My baby girl is ONE!!!!

I can't believe it has already been a year since this little girl entered our life. Kairi is such a fun happy little girl. She has all of us wrapped around her little finger, and she has since about two hours after birth :)
I can't believe she was ever this small....amazing!

She never became a skinny baby, she has always had these adorable chubby cheeks.

She has a true go getter personality and has never wanted to sit still

She had a special birthday outfit, because the boys wanted her to look like a princess (I forgot to put on her little tiara Dilan picked out for her though)

She got this tinkerbell chair from Spencer and me. She loves it! I think she loves that she can sit down when she wants, but she is crazy enough to stand too, so we have to really watch her when she is enjoying her sit down time :) (lasts all of about 10 seconds)

She enjoyed a dinner at Training Table, because she loves the turkey sandwich :) YUM!

We didn't have cake, but she enjoyed a nice donut after we sang to her.

She still tore it to shreds too :)

I think overall she had a great first birthday. Kairi has changed my life. I have loved being a mom to all my boys, but I always had the "wonder what" in my mind for a girl. Wonder what she would look like, act like, how her hair would be, how the boys would be with her, how I would dress her, how would life be different/would it be different etc. Life will obviously never be the same with her in our life, but it is more than just another body, it is an experience to make me whole. This one little girl has changed us all, and all that change for the better. The boys are already extremely protective of her and love her to pieces. She is a daddy's girl and loves to see him after work. She is my little angel, and I am just honored to be called her mom. Happy Birthday Kairi! I love you SO much my little princess.

Her one year appointment she was 21 lbs 4 oz or 60% and she was 29 1/4 inches or about 70%. A big, beautiful, healthy baby girl :)

Principals Pride!!!

Dilan got nominated for the Principals pride honor roll at school. They had a special award ceremony before school for the kids to present them with the award. Dilan's teacher wrote, "Dilan has a very positive attitude. He is always happy and gets along well with his friends. If I ever need Dilan to help out, he is always very cooperative. Dilan's great attitude makes our classroom a fun place to be."
Here is Dilan with his medal and certificate.

This award doesn't shock me at all for Dilan. He has always been a very obedient kid. I have always loved this about Dilan, it makes me so proud to be his mom, and to see him being true to his nature. Congrats Dil, you are an awesome little boy!

Happy Birthday Trevor!!!

It is amazing how much Trevor has grown and how little he actually has (he is still so short!) I can't believe he is already nine years old. I can still remember his birth so clear. Trevor has a hard role in our family. He is the oldest of five, and as much as he loves his brothers and sister, I know some days he has a hard time being "the big brother." He is really cute when he comes home from school though, because he will run up and give them hugs when he gets off the bus. He has to read for school every night, and we make him read 30 minutes instead of the 20 his teacher requires.
He was reading to Bryson, when Bryson fell asleep....This picture makes me teary eyed as a mom.

Aspen has become "his dog"

He loves when she can sleep with him. There are many nights the other boys want her, but Trevor would have her every night if he could.


He has enjoyed being in scouts this year too.

He did such a good job making his "rocket" for the big race

He is fun to be around and make you smile

I love his unique personality. He is such a fun kid to have, he is so helpful, and he is great at helping me fix dinner. I love my Trev, what a goof-ball!

Oh, we also went to Planet Play on his birthday. It used to be called incredible pizza, but since has changed management. It was fun. Aunt Liz, grandpa and his great aunt and second cousin joined us too. I don't have many pictures of him here, because him and Dilan went around playing games together, but here's him eating :)

And She's Off......

Kairi is now walking. She has been cruising furniture taking little steps between each piece of furniture and walls for a long time. She has been able to take like 8 steps for a long time, but would only do so between Spencer and I.
She has been scaling walls around the entire basement for months too.

She finally will take off from the couch and cross the whole room without any encouragement. She was fast to get into trouble before, and I can only imagine what kinds of stuff she can find now, and how fast she can destroy what she finds :)

Hopefully, this video works!

Visiting Uncle Dave!

Friday we decided to take off to Vegas for the weekend to visit Spencer's brother Dave. Most of the boys did great in the car, Kairi hates long car rides, but she still did pretty good. The first night Kairi wasn't fond of the port a crib we brought for her, so she slept next to me for half the night. Ty had a lot of trouble sleeping for some reason. He wouldn't lay still. Finally, Spencer took him over by Dilan and he came to sleep next to me. I moved Kairi into her bed and thankfully she slept, because Ty still had trouble. Dilan ended up sleeping on the floor because Ty kept kicking him. It was funny by morning, even though Spencer and I were exhausted!
We all enjoyed the pool and hot tub the next day.

After swimming Kairi was getting really tired, so I stayed with her in the room while Spencer, Dave and all the boys went to eat at the UNLV campus. Dave showed the boys around the campus and his office.

Trevor had his first war head...ha ha ha makes your mouth water huh?


They came back and got us, and we all headed to a park with a big pond of ducks. The boys love feeding ducks, but I think these ducks were over feed and done with bread by the time we got there.

Then we headed to the playground



The kids were worn out after the park, so we decided to redbox a movie and grab some snacks the have a movie night in the hotel. It was a nice night, and a lot of the kids fell asleep during it. Kairi slept really good this night, but Ty was still having issues, ended up falling off the bed, and finally with Spencer sleeping next to him we got some sleep. We packed up the car and went to look at the aquarium at the hotel we were at. It was pretty cool.
I LOVE when they all line up like this to look at stuff :)


Then we headed to another park to meet up with our Friends Lynn and Joseph. We meet them at this really awesome park. I would love a park like this by my house :) Dave and his girlfriend Sara came with us too. They were true lifesavers, because they would follow around some of the smaller kids. Thanks you guys!
There was this tower that you would climb up, and you could look out over the whole park.
Here is Bryson standing in it.

They are at the top!

The older boys loved this net climb



There was teeter totters!

A metal stagecoach is always fun to play on.

How cute it this?

There was some really green grassy hills to roll down

and rest on!

There was lots of slides


a huge snake in a digging yard


We ate a picnic lunch and then said goodbye to our friends.

It was a beautiful day! Then we came home to snow :( Oh well, at least a we got a taste of summer :) It was great to see Dave, and the kids loved playing with him all weekend. Usually vacations end to quick, but with the lack of sleep, I was good!