My Family is Forever!

2011-11-09T20:34:00.000-08:00

Introducing my

"New"

Blog...

http://ryans6chicks.blogspot.com/

It's time to start something new...

Time to make since of my "Blog" name...

I'm hoping to "Blog" more about Ryan's 6 Chicks

and make it my journal.

Hope you all follow :)

November 1 2011

2011-11-08T20:44:00.000-08:00

This picture was taken right before we left for my OB appointment.

This appointment was the start of my weekly visits and when I get "checked" to see if I've dilated. We couldn't wait because I've been having contractions for weeks and the night before, Halloween, and all the walking we did I knew I had to have dilated to at least a 1 or 2.

Doctor comes in, checks, and says you're a 3!!

And I just strip the membranes!!!

He said you'll have some spotting which is normal and make an appointment 1 week but I'll probably see you before then!

When he left the room, I looked at Ryan and said, "You ready for this cause it's going to happen SOON"

So we had a lot to do! Grocery shop, get the last things ready for Rylee, and figure out what to do with the girls when we go in! We went to Target, ran home to pick up the girls from the bus (min day so they got out at 11:30am) Costco, home, then I sent Ryan out to wash the car, go to Winco, pay rent and picked up some Yummy Salsa from his moms!

While he was out, I did laundry, homework with the girls, cleaned house, made dinner, more cleaning and laundry! Later that night I laid down and started having contractions. I was hoping I could get one more good night sleep but they started getting closer. So Ryan called his sister Erin and she came over to watch the girls while we headed to the hospital.

Checked in at 11:30pm.

Found out I was a 4-5 so they admitted me

2:30am got an epidural (LOVE THE EPIDURAL MAN!!!)

5am started Patosin

7am Nurse change, new nurse checked me and I was 6. She called my doctor (who was going to head to Delano to his office) and asked what does he want us to do. He said he'll come in and break my water and we'll see what will happen.

7:30am, I'm feeling pressure. Nurse checks me again and I'm an 8-9 and tells me not to push!

Called the Doctor and said HURRY!

Sat and waited....

8:30am doctor arrives, breaks my water 4 pushes and Rylee is here!!

Rylee Anne Kirby

November 2 2011

6lb.6ounces 20 1/2inches

(she was born at 8:35am!)

Halloween 2011

2011-11-08T20:23:00.000-08:00

This year for Halloween we walked around Tiffiny's neighborhood.

The girls had SO much fun and received TONS of candy!!

Leah had a Blast! She knew the drill,

Trick or Treat...Thank You!

Natalie was a little unsure at first but warmed up when she noticed how much

candy she was getting.

I really enjoyed Halloween this year!

(which is a first!)

Next Year we're going to start a tradition and we're going to start doing

a Theme! So I have 1 year to think what us Kirby's will be!

Can't wait

Banducci Family Farms

2011-11-06T20:17:00.000-08:00

2011-10-21T14:30:00.000-07:00

Once Emma got to the car she was telling me she has to wear make-up one day next week.

She said her teacher sent home a paper telling moms that the kids have to wear make-up. So looking at her papers from her backpack I didn't see any paper that said she needed to

wear make-up.

She ran over and showed me a paper that has important dates to remember.

There is a MAKE-UP PICTURE DAY next Friday and she said

"See I have to wear make-up"

SO FUNNY!!!

3rd Times a Charm....

2011-10-15T22:07:00.001-07:00

This is the 3rd time Alison has had her ears pierced. The first time

was when she was an infant and they got infected.

The second time we had the same problem

and she complained they hurt all the time.

Earlier this month she said she wants to get earrings.

Ryan told her to write it on the calendar when she wants to get them pierced.

She wrote on the 27th

"Alison gets earrings"

Until yesterday...She said I want earrings today!

So I told her after school when daddy gets home we'll go.

Ryan had a couple hours OT and Alison was going crazy cause she had to wait!

Once Ryan got home she was ready to go!

She cried a little but right after she looked in the mirror and said

"I have earrings!"

She has been really good on cleaning them and turning the earrings.

So I'm hoping 3rd times a Charm!!!

2011-10-10T17:17:00.000-07:00

This morning I told the girls there were pants in the dryer. A couple minutes later Alison came into my room almost crying saying "The pants shrunk!"

holding up Leah's pants!

Kids are the FUNNIEST!!!

2011-10-02T16:04:00.000-07:00

I have been waiting almost a month to put up my

Halloween decorations!

If you know me...I'm NOT a Halloween kinda gal and

haven't put up decorations before.

BUT,

with the girls excited about Halloween and the Holidays

coming up I figured I better start making our home look cute!

So here you have it!

The girls we're pretty excited when I put the stuff up.

Alison said

"Man, all my friends are going to be so scared when they see this!"

So funny!

Here's to a fun October month!

2011-09-30T19:57:00.000-07:00

With Ryan back to work I...

how do I say it...

MISS HIM!!!

When the doctor said 3 weeks I just about died.

I would be out of my routine!

So 3 weeks have gone by and it's only been 3 days

and I miss Ryan like crazy!

Anyways, the last 2 days he's done overtime which means he is gone

ALL DAY LONG.

My body must have been pretty lazy the last 3 weeks cause it's about

ready to crash by 4pm! Yesterday was a very long and hard day for me

and this morning before Ryan left for work, he gave me the biggest hug ever!

Ahh it made all the back pain, swollen feet aching stomach, and headachs

WORTH IT!!!

I LOVE THIS MAN!!!!

