tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13474351617245313342024-02-07T10:32:26.214-06:00CUTLEROLOGYKimberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10377909191672898897noreply@blogger.comBlogger1165125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1347435161724531334.post-73693013878007542312022-11-06T15:02:00.003-06:002022-11-06T15:09:59.391-06:00Bryson and Quinn's baptism<p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Bryson and Quinn were baptized yesterday and it was so special. So many people helped get them ready beyond Casey and myself. The each spent 45 minutes with the bishop before their baptism. SIs cockerel came over and visited them. Granny came and gave them a shpeel on the Holy Ghost, the morning of Grammy gave them a talk about baptism and repentance. During their actual baptism Papa went over the importance of making the first covenant with god of being baptized and on the covenant path and what promises we make when baptized. It was so so special. Grammy gave the last talk about the Holy ghost comforting us like a blanket.</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">They kinda gave me a super hard time leading up to their baptism though, ha, stinkers. Not wanting to do pictures, write their testimony, invite anyone, saying they didn’t want to get baptized, I think they were just making a fuss to be silly, finally before their baptism they were excited and happy.</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Bryson had this sweet spirit about him intensely listening to my words with eyes wide open. He has the sweetest heart. </span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Quinn brought the silly straight forwardness into the baptism day and was so eager to help with whatever I was preparing. </span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Grammy and Grandpa Cutler were around the whole weekend helping which was IMMENSELY helpful. </span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">We got there early enough to take pictures and it was calm and great. As they went into the font area they freaked out forgetting they didn’t have their white underwear on. They were quickly switching to that underwear but it was hard to take the jumpsuits on and off, falling and laughing all over the place. Bryson put his on backward and it was just a giggle fest which led to him peeing his pants a little, so funny. Bryson was baptized first, then Quinn. When Quinn came out they hugged each other at the top of the font area and it was so sweet. Both boys were very focused in the water making sure they were doing it all correct but smiling when they came out and kind of like "wow" it happened!</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">They will be blessed their whole lives doing all these big moments with their twin brother. Having a best friend to experience life with that TOTALLY gets each other. I’m so happy for them. </span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">THe day of the baptism they were more than happy to take all the pictures I needed being silly to change sides of which parent they were standing with. They were sandwiched between Casey and myself during the baptism program and listened so intently, I just love them and am so happy for them.</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">In the dressing room Bryson said how he felt warm and happy inside after being baptized. They both said how they wanted to do it again and then we got to talk about baptisms for the dead.</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">So proud of these cutie boys and how I adore them. What a special baptism day it was for them. It went by too fast, I wish I could hav videoed all of it.</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">The robinsons, fears, heckdricks, bro Chikuni, Sis Hadley, and Sis COckrell and bishop dean were all there which made it special to have with the rest of our Arizona family.</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Afterwards we invited all over for chips and salsa (green, red, texas caviar) and donut holes (krispy kremes- went way too fast!) and so I made muddy buddies on the spot which helped. Camille and Jaden tag teamed the piano which was so lovely, bless them. The musical number song didn’t go so well- Summer stopped the music in the middle of it and Ruthie, Brielle, and Max DID NOT want to sing but stood up there just mouthing it- kinda made a scene themselves Max especially. But Easton and the twins belted it out and were so happy!</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><br /></span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">I bought two size 8 suits from Amazon and the boys looked so handsome in them. I couldn't get over their sweetness and kindness all day.</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">Casey and I ended with closing remarks- I shared the fact that when they were 3 years old they said they didn’t want to get baptized bc they hated putting their heads in the water for swim lessons, ha. My how we change and grow in 5 years time and that change and growth comes from Jesus Christ. Casey shared his testimony and got all choked up about feeling the spirit and testifying that the Holy Ghost guides us, we need to look for it and be open to it.</span></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: georgia;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"></span><br /></span></p><p style="font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><span style="font-kerning: none;"><span style="font-family: georgia;">It was really such a special day, I was so happy how it all turned out.</span></span></p>Kimber and Caseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08259795269338452205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1347435161724531334.post-18296313627723246942021-08-01T13:19:00.002-05:002021-08-01T13:19:49.615-05:00Introducing our caboose- Taysom!<p> Although I don't really use the blog much anymore, it only seems right that I write his birth story on the blog, where all the others can be found!</p><p>Taysom was due Aug 7, I was dying at like 32 weeks! Ha, being pregnant all of a hot Arizona summer while following around, entertaining, and helping 5 young children did not make pregnancy enjoyable, but I survived! I was fully mentally prepared to go the full 40 weeks but cross my fingers to be induced during that 39 week at some point, although everything I had heard about this east valley area is that being electively induced is not easy and you almost never get called in until 40 weeks- they don't let you set up an appointment, it's all based on the availability of beds and staff. This was my first pregnancy that I can remember having painful cramps for long periods of time before having baby, I'd always had braxton hick contractions but nothing painful, interesting.</p><p>At my 38 week appointment I had high blood pressure- 136/87- the cut off line for it not to be "good" anymore is 140-90. It had been up high at my 36 week appt, but was down enough by the end of my appointment and then a few days later it was just low and good again. But at this 38 week appt the doctor walked in and almost immediately asked "ok, do you want to have this baby early?" I was shocked but with a huge smile immediately replied "absolutely!" His reply was "I thought so, I'll go call the hospital and make a case for you"</p><p>He left real quick to call the hospital and I texted Casey what was going on.</p><p>Dr. Layton came back with a post it- a time and a phone number. 3 am the next day, Tuesday! I told him I felt like I was a kid at the orthodontist and the ortho just told me I was getting my braces off early, ha! He checked me and I was a 1 at 40%.</p><p>Came home and started getting all the last minute stuff ready the best I could, although I lost so much steam quickly to actually be productive- pregnancy. Decluttering a few last areas, baby stuff out, hospital bag packed. Casey had his work cancel all his Tuesday patients. Casey actually took the boys on the Hieroglyphic hike hoping for amazing waterfalls after the monsoon we had, they were blah. I went and got a pedicure and manicure for my last "gift to me" things I had been doing all the last weeks of pregnancy, I originally had it planned for the next day but luckily had time to get it done Monday night before they closed! My mom came over that night and helped me cross more stuff off my list- like cleaning out the kids plate/bowl drawer, little things I just wanted done! Felt much better prepared! She slept at our house in anticipation of us leaving in the night.</p><p>Before bed I was to call the hospital to ask if I was still on for 3 am- they said no :( They'll call me and if I haven't heard from them by 7:30 am to give them a call but focus on getting a good night's rest.</p><p> I woke up a lot that night, of course, checking what time it was, ancy for something. Before we had gone to bed I had Casey call my phone to check that it was working just to triple check, ha.</p><p>Well we woke up at 7 am with no phone call, Casey was frustrated since he had cancelled all his patients but nothing had actually happened. So he called his office to start setting up patients for the day and was going to go to work. I on the other hand felt like I was cheating the system in the first place getting to be induced at all, especially at 38 week and 3 days, so waiting wasn't a big deal at all to me. All the kids one by one walked into our room that morning confused where the baby was or why I was still at home. Maxson specifically asked "where's the baby?" haha. When I called at 7:30 they told me no room right now, they'd call at some point but no clue when that some point was going to be. (Casey did end up calling the hospital around 9 playing the doctor card of "yes, but WHEN could it possibly be! I have patients!" they said maybe afternoon or evening but that's only a guess. I was third in line for inductions waiting).</p><p>I went about the day normal, getting as many things done as I could like normal, my cleaning ladies had already been scheduled that day so the house was getting cleaned- perfect timing. The kids learned to make rubber band bracelets. Every time I got a phone call I was so excited but then disappointed to see it was Casey or someone else, ha. Finally went upstairs to take a nap. Not more than 10-15 min after laying down, I got a call, it was the hospital! YIPPEE!!!!!! They asked if I could be there in an hour- OF COURSE! Made some phone calls and gathered all my last thing. my niece came over to watch the kids and i was out of there by 2:00. Stopped at CVS to pick up mascara because that's important y'all.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbsQjMXWXFAboOYAYtkYgEJKsvVOzP18FSnyrQoLFrGJHTzxN7R4SSpZswWzR3G-UxmLVPv9_Wjz4fGldEwRL4DjlM_HxKYwfpytC-QCrknKWNCdMSA0IIeG4LNcwVUBUicYz67W3Ba2o/s2048/IMG_4798.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbsQjMXWXFAboOYAYtkYgEJKsvVOzP18FSnyrQoLFrGJHTzxN7R4SSpZswWzR3G-UxmLVPv9_Wjz4fGldEwRL4DjlM_HxKYwfpytC-QCrknKWNCdMSA0IIeG4LNcwVUBUicYz67W3Ba2o/s320/IMG_4798.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqJwWxmdZdoDqB5ZdT9Be-N_rCJDUBmtnERoAV8_Cqg9dTjRPn5F2ox5TwFdpGeLo3EpCJ7h3ESqo4NW_rBBfx5yZ0SbSheZ_pq02XnEt_EFywqA3n5BZPkWGIhUWCCJp5Sg2XxiC2jVU/s2048/64911229058__0F8FE191-02E1-409F-9D2E-0984A0C07219.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqJwWxmdZdoDqB5ZdT9Be-N_rCJDUBmtnERoAV8_Cqg9dTjRPn5F2ox5TwFdpGeLo3EpCJ7h3ESqo4NW_rBBfx5yZ0SbSheZ_pq02XnEt_EFywqA3n5BZPkWGIhUWCCJp5Sg2XxiC2jVU/s320/64911229058__0F8FE191-02E1-409F-9D2E-0984A0C07219.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi82m7zA5iSbeVY-TpF3SEqWjNLMGMDhI7CJZvDWsLepErnWWznqpDDDNnPYgj0mT5Y-pWHIPWe3ZrkajuFs0jIYbg8p1v4YPGqCmb2eDb1knR7iJFalzh00mSx4lPIjESwp3uXLZBXYls/s2048/IMG_4821.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi82m7zA5iSbeVY-TpF3SEqWjNLMGMDhI7CJZvDWsLepErnWWznqpDDDNnPYgj0mT5Y-pWHIPWe3ZrkajuFs0jIYbg8p1v4YPGqCmb2eDb1knR7iJFalzh00mSx4lPIjESwp3uXLZBXYls/s320/IMG_4821.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2m3-VP14b9km_xCMefinVq1OHcohwugS_lxCfCENtaWl6vbyX_v9NuyDgW9g0N-ll4NzirWTHvMxX2kCAe1Yx66xo2xzeII7RTpdhUFAEq4SgzcZt9KQFff5RnThbfKe8YyVutpMpuv8/s2048/IMG_4807.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2m3-VP14b9km_xCMefinVq1OHcohwugS_lxCfCENtaWl6vbyX_v9NuyDgW9g0N-ll4NzirWTHvMxX2kCAe1Yx66xo2xzeII7RTpdhUFAEq4SgzcZt9KQFff5RnThbfKe8YyVutpMpuv8/s320/IMG_4807.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><p></p><p>Once to the hospital around 2:15, filled out paperwork, got checked in my room and just started going through the whole process. Nichole was my nurse, so fun and sassy, I wish she could have stayed until the laboring portion! I've always gotten so lucky with such amazing labor and delivery nurses. Casey eventually got to the room probably around 3:30. When she asked my birth plan I joked that I forgot my typed and laminated paper that said "epidural", always.</p><p>It took FOREVER to get my IV in, kind of like it always has-I warned them I'm a hard poke, I just don't have good veins in my arms for it. Dug around in my hand awhile, didn't work, hurt a ton. Another nurse tried my wrist- no luck. They finally brought in an ultrasound machine to find my vein and get it in more easily in my forearm. Finally able to start pitocin about 4:30 and the antibiotics for the positive thing (GBS or something), checked me and I was at a 2 and 70% so definitely progress overnight, and she stripped my membranes, whew, that was uncomfy. Apparently the doctor told my nurse to be aggressive and not hold back, ha, I loved it. The antibiotics in my arm HURT though, kept having to massage my arm.</p><p>I truly had been so hot the 4 previous months of my life and somehow the room we were in did not have great AC, they gave me my own personal fan which helped a ton.</p><p>We watched olympics and just started playing the waiting game. Doctor came in at 6:20 to break my water- I always warn them that I usually have a ton of fluid and to be prepared, they're always surprised how much actually comes out and that it keep coming and coming and coming. Funny how 5th time giving birth I actually know my body pretty well. And to be noted- apparently there's a special name in the hospital for moms who's deliveries are their 4+ : a grand-mal-tip. All I heard was grandma pregnancy. Definitely a young 31 year old, thanks, guys.</p><p>Contractions began building from there on out, at 7:45ish was my first long intense one that was the point ok I can do those for a little while but I don't want to for too long telling the nurses that likely in 30 min I'd ask for an epidural. I like the contractions to be hard enough that the epidural isn't bad at all in comparison to the pain of contractions. after 5-6 more long intense painful ones I asked for that epidural around 8:15, just like I had supposed. I had them check me and was at a 6, yay!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj02P3-HnVb-uQ3C4vlYDl9Oq5idOTz5L6kD9qahoxjQSu5acNIXVqHh8FfJ01xSZbeoIPZ80Fuq6bG24PEGuDFiE37DhMDviTtlEmZY2pyKloiUrJHy5hmBqQ86c1l1_jEQup-S0LXYyY/s2048/64911859219__8EAC80F0-6900-422A-9C40-A94333DAC207.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj02P3-HnVb-uQ3C4vlYDl9Oq5idOTz5L6kD9qahoxjQSu5acNIXVqHh8FfJ01xSZbeoIPZ80Fuq6bG24PEGuDFiE37DhMDviTtlEmZY2pyKloiUrJHy5hmBqQ86c1l1_jEQup-S0LXYyY/s320/64911859219__8EAC80F0-6900-422A-9C40-A94333DAC207.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBfANR_1UC8lqGckLErF7q0qWPNihNeCbdkJujhNFpGtb0Tt-xPuy0whKZeC3ab9KzbHw_toOX1CQ_nMaHez1AtRtBTp9wqQEkqThGue2uv4P8D7Lqf-oqIqubjibMHU498VDH8IBgaug/s2048/IMG_0184.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBfANR_1UC8lqGckLErF7q0qWPNihNeCbdkJujhNFpGtb0Tt-xPuy0whKZeC3ab9KzbHw_toOX1CQ_nMaHez1AtRtBTp9wqQEkqThGue2uv4P8D7Lqf-oqIqubjibMHU498VDH8IBgaug/s320/IMG_0184.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikw3QuyuMwqlGSjcGfJKeokoUn-ksCBCh3d6jCQfoYOK6IXMZ4psXjU7vUcSPcUMCSX3s5rUzfs2aBSCrJ6H70w7NaGgoKCcnIZceG8qk7bvYUXDrZ69rSvsR5a80kvRWdSkqPa4MSEic/s2048/IMG_0186.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikw3QuyuMwqlGSjcGfJKeokoUn-ksCBCh3d6jCQfoYOK6IXMZ4psXjU7vUcSPcUMCSX3s5rUzfs2aBSCrJ6H70w7NaGgoKCcnIZceG8qk7bvYUXDrZ69rSvsR5a80kvRWdSkqPa4MSEic/s320/IMG_0186.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Epidural came rather quickly but man those contractions were getting super hard, just trying so hard to breathe through them. Casey came in front of me during the epidural and i just pushed into his shoulder with that intensely rounded/slouched back, I had him push my shoulders together during contractions and just got through them one a a time. Hollar to all those moms who give birth without epidurals- I applaud you!