The Sleep Study

A no good very BAD night.

Before

After

Tubes shoved up his nose and there were cords all over his chest, arms, and legs. He has welts all over his body and face from all the tape and cords...

The study went terrible. The poor kid slept maybe 2 hours the entire time he was there. Could you blame him?! I wouldn't be able to sleep either. The technician said they should get some results, but I'm certain even if they did it won't give us what we need. I will NOT do this again if they ask to. No matter what. Poor Derek couldn't sleep at all. Overall, bad experience.

2010 Thanksgiving Weekend

Thanksgiving this year has been a lot of fun! I have so much to be grateful for and I really am! I am loving the weather. Yes, it is snowy and cold and I am stuck inside with the kids, but it has been so different from St. George weather and we have made the best out of it. Kael loves playing in the snow and so do I it turns out. Derek went to school on Tuesday, but he came back after a half hour because it was a blizzard warning and the school shut down. Sweet! We "almost" got to have 2 extra days of vacation, but school went on as normal the next day. Turns out, it wasn't a blizzard, but we had fun thinking about being in one anyway. We even went to the store and stocked up on extra water just in case. ;) I really need to finish my food storage supply... Really we could only survive a couple days with the stock we have...

On Wednesday Kael and I played in the snow. It was so deep that it went to his knees! It was so fun! With the wind chill it was in the negatives though so it was really cold.

That night we went to Jerris' house and dropped the kids off and Derek took me on a date to see Harry Potter 7. It was AWESOME. We ate dinner without having to shovel food into our kids mouths, keep them in high chairs, clean diapers or ANYTHING! It was so fun. Thanks Jer and Jill! We then spent the night at their house so we wouldn't have to do a ton of driving with the kids. The kids made it a really long night. Kael had a hard time sleeping and cried from about 11 to 2:30 during the night. He kept waking Eden up and half the time I had them both up at the same time. He went through 3 sippee cups of milk and locking him in the closet before he finally fell asleep! The next morning we watched the Macy's Day parade on tv and then headed to eat our Thanksgiving feast at Mimi's cafe with Derek's family. We wore our pilgrim hats and all. ;) Eden of course had to have a blow out diaper, which is becoming a habit for her when we are in public...

We came home around 1 and had a good nap.

Today was a blast! We bundled the kids and ourselves up and went with Derek's family to the zoo. It was our own personal zoo trip. Best way to go to the zoo, make sure it is black friday and only 14 degrees outside. The animals were all VERY active. We went everywhere you can't take a stroller because the park was completely empty. We then had hot chocolate at the car, which was so good. Then we went to the pizza factory where Eden proceeded to have another blow out diaper... And once again were able to come home for a great nap. Kael did awesome on this trip and I am so proud of him. He is getting so big and behaving better every once in a while.

Now for another date with my hubby tonight. We are going to watch a movie and cuddle on the couch. IBC rootbeer here I come!

And I didn't take any pictures. Oh well.

Tomorrow night is Kael's sleep study. I'm hoping it goes well, but we will see shortly.

I'm so grateful for family. Especially Kael, Eden, and Derek. They are my world! I love you so much and I love being your mom/wife! Thank you for another AMAZING year!

Good night!

27 months and a speech evaluation

Yesterday Kael had his speech evaluation. It went really well. Kael loved it. There were 4 people who came to our house and they played with HIM. He was quite the show off and did things and said things to these people that he has never done for me. His speech is getting better slowly. They said that right now his receptive language and expressive language are at 18 months. That is better than what I thought. Only 9 months behind. He qualified for the speech therapy and they will come to our house about once a week I think to make goals and help Kael. I think it will be good for the kid because he is a people pleaser. He LOVES to get praise. "Who doesn't?" ;)

Tonight Kael threw the football to Derek and he got it to spiral throwing it with either hand. He is so talented. He LOVES basketball. I think right now this is his favorite sport. He is always trying to run to another courtyard that has a small basketball hoop so he can throw his ball in the hoop. He just overall loves any kind of ball.

Kael also loves music! He is trying so hard to sing head, shoulders, knees and toes. He gets some of the right sounds in. His favorite church song is Book of Mormon stories. He loves the actions and we have to sing this song almost every night. He is saying prayers with us every night too. It is so cute. He counts one, two, three, then says prayer time in a whisper and folds his arms. He is even now starting to jibber jabber a bit. I love seeing this kid progress.

The kid loves to dance too. It's hilarious. Eden will sit and bob her head, and Kael does his funky little dance.

He is getting really good at naming body parts. He can say part of the words now, and can point to most. He is starting to pick things up fast.

He still has a hard time coming inside from playing outside and he is starting to run out of the courtyard and into the parking lot. It is scaring me to death!

His big accomplishment this month was learning how to open our front door and run outside. Yes, it is child proof. No it is not Kael proof. It has a cover over the knob for crying out loud! He just LOVES outside. The weather has been crummy, but it doesn't stop this kid.

