Rylie's birthday slumber party!!!!

We decided to go with a spa party this year and I think it turned out to be a lot of fun!

The invitations:

I went shopping and got lots of fun spa items:


And we put them all to good use, we did green facials, soaked feet in tubs with feet salts, painted finger and toenails and so on:

I even cut cucumber for the girls to put on their eyes:

Thank goodness for Angie and Natalie who hung out and helped me with the girls:

Then we did presents which Rylie has filled out thank you cards and her slacker mama has yet to mail them.....definitely on my to do list this week:

Rylie is not much of a cake eater so we had cupcakes and she had me make another dump cake for the party:

Making a wish (I had a really pretty 1 candle and 0 candle but I managed to lose the 0 somehow so we just did 10 regular ones):

Daddy even joined in on some of the fun:

The Girls....Shayne, Haylie, Katelin, Liadon, Payton, Kylee, Abby and Ry!

Being goofy:

Yeah Right....I wish they had gone to sleep this easily!

This is how they really slept, well Owen was the first to fall asleep and the girls tried putting cool whip on him so he came to my room told on them and got in bed with us!

The next morning they wanted to go for a nature walk but it was just too hot so we gave them go kart and 4 wheeler rides instead (and yes we had parental permission from all parents).

This is what I put together for each girl to take home, I thought they turned out pretty cute!

The next day Rylie hadn't had enough so she did mask on her and Owen!

and then she treated her mama to a pedicure!

This was our first slumber party and besides one little spat it was pretty much drama free and a good time by all.....just not sure if I would want to do more than 1 every year or so. Glad my girl had a good time.....we love you Miss Rylie Jo!!!!!

28 Weeks!

Do you know what that means?????
I have officially entered my third trimester which means things will go quickly from now on!
I will see Jeane every 2 weeks until 36 weeks and then I will be weekly!
And that makes for a quick final 3 months, well at least 2 months....I think the last month always lingers on a bit because by then most people are usually done being pregnant....I know I am!

So I had my appointment today and I got to drink this lovely drink......



It's basically sugar and it is for a gestational diabetes test. I have never had GD but I have failed the test before, I did with Evan and maybe even with Katelin....can't remember for sure. But if you fail you go back for the 3 hour test where you sit and sit and sit so you can have your blood drawn every hour for 3 hours so I should find out tomorrow if I have to do that or not!
You get to choose your flavor of drink.....orange, fruit punch or lemon (I think). I've always heard horror stories at how nasty these drinks are so when I was pregnant with Rylie I chose orange and it wasn't good but it wasn't anything horrible so I have just always stuck with orange!

While i'm sure Jeane had probably already told me this, I just didn't recall it but I have a low lying placenta which is most likely no big deal. Just means my placenta implanted low and has a small risk of placenta previa (when the placenta covers the cervix) but usually as your uterus grows the placenta moves up so I will have a sonogram at my next appointment just to make sure it is not an issue!

My blood pressure was slightly high which I never have high bp but when taken a 2nd time it was fine so another no big deal! Weird though because my kids weren't with me and if they were I would definitely expect high bp because a doctor's office is my most dreaded place to take my precious little darling children!

I also talked to her about my uterine rupture concerns and as usual Jeane puts all my worries at ease! I'm not so worried about having one as I am about knowing I am having one. Because me being who I am.....I research things and I kept coming across over and over again how a womens uterus can rupture and nobody know it....well the outcome can be really really bad for baby and mom! Since I am higher risk for it....I will have all my usual monitoring which includes internal monitors and such so we should definitely know if it happens and I will get a c section in plenty of time to have a healthy baby girl! And there is nobody I trust more than Jeane to be taking care of Kinley and I.....so no more worries....Okay okay...how about a lot less worries!

My weight....Ugh....I officially weigh more than I ever have in my life....I am 1lb over what I weighed when I delivered Evan....I haven't gained too much so far just started out with a little extra....I hate it but no sense in stressing on it now, I can't exactly diet right now so.......I guess I will just deal with it!

How am I feeling.....Big but not too uncomfortably big just yet and it is hot.....temps have been in the high 90's all the way up to 109.....it sucks! It was hot the summer I had Evan too but not this hot. We are in a drought, there's been no rain and it is just HOT! I am swollen some. I've been having bad insomnia the past week or so and now i'm beginning to get restless leg syndrome which probably adds to the insomnia. Kinley is active moving all the time....she was head down at my 4D ultrasound but Jeane said she is breech right not....again no big deal....she has plenty of time to flip and flop around in there!

