Swim Lessons...

Kieley had an amazing swim teacher this year and I have seen Kieley improve leaps and bounds in 2 weeks! I'm so impressed, Kieley has always been a little timid with water and to see her jump in and be so excited for lessons every day has been super fun. At the end the teacher came up to me and told me how fun it was to have Kieley in her class and how polite she was... she said she had never had anyone Kieley's age refer to her as Miss teacher every time she had a question or an answer, she loved it! :)

Purple monster or Princess?

I was folding laundry when I heard Kieley say my name, I couldn't see her so I responded and asked her where she was that's when I heard, "promise you won't be mad at me mama?". I started to laugh cause I had never heard her say that before so I promised and that's when she walked around the corner and this is what a saw.. my very own purple monster or princess I can't decide, hehe! How could I be mad at this face? Luckily it was just washable crayola crayons, so it came off no problem.

Spring Dance Recital

Kieley had her spring dance recital and was the cutest little dancer and did such an awesome job! We were so proud of her.. she missed a lot of classes because she got so sick back in February but you would have never known by the way she dance and remembered her routine. Great job baby girl!

I took of few pictures of my own after she posed for her classes photo, hopefully she wasn't as silly in those pictures. :)

Dance Class

Our beautiful little princess!
I am so proud of my little dancer, she had such a fun year of dance. I had to get a few pictures of her last dance class before her recital. She is such a doll, I love watching her grow into this beautiful little girl!

Look at her pose... so so cute! :)

Easter Weekend=Lots of Fun!

Easter with the cousins :)
We had such a fun Easter weekend, I didn't want it to end. First, we headed to St. George to go to Hurricane County's Easter Egg hunt. It was Kieley's first Easter egg hunt and it was hilarious! They threw a whole bunch of candy on the ground along with the eggs with "prizes". So we had a pep talk with her telling her she needed to run to the eggs and grab them first and then get the candy. I thought she understood and we were good to go. Then the horn went off and she started running and at first she was doing great then she looked down and noticed there was not just "candy" but laughy taffy, and suckers,etc. She looked back at us and said look there is lots of candy...hehe! :) I just laughed and watched the fun she had getting her candy. Then after St. George we headed to Las Vegas to enjoy the rest of the weekend. I love my little family, we had the best Easter weekend!

After the Easter egg hunt we headed to the park. Blake took the opportunity to sleep.. he is so stinkin' handsome even asleep, I love him!

Daddy and princess at the aquarium at Mandalay Bay

Look at that sweet face... she was excited to see the shark!

Daddy and his son hanging out watching sports.. of course ;)

Blake was ready for some sun!

My very handsome husband and my beautiful little kiddies :)

Family photo!

We took Kieley to see the Lions at MGM and this is what we found.. the trainer "spooning" the lion??? What! Who in their right mind does that??

And apparently they are also pillows!!!!!!!!!!!! Ah!!!

Kieley trying to explain the reasoning behind this behavior :) Funny story: As we were pulling up to the hotel we drove pass the big gold lion in the front and Kieley said, "look there is the ruler of all the lions in the world, wow, he is big!" hehe! We laughed so hard...Kieley you're the cutest little girl, you always keep us laughing! :)

My Baby Boy is 7 months

Look at this face.. he is so stinkin cute, I kiss this little guy all day! Blake has been such a great baby, I know I keep saying that but its because its the truth. He is so easy going, and happy all the time! He is army crawling a lot these days and speaking lots of baby jibber. :) We love you Blakee!

A VERY hard week

The night before Kieley got sick, I knew she didn't look well :(
To say I had a Happy Valentines Day would be a lie.. While the kids and I were in Utah visiting they caught the infamous "RSV" virus and it was horrible! I started going to the Dr's office on Monday because Kieley got sick over the weekend and was running a fever. When I left the office on Monday I was told it was the flu and it would run its course and she should feel better in a few days. Well, by Wednesday she wasn't doing any better actually worse and now Blake had started on the same virus, so back to the Dr. I went and once again I was told not to worry and just treat the symptoms. My little girl was not feeling well and I was so frustrated and felt that they weren't understanding my concerns. I knew it was much more than the flu. Friday rolls around and now Kieley won't move and is pretty much lethargic, Blake looks like he is struggle to breath in the tub. My Mom and I decided we were going to back to the Dr. office. I forgot to mention i had taken Blake in the day before on Thursday and still just told its the flu. Well, when we walked in on Friday the after hours nurse took one look at Kieley as we were checking in and asked to take her oxygen immediately just by looking at her.. thank goodness for that nurse because that's when they discovered her oxygen was at 87%, its dangerous for children to be below 90, and that night she was admitted to the hospital for pneumonia and dehydration all due to RSV. We brought Blake in as well and he was admitted also.. to have two kids in the hospital in different rooms right next to each other was over whelming but thanks to Aaron and I's awesome family members we got through it. We are so thankful for our two little ones and especially for their health. This is the first time they have ever been seriously sick and it made me realized its not having the biggest home or the nicest car that matters.. two healthy, happy kids is all Aaron and I need to be happy. So glad you are both better, we love you tons Kieley and Blake!

Our sick little princess .. (I really didn't want to take pictures to remember this but I knew I should for their memory book) Can you tell she was spoiled with TONS of stuffed animals from our family! Thank you, it make her stay soo much better. :)

Baby Blake and Grandma S

Kieley LOVED bath time.. sweet little girl

Just short of a week we were released.. Recovery at my moms included lots of liquids, and cartoons! :)

Daddy and his princess having a little fun during recovery time..

I love this sweet little face.. I can't believe how well he did being so sick. He never cried unless he was getting suctioned or poked with a needle. Sweet, Sweet baby I love you lots!