2011-09-25T22:18:00.000-07:00

My Dear Sweet Rylee Anne

I know you are living in tight quarters

and love to stretch and kick...

but Mommy can't handle this

ALL NIGHT LONG!

We have to come to an agreement that you can have

1 out of 7 nights of the week to keep me up...all...night...long!!!

And lately, you are taking more then 1 night.

So PLEASE Miss Rylee,

LET MOMMY SLEEP TONIGHT!

I love you with all my heart

Mommy

2011-09-25T16:10:00.000-07:00

Found this in an envelope on our front door for Emma.

Awhile back I wrote about a neighbor boy asking Emma if she would be

his "friend", and she said she has to ask her mom.

Well he's still asking so I guess Emma never told him no!

It's funny! We told Emma to tell him NO and if he wants to talk to you more

he has to go through your DAD!

(wonder how long that will work...)

Kids these days!

2011-09-17T22:08:00.000-07:00

Natalie has ALWAYS called Leah

"Honey"

We don't know where it came from but we're not

going to change it cause it sounds SO cute!

"Stop it Honey!"

"Here's your chocolate milk Honey!"

"Where's my Honey"

The other day Leah was in our room and Natalie, from the living room,

said "Leah"!

We finally figured she was actually saying her name.

Leah looked up at me and Ryan and said

"Am I Leah?"

With the biggest confused look on her face!

We could not stop laughing!

Natalie went back to calling her "Honey"

and we hope it stays that way!

2011-09-17T22:02:00.000-07:00

This picture was taken a couple appointments ago.

My last appointment my picture is a straight on face and she has my nose!

Love you Miss Rylee Anne!

2011-09-17T21:52:00.000-07:00

I was going to put some towels into the dirty basket and while I walked by I heard Natalie talking to herself! I ran and got my camera and got these cute pictures!

Earlier this week Natalie was playing in the older girls room

and I'm pretty sure she was jumping on the bed and fell.

I found out today that she fell and hit the girls bed.

We noticed the scratch across the cheeks that day but

the black eye just started coming on yesterday.

Poor Baby!

2011-09-17T15:37:00.000-07:00

I know I've been a slacker on blogging but I'm going to get better! I promise.

This is what has happened lately....

~About a month ago my computer crashed...thought it was a virus but ends up my "motherboard" has burned out...fried...kapish!

(so that's why I've been off~line for so long)

So we bought a cheap laptop and I'm not liking Windows at all!!! I miss my MAC and can't wait to get another!!!!

~Ryan and I have decided 5 kids is enough! So Ryan was going in...

He went in for his consultation and he told the doctor of a hernia he's had since 2004. So he wanted to take care of it all at once. Time went by (like months...) and we finally heard from a Different doctor and went in for his consultation on the two procedures, and finding out he has TWO hernias! So the date was set for Aug 25 for his 3 operations. Ryan had his check up with the doctor 10 days after his surgery and was told 3 more weeks and he can go back to work!

3 MORE WEEKS!!!!!

We both just about died! 3 weeks is a loooooooong time!

~Alison and Emma are loving school. They have met up with a lot of their old friends and made many new ones. Natalie and Leah are enjoying the time at home alone with no "bossy" older sisters. (a new word Leah learned! You're so bossy!)

~Alison is a "Super Speller" at school. She has spelling test each Friday but if she passes the practice test on Thursdays she is a "Super Speller" and doesn't have to take the test Friday! She is understanding Math a lot better.

~Emma is loving school. The first couple weeks was crazy with Emma, she threw crazy weird tantrums about homework and going to school. But we're past that stage and I hope it doesn't return! She had her first spelling test Friday and can't wait to see how she did. (but I'm sure she did great and got 100%!)

~I'm doing good! Rylee Anne is getting SO big! I've noticed she is not head down and the doctor confirmed that at my last appointment. She is laying sideways. It's kinda funny, when she kicks, she kicks and hits at the same. So I have an arm coming out one end and a leg coming out the other! It feels pretty weird. The doctor wasn't too concerned that she's laying sideways so I guess I shouldn't be. Just hope she turns downward!

Well that covers the last couple months. The next couple months are going to be fun and exciting around here!!!

First Day of School 2011-2012

2011-09-10T22:02:00.000-07:00

It was fun taking the girls to school this year cause they were

SO excited. Alison knew a couple kids that she saw the first day in her class

and we didn't notice anyone in Emma's class but when she came

home, she said she already has a BFF!

To make it easier on me the girls are coming home on the bus

and they love it. The first couple days they sat by eachother

but now they are getting off the bus seperate.

Kids are so funny these days.

The other day I notice a boy take something away from Emma once they

got off the bus and she just stood there talking to him.

Once she got into the car I asked what Brodi took from her and

she said a paper. I asked what the paper said and Emma said

"Brodi asked if I would go out with him"

WHAT!!!!!!

My baby is only 6 years old and Brodi is probably 8 or 9!

I asked what she said...

"I have to ask my mom!"

I said "NO!!!!"

Crazy!

Other then mommy and daddy figuring out how to chase boys away already

school is going good. Alison is doing better in math which was a sore

subject last year. She has gotten 100% on all her spelling test so far.

Emma is doing great. Her homework seems pretty simple to her now but

I know there is more to come.

Here's to a good school year!

2011-09-07T16:12:00.000-07:00

Again...We are still alive! We just got a new computer (not because we wanted to trust me!!! My poor MAC died and life with no computer is very boring and sad)

So I will be updating VERY soon and posting pictures.

