The Watts Family

Christmas 2011

2012-02-01T21:21:00.000-08:00

So just a little behind these days.......even my mother got on my case for not even blogging Christmas yet! So, with that being said here are a few pics of the big day. Christmas is so fun with little ones. And of course, my little Lainee was ADORABLE and so entertaining! She didn't know where to go or what to play with........she just kept going and going.

I sure do love these cute little cheez balls!

Celebration Time!

2011-12-11T13:13:00.000-08:00

So much happened in the last week for us. The girls had their 1st cheer competition and both took 1st, Joldy and I celebrated our 9th anniversary, and my Jaycee turned 8 today!! We invited some of her friends over and the played Just Dance 3, ate pizza, and enjoyed a dip in the hot tub! She had a blast.......and yes her cake was OMG do I dare say it without all the screaming involved................Justin Beiber Fever cake.

Sad to say that in the midst of all the craziness, I failed to make a cake for Jayc. She seemed pretty happy with the one I ordered for her though :)

I must say that I don't know what I would do without my Jaycee. She is so much help! Even though she does EVERYTHING with a roll of the eyes and some attitude. She is still a pretty darn good kid. She dances constantly.... in grocery stores, at the mall, trying to get family pics, you name it and she is dancing. She is so determined in cheer to be the best. You can see a serious pissed look when her stunt doesn't make it up all the way. She is so competitive....wonder where she gets that?!? She is in love with Justin Bieber, but who isn't? She is sooooo smart and is even so competitive that she has to finish first with school work. This girls is out to conquer the world, and I will let her. Happy birthday my first baby girl! You are amazing and I love you so much.

I can't keep up with my littlest monster. SHE IS EVERYWHERE AND FAST! (yikes) Still no teeth yet. And I think she actually gained a pound but now has lost it since walking. Such a good sleeper and is now on regular milk. Constipation is a little bit of an issue, but nothing a little Karo syrup can't help (thanks Dr. Mom for the helpful hint).

Her cute "stick straight in the air fuzzy hair" is growing and finally lays down about an hour after her bath. She looks so much like Jaycee when she was a baby! And I can't get over the fact that they had the same due date and my water broke with both of them at 6 in the morning. I bet they are besties growing up :) Lainee will holler at the top of her lungs at the top of the stairs until Jaycee will come get her, it is so cute.

Lainee Turns 1 On Thanksgiving

2011-11-27T09:35:00.000-08:00

As a mother, I had so many emotions going through me. My very last baby is 1.....it is my last first birthday (teardrop teardrop, snot wipe) Everybody always gives my mother-in-law so much crap for crying over EVERYTHING. Every holiday, birthday, family get together, etc. Well I am understanding that is is just the mother in her, in me, in all of us. There seems to be new emotions running through my blood. They are so indescribable and are best expressed through tears.......tears of joy, sorrow, happiness, excitement, and sadness ALL IN ONE. It is like my heart is skipping to a new beat, and I just want time to slow down so I can enjoy each moment soooo much longer.

Alright, enough with my mushy mommy stuff. Here is how we spent our Thanksgiving/Lainee's Birthday!

First of all......kids are so funny. She had a hard time understanding how to open a present. She can unroll a roll of toilet paper in about 20 seconds flat, but was so timid on tearing wrapping paper!?!

Then she tried to eat it.....

Then the sisters stepped in because THEY were impatient with her too....

Then after the first present was unwrapped.....any thereafter were obviously too boring because she just wanted the first toy.

Then when she realized that the next one was a baby doll, she was super excited!

I am on this new kick of making all the girls birthday cakes......I think I am improving one by one (slowly that is)

And this is how dirty my dainty little daughter got....yep one finger and she wouldn't even eat the cake!

Of course my other kids needed some extra attention from mom......

Thanksgiving dinner was AMAZING. My mom did all the work this year, she is such a good cook! SO MUCH FOOD!!!!!!!!!! Huge shout out to my hubby for helping my mom with dinner and the clean up, I feel like a huge slacker.

So I have decided that my game plan to run a restaurant, go to school full-time, run 5 miles a day, and take care of four kids all on some serious lack of sleep.........is taking a toll on my body. I actually barely ate turkey dinner, it took my two days to make the cake, and I think this was the only day I actually showered for the whole week ALL BECAUSE I CAUGHT THE DANG FLU AGAIN! For the second time in less then a month and lasting a whole seven days...........my body is a little (or a lot) wore down!!!!! My sister apparently thought it would be funny to take a picture of me crashing on the couch freezing and I only had enough energy to grab a baby blanket lying by me. First, I am not a napper, second we had a house FULL of screaming crying kids, a football game on, and people planning their shopping schedule for the night......I slept for 3 hours in the middle of all of it. Maybe 20 credits in one semester was a little much??

Family Photo Shoot

2011-11-12T21:27:00.000-08:00

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly!

2011-11-01T12:11:00.000-07:00

Before the good, bad, and ugly....here is the SCARY! Okay, not really but I am proud that they did not choose princesses this year. We have La La Loopsy Aynslee, Monster High Jaycee and Sicilee, and the warmest duck costume for Lainee.

Our weekend was so full of excitement! Let me start with the good.....Nickole and her family came up from St. George. My mom's and her birthday are on the same day and since it is so close to Halloween we just wanted to celebrate. She took my mom out to dinner and I watched her kiddos. I don't know how Halley manages twins because from the cute picture on.....my weekend didn't seem to go so well.

Lainee and Christian...

Some oreo balls that I made......I think I ate like 20 minimum.

My mom brought stuff to make the "bubble juice" it was a huge hit with the kids and adults

This is what she added to make the drink fun!

We kicked Uncle Danny out with the kids since he is one himself :)

The bad........Danny's "walk of shame" Halloween costume. He managed to show up 45 minutes late to the 1:00 lunch and still in his costume from the party he went to the night before. Naughty uncle Danny shouldn't have partied so hard the night before!

Also, directly following the cute bathtub picture....Sicilee comes running upstairs to scream that Jaycee ran into the wall (yes her words exactly) and that it was bleeding everywhere. So I grabbed the 2 babies out of the tub, managed to quickly put diapers on and ran downstairs to an entire bathroom floor covered in blood. And Jaycee with a HUGE NOSE and crying uncontrollably! Eyes already black and clothes covered in blood. She had a fat lip and it looked as though her tooth went through it. It took quite a bit to get the truth out of what happened. I just needed to know how hard she hit the wall so I could determine whether to take her to the doctor or not. Eventually, Sicilee said that she did a back handspring INTO the wall. Yep, my all star cheerleader was showing off. We iced it all night. The next day Jaycee had a b-day party to go to and conveniently her friend's dad is a doctor and her mom is a nurse. So I just asked them to look at it and see if they could tell if it was broke and if I should take her in to have it set. In the end the verdict was NOT BROKE whew!!!

The blues, greens, and purples on the whole side of her face are starting to shine through.

The ugly....

Also on Saturday my Lainee struck a fever of 102.4 and would just cry all day. She hasn't broke a tooth yet (I know right?) and I knew she was teething but the temperature was too high. Low and behold an ear infection. It takes a day or two for antibiotics to start helping so the next 2 night were sleepless. Sunday night especially. I had one of my famous "I am going to die" gallbladder attacks. I have had like 6 in the last couple of months but I am stubborn and refuse to go have it looked at. Joldy was gone the whole weekend in Mesquite running a tournament for the Rocky Mountain School of Baseball (rmsb). So I was flying solo. He was on his way home and called and said the other car full of rmsb guys just got in a horrific wreck with a semi. There was construction and the cars had come to a stop and a semi missed ALL the signs to slow down and came around and hit the back of the car which slammed into the car ahead of them going through the back seat. It was awful and so Joldy took an extra day coming back home. Everyone ended up with cuts, bruises, and serious whiplash but all okay thankfully. I was glad to have him home safe :)

Sicilee turns 6

2011-10-22T21:26:00.000-07:00

My babies are all growing up to fast, and this one LITERALLY. Sicilee always has growing pains and I am always buying her new shoes and clothes because she is CONSTANTLY growing. People now think that she is the oldest and are super surprised when I tell them Jaycee is and by 2 years. Her birthday was kind of spread out because we got home from Texas the morning of her birthday. As tired as we were, we managed to still take the family out to eat.....Sissy's choice. Red Robin is the usual choice for our b-day dinners! I also have a tradition to take the birthday girl shopping and they get to pick out their own outfit. I smiled the WHOLE time shopping with Sissy. SHE IS SO ME! Her taste in clothes, her personality, actions, not being able to say her r's, her smile......mini-me.

Then on Sunday I finally caught up for the week and managed to finish her cake! Happy sixth Sissy, you are so special!

My little Lainee has exploded with personality, stands on her own, and will take one step before she claps for herself and then falls! So bitter-sweet for me. Each one of her milestones brings tears.......each moment is just so precious and I want to freeze time.

Yes.....Halley makes fun of her peach-fuzz hair that sticks straight up off her head!

This is her clapping for herself.....right before she falls from it.

I see so much of Jaycee in her including looks, personality, and especially their smiles (which is 100% their dad) Although, her eyes are still blue. I am sure they will change still but she is definitely the longest standing blue eyes of all my babies. No teeth yet, but feeling the pain right along with her from teething. I still am having a lot of firsts with her, the teething rash is not one that I am enjoying. Her bum was literally bleeding, it was so sad. Couldn't even wipe her, just straight baths (even in the middle of the night). The last 2 days it has finally cleared up, poor thing. Instead of chewing on her fingers and hands......she chooses her tongue, which makes her drool even more. Her best, mastered trick is giving high fives. She has that down to a T! Her one-year b-day is creeping up really fast and this little runt is only 17 lbs but eats like a tank. When we went to Red Robin....I ordered her a kids meal for herself NO JOKE. It stinks when Saturday morning rolls around after a long work-week and she is up for the day at 6:30. But the minute that I walk in her room and she smiles, waves, and says momma .... makes my tired moment all worth it!

Texas Rangers Game

2011-10-16T14:30:00.000-07:00

Things have been super busy at the Watts home.....I say that all the time like it will magically change one day! Anyway school is keeping Joldy and I pretty busy, I just passed my 17th credit and am adding another class, Joldy writes like 10 papers a week so even a wink to one another is our version of sending love these days. But.......we did happen to fit in a weekend in Texas to watch the Rangers play game 1 and 2 of the ALCS!!!!!!! Those of you who watch baseball, game 2 was amazing!!!!!!!! Even better in person :) Joldy always said that if he went to the Rangers stadium that it would be to play, so that isn't going to happen but sitting next to his wife and friends sure seemed just as good. Our good baseball buddy Greg and his boys are the ones who invited us and we stayed with his cousin Katie. She is HILARIOUS and gave Joldy crap the whole time. Laughed (and sweated) my but off the whole time!!!

A couple of thing that I learned about Texans......they love food (and boy can they cook), playing washers, baseball, driving trucks, and their beer. Nicest people I have ever met, Idaho and Utah should take some nice lessons from them! Anyway, die-hard Rangers fans there. I think we were the only ones to walk in the ball park without red, white, or blue on. NO JOKE! We definitely hit up a store to help us blend! For the second game (don't mean to brag here....) Katie did land us sky box suite tickets.......and they were SWEET. It was an awesome vacation and I thank my sister Halley for covering on the work side, and a HUGE shout out to my Momma. I left my Lainee for the first time, and for 5 days at that! She did amazing for my mom, she ate like a bear and slept through the night for her. She even managed to get my kids off to school, which is a headache because of no busing and Sissy is only in AM kindergarten, and off to cheer all ON TIME! I don't know what I would do without her. Except that she does it so well that she will be nominated every time we want to skip town :)

Foam Fest

2011-09-17T19:15:00.000-07:00

My friend Kelsie and I are into these extreme race/obstacle course runs. We recently entered into the 5K Foam Fest at Sandy Downs in I.F. It was super cold since we were the 9 am heat, but it was so fun. I don't really do these competively yet because I don't have much time to do serious training.....our goal is not to come in last. I am pretty sore the next couple of days after, but it is well worth the work out!

Our little Lainee is growing so fast! She has graduated to table food, sleeps through the night most of the time, and is as happy as can be. Aynslee handles her all day while the girls are at school and really annoys her, but what are big sisters for?

Jaycee is my biggest helper ever, I seriously don't know what I would do without her. I asked her to entertain Lainee while I showered.......chillin' in Howard the duck and watching Mickey seemed to do the trick.

And they're off......

2011-08-29T17:58:00.000-07:00

My girls started school today! Watch out 2nd graders and Kindergartners......the Watts girls are new in town! They were sooooo excited to go.....not so excited to get up in the morning though. We struggled just a little. Me, on the other hand, struggled a lot. After I dropped them off and headed for work, it took about 5 minutes and then I let loose the tears. I don't cry much and I don't know why, but it was a sad moment for me. Time goes so fast.

The last couple of Sundays we have taken the two older girls boating. It hit me kind of hard when I realized how much more attention the little two get. Spending the whole day with the older girls was so much fun!

We also said our farewells to Porter Clayton, Aynslee's "best buddy" left on a mission for Texas.

Catchin Up!

