Back to Work

So this week was so crazy! I had to start back to work on the 4th of August. Might I say that it was very sad to leave my cute little baby. The only good thing about it was that we do not have to have a babysitter for the kids anymore. Blaine and I arranged our schedules so that one of us is home with the kids all of the time. The top five things for the past week were:

1. Going shopping for Kayla's clothes. I have not had to shop for much because we have really great friends and family that gave us so much for her. The kids and I went to the mall and shopped for stuff for next summer. I found some really cute stuff and Cayden found these cool pajamas that he wore every night for a week!

2. Kayla had a bath in the tub and did not cry for the first time. She just smiled and cooed the whole time I was bathing her. She is getting so big!

3. I caught this really cute smile. I always manage to miss the smiles in the pictures I take of her so I was really excited to finally get one!

4. Cayden passed the first level of swimming lessons. He loves the water and now he can even float on his tummy. We are going to sign him up for a few more weeks of lessons because he is loving it so much!

5. I went a whole day without calling to check on the kids. After 5 shifts back at work I finally went one whole day without calling to make sure everything was ok. I only lasted one day but I am getting better. The first day I called 6 times.

I am working on getting better with the posts, going back to work was a bit more stressful then I had thought it would be. Next week, new photos with Josh and JD. They come home in one hour!!!

The begining

Hello there family and friends. I was thinking that since I am not quite busy enough I would start a blog. Actually, I thought this would help all of us keep in better touch since I am not the best at calling or emailing regularly.

So, for you that do not know, I am the wife to my most wonderful husband, Blaine and the mother of 4, three wonderful boys, Joshua 13, Jared 11, Cayden 4, and a beautiful baby girl Kayla 2 months. I am a nurse up at the University of Utah on th mom and baby floor. I love my job both as a nurse and a mother. In my spare time (not that there is much of it these days), I like to read, scrapbook, and take pictures of my family.

The most recent goings on in our family are as follows:

1. Forth of July was spent in Parawon with my family. Cayden, Kayla and I were the only ones to go. We had a blast spending time with family that we had not seen since Christmas. We set off fireworks in front of the house and the kids played outside in the cool weather and rode 4 wheelers.

2. Kayla turned 8 weeks old. She is smiling frequently, focusing on things, sleeping through the night (she really has been doing this since 3 1/2 weeks old),and losing her hair. We are so happy she came to complete our family.

3. Josh and Jared left for their dad's house for 6 weeks. We really miss them. Although it is really nice not to hear fighting and arguing for a while.

4. Blaine started a new job driving for DATS Trucking at night. We were really worried about daycare with our two youngest and now he works weeknights and I will work weekend days so this eliminates daycare for now. HUGE savings of $900 a month.