Finally another update

Disney on Ice!!




The girls and I had the chance to go to Disney on Ice. I bought cheap tickets but they did not know the difference. It was a fun fun night. This was Cambree's first trip and she was so amazed! I had them wear their little princess dresses. When I asked Cambree her favorite part she said "TINKERBELL!" Kylee loved Cinderella she said but I think her favorite was the $10 Cotton candy (ridiculous) haha but they had so much fun it was worth it

AnOtHeR Allergy AttAcK!!
My poor Cambree lynn. She has always been a mystery. What makes her barf? What makes her get sick all the time? Well we seem to now know that she definitely is allergic to certain foods. Poor girl is going to have to get some tests done. The other night I made snicker doodles with the kids. We do know that Cambree is allergic to eggs. Which the doctor assures me she will hopefully outgrow. Whether or not this reaction was to the eggs or the cinnamon I do not know. I let each of the girls lick the beaters and Carter gets the spoon. Shortly after Cambree licked the beater she was crying saying she was hurting. She kept rubbing her eyes. Within min she looked like this! I put her in the tub.


She doesn't even look like the same kid! Her eyes got so swollen she could barely see out of them. The scary thing is she always gets really lethargic and sleepy. Allergies are a nightmare!! I just cannot believe she has to go through this! I know there are worse things in life but it is so sad. After I got her out of the bath. She was sitting next to me and said "it hurting mommy, it hurting" and yep...she vomited everywhere! So at this point I would say the reason she always threw up so much as a baby is allergies. I think she has learned to try and control the barfing but it makes me sad to think how bad her tummy must hurt sometimes. Ahhhh the mystery that is Cambree Lynn!

Remembering

I remember Carter always being messy
I remember when Carter was a busy busy two year old
I remember Carter always wanting to be like his daddy
I remember thinking having two kids would be hard
I remember bringing Kylee home.
I remember Carter making her cry
I remember Carter sometimes hating his picture taken
There are so so many memories, this could go on forever but who am I kidding, I have no time anymore! So these are a few memories from the pics I have looked back on this week.

Wow how times flies...I just had to post these pics. I have so much to blog about these days and so little time. I remember when I just had two tiny ones at home and now I have been blessed with 4 wonderful little spirits in my life. Ahhh I love them all so much...I cannot believe how fast they grow!!

Happy Halloween..."oink oink"

sorry I am a little behind. We had a crazy last week!





Here are the kids at the pumpkin patch. It was dark already at 7pm. Kylee as you can see forgot her shoes AGAIN! Yikes! I had to take a picture because it was sort of funny. To teach her a lesson I decided we would not run home to get her shoes but make her walk in the patch without them. As you can see it was cold, but she dared not complain. We made our trip short and sweet
















Here we are carving the pumpkins. Carter carved his this year all by himself. I never got a pic of them a lit up...darn!


































































Here are the cute kiddies on Halloween in their costumes. This year Carter wanted to be a vampire. I was excited that he wanted to be something other then a Transformer. Kylee this year was silvermist...she really likes fairies and Cambree was Snow White. I was well...a cat ballerina..haha. Cody was well a cutie!

Then...Dun Dun dun this week my kids have all been sick with the flu. Carter got sick first started Sunday night. I kept him home from school all week. His teacher called and said there was one confirmed case of the Swine flu in his classroom so we figure this is what we have been dealing with all week. All 3 kids got it within 24 hours of eachother. Knock on wood, Cash, Cody and I have all been okay. I pray every day for Cody to stay healthy.
Here are some pics of the sick kids. It has really hit Cambree the hardest. We have had to rush her in for some breathing treatments for her asthma. Luckily they are all feeling much better now. We were stuck inside our house all week. We have read a ton of books and watched a lot of movies.