2011-08-15T18:48:00.000-07:00

I need to dust off the cobb webs from the blog, oh my! So of course the Watts family has been so super busy. The first picture is of the girls in their 24th of July outfits that my sister Halley made, Aynslee threw one of her famous fits for nothing and refused to be in the pic.......so I got a picture of her throwing her fit! This made her twice as mad.

We had our yearly visit with the Chad and Penny Hill family, it was good to see them again.

We had a family night out and took the kids bowling. They had such a blast! Lainee did what she does best and slept for the first part.

For the record, because my kids had the rail up......I got the lowest score both games. Yep, my kiddos beat me!

So this is a random pic of Jo Jo being a wart on her daddy's bum. And yes, those are her Christmas jammies she is sporting.

I have my husband back, he wrapped up his season. I didn't make it to very many games and I can't even remember how they did......bad baseball wife award. We also made a big decision and moved to Idaho Falls, best idea ever. We love it. And on top of EVERYTHING else that we have on our plates Joldy and I have decided to go back to school. I know, I know. My biggest complaint is how much time I don't have, but this we need to do. I am going online full-time and getting my bachelor of science business-human resources. It is go at your own pace completing one class at a time and I plan to be done in 3 years. So far so good....10 years of no school has meant some serious study time. My first math class kicked my butt. Since I run a restaurant, have four kids, and go to school.......I really just don't sleep. That is my game plan, NO SLEEP. Joldy is going back for sports medicine so he can move up in the coaching world, he had a lot of credits transfer so he should be done in less than 2 years. So if you see us looking like zombies with some serious circles under our eyes, we just don't sleep.

Our little Lainee Buggies is on the move. She is crawling and pulling herself up on everything. She eats anything in site.......I am sure if she found a spider she would grab it and eat it. Still an amazing baby and only wakes up once for a bottle around 5 a.m. I believe that I was blessed with the last baby being awesome because if they all were this good......I would have had 12. I have become emotional with her milestones. If I could freeze time, it would be now. My family is complete and I am content with their ages and stages. Every time Lainee does something new, I cry. It will be a bad day in the Watts home when she starts to walk, that is usually the stage where I say "okay lets have another." But this time there is no other. Just witnessing precious moments and embracing parenthood one day at a time.

5K AMAZING RACE

2011-07-16T18:10:00.000-07:00

My good friend Kelsie and I did the funnest thing ever.........we ran in the amazing race in Rexburg. There were hurdles, hay bails, tires, river run, mud running, army crawling, fire jump, and I can't remember much else but it was EXHAUSTING!!! We took 140th of 205 contenders consisting of men and women and they clocked us at 53 minutes. All the proceeds went to the orphanage in Ecuador. They had a little kid 1K and I am excited to have Jaycee do it with me next year.

Before.........

By the way, like the second obstacle was jumping into a deep canal over our heads. So we were completely wet from then on. We made 2 mistakes.......not wearing spandex pants and wearing mascara. We were holding on to our bottoms to keep them on and mascara ran down our cheeks the whole time.

After.......

Definitely going to be feeling it tomorrow!

Aynslee Turned 3!

2011-07-11T20:28:00.000-07:00

Aynslee just graduated from the terrible two's! Okay, okay she is still pretty sassy, but we love her so much. She had a good birthday. We got her a play kitchen and a scooter, she doesn't stop playing with both. We had my family over for a BBQ/pool party/water balloon fight. It has been a LONG time since we got together even for a dinner since we are so busy these days. I decided that I would be one of those cool moms that make the birthday cake. Luckily she chose Hello Kitty and I think I did pretty good.......

Halley brought her whole clan......love her twins. They are so smiley and giggly. This one is Emmi (I think I am her favorite)

Chelcey brought the newest addition, little Lynlee. So we lined up the girls. From left to right we have Lynlee, Lainee, Alli, Emmi. It was difficult to hurry and take a pic before little Lynlee got her hair pulled, scratched, or even bitten by one of the other girls! The twins are ruthless to each other. Always pullin hair, eating each other's clothing, and rolling everywhere. Whew, I don't know how Halley does it.

Here are the two cutest baseball girls.............Halley made them dresses. She is the best Aunt ever.

Joldy's team had a fundraiser alumni baseball game. He needed to save some pitchers for the real games this week, so he was the pitcher. I had to take pics because it has been a long time since I last saw my husband on a mound, in a uniform, striking out batters. He still has it! Struck out like 11 batters in like 4 innings. Yes, he is old and was hurting the next day.

Happy Fourth!

2011-07-07T15:40:00.000-07:00

We had such a quiet holiday! Sometimes it is nice to kick back with just our little family. I started the day with some long hours at work, but Joldy was a good dad and took the girls to the parade and then for lunch with me. I also have some exciting news.!!!!!!!! I became an Aunt again. So after I got off work, I headed up to the hospital to witness the miracle of birth with my sister Chelcey. They had their baby girl and named her Lynlee. She was in labor for 18 hours yikes! She weighed in at 6 lbs 8 ounces and 18.5 inches long. She was vacuumed out so she has quite the bruise on her head for a war-wound. Both mom and baby are doing fabulous.

So after that I headed home and lit off some good ol fireworks with the family. I had made some fun celebration snacks and then the girls crashed for the night.

"Baseballin"

2011-07-07T15:33:00.000-07:00

Our little Aynslee asks a lot of questions in a day. One of my favorites....."is dad baseballin today?" Most of the time my answer is yes. Even though we have a house full of girls, they still play ball with dad inbetween games.

Gettin Bigger

2011-06-25T18:21:00.000-07:00

Seven months and growing. Well.....not according to the charts. This little fart is still 0% straight across the board. The other girls had a serious "budda belly" to help them sit up, not so much with this one. She had to work on her abs and balance to finally do this trick! Watch out though, she gets so excited that she bounces and does a somewhat boot scootin boogie (mostly when she watches mickey mouse clubhouse.....her favorite).

Poor Jo Jo feels so left out since the girls have a whole neighborhood of kids their age to play with. So Joldy used the one thing he knows best to help entertain..............

Please note the long grass and serious weeds in my yard, the husband is slacking in this area. Also he broke the lawn mower, and well.......we all know how mechanicall-inclined he is! He swore putting together the new jumparoo for Lainee. I mean seriously :)

Good Times and Colorado

2011-06-14T12:51:00.001-07:00

My sister, Nickole and her family, came up for one last visit before they move to St. George! We hit a picnic in the park and it was a blast. Her little-big guy Christian is a TANK, no joke! Could not even lift him in the air to get giggles out of him. His is in 2T clothes, OMG. Happiest baby ever though :)

He is already like half the size of me, I could just eat up this kid. He laughs and giggles all day long. His back rolls.....there is like four on each side, and his thighs.......holy thunder!

We headed out to Colorado for Joldy's baseball tourney. We were able go to the Colorado Rockies game. Aside from Lainee, it was the girls' first big league game. They weren't near as excited as my mom. We have created a monster!!!! She absolutely loved it. They are addicting I will admit. We also were able to hit the zoo, I do believe that it is considered on of the best in America. I completely agree. I saw animals that I didn't even know how to pronounce. Jo Jo's favorite was the elephants, the rest of us was definitely the giraffes.

The legion board put together a AA legion team this year and nominated Joldy to coach it. They aren't starting off so hot, but you do have to consider that these boys picked for this team are ALL RIVALS of each other. They are slowly learning to play together and becoming a team. They have such great talent and potential, it is just a matter of uniting.

Joldy turned the big 29 on Sunday! A way boring birthday considering we took a good but kicking at the game in the morning and then had to drive 10 hours home. However, the shopping there puts Salt Lake to shame. The outlets are ginormous and super amazing. So Joldy got hooked up for his big day and I was able to finish all school shopping for the girls.

Not everything was peaches and cream for the trip......Jo Jo had a UTI and got the flu the first night, Sicilee caught the flu the second night, my throat was on fire the whole trip!! The doctors there charge 200 an appointment, so I passed and waited until yesterday to go to the doc. Big mistake....it has escalated into mono!!!! It is so funny when a doctor asks a mother of 4 "so have you been tired lately" I mean really who isn't tired??? So it seems I will be extra exhausted for a while:) Anyslee just started a fever today so I will have to take her in, I am sure it is strep. Needless to say the adults, including my poor mother, didn't get much sleep during this little vacation!!! And my poor Lainee hasn't even got her second round of shots because of sickness ( including being exposed, but not yet catching the chicken pox) that keep escalating my family.

Seattle Road Trip

2011-05-31T19:25:00.000-07:00

The Space Needle was amazing,the food was fantastic, and the company was even better.
We had an absolute blast on our trip! Trenna and Muck came with us.....an I took my little Lainee WHO WAS A TROOPER!!! She was so good, even all the long hours in the car. There are alot of random trip pics, please take note of the ones my husband is actually smiling in. HE NEVER SMILES.

The best picture of all......what my husband would look like with hair!

We stayed up super late playing cards, laughed during the long road hours, and ate some pretty awesome food. A much needed vacation.

State at Boise

2011-05-23T21:03:00.000-07:00

Joldy's team made it to state again this year. The girls and I surprised him and showed up late Friday night. Well not much of a surprise because I am a terrible liar......really. The weather was great (came home with my first sunburn) and the girls got to play with Grace and Kreed so they were super happy.

The Bees ended up 3rd at State and Joldy was very proud.

It was good to hang out with my sister Katie.

Aynslee made a new friend wouldn't leave the poor girl alone.

At the end of a very long weekend, dad and girls were exhausted and it showed! What an amazing coach and good daddy.

We have one week before legion starts and Joldy and I take this weekend for "US" time. So we are headed to Seattle to hit a Mariners/Yankees game. I can't seem to part with my Lainee yet, so she gets to see her first big league game with us. We plan on driving over to Eugene, Oregon to watch Porter Clayton play. Thank you for my family for volunteering to watch our kiddos for us. This little vacation is much needed.

Preschool Graduation and more.....

2011-05-18T08:25:00.000-07:00

I am so proud of my graduate!! She has learned so much this year. Write her whole name, tie her shoes, color inside the lines, sign language, alphabet sounds, phone number, address, and so on!!! Still my diva. She has to pick out cute clothes, shoes that match, and don't forget the earrings. She grew 2 inches this year and only gained 1 pound. I think her feet grew 3 sizes, no joke. She stands almost a head taller then her other classmates!

Carter is in the same preschool class as Sicilee so Halley brought her clan. It is funny because all of Halley's kids will be in the same exact grade as one of my kids. Of course not with Jayc but the rest follow right in line with mine:) She just doubled up at the end. Halley has been so creative lately. The dresses that her twins are wearing, she made. I just looked at her and said "where's Lainee's?" I don't know how she has time for such creativeness.

They always ask the kids what they want to be when they grow up. Jaycee said a baby doctor and hasn't changed her mind yet, and Sicilee said a dentist. I immediately looked and Joldy and said he needs to make more money because we have expensive college ahead of us! But not to worry about retirement because the girls will take care of us:)

My Lainee bugs has graduated to baby food!!! Don't let the picture fool you (bad angle) she is still tiny. She IS NOT A FAN OF FOOD OR JUICE! Really 3 bites, a nasty face, and pursing her lips together. She is just shy of six months and needs more nutrition then just milk. Never had a kid not want to eat. She is still on a great routine (never imposed it, she just did it herself). She is sleeping through the night and in her own bed, but she wakes up around 6 EVERY morning, loads her diaper, then talks to her toes. Never cries. Usually the loading the diaper is the part I wake up on cuz this girl can shake a house:) Sometimes she watches cartoons as I run on the treadmill, sometimes I let her pull my hair, and sometimes I let her play with Joldy's face. He sleeps through absolutely EVERYTHING so it doesn't bother him.

After cheer tryouts we headed to Applebees's to meet my dad because he was up for a visit. It just happen to be kid's night so there was face painting. The girls took full advantage. Halley and Steph came too. So our table consisted of: My dad plus 3 infants, 3 two-year olds, 2 preschoolers, Jaycee, and 3 of his own daughters. Joldy joined us after his game so for a while Dad got alot of funny looks. He always had a baby in his arms or a kid on his lap. I feel so blessed that Dad comes to visit his grandchildren so much and lives 5 hours away. The girls always ask when his next visit is. He never misses a birthday, and calls or texts every holiday. HUGE shout out to Poppy and MeMe for being awesome grandparents.

Random pic of Aynslee.....I think Jayce might of taken it.

Happy Easter

2011-04-24T13:39:00.000-07:00

The Easter Bunny and I had a talk, and decided that my children already eat wwwwwwwwwwwwaaaaaaaaaaayyyyyyyyyyy too much candy (the dentist agrees:) and so Jayc and Aynslee got a summer outfit, Sissy got a new swim suit and shoes that actually fit her ski-feet! Size 1 mind you, Jayc is still an 11. And my little Lainee bugs got a bumbo tray, new spoons (since she will be starting cereal soon) and extra binkies!!! We did, however, have a big Easter Egg Hunt down stairs..........Lainee tried to participate but is still not mobile (lol)

Can you tell that her dad dresses her in the mornings? She is sporting her Bee gear. She also has discovered her toes and talks to them often. Sometimes at her 5 am feeding, she would rather talk and play with her toes then go back to sleep, a minor disagreement we have had lately. She is still a super good baby and is extremely happy. I wish all of them were as easy as she is!

