The Branch Family

Day 2

2012-01-26T10:20:00.000-08:00

Today is day 2 that Kaylee has went poo in the potty. I am so happy!!! Its weird though she goes poo, but not pee. O well better then nothing right, at least its the worst of the two Im not having to change. Anyways Kyler had a good birthday. he is having a party tomorrow on Friday so i will post pics but we surprised him and went to the jazz game. It was so close, double over time but they couldnt pull it off. They lost by like 4 or 5, I think. Anyways just a short post but I will post pics later.

Happy Moment!

2012-01-25T13:22:00.000-08:00

Yesterday was a happy moment.....

Everytime someone goes to the bathroom, Kaylee grabs herself and runs in after them saying "pee". I think she is too little to control her bladder still, but I let her sit down and try anyway. Sometimes I dont even take her clothes or diaper off because she does it so frequent its almost annoying lol. Anyway, yesterday Kayden was in the bathroom and she does the usual, grabs herself and runs in after him saying "pee". I dont like them in the bathroom together so I had kayden hurry and finish and then let her sit down. Her diaper was wet and needed to be changed anyway so while she was on her potty I ran to get her another diaper. I come back in and she says "poo poo" . I look and sure enough she has gone poo and pee. I was so happy giving her lots of praise and kisses. I dont want to get my hopes up because my boys were at least 2 before they were but we will see. At least she is headed in the right direction.

Another funny moment....
We were lookin at the kids scrapbooks and I gave kayden his book to look at. He sees a picture of a baby (it was him, but he didnt know) and he was barley born, so he still had his umbilical cord clamp on. He looks at it like he has so much compassion for the poor thing and says "What the, how can that happen to that baby?" lol he is so funny!

Christmas 2011

2012-01-12T08:58:00.000-08:00

Christmas was so fun. Kaylee is at the fun stage of opeining presents and can do it all by herself. I have a video of her opening one present and its a baby, when she opens it she gets a smile and says "baby". Its so cute, I cant believe how fast she is growing up it feels like I just had her sometimes. Here a few pics..

This was a pic of kayden after we went sledding lol

its hard to see, but Kyler and lisa were in the nativty play ( lisa's mary in pink and kyle'rs joesph in the brown)

on santas lap

I swear I took pics of them indivually with their presents on xmas morning, but I cant find one of Kayden so i decided to just post the pic of them on sants lap lol ..sorry

A very long time.....

2011-12-15T09:55:00.000-08:00

Yes its been a while since I have blogged. I have had bronchitus for almost a month now. I finally got rid of the cough after 2 different antibiotics but still have a stuffy/runny nose, so it has not been very fun. Luckily no one else has been sick. Thats really a bad excuse for me not blogging since its been more then a month lol but here are some things that have happened since my last post.

September:

Tyson and I went on a cruise for our 5 year anniversary. Thanks so much to Camille for coming down to help and to grandma and grandpa for babysitting. (too many pics to post lol)

Kylers school had an assembly for veterns day and they had to write a poem on 'Why They Love America'

Only 4 kids from the whole school got to read their poems in front of everyone at the assembly and Kyler was one of them. He did such a good job. They had this truck and trailor out front of the school, it was kinda cool.

Kylers Poem:

I love America becasue you can be free to do what you want. it wouldnt be fun to have people telling you what you have to do or say. If people are telling you what to do or say their practically doing your life and that would not be fun. in America you can explore! You should be lucky to sleep a warm house at night, because in other countries they dont have warm houses to sleep in. America is a place where we can go to school like Roy Elementary. You are lucky to live in America, a place where freedom is and I hope you know that America is special!!

October:

Corn Maze

Frightmares

Halloween

November:

Kayden and mommy both had their birthdays. My family did a surprise party for me at my sister house, it was fun. Sorry I dont have very many pics lol

Kaydens cake

4 years old

December:

My mom wanted family pics with everyone and we decided since we havent had any since Kaylee was born it would be good to get some taken. Didnt turn out that bad after all...

I wasnt too happy with Kaylees finger in her mouth, but I think it adds to her girly self.

I blinked on the pic where Tyson smiled with teeth lol

Maceys was having a gingerbread house contest. It had to be made from real gingerbread. Sounded fun, so the kids and I looked up a recipe and started right away. We didnt end up winning but we got free icecream, and it was fun anyway.

The front

The back

Kylers class at school is making hats for the homeless people. I thought it would be fun to help out, plus it gives me something to do in my spare time, so Kyler taught me and we have made a bunch. I decided to keep a few for myself. I am making the boys and grandpa lulu all camo ones for christmas, pics once they are all done.

Fun at grandmas

2011-08-10T08:37:00.000-07:00

Fish Farm

2011-08-10T08:30:00.001-07:00

Update!

2011-06-19T19:01:00.000-07:00

Well kaylee is now walking, on her feet lol. She doesnt walk on her knees anymore. She gets around so fast and gets into EVERYTHING!! I now remember why I dont want anymore kids lol. I love my kids and love the time I have with them but I am so looking forward to them being older. I know one day I will miss it but thats where Im at now. Anyways we went camping for 2 days for fathers day so I have pics to come. I hate holidays especially when they involve getting Tyson something only because 1. He is so hard to buy for 2. He usually takes everything back 3. He hates cards, unless he is buying them for me lol. So for fathers day this year we went camping of course and I made a candy gram for him. Also, Kyler made the all star team, we are so proud of him. He is very excited, and his regular team came in 1st place for the playoffs, they only lost 1 game. I cant believe next year I will have 2 boys in sports, then a year or 2 later a little girl in dance, gosh we are going to be even busier parents!!

Camping

2011-06-01T13:16:00.000-07:00

We went camping memorial weekend with my family. It was so much fun, but who knew it would snow.

Preschool Graduation

2011-05-19T19:43:00.000-07:00

I cant believe school is out already. Kayden learned so much while he was in preschool, I was hesitant putting him in this year because he was barley turning 3 but Im so gald I did. he now knows how to type his name, he recognizes letters and so much more. He knows so many cute songs too!

Math Olympia

2011-05-17T14:09:00.000-07:00

Kyler was one of 3 kids from the whole 3rd grade who got to go to the math olympia. They were a team on they took first place in Krypto for there school. Very cool! They were the only ones from there school who took first, some grades didnt even place at all. Smart kids!!

1 year old

2011-05-16T15:00:00.000-07:00

Its hard to look back at pics from when she was a newborn and then look at her now...a year later. She has grown up so much and gotten cuter each and every day. Happy Birthday Princess, Love you!

Mothers Day!

2011-05-10T19:53:00.000-07:00

I hope all you moms had a great mothers day! I sure did. I love being a mommy, especially when my kids make me the cutest gifts. We went to the dollar store a week ago and Kyler wanted to bring his own money and buy a 'treat' I said no your not using your money, save it and ill buy you one thing. He said mom please! I said fine whatever. Well on mothers day I found out that he used that money to buy me gifts. He is so sweet, I remember having my mom buying a gift for my dad and saying it was from us kids. I thought it was so sweet and thoughtful that he decided to on his own. He bought me a cute yellow bag that everything was put in and then he bougth me a pack of gum, some hot tamales, licorice, and a card. The card was so cute, he has a sense of humor, I thought Tyson helped him pick it out but he did it all on his own.

