3 Men & A Little Lady

Thursday, September 24, 2009

Mya Coleen is HERE!!!

On September 18th we welcomed into the world and our little family the most precious, beautiful baby girl, sorry I'm biased! She has dark brown hair, long fingers and toes, and the cutest little nose. She weighed 6lbs. 11 oz. and was 18in. long. She is healthy and perfect! Her big brothers adore her and already are fighting over who gets to hold her. They are her "Bodyguards!"

After my c-section I had to go sit in recovery for an hour, so the boys got to peek at Mya before I even got to.

Proud Daddy of Four!

One of my favorite moments!

Mya with big brother Drew.

Mya with big brother Ian.

Mya with big brother Owen.

Mya with Ge, who has been a huge help. I am so thankful for supportive and loving family memebers!

Here is our little girl! Our family is now complete!

Mya's first day in the world.

She is absolutely perfect in every way! I am so blessed the Lord gave me this sweet little girl to raise. I could not be more happy than I am right now! I love you to the Moon and Back Mya!!

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Happy Birthday Drew!

6 years ago today, I delivered my first sweet little baby! Drew entered the world with red hair and a fiery temperament to go along with it. He has turned into a strawberry blond and more even tempered child. I love him dearly and am so thankful to have him in our family. Our celebration was low key this year, since we have such a big day tomorrow. Ge came into town last night, so she was here to help us celebrate Drew's special day. He requested popsicles for school, a blue frosting cake, pizza, and a scooter. We were able to deliver it all!

Drew had a great day!

It is hard for me to believe, that tomorrow I will be delivering my fourth baby! Drew is most excited for his present tomorrow, his little baby sister!

Monday, September 14, 2009

Showering Mya with Gifts!

I am so lucky to have some of the best of friends out here in California. My good friend, Crissa, came up with the cutest theme and decorations for the shower. She went along the lines of birds, which is how we decorated Mya's room. She had help from many others creating the most amazing dessert buffet. I loved and partook of all the goodies, which did not help with the weight gain, but was greatly appreciated. I had so many good friends attend and they all showered Mya with lots of wonderful gifts. It was weird to me to see so much pink!!!!

Look how cute the bird house cake is!

Excellent Friends.

One of my favorite gifts! Owen has loved on this baby so much. He'll be great with Mya!

I received alot of cute clothes.

Thank you so much to all of those who helped throw me an amazing shower and for those who came out to help me celebrate our little girl. I really appreciate all your friendship.

Sunday, September 13, 2009

It doesn't matter who wins or loses....

Drew and Ian had their first official soccer game this Saturday. This is their first year to play, so its all about the fun of the game. Not that we were keeping score or anything, but we totally won! Okay, so I kept track! As we were driving there Ian did say, "I really want to beat them!" We hadn't even talked about winning or losing, but I know he gets his competitiveness from Kenny. The final score was 5 to 2. Drew made 2 of the five and Ian made the other 3 goals. Thats right...our boys dominated!!! Okay, so our boys did sometimes push their own teammates just to get the ball, but we'll work on that. Kenny couldn't have been happier to see his boys playing a sport that he loves. I couldn't help but be one of those moms, screaming/cheering loudly for her boys! I love this game!

Ian scoring!

Friday, September 11, 2009

Boys Vintage Photo Shoot

I had quite an extensive "To-Do" list before Mya arrived. Getting the boys photos updated was on my list and my good friend, Darcy Patterson completed this one for me. She is such a talented photographer and I am so lucky to be able to have her take photos for my family. She did Mya's yesterday. I will blog them as soon as I get to see them. For now, here are some of my favorites of the boys.
Drew 6 yrs. Old

Ian 4 yrs. Old

Owen 2 yrs. Old

Isn't Darcy Awesome!!!! I'm so thankful for talented friends, thanks so much Darcy!

Thursday, September 10, 2009

CA Fires!

Every year the fires break out in CA and we are usually too far from them to really see any of the action, but not this time. A fire broke out today up in the hills 3 miles away from Kenny's co-worker's house. I could see the smoke from my house and see the helicopters flying over head. Then we got a call from our friends who told us where the helicopters were filling up with water...just down the street from our house in a golf course pond! I took the boys out to see the action and they loved being so close!

The fire is mostly contained and nobody was injured, so we are fortunate for that. Hopefully it will be out soon.

Who is really BIGGER?

I feel like this pig right now!!! I feel huge and like I could burst any day. I'm hot, uncomfortable, and a little irritable. Only one more week though and I will be holding my baby girl!!!

So one of my favorite clients of Kenny's is a woman by the name of Heidi. She is in her 60's and has traveled the world, but since her husbands passing in the last 7 years she has decided to save pigs. She has created a very charming pig rescue resort in her back yard. The boys and I go with Kenny every time he goes out to her house and she always has soda's on hand for us and lets the boys tour the resort and feed the pigs. This is our favorite pig Freckles. He has been on a diet and has lost a lot of weight, funny, but true! He easily weighs 900 pounds!!!