</p><p>By 9:00 I didn't feel the contractions any longer, yayyyyyyyy. But after that I could not keep my eyes open, I was so tired. I almost immediately got shakes/shivers and was so cold the next long while- a first for being cold for me in MONTHS! The shaking was intense, the worst was my teeth chattering, biting a wash cloth helped with that problem.</p><p>They brought out the peanut ball and after 15 minutes with the peanut ball I was feeling the pressure down there- that means I'm ready I think that was about 10:15. I was a 10 and something else not quite ready, so they called the doctor and he said he'd be on his way, maybe 15-20 min. Thank goodness I had that epidural because I sat there with that pressure for awhile, but it didn't bother me much. Seem like baby boy worked himself down pretty far during all that waiting!</p><p>He finally got there and the party got started- he got all gowned up, a stirrup didn't work so a different nurse came in to be that stirrup ha.</p><p>Dr Layton sat there at the edge and said "ok whenever you feel a contraction push, you can usually get 3 good pushes out of each contraction." I laughed and said "I just go?" because, ya know, you can't feel those contractions much, ha. But I went ahead and pushed almost immediately thinking it was a contraction, with a 1/2 a push he plopped that baby on my stomach! 10:48 pm- It was so much quicker than i anticipated, easy breezy! I told the nurses I was banking on a 1, 2 push max baby, so a half a push had me surprised. Just like that my baby was there! Just laying on my tummy- a short chord so I couldn't bring him up to my chest, but just crouched as much as I could to see him and say hi over and over and over. "hi baby" is usually all that comes out for awhile from me. So elated that it all went so easy!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6WWuqGzzDOwo5896PNmY57sLHR5STuR7SLGEN7R1VhNYvgaX4boWHGjHvfHo4U7sSMS9pOhxX5FpfWle-P7IZW4nqxIAGbpStTEyR-GyXLebETEpP87uhX0iJuo8NZMN_BNG1CHKNLT0/s2048/IMG_0190_jpg.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1716" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6WWuqGzzDOwo5896PNmY57sLHR5STuR7SLGEN7R1VhNYvgaX4boWHGjHvfHo4U7sSMS9pOhxX5FpfWle-P7IZW4nqxIAGbpStTEyR-GyXLebETEpP87uhX0iJuo8NZMN_BNG1CHKNLT0/s320/IMG_0190_jpg.JPG" width="268" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRbs9XVxd7PlHVHUlrlJ7Gir0QloQkJ0nb9j_rWIGObDn7i-ecTYNlPewnscq1Nvq1gOigCmset1yO6HbTiskMYXiSPUC49GwLF5nLIIlOCWE52YrVc83DoMCXlOIiDCytFF2VLdGtZe0/s2048/IMG_0216.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRbs9XVxd7PlHVHUlrlJ7Gir0QloQkJ0nb9j_rWIGObDn7i-ecTYNlPewnscq1Nvq1gOigCmset1yO6HbTiskMYXiSPUC49GwLF5nLIIlOCWE52YrVc83DoMCXlOIiDCytFF2VLdGtZe0/s320/IMG_0216.JPG" width="240" /></a></div></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMZSqCGhJP4sQcMbJb6Hwgy8pimPPea4eM-fHARCdeiAtOX-R2fZyWL_msJIi0gfB6cy7IjS3PIk5J07YoOYSNrqak04xTl0EiicDl3Fmk2JsuB92up6_wYGIIFSmjuz2A9FGe7Z_WAh4/s2048/IMG_0227.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMZSqCGhJP4sQcMbJb6Hwgy8pimPPea4eM-fHARCdeiAtOX-R2fZyWL_msJIi0gfB6cy7IjS3PIk5J07YoOYSNrqak04xTl0EiicDl3Fmk2JsuB92up6_wYGIIFSmjuz2A9FGe7Z_WAh4/s320/IMG_0227.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj12Y3VzFDwRFcis6a9lecDM-4I0ACUxkhTZl5pxZwgAnq6UCIyUgDjWtQEhRL4AHcglIVGOt3lEZOaxDRhS9hcJveSjk_YCCciQahGbp1nM3NUQWE7RoDDx2HXMt-Y6ZVQO4clWnYw2Vw/s2048/IMG_0211.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj12Y3VzFDwRFcis6a9lecDM-4I0ACUxkhTZl5pxZwgAnq6UCIyUgDjWtQEhRL4AHcglIVGOt3lEZOaxDRhS9hcJveSjk_YCCciQahGbp1nM3NUQWE7RoDDx2HXMt-Y6ZVQO4clWnYw2Vw/s320/IMG_0211.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf3xSIfRXwbfl3MQlXBROxYpUfSzeykKyCTvBdDjTr3M5GQTf2NUFMz7kfsmaYaq5W-D5d7eURNNKxv5kJ9WQVqJMp8WNRlk2xQH13oafDkmo9_PqVAs20rXoUogVBDnkVXmpBxSBdPR8/s2048/IMG_0199_jpg.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1490" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf3xSIfRXwbfl3MQlXBROxYpUfSzeykKyCTvBdDjTr3M5GQTf2NUFMz7kfsmaYaq5W-D5d7eURNNKxv5kJ9WQVqJMp8WNRlk2xQH13oafDkmo9_PqVAs20rXoUogVBDnkVXmpBxSBdPR8/s320/IMG_0199_jpg.JPG" width="233" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p><p>Casey cut the chord while the doctor joked "wait don't cut that part off" referring to the penis, ha.</p><p>He didn't cry much, just a little squeak and then just happy to be there wrapped in a blanket. He was so sweet and so perfect we kept rubbing him but he was totally perfect and happy. He nursed for I swear 1.5-2 hours straight, as soon as I took him off he just kept rooting around on me or when Casey held him so we just kept letting him nurse. Sometime within that first hour or two we agreed to name him Taysom, the only name we both were agreeing and loving during pregnancy.</p><p>7 lb 8 oz, 20.5 inches long- he would have been a big boy had I had to go to 40weeks+! Thank goodness I got him out early. I gained 55 lbs this pregnancy -usually I gain 60, so totally normal for me! and only 7 lbs of that was baby love lol, and that's ok!</p><p>Placenta was delivered unbeknownst to me, the smallest superficial tear that he repaired quickly and the doctor was OUT! ha. Dr Layton is super chatty in regular appointments but at delivery he is all business and no chit chat. </p><p>I had to finish 2 bags of pitocin, boo, which meant my IV was in forever it felt like- maybe until 5 am. Casey ordered hamburgers for us from the kitchen and we ate them at 1 am, he fed me every bite while I just sat there so tired and nursing. This was the first time I wasn't able to get up and walk immediately, my right leg was fine but my left leg stayed asleep for HOURS. I was finally able to get up at 3 am and walk to the bathroom. The rest of my hospital stay I was kind of cold! And I hadn't brought warm enough clothes for me or baby I felt, ha, I was just assuming we'd both forever be hot the rest of our lives. Luckily I brought a sweet blanket a friend made specially for me and baby to take to the hospital, kept us warm and cozy, I wasn't warm again until we walked outside the hospital.</p><p>The rest of the hospital stay that day was easy, I felt great, baby did great nursing, nurses took the baby from about 2-5 am and I got a good chunk of sleep in to recover from the previous night. I had an epidural so it wasn't painful but it went to show me that the whole time my body was working SO HARD because I was EXHAUSTED. the whole day was pure heaven just holding my sweet new baby boy.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRWSH0fLz2l7hqTSGb-AI7WjbvUWUEl4MRsW1A7gT4ibUk_0uFl8pZMO0SHyrwcoei0g0Gtnz6H6cRM8DZhSL64KCklEe0shw0NHbBzPQf5VNbLEtTySQo-Vvz1VS7JD3diNujWT6wnZ4/s2048/IMG_4890.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRWSH0fLz2l7hqTSGb-AI7WjbvUWUEl4MRsW1A7gT4ibUk_0uFl8pZMO0SHyrwcoei0g0Gtnz6H6cRM8DZhSL64KCklEe0shw0NHbBzPQf5VNbLEtTySQo-Vvz1VS7JD3diNujWT6wnZ4/s320/IMG_4890.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Casey left in the early morning to go be with the children. Sometime in the afternoon he brought them back to see the baby. Unfortunately due to stupid covid, they could only look through the window but they were all still so cute and so excited to see him. It was a sight I'll remember forever. My mom came in after and got to meet baby boy too!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV7GxMlHmGbBIbg1sNoSogGSZ8jPzVAdrGsTg9kFRDxTDIEwB2AxEo6xRPNnjKMBIU7QvgHDpIHJ5HEYy3Y36e1j2Y2mt2-wC8XshJhqS9ZYggcEj7kAPyiyRWQM4aVY9EQUndoGWPjVQ/s2048/IMG_4913.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV7GxMlHmGbBIbg1sNoSogGSZ8jPzVAdrGsTg9kFRDxTDIEwB2AxEo6xRPNnjKMBIU7QvgHDpIHJ5HEYy3Y36e1j2Y2mt2-wC8XshJhqS9ZYggcEj7kAPyiyRWQM4aVY9EQUndoGWPjVQ/s320/IMG_4913.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8jYrBwyWDPlaWyZzHWECrxefiVXINsX0fh1Bw6ldQqItVr2vqiBQYowRXq-TQbU-g2BzxFn1wKKZRecreszJkBKkv8CikoUou3s7pUXeufqikiTW4FutwfzZ75pFJya1kp-qsNSv5m2A/s2048/IMG_4917.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8jYrBwyWDPlaWyZzHWECrxefiVXINsX0fh1Bw6ldQqItVr2vqiBQYowRXq-TQbU-g2BzxFn1wKKZRecreszJkBKkv8CikoUou3s7pUXeufqikiTW4FutwfzZ75pFJya1kp-qsNSv5m2A/s320/IMG_4917.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNvwojqlf9p6XOLSqzGl9XZl_kuvH2wZy2saGvBlI53tT8jLe8XenpgoxUnagexiOsO3v85VFg465wv2zJ1L0yTyahQGW2x08Pp57Q1ahNepomsz60EG-7f6VuA_Tp6IcV7M32uU6JMO0/s4032/IMG_4919.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNvwojqlf9p6XOLSqzGl9XZl_kuvH2wZy2saGvBlI53tT8jLe8XenpgoxUnagexiOsO3v85VFg465wv2zJ1L0yTyahQGW2x08Pp57Q1ahNepomsz60EG-7f6VuA_Tp6IcV7M32uU6JMO0/s320/IMG_4919.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-JBQ5wGoUPz6MW3X0OmWcdl4kYi-QLGqklH-z4AIIgmmpdrr5RYNFbfGpbrau12nxhqa3q05681DgFt2ybJP7zcF3mH_DgEpUGGwruS6Kq7nC5TnyDUgIJne8m4A38hEQjDDKGqCbtCM/s2048/IMG_4922.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-JBQ5wGoUPz6MW3X0OmWcdl4kYi-QLGqklH-z4AIIgmmpdrr5RYNFbfGpbrau12nxhqa3q05681DgFt2ybJP7zcF3mH_DgEpUGGwruS6Kq7nC5TnyDUgIJne8m4A38hEQjDDKGqCbtCM/s320/IMG_4922.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzFst_wG7pHwXGkH1Hw0BU0CFK2LLqqk7aZXCcaYooJZ9kYyxfMJL1ZGC0qbWPGA6t5GEo_GS9DCHhGZZDaM9LvJyjWx31hoJf0O59OKfFUeyYOY13e83rGgdoQ2AdY5evXXLLBXsnFzk/s2048/IMG_4923.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzFst_wG7pHwXGkH1Hw0BU0CFK2LLqqk7aZXCcaYooJZ9kYyxfMJL1ZGC0qbWPGA6t5GEo_GS9DCHhGZZDaM9LvJyjWx31hoJf0O59OKfFUeyYOY13e83rGgdoQ2AdY5evXXLLBXsnFzk/s320/IMG_4923.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>After watching some Olympics, trying to sleep but constantly having staff come in for various reasons I was ready to get home! Baby boy was doing great, I was doing great, When the doctor came and checked on me in the afternoon he asked "wanna go home early? Great, you can leave tonight!" So we prepared for an 11:00 pm departure! Plus I was honestly so bored in the hospital, you can only watch shows or olympics in a bed for so long, I couldn't even cuddle and snuggle the baby on my bed like I love to, it was time to go home!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRjHwrPREyM8KuOyUZjy0fUg1ybLlo5JkxfKeLhOfndyHMABjSN57gK2Lf10dUITyGcC6YnxKXRlmfsdcIdDKpUSaIdfCDbtRYd6NrdBtA8QHjXguz9uj5Wi9hTuVVf4e-_VjLph2YkYY/s2048/IMG_4938.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRjHwrPREyM8KuOyUZjy0fUg1ybLlo5JkxfKeLhOfndyHMABjSN57gK2Lf10dUITyGcC6YnxKXRlmfsdcIdDKpUSaIdfCDbtRYd6NrdBtA8QHjXguz9uj5Wi9hTuVVf4e-_VjLph2YkYY/s320/IMG_4938.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRi2v28lFjBNqLpo6pzeavNKhNVoTBHtwtzsGBK-vnHD5CGHC9uK2Ad9OK2ObrlUcy9Vs2lo00SdA8hewMBU-Q6VysSLGrU3VtST4TVbR_eVEpqzijwJMsWsKmFwp_wYXn8KIfHF1HAus/s4032/IMG_4941.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRi2v28lFjBNqLpo6pzeavNKhNVoTBHtwtzsGBK-vnHD5CGHC9uK2Ad9OK2ObrlUcy9Vs2lo00SdA8hewMBU-Q6VysSLGrU3VtST4TVbR_eVEpqzijwJMsWsKmFwp_wYXn8KIfHF1HAus/s320/IMG_4941.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHdLy65vT3qR1jb2tHH7AmUOsr_WmGP9XvMq2DzkdyFG3UwfU5G8EZfVDpN4h-xCgddDu9GvdR8oHX9LnH9ZfD9LvnO_gD4tB09VcCLrcMjsRcIDny2hmqjb3pHl0qCCQBwMPxwER4zuI/s2048/IMG_4942.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHdLy65vT3qR1jb2tHH7AmUOsr_WmGP9XvMq2DzkdyFG3UwfU5G8EZfVDpN4h-xCgddDu9GvdR8oHX9LnH9ZfD9LvnO_gD4tB09VcCLrcMjsRcIDny2hmqjb3pHl0qCCQBwMPxwER4zuI/s320/IMG_4942.JPG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4ziGds7l4kCxtFwgC5ZicLDVBXu4kT6lQDKH1pQhDFLuel-yJWfxPGjc_FRaVJrfnpPpNQnGlW9bsFNq8zhlYrK94Ou5ZBsMeIyi9vSRAbUzPx223u4A0A2tiyhFOXpH6EsYOhqKk27E/s2048/IMG_4933.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4ziGds7l4kCxtFwgC5ZicLDVBXu4kT6lQDKH1pQhDFLuel-yJWfxPGjc_FRaVJrfnpPpNQnGlW9bsFNq8zhlYrK94Ou5ZBsMeIyi9vSRAbUzPx223u4A0A2tiyhFOXpH6EsYOhqKk27E/s320/IMG_4933.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>Casey came and got me and we were home by 11:45 pm, just 25 hours after he was born. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGi5vWOgHgTJQjjwT7r1Z2s_H5UFE7m64yg7JuH7zxqTTqcxZdgAq3iNAjyLoUDWMEPGMf0DFfaJDRXqJbtrxl0kHQXmQXtka7QdrFwjcKH8OByjGWNaYNMdtRZCs0n-IxqKj-0Ac4IrI/s2048/IMG_4943.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGi5vWOgHgTJQjjwT7r1Z2s_H5UFE7m64yg7JuH7zxqTTqcxZdgAq3iNAjyLoUDWMEPGMf0DFfaJDRXqJbtrxl0kHQXmQXtka7QdrFwjcKH8OByjGWNaYNMdtRZCs0n-IxqKj-0Ac4IrI/s320/IMG_4943.JPG" width="240" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p>So nice to be in my own bed, baby boy was up every hour that night, I supplemented with a little bit of formula after a couple feedings which made him much more content. But after an hour of trying to sleep I just told Casey to go sleep downstairs, no reason he should get crappy sleep ha, we actually had him go to work the next day around 10 am to get in a few more patients he had shuffled around before he was off for his 3 day weekend.</p><p>The kids were SO excited to meet baby in the morning! I came downstairs and they were just all so so excited to see the baby in my arms and gather around me and admire and look at all his tiny details. We passed him around to everyone and they all cried for longer turns but it was so sweet to see them all together! So happy to have my 6 kids all together with me at home.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>That is the birth story of our sweet little caboose boy, Taysom! I've said it before and I'll say it again, I love all the birthing days of birthdays for my babies! The excitement, the anticipation, the support, the help from others on you, you're pretty vulnerable there in bed relying on everyone around you for help in every way. I love it all. So grateful for the doctor- the first few appointments it's just with a stranger not very often 6ish weeks apart, and by the end it's nearly every week and you're friends and he's very aware of your needs. </p><p>That's our Taysom boy's big debut story!</p><p><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(102, 102, 102); color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, Utopia, "Palatino Linotype", Palatino, serif; font-size: 13.199999809265137px;">PS- if you click the label/link below that says "birth story" you can read the other kids too</span></p><p><br /></p>Kimberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10377909191672898897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1347435161724531334.post-68428153950950187412020-12-14T15:23:00.001-06:002020-12-14T15:23:29.910-06:00Maxson's baptism<p> Maxson chose to be baptized into the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints on Saturday, December 12.</p><p>It was a beautiful day surrounded by so much family!All of our Arizona family was there as well as Brad, Nan, Tayli, and Lance and Malinda's family.</p><p>Preparation beforehand (mainly for my benefit to read next time before the twins baptism)- bought a $20 etsy kit for all things printed- definitely not something I'd normally do but glad I did for this special occasion. I bought this kit from etsy (and future reference kimber, here's the link to edit it for future boy baptisms). I asked Max to write down his testimony and that's what i had on the back of the program. We bought him a new suit from Target (size 10)- it was too big, go figure. My mom and dad gifted him a new tie with little Moroni's all over it and an embroidered towel. I took pictures of him the day before- wish i had gotten them done a week or 2 prior...oh well. I ordered subs from Walmart- for 43 people i got two 6 ft subs, they said one 6 ft sub feeds 20-25 people, it seemed like we almost had half left! You can order the subs in 3 ft platters... My childhood friend, Amber, now lives by me, and made the cutest cupcakes and cookies. So so so nice of her to do that for me! Took lots of stress off my back. Remember to bring extra underwear for Casey and child and hair gel and a comb. Part of that etsy kit was little cards for people to write thoughts on for Max- I had family write on those while Max and Casey were gettin changed out of wet clothes. </p><p>The actual baptism program was beautiful. Sis Jobe played the piano and it was literally all family in the room except Bro and Sis Jobe- so glad they would come for it and Bordy and Tanner who snuck in the back. First Papa spoke on baptism and the covenant we make of being a representative of Jesus Christ and just like people know part of your character because of your last name because they know family members of yours, it's the same way as being a Christian- you have qualities of Christ and people know parts about you before they really know you. It was really really sweet.</p><p>All the cousins got up and sang "I will be what i believe" Max loves that song so much. Annalee has gotten so big, I can't believe it. She's a teenager up there with all the little kids, she held Summer the whole time. It was so sweet to finally hear singing and be surrounded by so many children! Jaden too looked old, ha. But Max was beaming in his white clothes surrounded by all the family members singing a song he knows and loves.