Last but not least some of you have heard. In the midst of her illness Cambree ate...Skittles, a small crunch bar and some M&M's. Halloween bucket! I know (good mom award to me) but she had been so sick. Anyway she broke out in hives within a few min of eating a few of those. We are not sure why. It was very scary. It started with her face and lips she then broke out in hives all over her entire body. She kept crying saying " Mommy I hurting" I was so frightened. Luckily Cash had taken the day off to help me take care of the sick kids. He remains calm. I was ready to call 911. I called the dr. they said to give her Benadryl. It worked within an hour the hives went down. It spread on and off the next day as the (whatever she ate) left her body. So the dr said this is a good indication that she has a severe food allergy. This could explain her poor growth and vomiting. So once she is well we have to schedule her to see an allergist.
Here are some sad pics I took of her before she really ballooned up and I got panicked.

















































Now we have a few of these on hand....scary

The dr said we have to carry these in case of another allergic reaction. He said her throat can easily become swollen and close off. Goodness alive I hope I never have to give her this giant shot in her tiny leg, I would freak. Hopefully now we can get to the bottom of what makes her so sick. Can I just tell you this week...being a mom is so scary! I love my kids so much it hurts. To see them all suffer and to sit and feel so helpless is the hardest thing in the world. I worry constantly about each one of them. I am so grateful to have my heavenly father to lean on when I am so scared. I am so glad we seem to seem to be getting over this awful virus. I am the hand washing Nazi now. I hope I can keep these kids healthy the rest of this winter. *Sigh*

Terrible? Troublesome...nope Terrific!!

Well as you can imagine...life with 4 kids it pretty crazy! I wouldn't have it any other way. The other day Kylee had a field trip for her preschool to the fire station. With Carter off track I thought it would be fun to all go. I had plans to wake up at 7am giving us plenty of time to get ready. Well we all slept in until 8am. Keep in mind I have to include a 20 min feeding session for Cody somewhere in the next hour. We are to meet at her school at 9am. Well we made it. Feeling quite tired and somewhat proud of myself. We arrive at the fire station. The kids all get out. It is raining..slightly. I unhook Cody and start carrying him in. That is when Kylee looks at me, standing in a wet puddle and says MOM I have no shoes? WHAT? I forgot to grab her shoes. I told her to get in the car and I would get her shoes. HAHA...I could have died. Her preschool teacher walked right over and smiled and picked her up and carried her for me. She then told me that these days will go so fast. Her youngest is now 19 and she sure misses these days. I smile feeling reassured that I am not alone in my craziness!
ANyWay!! Most of you know Cambree is so hilarious but man on man she is TWO! Most days consist of Tantrums,Tantrums, Tantrums. I cannot help but laugh though because she tries so hard to be so independent. She REFUSES to hold my hand now when walking, she refuses to get in the Grocery cart...yep! Ahh she is very strong willed. She has also learned that if someone takes her toy *mainly Carter or Kylee** she will yell ("SHE/HE HIT ME") to try and get her way. But goodness alive as much as I go nuts with her...I LOVE her so MUCH! Her cute sticky little hands. The ways she looks at me with her BIG BLUE eyes and says MOM I LOVE YOU and blinks them two times. The way she will come up and snuggle me at anytime. The way I catch her so often playing and singing songs in her beautiful soft voice. So yes...it is Hard but TERRIFIC too! She has also been very protective of her baby brother..the other day at Carter's football game I had Cody in his car seat. Another little girl probably about 15 months came up and touched the car seat...Cambree got very upset by this and kept pushing that little girl away. It was quite comical. ANyWoo there are my two cents of life.
Here is a picture of what happens when I am sitting down to nurse/feed Cody. Cambree I think has figured out that mom is unable to move so she can pretty much get into stuff.

BuStEd! Covered in Flour!


Oh and here she is sitting in Cody's bouncer seat.
One thing I have learned now being a mother of 4 kids..take the picture. The memories will keep you laughing and laughing.
So what else has been happening in our home you might ask? Well Kylee has successfully mastered her arch up kick over on the floor. She can also now pretty much do her splits. She really has an ability with gymnastics. I am so glad we decided to put her in.




Cody is now smiling all the time. Some of you have seen his cute smile (Gena) hehe. For those that haven't I have managed to snap a few pics

More to come later.

Carter is finished with his new adventure..FooTBall! It was sure fun watching him learn to play. Although he ran the ball in the wrong direction..in the season he did manage to make two touchdowns and grabbed a couple opponents flags.