Kayden made this cute card at preschool

Kyler made these at school & church

Kyler bought this card, its so cute. On the front it says: Mom I just want you to know that all the motherly advice you thought I ignored over the years was not wasted...

inside says: In fact, I plan to drive my own kids crazy with it every chance I get!! Happy Mothers day (...and thanks!) Than signed from Kyler and Kayden

teeth...really??

2011-05-10T08:58:00.000-07:00

Yes Kaylee got her first tooth in. It broke thru but its not quite in all the way. I took a pic, the best one I could get lol. She now has her 2nd tooth brakin thru, I dont think it has come in enough to see it quite yet but its right there. I am relieved to know she has teeth and am glad to get the teething stage over as soon as possible but I will sure miss her tootheless smile! It kinda sux too because I almost had her weaned from nursing and now she wants to nurse more, especially at night. O well, so she may have 2 teeth in by her frist birthday!

Easter!

2011-04-24T19:51:00.000-07:00

Easter was a lot of fun this year. It was Kaylee's first time going easter egg hunting and she loved it. At the park we went to they had an age group for 0-11 omnths so she was one of the oldest but the parents had all thie kids get they eggs themselves which I thought was cute. They definatley got enough candy to hopefully last all year lol

Kayden's basket

Kyler's basket

Kaylees basket

Kaylees first egg hunt!

Before the egg hunt

Getting all the eggs and candy!

They got a TON of candy!

Pinewood Derby

2011-04-21T08:45:00.000-07:00

For scouts they had the pinewood derby car race yesterday. Kylers car came in 2nd place of all the bears. We made some extra cars to let Kayden use. I made one that was a police car and another one that was a school bus. The main scout leader in charge is a police officer and after he gave all the awards out to the kids he called me up and said I won the award for best car ever. lol he gave me a certificate too, it was funny, kinda embarassing though lol (ill add car pics later)

Afternoon Jog

2011-04-21T08:36:00.000-07:00

I was running around the track at Kylers school the other day and was pushing Kaylee in the stroller. I thought she was sleeping and then I hear her jabber so I peek in the stroller and she looked like this......

She had slid under the tray and was sitting in the basket lol it was so funny. Guess I need to buckle her in

Sitting on the laundry...I can totally see kayden in this pic

Playing cars, she likes to sit in the bucket and play with them lol

Last project complete!

2011-04-18T18:25:00.000-07:00

I FINALLY finished my 2nd and last quiet book lol. I think they both turned out pretty cute!

Lace & tie the shoe

Mr potato head....put all his accessories on

Set the clock..I have little papers that say a time and you have to set it to that time. Then make a hamburger on the next page...the ketchup and mustard velcro on and off

Make a phone call..the phone velcros on & off. Then the house, its my favorite

Under the windows are pics of the kids and under the door is a pic of Tyson and I

Go fishing...they are magnetic an dthe fishing pole comes out so you can really hold it. Then the picnic basket you unbuckle to set the table and then put all the things back in the basket.

Write a letter...then stick in the mail box (you can really stick it in there and lift the flag)

last page is tic tac toe

Catch up time!

2011-04-17T10:09:00.000-07:00

Sorry our computer has been on the verge of crashing for a while now and so a few weeks ago Tyson saved everything and redid our whole computer, so its taken a while to get everything loaded back on so I can blog lol. A lot has happened since then...Since February Kaylee has had a double ear infection and been on antibiotics 3 times. I took her bout 2 weeks ago and they gave her an injection this time and she seems to be back to normal now so were crossing our fingers she don't get another one. She still has no teeth, but we have been told they will come in stronger so I guess thats good lol. She can say da-e (daddy) and thats about it lol sometimes it sounds like she says hi or bye, but were not sure if thats really it or not. She is so fun to be with during the day and is learning so much! I cant believe she is going to be 1 in a month, where has time gone?!?

Kyler sold 18 things of cookies for a school fundraiser and got to go in a limo ride at school. They took them to mcdonalds and bought them wheatever they wanted to eat. He had a blast, Im sad I didnt get any pics but o well, he will remember it! For scouts he gets to help plan what they do each week in wolfs, he gets to pass something off for it. He is starting baseball now and Ty is going to be an assistant coach with Kylers friends dad, so they will be on the same team. He is very excited!

Kayden is so smart, he can now type is name on the computer! He thinks he is so big. He plays pbs kids and loves to say prayers. He helps remind us when we forget, and whenever you ask for someone to say it he will volunteer to say it all by himself! I cant believe how big he is getting. He loves preschool and is learning so much. I have thought about putting him in swimming lessons this summer, we will see! In another year we will have 2 boys in sports, crazy how fast time goes.

This last weekend was spring break for the kids so went to a hotel with grandma and grandpa lulu, lol. We swam quite a bit, played games and just had a nice break, it was fun.

She Can Walk.....

2011-04-17T09:52:00.000-07:00

...on her knees lol. She loves to walk on her knees around the house if she's not crawling. We went to the park a couple days ago and she walks around on her knees in the sand. I have never seen a kid do this before lol. I took this video, I think its pretty funny. She can take a few steps on her own but she is still a little chicken, once we let go of her back she tries to hurry and sit down.

Fun in the snow!!

2011-02-20T19:48:00.000-08:00

Ice Fishing!!

2011-02-01T09:03:00.000-08:00

We went fishing at Utah Lake last weekend. Fishing was suppose to be hot there but it was really slow. It was still so fun ! It was freezing cold but we all ended up sun burnt except Kaylee. Here is a pic of Kyler waitin for fish.

Kaylee all bundled up warm...she slept most the time or pretended she was cuz it was so bright outside she souldnt keep her eyes open lol

Grandpa lulu and kayden waitin for some fish. We ended up catchin 3 little guys. It was so fun!

A good nights rest!

2011-02-01T08:58:00.000-08:00

We cleared a spot at the back of our closet for kaylees bed. She now has a temporary room, with a door so it makes it easier for her sleep at night. We just lay her in there and she crys for a few min then goes to sleep. Almost a whole week in a row now she has slept in there ALL night. Gosh so nice, wish we would of thought of doing this when we first moved here lol

My latest project..... FINISHED!!

2011-01-06T18:20:00.000-08:00

I found this lady who made a quiet book on her blog...I thought it would be fun to make one for my kids, even though I have never really sewn a big project like this before. I had no idea where to start..but glad to say I think it turned out pretty good. I did a lot of different pages so I made 2 books out of them but the other book is not quite done.....pics to follow once I finish that one.

The front...still deciding what to put on the front

Zip the teepee

velcro the lights and drive the cars...kayden loves this page

snap the ballons on and button the flowers

This cooking mitt is made to fit kaydens hand...you put the cupcakes in the oven and cook them lol

Mrs potato head, all her parts go in the pocket...Mr potato head is in the other book

velcro the shapes to match

The back...I made a little pocket for any loose pieces so they dont get lost

Christmas at our house...

2011-01-06T18:09:00.000-08:00

Christmas was SOO much fun this year! My kids were all at such a fun age even Kaylee. She started crawling a few days after christmas which has been so fun! Our kids are SO spoiled. We spent so much money this year on christmas, (they get more expensive every year). After we laid everything out christmas eve we were like what is that everything?!? lol Crazy how much kids cost now days. Anyways here are some pics from christmas morning of everything the kids got.

