Kyren and Kade

So Kyren's little buddy Kade and him have so much fun together! A few weeks ago, we were at Amber and Kevin's house hanging out. They tried Kade's Spiderman costume on him to make sure it fits for Halloween. Kyren was of course ecstatic! It's one of those costumes that shows the muscles on it. Kyren ran over and ran his hands over Kade's "six pack". Then he said, "Wow Kade! You're body's amazing!" Hehe he cracks me up!

Updated blog...I know what you're thinking...finally!

I know I know...I'm terrible at updating this! And once again...I think I will be getting better at it soon. I promised myself I would get it completely updated before I went to Arizona (we leave Wednesday) A few things have happened in our lives lately. Zoe finally got her first tooth about a week after her first birthday. It was her top left tooth. She then got her bottom right a couple days after that and her top right a couple days after that. Yes my baby finally has three teeth...they're obviously not in far enough to do her much good, but we are definately getting there. I was offered a job at Stevens Henager College about 2 weeks ago and I start tomorrow. I am absolutely ecstatic about this position. I was driving 49 miles and now I will be driving 8. It has so many benefits and opportunities that go with it that I couldn't pass it up. It was a little sad to leave my other job (Friday was my last day), but I am really looking forward to the new position! I will be doing administrative duties for the Admissions Department. This comes with a raise and did I mention it's 8 miles from my house!?!? Another new thing is Angelica, Jose's little sister had her baby girl, Anaiyah Maryssa Rosales on Monday, March 22, 2010. She weighed in at 7 lbs. 1 oz. 20 1/2 inches long. She is absolutely beautiful. Looks a LOT like her momma! That is why we are going to Arizona on Wednesday!!! I will post pictures when we get home.

Zoe's First Haircut

Zoe got her first haircut last night 3/27/10. Her hair was quite long in some places and not others so I needed to even it up a little so I can do more hairstyles with it. She did NOT like this process. But hopefully we won't have to do it too often.

Zoe's 1st Birthday!!!

We had Zoe's birthday party the Sunday before her birthday, February 21st, 2010, it was of course and blast and almost everyone came. I made cupcakes and they were delicious. We had Hawaiian Haystacks...yum...thanks Pyp for teaching us all how to make them! I really can't believe my baby is one.

Some More Kyren Artwork

Some of these drawings are in appropriate places, such as paper, others, not so much, such as Kyren's walls. Luckily it was with washable marker and washed right off. I had to take pictures though...I think he draws very well for a 3 year old. He's already better than his momma...I think we've got another Jose on our hands Ü

Christmas 2009

Here is some of our Christmas pictures

Thanksgiving 2009

Here is some of our Thanksgiving fun in Mesquite at Colleen's house!

Zoelicious is one!!!

My precious little angel is one today! It's so crazy that one year ago today I held my 5 lb 7 oz, 18 in sweetheart for the first time. I was so extremely nervous to have two children. If you know Kyren, you know exactly why I would be nervous. You see this little sweetheart's big brother can be quite the handful (actually he's always a handful). But that's also what we love about him! And the closer time came to meeting our little Zoe, the more anxious I got about if I could handle TWO Kyrens. Well turns out, she was exactly what our little growing family needed. She is the sweetest, most girly little lady! I absolutely love her!!! She has brought so much joy and fun to our lifes over this last year.
Here are a couple of things about Zoe:
She was Born on February 24, 2009 (What would have been my Grandma Sorenson's 100th Birthday)
Born at 3:49 a.m.
I pushed one tiny practice push and on the next push she came completely out, head and body.
She weighed a tiny 5 lbs 7 oz
18 inches long
Zoe started sleeping through the night completely at 8 weeks
I was actually able to nurse Zoe (Breastfeeding is really hard for my tiny babies' mouths)
Nursing took us 7 weeks to get down, then I dried up shortly after going back to work when she was 6 months old
She didn't roll very much
She sat up at 5 months
crawled at 7 months
was almost 7 months before she would eat baby food
stood up in the middle of the floor at 7 1/2 months
walked at 11 months
She says mama and dada
she's a total mommy's girl
Loves to snuggle and get tickled.
Absolutely adores her big brother ( I love the bond they have, they love each other so much, but also love to pester each other)
She loves dolls and stuffed animals
She LOVES to eat too
And she still has NO teeth ( I can see three coming in, but they have not broken through yet)

We had her birthday party on Sunday and will be going out to dinner tonight to celebrate. I will post pictures soon!
I love this little lady with all my heart and I'm so proud to call her mine.

Swine Flu & Halloween!

