I have a 4 year old!?

So it appears I'm going to be blogging about once a month now. Is that because I'm so busy or because I'm so boring that I only have things to blog about every once in a while? Anyways, this past week was a big one! Beau's mom was here which was really fun! We can't wait until he's done with school and we can see family a lot more often even if we don't get to come right back to Utah. The day after she left was Thanksgiving. Thankfully, we have some awesome friends who agreed to have Thanksgiving with us so we wouldn't be alone. Our kids play together perfectly since they have a son Kailee's age, a daughter Ava's age and a 6 year old daughter who keeps them all playing nice. So, we were able to play wii all night. Aside from Beau busting his finger open on a beam,that runs long our cieling as he was executing a very enthusiastic tennis serve, we had a great night!

Then, on Saturday I got to throw my first birthday party! I can't believe Kailee is 4! She just seems to be growing up so fast! And I can already tell Ava will be even worse because she tries so hard to keep up with her big sister. I guess thats why I've been craving a baby so bad! Anyways, up until now we have always just celebrated Kailee's birthday as a family with maybe one or two family friends, but this year we have been going to Chuck E. Cheese alot and she has seen the birthday parties there and I know she would love to have one of her own. She listed about 15 friends she wanted to be there so needless to say with our being so poor, we couldn't give her the REAL Chuk E. Cheese party, but they were sooooo nice and accomodating. I brought my own cake, ice cream,and goodie bags and bought tokens for all of the kids with half off coupons. They still offered to help me set up, kept my ice cream in their freezer, told me not to worry about cleaning up, and made sure Chuck E. Cheese came out to see Kailee while he was out for antoher party. All-in-all, it was a success! Kailee didn't even expect to get presents, she was just so excited to have all of her firends in the same place! And when I asked her what her favorite part of the party was, she told me it was the cake! Which was the right answer since I stayed up till 3am the night before to make it. Although I think she just meant eating it, in which case I could have just done cupcakes!

What a Month!

The festivities have been ongoing all month long! Every weekend we have had some Halloween event to take the kids to, trick-or-treating at the zoo, at Idlewild, the Primary Halloween party, etc...However, I think the constant trick-or-treating is what finally motivated Ava to start walking a few weeks ago. She likes chocolate as much as her mom!

First School Picture!

Isn't my little preschooler cute!? I can't believe how quickly they grow up. Only one complaint....couldn't the picture mom have tamed that run-away bow?

My New Pet Peeve

Ok fortunately I can blog about this since none of the wonderful people that read my blog are guilty.......

Why is it that 90% of the people I tell that I am having another girl act sorry for me!? Even complete stranges respond with "Awww....were you trying for a boy?" No! I was trying for another baby! I'm thrilled I'm having another girl. They have obviously not met my other two daughters because they are the best children in the world and I feel fortunate to be blessed enough to have another one (although I'm sure every mother feels the same way). I've even been told that since we are living our lives right, we will eventually be blessed with a boy! Like a girl is not a blessing!? AAArrrgggg!! So, FYI we are both thrilled to be having another daughter and if we decide to have another baby in the future it is not because we are trying for a boy but because we would like to add another wonderful spirit to our family! Ok, I feel better.

Finally walking!! (mostly)

Finally! After 2 months of deciding, Ava is walking about 70% of the time now! When Kailee took her first step, it was only 3 days before she abandoned crawling. Not Ava! We knew she could do it because she would when she wanted to but if we tried to get her to practice she would stubbornly sit down or just go all noodle-legged. She even spent about a month only walking when she thought we weren't looking. We went to our amusement park the other day which will only allow kids on the rides if they can walk. (we had been hoping all summer Ava would walk so she could go on with Kailee since thy would both have so much moe fun). Anyways, this time she finally walked up to each ride so they let her on and she had a blast. Ever since, she has apparently seen the benefit to walking and has increased her efforts! Stubborn thing! She must get that from Beau ;)

Half-Way Point!

We officially reached our half-way point of Beau's 27 month program! Only 13 1/12 more months or going into debt until we can start climbing out! But who's counting? It has already gone by so quickly, I'm sure a new baby will make the rest of the time fly. I'm starting to like it here a little better too. There's still no way we're staying unless we find a job that offers an insane amount of money, but it's atleast getting more tolerable. 4 more LDS families just moved onto our street and 3 of them have kids Kailee's age. They all play outside together and I can feel like I have a little mini Utah neighborhood. We even got an awesome babysitter that lives 2 doors away! Just to make our debt total a little more impressive, we bought a HondaPilot last month (actually because we found we couldn't fit 3 carseats in the back of our accord). It's 4WD so I may not even get stuck on the snowy hills this winter! Things are looking pretty good! Now all we need to do is figure out were we'll be for the next 5 or so years!

Movie of the Year!

Ok so, I know I'm a dork but YAY! Here's the latest Twilight trailer that they are going to start showing in the theatre. It's about time! I swear I haven't even been on the website for the past month or so... I just got lucky when I checked today and found it. And I guess they are just assuming everyone's read the book and knows the whole story cuz they dont leave much out of the preview. Looks pretty good though I'm sure I'll be sitting in the theatre with a hundred or so swooning teenage girls! I may not notice though cuz I'll probably be just as bad! Haha

http://www.twilightthemovie.com/ecard_widget/

And speaking of favorites.... I know most of my friends' kids are older than mine but some of the younger ones may like this phonics website.

http://www.starfall.com/n/level-k/index/load.htm?f

It is Kailee's favorite activity now. She learned to use the compute mouse her first day of playing so now she wants to get on the computer almost every day. I can't complain though cuz she's already learned most of the letters.