</p><p>Then Grandpa Cutler spoke on the Holy Ghost- he told a story of Grandpa Cutler being lost in the snowy woods with fog all around, even though he wasn't a typical praying guy, he prayed when he was scared and after walking a bit where he couldn't tell he just followed his feelings the clouds withdrew for a second and saw the surroundings and could find his way back through the fog. The Holy Ghost will be a constant companion. He also shared the beauty of Max, Casey, Brad, and Grandpa all having D's in their name. And he also shared the signifcance and numbers that today Max will receive the Holy Ghost from his father, and 27 years ago Casey reeiceved the Holy Ghost from his father, and 54 years ago Brad received the holy ghost from his father, and 75 years he received the Holy Ghost from his father. A beautiful example of the tradition of faith deep in the roots of Maxson's blood.</p><p>Max was then baptized by his father, who holds the Melkhesidic priesthood. The cousins surrounded the glass so I could barely see, ha. But Max had this closed face smile on and it was so sweet seeing him come out all wet and clean, it was a really special moment.</p><p>He was quite cold when he got out but his towel was nice and fluffy to use.</p><p>Grammy Cutler then shared some words and was emotional, I didn't hear what she said though and everyone filled out their little papers.</p><p>They came out all freshly dressed and I got to give Max a big hug and was so proud of him. The priesthood circle then formed and Max was confirmed a member of the church by his dad, 2 grandpas, 4 uncles, and 1 great uncle. It was tender looking over there at the love of brotherhood and God in that circle.</p><p>Casey then bore his testimony, and was very emotional, I haven't seen him emotional like that in awhile it was sweet. he talked about how the Holy Ghost relay shaped hi life, and there's a lot of brothers in the room, and the bond of brothers is something really special and how Uncle Cody was there when Casey had his first real experience with the Holy Ghost and he'll never forget that. It was just super super sweet.</p><p>After the closing prayer, we took pictures and came back to our house for lunch, everyone was so crazy helpful, Malinda, my mom and Nan helped so much on getting the food table ready, Blair was helping take pictures, Camille was surely helping me in there too. Kids were playing and laughing lots outside running through the house, on the swing, it was just a perfect afternoon. So happy for Max to be an office member of the church </p>Kimberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10377909191672898897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1347435161724531334.post-27075070251736361882020-05-24T11:41:00.000-05:002020-06-03T23:42:39.387-05:00Time to start dusting off the old blogThe first 2 years after the twins were born life was HARD at times. So intense with babies crying and who knows what Maz was doing, I turned to my blog and wrote and wrote and wrote. I think it was extremely therapeutic. When I had a hard day- I wrote about it. And I found some positivity things about the day amid writing of all the awful things that went on too. I think I need to start doing that agin. It seems like everyday i s a hard day for me, for the kids, for Casey. And this time it's hard for 7 people instead of like 1 before. It's all the hardness back in those years plus cooking way more, cleaning way more, fighting way more, patience divided between so many little kids way more, bills way more, uncertain future way more, just so much more and it seems like it's caving in on me now.<br />
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So blog, now I turn to thee for some therapy.<br />
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Let's talk about Home Church. We are on week 9:<br />
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Yes Come Follow me was 1000% heaven directed, its has made the transition so much more seamless. It was cute at first, and slowly each week got worse and worse and worse- ever declining and that's been really hard. Hard because "church" isn't necessarily something go look forward to now. Hard because others around me say it's the best part of their week and so amazing with their family and beautiful and wonderful and I'm over here yelling at the kids just be still for 10 minutes out of their whole week. Instead there's crying, someone won't get properly dressed, they want to be on the overboard regardless of my threatening them, Summer screams to get down and wrecks the Sacrament bread and water, Easton wonders on and off the couch, in and out of the room the entire time. It's just another thing for me to fight my kids on.<br />
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How schooling went:<br />
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At first yes it was cute and the kids were eager to do it at home and listen and be good, and then, just like church, it gradually fell apart. Quinn crying that he hated coloring, Max insisting that all he do was listen to books being read to him or play games on the computer- don't you dare ask for him to write on paper with real words, it will be the end of the world. Easton wants to have some type of schoolwork too- crying at my side. And don't for get the almost 1 year old vying for my attention too<br />
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That's as far as I am getting...people are whining for meKimberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10377909191672898897noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1347435161724531334.post-83127801810597152952020-04-21T17:01:00.001-05:002020-04-21T23:57:47.080-05:00Summer is one!One year with our baby girl Summer and it's be so fun!<br />
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-She's given affection by everyone all day long, poor girl gets kissed and hugged to death daily<br />
-Girlfriend SCREAMS like cray cray when something go snot going her way, i.e. she's hungry, she's done in her high chair, she wants more food in her high chair, she's tired, she wants you to pick her up, you went outside without her.<br />
-She loves to play peekaboo herself and it's so flipping adorable. Hiding behind her hands or a blanket, or putting her head into the carpet, I just love it.<br />
-She started walking a little on her first birthday. Before then she would unwilling take 1-2 steps out of surprise when we tricked her into doing so and then wouldn't do it again. On her birthday she took 5-7 steps! But then the days following she wouldn't walk again, ha, different mold than her brothers that's for sure! But she does love to hold my hand and walk everywhere.<br />
-She wants to be wherever the boys are.<br />
-She constantly goes crawling outside all by herself. Bear crawling lately too.<br />
-She puts everything in her mouth all the time, ha. She especially loves to find lego wheels.<br />
-Obsessed with her bottle of milk and binkie<br />
-Says dada and mama, not so much on command though, mostly mama when she's mad and dada when she's happy babbling<br />
-Signs all done frantically-happily. We're working on please right now.<br />
-Crawls up the stair all the time. Can climb down by herself once you flip her around-she hasn't quite mastered the flipping around herself yet part<br />
-Bounces in excitement on her knees which I love.<br />
-Takes 1-2 naps depending on the day<br />
-Is entranced by her bow organizer and pulling the bows off.<br />
-Loves to steal our phones and put it to her face<br />
-Loves to steal the remote, touch buttons and look at the tv and then goes ballistic when you take the remote away from her.<br />
-Constantly being toted around by the big brothers, she tries to hold on for dear life on the twins since they're not the best at holding her properly. Looks pretty happy and comfy in Max's arms, and hates when Easton tries to lug her around from behind.<br />
-Has enough hair to put in a tiny ponytail on the top of her head, although we've only done it 1-2 times so far, we mostly just stick to bow headbands.<br />
-Says "Hi" all the time- strangers at a store, seeing mom or dad again after a long time, seeing herself in a camera. It's little sweet and short high pitched hi and i die every time.<br />
-So good at giving kisses on command. So often when i give her a copious amount of kisses she the gives a big open mouthed kiss in return.<br />
22lb 8 oz<br />
29 in tall<br />
-Kimberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10377909191672898897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1347435161724531334.post-20184462129104122892019-04-27T12:20:00.000-05:002020-01-09T11:05:01.548-06:001st week with summer girlThe first week with our Summer girl has been the absolute best! I'm just so happy she's here and I'm so happy to not be pregnant anymore. She has been a dream boat baby: so darling, eating so well, willing to take a bottle when needed, sleeps really well and for long stretches at night and during the day, is content with being passed around from brother to brother constantly. I'm so happy she's here and apart of our family!<br />
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My mother in law has been the biggest blessing since her birth, she's taken my 3 little boys to her house for 3 days nearly all day long to play and sleep over there so Summer and I can figure out the day together of eating and sleeping (and for me not having to break up fights and whining and arguments constantly ha, or find activities for the boys to do). It's been the best transition to welcoming her into our family. The boys are all home after school until dinner time and then Nan takes them back to her house to sleep, and Maxson then has a fit about not getting to to go to Grammie's with everyone, ha, poor kid. He's actually slept on the floor in our room the nights the brothers are gone because he doesn't like being in the room by himself- he's not used to it at all!<br />
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I've had the sweetest friends and neighbors and family members check in on me, asking if I need anything, bringing in meals, cooing over my baby. Summer and I have felt so loved!<br />
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Recovery has been pretty darn easy yet again with her. Having a very awful first delivery makes all the rest incredibly easy ha. I got a rash on my arm and back where the tape was holding in my IV and epidural, so that's weird but it's slowly going away. My insides feel super loose, and I have no inner core to help me in and out of bed. My ankles and legs have appeared once again and it's AMAZING! That right there is the biggest self esteem boost reminding you that you can be smaller than your current size again someday, there is hope!<br />
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2 days after Summer came we closed on our home in Arizona! So so exciting! I am so crazy excited for our new home and know it will be so wonderful for our family over the next few years, I'm hoping it can be our 10 year home that the kids can grow up in. It's in a cup-de-sac with a HUGE grass field right across the street with a volleyball court and basketball court. I truly could not have imagined anything better for our family. On day 3 during our housing search I was crying to Casey wondering if I need to have lower expectations for our budget, I wasn't finding something I fell in LOVE with and was kind of getting disappointed. I had seen well over 20 homes without LOVING anything. ON day 4 this was the first house I walked through and it was honestly LOVE at first sight. The downside was no pool, and no large upstairs loft area but there were so many other PROS to the house that you can't buy that the things it didn't have didn't matter. I am IN LOVE with our home and can't wait to raise our family in it!<br />
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So 2 major life changes down, 3 more to go in a matter of a couple more months! Still to check off the list: Sell our Wyoming house, move down to Arizona, buy into the dental practices. Whew, we're working our way there!<br />
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Also it kind of stinks WHEN we're moving down to AZ, we're going from the worst of Wyoming weather straight to the worst of Arizona weather without much reprieve, I hope we can stay happy through it all!<br />
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Let's do an update on the family:<br />
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Summer the most adorable baby as possible.<br />
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Easton equally adorable. He's also now GINORMOUS now that Summer is here. His head for instance- HUGE. Diapers- why is he not potty trained? Kidding, ha. But he is my one that is growing up so fast. He's stringing 3-4 words together expressing his wants and wishes. Has deep opinions on subjects such as food (eww), bikes (mine!), the baby (lap!...all done), daddy (no! My daddy!). I'm just so obsessed with him. He let's me know if and when he's ready to take a nap each day. If he takes a long nap he hangs out with me and Casey for awhile after everyone goes to bed and it's so sweet to have just him around. He is super athletic- always trying to kick a soccer ball, dribble the basketball, ride his bike around the house, bat the baseball like everyone else or throw some type of ball to you in the house. He also runs super fast , still trailing, to keep up with his brothers when they're running off. I love love love his whole little heart. Oh, and he's constantly giving you kisses and hugs throughout the day. He's so affectionate I just love it! And he loves baby Summer- always so gentle and asking to hold her, or somehow lovingly bothering her while she sleeps. I adore him<br />
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Quinn just got his cast off and woke up that morning yelling "THIS IS THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE!" When it came time to actually taking the cast off he cried through the whole thing lol. He loved swim lessons but did not want to go off the diving board. He's always super excited to play soccer and ride his bike outside . He sleeping on the top bunk and loves to get out his new preschool work book to do "homework". He can sure make a loud annoying crying noise that can get on your nerves but will listen to my voice when I tell him to take big deep breaths and tell me what happened. He's always eager to help me in the kitchen and pack and do big kid things. He got a cool frisbee from Easter and loves it and calls it his boomerang. Quinn is our intense, in your face, matter of fact boy.<br />
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Bryson has so much of the same stuff from above! They are so much alike each other yet subtle differences that only a mama heart can see. He loved swim lessons and loved to go off the diving board. He's always super excited to play soccer and ride his bike outside and always puts rain boots on . He sleeping on the bottom bunk and loves to get out his new preschool work book to do "homework". He likes to remind me of my "fish" something we did from Come Follow Me to help Mama not yell. He loves helping in the kitchen and is so willing to unload the dishwasher and help me pack. He got a cool huge ball from Easter and loves and kicks it around the house all the time when I tell him not to. Bryson is our singer, dancer, and giggler<br />
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They both love and dislike preschool. THey're always happy when it's over but sometimes don't want to go because that's usually their movie time or they're playing together so well and don't want to stop. They are both really great adventurous eaters and try most food I give them. When they have a hard time eating we play rock paper scissors.<br />
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Maxson is rocking Kindergarten. I'm so glad I've been able to help in his class this year to see how he's doing with the teacher, other kids, academically, what he's like around his peers and me simultaneously, it's all really fun. Academically he's soaring, gets his work done super fast and it's super easy for him, great reader, great listener, the teacher trusts him, he's kind to others, quick to obey, just one of those top notch students. When I come around he's overly huge and clingy and lovey to me, ha. I'm glad he likes when I'm around. He is so competitive, I feel like I've been saying he's so competitive for years but that's his thing. Racing, winning, sports, getting dressed, everything is a competition, so when he loses, his whole world falls apart and he turns into a tantrumy 2 year old, sigh, we're working on it. He can be the world's greatest kindest big brother and immediately turn into the teasing, and mean bully. He's fueled by rewards systems and they work so well for him. He's so independent and I can count on him a lot. He can get ready for school completely by himself- make lunch, get breakfast, backpack, etc. It's crazy to see him growing up so much and so fast. Also he's a great big brother to Summer already, always asking to hold her and holds her for a long time.<br />
