Feb-March

I really have been trying to post a lot more frequently, but life is so busy! Just to update on our family. 

McKendrick is in fourth grade right now. He is such a smart boy and the such an amazing help to us every day. There are times when he is frustrating and he likes to test his limits but he really is such a great kid. He is such an amazingly brother to Kyzli, Parker, and Ryston. I know he was sent to us for a reason and that he is the oldest.  McKendrick loves playing sports and plays about every one he can. Right now he's just getting ready to play baseball and he is getting so excited. It is so fun for me to watch him play and excel in things. He can be a great example to his siblings and I am so grateful for that. He also plays piano and he does a great job. He has a knack for just being able to pick something up and do it well. He hardly ever practices and yet he is advancing and is getting to be quite the little piano player.

Parker is in kindergarten just finished wrestling, he is also a big pest but he also can be the sweetest little boy to me and his brothers and sister. He is so smart and is being able to read quite well. He is a constantly writing on things and trying to spell out the words. It is amazing to me how much he is grown in this year of kindergarten. His teacher says he is one of the best ones in class. She says he is a born leader and he is always being a good example and listening to her and getting others to follow the directions as well. Sometimes this really surprises me because he does not do so well at home but I'm glad he is listening at school.

Ryston is a very active three-year-old and he loves to play outside. He also is such a good big brother to Kyzli and is usually a great help at home. He is also learning so much every day. Sometimes he's very frustrating to me but I know someday I will miss having Ryston be so little so innocent (even though he isn't very).

Kyzli is 15 months old and she is also getting to be at such a fun age. She is such a tease and is a lot like her big brothers. She's very active and loves to be running around and especially going outside. Every time the door is opened she screams to go outside, after playing outside she hates to come back inside. She can also be such a sweet and loving little girl. She loves to give kisses and loves to sing happy birthday to you. It is so much fun having a baby girl and I am so glad heavenly father chose her to send to me. 

As for Morant and I,  we are just getting excited to start building our home. Our house plan is almost done. It is somewhat disappointing because it know we just can't afford to have it exactly the way we want it but I guess we will deal with it. Life is good and I am getting excited to start my new job as a nurse in the emergency room. It is exciting to me but I'm also getting nervous. Change is always a big thing and it's nerve-racking to me. 

Kyzli turns one!

I seriously can't believe how fast this last year went. Kyzli is such a joy to have as part of our family. We ended up having a couple birthday celebrations one with my side of the family and one with Morants side of the family.  She got spoiled like always and she had a blast.

  We took Kyzli to Fotofly to get her pictures done and even though she wasn't the happiest baby during the shoot we still got some pretty good shots.

Kyzli got her ears pierced on December 2 this month, she did so good and hardly even cried. She looks so cute with her new set of earrings!

Some things about Kyzli right now are:

1-she wears size 12 to 18 months clothes

2- she wears size 4 diapers

3- she has 6 teeth, 4 on top 2 on bottom

4- she loves to eat ice like mom 

5- she loves to eat, and gets cranky if she doesn't get real food!

6- she started walking four days before her b-day

7-she is usually a smiley, happy baby 

8- she wears size 3/4 shoes

Her stats this month are

Height- 28.5 inches-10%

Weight- 19 lbs 3 oz.- 40%

Head circumference-44.5 cm -40 %

We are so blessed to get to have this beautiful baby girl be part of our family!

Rystons birthday!

Today Ryston is 3 years old! Where does the time go! He is such a fun little boy to have as part if our family!

A few facts about Ryston:

Fav color- geen (green)
Fav movie- The croods
Fav food- Pizza
Wears size 3t, some 4t clothes
Ryston loves chocolate milk. Ryston loves to be outside and he is definitely an animal lover. He always wants to have a blanket at bedtime or relaxing time, although he doesn't have a specific one (he alternates between 3 of them). He has been potty trained since about may i think but does have accidents on occation. (still wears diapers at night tho). He is such a good big brother to Kyzli and is such a good helper! He can definitley be a pain and pest but he is such a joy to have around!
 