Kayden

Kaylee

Kyler

The kids with santa

Christmas morning

Christmas Crafts!

2010-12-13T17:08:00.000-08:00

The kids and I made these cute crafts to show daddy when he came home from work. Kayden did the reindeer, Kaylee did the santa and Kyler the snowman.

December Fun!

2010-12-06T09:25:00.000-08:00

Kaylee in her new christmas dress (sandy this is the dress Jenny gave me when I was prego, lol dont tell her she might want it back jk) I love the the second pic!! I was thinking the pink blanket was cute for a background but her posistion and smile are cuter in the second one I think. Anyways I want to try and get family pics with her in this dress and all the boys in their black vests and suits.....hopefully I can get one that turns out.....if I do Ill post!

Kaylee in her snowsuit for the first time

Kayden all ready to play in the snow

My brother and Kyler standing next to a jazz tree at a Christmas thing in Ogden

All my kids sitting on Mr and Mrs. Claus lap

2010-12-05T17:11:00.000-08:00

I was looking at some pics from a while ago and came across these cute ones, so thought I would share, plus I havent posted anything for a while lol.

Kaydens 1st time at the dentist

Swimming

Kaylees new dress

These last pics are recent (Dec 2010)

Kayden, Lisa, Kyler and my cousin Chelsea

Cute smile

LOVES looking at herself in the mirror

cute video

2010-11-13T09:37:00.000-08:00

Halloween!

2010-11-05T10:09:00.000-07:00

I finally got some pics to post...thanks to grandma sandy!

Pirate

Bunny

Football Player...of course lol

Kaydens Birthday

2010-11-02T13:37:00.000-07:00

I cant believe he is 3!!! Yes I know Im slacking I still dont have halloween pics posted....I didnt bring my camera but grandma sandy took some so Ill have to get them and post later! We had a party at our house with my family on friday and then went to grandpa and grandma lulus on sunday for a party out there. He was sick on halloween and his birthday which sucked but luckily he still had fun!!! I have to get pics from grandma sandy to post of their house but here are a few pics from the party we had at our house.

race track cake I made

Kayden drivin the cars on it

Kyler gave him some treats

Big hug..Thanks! I love you Kyler

Dan & Michelle gave him a nerf gun and baseball bat

David gave him some army guys and a doodle board

Lisa and Grandma gave him a car track and.....

a football hoodie

October Fun

2010-11-02T13:19:00.000-07:00

We went to a corn maze by our house and took lisa with us. It was a lot of fun. They have a huge black slide out of pipe. The have a train out of big water jugs they cut and painted. They have tire swings, its really cool. They also have animlas you can feed. Here are a few pics.

Riding the tire horsie

Crash down the slide

Kaylee and mommy down the slide

Kayden went all by himself

Playing in the box of corn.....she loved it

She can sit up all by herself now

Riding the train

Silly Kids

2010-10-12T16:39:00.000-07:00

Kayden is so good at getting Kaylee to laugh. She loves him. I thought this was cute!

First Time Eating Cereal

2010-10-05T08:16:00.000-07:00

LOL ya gotta love the rolls! Funny how on babies its so cute but not when ya get older lol

A Look at that Past...

2010-10-05T07:46:00.000-07:00

Newborn

Time goes by so fast, I cant believe Kaylee is almost 5 months. We gave her cereal last night for the first time....I'll post that video, but I was looking at some of her baby pics and thought it would be interesting to post from when she was born until now. She has changed SO much lol. Gets cuter and cuter every day!

1 week old

1 month old

2 months old

3 months old

4 months old

almost 5 months

4 months going on 7 months

2010-09-29T15:21:00.000-07:00

Yes thats right she is 4 months and the doctor said she is like a 7 month old....well physically lol. She weighs 17 lbs and is 26.5 inches tall. She is 96 % for her weight and 97% for her height. She did so good and didnt cry on her first shot, but did on the other 2. I was looking in Kyler and Kaydens baby books to compare how big they were at her age and she is only a pound less then Kayden was at 4 months. I think she might have him beat at her 6 month lol. So sad, lets hope she doesnt take after his short and stalky body when she gets older! She is so dang cute and squishy!! She is so close to sitting up alone, very close. She loves to play with toys and suck on her fingers. Here are a few pics...
Waiting at the doc..what a chunky monkey!!

I love how long her eyelashes are...she fell asleep sucking on her fingers like this

A great book to read!

2010-09-20T15:49:00.000-07:00

Tyson and I are taking a marriage/relationship class at church, instead of sunday school. Its really fun and we have learned lots of things. Its nice because even though I teach primary I am able to just miss sharing time and go to this class. Our teacher recommended we read this book called "The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate". If you havent read this book, you should. We are only like 3 chapters into but its very good, plus there is a test you and your spouse can take about what type of love language you are. Its very interesting just to learn things that can help strengthen or 'spark' your marriage again, espcially when you have kids lol.

Fishing

2010-09-13T09:52:00.000-07:00

We went fishing up at pineview with my dad. We were there about an hour an then my dad caught his first one and about 2 seconds later Kyler caught one, then Tyson. Tyson also helped Kayden reel one in, so everyone was able to catch one and then some more lol. It was crazy, we ended staying till it was so dark we couldnt see anymore lol. Between the 3 of them we caught 8 total but threw one back in cuz it was so little, so we took 7 home. It was so fun!!

Camping

2010-09-13T09:40:00.000-07:00

Last weekend we went camping with my sister and her husband, Dan. It was a lot of fun. Grandma Sandy, Grandpa Lulu, and Kyle came up to fish with us that night. It was so much fun! Dan was the only one who caught anything, he caught 3 fish lol. We kept joking that he had to get his money worth since he only bought a one day pass.

Football Videos

2010-09-12T14:23:00.000-07:00

K so my dad took these on his phone and they turned out better then ours but I cant figure out how to flip them on here. They are flipped the right way on my computer but when I post them on here they are not, so its kinda hard to see but here are 2 videos from kylers game. The first one is just of them running out onto the field. Kyler was fixing his helmet so he is the last one lol #32. The second video is of Kyler running the ball and he scored the winning touchdown! Sorry I didnt realize how hard it is to see them sideways, Ill try and have Ty figure out how to flip them so I can fix it.

A little update...

2010-09-09T13:27:00.000-07:00

We have been very busy with Kylers football. He has practice every night of the week and games on Saturdays, but he is doing awesome!! He is playing as running back and line backer. On his last game they won 22-6 and kyler scored two of the touchdowns and scored a 2 pt converstion. He is a great blocker as well. All the other parents notice that he is by far the fastest on his team and they all comment to me about it. They all thought it was his 2nd year playing. Good Job Kyler!! I will post pics of his football team in a few days when they get them back.

Kaylee is almost 4 months. She has been rolling over a lot lately and I figured now would be a good time to record her. We are going to start her on rice cereal next month. She is growing up so fast and getting so chubby.

Kayden is in preschool 3 days a week now and loves it! He has lots of friends and has sharing time every friday. This has helped with his potty training a lot too, I was a little worried at first but he is getting so big and smart!