The girls and I haven't made it to very many games, due to the weather of course. And when we do go, Lainee and I get the box seats! Aynslee is daddy's girl and LOVES baseball, if it is too cold and I tell her we cannot go or Lainee will get sick she goes into one of her "I am two" screaming fits. Even though poor Joldy did not get a son, Aysnlee will sure fill those shoes. I don't think she will be a cheerleader, and that should save me quite a bit of money! If you gave her the choice of pom poms or a baseball glove..........definately a glove.

Entertainer of the year

2011-03-31T13:05:00.001-07:00

Let me further explain this picture........First of all, those are Jaycee's cheer curlers in her hair. They are the coolest curlers ever. Anyways, as you all know baseball season is here........and I am a widowed wife! So Jaycee has become my entertainer for Lainee bugs so I can do housework and cook dinner. Lainee was fussing and I was trying to do the dishes and I yelled at Jaycee to please talk to Lainee so I could finish. Lainee stopped crying. So I finished and when I came in the room.....this is what I saw. I have no idea how Jayc managed to get her in that position, but she was super entertained so I have to objections. After this picture my camera died, but then I walked past the girls' bathroom to find Sicilee going to the bathroom with the door wide open. To make the situtation even funnier, she was playing the IPad. I just shook my head and mumbled something along the lines of "wow, you are soooooo your father." I got Lainee's ears pierced and by the forth kid I have it mastered. No really, I rubbed the teeth numbing gel on her earlobes and she didn't even cry. The sad thing is, she won't hold still long enough for me to take a picture. I have tried numberous times and failed. So I will just tell you that they are super cute :) I just changed out her 0-3 month clothes for 3-6 so we are growing like a weed. She is the happiest baby I have had yet, and lllloooooovvvvveeeesss cartoons. We put her in her bumbo to watch T.V. and she thinks she is so cool. She is up to 5 ounces every 4 hours and only wakes up at 3 for a bottle. I can't say that my tiredness is due to lack of sleep, maybe it is because I am getting old!!!! LOL We are heading to Boise for a baseball tourney and the girls are so exited to see Poppy and MeMe and Katie and her fam. I bought Tangled for the ride, the girls can hardly wait:)

Cheer Nationals

2011-03-13T17:39:00.000-07:00

The girls and I headed for Utah for nationals. My Jaycers took 4th and Sissy took 2nd. It is so funy because Jaycee gets sooooo disappointed when she doesn't always get first like last year. It is hard to teach your kid that you still performed great even if you don't take home a first place trophy. She is in the "mini" team and there is A LOT more competition. "Tiny" team basically looks cute and shakes their bums and they usually get a big standing ovation. And boy can Sissy shake her bum bum! It was a great girls weekend and we managed to get some shopping in, always a favorite of mine when hitting up Utah. Nickole and her husband have recently moved to Utah and so she got to see them perform. Nickole is their favorite and were so excited to hang with her for the weekend.

On another note, I couldn't be blessed with a better baby! She sleeps so good and is sooooooo content. A word that never existed with the previous 3. I finally took her for her shots and she has managed to slowly get out of the zero percentiles. So at 3 months and one week:
WEIGHT: 10.4 LBS = 6%
HEIGHT: 22.8 INCHES = 17%
HEAD: 14.1 = 1%

Once again, following in Jaycee's footsteps, spiked almost an instant fever which lasted for 5 days. Funny thing is, I caught the nasty flu bug and held the same fever right along with her for the week. It was like a flashback of my honeymoon........I was really sick. (those of you that know me well, I spent my honeymoon dying sick with the flu with my husband on a couch instead of on a cruise to Mexico) So Lainee got a lot of mommy snuggling except I had to do alot of washing of my hands and some serious hand sanitizer so she wouldn't catch my bug.

Her blue eyes are still holding strong and her clogged tear duct has finally cleared up. No more goop, yay! She smiles and tells her cute little high-pitched stories all day. She has Jaycee's smile, which comes from their father, same dimples and all. She has found her tongue, and is super interested in her hands and fingers. She is always holding her hands in front of her and going cross-eyed to stare at them. Her personality is blooming every day. We love her so much!

Snow Days

2011-02-14T20:51:00.000-08:00

The girls have this great idea of playing out in the snow............

and about 5 minutes later, this is the result:

Mind you, after one minute Jo Jo knocked on the door because she had to go to the bathroom. So her time was significantly less:)

The Twins are here!!!!

2011-02-10T08:28:00.000-08:00

Okay, okay the twins came over a week ago. I let Halley borrow my camera and my laptop. They arrived on 2-2-11 about fourty minutes apart and NATURALLY! Yay for Halley I am so proud of her. She went for a normal checkup and she was dialated to a 7 (what) and no her water still had not broken. So they sent her up to the hospital and they were here like 4 hours later! My girls had a cheer performance at Skyline High School so I frantically was calling cheer moms and friends to come do hair and make-up and get the girls off. I kept telling Halley to wait for me cuz I wanted to be there:) Right, like any woman would hold off for a sister. But I made it in time and Baby "A" Emmi came first weighing in at 5.9 lbs and 18 inches long and Baby "B" came feet first, Alli, weighing in at 6.1 lbs and 18.5 inches long. Alli has progressed much faster then little Emmi so Alli came home last night and Emmi will have to stay like 3-5 days more. Both are healthy, they just had the same problem my Lainee did. Didn't want to eat on their own.

This one is little Emmi..........I only know this because she has more hair the Alli:)

This is little Alli.......she loves to snuggle with her Aunt Meggan!

2011-01-27T11:15:00.000-08:00

My little Lainee bug is getting so big! So bittersweet. I am not a big fan of rushing the first shots, especially with a preemie.....the poor girl doesn't even have meat on her thighs yet. So I don't have any stats, but she is growing......slowly. She reminds me of Jaycee with everything! She is a noisy eater, sleeper, pooper, burper, hiccuper, she grunts and stretches and moans and groans all day and night long. She gets the hiccups every time she burps cuz she is stretching and making noises. Not a big eater though, I think it bores her. Complete opposite of the last two chunks. I think she is mad at me for not nursing her anymore, a milk strike :) She is only eating 2-3 ounces still, our chunky cousin Christian is up to 6 oz and barely makes it 3 hours. I am on the tail-end of pumping only twice a day since I started back up with work this week. I usually don't have a hard time emotionally giving up nursing, but with this being our last, I am having a hard time letting go of it. I don't get emotional much, but this little sweet baby has got me quite a few times. We both are sad but doing well with the change. She does well at night.....only waking up once for a bottle, doesn't cry much but we still get in some serious quality time with changing diapers, waiting out the darn hiccups, and burping. She sleeps with me (bad habit, I know) but as long as we are getting sleep I don't mind. She has a clogged tear duct so her eye is really goopy all the time. Finally graduated from newborn clothes and diapers and we have moved on the the 0-3 month clothes.

I turned the big 29 last week and while Joldy and I were out for dinner Nickole watched ALL 4 kiddos and was able have the girls help her make this fabulous (Jo Jo was the sprinkler if you can't tell) cake and homemade cards that each of them wrapped themselves. So priceless ;)

Aynslee is killing me lately with her vocabulary. A few of the latest fav quotes: "you not my best buddy anymore", "dad, can I play your ipad" "you need your phone to text?" "mommy....I your favorite" "I don't want to be big!"

SSSOOOOO....my poor sister Halley who is pregnant with twins...................IS STILL PREGNANT! She will be 37 weeks tomorrow and is measuring like 54 cm. YIKES! She is pretty miserable, I feel for her. So when she finally does have them I will post:)

Lainee's Newborn Photoshoot

2011-01-19T17:50:00.000-08:00

Utah Cheer Trip

2011-01-17T10:59:00.000-08:00

The girls had another competition in Utah this last weekend. There were at least 10 teams in each of their divisions, Jayc took 4th and Sis took 2nd. I must say it was smoldering hot in that gym and way too many people! I ended up taking the layers I had put on Lainee off because it was even too hot for a baby. Joldy took one for the team and joined me on this competition. I usually have him stay home with Aynslee, but we made it a family effort.

Jaycee is so competitive and forgets to smile because she is trying to do such a good job, but this time she smiled the whole time and enjoyed herself.

We are F-A-M-I-L-Y

2011-01-09T11:08:00.000-08:00

It is a such rare occasion to have the WHOLE family get together, but we did it. It is so fun for all the cousins to get to play with eachother, but most of all, MY SISTERS!

The growing number of grandkids totaling 11...........and all of the sisters. We were not so happy cuz 2 of us just had babies and 2 are pregnant, so the chubby sisters ;)

While the adults were playing games, Sicilee got a scrape on her leg and the girls played doctor. We were impressed with the amount of band-aids and neosporin they used.

While the girls played doctor, they boys were interested in the nintendo DS. Girls will be girls and boys will be boys I guess.

Halley's twins are being tough and hanging in there. They did better on the stress test and one even turned head down so the docs are thinking she might not have to have a c-section. She is measuring 45 cm! YIKES! The babies had a big growth spurt and are both nearing the 6 lb mark. WHHAAHOOO.

Cousin Love

2011-01-06T15:32:00.000-08:00

Introducing Christian James George.............weighing in at 8 lbs 5 oz and 20.5 inches long! What a chunky big boy :) He towers over my little Lainee. He was born January 31 via c-section after laboring for 12 long hours with no epidural.......poor Nickole! He looks just like Roman but with brown hair and brown eyes. He is such a sweet boy.

This is as close as Joldy is going to get with having a boy.........being a good uncle:)

My little Lainee bug is changing so fast, and we thought she was getting big until Nickole brought her baby to my house so we could be on maternity leave together! Then she didn't look so big.

So at six weeks difference in age, Lainee is still the runt.

Christian's first bath.............yes poor kid in a pink bath and he hangs out in a pink bouncer all day. He is SUCH a good baby! Doesn't make a peep and eats like a champ (poor Nickole.... although she does produce a bigger dairy then me! Her first pump after her milk came in was 13 ounces....WHAT?!) Yes, my house is literally a dairy now..haha.

Halley's twins are at 35 weeks and I am so thankful that she has kept them in this long. She is pretty uncomfortable and one of them ,sadly, is not passing the stress test. She has a doc appointment tomorrow and if her heart rate is still too high then they will take them c-section tomorrow night. So yes, 4 BABIES. We are all CRAZY! Also, my baby sister Chelcey just announced that she is preggers and due on July 11! Chelcey's baby will make 14 grandbabies...whew we are such busy little mommas.

Christmas 2010

2010-12-29T14:12:00.000-08:00

I couldn't have asked for a better Christmas Holiday! I made a french toast breakfast the night before and then baked it for Christmas morning (best idea ever). The girls slept in until 8 and then we opened presents, cleaned up, put presents together, and the kids played endlessly. It was so nice to stay in our pajamas the whole day! Only 2 sisters made it over for a little dinner, so most of the day is was just our little family.

Lainee slept the whole time, through all the noise and excitement.

This has got to be the cutest present to ever sit under our tree!

One of our family traditions on Christmas Eve is opening sister gifts and Christmas jammies. I think Lainee just wanted to come early so she wasn't left out:)

Oh the fabulous holiday activities.................

Joldy was trying to start a tradition of going to look at the Christmas lights/shows, it didn't go so well. After we stopped and watched 2 of them Aynslee fell asleep, Jayc was upset because she thought we were going to the drive in and wanted to get snacks, and Sicilee thought we were going to Chucky Cheese for dinner!?! I basically laughed the whole way home. Not the reaction we thought we would get.

I took our little Lainee to the doctor and she weighs in at 6.6 lbs and 19 inches long, a whole 2% for her age :) She is 5 weeks old and has obviously going to hit a big growth spurt cuz she has caught up to my milk supply and wants milk every 2 1/2 hours. So nursing is working out well for us, especially at night so I get more sleep. She is changing every day and I am savoring every moment I can with her...............they are only little once.

Birthday Movie

2010-12-29T14:05:00.000-08:00

Since Jayc had a cheer competition on the day of her birthday, I took the 3 older girls to Tangled to celebrate a week later. It was the cutest Disney movie I have seen yet! Aynslee did so good and watched the whole thing.....well there was about a million questions during it but she had her popcorn and candy that kept her pretty occupied.

Baby Luv

2010-12-18T10:26:00.000-08:00

First of all I must say a huge thanks to everyone who has given us flowers and gifts!! We have been showered with them very generously. Here is one of the cutest arrangement of cookies I have ever seen!

Life at the Watts house has been pretty busy since we got our little bundle of joy came home! Joldy and I celebrated our 8th anniversary on December 6th and we snuck away for a dinner for two while my mom watched the kiddos (yes we are so boring). Jaycee turned 7 on Decemeber 11th and we were in Utah for a cheer competition, Jayc took 2nd and Sissy took 1st! The girls were able to see Santa at the mall, Aynslee only liked him from a distance of course :)

We are loving our little angel! She definitely has got the eating thing down and demands her milk now (huge milestone for her). Her little chipmunk cheeks are starting to show even though she still has the skinniest chicken legs ever. She is a little spoiled and thinks she needs held all day, we kind of enjoy that (until I go back to work that is). Has found her thumb a few times and has graduated from preemie diapers and clothes to newborn. I actually went and bought her some newborn outfits cuz I was tired of only her jammies fitting her.