2011-07-30T08:51:00.001-07:00

We're still alive...I promise!
Life has just been crazy around here!
Will post soon!

2011-07-16T12:56:00.000-07:00

My yard sale deals in Utah! I only spent $55 and
bought at least $200 worth! So exciting!!!

Some fun pictures!

2011-06-21T21:08:00.000-07:00

2011-06-21T21:04:00.000-07:00

Our day started around 5:30am with Emma coming in
and trying to wake us up and asked if
"they"
could open up Alison's presents!
(Emma was alone!)
We told her to go back to bed and then Alison came in around 6am.
Told her to go back to bed!
We finally woke up when Leah came in and wanted to
open presents, and wanted chocolate milk!
(Leah will NOT stop asking in the morning until you get her
chocolate milk!)
So after Natalie's diaper was changed and Leah had her chocolate milk,
Alison, with some helpers, opened up her presents.
I didn't get her any toys this year. She never really told me what
she wanted for her birthday so I was not going to get her more toys!
(I'm so tired of toys!)
She got some clothes, a movie and crafts!
After presents were opened we ate breakfast and took our time getting ready for the day.
We had lunch and then went to the movies.
The birthday girl wanted to see
Mr. Popper's Penguins.
So off to the movies...all 6 of us!
THAT IS THE LAST TIME I TAKE ANY KID AGE 4 AND UNDER TO THE MOVIES!
I really thought Leah would like the movies and stay in the whole time.
I knew Natalie wouldn't last the whole movie but I was okay with taking her out....
well 5-10 minutes into the movie I was out with Natalie....
10 minutes later Leah came out!!!!
So I really don't know if it was a good movie or not!
The older girls talked a little bit about it and Ryan said it was ok!
After all that fun we went and had some ice cream.
Then...we went to the mall to kill time and Alison had some birthday money
she wanted to spend. About an hour of walking the mall with
two crying babies...it was time to go home!

Alison had a fun day! I can't believe she's 7 years old!
Time flies by so fast!

We love you Alison and look forward to Many Years to Come!

19 weeks

2011-06-21T21:00:00.000-07:00

I've been in the "cute" pregnancy stage from where I'm
looking...but when I look in the mirror...
I'm getting BIG!!!
I'm carrying her a lot lower then my others.
(It's kinda hard to see in this picture.)
I've been feeling a lot of little kicks and that's the BEST feeling in the world!
My next appointment is next Tuesday and I can't wait to see her again!

2011-06-17T14:29:00.000-07:00

While Ryan was doing some overtime at the hospital,
the ambulance brought in someone that was drunk and had passed out.
This person was dirty and while he was passed out he
had an "accident" so Ryan was
going on and on how bad it stunk!
He said everyone was wearing mask cause their were flies all around this guy!
If you know Ryan he's not the best in hospitals!
He said he was close to passing out!

2011-06-17T14:11:00.000-07:00

We parked right by the Peacocks and they were loud!

Leah making funny faces!
Alison was scared of the Peacocks and while we were putting the girls
into the stroller Alison hopped into the van and shut the door!
Ryan had to drag her out! It was pretty funny!

I couldn't believe how fast the river was going!

My Hottie!

"Can I take this home mom?"

Emma checking stuff off her list!

(Ok these pictures are not coming up as I am wanting them too.)
Last week for some fun,
we went on a
Scavenger Hunt at Hart Park!
Ryan wrote up a list of things for them to put in a baggie
and stuff for them to look for!
I forgot my camera so the pictures are from my phone,
which all that I took, didn't come out!
We had fun!

Leah is Potty Trained!

2011-06-05T09:40:00.001-07:00

Leah has done a GREAT job with potty training!
She hates wearing panties and always ask for her
"efalent" diaper. But I'll say no you're a big girl and she'll smile!
The first couple days was fun! She was practically sitting on the
toilet or her potty seat all day! And she would go but Very little
and a minute later she would have to go again!
She has learned to hold it!
My next step is putting her On the toilet!
Cleaning this potty training seat is a pain and gross!

Good Job Leah!

2011-06-05T09:39:00.000-07:00

Here we go!! Now's the time I start getting BIG!!!!
16 Weeks

2011-06-01T20:12:00.000-07:00

Do you ever have those days where nothing makes
since and you wonder why? I'm having one of those today.
Today is 13 years from my accident.
While I was in the shower this morning I had my crying moment!
Why?
Why not me instead of a friend and someones Husband and Father?
I still to this day have no idea what happened and I know that is a blessing.
At the end of these types of days I remember ALL my blessings.

I have a Wonderful Husband that loves me and supports me in
everything I do.
We have 4 Beautiful Healthy girls and 1 on the way.
I have an AWESOME and LOVING family!
I have Excellent Friends that I can turn to whenever I need them.
And Most of all I'm thankful for the Gospel in my life!

I have many more Blessings and my list can go on and on.
I know I was put in that situation 13 years ago for a reason.
I really shouldn't ask myself why and
just think of all my wonderful blessings.

Sorry for the rambling...it feels good to get it out :)

2011-06-01T12:13:00.000-07:00

Emma told me she played a lot by this tree and wanted a picture.
So Cute!

Emma and Mrs. Gares

Today was Emma's Kindergarten Graduation.
Emma's class along with the other morning Kinder classes had
a performance for us and then the teachers passed out
their certificates. The songs we're pretty cute and Emma
did a Great job.

2011-05-27T18:26:00.000-07:00

15 weeks!
4 More Days!!