2010-06-02T20:27:00.000-07:00

Kaylee was making such cute faces all day, I was lucky enough to catch this cute smile!

Random Cuteness

2010-05-25T08:53:00.001-07:00

sleepy girl

Kayden kissing his sissy

lol love this pic even though she looks crosseyed
(looks like mrs. attitude)

The boys with our little sweetie

Kayden reading Tysons church manual to Kaylee
"I reading her bout Jesus" he says

Little Princess

Wide awake

Just chillin

Kayden wearing a hat the hospital gave Kaylee

Kaylee Marie Branch

2010-05-20T14:35:00.000-07:00

YAY Finally!! I went into labor on Friday May 14th around 11pm. I was not sure if my contractions were real or not because they were consistent and then not consistent. Finally around 1am I decided I should go up. My sister came out and stayed the night to watch the boys. I got to the hospital, checked in and around 2am and I was almost dialted to a 6. We walked around for an hour and then I was a 7. Around 5:30am they checked me again and I was at an 8. The nurses were shocked and called the doc and got everything ready to deliver. I was actually surprised I had made it to an 8 and didnt feel like I was that far. This was by far the easiest of my labors. So the doc got there about 6am and they checked me again I was still an 8. My contractions were getting stronger and I guess I was having a hard time relaxing even though I thought I was doing good lol so I quit dialting and was stuck at an 8. At 7am the doc came in and broke my water hoping that would speed things up. At 8:30am I was still at an 8 and they said they needed to give me pitocin to get my contractions going a little stronger so I would dialate. I decided maybe an epidural would help me relax a little better so I got that and then they started the pitocin. Around 9:30am they checked me and I was ready to go so they called the doc because he left for another delivery. Unfortunatly they thought I was numb enough that I wouldnt be able to tell when I had to push. Fortutantly I was numb enough to be relaxed, but was still able to feel that urge. I guess it was only good once the doc got there cuz I had to wait 15 min for him. Once he got there she was out in about 15 min. She was born on May 15th at 10:08 am and weighed 7 pounds 8 ounces, 21 inches long. Daddy got to cut the cord, but unfortunetly when she came out she didnt have enough time to get all the extra fluid pushed out of her lungs so she was having a hard time breathing on her own. They hooked her up on oxygen right away. It was so hard not being able to see my little girl. I got to go down bout 2 hours later and see her in the nursery. She was in there for 6 hours and then they transfered her to the NICU because she was not improving. She was in a closed bed and hooked up to all these iv's and tubes. Luckily I was able to baord there in the hospital still for free since I was nursing her, so i didnt have to drive up every day. Thanks for everyone who helped babysit my boys for those coupld days by the way!!! Tyson was able to give her a blessing sunday night and she made big improvements pretty quick. Tuesday she was off the oxygen and ivs and was able to nurse and we were able to take her home wednesday afternoon. It feels so good to have her home!! I miss being pregnant but I can definatly say Im glad Im still not, lol I have lost 25 pounds just from having her and actually can tie my own shoes. Anyways here are some pics.....

Heart breaking..... hooked up to oxygen

Daddy holdin her in the NICU

Under the billi for jaundice

Mommy holdin her in the NICU... the day she got to come home!

Gettin ready to go home!

Wide awake at home!!

Dear Kaylee,

2010-05-13T12:41:00.000-07:00

We all thought that since I was dialted to a 4 and 80% thinned out that you would be here by now. Mommy cant sleep during naps anymore cuz Im so anxious to see you. Daddy and the boys just want to play, I promise they will be gentle. Everyone is just waiting on you, so please take that into consideration and quit bein so stubborn. Thanks!

Love, Mommy

36 week update!

2010-05-06T11:33:00.000-07:00

Well I dont have much to blog about lately besides my doc appointments so hopefully they dont get old lol. Luckily Im almost there. Not really dialted but the doc said he could stretch me to a one. Tyson said Just tell her shes a one so she feels good lol. He said she weighs about 7 pounds, looking like she will be as big as the boys. He is not to optimistic about me going into labor anytime soon cuz of my history of going late or right close so who knows. Also he said I have a ton fluid, which is why my stomach is measuring bigger, guess thats ok better then being fat lol well my next appt is on tue so we will see what happens then.

34 Weeks

2010-04-21T18:48:00.000-07:00

Yay 34 weeks. She is just about 5 pounds. I cant wait to see her. We think she has daddys nose and mommys lips but we will see. Look at those chubby cheeks, lol oh my word I am so excited I can wait to see her!!

New Change

2010-04-21T08:35:00.001-07:00

BEFORE my hair cut

8 inches taken off and.......

The result

Yes I decided to cut my hair for the summer so its cool and hopefully easier to do when the baby comes. I am still getting use to it but I do like how its not so hot lol. Sorry not the best before and after pics but all I had. Anyways it was kinda cool, orginally I was going to have it a little longer so it landed on my shoulder when it was dry. The lady said that would be about 6 inches and if I did 8 I could donate it. I decided to go ahead and do it lol ya very scary but I know it will grow back fast espceially while Im still takin my prenate.

Easter

2010-04-07T13:27:00.001-07:00

Ok so I have really slacked on taking pictures lately. I have slacked on scrapbooking too but my excuse is because of this blog lol. Anyways, we colored eggs this year and as we put the dye into the cups with water Kayden would say "WOW" thats been his new word lately. Kyler asked Tyson how old he was and Tyson told him to guess. Kyler said some random number and Tyson said "No im 25". Kayden said, "WOW" lol like your so old dad. He is so funny. We have been trying to potty train him before the baby comes, so far so good. Im not sure if its easier to do the day and night training all at once or one at a time but so far he does really good during the day and I still have him wear a diaper or pull up at night. Well enjoy the two pictures I do have lol

With the easter bunny of course!

Kayden and Grandpa Rex at the easter party reading stories

Our baby girl!

2010-04-01T09:33:00.000-07:00

I meant to post this yesterday but didnt get around to it. Anyways I go in 3 more weeks to the doc and then I start getting checked. She is gonna before here before we know it. I am soo excited and cant wait to see her!!! She is weighing about 4 1/2 pounds right now so doc says if she keeps growing as healthy as she is, she will be bout an 8 pounder. Sounds about right fore me considering both the boys were 8'8 and 8'6. YAY I am so excited!!

Our boys...while we were in hawaii

2010-03-04T15:58:00.000-08:00

Pretty soon im going to be saying our kids instead of our boys lol thats ok. Grandma and Grandpa lulu took these pics while we were in hawaii, way cute!! Thanks guys!!!!

I love his smile in this pic

p.s. what did you do to get my kids to corporate so good...bribe them?

Hawaii!

