A Day of Firsts

Today was a big day for our family!!

 

1 - My big girl started school today!!  Kenna is officially going to pre-k.  She was soooo excited and has been "counting sleeps" for at least two weeks.  She is going to do a Dual Language Program and I think that this is a really cool opportunity for her.  Hopefully, she will catch on to everything quickly and learn to speak Spanish fluently!

I tried to get her to write her name on the sign, but the marker she used was too thin.  Oh well, I know what it says! :)

Dane really thought he needed to go to school with his KK.  He tried to confiscate her lunchbox.

 I think one of Kenna's favorite parts of going to school was getting to pick out a lunchbox and backpack.  Believe me, she took this job very seriously!  

 Once again, Dane was trying to walk off with her lunch. :)

 I love the fact that Daniel made arrangements to come in late to work so he could come too....I think this pic is sooo cute.

 We had to take the obligatory photo in front of the school sign.  Kenna said that she couldn't open her eyes because the sun would shine into them.

 As soon as we walked into the room, Kenna hung up her backpack and ran to show her Daddy and brother that they had some really neat things to play with in her classroom.

 A picture with her teacher, Mrs. Avila.

The only person who cried when we dropped Kenna off was Dane - he was most upset that he didn't get to stay!  Kenna was already playing with her new friends!

 

2 - Mommy went back to work and Kamryn went to stay with Ms. Tara!  We are so blessed to have a daycare provider who truly loves our children.  Kenna was at Ms. Tara's for 2.5 yrs, Dane has been there since he was born, and now Kamryn is joining the crew!  It sounds like they had a wonderful day and Kamryn is going to fit right into things at Ms. Tara's house!

 

3 - Kamryn didn't cry when I gave her a bath!  This is a very serious milestone....she may not be smiling, but she is not wailing so I will take that as a huge step in the right direction!!

When all was said and done, everyone had an excellent day.  But, whew, I have been dreading this day for weeks!  So glad that it went as well as it did!  I can't wait to see what happens over the next few months!

One Month Old....Already!

Look who is already one month old!!  (Okay, so I am a day late....but I have 3 kids, I think I can be excused, right?)

Kamryn has already become such an integral part of our lives....I can't imagine what we would do without her!!  Her brother and sister absolutely love her and want to help with almost everything.  Kenna has even changed a few diapers (with a lot of help from Mom).  Kamryn still sleeps quite a bit during the day but is starting to get a little bit more of a schedule.  She sleeps pretty well at night but is still waking up every 2-3 hours to eat.  At least she will go right back to sleep after her belly is full and her diaper is dry.  Mommy is just looking forward to a few longer stretches!  If her personality stays the same, then Kamryn is not going to be one with a lot of patience.  :)  When she decides that she wants something, she will go from sleeping to screaming (at the top of her lungs) in 2 seconds.  We should have known - she screamed constantly for the first 45 minutes of her life!  I think it probably has something to do with the fact that she is a third child...she has to make sure that her voice is heard!

Taking a mid morning nap

Kamryn finally had her first bath, at three weeks old.  Apparently she did not get the memo that baths are supposed to be enjoyable.  Hopefully she will change her mind and learn to like them as much as her mother and sister do!

She goes to the pedi tomorrow for a one month check up - I can't wait to see how much she has grown - because I am fairly sure it will be quite a bit.  This is going too fast!!!

Kamryn's Nursery

It is about time for me to post pictures of Miss Kam's new room!  Even though she isn't sleeping in there yet. :)  When we decided to change things up a bit from Kenna's room and let Kamryn have a room of her own, we found some cute ladybug bedding and had a lot of fun going from there!

Aunt Kyla made the feather balls....I am NOT that crafty!

Daniel has had the letters painted for a while, but we didn't hang them on the wall until we had officially announced her name after she was born.

These ladybugs are decals that were made by the same company that made the bedding.  Kenna is MOST proud of the fact that she helped put the stickers on the wall.  She has to go in there often to admire her work!

Hopefully Kamryn will want to spend some time in there soon!

Kamryn and family

Just thought I would post a photobomb post of all of the people who came to meet Miss Kamryn while we were in the hospital.  In no particular order....

Gran (Great grandmother)

Mama (Great grandmother)

Papa (Great grandfather)

Uncle Cade and Aunt Kyla - gotta love that football hold!