14 weeks

2011-05-20T07:55:00.000-07:00

So I don't hide my pregnancy very well. There are some days
I feel PREGNANT PREGNANT and some days...Chubby!
I can start feeling the stretching and today my ribs are sore.
It's getting harder to sleep because I'm a stomach sleeper!
I find out the sex of the baby at the end of the month and we
CAN NOT WAIT!!!!!
We have a boy name that has been with us for 7 years!
If it's a girl, I will laugh, cry and laugh some more!
And then start looking at girl names.

Open House

2011-05-19T08:19:00.000-07:00

(right before the open house Emma wasn't feeling well, so that's
the reason for the "no" smiling Emma)

Leah was SOOO excited to go to "class"
She did not want to leave!

This was right before Natalie started crying...
It was bed time so Ryan took her out to the car.

Tuesday night the girls had
Open House at school.
Emma's class was decorated like a sea. The kids made a lot of fun crafts.
Alison had a lot of fun showing us her class.
She sits RIGHT IN FRONT of the teacher and loves it.
She colors pictures for her teacher almost every weekend
and Mrs. Cox desk was covered with her pictures!

2011-05-16T21:20:00.000-07:00

I haven't forgotten about my blog...
I just forget to take pictures!

So a quick update

Alison and Emma are ALMOST done
with school and they are EXCITED!!!
I am too but a little nervous on how I'm going to keep them occupied!
(I have been working on some charts and I'll post those later! When I'm finished)

Leah and Natalie are becoming friends....
not that they're not friends but they are wanting to be around each other more often.
And of course that is nice for mommy!

Daddy is busy busy at work doing overtime and swaps and just
plain work!

I'm doing good. Getting over a cold that came out of nowhere!
My Kia is doing better but still needs a little work.
Spark plugs and ignition coils and their mother board
(have no idea what it is called)
has been replaced. It's so nice to have my car back!
The two weeks it wasn't working felt like
F-O-R-E-V-E-R!!!!

So until I have more time and pictures
WALA!

Spark Plugs

2011-04-23T15:17:00.000-07:00

Ryan trying to figure out how to take this all apart!
Pain in the BUTT!!!!

You see that Big Metal Piece?
The other 3 spark plugs are under That!!!

So Where do I begin!
Last week I received Brent's Graduation announcement and
noticed it's when my girls have their Spring Break so...Duh why
aren't I driving up to Utah so I can attend the graduation and
be with my family for Easter!
I talked it over with Ryan and he was ok with it and of course my
mom was ok with us staying with them so it was on the calendar!
A mini vacation for me and the girls!
We were all excited!
Then....that feeling came!
Something wasn't right!
I tossed and turned over it for a couple days then sent my mom a
text that we might not come up. Of course we're all sad and I'm going a little
crazy trying to figure out "why can't I go!" But the decision was made
I was staying home!
So Tuesday night we were driving out to my in laws and
I lose engine power!
It happened a couple more times while I turned around heading back home.
Ryan wanted to drive it so we drove to his sisters house
to ask Marlon her husband for some help.
All comes down to we need to change our spark plugs
and we're HOPING that's our problem.
Cheri and her family came to visit me on Thursday so Kelby changed one
of them and showed me how to do it!
Super EASY on the front three!
If you go up to the pictures you can see where the other 3 are located!
That whole metal piece has to come out! GRRRR!

So I've learned 2 things on this whole experience!
Very thankful I listened to the spirit and my gut and didn't take that 10 hour drive to Utah.
(which I probably would have been stuck in the desert cause my car wouldn't have made it)
And
When I'm looking at my next car! I will definitely look at the engine and see
where the spark plugs are at!!!!!!

2011-04-16T16:25:00.000-07:00

Mommy and Leah had some alone time and we had fun
playing on the computer!
Alison and Emma are at a birthday party and Natalie is
taking a nap!
~GOOD TIMES~

2011-03-31T17:06:00.000-07:00

Yes I know it's almost April and I haven't posted or written anything
about our March!
Well here's a quick run down of our March!

March 2 2011
Ryan's Grandpa Ball
passed away.
He was an amazing man and Ryan was able to go and see Grandpa Ball
March 1 which was an AWESOME experience for him!
While he was saying his goodbye's Ryan was holding his hand and Ryan
was thanking him for joining the gospel and how thankful
he is for Eternal Families and Ryan said Grandpa squeezed his hand
very tight! How Awesome is that!
Grandpa Ball funeral was held March 7
and also, a very great family experience and great stories were told!
Ryan looks SOOOO much like his grandpa when he was probably
Ryan's age. A lot of people said something about how much
they look alike!

That week of the funeral was Ryan's week vacation.
It was nice having Ryan home to help out around the house and
the girls had a lot of fun having him home!
I think he enjoyed his time off but looked forward to going back to work!
9 days off with 5 girls!!!!

Our big exciting news from March is
WE'RE EXPECTING!!!!!
We found out in March we are expecting our baby #5!
We're excited nervous and thinking of all the craziness
this baby is coming into!!!!
My due date is November 16 2011.
We went into the doctor on the 29th and we're able to see
the heart beat! The doctor said it was a good sign and the heart is
beating fine! Yay!!!

Other then these two events we've had
Alison with the Student of the Month award
Alison pulled out her 4th tooth all by herself
and a ton of dirty diapers changed
tons of laundry done
and work work work!!!

I'm excited on April because I get to go to
Time Out For Women!
Super excited!

Enough of me blabbing!!!!