2010-03-04T14:33:00.001-08:00

We decided to go to Hawaii a few weeks after we got sealed for a second honeymoon/early anniversary since we will have a new little baby around our acutal anniversary. The day we were leaving they had the tsunami warning for honolulu and our family was worried and told us to cancel our trip. LOL we already had every thing paid for and figured if it was bad enough they would cancel the airport there and then maybe we could get our money back or get credit. Anyways, we flew in fine, it was over exagerated, like most things. I guess its better to be safe then sorry. We go there late Saturday night so we just went to bed but then on sunday we were going to snorkel, however it was VERY windy and so we changed it to monday and took the bus and went shopping and to pearl harbor. It was A LOT of walking lol. I told Tyson I hope I dont go into labor here lol, but it was good exercise. On monday it was VERY windy again and so we canceled our snorkleing again. We were sad not to be able to go, they were closed on tuesday and so we werent able to go at all. Good excuse to go back! We went to the Polynesian Cultural Center (PCC) instead. It was way cool. We learned so much there and our tickets were good for 3 days so on tuesday after we checked out we ended up getting a rental car and going there again to waste time until our plane left, which was not till 11:15 pm. We got to tour the Laie Temple, which was very neat. They are remodeling it so we were bummed we couldnt do a session there but it was very pretty. Another good excuse to go back! It rained one day off and on when we went to pearl harbor and was very windy the whole time, so it was not as good of weather as we thought it would be, however it felt nice and was still a lot warmer then Utah lol. We took so many pictures it was hard to pick a few to post so hopefully theres not too many but take a look.

The plane we flew on (Delta)

Outside of our hotel, it was acutally a condo

The kitchen had everything we needed, but no food lol it was very expensive for food. Like $8.78 for a gallon of milk and $6.50 for bagels. We went to subway one night and instead of $5 footlongs, its $9 footlongs and they dont take subway cards to put points on. The lady had no clue what it was. Weird anyways the bathroom was to the right of the kitchen, then...

you walk out to our bed and the living room or main area which lead to...

our balcony. We had a nice view. This is a view of our hotel from the beach. It was walking distance behind our hotel. We walked there but the water was freezing so we swam at our condo pool instead.

These are a few pics we took at Pearl Harbor:

These are some pics from the PCC, there are more becasue we were there 2 days:

Tyson learning to throw a spear. This is a guy from Figi carving a baseball bat from wood.

One of the huts in hawaii. This is a hawaiian lady who showed us what they do with the coconut shell. they take it and make all the strands of it smooth and then use that to tie the wood of their houses, they dont use nails.

Tyson learning how to use the little balls they swing around, lol I forgot what they are called

Tyson and I learned how to weave a fish out of coconut leaves. The one I made had 2 fishes and you pull them apart and then they kiss each other. Tysons was a fishing pole, you would pull the fish down and then throw it out and catch it. Kinda fun and interesting.

Tyson learning to use the batons they twirled these around with fire in the night show.

The Laie Temple (VERY PRETTY)

In the visitors center

Our rental car

Ogden Temple

2010-02-24T12:00:00.000-08:00

Tyson and I went to the Ogden temple a week after we were sealed and did sealings there. We went with my sister and her husband, it was really neat to be able to go so soon after we were sealed.

Scouts

2010-02-24T11:42:00.001-08:00

Kyler recieved his bobcat award on Jan 27th. It was kinda neat having him recieve it two days after he turned 8. They made cars out of boxes and raced them, it was cute. When you recieve your bobcat award they paint your face and tell you what each color means in scouts.
Red is for courage
Blue was for the sky ( I think, cant member)
Green is for the trees & outdoors
Yellow is for the sun (shine like the sun)
Black is for all the pen marks that get signed in your books

Kyler & his friend Garrett after they got their faces painted

Kyler pinning my badge on me

Kyler and Kayden with their cars

The Blue & Gold Banquet was on Feb. 20th. It was way fun!! Kyler got an award and we had dutch oven lasagna and cake. They had a pinata for all the kids, it was a fun night!

Kyler with his award

The pinata

Kylers turn

Strike

Kaydens turn

Our Special Day

2010-02-17T19:55:00.000-08:00

Well the month of February has been a great one. We started it off with kylers baptism, which was very special. On Thursday, the 11th, Tyson and I got our endowments out at the Bountiful Temple. It is very pretty there. We went to a hotel Friday night with the boys and swam and spent time together. Tyson's family came up as well which was fun. Then saturday, the 13th, we were sealed in the Salt Lake Temple. It is very speical. I told myself I would not cry, I got a little teary eyed when we had to kneel over the alter but I held back. When the two boys came in dressed in their whites is when I lost it. I think I made everyone in the room cry as well, sorry lol. Afterwards we went to dinner at Iggys with everyone and then went back to the hotel with the boys. It was a very fun, special and spirtual week for us. Anyways thanks to everyone who came, we love you all and appreciate your support.

Here are some pics outside the temple:

Here are some pictures from the hotel:

Kayden jumping off the edge

The boys playing football in the pool

Ready for bed

Tyson, Kyler, Kyle and Kayden watchin tv

Kaylee's Profile

2010-02-08T17:09:00.000-08:00

Oh my gosh!!! We had a 20 minute ultrasound today and got some way cute pics. The ultrasound tech had a hard time finding a good angle of her face, she had her face downwards facing my back so it took a while but Im glad she was patient with her lol. We got some cute pics of her face. So who do you think she looks like? I think she has daddy's nose and mommy's lips. She weighs 1 poound and 5 ounces already. I cant believe she is getting so big! I cant wait for her to come.

This is a side shot, she always had her hands up by her face

Kylers Baptism

2010-02-07T07:19:00.001-08:00

WOW I am so proud of Kyler for getting baptized. I am also so proud of Tyson and how far he has come. He did an awesome job baptizing Kyler. They have practiced how to stand and do the dunk for a couple days and they had it down good. Tyson got to confirm Kyler as well which was AMAZING!!! I never would of guessed it was his first time. He did such a good job, I couldnt ask for a better husband. I love my family and am so happy and thankful for our blessings!

Daddy and Kyler

Kyler

The family

Family pics

2010-01-16T18:20:00.000-08:00

So we got a couple familly pics so that we could sne done in our invations for when we get sealed. This first pic is the one we are using, but here are a couple other fun ones! Thanks sandy and lulu

Kaylee's Wardrobe

2010-01-08T18:54:00.000-08:00

Yes I decided to start buying girl clothes. I cant help it. They are SOO CUTE!!! I figured Im half way through now so Im ok so start stocking up, espeically since she will prolly have a new outfit every hour....ok ok so maybe just the first week while we play dress up lol. Im kidding, but I am so excited, I cant wait. Here a few pics of the clothes I bought. Not much but were getting started lol

WAY cute head bands, she is gonna need since she will be bald

Grandma Sandy gave her these for christmas

cute sweater and dress

cute shirt and jacket

These white shoes are so cute, they dont do justice in the pic they need her little feet in them so they dont look so smashed lol

ABC's

2009-12-28T11:02:00.000-08:00

Here is a cute video. You gotta watch it with your sound on lol. Its a video of Kayden sayin the alphabet. I was saying them and didnt think he would copy me but of course he did and he did so good the first time, of course when I go to get the video he acts camera shy and becomes stubborn lol. I am still working on getting a good video where you can hear him a little better and we are not begging him to say them. Anyways its cute.

Christmas!!

2009-12-28T10:37:00.000-08:00

WOW the boys got spoiled this year! Here are a few pics of Kyler and Kayden opening some presents. Kayden LOVES his elmo. Its like his baby, which I have heard might help make him feel like a big boy instead of wanting to be the baby, now that Kaylee is on the way. Hopefully it works!