Aunt Mandy

Uncle Jon

Uncle Nathan

Grandpa, Aunt Mercy, and Grandma

Aunt Amy and Abbye

Poppy with his youngest two granddaughters - Kamryn and Audrye

Aunt Sarah and Uncle Michael

Mimzi

Mommy with Kamryn and Audrye

Poppy and Mimzi with their 6 grandkids - one more to come in August!

Napping with Poppy

We are so thankful to have such a loving family!

Kamryn Harlye

I would like to introduce you all to the newest member of our family, Kamryn Harlye!  We are so excited to welcome this sweet little blessing into our lives.

 Kamryn was born on July 11th at 7:58 AM and weighed in at 6 lbs, 7 oz - the exact same weight as both of her two older siblings.  She was 18 inches long and is a petite little thing!

 We kept her name a surprise, just because Daniel thought it sounded like fun and convinced me to go along with it! Kamryn was a name that both of us loved. All of our children have middle names that are from someone in our family and Kamryn is no exception.  My grandfather's middle name, and his mother's maiden name, was Harless and (as most of you know from my middle name) the -ye is a common thing on that side of the family. And from that you get Harlye. :)

 Kenna and Dane are in love.  Every time that Kenna came to visit at the hospital, the first thing she wanted to do was to hold her little sister.  She would just look at her and kiss her cheeks.  It is so sweet.

 Dane just wants to keep trying to tickle her. :)

 My two older ones, who are convinced that they are super heroes most of the time, were most impressed that their baby sister got them a new present.  Kenna could not believe that Kamryn was "zero years old" and had already gone shopping!  If you are in trouble, watch out for SuperKenna and SuperDane...they may be on the way to rescue you!

 Our new family of 5 before leaving the hospital.  Kinda hard to get everyone to look at the camera at the same time!

 Sweet Kamryn (poor thing...mommy forgot to get her bow out of the suitcase before we started the journey home)

 All my chickadees ready for the ride home.  Kenna is excited that she gets to be the one who sits next to Kamryn.  She told me that she is going to take good care of her anytime we are riding in the car.

 We had a nice welcome home party as well.  We were greeted by a stork in the yard announcing her arrival (Kenna kept telling me that we had a rooster in our yard! :))

 And everyone enjoyed the Welcome Home cupcakes and cookies!

I need to get my mom to send me some of the pictures that she took on her camera - I know that she has some more closeups of the newest princess in our family.  I have a lot more pictures of all of the family members who came to help welcome Miss Kamryn into the world....those will be coming soon in the next post! 

We are so thankful that God has blessed us with this sweet little one and can't wait to see what God has in store for her (and us)!

Dane is 2!

I absolutely CANNOT believe that my little boy is 2!  He is such a special blessing to us!  We started the day with the obligatory picture still sleeping.  Kenna tried to take a picture of him after he woke up that day and he was not having any of it!  He kept yelling no and pointing his finger at her.  It was actually quite entertaining! :)

  Daners had cupcakes at Ms Tara's and got to come home and swim in the pool for the first time this summer.  Too bad I don't have any pictures of either of those....but he was more than happy to open another present before bed! 

 He LOVES "bay-ball" and was very excited to get a new t-ball set from his sister.  Daddy even let him try it out in the middle of the living room that night.

 And he was very excited to end the day by crawling into his new big boy bed in the room he is now sharing with his sister.  As soon as we asked him if he wanted to sleep in his new bed, he took off running!

 He got all tucked in with his "necessary sleeping items" - his 2 blankets, his stuffed cow, and his pillow.  Apparently he thinks he needs it all! :)  Hey, whatever it takes, because other than one trip to put him back in bed, he slept all night!  And is now on night 4!

 We had a birthday party for family on Saturday at a local playground/spray pad and the kids all seemed to have a blast!

 Dane is in love with "The Backyardigans" and squealed when he saw his cake decorated with his friends.

 And, once we cut the cake, Dane decided to dive in!

 After he licked all the icing off his fingers, he went straight for the spatula.  His piece of cake and his fork were sitting right in front of him, but I guess that was just not good enough for him!

Despite all the sugar, Dane was asleep 5 minutes after we got in the car.  He is such a sweet, funny boy.  I am so excited to see what else is going to come from this special guy!