We all made it!

Kade had a great doctors appointment this week. We saw the heart specialist, it was a different partner than we usually see. Kade did not enjoy the echo, he did not want any part of laying up on that bed for 20 mins....much less laying still! But we finally got it and they said he is still in the mild category with a slight improvement. She said that with his physical growth, it made some improvement. She explained to me that they will continue to check him yearly. She doesn't see any issues that would stop him from doing any activities or sports that he wants. She said that sometimes they may see things change in his teen years or in later adult years and then again, it may keep where it is at forever!

With Kade's hair cut you can see his goose egg better. Just think it is a week old in this pic!

This was our big week. We started school, daycare and it was back to work for mom. The first day I ended up leaving some things at home. These were very important things that dad had to end up going back for ...of course I did not remember them all at once, so he had to make a couple trips home for me. I had forgotten the "horns" to my pump as well as the days supply of milk for Katelyn. The second day I got up 15 minutes earlier so that I would not feel as rushed and still ended up forgetting a bottle. This was a hug deal, because Linda (our babysitter) was gone for a funeral and Lynne did not have a bottle. So I ended up calling Linda before she left to get hers, saving me a trip back home. I hope next week goes a little better!

First day of school



The girls were so excited about starting school! They have had a lot of fun so far. Friday they had a school wide assembly to get the kids started selling their fundraiser items. Haleigh volunteered to go up on stage and be the magician assistant. So much for my shy little Haleigh! She was so excited and proud of herself for doing it.... it was great to see. Then we went to Family Fun night, to kick off the school year. Grandma took Katelyn home with her so that the big kids could play games. Kade had some troubles with the the waiting in line and giving the items back. He really wanted to keep the putter from the Hole in one game! Maybe next year will be better!
Then we met up with dad and went to the Trappers Celebration. It was fun, but abnormally cool for this time of year so they kids grew cold and tired fast.

It has been a fun week!

My new challenge is to get a photo of all four kids looking the same way

and its a bonus if they are smiling.

We started the week off last Sunday night with a heck of a wind storm that came out of no where. It was bad enough that it took out a sub station and pole...leaving is without power for several hours. The lights went out around 4:30 or so. After all the questions about why we could not watch T.V. or listen to music and why the light inside the refrigerator wasn't working we played outside until close to bedtime. It was about 83 or so outside and 80 inside. With no clue when power would be restored it was time for a long cool bath to help everyone cool down. Then dad brought a small generator up to the house so that we could keep Katelyn's milk supply good. It was also able to run 2 fans. So made a giant sleeping bag with comforters off the girls beds and we all slept in the were the fans kept the air moving. The power came back around midnight and so did the AC! By morning Hanna and Haleigh were telling me how cold the house was at 70!

Here is that big smile that I was telling you about!

Then on Tuesday Hanna and Haleigh went school shopping with mom and dad. We went to Wichita and got most of the needed things. I must say that I don't like the way Wal-mart did there back to school this year. Things are spread all over and I could not find half of the supplies they needed on their list including plain wooden pencils! So I need to stop by Target when we go to the final doctor appointments on Wed and finish things up. I don't understand why the 2 stores in this town don't get the supply list for the local school ahead of time to make sure they have all the items on there either!

Friday evening I took Hanna, Haleigh and Kade to the movies. It was the first movie that Kade had ever been to. We went to see G Force and it was in 3D. It was so cute to watch Kade with those big glasses on. He would get startled and jump back in his set as things were coming toward us and say things like "Oh gosh" or "mom!" He did not keep them on the whole time, but he did pretty well. On Friday, Kade also fell off a broom that he was trying to ride with Hanna and MaKenna and fell off hitting his forehead on the concrete leaving a huge black goose on his forehead!

On Saturday we celebrated Haleigh's 5th birthday. She had a "horse" birthday party. She said it was the best birthday ever, she usually says that every birthday but it still makes ya feel good. She was excited with all the things she got.

A nice loving moment between sister. Haleigh loved the horse jacket Hanna gave her!

Haleigh with horse cake. We made Frog cupcake for Blake, since they share a birthday.