Kayden opening a present

Its elmo, and he has his own potty chair

Kyler with his 'looks likes' a wii game lol

Opening more presents

some gloves for kyler and a shirt for kayden

Kyler with all his presents

Kayden with all his presents

Yes they both got very spoiled!!

Santas cookie and eggnog and raisins for the reindeer

Christmas morning

ITS A GIRL!!

2009-12-17T07:49:00.000-08:00

Yay we are shocked but very excited!!! So its funny how the doctor told us. He asked me what we have at home. I said, "two boys." He said, "Well the problem with this baby boy is"... I said, "Its a boy?" He said, "Well it doesnt have a penis." I said, "Its a girl?" He said, "ya." I said, "are you serious?...how sure are you?" He said, "95%." He kept looking at it in different angles and said, "Im not changing my mind, Im just trying to convince you that it is a girl." I was like oh my gosh I am so excited!! We already have a name picked out for her...Kaylee Marie Branch. She is going to be VERY spoiled! We are very excited!!! Tyson is way excited and says now we dont have to have anymore haha

Our newest update!

2009-11-29T07:51:00.000-08:00

So last night at 9pm Tyson recieved a call from a number he didnt know. Then the same number called my phone. I called the number back and no one answered, we didnt know who it was and thought it was odd. About 15 minutes later the same number called me back. I answered and it was Brother Allred, (I didnt know who he was). He said he was in the bishopric and needed to talk to us. I said, "Ok, what is it about?" He said, "I would rather tell you in person." So now Im kinda confused but I tell Tyson and he says, "I bet we got a calling." Sure enough he was right. LOL I am now the primary teacher for the 7 year olds so I get to teach Kyler until he turns 8. Tyson is now the cub scout leader for the wolves, so he will be teaching Kyler scouts. Anyways thats the newest update, we are both excited, definetly a big change lol.

13 weeks

2009-11-26T09:15:00.000-08:00

So the little stinker was not in a very good posistion to tell what sex it is. But the doc said for sure next time, Dec 16th. Yay I cant wait. Here is our ultrasound at 13 weeks. I cant believe how big its getting. It completly switched posistions since last time we were in, its head was on the other side, crazy!

November Birthdays!

2009-11-12T17:45:00.001-08:00

So I have slacked a little getting Kaydens birthday post done, but I figured mine was a week later so I would just wait. Here are some cute pics of Kayden eating cake. I can't believe he is 2! Wow time flys. For my birthday Tyson and I went to dinner. Then we went and picked me out a few WAY CUTE comfy clothes!! Tyson, of course gives the best cards ever!! I love him so much!!! My aunt babysat, her kids LOVE babysitting kayden. They are the perfect babysitting age too, and there son loves playin football with Kyler so it worked out good. It was nice to get away from the kids even if its only for an hour out to dinner lol.

getting ready to stuff his face

stuffing his face

messy face

birthday kisses from kyler

Fall Time

2009-11-12T14:41:00.000-08:00

The boys went outside to play in the leaves the other day. They made a huge pile and then would jump in them. Here are a few pics.

Halloween 2009

2009-11-01T14:57:00.001-08:00

Halloween was fun this year, the weather was actually decent so it was nice. Here are some pictures of my boys. Kayden was a cute lion and Kyler was dracula. I got to help lisa (my lil sister) dress up this year. She was a cute fairy. Very fun!!

Little Stinker......Literally

2009-10-19T17:22:00.001-07:00

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

yes he is playin in his poo. Oh my gosh, talk about gross!! Tyson thought it was sooo funny, only cuz he was at work lol.

Girls dont have cooties

2009-10-18T19:08:00.000-07:00

This video is funny, we were teasing Kayden because in Nursery today he tried hugging some little girl but he fell and hit his head. Anyways, so now we tease him that he has a girlfriend. (Sorry bout the color it was taken on Tysons phone)

Big Boy!

2009-10-09T20:08:00.001-07:00

Yay Kayden is such a big boy, he sleeps in a big boy now so that when the baby comes he can share his crib wtih it. That what we told him lol. I cant believe how fast they grow, aw he is so cute. Potty training is next, hmmm...we will see.

cute video

2009-10-08T19:57:00.000-07:00

K so I have been trying for who knows how long to get kayden to do 'head shoulders knees and toes' on camera. He never will, he stops half way through and will never finish. Tyson got a cute one of him jumping like a frog lol and doing head shoulders knees and toes. Prolly the best one I'll get. Sorry its sidways lol

Corn Maze

2009-10-08T19:38:00.001-07:00

We went to a corn maze last weekend. They had a pumpkin patch and a ton things for kids to do. We rode behind a tractor and got to go pick out pumpkins to take home. They had this huge slide, it was way fun to do down. They also had animals to feed. It was fun, we had a blast!!

My cute boys!

Pickin pumpkins

Kayden picked his own

Playin the drums

Goin through the tunnel

Goin on the train ride

The big slide we went down

Here comes Kyler

mommy and kayden

daddy and kayden

Kyler doin tricks down the slide

feedin the animals

Baby # 3 is on the way!!

2009-10-06T12:27:00.001-07:00

Yay I found today at my appointment that I am almost 6 weeks along. My due date is June 2nd. We are way excited!!! I would show pics of the ultrasound but it doesnt really look like anything yet so maybe at my next appointment.

Good Samaritan

2009-09-30T16:01:00.000-07:00

Kyler came home from school today and said that he gets to walk this girl home from school everyday with his teacher. I asked how come and he said "because she is handicap." I asked why he got to do it or how his teacher picked him. He responded, " I volunteered." He told me that his teacher asked if anyone took the cat walk ( a short cut by our house) home, and would be willing to walk this handicap girl. Kyler raised his hand and volunteered. How sweet is that!! My little boy is growing up so fast, I guess I cant call him little anymore but I cant believe how much is maturing. I thought it was cute, so thought I would share. I will update with some cute pics of boys soon.

Family Moose Outing

2009-08-29T16:45:00.000-07:00

Well we started off our camping trips a little late this year but made up for it by going 3 or 4 weekends in a row. This trip was an adventure. It was not very packed at all and we were thinking maybe its cuz kids are still in school....we totally forgot Kyler had school. It still felt like summer. So he missed a day of school to go camping with the family and he was not very happy about it at first lol. We told him it would be the first and last time lol I still cant believe I forgot he had school, I was there when he got out to pick him up before we went camping. Duh! Anyways, we were trying to find our camp site and some guy told us there was a moose. We parked and went to take some pics. Very cool. The next morning we were tubing down the creek and I told ty it would be way crazy if we saw the moose again. Next thing ya know we were all jumpin off our tubes before we ran into the moose. It was scary but very neat!! We had a lot fun. We hiked up to this cave and inside it was full of water up to our knees. Once you got in there yiou could see out the top it was pretty cool. We are hoping to go up to tipanogus cave one of these weekends before its too cold. Ill post pics if we do.

Kayden holding the snake

he loved it

We caught 2 frogs....Kyler took them home to keep but let the snake go

Playin cars

I carved Kylers name in his stick they found

Kyler going for a dunk

This was in the cave we went through... you could see out the top.