She is loving her baths and falls asleep instantly. It must remind her of being in the womb, she is so funny.

Aynslee is doing much better and has become my biggest helper. Her fits have calmed down and she actually waits for me to change her bum so she can run the diaper to the garbage and then waits for her to finish her bottle so she can put it in the sink. Lainee has taken to nursing but I produce way more than she eats so I still have to pump after I feed her. Really time consuming but hopefully she will catch up soon (mostly because my freezer is now a dairy) She should have milk for at least two months after I decide to stop!

Lainee's Homecoming!!

2010-12-05T14:19:00.000-08:00

Our little baby got to come home on Friday.....hooray! Her sisters are loving her to death, literally. Aynslee is a little or A LOT possessive. She wants to hold her ALL DAY LONG and doesn't want her other sisters to even go near her. Not the reaction we thought she would have. We just let her throw her fits and try to let her help with everything :)

Here is our little elf who decided herself that she wanted to go home. She had pulled her own feeding tube out completely and didn't even make a peep while she did it.....then from that point on she ate all her bottles right on que for 48 hours straight and then we got to come home. It is like she turned a corner and kept going!

Daddy was only able to come to the hospital for one feeding a day since he had to go back to work then head home to bath the girls, do homework, keep up on my house, and get the kids to bed. HUGE shout out to my family, especially my mother who unexpectedly had to take vacation time that is going to be much needed for Halley and Nickole here very shortly! My house was kept up on and my girls always had a taxi and someone to watch them. Thanks Family!!!!! Most of all...........a big I LOVE YOU to my wonderful husband who made it possible for me to spend 12 hours a day at the hospital and being my emotional support.

Our first night home was a little rough. I thought that since she was laid down at the hospital and slept in her bed most of the time that it was what she wanted........learned the hard way and night #2 she slept right next to me and mommy got much more sleep:) We sure love her so much and it is so good to have her home!

Baby Update

2010-12-01T13:36:00.000-08:00

My little Lainee still isn't home yet but is showing huge milestones!! Most of her firsts are in the hospital so here is her first bath(she was not happy) and her first beanie now that she can regulate her own temperature!!! She just has to work on waking up on her own and drinking her whole bottle. With these little preemies it is like 2 steps forward 1 step back. We sure hope she can come home within the next week though :)

She's here! A little early..........

2010-11-26T10:41:00.000-08:00

Our little angel wanted her own birthday and for it not to be around Christmas! Miss Lainee Rose Watts born Wednesday November 24th at 10:40 a.m. weighing in at 5 lbs 7 oz and 18 inches long. Definitely our little runt! Being 5 weeks early she has been in the nurses care until she is strong enough to eat without help. Her lungs are doing great and she is breathing on her own. I chose to not show pics yet cuz she has a lot of cords and tubes, but she is BEAUTIFUL! Here is our story:

Tuesday I chose not to go to work due to road conditions, yet for some reason I felt really good. I got this crazy I need to get ready for the baby bug and got her car seat and diaper bag all ready. Then it didn't stop there.......I didn't stop nesting the rest of the day! I drove my husband nuts! I even went and got some blanket material to match her take home outfit, but didn't get around to make it. At 6 am I felt like I peed my pants so I got up, went to the bathroom.........nothing else. Changed my pants and went to crawl back in bed when I felt more water, I woke up my husband and said " I think I am leaking fluid but it is way too early". I got the one eye open thing and a huh? Then the rest of my water broke, and I started crying cuz I knew it was too early and was worried for the baby. I called my mom to come be with my kids and we headed for the hospital. Everything happened so fast from that point on. They checked me and I was dilated to a 3 but she was breech.......ultrasound showed feet in the birth canal. Doc was called and he did another ultrasound to confirm and then did the most painful thing that I have ever experienced........tried to turn her himself. Mission not accomplished......c-section was then performed less then an hour later. I actually felt a little guilty for not going through labor pains. She cried right away which made me cry...mostly in relief. They quickly showed her to me over the sheet and then I didn't get to see her for a long time. Joldy did though...FYI... my poor husband who doesn't do well during these situations was white and barely said 2 words the whole time! She is tough and is progressing, she just got put on a bili-blanket for jaundice so she will have to stay a few more days. I have never left the hospital without my baby so this is going to be hard. When they take the IV out of her little head I will post some pics....she is the first child to not look so much like her daddy and a little more like her momma :)

Disney Land and 1st Cheer Competition

2010-11-21T13:46:00.000-08:00

The Watts family has been super busy having too much fun the last couple of weeks! It was exhausting but well worth it of course. I definately wouldn't recommend going on a "walking" vacation at 34 weeks preggers though :) Although, I didn't gain any weight, the contractions were so consistent that she settled herself right down where she should which made it so I can breathe finally, and I was so tired by the end of the day that I slept so good. Some pros and cons I guess.

We took Nickole and her husband for their first visit (she was 32 weeks preggers) so we waddled behind everyone together. Their son is obsessed with buzz.....and he was the first character we saw!!! Joldy and Dan got to ride all the adult rides together and were bigger kids than our own :)

Aynslee was my typical 2 year old and yes the fits were there every day, but she was such a trooper and woke up every morning ready to see "minnie's house". She finally took a nap in the stoller the very last day.....it was much needed.

There is a serious picture overload....sorry!

The Danny and Nickole George Family

We always hit up Goofy's Kitchen to get our family photo for the year (seriously) so here is the whole clan! After we ate we headed up to see Uncle Levi and soak up some much needed sun at the beach.

I have to admit the daddy daughter photo is priceless! She was stuck on him like glue the WHOLE trip. Everything was "daddy do it" holding her in line, bathroom breaks....you name it she wanted him and no complaints on my end :)

The girls were so funny about sand being everywhere!!!!!! Aynslee kept saying "sand in my bum, hurts" haha I sure love this little girl.

We came home with 3 bags of stuffed Disney animals that Joldy and the girls won while I shopped at the stores

We went during Christmas specifically this year, the lights and festiveness were so amazing.

After six long days in California we got back Friday just in time to unpack, do laundary, and pack back up because Jayc and Siss had their first cheer competition the next morning. I was so impressed with Sissy not being scared and smiling the whole time! I was a little worried with the whole cheer thing with her but she seems to love it as much as Jayc. Jaycee was so funny cuz she is one of the girls they lift a lot and they missed lifting her once and she was "pissed." She scowled the rest of the dance and then plopped her bum next to me after and crossed her arms and then continued to pout. I am a poor sport losing games and bets with my husband so I guess she got that from me. All in all, both of their teams took first place and no harm done with some serious scowls from Jaycers.

I love their new uniforms this year! And I love that Sissy gets to have pigtails!

Our schedule is still super crazy up until the baby comes. I have four weeks left (I have already scheduled my induction day so I can be home for Christmas....it does pay to always measure so big and to have the option to go at 39 weeks :) So with Disney Land, first competition, and Thanksgiving being this week my checklist is half done. Now I just have anniversary, 2nd cheer competition in Utah (same day as Jaycee's birthday), graduation week for work, then hooray she will be here!!!!!!

Happy Halloween

2010-10-31T19:43:00.000-07:00

Since half of the sisters are having babies for the holidays, we decided to do our big family get together for the year for Halloween. Katie couldn't make it up but most of the grand kids all got to go trick-or-treating together! They were so cute and LOVED getting candy. I told the girls they could not be princesses this year so Jayc was a witch, Sis was spider girl, and Aynslee was a bee who was showing off her stinger that stuck out in back.

Here is the cutest kid in the universe! Little Roman was a cop and I was trying to get a pic of just him and Nickole said "Tell aunt Meggan to put her hands in the air" and cute as he is......he dropped his gun and put HIS hands in the air. It was so funny :)

After we gather too much candy around Rigby, we then hit the Boo and the Zoo! The kids had a blast!

To celebrate my mom's and Nickole's b-day (which is on the same day) we decided to do a spa morning with all the sisters and mom! No pics were taken cuz there was a lot of facials, massages, mani's, pedi's, and waxing. Afterwards we hit Olive Garden for lunch and then the mall for some much needed shopping minus the kiddos. Hooray for all the daddy's for taking the kids so the girls could have some pampering:) I did try to get a pic of the chubby, swollen, sparkly toes for you though.

Halloween Festivities

2010-10-25T20:57:00.000-07:00

The fam had a fun filled day of super delicious treats and carving pumpkins!!!!! The girls actually helped clean out the pumpkins instead of saying......eeeww gross! They were good little helpers and we topped off the day with some caramel covered goodies that my mom whipped up.

Of course we had to have minnie for Aynslee. She is still her favorite Disney character!

Joldy gave up on snow white a little early so she is harder to tell who she is.....but this one was Sicilee's

I MADE my mom carve one pumpkin and she totally just free handed this and was done in like one minute flat. Cheater pants!

A couple of funny kid quotes of the day.

Jaycee was on the computer and she yells at me "Hey mom, what is my email address!?" Obviously she was trying to buy something but seriously what is this world coming to? She is in first grade for heavens sake!

Joldy is in so much trouble for this one. Let me explain further. Aynslee has this little raspberry birth mark right on the top of her foot (I claim it is from her kicking my rib so hard while still in my oven) and her newest "thing" is claiming that she is bleeding EVERY time she gets a teeny ow-ee. So every day she says she is bleeding. Joldy got tired of it and taught her that it is a freckle, YES A FRECKLE! Use your imagination of that word being said over and over by a 2-year old all day. It sounds like she has such a potty mouth between freckle and sh**. We are such bad parents I guess. My mom laughed pretty hard when she heard it so she has been trying to teach her that it is a polk-a-dot. Which she can say clearly, thank goodness.

We are down to single digits with our very active fetus. I actually feel pretty good. Sleep is...... well very interrupted by her moving and me not being able to breathe but that will only get worse over the next weeks so I will live for now. My weight has been much more managed with this one although I really do nothing different from any of the other pregnancies. So weird how each one is SO different. Went to the doc and measure 3 weeks big, so normal for my chubby newborns! She is sitting breech, however, I have never had one breech this far along. They have always been head down and in the birth canal by now so it scares me a little that she might not turn before she gets too big. Which also is a big part of my breathing problems. Her head is right against my diaphragm. Lil' stinker! I think time will actually fly over the next weeks until she arrives. My fabulous husband is scheduled for a vasectomy next week (yep...we are so done!), then the next week we head to Disneyland, the next day the girls have their first cheer competition, our 8 year anniversary is on the 6th, another cheer competition on Dec. 11 in Utah which is also Jaycers birthday,then I have to make it through graduation week for work sake, then bam the baby will be here! Usually the last months drag but as you can see life will be super busy clear up until she decides to arrive:)

Happy Birthday Sicilee!

2010-10-14T14:50:00.000-07:00

My middle baby turned five! We celebrated by taking her to Red Robin (the kids' ultimate favorite place to eat) and then went home to have cake and ice cream. She is really into barbies.......so we added to her collection. My mom added by getting her a barbie bathtub toy that seems to lengthen bath time by at least a half an hour. And Poppy and MeMe sent their birthday card with birthday money to add a boy barbie to the collection. All in all it was a Barbie Fest!

Sicilee and Aynslee have been getting along so much better since all the have to play with is each other while Jayc is at school. Still fight like crazy but they seem to play well too. Sissy is my growing weed that I can't keep up with! She has now passed Jayc by a full size in shoe.....therefore already had to exchange her cheer shoes that she can't even get on her foot. And even though it seems the school year has just started, I had to go shopping to buy just her some new shoes that she could actually put her foot into. She is enjoying cheer and trying desperately to get her back kick-over before competitions start next month. I still call her my lost butterfly in everything that she does, her attention span is short. Especially when I ask her to help clean up of to do something.......weird. The sassy that I thought maybe passed this one child is entering her blood slowly:) DANG IT! I thought that I might not lose my mind if I had one sassy-less child! All in all we love her so much.......and her sassy too!

I was behind on Aynslee's shots and finally caught up this week. The doc got a good look into her terrible two tantrums. She screamed, kicked, and cried the WHOLE time we were in the building. No reason, just my JoJo. The doc asked me what I did when she did this and I said ignore her and walk away.....that seemed to be the right answer cuz he just smiled. She has however grown ALOT just this summer. She put on 4 1/2 inches putting her over 90 percentile for both height and weight. Each child seems to be getting taller as we go. Jayc is predicted to be 5' 2, Sissy 5' 4 and now Aynslee will be about 5' 8. Maybe the last two won't be cheerleaders!!!!!

Jaycee is loving school and once again top of her class. Homework is a breeze cuz the child basically outsmarts me. Has conquered her back handspring at cheer and seems to be growing out of some of her sassy. She is becoming more responsible and definitely fitting the role of the oldest. She has good instincts and is my biggest helper. So maybe there is light at the end of my tunnel and maybe as they get older the attitude will not shine through near as much. MAYBE JUST MAYBE!

