More pictures of Caydence..

Thought that while I had a minute to myself I would just post some pics of Caydence. ALL the kids are sleeping and I can actually think straight now. Here are some more I had taken and I think they are just adorable.

Now how cute is he???

Caydence...

I thought that I would post some pics of Caydence that I had done a couple few ago.. He so stinkin cute. Honestly, I couldn't believe how cute they turned out and how well he did. We had them done when he was about four weeks old and he was so alert. It looks older because he is so alert. Crazy, but all the kids have been that way. Even Payton when he was born. He came out eyes wide open and they stayed that way!! Pretty funny..

This one is my absolute favorite. I love how he has his one eye open like he is just peeking on us to make sure he doesn't miss out on any excitement!!!

I love how they turned out.. Courtesy of JC Penny Studios. They did such a great job. We are so happy to have Caydence. Even though we feel overwhelmed with the three of them we would not change it for the world. Caydence is a little more challenging than Payton or Abriee was, but I somehow find the patience to get through each day without going crazy!!

Ray always asks why we have such hyper active children that seem not to listen and are always into everything!!! I tell him that we have them so we can learn patience. Heaven Father knew we needed to learn to be more patient in life with everyday things so he gave us Payton, Abriee and Caydence.. Believe me we always have that thought in the back our our minds that Heavenly Father trusted us with his precious children to raise them right and learn to be better parents everyday.. Everyday we learn to be even more patient. We have a big job on our hands and we strive everyday to be better parents. Payton, Abriee, and Caydence never go a day with out knowing how much the mean to us and how much we love them. We thank Heavenly Father everyday for our children and are so blessed to have them.

Halloween...

I know that it is way past Halloween, but I thought that I would just do a quick entry about the kids anyway. Payton was a horse and Abriee was a unicorn. Costumes courtesy of Grandma. I am not too big of Halloween so its nice that Grandma is willing to buy them costumes. Abriee was going to be a baby lamb, but we couldn't get her into the outfit, She just had to have a horse like Payton so we opted for the unicorn.. They still looked pretty cute and they both enjoyed it.

They aren't really sure about the trick or treating though. It could have been that they could barely walk with four extra legs!!! Abriee can barely walk with the two she has let alone add four more!!! She has got to be the clumsiest girl ever!!! By the end of the nite Payton was actually saying "trick or treat" fairly well. Abriee just looked at people and smiled!!!

This is the kids with Ray when we went trick or treating.. I had every intention of taking lots of pictures, but yeah, the batteries died and we had no extras.. Go figure.. At least I got two!!

The nite went surprisingly well. We were worried that Payton may not enjoy and get freaked out by all the other costumes.. Especially the scarier ones,but he did well. No joke he is the biggest scaredy cat ever. He is scared of the funniest things.. Example, he loves to eat bananas, but he is scared to death of the peel. If you try to get him to throw the peel away or pick it up he freaks out. It's hilarious!! He did fine and just looked at everyone dressed up like they were nuts and went about his way.. What a good kid..

Luckily we didn't get toooo much candy.. Ray ate all the good stuff so it saved me from eating too much.. I hate having candy in the house.. Payton is about the only one who could use the extra calories!! That skinny little thing!!

This is later when Kasiah and Jessica came over with their baby and brought costumes so we could take some pictures of all the kids dressed up for Grandma.. Bryzaunna is the strawberry and Donavyn is shrek.. Donavyn is a mommies boy so he was crying cause Kasiah wasn't holding him. But he sure is a doll and a great blessing to our family.

Oh yeah, if you see the black eye that Abriee has it from a Halloween party we went to. She was coming down the porch stairs and feel off the porch hitting her eye on the corner. They were concrete stairs so it hurt pretty bad. She had the black eye for three weeks..

Pumpkin Carving..

Last week we carved pumpkins with some family and I thought that I would post them on my blog. Also since I haven't posted in a while I thought that I would add something new. I have decided that I am not a big blogger person, but I try to at least do something once a month. Anywhoo just like last year Ray did some massive carving. I tried to do some myself this year. Yes we did use stencils, but hey they turned out pretty good.