The boys

Daddy and Kyler

The boys hiking up further

Stopped for a pic

All of us inside the cave that we hiked up to

Mommy and the boys

Before we went in the cave

Cool spider web we saw

This moose was about 20 ft. when we were tubing down the water! We saw him a couple times while we were camping. Very cool!! He was sleeping in the bushes right next to some peoples tent that we talked to. Glad it was not ours, lol

Ready to go tubing

Camping

2009-08-17T16:43:00.000-07:00

So last weekend we went camping at a place called South Fork, our new favorite place. We got a spot right by the creek and found out you can go tubing down it so next time we are bringin tubes for sure. Anyways heres a few pics of our trip.

lookin down the creek

Kyler took this one

roastin hotdogs by the fire

gettin warm, it was kinda chilly

lookin through the gate

our tent (it was very secluded and nice)

Kyler helpin to get the fire ready

down by the creek

playin

Tree House Fun

2009-07-30T14:40:00.000-07:00

So went to the treehouse today. We havent been there for a while so it was something fun for a change. They have a pretend cow that you can milk. It has water that squirts out of it kinda fun and they also had a pretend sheep that kayden loved. Here are some cute pics.

Ride em cowboys

Milking the cow

The sheep

Goin campin

Family Time

2009-07-26T16:45:00.000-07:00

We went to church today and then went on a family bike ride and on the way we saw a field of little goats. Kayden loved them he was so excited so we let him and Kyler feed them some grass it was lots of fun!

Its been a while..

2009-07-18T21:12:00.000-07:00

So I ended getting swine flu and was flat in bed (literally) for a week straight. I was not up for more then 15 min each day and barley ate. It was awful. Anyways, Im better now and decided to catch up since its been a while. I dont really have anything in particular to write about so Im just posting some random pics. You have to watch all of the 2nd video I posted its so cute, Kayden is hillarious.

This looks just like Ty with glasses

He thinks he is so big

Looks like he is ready for school lol

Puttin on his helmet at the batting cages

All ready to bat

Helping daddy hammer

Workin on the deck

This is of Kyler at the batting cages (just ignore Ty and I talking lol)

This is Kyler and Kayden playing dance dance

Cruise to Catalina

2009-05-11T09:05:00.000-07:00

Where to begin... We had booked this a few months out so that we could go before we would need to get passports. Orginally we were booked to go to Ensenada. We thought they were going to cancel it because of the swine flu that was going around. 3 days before we were going to leave we got an email saying the itinerary was changed, everything was the same except instead of going to Ensenada we were now going to Catalina. We were very excited!! So the road trip began wednesday night, the 6th. We left at 7:30pm and stopped in St. George around 11:30 to sleep. We slept till 3:30am and then headed off again. We actually made really good time we had the time change in our favor also so we got there about 10am. We were able to check into the boat and get lunch around 11:45 and then we got our room. Kyler had a blast. He played mini golf, swam, played ping pong, basketball. There was so much to do for him, they had the camp carvnival for kids where he got to go play the playstation, airhockey, bingo explode volcanos and lots more with all the other kids his age. He really liked that. Kayden on the other hand hung out with us the whole so it made it hard for us to do anything unless we paid for him to be babysat. But... Kyler had fun so that was good. He loved that you could get ice creams whenever you wanted and eat all you want. lol Anyways.... we brought my camera, however, the LCD screen didnt work so I could not see what we were taking pics of and then it just quit working. We were going to buy a camer a on the ship but they only had two brands and we didnt know how good of a deal they were so..... I have pics but they are from my phone, lol ya most of them turned out ok but some are kinda hard to see. Anyways hope you enjoy lol

Our ship (carnival elation)

our messy room, lol

Kayden all ready for the life jacket drill

playing ping pong

they folded our towls into cute animals (bear and elephant)

sea lion

mummy (these were the towels out by the pool)

bunny and snake

on catalina island (sorry hard to see)

Dinosaur Park

2009-04-23T08:56:00.001-07:00

So... it gets boring being home all day with nothing to do. Kyler got a coupon from school for free admission to dinosaur park so we went there and it was a lot fun. They played on the swings, dug for fossils. It was cute. They had some automated dinosaur there that made noise and Kayden just loved them, he kept trying to climb over the gate and touch them lol he is funny.

diggin for fossils

Easter

2009-04-14T16:09:00.000-07:00

Easter this year was fun! Kayden was actually able to go around and collect eggs on his own so it was cute to watch hi. He was very excited and had so much fun!

Egg Hunting:

Eating the candy lol

Decorating cookies at Macys:

Easter Morning:

May 7 2009

2009-03-31T10:02:00.000-07:00

So we decided to book a cruise and take the boys on a fun 4 day trip. Kyler is so excited!! Very spoiled lol I never went on a cruise till I was married lol. Anyways we are going on May 7-11 on Carnival. Its a mexican baja one so it will be fun to go on a vacation and get away!! Cant wait!!

Front page magazine covers

2009-02-21T18:13:00.001-08:00

K so I found this cute web pag to make it look like you are on magazine covers.... check these ones out

sorry this one is blurry

cute huh?

LAS VEGAS!!

2009-02-02T13:10:00.000-08:00

Kyler has always wanted to fly on a plane since he like 2. So this year we thought we would take him on his first plane ride and go to vegas. We flew down early saturday morning and came home late sunday night. We had grandma sandy and grandpa lulu (ken) and kyle go with us. We wanted this whole thing to be a surpise so I packed all of kylers things and we threw everything in the car so he had no idea. We told him we were going to wake up early on sat and go surprise lulu and sandy by waking them up very early. He had planned to jump on their beds and and wake them up. So sat morn we woke up early he was in a very good mood, we told him we had to make a quick stop. He still had no clue what was goin on until we got inside the airport and then he was very excited, luckily the plan to go wake them up happened in the hotel on sun morning..
The plane ride was very fun he got to watch spongebob the whole way down. Kayden was actually pretty good considering he had to sit on my lap the whole time. Once we got there we stayed in the Tropicana hotel. They had an indoor pool which was very fun and it was close to MGM grand and the M & M factroy so we got to do a lot of fun stuff while we were there.
Our trip home was not as fun as the way to vegas. Kylers TV didnt work for some reason so he was upset he couldnt not watch cartoons. Our plane was suppose to arrive around 5:40 and was delayed an hour. We were now scheduled to arrive in SLC around 9:30 or 10pm. Once we were on the plane and ready to land we found out the aiport was closed because of the storm that had come in that day. The pilot said that for saftey reasons we were flying to Boise, Idaho becasue we were almost out of fuel and had no idea how long until they would open the airport back up. So an hour flight to Boise. By now it was like 11 or 11:30pm and we were waiting for everyone to use the restroom and fuel up the plane. Good news the airport was now open so we got everyone seated and finally arrived in SLC around 1:30. Now we had an hour drive home and then could finally go to sleep. The roads had not been plowed once we hit davis county and we ended up spinning in slow motion right up next to the cement wall. It was the scairest moment of my life and I still dont know how we missed hitting it. However, I am VERY VERY thankful. We finally got home between 2:30-3am. Kyler was a good sport and went to school still, but daddy was the best sport. He was up at 5 to go to work. It was a very fun trip even though the way home was delayed a little, it was worth the trip.

Waiting at the airport (on the way home)

On the plane, on our way to vegas

The pool at our hotel

Kyler and Tyson swimming

The excalibur - Playing arcade games in there

Pictures on the strip - sandy and I gave this guy money to dance and he was tickling our ears

In front of the luxor - inside

lions at MGM grand

rainforest cafe

Christmas!!