2011-03-18T20:14:00.000-07:00

The girls coloring with Nana!

Alison lost her second tooth while Nana was here.
Nana pulled it out!

Disneyland Day 2

2011-03-18T19:54:00.000-07:00

This is one of my favorite pictures of Leah.
My Princess Leah

2011-03-18T19:39:00.001-07:00

So I'm starting to post my
"February"
pictures and noticed I did started posting my pictures backwards.
So you'll have to deal with me and and my
"backwards" and "crazy"
order.
I'll start out by telling you what happened in February.
MY MOM CAME TO VISIT US FOR OVER A WEEK!!!!!
We had some fun!
The first couple days she was here my dad was also here doing taxes for
some clients. After he left for home we went to
"The Happiest Place on Earth!"
Disneyland
And of course it was a holiday weekend so it was
pretty busy!
A couple hours before we left Emma wasn't feeling well soooo,
Monday afternoon she had a fever.
Total Bummer!
Monday night she still had a fever until Tuesday morning.
We gave her some medicine and she was ok the rest of the day.
She really was a trooper!
So after Disneyland we just hung out around my house
and did some shopping.
It was REALLY hard to see my mom go home :(
BUT, we have a couple more months and I'm on my way to Utah for the summer!
I can't wait!!!

Student of the Month

2011-03-18T08:05:00.000-07:00

This month Alison received
"Student of the Month"
This was written by her teacher Mrs.Cox
"Alison Kirby shows respect at school in many ways. She is respectful to her classmates
by being kind and caring. She is respectful to adults by being a good listener. She is eager
to learn and she knows that coming to school is her "job" and to do her best. And
Alison sure does her best everyday! We appreciate her! Congratulations!"

I'm very proud of you Alison!
You are a Blessing
to have in our family and we Love you very much!

Day One @ Disneyland

2011-03-04T18:44:00.001-08:00

This is a list the girls made up before we left!
So cute!

Just for Fun

2011-02-11T08:14:00.001-08:00

Leah would not smile for me!
Silly Girl!

2011-02-06T16:05:00.000-08:00

A couple weeks ago Alison Emma and Mommy
had a fun day out! We started out with Breakfast at
IHop!
Alison ate 4 pancakes and some scrambled eggs!
YUM!

Then we went to ColorMeMine and the girls painted!
That was a lot of fun!
(Alison has become a pretty good "artist" and when she
picked the plate to paint on I thought cool she'll draw the family or
her and Gizmo or something...no...you'll see her finished project!
I kept asking her to paint something cute and she kept telling me
"Mom this is ART!")

Their Finished Art!

2011-02-01T12:56:00.000-08:00

Last Sunday Alison came out of her room and said she was ready!
Silly Girl!

I was trying to get all the girls in the picture but Natalie
didn't want anything to do with taking pictures!

Then after taking a couple pictures of the 3 girls
she came in and stood there...crying!!!
But she was in the picture!

2011-02-01T12:51:00.000-08:00

Oh Leah Grace!!!!

2011-01-21T21:54:00.000-08:00

Earlier this week we had Ryan's cousin take some pictures of us at a park. I thought the weather was suppose to be in the 60s but it was in the 50s so was pretty cold out! This time around it was pretty hard to get all of us to look at Nicole so we got what we got! Some of the pictures came out really good!
Thanks Nicole!

2011-01-21T21:23:00.000-08:00

2011-01-21T21:15:00.000-08:00

2011-01-08T19:24:00.000-08:00

Oh and I found my camera! Yeah! Actually Alison found it in the couch cushions!
Monday is clean the couch out!
We might find the remote!

2011-01-08T18:34:00.001-08:00

So CUTE!
I'm sick and Emma has been my SUPER STAR!!!
She keeps telling me to lay down and she'll take care of
"the Girls"
until I'm feeling better. I told her I had a cold so she got a
wet rag and had me lay down and she put it on my forehead!
IT WAS FREEZING COLD!
I told her it was cold but she said
"Mam it needs to be cold because you are hot"

So Alison wanted to play the doctor so Emma was on the couch
saying "Ding-Ding"
" Need some water please"
"Ding-Ding"
"I would like to watch a movie"
"Ding Ding"
"I need a wet rag please"

Then Emma got tired of being the "sick" one so she asked Alison
"Can I be the doctor? I'll do anything you want"
Alison, "Will you clean the room for me?"
Emma, "Anything but that!"
It was so funny!

Now Leah is saying
"Ding-Ding"

2011-01-04T22:32:00.000-08:00

I CAN'T FIND MY CAMERA!!!!
THE LAST TIME I SAW IT
ALISON EMMA OR LEAH HAD IT!
I'M DOOMED!

2011-01-01T13:09:00.000-08:00

Ok so I was going to do a
2010 recap but I'm getting a headache just thinking about it.
If you followed me on Facebook and my Blog you know what's been going on!

2011 is going to be a GREAT year!
(I hope!)

I have a lot of new years resolutions.
There's the normal ones everyone has...Blah Blah Blah

~I'm wanting to become a better cook.
(Now when I say better I don't mean become a chef. I just want
to learn how to cook better/more meals and get my
kids used to eating BETTER foods.)

~I want to be a BETTER Mother and Wife!

~I want to be Debt Free by Dec 2011!!

~I want to get my house in order and keep it in order!
(Keeping it clean and get a Menu going)

~I want to start my Food Storage
I have a little food storage but if we had a
catastrophe...I wouldn't be ready

~I want to take more pictures of my kids and family!