Then we headed to church and had Katelyn baptized following that. She did pretty well through the whole thing even though she was hungry. She has been sleeping pretty well. She is up to 5- 7 hours at night. She is now smiling and cooing all the time. Kade and her have a special relationship. He can always get her to talking. He thinks she is pretty special as well, he has started calling her K K.

One event down and two more to go!

We had our pool party on Sunday this and it turned out great. Okay, it could have been a little warmer! But never the less the kids had a lot of fun, until their lips turned purple!

When Kade wasn't hanging out in the crab float, he enjoyed the

kiddie pool....it was so much warmer

Haleigh's lips were actually purple in this picture. She was so cold she decided to come over to the smaller pool to warm up.

Miss Katelyn is changing everyday! She has a big beautiful smile that is a little hard to caught on with my camera. This may be because I enjoy seeing it so much, by the time I get the camera out she is done. She is also is working on pushing herself up during her tummy time. She prefers tummy time on her boppy pillow.... she can see much more this way. We have also caught her talking a little. Maybe we can record that soon and share with you too.

Here she is holding herself up

a quick grin

And the big smile!

The fair was also in town this week. The kids really enjoyed the rides. We also spent a little longer looking at the animals and projects this year, so Hanna can decide if that is something she wants to do next year. Grandpa would really like to see Hanna in the show ring next year. Although mom would rather her start with something a little smaller like a bucket calf. The only thing that Hanna came out of the cattle show knowing for sure is that she would like to have a belt with "big diamond" on it like of those girls! So only time will tell what she will do!

So this is the last full week before we all go back to our regular schedules. Time has flown by this summer and all of the kids have changed so much. I had to change their pictures on the side of the page because they are looking so much different as well.

We have a few more things to complete before school starts and I go back to work. The girls have found out who their teachers are and what all they need for school, so we are going shopping tomorrow. Haleigh turns five this weekend so we will have a family get together to celebrate. Katelyn is also getting baptized this weekend. And there is all the things that I had hoped to get done while on maternity leave like clean and organized house, meals all fixed up and froze...you know the things that would make my life easier when I have less time! I hope I can get at least a little of that done.

Starting the count down!

This week has flown by. But I guess that it is really no different than the rest of the summer. Looking at the calendar and trying to get prepared for our up coming events I realized that in 3 weeks the girls start school, I go back to work and Katelyn will start day care. Then we will have to figure out how to rebalance things.

Katelyn has had a big week. She is now sharing her beautiful smile with everyone. I haven't yet caught a good one with the camera, but when I do I will make sure to post it! She has been trying to talk to us as well! She has also been building up her neck strength following everyone around the room. She is so alert, just watching everything that goes on. It won't be long and she will be right down there in the middle of it. She is already trying to "stand up" when you hold her.

Kade has had a tough week. Well, maybe I should say he is giving everyone else a hard time. Terrible Two's? Pearson Stubbornness? I don't know who to give all the credit to but I can tell you that he wears me out. But on the other hand he is not always in that mood! Like earlier in the week he was playing with his "track phone"... you know the one that we got for Nana to fly home with from Georgia. When I called to activate it they told me that it would not work in Kansas. So I was a little frustrated with the phone company, since the phone wasn't going to do us any good. I decided to give it to Kade, since he loved cell phone. What could it hurt ... right?
Well, apparently the phone can get service in Kansas and we know this because Kade was playing with his phone when we heard someone talking to him on the other end... he had dialed so random number and it worked! Good thing it only came with 10 mins.

Hanna finished up her swimming lessons this week. She did a great job; she even jumped off the diving board and swam to the side on her own. She also went to a sleep over where they were camping out. But weather got in the way, so they weren't able to spend much time in the tent before moving inside.

Haleigh has been counting down the days until the pool party. She can't wait to show dad and grandma what she learned at her swimming lessons. She has also started talking about school. I think she has heard the bigger kids talking about school and she is trying to figure out what that means for her.

This week I have tried to cut back on my naps... you know so I can get ready to go back to the real world of work. :) Actually I have been spending most of my time trying to get Katelyn switched over to taking in most her meals by bottles and buliding up a back up supply of milk for when I go back to work. So its an endless cycle of feeding, pumping and washing everything up to starting all over again. But she is worth all of it, they all are!