That's The Bear They Should Kill

Dear Jaida and Kayla, yesterday we took you to see the movie, "Brave." It was the first movie - in the theater, that you both sat in your seats, the ENTIRE time! It's a pretty big deal or I wouldn't even be writing to you about it. The funniest thing was when the movie got really quiet and Kayla, you say (loudly), "That's the bear they should kill."

My 5 Little Monsters

Today marks the day that I change my blog from, My 4 Little Monsters to My 5 Little Monsters.

We're now a crazy family of five kids, two adults, two dogs, eight chickens, multiple fish and right now we're taking care of a 5-6 week old kitten.

I Am Troll, Hear Me Roar

I Am Troll, Hear Me Roar!

Dear Keira, okay, this was kind of mean, but at this stage this is what you remind me of. Right after a bath your hair just poofs up all over the place, and when your eyes get all big you remind of a troll doll. At this stage you are spitting up a lot and if you're not asleep you are usually crying - well, unless someone is holding you juuust right. ;)

Jaida and the Kitty

Dear Jaida, you and Kayla have done a great job taking care of this orphaned kitty. Hopefully you won't be too sad when she is old enough to be given away. A brand new baby, high maintenance kitty and an overly hyper puppy are just too much right now.

Kylan Loves Keira (part 2)

Dear Kylan, you absolutely love your little sister Keira. You are always saying, "Hold baby." And when I put her in your lap you will just sit and smile at her and kiss her cheek. You want to help with everything too -  feeding her your milk, changing her diaper, getting me her blanket, singing the rainbow song to her... anything to help out. You are so cute!

Bandaids Make Everything Better

Dear Kylan, today you were running around the house with Joey, slipped and fell in the kitchen and cut the inside of your top lip. You bled quite a bit but didn't cry much until dinner when you kept crying because of the ketchup on your hotdogs.  You wouldn't stop eating though and ate three whole hotdogs, screaming every time the ketchup touched your lip.

Dear Joey, tonight you ran right into our porch railing and put a small hole in your head. You bled and cried quite a bit and then wanted a bandaid. When Kylan saw your bandaid his lip started hurting and he had to have one too. Thank goodness for bandaids, they make everything better.

Dear Hannah, you rock!

Kayla & Softball

Dear Kayla, when I took this picture of you I could totally see myself.  When I went looking for the picture of me that looks so much like you, I couldn't find it. This is me when I was in 4th grade... there are similarities. :)

Last night you had a softball game. Luckily Misty was able to take you while I stayed home with the baby. I watched you (from our back door) make a big hit and run all the way to second base! I can only guess how excited you were. But then the inning ended and you had to come in, but instead of going to the dugout you went walked around and around in circles until finally your coach came out and told you to go get your mitt. Your favorite position is catcher. The next time you got up to bat Misty said you were making all the coaches laugh but that she couldn't hear what you were saying. Wish I could keep a recorder on you. :)

Miss McPoopster

Dear Keira, this morning right before your bath you pooped twice. I filled up the bath put you in, you were lovin' it and then you pooped - in the bath. So I emptied your tub, filled it back up, put you in and two minutes later you pooped!  I emptied the tub, filled it back up with water, washed your hair and then you pooped! Goodness girl!! Bath time over.  (oh and when I unwrapped your towel to get you dressed... poopy towel)

Three things:
1. You pull your hair ALL the time. You pull the back at the bottom where it really hurts and then you can't let go. So you lay there screaming and screaming until someone can get you to let go of your hair. Me and Misty were trying to remember if any of the other kids did that, we couldn't remember any of them pulling their hair like that - especially this young.
2. You seem to know when I am not holding you. Aren't you too young to know this? If someone is holding you that you don't know you will cry and cry and cry. (big sigh)
3. Today you are 29 days old and have gone through approximately 220 diapers, which is about 7/day.

Kylan Singing

Kylan Loves Keira

Whoa, you really are a big giant baby!

...so I think I'll eat your nose.

Little Tiny Baby & Big Giant Baby

Dear Kylan, you absolutely love the new little baby.  You are always saying, "Hold baby," either in a super whiny voice or a deep, growling voice. It's pretty funny.  When you hold her you will just sit there and look at her, kiss her on the cheek, pat her arm, try to give her a binki and then kiss her again. I'm so glad you love her, it makes the new baby thing a lot easier! :)

Kayla's Talent Show

Dear Kayla, you did awesome at your classes talent show. You sang "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star" without any stopping or help! When you finished you came and told me you were supposed to sing "Prankster Planet" but didn't dare.  After the talent show was over you said, "By the way mom, your shirt is on inside out." Yeah, that was pretty embarrassing.   Your teacher is just over your shoulder in this picture, Mrs. Dowell - she is SO young!

Multitasking

Dear Joey, you're such a multitasker!  Sucking your thumb, picking your nose and giving the baby her binki!

By the way, about a week ago I sat down to pump instead of nurse - you have been asking and asking about "pumping", so I let you and Kylan watch. You both sat down right in front of me so our knees where touching - you were so curiously excited. You and Kylan thought it was pretty exciting to see the milk drip down and fill up the bottles. After a minute you said, "Mom, your belly button is rotten." Then you grabbed your foot and started biting your toenail. Kylan looks over at you, grabs his foot and also starts biting his toenail. As funny as it was I think that was the last time I let you two watch me pump...

Curly Mohawk?

Dear Keira, I tried to put a curl in your hair like they did at the hospital and all I could come up with is a mohawk!

I then tried to cover it up with bow.
By the way, you poop like it's going out of style!