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Casey is the freaking dad champ. So fun for the kids, always willing to play sports outside, wrestle inside, let the kids play video games at Grammie's way more than mom would, plays some little battle game on his phone that the kids get excited for him when he gets a new guy, feeds the kids love for rock band and fun songs on his phone. He works so hard for our family and is so on top of life. When a phone call needs to be made he does it RIGHT THEN AND THERE, no wait time. (Literally, we're in the hospital before I'm anywhere close to having the baby and he call my Dr's office to pay for it, as well as calling 3 different other places for the bill to be paid off that day). It has helped immensely with buying our new home- he's our rock and my life would be 25% functional without him here. He values family time so much, our own little family and then extended family as well. He sees the need for friends like I do and works to improve relationships, build new friends, and keep old ones going. In the past year we have become <i>really awesome</i> friends with Carey and Amanda Larson who live down the street with their almost 18 month old baby girl. They play spike ball with us, constantly come over at night after all the kids are in bed and the 4 of us just sit on the couch and talk and laugh and sometimes play games. It's been so fun to have another couple friend we both love. He carries the burden for our family financially, so aware of our needs, goals, dreams and just where we are at, all the time. He's such a great provider for our family<br />
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I am adjusting to life with 5 kids SUPER slowly. The first 2+ weeks of Summer's life I'll pretty much always have help from someone with all the other kids- from Casey, Nan, or my mom. It's been such a peaceful transition to a new baby and I'm ever so grateful for everyone's help. I Can't help but want to hold Summer all day long, I just am obsessed with new babies. I am on Marco Polo a lot of the day with a few different girlfriend groups which is so fun.Kimberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10377909191672898897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1347435161724531334.post-74913869687037771942019-04-24T14:42:00.002-05:002019-04-25T11:56:01.011-05:00Our Summer girl is hereI scheduled an induction date for as early as possible because a) I was huge and miserable b) I could c) all my other inductions- especially Easton's which was completely elective- all went great, specifically the twins and Easton (max was awful ha). So at promptly 39 weeks on the dot, April 19, we scheduled it, yahoo!<br />
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April 18<br />
The night before was hectic, it was the first day of soccer for everyone, dinner plans kind of fell through so we scrambled to pick up some pizza on the way to soccer. After soccer at 7:30 we still had to pack all the kids stuff. After packing up I drove them to Casey's parents house in Green River for them to spend the next couple days over there. Casey stayed home and cleaned up our crazy messy house so it would be ready for showings potentially if we were gone. Making the house perfect is EXHAUSTING, bless his heart for doing that. I stopped at the grocery store to pick up last minute Easter stuff and milk and hospital treats. We were both dog tired by the end of the night and didn't go to bed until about 11 or later, whew.<br />
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April 19<br />
5:45 am- bright and early wake up call to get ready to leave for the hospital. Casey gave me a blessing- we packed the car with our 2 bags (WAY less crap than we had with Maxson haha)<br />
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6:20 am- leave the house for the hospital that is about an hour and 15 minutes away<br />
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6:35 am- stop at an exit in Green River to hide a grocery bag of shoes for Easton since we forgot to send him to Grammie's house with shoes, ha<br />
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Casey and I had great conversations the whole way to Evanston, talked about the baby, the house, work, the kids, dreams, concerns. It was nice way to start the day together like that. We listened to Florida Georgia Line just about the whole way there and we loved it<br />
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7:45 arrive at the hospital- we were supposed to be there at 7:30, oh well. Then we had to fill out paperwork which took until 8:15, goodness. So finally walked over to labor and delivery at 8:15 and started getting the whole process going! Changed into my gown, more paperwork, chatting with nurses.<br />
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I was the only patient in their area all day long, it was so nice and quiet, ha. My nurses were Chelsea and Megan and they were both fantastic. I sufficiently scared them and told them how difficult I was to stick for an IV. Of the past 3 deliveries, no nurse has been able to get the IV in my arm, only in my hand which is way uncomfortable to then try to use for the next 24 hoursish. Each time they've poked me between 2-6times to get the IV in and it's awful. So after that whole story she closely examined my arms and hands and veins and pushing and checking for about 20 minutes- she tried once in my arm and got it! I was so proud of her and happy for me! So we definitely started the morning off well!!!!!<br />
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8:45 we got me on antibiotics since I tested positive for strep B and also started pitocin. All day long my blood pressure was high, which is normal for the end of my pregnancies, hanging in the 140-150/90 range.<br />
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9:15 Dr Hansen came in, checked me, I was still at a 2+ a little from my appointment with him on Monday but he couldn't feel her head at all like he had on Monday, worried that she may have flipped he got the ultrasound machine out, checked only to find I had a full bladder. So after peeing, and getting checked again, her head was indeed down low enough and he could confidently break my water. Again, from warning them that I have a had a TON of fluid in the past they were better prepared for it with multiple towels and kept changing them out quite often. From there on we started watching Friends and it was just a waiting game! We started with the "Pivot" episode and laughed so much.<br />
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Casey and I have watched Friends during every hospital delivery. We've watched the whole thing before so know what's going on however much we (I) are or are not paying close attention. It's light hearted and funny and a great way for us to pass the time since they're small episodes.<br />
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12:45 2nd round of antibiotics is given and now I'm safe to deliver, they were giving me pitocin very slowly before this time so I wouldn't risk delivering too early. The nurse checks me and I'm at a 5. Dr Hansen suggests you get to a 4 before your epidural to not slow down the process. And now that contractions are getting more frequent and intense, not awful yet, I opt in for the epidural, because, hey why not! It just makes the process easier for me ha. That needle sure stings and gives you a big tinge of pain but you know it's worth it. No drop in blood pressure afterwards and a very smooth epidural process.<br />
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1:45 the epidural is done and I'm laying back in my bed pretty flat- ZERO pain in my back and feet and rest of my body which is far from what I've experienced the last 5 months. I quickly and easily shut my eyes and rest- not fully asleep but definitely happily tired for the next 3 hours. This was the first epidural that for majority of the beginning of it and then after I had the baby I was shaking a lot from being cold and the adrenaline of it all pumping through my body, lots of shaking haha.<br />
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2:45 dilated to a 8<br />
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3:45 still an 8, 90% effaced, and -1. She then brings out this large peanut ball- it's a large exercise ball shaped like a peanut- put it between my knees and says it will help<br />
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4:08- checks me and I'm at a 9 and +1<br />
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4:15 I'm feeling all the pressure I'm familiar with to call in the nurses and tell them I'm ready to go. Over the next 15+ minutes they get everything moving and grooving and set up to deliver. At this point I'm so freaking grateful for that epidural. Still feeling all the pressure but I'm more than happy for the contractions to continue pushing baby girl down further and further to make my pushing that much easier. We laugh about figuring out some background music but couldn't quite put our fingers on it. Playing Push It by Salt and pepper appeared once as a joke though, ha.<br />
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Dr Hansen comes in so chill, seats himself sideways at the edge of my bed, and says "let's make this birthday party happen". With one light push out comes her head, he tells me to stop, turns her a little, and the second push (again, I really didn't even have to push at all) out comes her shoulders and rest of her body, easy peasy!<br />
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4:38 Baby girl Cutler has officially been born! They lay her straight on my chest and I hold and gush over her for the next long while! (Re-watching a small video of her immediately on my chest you can hear the doctor say "You could have 5 or 6 more of those, she almost pushed herself out" ha, no thank you!) Casey cuts the chord- the placenta takes a little longer to deliver but still comes out easily just not as easy as her. 1 small stitch is put in and I'm good to go! They clean her up just a little bit more, we start skin to skin and nursing right away, she wasn't the quickest latch but still got going and figured it out. It was just nice and quiet and easy and a wonderful anticipated birth. I just kept saying "hi baby" over and over again. Small tears in my eyes realizing she was finally here and safe in my arms. So freaking happy.<br />
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5:30 they take her to the warming station, clean her off more, weigh her coming in at 7 lbs 5 oz- far off from the 12 lb baby Dr Hansen joked I'd have because I had gained so much weight (60 lbs!) and my uterus was always measuring larger than I was in weeks (41 cm when I was 38 weeks). She was 20.5 inches long and I have no clue on the head, ha. She was absolutely beautiful and perfect in every way! Dr Alan Brown came in as the pediatrician to look at her. His wife, Kate, is one of my most best friends and they moved away from RS to Evanston about a year ago so it was so fun to have him come in and look Summer over. And then at night Kate came and visited me for over and hour which was oh so fun! During this time I ate dinner too which although I wasn't hungry I knew I should eat and it was a good things because I kept eating and eating and eating, ha. Once she was all cleaned up and given back to us we decided on her name- Summer Cutler.<br />
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We face-timed the boys and they were over the moon happy to see her and hear she was here finally and learn what her name was. I nursed her once more and then from 6-7:30 I slept. Man I was so exhausted! I didn't personally work hard but apparently my body had, ha, and my want to sleep showed it.<br />
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Also to be remembered- this was the first warm day Wyoming has had in 6+ months- everyone said it finally felt like summer outside! Getting up towards 70, I had multiple friends get sunburnt from the time they spent outside. So it seems like our little Summer brought some summer with her :)<br />
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7:50 I call in the nurses and tell them I'd like to try and get up- shuffled my way to the bathroom with their help and got all cleaned up. It was so nice to be standing again, I hadn't in hours! We moved to the post partum rooms and it was lots of sleeping and resting and nursing, and holding the baby from there.<br />
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April 20<br />
12:00 Brad and Nan brought the boys over to Evanston to meet their new baby sister! And man they were so all so freaking cute about it. I relished in watching themHe videos we have of them all are just so darling.<br />
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5:30 we ate a quick dinner and drove home from there! Bada boom! I remember being so scared on the drive home with Maxson, a whole 12 minutes. I cried while sitting in the back seat of the car with him worrying about if we got in a car accident if we'd be safe, making sure he was happy on the ride home, just WORRYING! Baby girl got the 5th child treatment: carseat in the back, me in the front, and for the long hour plus drive she happily slept and I happily and not a bit worried sat in the front and talked with Casey. I think I only checked on her once or twice. Truly, I become a better parent in so many ways each time I have a baby.<br />
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We are over the moon excited she is here. Yes it is fun and a tiny different to have a baby girl in the family but it's the same over abundance of love I've experienced each time before. I love her deeply and am so excited for the girl she will grow and become.<br />
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Side note- I LOVED delivering in Evanston, not only because I feel like I received really awesome care from my Dr and nurses but because it was really nice being the ONLY labor and delivery patient, ha! It was really nice to be so well cared for and all the attention on me, as vain as that sounds. I was my Dr's main priority that day as well as all the staff (meaning all 2 nurses) but it was just a quaint little birth and I loved it. If I have another baby I would want to drive to Evanston to deliver again it was such a great experience ( not like I'd actually do that but that's how much I loved it)<br />
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Also reflecting back on all my birth stories, Ive decided that I really love giving birth, like the birthdays of all my kids are some of the best days of my life. Everyone cheering for you to have a baby, caring about you and your new baby, attentive to how you're feeling, taking care of all your needs so you can focus on baby or getting through whatever pain you're dealing with during labor. It feels like you finally become great friends with your Dr that you've been seeing over all the past 6+ months. I love baby delivery days, I know, I'm weird. Through all the pain I've experienced on those days, I'd live them over again easily...Ok maybe except Max, that one not so easily<br />
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PS- if you click the label/link below that says "birth story" you can read the other kids too😊Kimberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10377909191672898897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1347435161724531334.post-14558434961101093172019-03-03T14:47:00.000-06:002019-04-24T14:51:56.264-05:0032 weeks pregnant with baby girl!It's funny, my twin pregnancy was so drastically hard from my first pregnancy with Max that it made my 3rd pregnancy, Easton's, seem crazy easy! Even though I was uncomfortable at the end it was still way easier than begin pregnant with twins. So now my 4th pregnancy, baby girl, seems so difficult because my last memory was that pregnancy is easy! Ha!<br />
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Lots of back pain. I don't know what it is but from early on, my back began hurting, darn it. I've been using KT tape on my belly which I do think has helped it. It made it go from excruciating painful back ache all day to just a tired feeling all day. I can deal with tired feeling. I've been trying to do back exercises, again, may or may not help. And then on days it's awful and take Tylenol and use deep blue.<br />
