We had some great visits from family. Carlee, Beez came out to visit more. we love having family close by. i love the help and have enjoyed having family close again. Halloween was great. Ryker was Catboy, Rylie was Owelette from PJ Masks. Rex was going to be Gekko, but we could not him to try on the costume for anything. or any costume. the boy refused to participate. haha. The twins were candy bars. I saw these costumes years ago and have always loved them. i was so excited to have boy girl twins and be able to do the almond joy and mounds costume. still so great.
Thanksgiving was fun! We found out early november that we could get the time off to go to broomfield. it was a 2 day trip, so we left on thursday and drove all day, and got there friday evening. it was crazy and hectic. the older 3 did great and the twins did alright. for a first road trip it was decent and a 2 day trip was stretching everyone. But we had a blast meeting all our Aunts and Uncles on my side. everyone got to officially meet the twins. I got to meet Kelson, Alicias little one. All the cousins (missing Ashlyn and Jocelyn ;( ) were there to play. it was a full house at moms, but it was great. We had 4/7 participate in the pie eating contest. mostly it was lots of fun, lots of food, and many memories.
update on the family!
Ryker - is still loving school. I love seeing all he learns from his work and he gets better at letters, numbers, and reading everyday. it makes me so happy and he is loving it. His teacher is great and the school is awesome. He is more and more like dad everyday.
Rylie - wishes she could go to school like Ryker, but is enjoying time at home. she is learning to play better with Rex and she is really developing her own personality. she is a girl through and through with a love of unicorns, mermaids, babies, and pretty dresses. she loves her air bows and wants to pick her own outfits. She is the best little mommy and often helps if one of the twins are upset. mom the twins need me! she says. it melts my heart and i love her so so much.
Rex - he is doing alright. he has gotten exceptionally clingy lately. He was doing good after the twins were born but the last month or 2 it has getting extreme. we try very hard to give him undivided attention, but it is hard sometimes depending on when he wants it and what we are doing. he is doing good, we are just trying to work through this phase. something i love about it is he is still our best cuddler. I love his snuggles.
Rayce - He is such a joy. he has outgrown his tummy issues and is now so happy all the time. he loves to smile a wide mouthy grin and laugh often. i just love those sounds. he turns on his side often and has rolled over a few times, though not enough to be consistent. but technically he can go back to front and front to back. he loves to grab at toys on the floor gym. he is a big flirt and loves to smile at everyone who looks at him. at 4 months we started them on oatmeal. he loves it and didnt take long to get used to eating with a spoon. he is my big boy! at 4 months there was almost a 2 lbs difference between him and Radlee. I can see that gap only getting bigger. He sleeps pretty good. He will wake up 2 sometimes 3 times a night but is great about sleeping in between. his naps are decent, we are still trying to figure out how to consistently have long naps, though we are also working on unswaddling so i know thats not helping. lots to learn in the first few months!
Radlee - i just love her. she is such a happy baby. he loves to smile and giggle. she loves to talk to you. she will cuddle and babble at you and will talk for minutes on end. i love it. we will see if she is as chatty as Rylie. she can also roll when she wants to but doesnt do it often. she has been a little slower at this than rayce, but she is learning just fine. she also loves to grab the toys to play with and of course everything goes directly to her mouth. i am pretty sure they are teething a bit. nothing close to the surface, but things are moving. we have lots of fingers in the mouth and lots of drool on them both. plus a few sleepless nights lately that are really taking a toll on mom. ugh... she still doesnt like her oatmeal as much. i am still struggling to get her to eat everynight, but im trying! maybe ext month when we start other foods with more flavor she will be a little better. we will see... but i keep trying! she has become my inconsistent sleeper and i would love for her to go longer stretches again.
Justin - he is doing great at work. He has been contracted out to Aera and has loved the experience and contacts he has made. He still tries to go to KSI every friday so that he can keep up with whats going on there. He is still having issues with his eye. I dont remember how much i have mentioned before, but during the reno when we were getting the ND house ready to sell he started to get blurry vision right on the focus of his left eye. not good. we saw a dr there and they said that there was blood and some trauma and there was not a lot to do about it. that was unfortunate to hear. he relys on his vision and it had him pretty worried. well now here in CA we found a dr that helped. when it gets worse they give him a shot to help stop the bleeding and get rid of residue. it has helped a ton and we were thrilled to see some progress. we had a snafu with insurance and had to change Drs. the new dr took one flat pic of his eye and said yep, its stable and will always be bad. sorry. um no... not okay with that answer its his vision your talking about!!!!! this happened to be the day before we were supposed to leave for thanksgiving. so i convinced justin to walk in to his original dr and see if they could squeeze him in thurs morning before we left. he went in and they said they would see him! we are definitely willing to pay out of pocket if it means he is getting treatment. this is important and we will make it work. though that means we didnt leave for the first leg of our broomfield trip will about noon and it was a very long day. getting into a hotel at 11 pm with 5 littles was crazy.
