My baby is ONE!

Happy Birthday Livvy!!

 

My Olivia turned one year old on the 5th of January.  I can't believe she is a year old already-where does the time go.

 

We had the traditional family dinner for the birthday and I made her her very own cake to rip apart and she really wasn't that into it. But she made a decent mess I guess.

 



 

At a year old Olivia is all over the place, she crawls all over and pulls herself up to everything!  She loves to grab hold of your fingers and "walk" around.  She is the most smiley girl ever and loves to give big slobery grins, but if you want kisses it is in true princess style as she leans her head forward for you to kiss her forehead!  She loves to eat-as I'm sure you can tell. 

Her stats are:  30 in long, 21 lbs 13 oz

 

Liv loves her dollies and stuffed animals, as well as her big sisters and brother.  We are so in love with her! 

It's the most wonderful time of the year!

All that work for this...

Mary aka Alyssa and Joseph aka Wyatt on their way to Bethlehem

The angel on high aka Maycee and the wise shephard aka Emma

Two of the three wise men

Santa made it!

We have been more than blessed this year and are so thankful for all that we have.  I have an amazing family!!!

Tis the season

Merry Christmas y'all!  I have been so excited for Christmas this year!  I'm not sure why but I think it might have something to do with the fact that I no longer am so stressed out with school and I can acutally feel excited for something other than the end of the semester!!!  I mailed out christmas cards this year ( well technically, they'll be in the mail tomorrow) but for those I don't have addresses for here is what you missed out on.

 

We had the Hyde family christmas party last night, and the kids had so much fun.  Brad's aunt (or his dad's cousin, or something like that) was in charge this year and she got a clown to come perform for the kids while they waited for the man of the evening to show and it was a huge success.  They all loved Soda Pop and Emma now wants her to come do her birthday party.  She was very good and had all the kids, except for Wyatt, thoroughly entertained.  Wyatt was not into the clown, except when she started making balloon animals but he didn't care much for the magic tricks she was doing. Santa did not disappoint this year and the kids all loved what he brought them.

 

 

Wyatt got a pair of work gloves that Santa found at Home Depot that were just his size and a set of wrenches ( everyone couldn't believe that a 3 year old was in heaven with that gift, he has yet to take the gloves off or set the wrenches down and has slept with them every night).  Olivia got a stuffed dog animal. And she wasn't quite sure about the Jolly old man this year.  She has been sick all weekend though and didn't want to have much to do with anyone except mom.  But she has become quite fond of dolls and stuffed animals.  Emma and Maycee each got a set of 20 pairs of new earrings.

 

All in all it was a good night and the kids had fun. 

til next time...

 

A little behind

So I have not been so hot about keeping this blog up to date-so...Here is the picture of the kids from Halloween this year.

 

 

 

Emma and Maycee are Monster High monsters, Wyatt is a pirate and Olivia is a witch.  They went trick or treating around the neighborhood with Brad as I had to work til 7:30 that night.  They had a blast!

 

 

slackin'

Okay I know I am terrible and keeping this blog up to date.  I don't even know when the last time was that I posted anything so if I repeat something, forgive me

I am working at Lakeview Hospital still in the Behavioral medicine unit. I am also going to school for my Bachelors degree at Western Governors University right now.  Its an online program and hasn't been too bad.  I should be done with it by next September at the latest. And then I am mommy to 4 kiddos and wife to 1.  Life is pretty much insane.  I never thought about it, it was just something I did, but the other day, one of the other nurses I was talking to turned to me and said that there was never a time in the last 10 years that I haven't been insanely busy.  And there really hasn't been, I don't get days where I can just sit on the couch and do nothing, and not have anything or anyone waiting for me.  But I don't mind most days, its what I chose for my life and I really wouldn't have it any other way.

The first term of the school year is already up for Emma and Maycee. They both have raving reports from their teachers-little smarty pants!  Emma is excelling in everything she does.  And Maycee is right up there too.  Maycee doesn't enjoy it like Em does but she is doing well nonetheless.  Its fabulous to watch your children succeed and do so well and it is the hardest to watch them struggle and make their own choices, for good or bad, and then live with the consequences.  I wish I could put them in a bubble, but then I don't really because I want them to have the best experiences in life and learn and grow, and they wouldn't know the great without knowing the bad.

Wyatt is my BOY!  He is such a crazy little boy, but he's not so little.  He is insanely busy and moves from one activity to the next in less than a minute most days.  I cannot even begin to keep up with him.  He is so independent and wants to do everything himself. I love his cute freckled face to death! He is loving preschool and Miss Tammy.  His speech is getting better and more words are recognizable now to more than just me.  I still have to translate for many people but it is improving.

Olivia is 10 months old.  I can't believe that she is almost one already.  She is such a happy baby and definitely a terrific ending to our family.  She is always smiling and she has a wonderful baby laugh.  We all love her to death.

Brad is working and will hopefully be done with the job he's on soon.  He went hunting with his brother and dad a few weeks ago and is slowly working on rebuilding his fishing boat.  He works so hard and I love him more than ever!

That about sums it all up...I'll get some pictures on here soon...

What a girl!

Olivia is 8 months old now.  I can't believe how big she is getting-sitting up by herself and all sorts of noises.  She has to compete with Brother Wyatt so she can get pretty loud sometimes.  She is such a great baby-we ended on a fabulous note!

Same stuff, different day!

I may be crazy...I decided that I really wanted to get my BSN.  So I have started a program online from Western Governors University.  I am excited to get this done but I'm not so sure how excited my family is.  Its completely online so I can do it on all those fabulous night shifts I work so hopefully it won't take too much away from family time.  I finished the orientation and start my classes September 1.  I am pretty sure I can finish it in about 8-9 months so it really isn't that bad and then I am pretty sure I am done for a while. But this will hopefully make me a little more competitive in the job market.

The girls and Wyatt just got back from Island park for the weekend with my parents and they had a fabulous time.  Thanks mom & dad!  I wish I could have gone but the new vehicle would have cost a lot more money to drive up there than we have right now so my parents took the kiddos with them and I stayed home with Olivia and Brad.  It was super quiet around our place this last weekend, kinda weird.

And there is only 2 more weeks of summer left and the kids all start back into school.  Mom is VERY excited and the kids are kind of excited.  They are finishing up swim lessons and trying to stuff in as much play time as they can.

Life is pretty much the norm around here, same stuff, different day!