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Chubbiness. Just turn me green and call me Princess Fiona. Holy cow my whole body has slowly gotten quite chubby everywhere, lol. I've heard people complain about getting fat during pregnancy and I've always thought "well duh, there's a baby in your belly, your stomach is going to get fatter!" Sure you may gain a little fat through out but I just thought they were talking about their stomachs. No. They were really talking about an overall body fatness and I can relate! Ha! My arms and my legs have been huge indicators that the baby weight gain has not just been to my stomach. The face shows it, but face always has. My love handles and back have shown it more! So here's to crossing my fingers the "baby weight" comes off as easily this time as it has in the past 😣<br />
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I'll be sitting down for however long and when I stand up it's like I suddenly have to pee NOW, ha. No hints of that feeling when sitting.<br />
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Picking up the house is not fun, it's not awful yet, but not comfortable. I beg the boys to pick up the floor and just put it on the couch so I can help put it away comfortably too<br />
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It is so uncomfortable to lay down! I toss and turn most of the night from side to side, bathroom breaks, I'm always hot it seems, take Tums in the middle of the night with this crazy new sensation of pregnancy heart burn I have never experienced!<br />
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I know that at 32 weeks all these things I'm feeling will only get worse but still, it doesn't feel good with them even at this level, lol. It could be way worse after talking to friends (vomitting, varicose veins, gestational diabetes, high risk pregnancy things) so much worse, so I'm feeling like I should be grateful for the problems I do have. It's like Pres Uchtdorf's talk "being grateful in your circumstances" haha.<br />
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The boys are so understanding of mama's belly and me being pregnant. Mostly very willing to give me back and foot massages even if they don't do much good, ha. Love to tell people about me being pregnant, ask to see the baby app to see how big the baby is. Easton still calls himself the baby. When you point to everyone in the room and ask him to say their name he says "baby" when we point to him, ha. But he also points to my tummy and says baby. It's really cute.<br />
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I love babies. I love that I have been gifted with the chance to be pregnant with multiple babies and multiple times. It is so coll having a sweet little baby kicking in your tummy all day long. It's like your little buddy that no one knows about. A special relationship between just you and them. She is so wiggly and I love feeling her kicks :)<br />
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The night before we got home about 9:15 from our trip to Lake Tahoe for Tayli's wedding. SO the kids didn't go to bed until about 10! Poor Max did NOT get the best night's sleep before his first day of school haha. I had to really coax him to wake up at 7 because I knew he still needed a bath (hadn't had one in like 3 days ha, we did play in the lake a lot so he was cleanish, right?) I knew I wanted to do pictures and get early to walk him over with our being rushed.<br />
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He was so excited. He picked out his clothes (a simple blue shirt and tan shorts), we made lunch (pb&j sandwich, granola bar, apples, apple juice). His hair looked great and he was so ready for Kindergarten!<br />
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Drop off came and he easily spotted his teacher, got in line when they asked, gave me big hug, and happy smile wave and off he went, as easy as that! Honestly it was easy for him and me, he was just so so ready.<br />
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I hope he can make some friends. I hope he can be kind, and learn to lose without throwing a fit. I hope he can be a helper to others and a friend to those who needs a friend. I hope he grows and learns and finds friends who can help him choose the right.<br />
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Casey got to come with us to pick him up from Kindergarten, and he was kind of dance-bouncing-hopping his way out with a BIG smile on so happy to see us! I was so happy to see him<br />
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Unfortunately he described the day as boring and dumb without too many details. He said no one played with him at recess. Lunch was fast. He didn't do anything fun. There were no toys. All he did was write his name. Ha, hopefully his attitude improves as the days and months go on haha.Kimberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10377909191672898897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1347435161724531334.post-72683506373958270842018-06-19T23:31:00.002-05:002018-06-19T23:31:48.256-05:00MOther's Day<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
You know what I miss most about blogging? Getting the share ALL the photos I take of my kids. My big camera takes such beautiful photos but I can't keep up on them! If I can't keep up on them and share them why take so many, ya know?</div>
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Here's some of the adorable Mother's Day videos that I really really love. I love being mom. I love being THEIR mom. </div>
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This picture sums of my life of motherhood I try to pretend we have it all together like dressing nice for a photo a finding good lighting but my boys have other ideas of showing people what our life is like. Can anyone say CHEESE.</div>
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Easton isn't on this blog much but man oh freaking man, he's adorable.</div>
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Mr. Maxson. And NO he is not that tall compared to me! When I first saw this photo I was like "No way! He's that tall????? But I remembered, a step." Ha. But he is growing up so much!!!!!<br />
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It was such a fabulous mother's day with my crew. I felt so richly blessed (a 2 hour nap definitely helps in that department ;)Caseyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00700866574862162386noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1347435161724531334.post-12943116768457517372018-03-04T09:36:00.000-06:002018-03-04T09:36:05.625-06:00Glimpse of the Cutler Feb 2018Casey- has been having some fabulous weeks at work lately. There's no office drama, everyone is awesome. His boss is super nice, he's become a fabulous dentist. He coached the 3 boy's soccer team this year and was so fabulous. He's a really fun kids coach. He's been working out pretty consistently since before January and I'm proud of him. He mainly did Insanity for the longest time but has recently started doing my BBG workouts which has been a great changed for him. This week he's taking a new disability insurance test and I've been laughing so hard because all day he just talks about how he's hungry and he wants to eat so much sugar food, even if it's not apart of what we're talking about in the moment, it's so so funny. Bless that man's heart.<br />
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Kimber- I've been doing an 8 week health challenge with fiends and it's been really eye opening. I've lost 4 lbs over all these weeks but more importantly I've realized some Health changes in my life 1) not saying yes to every dessert offered to me or not eating a gargantuan amount of sweets when they're offered to me. You can get by easily with just 1 cookie. Going to bed earlier. It's been fabulous getting to bed earlier and getting a lot more sleep. I'm finding myself really wanting 9 hours of sleep in my time of life. I've been cracking away at my New Year's goals and it's been awesome to really accomplish things I've set out to do. I've been hard core sticking to my to-do list and budget which again, I get so much more accomplished! I like being more efficient!<br />
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together- Casey and I have been watching Hart of Dixie a lot together, we like it, we did tons of Olympic watching recently too. We go to the movies a lot because we got these movie passes from his boss. It's been super fun to have free dates and see all the new movies that have been coming out! We work out together 2-3 times a week in the morning and the other days to separate workouts, I really like exercising with him.<br />
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Max- Max is becoming quite the young boy. asking so many question than before. He's so inquisitive. He's loving learning to read. He loves all things social: preschool, church, soccer, playgroup. He loves being with others. He's always trying to play parent to the twins, other times he's their best friend leading the posse around. When he gets in trouble he gets so sad and broken hearted. But sometimes he is just so dog gone mean to his brothers! He's a great helper, beginning to do big boy chores like vacuum the house, it's so incredibly helpful. Oh man I love him like crazy!<br />
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Bryson- Bryson is so so funny. His laugh is so infectious. He's always wanting to help me in the kitchen or help me in general. He's so mischievous making messes on walls or getting into things he shouldn't. When I come up on him he'll say "Im not making bad choices. Don't be mad!" haha. He has this squinty face that's oh so cute. He'll just lay and cuddle with me some morning and LOVES books being read to him. He very much identifies with being Captain America, he's always playing with Quinn pretending to be a tiger or PJ mask or rescue bot to save someone or get some bad guy. I love watching him play and he's so endearing. He's is just so so sweet, I can't imagine life without him<br />
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Quinn- Quinny is so funny. He's "mean" face is constantly on his face. Haha, he's always mean looking when he's talking to someone but I think he's just serious and doesn't understand, ha. He always stick out his lips when he talks to you and furrows his brow. He loves all things super heros and thoroughly identifies with being Spiderman, so funny. He loves being a character of whatever show we're watching or book we're reading. He's a tender spirit when he gets in trouble but has no problem being mean to others. He's still obsessed with milk. He was quite tenacious in soccer when he wan'Quinn is a good cuddle and can be so sweet! When he poops in the morning while I'm still sleeping, he comes in and whispers to me "mommy I'm done pooping" instead of yelling from the bathroom, haha. He's definitely in the whiney stage and cried often because Max is being most likely but I love him like crazy and am so so happy he's mine<br />
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Easton- 14 months and freaking cute as none else. He finally has gotten with the program of using sign language and I love it! Always signing Please and sometimes doing all done and now I'm starting to teach him more. He's oh so so so cute! He loves making us laugh. If he gets a reaction out of you he's going to keep doing it and it's adorable. He gives the best hugs and kisses! I can never get enough! Seeing him hug his brothers so lovingly is so so so heartwarming!!!!!! He's finally a great sleeper! And sleeps through the night 6/7 days a week if not more. Up until like 13 months we were getting up and giving him bottle of milk at lie 4 or 5 in the morning and I kept wondering, when is this going to end?!?!?! But it did, thankfully. He has 4 top teeth, 3 bottom ones, and all his molars are beginning to come in!! Crazy boy! He constantly wants to be held by me and seeing exactly what I'm doing in the kitchen. He's at that whine by your feet in the kitchen stage, by 1 doing that is pretty easy! I love love love him. He's a follower of his brothers. Wherever they go he's going and it's so adorable!Kimberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10377909191672898897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1347435161724531334.post-11040182189961892852018-01-04T08:53:00.000-06:002018-03-04T08:54:00.207-06:00Christmas 2017Christmas 2017 was go go go this year with a little bit of good old fashioned cousin sickness thrown in there, ha. We drove through the night to get to AZ which forever and always, especially with young kids will be the best thing we ever do. Granny just got a trampoline which was so much fun for them all the jump outside in warm weather!<br />
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We hammered out our POGO pass this time around too. We did the zoo, bowling, urban jungle, airtime, the idea museum and all were so worth the time and effort involved! We also did lots of parks including the new big one by the Mesa temple, Pioneer park, that they've recently updated and redone, it was definitely a cool one. We did spook hill hike and Falcon Hill hike with Weston's family.<br />
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This time around we were able to spend A TON of time with the actual family in Arizona which was so awesome! Logan and Scott's families were with us or came up to Granny and Papa's house a lot so that was so very enjoyable to be with them so much. We so appreciate their time and effort to do that.<br />
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Both Christmas Eve and Christmas Day were spend with the family eating food, children playing and talking a lot as adults. Cody and Camille came up for a little bit on Christmas Eve too and my kids so very much enjoyed that! We did our annual silly string fight which some kids loved and some hated, namely Britton, ha. Bryson was sick during it :( Quinn didn't like it unless you were helping him. Max was a pro. Granny also did a piñata which everyone loved! Bad parenting moment: Max missed the first 10 minutes of it because we forgot him in timeout, I felt so guilty!<br />
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Casey jumped in the pool Christmas night and it surprised everyone and made us all laugh so much. Then after a daytime hike I, Kimber, jumped in and surprised everyone immensely! Ha, um it was so so freaking cold! Take your breath away cold! In my frantically frazzled state to get out I jammed my toe and it hurt so so bad!<br />
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It was such a fabulous Christmas! The weather was amazing, like so so nice out, INCREDIBLE! There was a lot of sickness unfortunately, Scott had influenza, Weston's family accidentally brought down a throwing up bug and spread it around a lot, Max and Easton got hand foot and mouth and passed it on to others, granny and others had significant colds, but we're all alive so it's ok!<br />
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And surprisingly to everyone, Scott got put in the bishopric! We all got to go to his sustaining and it was a wonderful spiritually high moment to end the trip. It was eye opening to feel the Spirit confirm to my soul this is where Scott is supposed to be and he too can be humbled for good and serve his fellow men.<br />
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So grateful for a wonderful Christmas with the Woodruffs!Kimberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10377909191672898897noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1347435161724531334.post-41143231584320793452018-01-03T17:07:00.000-06:002018-01-03T17:07:16.687-06:00Easton turns 1!Easton turns 1!!!! how in the world did my baby turn ONE! He is so so loved in our home! He is the best little addition to our family. Always falling us all around. Wherever the crowd goes he follows! He's a full hearted equal opportunist: if anyone else is doing it, he demands to as well! He tells you exactly if needs aren't being met, ha. If the bottle is on the counter, he yells and cries and makes you get it down NOW. He is obsessed with milk. His little baby walk has sped up into a waddle that wants to run that is so adorable. The only thing that slows him down is his footie PJ's on hard floor. He's so vocal. Making so many noises, you repeat back and repeats back with gusto and more voice imitations. He knows where his nose is and tongue. Waves bye bye and night nights making voice intonations. He's finally sleeping through the night about 11-12 hour stretches without needing milk. Sometimes he still does but he's made such great progress. He's been a champ car traveller: falls asleep and transfers easy to his crib. He loves his mama, and I him. He laughs so much with Casey. He runs to the front door once hearing a knock or doorbell, so adorable. It's really so so darling how he follows all the boys around the house. He definitely believes in equal opportunity, if the boys are doing he is too! If they're on the tramp, he belongs out there too! Lately it's been getting colder, and I don't let him on the tramp with the big kids and he gets so mad inside crying. He's constantly wanting up on your lap for you to just hold him so he can see what you're doing, he's a doll. He and Max are such good friends, they sit in the car next to each other and Max is always helping him and playing peek a boo, or talking jibber jabbers sounds back and forth, they adore each other.<br />