Parker funnies

The other day while we are at the doctor for Kyzli's appt, Dr Beales is talking with the boys and Parker is teasing about how he kisses girls and on and on... Anyway Dr Beales says you don't want to kiss girls they have cooties; do you know sha cooties are? Parker reaches up and put both hands on his pecs and says: THESE! We about died laughing and of course McKendrick was just so embarrassed by his brother... Just had to share one of Parker's funnier moments. :)

Catch-up

Wow! It's been a while since I've posted. Been busy I guess. Anyway just to catch up on what has happened in our lives since I last posted.
#1 We had a baby girl! Who we named Kyzli
#2 Morant completed the police academy and got a job as a Law Enforcement Officer
#3 Alicia started her bachelor's degree for nursing.
#4 McKendrick finished 1st and 2nd grade, played football for the first time, lost a few teeth, played some more basketball, baseball, and wrestled.
#5 Parker started preschool, got some more stiches by getting hit by an icicle, wrestled, and learned how to ride a bike.
#6 Ryston got Potty Trained! And pestered his brothers and new baby sister alot! Made lots and lots of messes
#7 Kyzli was born! She came into our family on December 20, 2012. She is such a good baby and we couldn't be happier!

Just a little about us now. Morant works for Duchesne county as a patrol officer. He still is a volunteer fire fighter for the Town of Altamont, and he currently does not have a church calling.(really!?!) I work in the ICU at the hospital in Roosevelt as a Registered Nurse and am currently going to school to get my bachelors of science in nursing. McKendrick is in the 3rd grade and is very smart. He is a very self motivated boy who likes to get good grades! He just finished wresting and basketball and is waiting to start baseball and piano lessons. Parker is in preschool and loves it but mostly loves the social part and getting to play with all his friends. Ryston is a very active, wild 2 year old who loves to play outside and with almost any animal. Except cows ( he is scared of them ever since some in the field by Rio and Nate's house spit at him). He loves our new puppy our dog had and he was recently potty tained! YAY!!!!! Kyzli is just a sweet baby who is definitely spoiled! (It's hard not to since she's the only girl and she's our last) She is so fun to have around but she is just growing up too fast already! I just want her to stay small forever :) Anyway thats our last few years in a nutshell. I will try to post more often..... Here are a few pics from the last few years.

 

 

Baseball

McKendrick has been playing baseball the last couple of months and loves it. I know I am a bit partial but he is such a good little athlete, not just in baseball but in basketball too. I am so proud of him and his ambition to be a good ball player!

Happy #7 Birthday McKendrick

McKendrick turned 7 last week June 10. I can't believe how fast the last 7 years have gone by. He is such a smart boy and I cant imagine life without him. He is such a joy to have as part of our family, even though he is such a tease, especially to Parker. He is growing up to be a great young man and is learning how to be a good help around the house and with his younger brothers.
Apparently I am a bad mom because these are all the pictures I took of all the birthday bashes we had..Oops! HAPPY BIRTHDAY MCKENDRICK !

Ryston 1st Haircut

Ryston had his first haircut May 22, 2011

Before.....After...

6-7 months

Well this post is a little late, I have been slacking in the blogger department for a while. Ryston's 6 months stats were:
26 inches long (25%)
13lbs 13 oz (3%)
head circ: 42 1/2 cm (20%)
Ryston is such a good baby we couldnt ask for better, he is such a laid back baby and easy going. He is always wiggling or moving something. He is more or less crawling and has been for a couple weeks now, it is most like an army crawl, he pulls with his arms and pushes with his feet, it is so cute!
Now that Ryston is 7 months, he sleeps through the night from 8:30 or 9:00-5:00 or 5:30, he talks and makes noises to get your attention, and he eats every 3-4 hours.

1st lost tooth

McKendrick lost his first tooth finally at the age of 6 1/2 on February 17,2011. The tooth had been loose for quite a while but it got really loose in a couple of days. I had to fight him to get to pull it out because he didn't want to loose his tooth, he is such a silly kid. Anyway after about 30min of trying to pull it out we finally got it & he was then happy, and it didn't hurt as bad as he thought it would (imagine that!) The money the tooth fairy brought :-)

pic's

Fuzzy Hair

The Boy's first horse ride of the year. (McKendrick was mad cuz he thought I was just taking the picture of Parker.)

random

So I haven't posted in awhile guess I am just lazy or too buzy I don't know which one, maybe a little of both. Anyway I took Ryston & Parker in for their check-up's on the 1st of March and here is what we found.
Parker was in the 97th percentile for height & weight- He weighed93 1/2lbs & was 41 inches tall, Dr. Beales was kinda funny because he had such a jump on the growth chart he made his medical assistant weigh him again.
Ryston is a little squirt he was in the 3rd that's right number 3 percentile for weight. He weighed 11lbs. 14 oz which was only 15 oz more than what he weighed at 2 months & he was 24 inches tall which was the 25%.
Life is keeping us busy, McKendrick is busy with basketball at the moment which he really enjoys.
Parker is such a fun kid to have around, but likes to be a little clingly lately.