This is Payton and Abriee helping us to get all that gross stuff out of the pumpkins. Try as they may, they sure didn't like the stuff. To actually get them to pick it up throw it away was not happening at all. For some reason they both don't like slimy things. Payton more than Abriee. Its funny..

Pretty cute eh???

This is my sister Jessica and her little one Bryzaunna. I can't believe that she will be 1 in January.. Crazy how they grow up so fast.

Now this is the finished product when we got done with the pumpkins.. It took us a while, but they were okay at the end.

I am not sure whose pumpkin this is and I have no idea what is it suppose to be!!

This is the one that Ray did. Pretty cool.

This is the one that I did and of course its the best!!!

Payton, Payton, Payton

Last night about 7:30 or so I hear Payton screaming from the kitchen. I go to see what is wrong and this is how I found him.. He likes to climb up on the counters to get into the cupboards and occasionally when he gets down he finds himself in a sticky situation. I thought it was kinda funny. He wasn't so happy and didn't see any humor it. I made him stay like that for a minute while I took some pictures. He really didn't like that..

Abriee was enjoying the opportunity to get some pay back for herself as well. She did try to help and console him, but then realized this was her chance for pay backs!! Ah leave it to the girls to get even when the time is right!!

This is Abriee trying to console him.. She was blabbing not that I could understand a word she was saying. I would assume she was trying to tell Payton he was going to be alright!!!

Finally she realizes she better take advantage of a sticky situation and get some good grabs in while she can!!! She got some good ones in too!!!

Caydence is home..

Okay so I am a slacker. Caydence has been home for a week now and I am just getting around to blogging about it. It is good to have him home, but boy I forgot what it was like to have a new baby!!! The being up all night feeding and all that good stuff. Last night he finally slept for 5 hours without waking up. I was so excited. Since he has been home it he has been up every 3 hours on the dot to eat. Let me tell ya he takes forever to eat to. I don't know what it is about my kids but they eat so little all the time until they get bigger.. What wackos I have for children. So anyway it has been a tired week for me. Caydence is up all night and Payton and Abriee are up all day, so what little sleep I do manage at night keeps me going all day. Now I am not complaining and I love my children. I am just so glad that we are done!!!

Caydence is 2 weeks old today and he had his 3 week checkup. He is now 7.5 lbs and is still 20 inches long.. I have to tell ya I was really surprised that he has gained a pound since being home. Payton nor Abriee had gained that much weight at their 2 week check up and Abriee is a junk!!! Needless to say its going to be interesting to see what happens while they grow up. Payton will be the "runt" of the family.

Payton and Abriee love Caydence to death and its so cute to watch hem hold him.Payton could hold him all day if I let him. Abriee just gets a big grin on her face and thinks that she is mommy now. Abriee is my keeper of the bottles and fighter for the binkies.. She loves to keep track of Caydences' bottles,hates it when he has a binkie. The binkies are only for her!!! What a wacko!!! They are help when I need them to be and more often when I don't need them to be. They have all adjusted very well to Caydence and Caydence does well with them too. I have not had any jealousy issues with Abriee and she has done very well with him home.

I am blessed with 3 wonderful children that drive me up the wall!! Ha ha. I know one day they will drive me completely crazy, but I wouldn't trade it for anything..

Payton is such a big brother!! It's funny that when Caydence was first born and we were in the hospital Payton wanted nothing to do with him. Now he just can't get enough!!!

Abriee was so excited to actually see Caydence and finally know that there was really a baby!! She is just starting to get the hang of holding him. She actually has to hold him. He doesn't hold himself up yet!!

Aren't they just so cute?! One day Payton will actually look at the camera and smile for a picture. He is just camera shy!!

Good news...

Caydence is finally in an open crib and out of his incubator. He has been in an open crib since Tuesday night around 10:00 pm. So he is scheduled to have his hearing test done today and his circumcision done this morning. So today could be the day if all goes well. Just waiting for that call that says come get him. Its amazing how the light just clicks with one day and then all the sudden he is better.

We are so ready for him to come home so we don't have to spend what spare time we have at the hospital.. Last night he was doing great when we went up to visit. So hopefully he will do fine today with his circumcision and come home today.. Wish us luck!!!!