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I am so so so happy Easton is apart of our family. He makes life better!Kimberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10377909191672898897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1347435161724531334.post-30236889667606039122017-12-05T12:33:00.002-06:002017-12-14T11:15:28.214-06:00Thanksgiving 2017We had a fantastic Thanksgiving! Kerri and Chris came down as well as Grandma and Grandpa Christensen! Wednesday I felt like I was cooking all day between getting Thanksgiving food prepped, salad swap for friends, regular dinner, ha but Casey was home so it was much more enjoyable!<br />
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Thanksgiving morning came and it seemed like the family was coming later in the day and since we had REALLY nice weather we went for our own little family turkey trot up and around the neighborhood! The boys rode their bikes a ton (the twins getting on and off when they felt like it of course) Max the whole time, and Easton in the triple stroller. Casey listened to music. The parent not pushing the stroller was in charge of encouraging the twins to keep going, haha. It was so much fun to be out and active with our little family! Every time I said "turkey time!" the kids were supposed to come back to me and go "gobble gobble gobble" in a circle, it was pretty funny. We ran a little over 2 miles all together. I'm grateful for an awesome husband who gives into my silly antics and traditions :)<br />
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We got ready and loaded in the car to go over for Thanksgiving! There was SO much food it was crazy! They must have been cooking all yesterday and today it seemed like! The sides are always the show piece in my book. Brad made a great stuffing, Tayli did a million rolls, Derek and Karlee did the green bean casserole, I did the sweet potato casserole, there were so many delicious side salad type things and so many pies! Mostly all store bought but still really good! I made a really yummy cookie pie and a chocolate pudding cream pie! Both were favorites for us all! They also made the strawberry pretzel jello casserole thing and that was SOO good!<br />
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We all went to Harrison park (the special ed one that is super fun for the kids) we all walked there because truly the weather was amazing! And played for a really long time! Took some silly videos and pictures and even the adults played on a couple silly contraptions. There were so many great conversations had all day with all the adults around. The kids were pretty good at playing with each other a lot of the day and it helped that Grammie bought a new really hot wheel toy that they all played with.<br />
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It was just a genuinely happy Thanksgiving day all together!<br />
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The next day was Grammie's Christmas party which is always so fun for the kids! I think it's a lot of prep for Brad and Nan and their family but it's meaningful to the kids and I think they'll remember doing it year after year! Afternoon came and there was still lots of playing outside time! All the kids went in the hot tub with Derek (the previous night it was Casey and all the kids), just lots of great sitting and chatting. Dinner was delicious leftovers from Thanksgiving our favorite! And more PIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIE<br />
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Saturday morning I had my Santa Photo shoots that all went well. The Price's came for the last session of the day. All my boys went to Home Depot for their craft, we try to always go to those and it's so much fun for the kids every time. I'm so very grateful they put those on! I honestly can't remember much of the day. A Christmas movie perhaps? I know I made Hawaiin haystacks for the gang. More hot tub but this time I got in with Easton and then Grammie and Kerri followed us out to with Evie, it was a party indeed!<br />
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Being around family at the Holidays is just so special. That's what they holidays are for family time! It's a lot of effort for everyone, ESPECIALLY the main mom in charge but I'm so grateful for Nan's efforts and my own mother's efforts all these past years. I only have good memories of Thanksgivings!<br />
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We also did a thankful tree in our home with the boys! We tried each day to write things we were thankful for on leaves and tape them up! It was sweet to hear it all. Here are what our leaves said this year:<br />
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-daddy and his job and mommy (B or Q?<br />
-scriptures, church, calling, visiting teaching, Bryson (K)<br />
-for Jesus creating all of us (M)<br />
-milk and naps (E)<br />
-mommy cleaning up, daddy getting a motorcycle (Q)<br />
-daddy unplugging the toilet, a family forever (M)<br />
-birthday, Maxons, TV, pictures, doors, donuts (B)<br />
-healthy family, CHM, vaccines (K)<br />
-pictures on the wall, beds God made us, preschool, nathan, Dax, Brylee, Aidyn, Hendrix, Katherine (M)<br />
-Jim and Jan and new clothes (B)<br />
-Casey's job, Rock Springs, Overland ward (K)<br />
-daddy building a bench (M)<br />
-halloween stuff in the house (B)<br />
-milk and Sippie cups (Q)<br />
-food (M)<br />
-facetiming, Granny Woodruff, Grammie Cutler (K)<br />
-clothes (M)<br />
-Heavenly Father gives us a sister (M)<br />
-daddy goes to work and earns money (B)<br />
-Atonement and Eternal families (K)<br />
-night nights, beds, blanket, room (Q)<br />
-Jesus and the gospel (M)<br />
-Jesus, sports, and job (K?)<br />
-diapers, washing machine, diaper cream, soap, tooth brushes, tooth paste (K)<br />
-Jesus built our homes (M)<br />
-coloring books, crayons (B)<br />
-Jesus gives us families and the whole world and temple and churches and food (M)<br />
-Mrs B. (M)<br />
-library, gymnastics, race center, good friends (K)<br />
-Granny and Papa, Grammie and Grandpa Cutler, FaceTime (K)<br />
-dad make the trampoline, heavenly father let plant grow in the summer and rain and we clean up the yard<br />
-Casey, Bryson, Maxson, Quinn, Easton (K)<br />
-Mom, dad, settlers, married (M)<br />
-mommy and daddy (Q)<br />
-Maxson helps me (B)<br />
-Amazon, instagram, smiths (K)<br />
-Bob and owning our house (K)<br />
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He is a special boy, he's truly a very loving boy. Takes care of others needs, is thoughtful, can be super loving, can focus very well and is a deep thinker. He's growing up so much, it's just crazy!<br />
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Just yesterday he asked me "Is God going to give us a sister?" In definitely caught me off guard. I answered "I sure hope so! But I don't know. Our next baby may be a boy or a girl, but you can pray for a sister because God answers prayers sweet boy!"<br />
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Another day we had a conversation about Sis Huff (his primary teacher) Max tells me "Did you know Sis Huff's Dad died? How will she get a new dad?" From there we had a little discussion on eternal families and heaven and waiting and it was a sweet, but quick little conversation we had together.<br />
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Another day during a prayer, Max gives such sweet prayers so often, Casey and I are always squinting our eyes open to look at each other with a little smirk with a "did you hear that?" during his prayers, he's really so so sweet and thoughtful. Things he's said during prayers lately:<br />
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-Grateful we can be a family forever and mommy and daddy were married in the temple<br />
-Please that we can have a baby sister<br />
-Grateful our elf can go bak to the north pole to talk to Santa and come back<br />
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I know there's more adorable things just can't think of any!<br />
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So he was super excited for his birthday! He saw it on the calendar way long ago and was just looking forward to the day for months! On his birthday morning he woke up and I happened to be awake trying to shew the twins back upstairs into bed at 5:45 am, he came down and I got to see his sweet face of excitement as he looked at all the decorations and his presents! I gave him a big hug and said "Happy birthday sweet boy! Now go back to bed" haha.<br />
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One the light in their room turned green we all came downstair to open presents! He was such a sweet boy excited for each one no matter how big or small.<br />
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We made waffles for breakfast because he loves waffles! And even put mini M&M's on it, lit candles and sang happy birthday/let him blow out the candles as many times as he wanted. We then got to cleaning the house and getting it ready for his friends to come over for his birthday party! He's never been such a fantastic cleaner without complaining before lol, he even started BOB fo me! he just kept asking are my friends coming over now?! (and the count down was like 3 hours haha)<br />
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His friends came over for a super hero party! Everyone was supposed to wear their favorite super hero costume and there were some cute kids! Max invited, Adyn, Brodie, Crue, Adalyn, Serenity, Owen, Meitzen and of course Bryson and Quinn (those who couldn't come were Kelly, Nathan, Mason, and Dax.) So there were a lot of fun kids! When they got here they jumped on the tramp for a long time and played in the bounce house. I led them through "Super hero super hero come alive" and then all the balls on the tramps were bad guys they had to run away from. We came in and had pizza I had picked up from Papa Murphys. I squeezed all the kids around our kitchen table and the twins were SO eager to sit on big chairs with all the big kids, it was one of those mama heart melting moments where they wanted to be big like everyone else, it was so cute haha.<br />
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Next we opened presents, then they all got to be Hulk and smash down a wall of bricks they had to keep building over and over (at this pint max was being a stinker and not participating and being pouty and that made me frustrated.) At the perfect moment Casey came home from work and I prepped him how to be a bad guy and then told all the kids that a bad guy just robbed a bank and stole a bunch of money! Their eyes were huge (the twins were so into it) and I told them if they see a bad guy to drag them over to this chair and tie him up! At the perfect moment Casey came in with the Hulk mask on yelling he just robbed a bank! The kids were so cute all on him like flies trying to drag him over to the chair, so funny. I then gave them all a little pack of streamers and they wrapped Casey to the chair, it was just so so so funny and fun for the kids. I'm glad Casey got to be apart of the party!<br />
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They jumped on the tramp and bounce house for a while and then came in and had cake and sang to Maxson and then back out jumping and left! It was a wonderful little birthday party and I'm so glad to we got to celebrate Maxson with his friends!<br />
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We had a little down time and watched Boss baby. The kids kept eating pizza and cake all day, and then we went for a quick look at the festival of trees at a local bank. Nothing quite compared to Utah, but still fun for the kids! When we got home we let the kids stay up a watch some small Christmas movies while eating popcorn and cereal. They all felt like it was so special and it was a great night to end with all our boys right around us. I love our little family. And I love that we have been blessed With mAson as our oldest child, he really is such a great one!<br />
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Also he was so eager to measured on the growth chart for his birthday! He's right under 4 feet!Kimberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10377909191672898897noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1347435161724531334.post-13856926856532699812017-11-28T16:20:00.002-06:002017-11-28T16:20:31.212-06:0011 months of EastonSO much happened between 10 and 11 months for Easton. the biggest: WALKING! On Oct 20 I think he took his first steps and within a week he was truly walking wherever he wanted. He's just the stinking cutest.<br />
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I feel like last month is when he he learned to wave hi and bye to people.<br />
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He gives the biggest kisses!<br />
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He is obsessed with milk and his bottle! LOVES both of them oh so much! It's adorable and funny to watch him walk around the house with his bottle going to town on his bottle of milk.<br />
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I think he's for sure my pickiest baby eater yet. Like seriously kid?! Just eat what I give you! Ha, don't get me wrong he does eat a lot of the food we give him, but there's a lot he chooses not to eat ha<br />
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He can constantly be found wondering wherever his brothers are. He's our little shadow always.<br />
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He babbles all the time and it's so adorable to listen to. talks and talks and talks<br />
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He had his first Thanksgiving and Halloween! He slept through Thanksgiving and was a warm baby kept from being frost bitten cold at Halloween.<br />
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He loves other babies. Others his age or a little older or a little younger. He instantly talks and talks to them hugs pulls kisses brings toys to. He's just the stinking cutest with other babies.<br />
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He still does is his scrunchy noses heavy breathing through his nose thing and the rest of us family members mimic it too bc we think it's so adorable.<br />
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Long live baby in the Cutler home! (bc Easton is already changing into a big baby! I can't believe my BABY Easton is changing from my tiny baby<br />
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He loves pulling all the ornaments off that tree! Darn that baby!<br />
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He is super good at stairs and heights<br />
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He always spits out what's in his mouth for you. It's so incredibly helpful!Kimberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10377909191672898897noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1347435161724531334.post-31080300513341414372017-11-21T11:45:00.000-06:002017-12-05T11:46:15.060-06:008th anniversary !This year marks our 8th anniversary!<br />
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A huge snowstorm came in Friday, the day we were meant to leave for Provo, darn it! Lucky we were able to make it work that weekend or I would have been oh so sad! So instead we left Saturday morning after we dropped all the kids over at Brad and Nan's house , they were so sweet to say yes to watching the kids for us. It really meant a lot and we are so grateful they would do that ofr us.</div>
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We had a wonderful drive down to Provo! We mostly just got to chat and chat and chat, UNITERRUPTED catching up on small things we wanted to tell each other, stories, thoughts, opinions, I could just talk to Casey all the freaking day long. I love that man.</div>