So there's some of them!
I hope everyone had a
Merry Christmas and A Happy New Year!
I still can't believe it's 2011!

2010-12-31T23:17:00.001-08:00

Happy New Years!
I hope everybody has a
GREAT
2011!

Funny things that happened in our house
New Years Eve!

Emma: "I don't want to watch that movie!"
Alison:"Then just fall asleep and that will solve both of our problems"

Ryan has overtime tonight at the hospital so he came home
to get a couple things. When he was leaving I said
"See you next year!"
A couple minutes later Alison started crying
"I don't want to wait a whole year to see Daddy!"
I've been explaining "New Years"
to them all day and that we are starting
2011!
Well I guess it hasn't sunk in to her yet!
It was kinda funny.

Leah was on the computer and got on iPhoto
and found a picture of my mom feeding Natalie and
she said
"Alison look, My Grandma!"

2010-12-24T20:25:00.000-08:00

MERRY CHRISTMAS
EVERYBODY!
LOVE,
THE KIRBY'S

Real Meaning of Christmas

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2010-12-04T21:20:00.000-08:00

Yes we are still alive and can you believe this year is almost over?
And only 21 days till Christmas!!!!
Anyways life has been a little crazy busy so that's why I've been neglecting
my blog. I hope life gets a little easier next week...
Yeah Right!
Just a quick update

Natalie is walking! Yeah!
My first two babies started walking at 9 months, but the last two...
we'll just say they take their time!
So with her walking, she is all over the place.
She has been a lot of fun to watch her while she is checking things out around here.

Leah is going to start potty training VERY soon.
She is wanting a new diaper every time I turn around.
She is starting to talk more and we all know how fun it is
to figure out a toddlers words!
It's so cute when she says
Natalie. When she says the L her tongue comes out of her mouth.
Other then that she has been all over the place playing with her sisters and
making sure everyone is in order.

Emma is doing really well in school. I volunteer for her class
every Monday and it's fun to watch her. She's Very quiet and
does exactly what the teacher ask the kids to do.
But when she comes home...that's a different story!
She is my "girly girl"
She'll put on her play high heels and walk shaking her hips!
It's so funny!

Alison is also doing really good in school.
She is reading very well and loves to read stories to her sisters.
Alison is my little worry wort. Leah and Natalie have been sick
this last week and I can't remember when it was
but I was taking the older girls out and Alison started crying
cause she thought daddy was taking Leah to the hospital!
She loves her sisters!
She also lost her first tooth last week.
And the tooth fairy brought her a chocolate bar, $1.00 and a quarter.
(The tooth fairy forgot and when she came into my room in the morning
telling me her tooth was still there I just about cried! So I had Ryan
cuddle with her so I could help the tooth fair out!
That's why she got the candy bar.)

So there's a little update on what's been going on around here!
Now I have to go and switch the laundry!
:)

This is for Katy!

2010-12-03T21:30:00.000-08:00

Here you go Katy,
It's 9:33pm and do you see the mess behind me?
But I had to post for ya!
Now I have to go make
3 pumpkin rolls
and put the girls to bed.

There is more to come.....

2010-11-11T15:43:00.000-08:00

Never EVER turn your back on
a Brand New Bottle of Paint
and a
2 Year old!

Thank goodness it didn't hit the floor!

Turkey's

2010-11-11T15:39:00.000-08:00

Feeling Crafty!

2010-11-11T15:22:00.000-08:00

I saw these online somewhere,
and of course I couldn't find it this morning but I thought I could figure it out!
and I had everything!
So today with the girls home all day, I decided to get crafty!

Leah and her "Potty"

2010-11-11T15:12:00.001-08:00

I asked Leah where her diaper was and she got off the seat and bent over.
I couldn't stop laughing over that one!

We bought this for Leah and are attempting to potty
train her in the Very near future.
She sits on it all the time and says
"I go potty"
And a couple times I think she actually potties while she's
on the seat. It's so funny to watch her.
And this turtle goes with her
Everywhere!
It even sat next to her bed when she went to sleep.
Now I need to break her of that habit when she uses it for real!

Our First Pumpkin Carving

2010-10-30T16:01:00.000-07:00

Ryan drew a face and when her cut it out...it looks totally different!
It was pretty funny! The girls lost interest Very fast when they had
to clean out the pumpkin, so next year we are just getting
one pumpkin and maybe we'll just color a face on it!

Trunk r Treat!

2010-10-30T15:46:00.000-07:00

Blake handcuffed Alison!

Trunk r Treat!

We didn't buy Natalie a costume so Ryan
drew this on her turtle neck!
Very impressed!
And I made her bow.

The girls playing the cake game!

Of course I didn't get a lot of pictures
but here's the ones I took at our Trunk r Treat.
When we were getting the girls ready Ryan asked me what I wanted
to be and I told him I wasn't dressing up.
He said Everyone is dressing up and I was
being a party pooper!
So I got the Halloween make-up and tried to make a joker face...
well, there's my joker face and my horns.
I can't believe Ryan let me out of the house look'n like that!

2010-10-27T14:55:00.000-07:00

When Natalie was eating lunch she somehow got Leah's water bottle.
So funny watching kids play with their food!
And it's sooo cool that the food was in the
bottle and not all over the floor!!!

Leah tucking her "Baby" in at 10pm....

2010-10-27T14:50:00.000-07:00

Leah had a hard time sleeping Monday night
(well she was screaming so loud that we let her stay awake
so the older girls could sleep!)
And I was folding laundry and Leah took a couple for her babies.
It was really cute cause she was tucking them in and giving kisses and talking
to them. So cute!!!!