2008-12-30T15:38:00.000-08:00

Christmas was very fun this year. Kayden opened up his presents as fast as kyler and moved right on to the next one. They were both very excited to see everything santa brought. Here are some pics, sorry I couldnt get any of the videos to work.

This is my cute wreath that I made ( I bought all the stuff clearenced and made it myself)

Christmas morning

stockings with candy

Kyler with his presents

Kayden with his presents

Kyler and Kayden

Yellowstone

2008-12-22T11:19:00.000-08:00

We went to yellow stone for 4 days with my dad, my sister and my brother. I thought this was gonna be a total nightmare being with them for that long. It actually was not too bad. It was a lot of fun. We went snowmobilin and stayde in my dads boss's cabin. Itwas very, very nice. Here are some pics.

Daddy and Kyler playin pool

Me and my sister getting ready to go snowmobilin

takin off

me and kyler going for a ride

me and my sister playin dance dance (this was kylers early christmas present)

kyler and my brother doin good

at the lodge

my car, im surprised we didnt get stuck

kyler gettin ready to play dance dance

this is where we slept in the basement

pool table in basement, by our bed

lounge area upstairs

where kyler slept upstairs ( there were 2 beds and a bath upstairs, 2 beds and a bath on main floor and a bed in basement)

kayden hiding under the sink

in the hot tub, i put kaydens feet in

my dad and kyler

kyler comin downstairs

the porch

front of the cabin

back deck

kitchen

living room

Say CHEESE!!

2008-12-06T15:14:00.001-08:00

Kayden does the cutest face, it is to die for. You tell him "say cheese" and he squints his eyes and pulls these cheesy smile, showing his teeth. These pictures dont even show how cute it is but its so funny. I took him to kiddie kandids and we were trying to get him to smile. We kept saying "say cheese". They are definatly cheesy, lol but way cute.

These first two are the ones we got at kiddie kandids.

This is the one we caught on our camera at home

Christmas Decorations

2008-12-04T19:15:00.001-08:00

K so I am WAY excited for chirstmas this year. Kayden is actually old enough to enjoy opening presents and be somewhat excited. He has such a cute personality, its fun. However, my tree ornaments and decorations get taken off more then 5 times daily. Its very annoying. I think he has already broken 3 ornanments and my little snowman chair (luckily that could be fixed). So after throwing away the broken ornaments I decided to hang them all a little higher, duh why didnt I do that to begin with? lol Anyways here are my cute decorations.

Our tree and my cute snowman ladder

My cute little snowman, (this was the chair Kayden broke)

Our stockings and nativity scene

my cute christmas village, I love this in the window.

Our table placemats

Kyler and I made this gingerbread house

Santa

2008-12-01T11:33:00.000-08:00

Kyler and Kayden sitting on santas lap. Kayden was scared and tried to get away.

More halloween pics

2008-11-03T09:43:00.000-08:00

We went to kiddie Kandids on Halloween and had this pics taken. They turned out way cute!!

Kaydens First Birthday!!

2008-11-02T08:05:00.000-08:00

We decorated the house cute with streamers, balloons and made a sign. Kyler helped make cupcakes for everyone. Kayden was very excited to eat his cupcake and open presents. We had to hide them in our closet on the shelf for a while, becasue he kept trying to take the bows off and open them.

Halloween!

2008-11-02T07:49:00.000-08:00

Halloween was fun this year. We took Lisa (my little sister) around with us. She was dressed up as cinderella and looked very pretty. She let me do her hair and makeup. Thanks to grandma sandy who made my cheerleader outfit, Kaydens jersey, and put shoulder pads in tyson and kylers jerseys, we all looked cute as well. I tried to get a picture of just Kayden so you could see his jersey better, but that didnt work out, it was hard enough getting him with the family. It said #1 and then had BRANCH on the back. Here are a few fun pics.

Face Painting

2008-10-29T19:25:00.000-07:00

Today kayden got his face painted for the first time. He has a ghost and a spider on his cheeks and then BOO! He held so still, I was surprised. I had to hurry and get a picture because I thought he might try to wipe it off, but I was also very surprised he never even touched it. I ended up takin it late that night.

Finally walking

2008-10-22T19:03:00.000-07:00

K so kayden is now walking, not offically lol he still crawls when he falls until he can get to something and stand back up but then he walks. So here is a video

Almost walking

2008-10-09T17:48:00.000-07:00

Kayden is getting so big he can now walk holding onto something but he does it himself, he is so close to walking. Oh by the way his little hands look A LOT better, the scabs are off and they look good now!!

How cute!!

2008-10-05T10:22:00.001-07:00

Kayden can now face forward in his car seat. He hates riding in the car but he was so cute and excited to face forward and see everything. He is so cute, then later daddy was making this weird funny noise and Kayden would always pull teh exact same face, it was so funny I posted that video on here as well.

Big boy now

Kaydens not toothless anymore!

2008-09-29T12:25:00.001-07:00

Kayden has had the one front tooth for about a month now but the other one came in shortly after and now they are in enough that you can see how cute so I had to post a pic. Sorry he tried to grab the camera lol (he still looks so much like his daddy!)

Poor Kayden

2008-09-26T07:29:00.001-07:00

So lately its been crazy trying to pack and move with the boys, especially kayden becasue he gets into EVERYTHING!!! Its so true, while we were moving stuff into the new place he grabbed a piece of wood from the fireplace and smashed his foot. Its still bruised pretty good. Then about 2 days later we were up cleaning the aptartment and I was vacuuming around the corners of the wall. Well, the vacuum kept falling over on me so I laid it flat on the floor and decided to just drag it along. Well I never would of thought that within seconds Kayden would come along and stick his fingers into the motor, ya it got him pretty good. Luckily I turned if off right when I did. It took of a layer of his skin on two fingers and he has been pretty clingy lately, yet he still loves the vacuum. Well I learned my lesson, I have to keep a way better eye on him, some thing I never imagined or even though about watching becasue I wouldnt htink he would get into, boy was I wrong. Here are some pictures of his poor owies! Sorry they are kind of blurry, he wouldnt hold still.

Our new condo!

2008-09-26T07:05:00.001-07:00

K so here a some pictures, we dont have everything unpacked quite yet, we do have our rooms set up but I havent taken pictures of them yet so here are some pictures with out furniture for now.

Our kitchen

Our living room

Our deck

Our bedroom, we have a walk in closet too :)

Our master bath

Kylers room

Kaydens Room

Guest bath/ main bath

Our Anniversary!!

2008-09-18T09:19:00.000-07:00

So things were kinda hectic this year for our anniversary becasue we are moving and in the middle of packing and Kayden has never been over night without me yet. Originally we were gonna go to a hotel and stuff but we decided it would be better to just go to dinner. So Im at home packing and havent showered, lol look like crap and someone knocks on my door. Im scared, but I open it and this little old man delivered flowers to me from my hubby. He is so sweet! I was not expecting them at all, especially to be delivered. Then I decided to get ready for the night and took a pic of me holding them. How sweet huh. I LOVE HIM SOO MUCH!! I couldn't have found someone better. Happy 2 years for us!!