Family Time

2010-09-21T17:08:00.000-07:00

We decided to have a family day and took the kiddos to Bear World for the afternoon. It was actually funny cuz when we were at the window paying the guy was all like "so, where you guys from" and I laughed and said "Rigby". He just looked at me and smiled and ended to conversation.......like we were then uninteresting. Anyway it was Aysnlee's first, well second, but being weeks old doesn't count.......and she was pointing and oohing and awwwing the whole time.

This was Aynslee and daddy and her first impression of animals up close. Not okay with it at first......

.......................then she warmed up and was just fine :)

Look......................3 little bears!

and 3 sleepy, being good little bears!

This little stinker has expanded her vocabulary a little too far recently. I have heard sh** come out of her mouth like 8 times a day. And, honestly, the swearword I say all the time is dammit. So it makes me wonder if her Aunt Halley who watches her twice a week for a couple of hours has rubbed off on my innocent 2-year-old......................naughty Halley. So at first I didn't know what she was quite saying until she only said it when she was frustrated, so here was my conversation with my child

"JoJo! We don't say that word......you can say oh my crap instead, okay!"

"Ooooooookay mom, sh**, oh my crap!"

Yeah, I didn't get anywhere with teaching my 2-year-old about what not to say. Bad mom award.

So for the record, the other 2 kids caught Jaycee's little flu bug but minus all the vomiting so Sicilee caught it the 3 days following Jayc, and JoJo caught it the next 3 days after that. LUCKILY I did not catch this one just needed to catch up on some sleep after 2 weeks of being up with kids all night. I have to admit I have been pretty lucky in the catching sickness area with this one, usually I catch every sickness at least twice while pregnant.

So finally after I am getting at least 6 hours of sleep a night........I FEEL GOOD, LIKE NOT SICK OR TIRED! I even can sleep COMFORTABLY at night which is new in pregnancy for me. Routine with the kids in school has helped a lot but my only complaint now is I CANNOT BREATHE! To the point of passing out but if that is my only terrible symptom then I can handle it. The contractions have even stopped. I hope I can coast on through the last trimester and cross my finish line of having kids with a smile :)

Trouble at the Homestead

2010-08-30T20:21:00.000-07:00

Don't let this picture fool you at all. She is cute, adorable, cuddly, polite, and gives the best kisses ever................................this is what I keep chanting to myself

terrible two's is just a phase, it will pass
terrible two's is just a phase, it will pass
terrible two's is just a phase, it will pass

It is my phrase of the month!!!!!!!! This girl has got attitude and is the biggest bully ever. Her and Sicilee go the rounds all day long. The tantrums and independence of this child are at a level even I am unaware could happen. We sure do love this little girl. My favorite lately is when we go to a public bathroom and I let her go first, then as I am finishing I get the "good job mom" with a high five and pound it. EVERYTIME. LOL Still taking naps......oh so grateful right now. And is my wart on my bum all day long. Does everything with me, shower, makeup, hair, lotion, toe painting, all the fun girlie stuff.

Aside from my 2 year old being 2
BOY HAS IT BEEN A LONG WEEK AT THE WATTS HOUSE!!!!!!!!!

A better explanation of the pics of my toughest Jaycers ever. It started out as me thinking a bad flu bug...............it just hasn't stopped for a week now. Just a fever, stomach pain, and a whole lot of vomiting (mixed in with sleepless nights) This poor girl by day 4 was so dehydrated that we had to go in for 2 days for an IV, followed by blood tests, x-rays, totaling about 5 trips to the doc in a week. Talk about a trooper though, every time they poked her she didn't even flinch. Actually I am pretty sure she does better than me with the needles :) So just when I thought maybe I would start getting sleep again.......this morning Jayc starts up with the vomiting, Sicilee has a bad cough mixed with an ear infection, and Aynslee woke up crying with the nasty croupy cough. As I laid there almost in tears already awake when the alarm went off , it is then I started a new chant:

I can do this, all moms do

LOL i am just exhausted!! To the point of having some serious unwanted, way too early contractions. Although it has been almost a whole week since I have had morning sickness and aside from lack of sleep I do seem to just barely be getting the second trimester energy:)

I had my ultrasound and I really think this last one is definitely going to be the "odd" man out child. All 3 first kids were grabbing and playing with their bums and had the hiccups, this one decides to grab her toes and suck on them. All 3 kids have been born on the 11th day of the month, most likely not for this one. Although it is the same exact due date as Jaycee had. I am just hoping to be home with my family for Christmas and not spending it in the hospital :)

My sister Halley and I have been having Sunday dinners lately and cooking things we crave. We came across a recipe for churros here are some questionable pics:

So basically teeny turds, sugar-coated turds, and boiling turds. We are now not craving churros for some odd reason!

My pregnant sisters and I are sharing the same brain without even knowing it. I had rescheduled my ultrasound 3 times (due to baseball) Nickole had hers from day 1 and Halley scheduled hers 2 weeks before she went in. We all ended up on the same day within an hour of each other. WEIRD. I cheated of course and am still clearly having a girl, Nickole is having another boy, and Halley is most likely having twin girls! All happy and healthy babies.

There is the Watts update and school starts in 1 day! Jaycee in 1st grade, Sissy in preschool, and JoJo to the sitter!

State+Regionals=I have a husband again!

2010-08-12T15:18:00.000-07:00

The smell of fresh cut grass, hot dogs on the grill, and spittin' out seeds has just come to an end for the Bees. They sure did end well though! They took state, then we headed to Bozeman, MT for regionals. Last year they were out in 2 games....this year made it to game 14. We took a young team and they held their own the whole time :) It was a good way to end the season.

First game in we played the Alaska eskimos...that's right, my ancestors. I was actually confused on who to cheer for the first game (hehehe)

Daddy and his girls

Porter's biggest fan.........she cheers him on the whole game. "Go Porter" she says and claps! She will look back one day at this picture and know that she knows someone famous cuz this kid will make millions for his talent one day very soon.

Since the team has done so well this year, Joldy is getting tired of getting cold water dumped on him at the end of the games......so he turned on them and threw it at the boys instead......

then the boys grabbed the "fire hose" they use to water down the field and hosed him down good:)

In Bozeman there was a statue of a little boy with a baseball glove, when I lost her for a split second (weird, me lose a kid) I would always find her talking, hugging, and kissing this little statue.

And last is our water babies!!!! They got to go swimming like 2x a day and were loving every second.

We were able to spend some time with Joldy's high school baseball coach and family since they live in Bozeman. After 5 days of eating out....we had dinner and smores at their house for the last night there. We haven't seen them since Aynslee was born so it was good times:) But I seem to not have taken any pics while we were there, oooops.

Aside from Joldy heading to Chicago to meet Cal Ripken, that's right you heard me right, he is coming back on sunday..WHEW! I will have a husband again! My list of "honey do's" has gotten pretty long. Life can go back to a routine with the girls starting school and most important they will get to spend time with their daddy! I guess that means I will actually have to cook dinner now that he will be attending the dinner table:)

Family Reunion

2010-07-28T18:02:00.000-07:00

Over the 24th I had some big decisions to make since there was so much going on! Our 10-year class reunion, Joldy's district tourney, and my own family reunion...............I chose family reunion. It was up at my great grandmother's cabin at Warm River, with a whole lot of really old people, but the sad thing is.....there aren't going to be the really old people much longer. Pretty soon us great grandchildren will be considered that. SCARY to think. But my eskimo Grandpa Ted came and my girls just love him.

The reason we all try to get together around the 24th at the cabin is because it was my Great Grandma's b-day. It also happens to be Nickole's son's birthday on the 26th so she brought a cake to celebrate both!

Here are some generation pictures with my grandpa

So along with this mass production that seems to come in 3's......this time it is in 4's! It is a definate race for who will deliver first. Me-December 25, Nickole December-29, and Halley's set of twins February!!!! AAAAHHHHH. So many babies at once. My poor mom doesn't know what to do, she is always such a huge help when we all have babies and even though Halley isn't until February she is likely to have hers at the same time as Nickole and I!!!

Halley's ultrasound:

Here are the pregnant chubby girls :)

I grew up in Havre Montana, where my grandpa is from, and they have these fabulous "rocky mountain hot dogs" that are the best in the world! He brought us a pack.....so I thought I would take a picture to blog hot dog history! Oh the memories these brought back :)

My grandpa came to stay with me after the Blue Angels on Sunday and I was getting his bed ready when I realized that I was in need of some pillow cases. So the only ones "extra" I own are pretty girlie. I went down stairs and handed him 3 and said "here you go grandpa take your pick tinker bell, princess, or carebear?" He looked at me like I was kidding and then laughed. I responded by saying....this is a house full of girls you know.

My BABY turns 2!

2010-07-12T20:45:00.000-07:00

This has got to be the funnest birthday age ever. The animation in Aynslee's actions all day was PRICELESS. Joldy was gone in Washington for a tournament so he missed the whole day. I have had this wretched cold for over a week, so the whole day was a struggle. All for the kids right?

We started off at the zoo...............she has this infatuation with monkeys (aka ooh ooh's). That was the first exhibit we went to and she FREAKED with excitement. Then we headed to the park for a picnic and sang happy birthday. I had made monkey cupcakes for the occasion. Then all the girls and cousin Ryelee played at the park. We came back to the house to have a kid pool party and BBQ!!

Such a fun day. I must say that my little Jo Jo spurts more personality day by day. She is my most polite child, always saying thank you, please, welcome, bless you, and excuse me. Aside from some serious tantrums every once in a while this is by far my best behaved 2 year-old :) She gives the sweetest kisses on the cheek, and her latest and most precious is calling my mother "mygrandma" ONE WORD. She will say "thanks, mygrandma" or "hi mygrandma" like she isn't sharing with anyone else. So my mom has started calling her "myJoJo". My mom spoils her rotten so yes, by far she has earned her name:) When you ask Aynslee who her favorite is....she points to herself and says "me" and then laughs. Her daddy taught her that. She puts on Joldy's Bee hat or shirts all the time and gives a thumbs up and says "cool dude". Such character!

After the pool party, the birthday girl was so exhausted she put herself to sleep for a little nap.

She is also into minnie mouse.....like as bad as my mom. So she got minnie everything, pj's, towels, toys, and panties. She is so darn cute!

She asks to see "the baby" in my belly every day and she gives her kisses. She will be a good big sister:)

July 4th....and boy or girl???????

2010-07-04T17:52:00.000-07:00

The baseball team had a tournament in Park City again this year, so along with baseball....we also got to shop! The weather couldn't have been better, the hotel was great, and the food was even better! The Bees won 3 of 4 games but gave up too many runs to advance, so we had all of Saturday to hang! We took the girls to the park, played beach volleyball (yes my chubby self can move a little still) and watched a fabulous firework show. All the baseball families stayed so it was way fun! I am finally feeling "human" again now that most of the nausea has FINALLY gone away and food even tastes good again!

So the verdict is in.......we cheated and found out at 15 weeks what we are having. I always go to the fetal studio at the Southtowne Mall in Sandy. First I must say that after 2 heartbreaking miscarriages, I just wanted to hear a heartbeat and see a moving fetus. Wasn't as concerned with boy or girl...........................................but I must say one thing

HAVE

BECOME

MOTHER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Yep, cheerleader #4 on the way and that will complete our cheer squad! Having 5 sisters....it's all I know.....girls, drama, attitude, fighting, stealing eachothers clothes, pulling hair, but most of all bonding. I feel the most for my husband not getting at least one son in the mix. We were actually done except when he started coaching I saw how good he was with the boys and decided I would suffer through one more pregnancy just to see if maybe one more time would get Joldy a son. (When I say suffer, it's the truth. As much as I love new borns and creating a family, I am the first to admit that there is nothing I enjoy about pregnancy. I HATE IT!!!!!!)

The funny thing is, Joldy is a great father of daughters!!! More patient then most men are with all the drama, hair, jewelry, and PINK!

When I told my dad the news he said "only real men create little girls" coming from a father of 6 girls!! Funny old Poppy. The upside is......I don't have to buy a darn thing, except chubby clothes for me cuz I did get rid of those!!!!

INTRODUCING

MISS LAINEE ROSE WATTS................DUE ON CHRISTMAS DAY(this is the second child I have managed to have that same due date.....who does that?)

Here she is healthy, moving, stretching, and sucking her thumb!!

Some parenting milestones:

1. When another is on the way, it jumpstarts EVERYTHING a lot FASTER

2. Aynslee potty trained.....check

3. Aynslee moved from crib to big girl bed.....check

4. Breaking Aynslee from the binkie.....yah right! The more you have the worse this one gets, for my own selfish sleeping reasons....this one can wait!! Whew!

Boise Tourney....Joldy is 28!

2010-07-04T17:40:00.000-07:00

So I am now about a month behind bloggin....but it's okay to be a slacker right? We were in Boise for Joldy's birthday so we had a b-day bash at my sister's house since all 12 boys stayed in her livingroom!!! That's right Katie was the host house for a weekend and I CANNOT believe how much boys can eat!!!! We were the head chefs for breakfast each morning and then Kaleb (Katie's husband) pulled off a BBQ dinner, which was fabulous, to celebrate Joldy's birthday. I was still feeling pretty pregnant icky so it was so nice to have my sister help me out with the kids for the weekend. (Like I might have randomly fell asleep a few times and she watched my kids :)

Anyway, it was a good birthday which ended with the boys winning the whole tournament!