2010-10-25T21:26:00.000-07:00

Leah is going to be an Artist!

2010-10-20T22:15:00.000-07:00

Tonight Leah kept getting paper to draw on
and her drawing is a couple circles and then she thinks she's done.
So I gave her some scrap papers that have some printing on them.
When I was cleaning up her mess I found this one
and couldn't believe my eyes!
Both Alison and Emma we're in bed so she did this all on her own!
Very Impressive!

Murray Farms Oct 2010

2010-10-20T21:21:00.000-07:00

I love Natalie's smile in this picture!

2010-10-15T19:41:00.000-07:00

Today I bought the girls little pumpkins at
Winco and they had fun painting them.
Here's a couple pictures!

2010-10-05T20:10:00.001-07:00

Today Carianne cut Alison and Emma's hair and we all
LOVE it!
Alison's hair was starting to get
a little hard to handle so we chopped it off.
And Emma needed a change in her life so
she cut about 5-6inches off!
She wanted it cut shorter but mommy
talked her into below the shoulders
and not above!

My Busy Day

2010-10-03T21:04:00.000-07:00

Today has been a busy day.
I'm on the journey to make my home a more
"organized"
home and to start out, I'm going trying to make dinners and freeze them and
see how that turns out.
So today I made these dinners
3 Lasagna
3 BBQ Pork
1 Cheesy Ham Casserole
and
3 Meat Balls

And while making these
I had Conference on
(Man I love DVR)
I changed 15...Yes that's right...15 DIRTY Diapers throughout the day
(and a couple wet ones)
6 Eggo's with banana's for breakfast
Made some Mac n Cheese for a snack
Sandwich's, grapes, and chips for lunch
Swept my floor I don't know how many times
Comforted Natalie a couple times from Leah running over her hands with her bike
Comforted Leah from Natalie ramming into her with her walker
Cleaning up messes Leah and Natalie made
Getting on the older girls to clean up their mess
5 loads of Laundry
Had one of the Lasagna's for dinner tonight with some rolls
Cleaning up my mess in the kitchen
Gave all 4 girls baths, brushed hair and made sure they brushed their teeth
And now they are almost asleep for the night....
And I'm exhausted!

2010-09-27T19:23:00.000-07:00

This last photo she was singing
the happy birthday song!
So CUTE!!!

Natalie's 1st Birthday!

2010-09-27T11:20:00.000-07:00

I can't believe my baby is 1 today!
Time has gone by so fast and Natalie has been a huge
Blessing
in our lives.
She is starting to talk and a lot of times it sounds like
she is calling her sister's names!
I love you Natalie and I feel very blessed to be your mother!

2010-09-24T18:07:00.000-07:00

(hee hee I thought I rotated all my pictures!)

Since Emma's Birthday was on a Sunday and Ryan had to work
she was able to have her Cake and Ice Cream
Before lunch!
She thought that was pretty cool!
We didn't have a party for her so we kinda went a little over
board on her gifts.

From Grandma and Grandpa Kirby she made a
"Build a Bear"
She's been talking about building this bear since
Alison's birthday.
She had a lot of fun!

This is what I woke up to this morning...oh Leah

2010-09-24T07:58:00.000-07:00

Who is going to clean this Leah?

Last night Ryan wanted to eat when he came home so I heated up some
dinner and he needed salt and pepper on it.
I'm pretty good at cleaning off the table at night before I go to bed.
I got everything but the salt and pepper this time!

Here's a couple "Fun" things I've done!

2010-09-22T15:00:00.000-07:00

My Halloween Apron

Alison's Horse Skirt

Emma's Flower Skirt

I made another skirt and a dress for Emma but I can't find the
pictures on my computer. I'll find them and post them later!
Sewing is "SEW" much fun!

2010-09-07T20:42:00.000-07:00

Emma~ Mom why am I a parent pick up and not daycare?
Mom~ Because mommy comes and picks you up from school.
Emma~Why can't I go to daycare?
Mom~Because mommy doesn't work so I can pick you up from school.
Emma~Well if you had to work will I go to daycare?
Mom~If I have to work yes you would go to daycare.
Emma~ But I don't want to go to daycare!!!!

2010-09-05T21:34:00.000-07:00

Ok so I think I'm caught up!
At least on my pictures. A lot has gone on the last couple months with our trip
to Utah for Scott's homecoming and then to Denver for my
Family Reunion.
Utah was a blast! We all had so much fun visiting with my family
and doing a little touring in SLC.
Denver was also a lot of Fun! Alison and Emma still talk about Uncle Larry's
house and all their cousins they got to play with.
After our Denver trip Alison went back to Utah with my parents and stayed
3 WEEKS!
I still can't believe I let her stay that long!
But she had a Blast and I don't think she asked for us all that much.
Thanks mom for taking good care of her!
Once Alison was back my mom and brothers stayed with us for about a
week and I had SO much fun! Scott was able to speak in the Meadow's Ward
the Sunday before they went home
and he did an excellent job.
After my family went home, School started!
Never a dull moment at the end of summer and I loved it!
Well that kinda wraps it up till tomorrow.

1st Day of School!

2010-09-05T21:22:00.000-07:00

First day of school was a little crazy!
I can remember doing the girls hair was like I was torturing them.
Emma did not want anything done with her hair. And Alison just wants a pony tail.
So these are the only pictures I have. A picture of them in the car,
and pictures of them in front of their class room doors!
Plus I'm not a morning mom so that didn't help at all!

