He's not fat....he's chubby.

Those are the words that my doctor said to me today. I took Asher in because he was showing all the normal signs of an ear infection and I wanted to get it cleared up before we go to New York next week. Sure enough, ear infection #4. I was in the process of changing his bum when the doctor came in so I asked him if it was normal for Asher's little "unit" to be somewhat inverted and if it was, is it because he is so fat. My doctor was so funny and I seriously think that he thought Asher's feelings were going to be hurt because his mom called him fat. Anyway, it turns out it is totally normal (whew) and he sees it a lot in little boys his age and it is because he is so chubby. Anyway, my chubby boy weighed in at 19lbs 8 ozs today at his appt (he turned 5 months on Mon). He is so FREAKING huge, and I absolutely love it. I had to move him out of the infant car seat because it was too heavy to lug him around in it. This does however make it hard when we go places. On Saturday, we went to three different stores to grocery shop and I carried him in the baby bjorn at all three. He hasn't totally mastered sitting up yet and so shopping carts are still a little hard. Anyway, because he is such a tub, my back hurts so bad and I can't stand completely straight. Ryan says I walk like an old lady and that is exactly what I look like.

Asher is up to three solid feedings a day, we were going through two Costco cans of formula in less than two weeks, so in order to try and make those last a little longer, we moved him to three feedings a day. He LOVES his food, big surprise I know.

Asher loves to be in his walker and can move forward, backwards and sideways. He also loves his Jumperoo and will jump in it until he tires himself out. He loves to play with toys and will lay on the floor and go from side to side grabbing his toys and playing with them.

He really is such a good baby, who even when he has ear infections still sleeps through the night. He loves his sisters and loves to sit between them in the car. They are both really good with him and love to make him laugh and squeal.

Addie is a fantastic big sister and is so good to feed him his bottle at home and in the car.

So that is the latest on my GINORMOUS baby boy.

Today is my last day of Spanish and I should be studying but I really am to the point where I am burnt out and I am having a really hard time caring. I can't wait till I can go to bed the same time as Ryan instead of 4 hours later. I am excited to be able to get the ironing done on a weekly basis rather than having to iron a months worth of clothes. I am excited to not have to take my kids somewhere different every day so I can go to school. (Thanks so much to Nicole and my sisters for watching my kids and taking such wonderful care of them. It is so nice to leave them with you guys and not have to worry about them at all because I know they are being treated as if they are your own.) They really do well and don't complain, but I am looking forward to being able to go to the pool daily and just hang out and chill and not have to hurry every morning to get everyone out the door and then getting home right before Ryan gets home.

I look forward to being able to make dinner and all in all just getting things together and not feeling so scattered.

So YEAH, here is to two whole months of no school! This is the biggest break that I have had in three years, but it was totally worth it because I will graduate in the spring.

Here is a pic of Sadie with her missing tooth that she had to have pulled.

NYC HERE WE COME!!!

I just had to post that Ryan, Asher and I are going to NYC July 2-6. We wanted to take the girls but the flight would have cost WAY too much so they are staying with my sister Amber and are SUPER excited to be doing so. Ryan had a credit on Delta that he originally thought he had to use by July 9th. We are going on a cruise next May for our 10 year anniversary and we were going to use that for our flights. When Ryan called to use it, he found out that travel had to be completed by July 9th. So NYC was the natural choice. Ryan served his mission there and we have visited 3 times together and I went once by myself when Amber was a nanny in Connecticut. So this will be my 5th trip and I feel that I know my way around pretty well, I have the subway figured out, it is not too hard as long as you know if you need to go uptown or downtown you are usually good. I feel guilty leaving the girls over the 4th of July since they love this holiday. They don't care though since they will be going to Sugarhouse park with my parents and sisters. As long as they are with Grandma Val, they really don't need mom. I am excited to take Asher with us and WAY excited to go to the new Yankee Stadium.

May Re-cap

Warning: This is an extremely LONG post.

May has been extremely busy, especially with me going to school six days a week. I have Spanish every day, math on Monday and Wednesday and Yoga on Saturday mornings. My reasoning for taking Yoga was that I needed one more credit to qualify for summer financial aid so I found Yoga and talked Brianna into taking it with me. I am surprised how well it works your body and how sore I am following the class. This past Saturday, we did partner yoga and Brianna and I were both VERY grateful that we took it together. I am really enjoying Spanish this semester. My professor is a native Argentine and it took a little while to get used to the accent. It is so much better to go every day and to be spoken to in Spanish the entire time. I am definitely learning a lot more and really enjoying it.

The first Sunday in May Ryan blessed Asher. It was really nice and afterwards we had lunch with family and friends. The outfit that I had originally bought for him to be blessed in turned out to be to small by the time we blessed him (we waited until our church time moved from 9 to 1 when we moved buildings in April...much easier for everyone to be there). So a few weeks before I had to find a new outfit, it actually turned out really cute. I am not a fan of the white blessing outfits that they have for boys and I had always had it in my mind that I would dress a boy in normal church clothes. His little green shirt and sweater vest with his navy pants turned out really cute. He would not smile for me that morning even with my mom and sisters trying to help out.

