1st Day of Pre-K

Ryan started preschool at Goldstar Academy last Monday. He was so excited for his first day of school. We had no problems getting him up and dressed for school. He was so excited he couldn't stop to eat breakfast although we finally convinced him to eat an apple cause he could carry that around with him before we left to take him.
Dylan looks like he is sad in this picture but if you can't tell he is totally faking.
Ryan was a ham...like always.Rebecca with her hoodie on. She was so adorable I had to take a picture.

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This is Ryan on his second day of school. He decided to wear his "big brother" t-shirt because he wanted everyone to know he is a big brother to Dylan and Rebecca. So far he loves school. He comes home and sings songs he learned, tells us about his day, and talks about his new friends. He does worry that I am going to take the other children to something fun while he is at school, which I will admit is what I used to do when I was in school so I guess he does have a lot of my personality. I really struggled with deciding if I should put him in pre-k or not. I felt so guilty because I am a stay at home mom, I should be able to teach him everything he needs to go to kindergarten next year but with 4 other children at home now during the day (yes I now babysit one more little girl that is 15months old which means I have 5 children who's ages are 4,3,2,1,& new born) I knew I wouldn't have the time and attention to give him on a daily basis. Once I found out about Goldstar Academy I knew it would be the perfect fit for us. They have a grant from New Mexico which enables 40 4 year olds to go to school for free with lunch and snacks served plus a wonderful curriculum that will have him writing by the end of the school year and all of the other tools he needs to begin kindergarten next fall. It's a very parent involved school which is perfect because I want to be able to help him and help the school as much as I possibly can.

He goes to school from 8am to 11am which gives me a little time to get things done around the house while the younger kids play (or sleep in Rebecca's case) then we pick up Ryan, come home for a little more play time, lunch and naps....it makes for a perfect day!

Rebecca with her cute little jogging suit on. I can't believe she is already 6weeks old!!

Vist to White Sands, NM

My sister invited us to go to Las Cruces with her to visit her new husband who is stationed at the White Sands Army Base. Jason had to work so the kids and I drove with my sister 5 hours to the southern part of the state.

We spent the weekend swimming in the hotel pool, window shopping at the mall, hanging out in our hotel room, playing at a park, and we went to the White Sands Monument. The boys had so much fun. It was great to see Ryan so comfortable in the swimming pool (he even took his floaty ring off to swim at one point!) We had a relaxing great weekend. The boys can't wait to go back down there to visit again once Liana has moved there.

A camping we will go....

For my 24th birthday we went camping at Vallecito Lake in Colorado. The weather was really nice and it only rained on us the first night (it was raining so hard Jason and I though we might float away but we managed to make it through the night with only a few drops of rain in the tent). The boys absolutely love camping and they had a blast. We took their bikes with us so they road all over the place the entire weekend. Rebecca slept most of time...during the night she did wake more often but I believe that was because she was getting cold so I ended up just having her sleep with Jason and I after the first night.

The other really awesome thing about this weekend was that Liana married Jeremy Zoll. They had been talking for a few months, she went to meet him in Las Cruces the weekend Rebecca was born and while she was there she decided he was the one. My mom got ordained on the internet and married the two. Brea and Jean (my cousins on my moms side) came with us camping so they did my sisters hair and makeup for the pictures we took.

It was an awesome weekend. We are so happy to welcome Jeremy to our family!!

2 weeks in the life of Rebecca

Rebecca has had a busy two weeks. She's already been to the doctor three times, which means traveling to Durango, CO for each visit. She helped us celebrate Ryan's 4th birthday as well as my mom's birthday. She has been to a going away party (for my friend Linda) and a bachelorette party (for my sister, Liana). She went to her first playgroup where her brothers showed her off to all their friends. Plus I'm sure I missed more she has done this last two weeks. So basically if she keeps this up she will be as busy as her mom. ;)

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At her two week check up she weighed 6lbs 2oz and was 19 1/4in long. A few days before this appointment she began having trouble sleeping at night plus she was gagging a lot while I was nursing her (even to the point of loosing her breath completely, which is very scary). The doctor checked her out and she seemed to be in good health but after we talked more we realized that these were the same symptoms Dylan had as a baby. He was finally diagnosed with acid reflux at 2 months old...he began the medication and was instantly transformed into a very healthy, happy baby. So the doctor put Rebecca on acid reflux medicine which has helped 99%! She only wakes twice a night to nurse, rarely gags, and hasn't lost her breath since beginning the medicine. I'm so happy we caught this early with Rebecca because it was a miserable 2 months with Dylan before we finally got him treated for it, not to mention the fact that he had to nurse every 2 hours until he was 8+ months because of all the problems the acid reflux had caused him. Anyways, she is a very calm precious baby and we really enjoy having her in our family!!

Please check out the photo book above of her over the last two weeks!

Ryan is 4!!

We celebrated Ryan's birthday on his birthday the 25th of July. Ryan had been planing his party since April when he helped with Dylan's party. He decided he wanted to have a "Cars" themed birthday (this is the third year he asked for that theme, lol). He chose who to invite and helped me make the invitations. He was a great little party planner, I'd like to think he gets that from me. He assigned all of us tasks...Dad was to bbq the hotdogs and hamburgers on this "griller", Yaya was to make potato salad and a cake, Mom was to take care of the decorations, Dylan and Liana were to help with anything Mom needed. When he asked his Yaya and Papa (my parents) to make the cake he didn't know what he was in for. They surprised him with the awesome Lightning McQueen, Mater, and Sally cakes on the day of the birthday. (They put a lot of work into those cakes as they didn't use molds or anything like that!!)

Part of Ryan's planning was that he wanted to have his friends come play in the sprinklers and kiddie pool when they came to his party. He helped set it all up, then he had a blast!! Here are some pictures of his party in this slideshow!

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