Kiddo Stats

2010-06-14T21:26:00.000-07:00

At the beginning and end of the school year I like to see how much my kids have grown......so here are the end of the school year measurements:

Jaycee
Height: 44 inches (+1inch) Weight: 43.2 (+5 lbs)

Sissy
Height: 43 inches (+.5 inch) Weight 43.2 (+5 lbs)

JoJo
Height 32.5 inches (+2.5 inch) Weight 31 (+4.2 lbs)

Baby Watts
Arrival date December!!!!!

Hooray! The baby and I managed to survive a first trimester. It wasn't easy........I have been the sickest I have ever felt in my life and struggled every day. It also gave me mental comfort that things were going okay with this one, so it was a bitter-sweet super sickness. I have once again managed to put on the 1st tri-10 lbs and I am no longer able to hide my bump. I do have to give a shout out to my mom and especially my sister Stephanie for letting me take many naps and taking care of my kids while I died on the couch......DAILY.

You know it is funny, with all my sisters having babies, I seem to always be in the running with one of them. So my sister Nickole and I are only two short weeks apart and plan on being very chubby over the holidays and taking a very sleepless maternity leave together! Cheers to chubbiness (oh, yes for the last time :) Our little family will be complete and will most likely have a whole cheer squad when all said and done. Statistic wise, after having 3 kids the same sex.......we'll have less than 3% chance of a boy.....but we knew that going into this and will be super happy with our girlies!

Boise State Trip

2010-06-03T09:26:00.000-07:00

As usual I am a couple weeks late posting! Boise was super fun and the boys ended up finishing 2nd place. It was a good year and they did well. It was also exciting to be able to spend time with my sister Katie and her family. There were 4 cute baby kittens running around her house and my children carried them in blankets like little babies most of the time we were at her house. Honestly, I don't know how the kittens survived our stay!

Any chance the girls were able to ride the bus with dad, they did! I also was able to use it against them if they were being naughty! The weather was TERRIBLE. I think that snow plows out in May in Boise has to set some kind of record :)

So as much as this little one loves her mama.........she is a daddy's girl through and through. SHE is HIS biggest fan! A wart on his bum at ALL times. I must say that her daddy doesn't mind a bit and is actually pretty proud of his little fan.

I have the girls' end of the year stats. I will post that in the next couple of weeks. I must say this first though, it is apparent that all my children are predicted to be at least 5 inches taller than me. WEIRD RIGHT?

Happy Mommy Day

2010-05-09T20:37:00.000-07:00

Hooray my favorite day! This is the day my husband spoils me rotten all day long and I get the most I love you's from my babies. It starts out with sleeping in, breakfast in bed, showered with gifts, not cleaning my house, going to the movie with my sisters and momma, and last some family platters from Carino's. And to top it off my poor husband, Aynslee, and Sicilee have this aweful cough and super snotty noses. So for him to still spoil me makes me smile even bigger:)

Jaycee had her end of the year program and then they handed us mother's day gifts with a hand made card. Never laughed so hard in my life. I think I am going to frame it. It went a little something like this:

My mother is 27 years old (yeah right) and weighs 78 pounds(like in the 5th grade). Her favorite thing to do is "hang out with me" (meaning Jayc herself) and her favorite food is chicken wings (I think she thought this cuz I work at Wingers). Laughed for a good 20 minutes and it is posted on the fridge.

And on a super good note my sister Nickole who has battled cervical cancer after having Roman has been desperately trying to have another baby for at least a year and a half has just announced that she is expecting in January!!!!! What a fabulous day!

On the baseball side we have been pretty busy! Bees are 20:5 with districts starting tomorrow and sitting the #1 seed. Pretty awesome year. The girls love every minute of it. We just had the annual fund raiser spaghetti dinner........with my mom and I as the head chefs..........for 750 people!!! We pulled it off and had fun. Then we hosted an end of the season party for the boys and their dates...chicken alfredo, games, and a lot of fun. It is a really good group of boys and they have done so well this year!

Double Trouble!

2010-04-11T20:57:00.000-07:00

The older girls got home from church and had strawberry shortcake for a snack and the little babies decided to eat the leftovers! B-A-B-Y S-T-Y-L-E!!! Ryelee has from the minute she started talking has called me Aunt Pinkie.......have no idea why?? She also blames everything on JoJo. All day long....JoJo mean, JoJo hit me, JoJo bite, JoJo no no! She is so her sensitive mother. The other day she fell asleep in my car so I let her take her nap in there and just kept checking on her and when my mom got here she did the same. When she finally woke up my mom went to get her and she said "Pinkie gone" through huge tears.....like I left her there to die or something! She is the cutest litte fart. It is almost like having twins and it is actually easier to have 2 rather than 1, but at the end of the day I am grateful that Ryelee goes with her momma and I have my JoJo at night cuz that would be that hard part of twins......twice the lack of sleep:)

Here are my 2 divas in their cute Easter dresses I got them. I really do get Aynslee the same dresses but she is always napping when I take pics!

Jaycee is hating the terrible weather we are having and complains everyday as she is looking out the window.

Sicilee is loving life and wants to play with the neighborhood friends hourly. She is turning into my social bug. On Sundays I line out the girls' clothes for the week and she ALWAYS has to check to make sure they are cute enough!

Aynslee's new word of the day that she says all day long is oooookkkkkaaayyy. It is the cutest thing ever. Instead of "no" she shrugs her shoulders and says okay. Still a biter (aka sharp tooth) and is very mean. She definately holds her own to standing up to her sisters. I put her in a toddler bed and that lasted about a week then back to the crib she went cuz she wouldn't stay in it. It would be like midnight and she still would be poking her head around my bedroom corner with a huge grin on her chubby little face. I love the stage she is in with her growing vocabulary and some serious independence. At the baseball game the other day her shoe fell off and I went to put it back on and she threw the BIGGEST temper tantrum because she wanted to put it on herself!!! Parents were laughing cuz the tantrum was so bad. Sure do love this lil' stink bug:)

I have stopped calling myself the widowed wife and now have named myself the single mom. I think that sacrifice of time spent between couples is usually first so I have gotten use to scheduling date nights to see my husband.......it is taking care of the kids by myself 24/7 that is the hard part. I am use to so much help from him and so that is the stress I carry. They love to go to the ball park to support dad and his boys and they are being so well behaved lately:)

The Bees are off to a great start...... 10:3 is their record. Joldy is such a good coach and I like to see the boys look up to him in so many ways. He is so knowledgable about the game, I am proud of his dedication to the team.

Cheer Nationals + Disney on Ice!

2010-03-16T08:04:00.000-07:00

Jaycee's team TOOK National Champions!!!! YAY, they did so good. Jayc had a blast and we had such a fun-filled weekend. Swimming, shopping, and Disney on Ice. All of my sisters and their fams went shopping in Park City and then met us for the Disney show. We took up one whole row!

(Picture overload)

They had a pre-show of the princess dresses and lots of expensice toys and snocones to buy!

Tinker Bell was the girls' fav show.

Of course all the boys thought the CARS was the coolest

Then there was Little Mermaid

The Lion King

2 Steps forward...1 Step back

2010-03-04T16:19:00.000-08:00

Parenting breakthrough:

I have discovered this new way to have the girls help around the house, to not fight as much, and only getting toys when they EARN it.......basically we are still conquering discipline. This technique seems to be slam dunk so far!?! My idea was very basic. First I got 2 medium sized candle holders and put each of the girls name on them. Got a basket and filled it full of gum balls, then put it between them. Every time they are good, polite, snuggly, or help around the house they earn a gumball. Every time they are naughty, fight, bite, pinch, throw tantrums, whine when they don't get their way, or talk back......I take one out. At one point Jaycee shoved Sissy and I dumped ALL of her gumballs into Sicilee's. Needless to say, she hasn't done it since. If at the end of every month they have at least 30, then we go shopping for a toy or treat.

I have seen the most improvement in my Jaycers. When she gets bored she just says "okay mom, what can I do to earn a gumball?" I get super good helpers with EVERYTHING around the house now....dishes, laundary, cleaning rooms, washing mirrors, toy room organized, and a lot less snapping back at mom with sassy ATTITUDE. Whew, life just got a little easier at the Watts home(just in time to be a widowed baseball wife).

Sissy gets bored with it every once in a while and will say "Naah, I don't want a gumball today Jayc will you do the dishes?" Mostly she doesn't want to break a nail (seriously) doing anything too hard.

1 STEP BACK:

We actually brought a little souvenier back from Hawaii......and lost it at 6 weeks recently and I was able to pass it on my own. After the first miscarriage I never could understand why women kept this such a secret, this is typically one of the hardest times for a woman and for some reason it is not shared. After the latest second one I figured out that for me it makes me feel like a failure as a "woman". With that said..let me explain. First of all it wasn't near as traumatizing as the first mostly because I wasn't so far along, but my first question for the doc was "WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME" she said "absolutely nothing" I didn't think that after 3 kids that my uterus could just ly down and quit! Statistic wise....1 in 5 pregnancies fail. Sometimes women don't even know because it seems like a bad monthly cycle. She clearly explained that I am just on a streak of bad luck to have it happen 2x in a row......knowinig that I had 3 healthy and normal pregnancies. STREAK OF BAD LUCK....wait haven't I blogged many times and warned my husband when we got married that I am bad luck?? So I have accepted the bad luck thing and moving on. It is a bump in the road and I have 3 beautiful babies to tend to so I have chosen to not be so down about it.

I do feel there is one more to complete our family......I guess it is just going to be a trial for us and I will learn patience on getting one more here. I told my husband that they were both probably boys and my body doesn't know how to carry them:) ...........................(a little inside humor!)

Half-time Jazz Performance

2010-02-25T11:58:00.000-08:00

Jaycee had her big performance this last weekend! Nickole, Danny, Roman, and our good family friend Nic met us there. We stayed in Park City and got some serious shopping done! The girls are weeds and I am trying to get ahead for summer and next school year. It was a fun and fabulous weekend and Jayc did so good smiling and shaking her stuff in front of such a HUGE crowd:) It was even a close and very good game! We had some much needed hot dogs at the game which just gears us up for the season of baseball that has crept up on us ever so quickly.

Jaycee keeps asking me when spring is going to get here....you know mom when the ground hog sees his little shadow thing.....she says EVERYDAY.

Jaycee has also lost her first tooth on her own (we don't include the one that had to be pulled because of sugar bugs)......okay not on her own but she let me just pull it out! Really it was just hanging on by a thread and she didn't even know I got it out. Tooth Fairy questions arise about every hour...but it is expected from such a smarty pants 6 year-old.

Livin Life

2010-02-18T10:26:00.001-08:00

I have learned that even during baseball "off-season" life still is going in the fast lane. Learning to be more organized day by day......yet raising three sassy girls, running a restaraunt, being a taxi cab between school and cheer, and supporting the baseball boys through basketball season has kept me more than occupied! Joldy does lessons on the side and refs.....and he is booked and having to turn away lessons!! I love that he is able to teach what he knows about the game.

On another note.....CHILD UPDATE!

Jaycee: Loving cheerleading and performances and competitions are keeping us on our toes. Has an extremely loose tooth that she refuses to pull out (yes it is black now). Has my "early mother traits" thinks that she is the mom and will just get the kids out of bed at fix them breakfast, change diapers, and do the dishes. Most of you would say YAY a helper but her independence has been taken to a new scary level. Jayc is Aynslee's best friend! Aynslee does NOT get along with Sicilee......they fight, push, kick, BITE, scratch, and pull eachothers hair on an hourly basis. She is waking up with some serious growing pains at night. Aynslee has a new sleeping buddy....Jaycers! If Aynslee randomly wakes up at night (STILL teething) then I put her in bed with Jayc and she goes right back to sleep. Won't snuggle with me but seems to LOVE Jayc. School is going good...every parent conference she doesn't have much to say except she is her top student. No surprises there.

Sicilee: Has now voiced her new interest in doing cheer next year....working on cart wheels (not doing so hot). Changes her clothes at least 5x a day mimimum! Does not want long hair like Jaycee and asks me to cut it every month to keep it short. Pre-school readiness has brought her some new friends that she just can't wait to go back to school and see. My biggest tattle-tail! Still keeping up with Jayc in size (school clothes are still really easy) Has a very quiet, sassy, sneaky attitude and nothing is ever her fault. Has some serious bite marks from Aynslee (99% of the time she deserves it). Still by litte snuggle buddy and will find me at night to at least snuggle for 5 minutes. Loves jewelery (earring, rings, neckalaces, braclets) she must wear one of each every day to school.

Aynslee: AKA "sharp tooth". She has teeth and seems to think she needs to use them on people. Sometimes for no reason at all. YIKES! WATCH OUT! Hugs are scarce....I am AFRAID! The absolute most ATTUTUDE of all three girls combined. Not really looking forward to PMS days at my house. Still a tank.....feet still too fat to fit in most shoes. New favorite, pointing to someone and saying "no, no." I have never met such a little monkey. This child can climb and get on ANYTHING. Most of the time I find her on my kitchen counter in the medicine cabinet! Fits have gone to a whole new level....arching of the back, screaming, kicking, pinching my face, you name and she does it. I sure do love her though:) Must kiss and hug the girls at night and brush her teeth with them. She likes to only play what the older girls are playing....okay let me rephrase "RUIN" anything they are playing. She is a complete bully and does not take any crap from anyone!!