Asher @ 3 months wearing 6-12 month clothes! He is around 17 lbs in this pic.

Both Addie and Sadie got glasses. Addie needed them and Sadie was borderline so we decided to get hers as well in hopes that they will help correct her eyesight and she won't need them when she is older. It was no surprise that they would need glasses since I cannot see ANYTHING without contacts or glasses and Ryan is not much better. They are really cute with their glasses and do a good job of wearing them.

No clue where Addie learned the peace sign. Never mind, Ryan just informed me that he was the one who taught her that and is very proud she did it in the pic.

Sadie with her purple framed glasses. I love them, she is so cute in them.
Addie with her pink rimmed glasses with flowers on the side. She LOVES to do different poses for pictures. She kills me.

Finally last week while I was at school and my wonderful sister-in-law Britt was watching the girls, Sadie somehow rammed her mouth into the handle bars of her scooter and pushed her top, left big tooth back. My sister-in-law felt so bad (no worries Britt, it's Sadie and she is glutton for punishment). I took her to the dentist the next day and he was able to push it back and told us to try and keep it pushed forward until the ligaments tightened again. Well after being so good at the dentist and allowing him to push her tooth forward without crying (she was too involved in the Dora movie that was playing) when the tooth moved back, she would not let Ryan or I touch it to push it forward again. The dentist also told me to watch and make sure that it did not develop an abscess. Well, by Saturday she was showing signs of an abscess and we went to the dentist today and it was confirmed. He is going to pull the tooth next Thursday. Sadie is going to be toothless for probably the next three years, but oh well, what do you do? I have decided that Sadie is going to be my child that is always needing stitches, or has broken something. It's a good thing though, since she is the one that is NOT dramatic (Addison). So if it is going to happen to one of my kids I am glad it is Sadie and not Addie.
And finally....Asher has had a cold for the past two weeks. He was still eating and sleeping fine so I didn't think that we needed to go to the Dr. so I could be told it was viral and to wait it out (his well baby check is in a week and I was hoping we could make it, but it was not to be). My sister-in-law sent me a text today that he had been crying about the whole time I was at school. He had been a little more irritable the past few days so I called the Dr. because I figured it was his ears AGAIN. Sure enough, both ears are infected. This is the third one and if he has one more it will be tubes for him. In a way I am hoping he has another one because tubes were the best thing that we had done for Sadie. Oh and my GINORMOUS baby weighed in at 18 lbs 1 oz today! No wonder my back hurts.
We have also been redoing some things in the yard and Ryan has been working VERY hard. I will post pics when it is finished, it is really looking good!

Grandpa Kimbo

My dad is so funny with the grandkids. With Ryan out of town, I spent yesterday at my parents and Amber's (they live across the street from one another). Ryker and Asher were laying on a blanket together when my dad came in and started playing with them. He just makes me laugh, he is such a good grandpa.

Swimming

Ryan is out of town until tomorrow so I took the kids swimming today so that they would be really sleepy when it came time to go to bed. It worked! They have all been asleep since 8:00 with Sadie being the first to konk out @ 7:30! They all had a great time, even Asher who layed in the pool for about 45 minutes before he got too cold. Alek and Amber came with us too and everyone had a lot of fun!

Addie only wants to swim in the "deep" end.

Asher just chillin' in the pool

Sadie, Alek, Asher

3 Months!

Asher turned 3 months last week and I am finally getting around to posting something about it. He weighs in at an astounding 15lbs 8ozs! He is so heavy that my arms just ache if I have to carry him around too much. He is wearing 6-12 month clothes....some Alek just grew out of a few months ago. He is full of smiles and giggles and he loves to lay on his play mat and try to grab his toys. He HATES to be in his car seat which makes my occupation a little hard right now. Luckily Addie is quite the little mother and can usually calm his screams. He has grown out of the colic - spit up stage and is for the most part a happy little guy. He has been sleeping through the night for over a month now which is wonderful for me. We love him to death and are so grateful that he is with us.

Loves to scoot in his walker and try to grab his toys.

Addie wants to be in all the pictures.

Stitches are OUT!

Friday I took Sadie down to where my sister Kimberlee works so she could take her stitches out (and I didn't have to pay a co-pay). Sadie did so good and before we went in there she told me that she wasn't going to cry. Well she cried just a little because the first one was tight and it pulled at her skin. I don't blame her for crying a little and even though that first one hurt, she didn't pull her hand away but let Kimberlee continue to take them out. When it was all over she got a "Pet Shop" band aid, a bracelet and a box of crayons. She was so good and so brave and as much as I want this to be the last time we have to get stitches, I have a feeling that with Sadie we are in for many more.

Stitches - Day 2
Stitches - Day 10

Stitches - no more