Family of 6!

Obviously I don't update this blog very often, but I don't want it to go away b/c there are such fun memories of the first two kids. I remember when I kind of freaked out that we were a family of 5 and now it's already been 2 years since we've been a family of 6. Here's my attempt at keeping the blog active until I can figure out how to save everything on it. :) Reegan Marie was born October 25, 2016 and evened out our family- 3 boys, 3 girls, perfect!! :)

Aquatic Environment

Cayden was going to start a new chapter on Environments and Habitats in Science yesterday and so we were looking at the fish on the first page and talking about what they were and where they live, here was our conversation:
Me: What is this a picture of?
Cayden: Fish
Me: Where do they live? (The teacher's book said answers would vary, but to accept any water answer)
Cayden: The Ocean, wait-actually, any aquatic environment.
Me: What?! :) I can't believe you know that!

I think he will do just fine on this chapter!

Mommy/Grandma

Karis has been talking about wanting to be a mommy a lot lately. I've explained that she has to be married first and she has to grow up. Another time we talked about the fact that if she's a mommy then I will be a grandma. Well this was today's conversation:

Karis: I want to be a mommy
Me: Why?
Karis: So you can be a grandma and I can be a mommy.
Me: Yes, but why do you want to be a mommy?
Karis: So I can say yes or no if someone can have candy.

Baby Comparisons

They are certainly siblings!

Logan

Karis

Cayden

Logan

Karis

Cayden

Welcome Baby Logan!

OK, so I certainly don't post on here regularly, but I figured I should at least change our status to "Family of Five!" I freaked out when I put "Family of Four" on here 3 years ago, you can just imagine what it was like to say family of five! :) I'll just post a pic of him and maybe a comparison pic if I can find all the pictures easily :) Oh by the way-"him" is Logan Alan, born June 5th 2013 at 9:15pm weighing 7lbs 9oz and 19.5 inches long.

The short birth story: I went in for my 39 week check up and was dilated to almost 6. The Dr stripped my membranes to see if that would get things moving without actually inducing me. (He was leaving town in a few days). When I got to the hospital at 6pm that evening I was dilated to almost 7. I felt great and it seemed premature to be in the hospital. However, he broke my water around 6:30pm and less than 3 hrs later Logan was born. At 8:30 I was on the cell phone with my mom, but at that point I had a contraction that hurt pretty bad and knew I was done being on the phone. When asked how long I was in labor I don't know when to start from, so I usually just say, it hurt really bad for 45 minutes. :) I pushed 2x during 1 contraction and he was out.

Bath Comparisons

Cayden was 10 months old in this picture. Karis was almost 14 months in this picture:

When I saw this pic it just reminded me of Cayden's picture so I figured I'd do a comparison.

Karis' Update

*Karis has two teeth now! She got her 2nd bottom tooth on Wednesday.

*She will stand by herself for awhile before sitting down and really gets around walking while hanging onto things, but she still hasn't taken her first steps alone.

*She has a strong opinion on what she wants and is becoming a better eater, but only when she wants to (or if I can distract her).

*She is still an excellent sleeper and absolutely adores her big brother. She has started to try and scare us when we open the door to her bedroom, after her nap. This is because every time Cayden goes in to see her he opens the door and tries to startle her (in fun).

*Whenever she wakes up, she immediately starts looking for Cayden and says "k-k"