His sleeping isn't getting any better. We had 3 nights in a row where we didn't hear anything after I scheduled his sleep study. I thought, YES maybe I'm just crazy and he is sleeping better, but the last week hasn't been so great. Kael did pass his hearing test perfectly. It is just nice knowing that is working. Kael's sleep study is scheduled for Nov. 27th and Derek has to spend the night with him there. Then, we go back to his primary care doctor on Dec. 7th for Eden's 9 month appointment and to let them know results from everything. Then, Kael has a sleep clinic appointment Dec. 16th. Between well child checks, sick kids, and trying to get Kael speaking, I'm getting really sick of these appointments. I am so glad he isn't in school yet because that is going to be crazy driving kids to sports, concerts, school, friends... Whew.

Kael we love you! You are an amazing little person! We love watching you grow every day before our eyes. Thank you for loving your sister and helping and trying to be a good person. You are the friendliest, happiest person I know and I am so grateful to be your mom! Take it easy on the girls right now. You have lots of time. You don't have to hug them all and hold all of their hands. Although it is really cute! Love you kiddo! Love, MOM and DAD

8 months

She crawls. It's adorable. She started on 11-18. Exactly 8 months.

She is finally sleeping a little better. Instead of waking up every 1.5 to 2 hours screaming at me it is 3 to 4. And every couple of nights she gives me 5-6 hours, and I'd be happy if that was consistant. She finally seems to not be sick since the end of August, probably just jinxed myself by saying that.

She can sit up on her own.

She is a picky eater. She now will eat sweet potatoes and apple sauce, and only a quarter of a jar of anything else before she clamps her mouth shut, but I'm still trying to get her to eat more.

She is an angel during the day!

She doesn't take very good naps. I'm lucky to get 2 one hour naps... She is still an angel even when she doesn't sleep well.

She says da da. I think it melts Derek's heart. ;)

Love you Eden. Slow down growing up though because it's going too fast. Thank you for being my little lady bug!

Playdate

Kael and BrynneKael is the sweetest little boy. He can make friends with just about anyone. He loves being with people. A couple months ago Brynne moved into our courtyard. She is the same age as Kael and is the sweetest little girl. They are so cute together. They love to play on the play ground together. Brynne invited Kael over for a play date about a week ago, and he had so much fun! I didn't know what to do with myself. Kael was out of the house for over an hour and Eden slept... It was awesome! We met them outside and Kael and Brynne hugged. It was too cute. Kael loves to give hugs. Then they held hands all the way to Brynne's house. I'm afraid he will be quite the little romancer. ;)
Kael had so much fun we decided to have Brynne over to our house for a little while. It is amazing how much better he plays when he has a friend! Once again they hugged when they met, and had to hold hands all the way to our house. I made some vanilla pudding and dyed it so the kids could try out finger painting. Kael had a blast playing in the pudding and eating it. Brynne was a little skeptical about sticking her fingers in food. It is so fun to see their little personalities and how different kids are, yet they play so well together!
Kael's Painting

Brynne's Painting

Don't Fall Asleep on the Couch

This is what happens when I am too lazy in the morning and fall asleep with my blanket over my head with both kids at 7 am... I don't blame the kid at all. Flour is so fun to throw everywhere. All over mom. All over Eden. All over the kitchen. All over the living room. Yes, it was EVERYWHERE! The kitchen was just as bad as the living room except it wasn't ground into the carpet. I'm going to have to clean my vacuum really good. I was up and cleaning after this. He knows how to get mom off the couch. I am hoping to look bad 20 years from now and laugh my head off. Right now I'll just sigh and call it a night. You can see on his face he knew he wasn't suppose to touch the flour, yet he just couldn't help himself.

Halloween and End of October. Hope You Enjoy. :)

So here we are on Halloween. We celebrated on Saturday night. Eden was a Fairy Princess and Kael was her pet dragon. We made up some chili and corn bread for our apartment complex parade and ended up leaving a little early and went trick or treating in Draper with cousins. It was too cold for me and Eden, so Derek took Kael and they had a blast! The weather wasn't very fun, but oh well. Ignore the crazy picture of me, it was the best we could do with two crazy kids. The Dragon. We lost the glow stick within 5 minutes. It was the thought that counts right?.
Kael playing in the snow. We decided to play in the leaves and it was a lot of fun!

Kael loved jumping in the pile.

And throwing leaves in the air.

We got a picture of Kael doing this exact pose with the same hat on last year. Too funny that it looks the exact same. What a silly kid.

Eden and all her cuteness.

My photo editer is gone since my computer got cleaned so no more red eye removal for a while.

This is Kael being like Eden. Eden LOVES crawling under the couch.

Kael and Eden playing together. I love it when they can actually play together it is so fun.

Eden with her fairy wings.

We had a fun Halloween, and now I'm ready for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Mostly I'm ready for Derek to have a break from school.

Our internet has been down for a week, and I haven't worked. No internet is no fun, but I have enjoyed so much more time with the kids. Back to work tomorrow.