Going to work is definately a break, being a mommy is the hardest job ever. Also the most rewarding:) I sure do love all my sassy little girlies. They can make me laugh just as much as they stress me out. One day I will be able to look back, wipe my forehead, and say WHEW.....I accomplished the hardest task in life. RAISING CHILDREN

I Got Lei'd for my 28th Birthday!!!

2010-01-25T17:51:00.000-08:00

It's TRUE! My husband and I went to Hawaii with my sister Nickole and her husband and just happened to be there for my birthday. It was absolutely amazing and everything everyone said it would be! We were able to do so many activities such as kayaking, parasailing, snorkeling, whale-watching, going to a luau, sunsets on the beach, and touring Peal Harbor. The time change really got us (3 hours difference) and it took Aynslee about half a day to actually forgive me when we got back. We left for a week and by day 3 she was lost, quiet, and sad. Now she doesn't leave my arms.......I am totally okay with that. I have never left my children for longer than a weekend and as much as I LOVED our vacation it was hard to leave my kids. I must do a shout out to all the people who helped me out and taxied my kids around. Most of all my wonderful mother (who always changes her schedule to help me out), my sister Stepanie, Mindy, Brindy, and the cheer moms! The vacation was much needed now that baseball season is coming up and I will then be a widowed wife.

My week is crazy busy coming back! Work, of course! I have a meeting in Utah on Wednesday and then we head to Boise for a cheer competition on Friday! The kids are super excited to see Poppy and MeMe and my sister Katie and her fam!

Merry Christmas!

2009-12-27T10:12:00.000-08:00

The girls just HAD to wait for Nickole and Danny to decorate cookies this year. Whenever aunt Nickole comes around it is like Christmas for them......so for her to stay with us for Christmas was like CHRISTMAS X2! When I mean X-mas when they come around it isn't because she buys them toys or takes them out to eat every time, but they always spend quality time with them and do activities and play dolls (yes even Danny) and do puzzles, etc. I love holidays and the chaos at my house.........mostly because my family(meaning my sisters and their families) are not drama. Suprisingly with 6 girls in one family, we have a blast and always make the best of memories. Mom always gets Joldy and I a new game and this year it is battle of the sexes so I THAT might bring a little competition to the table!

Sicilee ate WWWWWWWWWWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYY more frosting than she put on the cookies!

Jaycee's zebra (cheerleading) snowflake that I made for her.

Aunt Halley wants a girl so bad she just loves on JoJo every time she is around her (for the record....Aynslee is not a fan of being "loved on" or "smothered" as you can tell by the look on her face)and teaches her naughty things to say and do:)

We have had a tradition in our family since we was all little.........sister gift exchange on Christmas Eve. This year mom made the rule that you had to make it...well my excuse was that I made the money to buy the gift (I am such a cheater I know). My family thinks that Halley and I rig it every year but really, I did draw her name again this year:)

Those pics wrap up Christmas Eve and now we move on to morning!

Oh, so we have also carried on my sister family tradition for our girls and they got Frog princess jammies and little Frog princess "polly pockets" as they are called at our house. All matching or fighting arises very quickly with my beautiful sassy children.

Aynslee decided she would rather suck on her candy cane than open ANY presents!

Then off to Grandma Cookies house for some dinner and more presents!

It is so funny to me how as parents we will absolutely exhaust ourselves to make Christmas just perfect in order to see how excited kids get with the anticipation of Christmas. Even though we spoil our kids rotten, if you ask Jaycee she can tell you exactly what the true meaning of Christmas is. She is getting way too smart for me and never misses a beat!

Lastly, I decided to go with blue christmas dresses this year and I must say that these two divas sure are cutie pies!

Happy Birthday Jaycee!

2009-12-13T08:54:00.000-08:00

Jaycee celebrated her 6th birthday on the 11th and we had a super fun yet busy weekend! Jaycee had a competition on Saturday morning at 8 a.m. so we went down Friday morning hit, the opening day of Princess and the Frog, then went to the Mayan for her birthday dinner. The girls loved the fire/diving show! We got back Saturday night just in time to meet dad at the Bees basketball game. Wow......girls weekend can be exhausting yet so rewarding to be able to spend quality time with my little girlies. Jaycee did well at the competition and the team took home a 3rd place trophy. There was some tough competition there but they held their own. Did I mention how stinking cold it was all weekend???????? As Jaycee would say "it is fricken cold!"

Celebrating #7

2009-12-06T17:23:00.000-08:00

Today marks the day for seven years of marriage, 3 beautiful girls, and many memories! I must say every year gets better, many surprises arise, and amazing moments are created. I will love this man until the day I die and then some! He is so good to his house-full of girls. Happy Anniversary to us!

Fun at work!

2009-12-04T21:13:00.000-08:00

For all of you Wingers alumni......you will enjoy this!! We are having Christmas dress up days every Friday at Wingers. Some of them are HILARIOUS!!! Most of them are hand-made:)

Lovin the Holidays!

2009-12-01T20:42:00.000-08:00

I absolutely love this time of year!!!! The decorations, smells, food, cold weather (yeah I am crazy I know) and SHOPPING. My Christmas trees went up before Thanksgiving this year (First time for that) and it was probably a good thing because the fam and I caught this nasty respiratory/sinus bug and we laid low....didn't go shopping or even got out of our jammies. I actually had the worst of it cuz I let the kiddos have the humidifiers. Tis the season to get colds I guess. Kids amaze us every day! Jaycee has learned very quickly that when you sound out letters that you can read.....so the spelling thing that parents do to talk when kids are in the room is now not allowed!!

Sicilee can put together 100 piece puzzles faster than I can and is loving preschool and asks every day if it is her day to go to school. Also, she has become a great colorer who stays in the lines (actually better then Jayc). Still is randomly swearing....at Red Robin the other night she grabbed a hot fry and her response "Ow, ow, ow, hot, SHIT" Definately my child and I laughed my butt off even though I shouldn't have in front of her!! She also has this new trait that she inherited from her Grampa Lou.....she points with her middle finger......always! It drives me bonkers and I am pretty sure Carlos still does it to this day so that might be one habit that won't be broke, it's just in her blood:)

Aynslee of course expands her vocabulary daily and has this new mimicking thing. For example I belched (not burped) pretty loud and then she leaned back sticking out her belly and totally did a fake burp. She can say pretty, Jayc, Sissy, up, thank you, please, night-night, nana, grandma, and a whole lot more! She has conquered stairs (HOORAY), has been broke of the bottle since her ear infections cleared up, and takes one long nap a day! She is at her super fun stage and we are eating it up. Her new fav.......coloring with the girls!!! All are growing up way too fast!!

Jaycee's 6th birthday is next weekend and she has a competition in Salt Lake so I am going to take her and Sissy down early and have a girls weekend and get our nails done, shop, and hit the hot tub at the Hotel! Will have to also take her out for a b-day dinner and have them sing to her!!!! It actually just hit me when I took my kids to the dentist for a check-up and cleaning (yes 4 cavities each.....YIKES!) and they informed me that Jaycee has her first loose tooth?!? I had to take one of those "holy crap.....I am getting old" mom moments! There is our Watts family update for now.

Cheer Competition!!!

2009-11-07T19:36:00.000-08:00

Jaycers had her first competition and she did awesome............the took 1st place too! During her practices I usually run errands so I haven't seen the whole routine yet so it was kind of a surprise to me too. These "Tiny's" are REALLY good. They all had the tumbling down and even their lifts were done without error! Of course the crowd cheered the loudest for the littlest team! Jayc did her back kick over right on que and I was super impressed. She has a lot of ambition and it shows......sure do love this little fart.

Aunt Nickole and Danny were one of her supporters and treated her to a champion lunch after along with a new toy for winning the trophy(Nickole is her favorite aunt...do you understand why now?) Her daddy got her a rose for doing so good which made her feel super special. We are so proud of you Jaycee!!

Happy Halloween

2009-11-01T09:11:00.000-08:00

This year I have a very cute angel, Christmas Belle, and a very irritated lady bug! We took them to a school carnival where they could play games in every classroom and also trick-or-treat. It was fun and inside.....very thankful for the warmth! Aynslee got her shots on Tuesday and is having a very hard time cutting some teeth and drooling nonstop(I have never had a baby take teething quite so hard), so she was under the weather and just wants her dad. I know right, I am up all night with her and she only wanted to snuggle with her daddy....I see how it is.

Spooky Fun

2009-10-26T21:12:00.000-07:00

My husband dreads the whole pumpkin decorating part of Halloween, so he cheated this year and bought the silly faces to put on the pumpkins. It was a lot less messy and the girls really enjoyed it. Aynslee just kept pulling them back out of course but the teeny ones are hers!

My girlies LOVE chocolate (yes they inherited that from me) so for our little fun food activity we decided to do chocolate covered pretzels.

Disney Pics!

2009-10-18T16:41:00.000-07:00

I have finally gotten around to posting some pics from our vacation. Sorry for the picture overload really...the girls absolutely loved the characters and filled their signature books this year! Aynslee was a trooper through and through, still took her naps, and pointed to almost everything because it amazed her so much to get to see so much. Sicilee surprised us all and went on a lot more BIGGER rides then she is use to! Her favorite was getting pics with all the villians. Jaycee never surprises us, and I went on the Tower of Terror this year and swear to never go on it again. Aynslee loved the beach and did NOT eat the sand, just played! She was afraid of all the characters except Mulan and she gave her a hug. This trip will never get boring for us! WE LOVE DISNEY LAND!

Kids Stuff

2009-10-17T20:16:00.000-07:00

Jaycee: "Dad, I can count to 100.....do you want to hear? And did you know that they have like thirt-y's and twent-y's........but what they don't have is one-y's!"
Jaycee: "MOOM, there is something wrong with the water.... there are brown things floating hurry let me out!" (Yes, Aynslee pooped in the tub and the very next day I just put her in the shower with me and when Joldy came to get her out I lifted her and then stepped right on a big turd!)

Sicilee: "Mom, I will come and tell you if Jaycee leaves the yard or is naughty K?"
Sicilee: "MOOOOM I said I wanted Rac-a-roni and cheese!"
Sicilee: "Mom, Aynslee keeps pushing me; pinching me;being mean to me please make her be nice, she is driving me crazy."

Ayslee: "Hi Dad, hi Mom. Hi. Hi. Hi. Hi. Hi Hi. Hi Hi. (Her new favorite word she says ALL DAY LONG!)

Kids are pure entertainment and ours have made Joldy and I laugh so hard lately. I sure do love them.

WE'RE BACK + Sicilee turns 4!

2009-10-11T20:44:00.000-07:00

Yes, unfortunatley......we are back from warm weather and back to work. YUCK! We did enjoy ourselves way too much this year. I will post pics of our trip later......cuz my Sicilee celebrated her 4th birthday today and my sister Katie came up with her kids and we had a combined party!!

Jo Jo enjoying some cake baby-style. This child is a trooper...during our trip she did awesome and loved it. Then when we got home, two days later, spiked yet another ear infection(third in a row to be exact.) So if this one doesn't clear up we will have to result to putting tubes in. DARN IT!

The last pic of all the grand babies was July last year when all the babies were just new....here they all are again growin up on us!!

Me and my little princesses(including my little Gracie:)

Sorry the pic is a little blurry.....Katie and my mom decorated the cakes and here they are making their wishes!

Sicilee's cake

Creed's cake.

It is always nice when the whole fam gets together........quite the house full but what is my life without chaos?? Thanks for the gifts everyone. Wish Poppy and MeMe could have been here!

My Check List

2009-09-28T20:18:00.000-07:00

Book a hotel-check
Book a rental van-check
Buy new camera-check
Paint my toes-check
Pack swim suits,flip flops, and beach towels-check
Find Disney Land year-round Tickets-check check

WATCH OUT HAPPIEST PLACE ON EARTH HERE COME THE WATTS FAMILY!!!!!!!

The Ups and Downs of Life

2009-09-25T16:20:00.001-07:00

For some reason when it rains it pours for me. Life at the Watts house is a complete roller coaster. For the record, I did warn my husband before we got married that I am bad luck.

First I must say that over the past couple of months I have began to view life a little different. Kind of like a mid-life-crisis I guess you could say. Most of what has changed in me, though, is due to me realizing that I take way too much for granted.

As a wife, mother, and daughter....I am a changed woman.

#1 Everything that has happened with my mom and especially the first night in the hospital gave me a glimpse of life without her. I felt very helpless yet so very hopeful that she would be okay. For some reason I always have pictured the rest of my life with my mom in it. She is Dr. Mom to me and has an answer to EVERYTHING. There isn't one question that I have asked her that she has actually said "I don't know." These days she is my BEST FRIEND. She is what I hope to become to my children. I would have never said that growing up because I was very immature...but really every single time life kicks our family when we are down......she is the first to start picking up pieces and telling my sisters what they need to do next. Being with my sisters sitting around her hospital bed really terrified me.

