Nyah: Yes!  On Please!

Me: I will put it on when you wake up from your nap.

Nyah: OK

I can tell that she can tell there is a difference!  It is so cool! 

Not to be outdone by his sister, Kyan spelled his first word (besides his name) today all by himself while were outside with sidewalk chalk. 

Kyan: Mom- H-O-T spells HOT! (said while he was writing each letter)

Me: Yep- WOW!  Great job!

And he was right!  It got to 92 degrees today! HOT! 

We caught a butterfly!

Our backyard is like a butterfly farm.  There are TONS of them flying around, so it was only a matter of time before Kyan asked me to catch one for him.  And I am happy to say that I was successful!

 Kyan was so delighted that he carried it around for the rest of the afternoon singing to it. 

"Mom, he loves to hear me sing!"

He would set it down and preform for it.

"Mom, he is watching me ride my bike!"

He would glaze into the jar watching it.

"Mom, I love my butterfly."

"So, Ky-Guy, What should we name him?"

When I asked him if we should let it go he yelled "No- Mom!  I love this butterfly!"   But I think we will let him go before bedtime tonight.

Nyah's Ear Surgery

Today Nyah had a tube put in her right ear.  It is the first surgery that either of my kids has had and I didn't like it one bit!  But Nyah was a trooper and she did great!

I am pretty sure I cried more then she did! I got to go down with her to the OR and be with her as they put her to sleep.  I was so glad that they let me do this, it was a much easier transition for Nyah.  The hospital staff were wonderful. 

It was a short surgery... only like 15-20 minutes. So, we were home for lunch.  Nyah was tired today but otherwise normal!

Here are some pictures of our time. 

After the surgery,  she drank 4 cups of apple juice... poor thing was so hungry!   But she did so great!