I think my biggest fear this year was that we would get swine flu and I would lose one of my loved ones to it. I was near tears daily over this fear. On Wednesday, October 28th, Jose called me and said he thought he was getting a cold, that night he felt terrible!!! By morning, he looked like death and was running a high fever. He went to the doctor, my fear was confirmed!!! I was so scared and worried, I didn't know what to do. I called in on Friday because I had a little cough and was scared it was maybe turning in to something but felt better after a few hours. I heard about a clinic in salt lake that had the swine flu vaccinations, so I packed up the kids and drove down there to wait in the freezing cold for 3 hours without being sure they would have enough. They told us when we got there that they were pretty sure they would NOT have enough! I had to risk it, these are my kids! And the nurse at my pediatrician's office said Zoe couldn't be treated if she got it because she was too little. This of course scared me to death. I was able to get the kids their shots, but I wasn't on the priority list so I couldn't get one, but at least the kids got there. At 4:00 in the morning Saturday morning, Zoe woke up with a fever and all the same symptoms! MY LITTLE GIRL GOT IT!!! I was absolutely terrified! I called the doctor and took her in. She was actually able to get treated. I think the nurse was thinking she was younger than she is. I asked the doctor if we could treat Ky as well since he's had RSV twice and may have asthma. She quickly agreed and gave me medicine for both kids. Monday I woke up with a terrible cough. I'm the mommy...I can't get sick! Who's gonna take care of everyone else? Luckily, I didn't get that sick, just a really bad cough, but not the terrible fever. By Friday I was feeling much better and finally able to go back to work the following Monday. As scared as I was to get it, I'm grateful it's over, now I'm not worried about every person I talk to being infected! What a load off. I hope everyone that gets it is able to get through it as easily as we did. The sad thing is, is that this was halloween weekend, so we didn't get to go trick or treating. I had to put a sign on the door so we didn't infect anyone that came to get candy either. I dressed up the kids even though we couldn't go out, just so I had pictures of them in their costumes.

First Snow of the Year!!!

Kyren absolutely loves the snow and was so excited for the first snow back in November. Last year he snuck outside and was playing in the snow in his diaper and a t-shirt, no pants, shoes, socks or jackets. He insists on throwing snowballs at me or daddy and he's almost impossible to get to come inside, unless it's about 5 degrees, then he's a little more agreeable. Love him to death. He is trying to catch the snowflakes on his tongue in these pictures!

Sienna's Baptism

On October 25, 2009, my sweet little niece Sienna was baptized! She of course looked beautiful and was sooo excited. It's so fun to get together with our family for such great occasions. The really cool thing is that Ry was able to baptize her. He's such a great daddy and did a great job! Love you Sienna, we're so proud of you!

Black Island Farms

On October 24th, 2009 we went to Black Island Farms with my family. We went through the corn maze, the kids rode a train, watch pigs race, ate amazing kettle corn and then went on a tractor ride to pick out our very own pumpkins. The kids had a riot!! That night we went back and went through the haunted house, just the adults of course. It was a ton of fun!

MY BIRTHDAY+FALL+HALLOWEEN=AWESOME

So my birthday was actually on Friday, the 16th. It started with Jose giving my new favorite jacket and getting me breakfast before I had to go to work. At work Natasha and Erica got my cupcakes, lip gloss and a cute little coin purse! They also did a little dance for me which was so fun! Poor Kenz was sick that day so we didn't get to celebrate together, but we will soon! I got so many birthday wishes and treats at work, it was so great!








I don't know very many people that get birthday weekends, but that's what I got!
Friday evening, my dad came to visit and give me a present, thanks for the money dad! Then Jose took me to Olive Garden for dinner. It was delicious, I haven't been there in forever!!! We then went home and got some more cute clothes and an awesome pair of boots from the sweetest most perfect husband ever!!! Saturday we went to a haunted house. All my friends ended up bailing for one reason or another so it was us, Ryan & Alaina and cute Shelly! We had a blast! We went to haunted hollow, which they've expanded, by the way. It was so much fun and I actually got scared this year. Love getting scared!!!





Then Sunday, we had my family party! It was a lot of fun to hang with the fam and have yummy ice cream cake (my fav).
My birthday was awesome!!! Only down side is my little lady is sick! She was pretty sick all weekend, but came down with a fever after everyone left last night. As you can tell by my posts, she was up all night. When I finally got her to sleep this morning, guess what?!? Mommy couldn't sleep! Poor little girl. Can't wait til the doc opens so I can get her better!!! Hope everyone had a great weekend! Thanks again for all the love and wishes for my birthday!!!