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We got to Provo and started at Sweet Burrito, a new place and it was really delicious! It's often hard to talk Casey into going and trying a new place but this one was a definite winner that we'll come back to! We parked in Casey's favorite parking spot for the BYU football games, and then walked to the BYU bookstore to look for a Christmas present. Then walked over to the football game! I've loved getting to go to the football games with Casey again, this year and last. It was just hearing about the experience of the football games casey had with each of the kids; he's such a a fun dad and you can can tell from his words that each boy and him had such a great time together. BYU football is totally crap this year, ha. But we still love trying to cheer them on. We left right before half time. It also was FREEZING! We were in the shade at first and I was dying, once we moved to an area of sun it was much better. Got our beloved cougar tail but we couldn't even eat it all! Go cougs. Better luck next year though, ha.</div>
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Ran over to Olive Garden. Casey was so happy for that chicken alfredo and breadsticks and salad! And it really was super good! I trie the Zupa Toscano soup this time around and it was awesome. While sitting at the table we answered random couples questions back and forth which is always fun to get to know each other more.</div>
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We quickly ran back over to BYU to catch the basketball game! We got lucky and some random guy gave us sweet tickets. Row 9 and nice padded seats! Again, the team wasn't so hot but it's alwsways fun to just be there cheering on BYU.</div>
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Came back to the hotel and I was so stinking tired from the day's activities! I got 10 hours of UNINTERRUPTED SLEEP. that felt stinking amazing. We did church in Evanston back to our kids and our marriage/love cups were definitely filled up. So happy I got to spend som alone time with my wonderful eternal companion. How I love him to the ends of the earth!</div>
Kimberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10377909191672898897noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1347435161724531334.post-31275105741876742022017-11-02T21:54:00.002-05:002017-11-02T21:54:43.682-05:0010 happy things1. When Bryson and Quinn pretend to go on trips with luggage, adult shoes, hats. They go on missions, church meetings, dates, grammie's house, school. When Bryson tells me he tries to suppress his smile so much and his dimples are so apparent. Quinn has that deeper voice with furrowed eye brows and a serious face. They love playing together<br />
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2. Today the 3 boys played doggies. Crawling around then house like a dog, up and downstairs, into other rooms, they played so well together, I don't even know what they did they just played!<br />
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3. Casey teaching the boys how to hit balls today. Each one taking their turn getting up to bat, SO excited when they actually hit the ball. This is what all my parenthood dreams are made of, playing baseball in the backyard with your small children! It was magical<br />
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4. When Max takes Easton on the tramp all by himself to play with. Easton loves all the attention Max gives him. Except Max doesn't love all the attention Easton gives him i.e. getting into his toys he's playing with. Max carries Easton over to me and exasperating says "you deal with him!" They are the best<br />
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5. When Casey comes home from work the boys often hide and then everyone tries to scare each other. Casey does such a wonderful job at coming home so happy to see us, even if he's tired. He's just the best dad and husband<br />
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6. My robot vacuum, seriously it has changed my life and 100% made my home cleaner! I love turning that baby on sitting back while it cleans the downstairs!<br />
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7. Reading my scriptures so much more during the day! I love understanding the stories better/again, following characters and lineage, knowing Im doing what I am supposed to each day and going to bed happy and not feeling bad. I love the way I feel all day long!<br />
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8. My mom texting me stuff during the day that she's thinking of me. I'm so glad I get her as my best friend. We're lucky to have each other!<br />
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9. Watching Easton walk everywhere! After a week of learning to walk he just took off and he's everywhere! I love being surprised every time I see him toddle into a room! He has the sweetest smile<br />
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10. Watching shows with Casey at night, I love that we can find stuff we like together :)Kimberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10377909191672898897noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1347435161724531334.post-58861344217377232122017-11-01T17:07:00.001-05:002017-12-12T11:06:00.627-06:00Halloween 2017Halloween was just wonderful with my littles. Holidays are so much more special and magical with children around! I loved every second! It started out with Grammie and Grandpa's ward trunk or treat. That was the first time we got to dress up as aa family and it was so fun. I'm so glad the boys talked me out of the costume I wanted to do, instead we were the Avengers! Casey-Hulk, Kimber- Black Widow, Maxson- Iron Man, Bryson- Captain America, Quinn- Spiderman, Easton- Thor. Everyone was so stinking cute in their costumes (thanks Goodwill finds!). I loved that the twins caught onto the phrase "avengers, Assemble!" but would say " Abengers, assemble!" The kids loved their first chance of trick or treating (in the freezing cold) to all the cars!<br />
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While Casey was out of town with Max in Utah, i took the twins and Easton downtown Rock Springs to trick or treat around there, it wasn't a cold day so that was a relief. We happened to meet up with the Barrows which made walking around so fun. By the the end (not even finishing all the businesses) Quinn and Bryson were saying "I'm tired, I want to go home" haha, so we stopped. That's so cute about little kids and trick or treating. Kids are too tired to get tons of candy, ha!<br />
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Sunday night we carved pumpkins at the in Green River with the family, Tayli helped us and it was so fun. Watching then boys pulling out all the guts, making fun eww and gross faces, Easton constantly picking up knives and wanted to be in all the action sitting on everyone's pumpkins, Tayli cutting a huge hole in her pumpkin cutting out her ghost on accident, after mAx carved his pumpkin all by himself! he then claimed my pumpkin as his, lol. I love the smell of carving pumpkins :)<br />
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On Monday, we all got to go to Maxson's preschool Halloween party where they sang the spooky ABC's, the creepy crawly spider, dead bones, 5 little pumpkins. I love his little preschool and he does too! We were lucky that Casey got to come too.<br />
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Monday evening we made dinner in a pumpkin and invited the Luthi's and Larson's over. Everyone was little skeptical of dinner but it tasted delicious.<br />
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And then to Halloween day! We made mummy hot dogs, did Halloween handprints on our canvases, and then got ready for trick or treating, the main event! Unfortunately it was quite a cold and windy night! But we did an intense round of tri-ward trunk or treating at our church, I got to hand out candy and it was so fun seeing all the trick or treaters come by and happily hand out candy! Once the kids got too cold, they got in the car with me (I was actually in Emily Jenkins car because it's more fun with a friend) and LOVED helping hand out candy! We then came home, and took the kids just to about 8 houses on our street to see some neighbors, it was the most GORGEOUS sunset! But so windy and cold, the kids were practically crying because their hands hurt they were so cold, so we made it down to the Larrsens and came back home!<br />
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After back the kids dumped out ALLLLL their candy and boy was it a lot! Not quite sure what we're going to do with it all! Easton kept swiping suckers and walked around with one in his mouth and holding another in a hand haha, we'd take them away but he kept finding more suckers to swipe! I took the big boys to to the fire station for their large size candy bar which they loved and we picked up some Little Caesar's pizza. The boys ate way too much candy and went to bed way too late but we all had a very fun Halloween day! Casey and I watched the Nightmare before Christmas (my first time ever watching!) and called it a night. Except we had so much fun looking at facebook and instagram of all our friends cute costumes! There were so many cute family themed ones, I loved it!<br />
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Happy Halloween!<br />
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<br />Kimberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10377909191672898897noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1347435161724531334.post-22019751589493572542017-10-18T23:05:00.000-05:002017-10-18T23:05:03.276-05:00Easton 9 and 10 months!His big mile stone at 9 months was going down the starers by himself, seriously such a rockstar child! I barely spent any time with him, he never had a bad fall, he just did it when we'd turn around! He always yells at the top of the stairs waiting for me to come get him or to help turn him around to come down. I got lucky with that one!<br />
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A week before 10 months we stopped nursing :( Big sad face over here. I totally would have kept going and tried (hey fenugreek!) but my body was just not making such milk for him and he's just be frustrated and nurse, and look up at me and cry in frustration and go at it again and not get that much, made me feel so bad! My kids are always great nursing babies, it's me that's the weak one! So I nursed him one last time during our utah trip and that's been that. I've almost always had to supplement him with formula after nursing which stunk. It was only after I truly stopped nursing that I realized, ok Kimber, you actually were making milk still on each nursing session! Im definitely having to feed him twice as much bottle or even more to make him happy.<br />
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And now 10 months!<br />
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-2 top teeth are barely starting to peek through, the two on the right<br />
-He's a loud talker and just babbles and babbles and yells for attention, that cuteness<br />
-got 1 ear infection at about 9 1/2 months<br />
-can turn around at the top of the stairs and come down all by himself<br />
-is mostly sleeping through the night. Sleep training was hard, I hate hearing him cry but I was done waking up in the middle of the night for a 4:30 am feeding, I knew he didn't need it. Sleep 9-11 hours at night depending on when we put him down.<br />
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-Adores Max and Max him. Max gets the baby and just takes him on the tramp to play with him, they're so darling<br />
-takes 1-2 naps a day<br />
-great car sleeper and transitioner to the house<br />
-just so so so stinking adorable!!!!!!!!Kimberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10377909191672898897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1347435161724531334.post-18780777578556715962017-10-18T22:45:00.001-05:002017-10-18T22:45:43.165-05:00A little Fall Utah trip!Casey's office was closed for a week in October so we planned a little get away to Utah since we wanted some real, intense FALL around here, not just, yellow leaves and sprinkles of snow haha.<br />
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We left right after Max finished preschool on Wednesday, drove down to Utah, and played at Cornbelly's that evening! They've done such a great job with it, and it really was a lot of fun. I felt like we got to do all the activities: a big bounce pillow, little kids play/pretend houses, some pirate ship playgrounds, big slides, corn pit, duck/water pumping game, a super fun mini zipline, watching pig races, eating apple cider donuts. Just good old fashioned fun! All the kids did so great, except Quinn would kind of keep wondering off and was definitely scary at times standing there looking everywhere for him, that little stinker.<br />
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Within 5 minutes of getting in the car all the kids were out, but they did great not whining about their tiredness!<br />
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We spent the night at Grandma and Grandpa Christensens. The kids were so excited to wake up and go find them! They are such sweet great grandparents, I'm so grateful to have them in our life! (But the way this is the last night I nursed easton, tear. I wish I could keep going but I just don't have the milk supply and he just gets frustrated. Glad we lasted as long as we did though)<br />
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We tried to quickly get out and went to Provo to walk through the Bean Museum! Casey and I never got to go there while at BYU since it was under construction the last year or two so it was a first for us all! We walked in and Quinn runs to the first display of animals, ducks under the rope and starts touching them all, haha, my precious savage child. But they liked it and i think Casey and I did a good job at keeping the pace and info at a small childs info, ha.<br />
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We jumped over to the creamery to have some declisou ice cream! Max picked orange sherbet, Quinn picked Strawberry, and Bryson picked cookie dough. Easton loved it, and crawled all over the table trying to steal everyone's cups, we were quite the sight in that booth with all our kids.<br />
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At the last minute we decided to hike the Y with the whole family! Now that is not an easy hike! I seriously cannot believe we made it to the top haha. The twins were whining literally on the first stretch haha. The first 2 switchbacks are the longest and hardest and I said to Casey "we tried but this isn't going to happen, let's turn around" for some reason he was so positive and, bless Casey's heart, he's usually not that optimistic lol, but he was on this! So we kept going. About each switch back Casey would carry the twins in both arms halfway and have them walk the second half, ha. They were tough cookies, that's a hard hike! And I had Easton sleeping on my back the whole time too, that 25 lb weight on my back did not make it easy! Max was a rockstar, not one complaint, always in the front, he was on fire. Casey never complained and was so happy listening to music and working with the twins, bless that man The leaves all around us were gorgeous too! Love fall up there! We were all so happy to make it to the top! On the way down there was still lots of crying and whining but still fun, haha, we'd take turns holding the hands of each twin and Max practically ran down. I forgot, on the way up the 2nd switchback, Quinn and I fell behind and the only way I could Quinn up the hill was telling him I'd carry him some of it so with 25 lb Eason on my back, 45 lb Quinn on my front, I leaned over struggling to go up the steep uphill and couldn't stop laughing Quinn said "stop heh heh ing!" Apparently that's what my laugh sounded like, which made me laugh more which made him more mad, it was just so funny<br />
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After the Y we did delicious IN-N-Out. Drove up to the bottom of the Tipmanogas hike and met Amanda and her kids and hiked to first falls! The twins were hiked out so Casey stayed behind with the 3 youngins while Max and I did another hike. This was even more beautiful than the last and we made it to the waterfall! It was really fun and a great talk with Amanda!<br />
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We ended up hanging out with Amanda and Weston that night, going to Brittons soccer game (where Max was just itching to get in the game and totally did on timeouts), came back and played a little, roasted marshmallows, talked some more, it was a great evening! Love that my kids are becoming great friends with their cousins.<br />