Dee - I am doing good! i am mostly keeping track of all of the people above and making sure normal things get done like changing into daytime clothes, baths at least twice a week, and everyone is fed hopefully something good for them. I have had some tremendous help watching the kids as i have run different errands each week and i am so grateful. our ward is awesome! oh! justin is called as the cubmaster. he is excited for his calling and i am grateful that it only takes him from bedtime once a month. I am called to help with the program each week as well as the wards social media. the hope is to get everyone involved and keep everyone informed of activities. i am kinda making this calling up myself, so heres hoping it goes well! the social media stuff will start beginning of the year with the new 2 hr schedule. lots of changes!
rylie had a fun girls date with a friend to Target
unicorn babies!
love her smile!
twins with twins!!!
uncle ethan with the twins
auntie fae with the twins
dad did great putting up some christmas lights! so happy to finally be able to put some up!
my goober snuggle buddy
walking to get ryker from the bus stop
working on head control, but he is doing awesome!
good lookin at church
tummy time
dad can always be counted on for a funny face
but we love the good smiles!
ryker and i on grandparents day. i was able to come and we facetimed grandma reed to read him a story. it was so fun!
my girls look so similar! rylie on the left, radlee on the right
as do my boys. ryker top left, rex bottom left, rayce right
ryker top left, rex bottom left, rayce right
our in home superheros!
i came home from shopping one day and rex had fallen asleep in the middle of the room. it was hilarious and so random.
picking pumpkins!
they look ready for an adventure
painting pumpkins!
rylie and ryker wanted to "help" change a diaper.
these cuties before bed
laughing with each other for tummy time
ryker ran a fundraiser race for school
he did so awesome! i am so proud!
my race buddies
still has energy after his race
he ran all 36 laps plus a bonus 2!
this house down the street had some awesome halloween decorations. i loved them!
my superheros at the trunk or treat. no masks, so i drew on rylies
same house with night lights
she found her thumb! which i loved. but sadly this was a one time thing. she is not a thumb sucker. at least not yet.
the best halloween costume ever!
its just perfect
i love these goobers
todays rendition of where did rex fall asleep because he boycotted naptime
so happy to try oatmeal!
a little wary, but up for it
first time was not hugely accepted haha
bath time boy
rylie giving radlee some tickles to make her giggle
rylie loving bath time
4 month appointment
loving the bibs from uncle ethan and aunt shannon
on the road! full car and ready to play!
snuggling into a warm bed after a long day
getting some last minute wiggles out before bed
playing with cousin kelson
cozy baby snuggles by the fire
date night! with my parents at the magic show
the cute fam
yes the apple is a prop, it kept rex happy haha
i love his big smile!
smiling cozy baby snuggles. this is her telling me she doesnt want to nap.
lots of love for grandad
what can i say, he is good with little girls.
rylie and cousin lottie!
everyone for thanksgiving! we are missing 2 cousins, but everyone else is here!
grandparents with grandkids. most kids were okay, some were less than thrilled about this pic, rex was super clingy to justin and this was the only pic where he didnt look like he was being brutally tortured.
the originials! thankfully we all know how to smile.
good old fashioned silly face.. also im the weird white one. with me and my siblings as well as me and my kids. i will always be the weird white one.
sibs
always need a kissy pic
dad wanted in on that action
we were all too willing to indulge
mom and son!
round out all the kissy pics
first 2 in the pie eating contest!
thanks for your help aunt carlee and auntie beez
rykers turn with cousin jacob
good work!
auntie fae
uncle ethan
aunt carlee, aunt alicia, uncle brandon and i all doing the contest!
gracious picture takers and cheerleaders
the intimidating face
after
pie kisses
an hour and a half from home on the second day we ran into an awful accident. it held us up 2 hrs!!!! ugh the worst. everyone was cranky
rylie making shadow puppets with radlees mirror
ryker wanted chores so we gave him chores! haha
helping put the tree up
only slightly clumped
i love sweaters with ears. they are my favorite
i redid my wreath this year and i love it so much!!!!!!
he missed nap time again, so fell asleep during scriptures
some present decor for our kitchen
making cookies to give as a service for Dec 1 with auntie beez
they were overly good with the sprinkles for decorating
making paper cranes
sunday snoozes
sneak peak christmas shots!
im dying they are so cute!!!!!!!
such a big boy with his lego sword
it took me forever to get this pic. he would not sit at all for a pic. not photoed is him sitting on my lap and i am leaning out of the shot. i took approximately 150 pics and this is the only 1 where he is somewhat smiling and not blurry. this kid. will give me grey hairs.
rykers class got a special treat for being the class with the most superhero shirts for spirit week!
fun with Rayce
Rykers race
rykers fun new toy is perfect size for out car mat
first laughs from radlee!
mom and aunt carlee in the pie eating contest!
talking with auntie beez