Chet's been taking my picture every week....I cringe when I look at them to share with the world (or at least the few of you who read this).....I am not one of those pretty people, i'm just lucky enough to have a husband who thinks I am! But I really want to document this pregnancy so here is weeks 25-28.......



And yes my hair is almost always pulled back and I usually have a tank top on....did I mention it is HOT!!!!!

So I think I have rambled on long enough..... that is my update for now! I pretty much have everything I need for Kinley Ryann.....yes we have picked a middle name, I wanted to get it all done early so now just need to get bedrooms switched around, clothes washed and buy some itty bitty diapers....can't wait to hold her!!!!

Photo Challenge Weeks 26 and 27

6-24-2012
And this is how my son waters the tree!


6-25-2012
And this would be how my younger son treats his mama....he hit me with a hard foam bat on my nose and while it may not look that bad there was a big lump under that cut. I didn't feel right for the next 2 days and am actually wondering if he gave me a very mild concussion....and yes he did it because he was mad at me!

6-26-2012
At the pool!


6-27-2012
Love my boys!

6-28-2012
I've decided to accent my kitchen with some owl decor and this has been one of my favorite finds!

6-29-2012
One of the few planes we saw when we took Grammy to the airport....I had hoped to let the kids watch planes land and take off but you can't look out the windows at the runway at the airport anymore so it didn't happen!

6-30-2012
Angie and Abby goofing off at Rylies birthday party!

7-01-2012
The kiddos playing nicely with one of Rylie's birthday presents!

7-02-2012
Stealing Mama's water!

7-03-2012
We had Xander for the day and Rylie put him to sleep!

7-04-2012
Watching fireworks....he enjoyed them!

7-05-2012
I love moments like these....happily coloring together!

7-06-2012
26 weeks....the day we saw Kinley in 3D!

7-07-2012
Love the itty bitty socks!

 

Baseball!

There are no words to say how incredibly proud I am of this kid.....my shy quiet boy has gone out there and played football, basketball, soccer and baseball and he seems to really enjoy it!

I must admit out of all the sports....baseball is my favorite to watch....I love watching him play!

He is doing so awesome...he almost always got a hit when he is up to bat!

He got on a great team with excellent coaches and two boys from his school were on his team.

Again, I am so proud of how well he has done.

He worked real hard at baseball camp.

Evan really enjoyed watching his big brother hard at work!

There he is.....#5!

And while the little ones could get onery, they were pretty good at games....Katelin made a little friend and evan just kind of did whatever, we would keep him in the stroller as long as possible but at times we had to let him out!

So way to go Owen.....we are so proud of you! Now time to gear up for football and then basketball!

Meet Kinley!

So we went on Friday for our 3D sonogram....I hadn't planned on doing one of these until Chet did tree work for a couple who owned their own business Kansas 4D ultrasound....so why not give it a try! I will say I was very happy with where we went, the couple who own it are very nice and they have a nice set up for their business. It was really neat to see Kinley on the screen moving and kicking. She was chewing on her umbilical cord and was folded like a sandwich, she was head down with her feet at her face most the time.

I was a little disappointed that we weren't able to get better/ clearer pics but that is not really in anyone's control....baby has to really cooperate. So I wouldn't say this is something that I think everyone should go do but if it is something you want to do it is neat and I recommend where we went....Kansas 4D ultrasound!


So I think she looks like she has some chubby little cheeks in the top pic and her mouth is open in the bottom. Then the first big pic is her feet and then her hand! I sure do love this little girl sooo much already and can't wait to hold her and kiss her and love on her!

And this is her heartbeat bear....it is very special because if you give it a squeeze then you will here baby Kinley's heartbeat, not a generic one but the heartbeat of my sweet baby girl!

So since finding out we are adding another little girl to our home....I have done a bit of shopping.....

Baby magic....the best smell in the world, doesn't compare to any other baby bath products, i've decided to go with gumdrop binkys (i've have yet to have a baby that uses a binky beyond 4 months but just in case) and Tommee Tippee bottles, they're supposed to be one of the best ones for breastfed babies!!!!

I love her car seat and I got it at about 1/2 price so....SCORE! And her cute little bouncy seat!

Then some swaddlers and I have bought several blankets and their so soft and cute, her owl cart cover and I love the cute little socks!

Just a few of her cute outfits....she is getting quite the wardrobe!

And me at 26 weeks.....so this is how big I was when we got to see our sweet girl in 3D.....