Ryston is now 4 1/2 months old.
Things about Ryston now........
1) He rolls over quite well from front to back & back to front.
2) He is very easy going (even when his brothers pack him all around)
3) He loves his older brothers
4) He has alot of hair which sticks straight up off of his head no matter what I do
5) He just barely started wearing 3-6 month clothes, he still fits in some of the 0-3 mon stuff.
6) He will NOT drink formula, only likes his mama's milk or baby food.
7)He is always moving something, mostly kicking his legs & flailing his arms.
8) He sat on the horse for the first time this month
9) He started eating baby food & rice cereal this month. Fav's are banana's, but will eat mostly anything.

Cute, Funny & Wierd things

So I just wanted to share some of the cute, fun & wierd things the boy's have been up to.
McKendrick-
The other night we played the game clue with McKendrick & Gavin and after the game & for all of last week McKendrick was scared every night that someone was going to come murder him. McKendrick also finally has a loose tooth. He won't wiggle it though because he doesn't want it to fall out- funny kid. McKendrick is all about appearance, he has to have his hair done every day before school (we didn't have time one morning (& it looked fine by the way it was just flat) but he informed me when he got home from school that he wet it down in the bathroom at school and made it look ok). Last night Liz came down to the hospital to watch him & Ryston & she said McKendrick was sooooo tired (because we didn't get out of there till 11:00 p.m.) but he wouldn't lay down on her lap because he was worried that the people waiting would see him. He is such a funny kid & I don't know what I would do without him. Just some stats cuz I measured him the other day for B-ball, he is 48 inches tall and weighs about 48lbs.
Parker-
Parker is starting to say some of the funniest things & apparently I say them alot too. So the other day McKendrick was bothering him & he yelled "I'm not in the mood Kennick" , which McKendrick informs me I say quite frequently after I have worked all night & am tired. He also got mad at me the other day sat on the floor, crossed his arm's & said "It's not pair(fair)" He also can't say the sound f or v so food sound like "pood" and he call's Veronica (Isaac's feonce) Beronica. He is such a wild child but we love having him around, there is definitely never a dull moment at our house. Parker is 39" tall & weighs 38 lbs.

Three's

.....Sorry the pics are kinda random & the post is after the pics i couldnt move the pics once they were uploaded it kept deleting them.......
Parker's head after stitches.

Three Boys

Parker's head before stitches

3 months-

Ryston turned 3 months old yesterday on January 30, I weighed Ryston yesterday and he was 12 lbs 3 oz. I can't believe how fast time goes by. He isn't very big, just average but thats ok with me because thats less weight I have to pack around. He is such a good baby and is actually starting to smile alot more, I just can't catch it on the camera. He eats about every 4 hours and on most nights sleeps from 9-8 with one feeding during the night (which is good for mom & dad when I work). He does have the occasional night usually 1-2 times a week where he sleeps all night. He is such a joy to have as a part of our family.

3 stitches

Yesterday January 30th we were at my sister's house playing games and just as we were getting ready to go Parker was playing around, standing on a toy with wheels, and it rolled back and Parker fell forward right on the corner of the dryer. So off to the E.R. we went to get stitches (3 of them to be exact). He was really good and if it was up to him a bandaid would have made it all better, but I didn't want him to have a big scar so we took him to get stitches, & in about 1 week Parker will be 3 years old. Can't believe how fast time goes by.

SNOW DAY!

I can't remember the last time we had this much snow let alone when it all came at once. We got about 19inches over night and it snowed most of the day today. Thankfully it did stop or i might be snowed in for a while.


McKendrick actually went to school this morning but alot of kids didn't go and some of the buses got stuck. Needless to say school was canceled and he was home by 11. He thought it was pretty cool that only 5 kids in the whole first grade showed up & they got to drink chocolate milk and watch movies.


The boys had a ton of fun playing in it and helping me build a "no man" as Parker says.

Parker said "mom help me I'm tuck"