Jaylee's 6th Birthday Party

Today was a really good day!

A little loud, a little hectic but it's a kid's party, that's how it's supposed to be right?!

Jaylee is starting to look so grown up!  We are so proud of her.  She is such a good girl, and she is doing amazing in school.  She got all straight A's again this quarter, including an A+ in numbers!

Our friends Coby and Rick are out of town, but they still let us steal Riley for the day and she gets to spend the night here with Jaylee tonight.  So Jaylee is very excited about that!

Jaylee had fun with her girlfriends.

And Sawyer was quite the ladies man today!

They played a game of hot potato with a butterfly!

Jaylee was the winner, but she gave the prize to the next runner up, Riley!

Her princess cake turned out so cute!!

Right before cake poor Jaylee had a moment.  The kids were being silly and crawling through the cat door, well Jaylee got stuck and the girls laughed because they thought she was being silly.  So poor Jay got her feelings hurt and cried and cried!!

Marshall looks up to his big sister so much!

Everyone was waiting patiently for cake...

Well as patient as a bunch of kids can!!

Sawyer had his first taste of ice cream!!  He LOVED it.....

When Kayleigh pulled the spoon away he cried for more!

Then we let the kids hold the baby chicks.

Nick was helping Kennedy pet a baby chick.

It was a great day!  We are so blessed to have such amazing family and friends who don't mind our animal loving ways!  

Peace and love......

We got baby chickens!

Russ and I have dreamed of this moment for a while now.  We have wanted to have chickens for quite some time.  That was one of the reasons why we bought this house, because it came with plenty of land so that we could have room to raise chickens.

The first batch of chickens we got about a week ago.  The kids had fun helping us set up their area under the heat lamp.  These chicks were about a week old when we got them.

Today we got a batch of 8 more chicks that are only a few days old.

Let's hope that all of these baby chicks continue to do well and thrive so that we can get them in the coop and start collecting eggs!

Peace and love.....

Jaylee turns 6!

March 19th, 2012

Today was a special day.  It was Jaylee's 6th birthday.  I let her wear her special dress to school today.

I picked her up from school and surprised her with a birthday balloon.  Then we came home and she opened her gifts from her Great Grandma and Grandpa Bigsby that they mailed her and from us.

We took care of all of the animals and baby Sawyer and then got ready to head out for Jaylee's birthday dinner.  She got to choose where she wanted to go, and she chose Red Lobster.

While we were waiting for our table, we saw Dr. Fieo walk by.  He is the Dr that delivered her.  We thought that was pretty neat to see him on her actual birthday.

I can't get over how big Jaylee is getting.  We couldn't be more proud of her.  She is an amazing little 

girl.  She is so smart, kind, compassionate, funny and so wise for her age.

Happy Birthday Jaylee!!

Peace and love.....

We got pet bunnies!!

It was supposed to be a surprise.... but Jaylee stumbled upon the rabbit cage in the garage!

So we decided to get things ready together as a family.

Jaylee and Marshall helped Daddy put the cage together.

Marshall even sat with Sawyer to keep him company.

Then of course they got inside the cage when I joked that the cage was to keep the kids in!!

Jaylee picked a spot for their house and toys.

Marshall picked a spot for the food bowl and water.

Tada!!  The finished product...

And these are our two Holland Lop bunnies.  They don't have names yet.  So far Marshall wants to name one "Jack Underpants", and Jaylee wants to name one "Fluffy".... we shall see.....

The poor things are still a little nervous, so the kids haven't had a chance to hold them yet.  We are going to let them get used to their new surroundings first.

Aren't they cute!!

They will be spoiled rotten here, just like the other furry creatures that we have in our home!!

Peace and love.....

Things I learned yesterday...

Yesterday the kids and I were very sick.  We had a very violent stomach virus.  

Poor Russ had to play nurse to us pukeys yesterday.

Thankfully Russ and Sawyer didn't get sick.

Over the day I was vomited on 3 times.

And so was our couch, floor (in multiple places), bed, sink....

There were a few things that I learned. 

#1)  When a 4 year old tells you that he has to throw up, he means within the next few seconds.

#2)  Don't give your puking children red Gatorade to drink.  Red Gatorade vomit on a light colored carpet, isn't pretty!

#3) Popsicles make everything better.....

I felt so horrible for them.  I am so thankful for my husband staying home yesterday to take care of us.  We own our own business, so it's not easy for him to just take the day off.  There is no way that I could care for 2 vomiting children and a baby when I was sick myself.  I was afraid to handle the baby too much because I didn't want to make him sick.  

Russ took good care of us.  He cleaned up vomit, he comforted the poor kiddos and he even made us home made chicken noodle soup.  He picked up the kids medicine and took them to the Dr's.  He even did laundry!!

I was very worried about them because the vomiting just wouldn't stop.  But when they finally went to sleep last night no one woke up to throw up and they both woke up happy and very HUNGRY.

Poor Marshall lost 2 pounds being so sick and Jaylee ended up being slightly dehydrated.  The Dr said if they weren't better the next day they would probably need IV fluids, but luckily they are much better today.

It was a great feeling to hear them laughing and playing again today.

So now the disinfecting continues....

and let's hope that no one else gets sick!

Peace and love....