My big girl Emma is in Kindergarten!
She is doing so good and we really like her teacher.
She has worn a skirt or dress everyday to school but once!
My little Girly Girl!

Alison is really liking 1st grade. Her teacher is very nice
and I the first thing Alison said after the first day was
I get 3 recess! She has a couple kids from her Kindergarten class
and see's a lot on the playground.
This coming week is when homework is going to start!
Oh Boy!

Who wants some ice cream?

2010-09-05T21:18:00.000-07:00

I just loved this picture on top!
Emma fixing her hair!

Yes that's Natalie eating puffs off the floor!

My Cutie!

Carianne! You're the Best!

2010-09-05T21:06:00.000-07:00

So for my "30" birthday I wanted a little change!
I've always thrown getting my hair colored to Carianne but
always backed out. So one night while texting Carianne about coloring my
hair she made an appointment for me and I Finally got it done...
AND I LOVE IT!!!
I love the color and I love the cut!
Thanks Carianne!

2010-09-05T21:00:00.000-07:00

Crazy Faces!

While Ryan and his family went river rafting
I watched Ellie and Cali
which my girls had a BLAST!
Well Cali is a...attached to Justin and
cried almost the whole time she was at our house.
When I was done giving the girls their showers
I found Cali on top of my bed!
I stood there and called her name and she just sat there like,
"Hey if you don't want me to cry you have to give me the bed!"
It was kinda funny!

Trying to get organized!

2010-09-05T20:39:00.001-07:00

Before school started I had to think of some kind of
organization since we have 2 kids in school
so I bought bulletin boards and I had
Alison and Emma paint there's.
On mine I have a calendar and the meals for school.
It was fun making these and I hope they stay used all year long!

Silly Girl

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2010-09-05T17:58:00.000-07:00

Emma was having some "issues" with her itchy legs
right before church started so we had to stay outside
till she took care of her problem and Uncle Robert
was trying to help her. How cute!

2010-09-05T17:54:00.000-07:00

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Saturday

2010-09-05T16:21:00.000-07:00

Friday July

2010-08-25T18:56:00.000-07:00

This is the Friday everybody (well mostly everybody)
arrived at Uncle Larry's house.

On our way to Colorado!

2010-08-10T10:29:00.000-07:00

They all started out running but
the incline must have got to them!

I didn't get a picture of who pulled the tire off.
It was pretty stuck on there but
"Mighty Brent"
pulled it off! Thanks Bent

Alison had fun playing with all the rocks!

So we're on our way to Colorado and "our" car pulled over to
switch drivers and as Ryan was accelerating the car started to
shake. I thought our top was falling off
(we had a play pen and stroller on top)
so I'm kinda freak'n out.
When the whole back of the car shook I told Ryan to
pull over cause something was wrong.
(I'm in the back of the car to help out with Natalie)
I think by this time Ryan figured out we had a flat tire.
So I'm calling my mom and Scott answers and all I said was
"We have a blown tire come back and Help!"

Now the weird thing about this whole experience was
I knew something like this was going to happen.
We were questioning on coming to Utah/Colorado for
a long time and I would always get the thought we would be on
the side of the road for some reason. So here we are and
I'm scared as heck thinking
"you've got to be kidding me!"

2010-08-10T10:19:00.000-07:00

I don't know what was up with my camera!
I think I was playing with it because all my pictures were coming
out dark and I didn't get it fixed in time!

2010-08-08T19:40:00.000-07:00

In Utah people write messages on the overpass with cups
so mom thought of writing
"You gave them Heaven Carter"
for Scott when he got home.
So Ryan, Kelby and some kids went Tuesday night and wrote it.
Wednesday morning mom got a phone call from dad and he said that it was changed!
It had a couple girls names on it.
The boys were Ticked!
So right before we went to the airport the boys changed it and this is all
they got on it because of time.

Thursday morning it said
"it's WAR"
with a happy face after it. Too Funny

Our Trip to SLC Downtown

2010-08-04T11:59:00.000-07:00

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2010-08-03T22:49:00.000-07:00

The chef herself!

Monday we went to Santa Monica Pizza place
where Katy works for lunch.
It was WAY Yummy!

Sunday's are the Best!

2010-08-03T22:44:00.000-07:00

Of course these are the only pictures I have of
Sunday evening!
I love Sunday's when my family can get together and
visit! I have the Best family and I love and miss you all!

Cmon Cricket, Cmon!

Girls Pedicure Day!

2010-08-03T22:39:00.001-07:00

Saturday Mom Emily Leah Natalie and I
did some shopping and we treated ourselves to a
pedicure! I wish I had my camera the whole time but I left it in
my diaper bag so I couldn't get any pictures of us getting pampered!
We had a lot of fun and I wish Katy could have
joined us! Next time!

2010-08-03T22:25:00.001-07:00

Silly Leah!

These are my Favorite!
Chicken Tacos

This one is McKay's
and he eats it all mixed up!
Crazy!

This is my Grandma!
Isn't she a Beauty!

Emily was enjoying her food!

I don't remember what day we went to
Cafe Rio
BUT I LOVE THIS PLACE!!!!
Man I'm getting hungry just thinking of it!
Yummy!

The Start of our Trip to Utah

2010-07-29T13:57:00.000-07:00

We stopped at a WalMart to stretch our legs
and get something cold to eat!

We forgot toys for Natalie
so she got a new car seat toy.
She loved it and a lot of times it put her to sleep!