Owen finally warmed up to the pigs just before we left. I can understand, those pigs must look gigantic on his level.

Ian had no fear and wanted to touch all of them.

Drew loved feeding them animal crackers.

Heidi really is a caring and generous person. She has over 30 pigs that she has taken in. She makes them each their own little living quarters, has misters on them, and goes out and sprays them down with a hose a couple of times a day when it is hot. I always love getting to visit with her and her pigs! She would love for everyone to know....PIGS DO NOT MAKE GOOD HOUSE PETS...STOP BUYING THEM AND THEN GETTING RID OF THEM WHEN YOU REALIZE THEY ARE NOT LIKE CATS!

They say the cutest things.....

Mya, my little girl, said in her prayers last night, "Please help us to be strong and healthy like the Hulk!"

Owen almost ran straight into a woman as we entered a dark parking garage. As I told him to watch out, he quickly yelled, "Well she's all black!" Coincidentally she was African American! She was wearing a black dress, which is what he was referring too!

Owen told me today, "You are the best mom I ever had! I love you all the way up to Jesus!" He also loves kissing and told Kenny, "I just want to stay home from school and kiss mom all day!"

Drew lost a tooth at school when he bit into his apple. He felt the tooth inside his mouth as he was chewing and when I asked him about it, he said, "I didn't realize it was mine and I wondered if it was one of the workers!"

While at church, a teacher asked the kids what happened to Jesus right after he was baptized and brought up from the water. Ian enthusiastically raised his hand and said, "He asked for a towel!"

After a long struggle with my boys, to get them inside, bathed, and into bed, I yelled, "I am done, go to sleep!" Owen looked up at me and said, "Mommy I'm sorry you're sad, but the problem is that you don't beat up Drew and Ian. Just beat them up and I will be on your team!"

We are not a family who eats beans, so when Drew went to a friends house to play and eat dinner, he was hesitant to eat the burrito that had refried beans in it. When I picked him up he said to me, "Mom she put mud inside the burrito!"

Aunt Connie pleaded with Owen to shoot his daddy with the gun instead of her and his response, "No, he's the best daddy i've ever had!"

I begged the boys to quit fighting and Drew looked at me and said, "Its not Mothers Day anymore mom!"

Owen got kicked in his "man hood" and said, "Oh, I hurt my Tenders!"

Drew asked this morning, "Mom in 2011 can we get a cat?"

Everytime I feed Mya prunes, Owen comes up to me and says, "Me like chocolate mom!" I give him a bite and his face turns to total disgust.

Owen ran up to me after wrestling the dogs and said, "Me see Cassie's boobies!"

While I was nursing Mya, Drew walked in and said, "Is she done drinking from your boob?" I replied, "No and it is called a breast, thats the proper way to say it." He looked at me puzzled and said, "No thats the Spanish word for it."

Kenny opened the fridge and said, "Something in here stinks." Ian looked at him and said, "Dad, sometimes I toot over there!"

Last night as the boys were saying good night to Mya, Drew looked up at me and said, "Mom, Mya has a boy haircut!"

Drew was reminding me about how when we saw macaws in Hawaii, that one of the macaws was chewing on a woman's hair. He said, about the macaw, "Thats not very nice, it's not choosing the right."

My favorite word Drew and Ian used to say when they were toddlers was, Laddie- for water. I thought it was such a cute word. Owen comes to the fridge and points his little finger and says, "Wa-Wa" for water. So cute!

Last night Kenny went in on a call to deliver a goat and Ian came into our bed. He climbed in and snuggled up beside me, he usually snuggles into Kenny. I asked him why he was snuggling with me and he said, "I can snuggle you because daddy isn't here mom!" He is such a daddy's boy.

Ian is such a daddy's boy. The other night Kenny had to go to the clinic and Ian was sobbing for him for a good twenty minutes because he wanted to go too. When I asked him why he was so upset he replied, "I just want my daddy, he is my favorite boy!"

Birthday parties celebrated in California are usually BIG! There is always a huge jumper, pinata, food for the whole family, and tons of presents. Well we went to a party last night and the boys spent 2 hrs. jumping in a big jumper. On our way home we saw another party going on that had an even bigger jumper with a slide attached. Ian asked, "Can we go to that party too?" I replied, "We don't even know who those people are. " His response, "Well lets just go ask them their names."

As we prepared to go to the Glenwood Springs pool in Colorado with Kenny's four sisters Drew impatiently said, "Come on girls, you're taking too long!" Kenny told him, "Get used to it, this is what men do, wait for girls to get ready."

Much to my dismay I found black ink all over our white sheets on our bed. I of course went straight to Ian and asked very sternly, "Did you write on my sheets with a pen?" With an innocent look he replied, "I was just trying to write my name."

Drew was watching me as I divided my hair into sections with clips to straighten it. He looked up at me and said, "Wow, you look beautiful!" Then when I was completely done with my hair he said, "You're a cute little mommy!"

Ian was dipping his finger in Kenny's contact solution and then touching his eye. I asked him what he was doing and he replied, "Just putting my eyes in mom!"