So there you have it! I have been thinking lately about how much I have changed as a mother since Carter was born. A few of my good friends have recently had their first babies. I have grown so much since we first brought Carter home. I have learned and gained so much more patience. I have learned not to sweat the small stuff. And most of all I have learned to really enjoy the moment...I know now that these moments...crazy times will go by so fast. Sometimes I have to pinch myself to make sure I am not dreaming. I could not be more thankful for my 4 precious blessings. And the coolest part is how you love each of them as much as the first. I remember secretly thinking when pregnant with Kylee that I would never love her as much as Carter. Well guess what? The minute they laid her in my arms...I fell madly in love. The same has happened with Cambree and Cody now too. I love them each so much. This lets me know that even though our Heavenly Father has so many children...we are each so special and important and loved in his eyes. Okay I will now end my major long sappy fun post!

Baby Cody Pics

My sister in law just started doing photography. She is amazing! Check out the pics she took of little baby Cody. It was so much fun. Thanks Corey. Sorry he peed all over...hehe we will never forget it. He was so good and patient with us.











Copy and paste the link below to view. Sorry, I could not link it. These are just a few of the pics she did. Cody is so darn cute.
http://www.shadesofhazel.blogspot.com/

2 weeks tomorrow

It makes my heart ache...I cannot believe my baby boy will be two weeks already tomorrow. Why does time go so fast? I took him in today for his 2 week checkup. He now weighs 9lbs 2oz..BIG BOY. His weight is in the 95th percentile and his head and height are in the 75th. Yay...so far he is just the sweetest baby boy. He is so content and happy. We love having his sweet little spirit in our home. We are so happy he is finally here! Cambree is adjusting to not being the baby anymore :)




WHAT? Cambree is near me? Haha!

Our little precious Cody

Cody Cash Kener 8lbs 11oz 20.5 inches long arrived on 8/29/09 7:12am

Long Labor Story yay...rewarding cute pics at the end!! Most of you already know well I am sure all of you do. Cody decided to make his arrival on his own. Thursday I was having contractions about every 15min. Thinking oooh maybe today is the day I got excited...well they slowly tapered off. Friday morning I woke up again having them about 15 min throughout the day. At this point I have noticed that Cody has not moved as much in the last 24 hours. So I start to worry. SO I decided to check with my doctor. The nurse at the office said he could be in stress so they wanted me to get in and get it checked out. I got there I was monitored for about an hour of course he is moving great when we arrive haha. My contractions were showing but again still only 15 min apart. The nurse checked my cervix and said well you are a 3+...whatever a plus meant, I kept thinking almost 4 haha I am sure it was not that close. Anyway she said well I see you are scheduled to be induced tomorrow. We should just go ahead and admit you today. I was so excited. I called Cash we had everything ready. She comes back in the room and says whelp...your doctor wants to send you home and we will see you in the morning. I was chocking back tears but thought to myself what is another day? On the way home they really got stronger this time about 5 min apart. When I got home I told Cash tonight he may come these are getting stronger. Then well they just sort of tapered off slowly 5 mins, 10 min, 15 min again and fading..Darn false labor I thought. I took two Tylenol and went to bed. I slept for about 45 min and woke up having strong ones again. Still about every 15 min. So I did what any ready mom would do. I got everything prepared. Finally at around 3 am I could not take it. They were hurting pretty bad so I woke up Cash and said we better go. He was like really? Are you sure...At this point I figured at least if I went they could give me some pain meds for a while. They were still about 10/15 min apart it was weird. On the way there they got really strong and really close together now about 3 min apart. When we arrived I was crying now because they really hurt. The woman at the desk said oh honey is this your first baby? Nope, Cash said smiling #4..she was like OH well lets get you a room. I was checked and dilated now to a full 5 woohooo. I was having back labor Cody was posterior they said so he was backwards so that is why the contractions were so irregular. We were in labor!! I got my epidural and the rest is history. We were admitted around 4am and I was dilated to a full 10cm in an hour. My doctor was not in and the on call dr was swamped so we waited with my bag of water in tact yes...it did not break so Cody stayed in. Finally right at 7am my doctor broke my water and Cody came out in one push. He is amazing an adorable and we love him so much. I am so glad for the moments I have already shared with him. I know these days are a fleeting moment in time so I really try to soak it all in.





Carter is a proud big brother. Kylee loves baby Cody and wants to hold him all the time. Cambree was not so sure about the new arrival but today since being home she has really been sweet and concerned when he cries. We welcome strong BIG baby Cody into our home with loving arms. We have long awaited his arrival! Yay