I just kept thinking that life is a blur, like it really isn't happening.

#2 We have so much going on in life and sometimes I feel like I can't breathe. I like to stay busy and my kids do so much better with that pace, but it seems I am missing the little things that you cherish as a mother. We are usually trying to beat the clock to even make it to bed at night. Sleep is rare for me but that is a sacrifice all of us mothers make.....lately I take the extra time to rock Aynslee for a while and pat her bum. She is on her second round of antibiotics for her ear infections that her teething isn't helping (nights are long). The other night I put her in bed with me and she always thinks that it is play time and she would put her nose to mine and say "MOM" and I would open my eyes and she would giggle so hard that it would make me laugh too. I let this go on for a couple of hours just to hear her laugh and spend quality time with her!

#3 Just today I recieved yet a second D & C due to experiencing some complications. Still felt very tired, breasts still sore, peeing at night, the nasty "pregnant lump" in my throat (this to me is the nausiating part of pregnancy", the intermittent episodes of some serious bleeding, and last but not least not losing the weight and it has been almost 2 1/2 weeks!!! They did, however, remove some more placenta and a blood clot that was attached to it. When they gave me a pregnancy test before the procedure and it came out positive. WHAT!?! No wonder I still had symptoms.......I actually thought I was crazy.

I am over the emotional part of losing one.....and now to the bitter I just want this over part.

So technically I have felt pregnant for about four months, and just now am starting to feel "normal".

#4 All in all I believe these life changing experiences taught me some very good lessons of life. It has made me a better mother and working on the better wife thing ( my poor poor husband!) I definately stopped stressing over stupid little things and learn to enjoy life. You only take memories with you in life....not nice cars, big houses, name brand clothes.

Just memories that you create with family and the people you surround yourself with in life!!

It is okay if I leave the dishes in the sink, clothes in the dryer, beds unmade, toilets not scrubbed.........just to have a snuggle party with my 3 beautiful miracles and my ever so patient with me husband!

I have always been a believer in "things happen for a reason" so I have taken it to heart and learning......still..... every day.

My Brave Momma

2009-09-21T16:11:00.000-07:00

My mom had her hysterectomy last week and things couldn't have gone any worse. She was so nervous to begin with and it was one thing after another. She was only suppose to have to small incisions on each hip and they ended up cutting her from one end to the other due the the doctor accidentally (isn't that like surgery 101) cutting an atery and having to give her 3 bags of blood. My true mom came out and so did every cuss word in the book when she came to and felt pain. Then she kept saying she was in pain in her lower stomache for 2 days......so they decided to take her catheter out and... walla! They had it in wrong and her poor bladder was so stinkin full!!! Then, they took her off IV meds and gave her some pill pain killers which made her throw up because she still wasn't allowed to eat. Throwing up after a major surgery like that is painful and luckily my sister Nickole stayed with her and when she pushed the nurse help button, nobody came. So she hunted one down and they simply said, "oh, yeah her nurse button is broke on her bed." Good thing someone was with her right??? RIDICULOUS. Then when you think things couldn't get any worse I came home from work on Saturday and checked on her and she said her incisions hurt. I asked if she had looked at them since she was released the day before and she said no. So I looked at them and HOLY SHIT! (I can swear because it was that bad....and no Sicilee did not learn her swearing from me, honestly) They were wide open and I could see her insides! Straight the ER she went and is now going to have to do some therapy daily until they can get them to heal shut. CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS HAPPENED TO MY POOR MOMMA?? She is the strongest person I know and I am so proud of her for being such a good sport through all of this drama. The only down side that she can see is now she cannot go on our annual trip to Disney Land next week. She is pretty bummed but I am sure she will rest up while we are gone. Cheers to the best mom ever who I lean on probably way too much in life.

We lost one....

2009-09-09T02:49:00.000-07:00

We were just about to announce our big surprise that we are expecting in March......until I had appointment and they found no heartbeat. Most people keep these sort of things quiet, but emotionally and physically this is hard. My little ones would have only been 18 short months apart but we were still super excited. I did have some complications early on and was put on bed rest. I actually thought that I lost it then, but each ultra sound kept showing that is was still developing. I have a tilted back uterus and they think the placenta was having a hard time attaching causing a hemmorage.
I have on many occasions comforted girls that work for me that would have been first time mommies on how it didn't develope right and that it was better now then later. It is really hard when it happens to yourself. I am not an emotional girl and it hit pretty hard. I think that the hardest is the fact the we had an appointment at a fetal photo place in a few weeks (I would have been 16 weeks along) to find out what it is. We lost it a couple weeks ago and my body isn't responding. I have a D & C scheduled in the morning since it would be too painful to try and pass it on my own given how far along I was. I think the hardest part is the people that have neglected because I have been so sick, like my kids who we didn't tell and were wondering why I was constantly sick(although Jaycee is very smart and on more then one occasion has said "mom, you look like you are going to have another baby....good I really want a brother" (even though given our track record....it was more then likely a girl, even the doc said that), my job, and most of all my poor husband who got very used to kissing me on the forehead because I told him if he breathed on me I would puke. We are undecided whether we will actually TRY for another one, it's a bad note to leave on. I was showing quite a bit and I have gained 10 nasty pounds......so back to the treadmill I go. It is 4 in the morning and I can't sleep, I feel like I have bottled up my emotions and it is very hard for me to keep a secret...so maybe I can get some sleep now!

Kiddo Stats

2009-09-07T17:06:00.001-07:00

First of all I must say that having your kids go back to school has its pros and cons. I forgot about all the little germs they pick up and bring home to share with the rest of the family! We all caught a cold 1 week after Jaycee started school, we handled it okay. Then Aynslee and I caught this stomache flu for about a week and had many sleepless nights full of bodily fluid messes (Aynslee not me!) And now Sicilee has two ear infections. So since Aynslee is up all night, dad snuggled her and she went out. It is the first time she has ever let anyone snuggle her to sleep because this little fart DOES NOT LIKE TO SNUGGLE and it drives me crazy.

Here are my kids school days pictures and yes they both strike quite the pose when the camera is brought out!!

Since I mostly blog for the easy way out of scrapbooking (one day I will get to) but for now I just turn the blog to a book and call THAT my scrapbook. I have decided to get all the girls' stats at the beginning and end of the school year so we can see their progress.

Jaycee: Height: 43 inches

Weight: 38.2 lbs

Sicilee: Height: 42 inches

Weight: 38.2 lbs

Aynslee: Height 3o inches = 75%

Weight: 25.8 lbs = 90%

As you can tell the two older weigh the exact same with Jayc being only 1 inch taller, and Sicilee actually having a bigger shoe size!! Guess that is what they get for having a very short mom and a very tall dad.....we will just never know how they will turn out except for I am going to end up the runt of the family when it is all said and done!!!!

Back in Rountine!!

2009-09-03T15:33:00.001-07:00

Yaay for school starting. You know....I always thought that I would be that cry baby mom when my cute little babies started school.....not so much. I need people to help me wear these kids out. It is so funny cuz on Monday Jaycers had school ALL DAY and then went to cheer for an hour and it pretty much beat all the sassy right out of her and she was such an angel the rest of the day!! It was incredible and boy am I grateful!! My kids are on totally opposite schedules though it is hard on them but okay for me. Wednesdays are my favorite #1 it is my day off #2 jaycee has this new thing this summer of running off whenever she wants and I am always searching the neighbors houses for her and she has school all day so no worrying about her #3 Aynslee goes down for her nap around noon and I turn on a LONG cartoon for Sicilee and YES you got it.......I have a scheduled family nap!!!!!!

Sicilee just started school today and very funny story!!! First let me explain my wonderful angelic daughter Sissy. She is Jaycee's worst nightmare, she tells on her when she is naughty EVERY TIME. If I tell Sissy to not go leave the yard, she won't. She is just a sweet little innocent girl!! Anyways, we are on the way to her first day of 3 year old school again this year since she has an early b-day, and I said ahh crap bud I forgot a picture of you! (they learn to say their names with it) Anyway she goes "ahh shit mom." I looked and her and said what did you just say?? Then she says it again! Then I said where did you learn to say that naughty word. She says "daddy says it all the time!" Like I said my little tattle tail. I did however laugh even though I shouldn't have.

I did have it pretty easy again this year because the girls are still in the same size clothes, however, Sissy just passed Jaycee in shoe size. So poor Jayc got my terrible genes and Sissy is taking after her daddy!! Aynslee in following very close so they both better watch out for my little football player!!

My camera is randomly working but I will post pics of the girlies first days of school later! Also their new school year stats!!

Update

2009-08-12T16:05:00.000-07:00

Really, I think that I get the blogger slacker award. Just been lazy. I never posted the fact that my husband's team won state! You got it, my husband's first state tourney trophy. The boys as well so all in all it was a very exciting week in Tim-buck-to!!! The regional tournament was held in Utah and so I was able to go. I can't say that they played too well in regionals but they did have some serious competition!! They were still very proud of their season:) Chad, Penny, and their clan came up to give support so it was nice seeing them more than our traditional once a year at the July 24th parade in good ol' St. Anthony! My camera is officially broke so no pics of the weekend sadly. We did enjoy our weekend away with dad though!!!

Kiddo update..................Jaycee's arm is healing very fast and we have another x-ray next week. She was very disappointed at cheer camp this week having to sit out of the tumbing part. Sicilee is growing like a weed and I am sure is about to pass Jaycee. This child could win an eating contest! Aynslee is getting a lot more personality minute by minute....sadly a little bit of the sassy that are already in the first two:) Finally sleeping through the night completely now that she has broke a few more teeth. My sister Stephanie is staying with us for a while and she has a girl Jo Jo's age and they are like two peas in a pod. It is easier to have them both around to entertain eachother rather than just one.

I am still crazy mom running around with my head cut off. School starts here shortly so maybe we will get into a little bit of a better routine! Baseball really threw us off....but we really enjoyed the season:)

Playing Catchup!

2009-07-31T17:42:00.000-07:00

BFFs or Enemies????? Probably still BFFs. This picture is of Joldy and Chad right before the teams played for the #1 seed. They split but it still left the Bees sitting 1st. They then won and went to state where Joldy is at right now. Chad is also there because they take 2 teams. Anyway the team this legion season figured out how to win and just cant stop! Joldy is soaking up every minute. State is in Orifino (or as I say Tim-buck-to) so very hot with nothing to do. I am very pleased with my decision to stay home...............well kinda. I have always considered myself as a tough woman never really very needy until Joldy leaves and the house just about crumbles. Not literally but OMG. First a few pics from the parade. My camera is seriously malfunctioning and having issues but these will do. My Mom bought all the grand-girlies matching Tink dresses and they wore them to the parade.

Here is how my week minus my husband started out. Monday was okay. Tuesday I took my Mom in for surgery to have some of her cervix removed because she had cancerous cells. Wednesday I am at work for only 2 hours and I get a phone call saying I need to take Jaycee to the doc because her arm is most likely broke. WHAT?? I know right. It is broke, but can't cast it until monday cuz of swelling. She fell off the swingset and cusses it everyday for doing this to her. She has cried all night for 2 nights because it hurts so bad. Thursday I am getting ready to do Sissy's hair and I notice she had a large tic stuck on the back of her ear! I take her inside and show my mom put vaseline on it so suffocate it and then it released itself. It is now Friday and so far so good today!! Note to self "expect the worst when husband leaves town"

The girls are in this huge habit of leaving the doors open when they come and go so I have invested in some walk through gates. Although Aynslee thinks that it is jail and tries desperately to escape on an hourly basis.

Sweet baby girl

2009-07-12T15:52:00.000-07:00

Beautiful girl full of smiles from day one! Looked completely like her daddy and does more and more every day!

There are a lot of birthdays in July on my side......Poppy, Me'Me', Aynslee, Roman, and Stephanie! So we decided to have a huge combined Birthday Pool party!! Lots of family, food, and fun. With our busy schedules we haven't really spent time with family since baseball season....so this was fun and YUMMY!

Happy birthday to everyone and thanks for all of the gifts. Aynslee thanks you from the bottom of her chubby little heart:) Her 1 year check up is coming up so I will have the stats update soon. Betting on the weight being around 100%. Lil' stinker!!! Shout out to the best and happiest baby ever!

Birthday Celebration

2009-07-12T15:45:00.000-07:00

My baby girl turns 1!! Time really flies when you have kids. Since Aynslee's b-day landed on a day that Joldy had a double header we went and supported him and then had cake and ice cream with the Clayton family. I made a cotton candy cake and the kids ate it up!

Our trip to the ZOO

2009-07-12T15:35:00.000-07:00

I decided to take the kids to the zoo while Joldy was out of town coaching. I think the girls needed a day off from baseball. Be ware...... cute pics ahead!

At the very end Aynslee decided to wake up, so she missed all of the animal fun for the day.
She has learned how to pull down the sun visor on her stroller so she was playing peek-a-boo. She really is as awnry when she wakes up as she looks in the picture!

Jam session

2009-07-08T15:21:00.000-07:00

Any time music is played......this is my girls' reaction. Any yes, Aynslee has already learned to jam and thinks it is the greatest thing ever! PURE GIGGLES!