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The next morning we said goodbye to the Christensens, they are so wonderful and then we drove up to SLC! We met Logan and Blair there (who happened to be visiting Utah this week too!) it was fun to have the girls run up and say hi to us! We toured the conference center together, took pictures by the temple, did a couple visitor centers where we got to teach the boys about Christ and missionaries and the temple, ate lunch on the grass, and then I literally ran to the temple and was able to make it into an endowment session, yay! It always feels so special getting to go to the temple! Casey and I chatted and we've been able to make it just about every month to the temple since living in Wyoming surprisingly, glad we can make it a priority.<br />
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The family then went to Debbie and Lorins and i met them there after and that night we had a cousin dinner! It was so fun. Love seeing all these wonderful people we're related to. I'm grateful to have eternal bones with them. They're instant friends taking care of my kids, interested in life, they are just so darn wonderful!<br />
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And that was our wonderful and short Utah trip!Kimberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10377909191672898897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1347435161724531334.post-82557808461300622532017-09-08T23:29:00.002-05:002017-09-08T23:29:55.288-05:00A weekend in Montana The Monday before labor day rolled around Casey informs me that the entire office has chosen to take off the Friday before Labor Day so he's forced to take it off to. In hopes of not wasting a 4 day weekend, we thought it a bright idea to invite ourselves up to Montana and visit Casey's two uncles and their families who love up there. Let me tell you, they are the most wonderful families, both having so many qualities that I want implement in my own family or even us as parents. We had such a fabulous time!<br />
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We drove up Thursday night arriving half past midnight. Since the boys essentially slept the whole 6 hours up there, getting them back to sleep was rough business! Ha. I don't think the twins truly fell asleep until like 2 and from what I heard from Casey, Max didn't fall asleep until like 3, even being caught eating a tube of toothpaste. That kid and sneaking the toothpaste! I don't get it!<br />
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Friday was wonderful, we just sat around and talked with the family in the morning, met their HUGE bunnies in the backyard, rode bikes in the front yard, played with squirt guns, a neighbor boy brought my boys tiny frogs to play with, walked Jacob and Chandler to school, went to a huge park that had a creek and big playground to play on (and someone had their ferret on a leash, weirdo, but the kids were overly entertained). The older kids got back from school and my boys were thoroughly happy and entertained. Lexi, Carissa, Chandler, and Jacob are such fantastic kids. How in the world do you raise such sweet, loving, kind, obedient children!?!?!?! sure they probably have their imperfections but overall those are for sure the cream of the crop. They were so sweet to my kids.<br />
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Friday night all the family in Montana came over including Janae and her baby. We played 9 square, ate delicious homemade lasagna, it was just a fabulous evening laughing and talking with them all. I can't even remember the conversations I just remember the feelings of all love and happiness coming from them all. Unfortunately the whole weekend we were there, the state of Montana was covered in fires so the skies were so smokey and outside even smelt like a campfire at times.<br />
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Saturday morning we woke up decently early and I went and took pictures of Lance and Malinda's family! Their pictures turned out so fabulous, if I do say so myself, and I think they were really happy with them. By the end of the photo shoot the kids were actually WANTING to take more pictures and saying how fun it was! How awesome is that!<br />
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Maxson learned how to ride their little motorcycle that fit him perfectly, it seriously brought tears to my eyes teaching my boy how to ride a motorcycle like his mama. Sharing a hobby that brings me so much joy with my child and seeing him enjoy it so much was just so so fabulous. Max would have ridden that motorcycle all day I tell ya; along with Chandler and Jacob he just kept following and following them endlessly! Casey and I also rode Lance's bike, it's a 150cc I think, and it was great to be back on the bike shifting gears up and down the street, racing Max, and even more, taking the twins on rides, who of course LOVED it. Quinn said he didn't like going fast but it was just such a stinking blast. I want more!!!!!<br />
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We did a quick but wonderful trip to the tempe with Lance and Malinda while their kids watched our kids. We did dealings and it was very special to be in the room together with them. Power couple right there most definitely.<br />
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Sunday we went to church, all the helping hands around us was wonderful. Sweet Malinda stayed in nursery with my kids and even took Easton the whole time. It was great to be edified! Quinn informed us after church that he hates nursery. It was the funniest moment. When we told him that in Primary next year you won't get snacks he said "I hate snacks!" He is the stinking cutest. Always telling us stuff he doesn't like lol.<br />
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After church we went over to Kert and Catherine's and hung out there all evening snacking on a delicious taco bar all night long. Catherine had the most darling display of pineapples all over her home, we went on a hunt counting and there was like 58 or something. So cute. Love that woman. The boys were in heaven playing with all the weapons, legos, and Connor's cars. Bless that boy for sharing, ha. Love learning from them all, old and young.<br />
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Monday we slept in, all super tired from the night before, had a delicious breakfast of pancakes and sausage, packed up the car and sweet Malinda began giving us so much of Jacobs stuff he no longer uses or fits. it was fantastic. Clothes galore, toys, a bike and best of all the beloved motorcycle! Max couldn't believe his eyes and was oh so so so happy! It was super sweet of them. We're lucky it fit in our car, ha! Them mini vans sure can hold a lot!<br />
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We met all the Christensens over at a little lake with kayaks galore and did a little kayaking trip with the kids, it was a perfect activity for us all and really really fun. I love that it doesn't seem as if these families are continually on their phones, they connect with each other and are genuinely interested in being with one another and caring for each others needs. Their positive, centered in the gospel, serve one another endlessly, honest in all their doings, and FUN to be around, but real people with imperfections. I hope to be like so many of them after getting to spend 4 days with their great families.<br />
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We left back for home stopping in Cody for a couple hours to visit Josh George and their family and then back home!<br />
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Montana, we will definitely come visit you again!Kimberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10377909191672898897noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1347435161724531334.post-18619637743598767342017-08-28T00:47:00.003-05:002017-08-28T00:47:57.924-05:00Easton at 8 monthsCrawls up the stairs speedy fast and smiles at you knowing he's just done something awesome<br />
-loves pushing the push walking toy around. I think he's going to be my earliest walker! we shall see<br />
-is so constantly entertained my the big brothers. just crawls to where they are and watches them<br />
-doesn't try super hard to go outside if there's a step, bless that child!<br />
-totally prefers food on my plate than they baby food I give him<br />
-sleeping awesome! at a little over 8 months he slept a straight 10 hours, it was glorious!<br />
- i don't really care how well he naps, bc if he's up, he's up! I got other kids awake too so what's one more! but usually 1-2 long naps, 1-2 short naps<br />
-got his first tooth while we were in california! maybe that explained his crabbiness. so his first tooth came in at 7 1/2 months! 2 weeks later the next one came in!<br />
-he does the loudest breathiest exhales to get attention or breathes really hard through his nose like a pig, it's my favorite.<br />
-he's into the alligator roll during all diaper changes and clothing changes<br />
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<br />Kimberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10377909191672898897noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1347435161724531334.post-54881753659357885612017-08-28T00:39:00.001-05:002017-08-28T00:39:15.013-05:00Bryson and Quinn: 2 tornados in a podI was looking back through posts from a year ago back when Max was newly 3, and reading about him, oh my lanta! That boy was wild and mischievous and hard! And you know what, THE TWINS ARE SO JUST LIKE MAXSON! EXCEPT I HAVE TWO!<br />
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The difference now is that I don't necessarily know who did what mess, who contributed to all, some or none of it, who's lying, who started it. See how much harder it is?<br />
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Overall i think Bryson is the biggest instigator/worst aggravator. He starts it and others join in. Or when Max just watches it unfold in front of him and doesn't do anything to stop it! Come on man! Throw me a bone!<br />
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Here is a SMALL FRACTION of some of the terrible things the twins have done:<br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">-2 monopoly boxes torn apart pieces everywhere in their room, 4 pee spots in room, poop on bed blankets carpet walls and down the vent!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">-Chinese noodles all over the stove tops burners</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">-Nail polish on oven TOTALY dumped out, 2 bottles of essential oils dumped everywhere</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">-q tips dumped on stairs and another day in bathroom</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">-water dumped ALL OVER the loft area upstairs, probably 30 spots of large bowls of water</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">-gal of of milk spilled everywhere so one could poor themselves a small cup of milk</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">-a trail of poop from the bathroom, through the hall, up the stairs and all the way to the bedroom</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">-30 eggs smashed all over the floor while I was sleeping and Casey going to the bathroom</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">-lotion squirted all over the floor</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">-sewing pins all pulled out of pin cushion</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">-gallon milk and vanilla creamer all over kitchen floor and playroom carpet</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">-2 large Costco sized containers of seasoning spilt everywhere</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">-Bryson always plays in the sink and makes huge messes everywhere</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">-large bottle of conditioner and kids soap dumped out into the bath tub</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">-twins took out ALL the clean clothes from their drawer, put them in the bath tub, and then plopped them on the floor of the bathroom. Walked into a lake of water in the bath tub</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">-so much writing on walls, so so much</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">-so many spillings of milk</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">-milk and heavy cream spilt all over the family room and playroom in an attempt to pour a small sippie cup.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">-played with bananas, packing them in their backpacks for a trip, forgot about the bananas and as we were cleaning up the playroom they got dumped out over all the toys and stunk so so bad.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I can promise you, this is a very small list of all the terrible messes they have done. Overall I'd say it's been lessening over the past couple months. Their playful imagination has increased, summer has helped so they can spend energy outside playing and running instead of concentrating it on how gravity works inside the house.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Quinn gives the best scowl face. When he's doing super hard things and I cheer him on and say "you're doing awesome" or "you this! you're ok!", if he's mad he'll respond "i'm not awesome! i'm not ok! I don't got this!" He is so stinking funny.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Bryson is an absolute liar. Once Casey had given him chocolate, it was still in his mouth and he was trying to convince Casey that he didn't get a chocolate! He just wanted "one more!" he's the best negotiator. Always saying one more! or one minute! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When you give the twins 2 choices, they often just make up a third choice and choose that:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"Bryson do you want apples or a banana?"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"uhhhhhhh, candy" tornadoes </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I don't know if they'll ever stop giving me a run for my money. Truly, because they have each other I think they'll forever be mischievous. I love them oh so stinking much though!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Is this not the cutest series of them loving each other? They are best friends!</span></div>
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Kimberhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10377909191672898897noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1347435161724531334.post-63060981477769844392017-07-26T15:49:00.001-05:002017-08-28T00:48:08.436-05:00Easton at 7 monthsHe's a fast crawler! Follows the family wherever we go. He started super legit crying right after 6 months, he's the best.<br />
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Pulls himself up to standing position.<br />
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LOVES mom, to the point of hardcore mama's boy and cries when I give him to other people at first or if someone else is holding him and he sees me: tears. Ha, man that baby!<br />
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He's a big eater. Seriously eats so much! Nurses, sometimes takes more bottle, and then baby food and lots of snacking in between. He's such a darling baby!<br />
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HIs giggles can get out of control with Max and it's so darling. he loves giving a attention to his brothers when they're interested in him.<br />
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He definitely loves swimming. We just brought him in my mom's pool this week and he's ALL for it. Granted it's nice and comfortably temperatures water but he loves spashing and being in it always trying to crawl out of the house if people are in there swimming.<br />
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One time when he was really upset while being watched by Logan, he found my nursing cover and that comforted him, ha. Sweet/silly boy.<br />
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Great sleeper taking 2-3 naps a day and wakes up once at night, I really need to kick that habit.<br />
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Learning how to give kisses.<br />
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I'm still so overly obsessed with my cute little baby.😍<br />
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