Summer Happenings Part 1

Well, I haven't posted many pictures of my belly, so here is a pic for your viewing pleasure :) I am 37 weeks pregnant, and hopefully getting this labor and delivery started a week from today...My doctor is a saint! lol Can I really get any bigger?


Our son Travis is the definition of a terrible two! If we turn our head literally for 2 minutes or more, this is what happens. Travis really tries our patience, so it's a good thing he can be so darn cute even while getting in trouble.

Unfortunately these two stinkers could watch movies all day if we would let them. They really love watching movies together, which is nice at times for a very pregnant, tired mommy. I just wish they didn't enjoy the T.V. this much.

We have also had lots of fun at the park this summer, or just playing in the back yard. Hailey and Travis LOVE being outside.

Alton Baker Park is another favorite of ours..the geese are extremely creepy, but the kids love feeding the ducks as much as possible.

Travis got a new bed a few months ago, and loves being a big boy finally. He is a really good sleeper, and almost never fights us at bed time. I guess he does have his good points too :)

We went to the zoo the last week of school, thinking we would beat the crowds....we were dead wrong. It was so crowded, but the kids had a blast. We even got to see some dinosaurs, but Hailey and especially Travis were a little hesitant most of the way through the exhibit.

This is what Travis did almost all the way through...If he cant see them, they can't see him right?

And Hailey and her cousin Ben graduated from preschool. They did a little dance and walked over the bridge and everything. It was the cutest thing I have ever seen, but my camera died right when Hailey walked up on the bridge. I wanted to scream at my bad luck, and of coarse when I took her back up for a photo later, she was not into it, and forced a fake smile. You should have seen how her face beamed the first time, sigh!

And Kelly graduated as well, and with honors! He was also very cute in his graduation attire. My pictures are awful, but luckily my Dad got some great shots of the occasion. Now if we could just land a job...Actually, he still has a few years of school yet to go.

Kelly teaching Hailey the basics of shooting a gun (don't worry, it's a BB gun), and apparently she is great shot.

I had to throw this picture of Hailey dressed as a pioneer in, because she is so cute! We had a pioneer primary activity, and she was the cutest little pioneer you ever did see.

Happy 4th Birthday Hailey! Yes, my baby girl is 4...ugh I feel old.

She had a princess/knight party, and this is what she wanted her cake to look like. Not my finest work, but I was able to slap it together really fast. Cake is not as fun to make when you can't eat it...darn that gestational diabetes!

The kiddos had a water balloon fight in the back yard, and went through a bout 200 water balloons in a matter of minutes.

She got way too many presents (especially from Grandma), but she was not complaining.

Hopefully my next post will be our new addition! Stay tuned.

Summer happenings-- Part 2

So you may be wondering how you missed part 1 right? Well you haven't- This post was way too long already, so I decided to cut it in half, ending with the most recent event. I will hopefully post again next week. So, still to come: Hailey's B-day, Kelly's graduation, some cute summer pics, and some pregnancy pics. Enjoy!


We were fortunate enough to have a visit from Grandma and Grandpa Weber, and Uncle Adam too. Don't ask me how they avoid my camera so well, but I did manage to snap a few shots of Grandpa and Grandma at least!


We enjoyed a slightly windy, yet sunny day at the beach and lake Cleowox. The kiddos loved all the attention from daddy and especially Grandpa.

We also took the kids to the farm and picked Strawberries so mommy could make some yummy jam. You can tell that our Idaho family grew up on farms right :)

I mostly just took the pictures...

And Hailey and Travis mostly ate the strawberries.

Then we went camping overnight at Clay Creek to experience catching crawdads. I think that Grandma and Grandpa Weber and Uncle Adam really got into it. Kelly and Travis enjoyed the hunt too, but Hailey was not thrilled with the cold water, and mostly played on the shore.

What a dork!

so cute!

They caught quite a few crawdads in about an hours time. Grandma even took one home as a pet...At least I think it made it back home?

His face says it all--He had fun but did not know what to think of that thing.

Then came Travis's Birthday on July 3rd. We celebrated a day before with Grandma and Grandpa Weber. Travis LOVED his gift.

Birthday breakfast: Doggy pancake with strawberries and candy.

And I love this face he often gives when he feels like being a nerd for the camera, lol.

Perhaps you have noticed the many different hats this kid has been wearing. He is definitely in a hat fetish phase (and boots). He loves to wear hats all day, every day. Especially the cowboy hat we gave him for his birthday.

We had a toy story party since he is so into cowboys, so it was fitting that he got a Woody toy from Grandma Bevans. He now sleeps with him every night.

My boot cake creation. I was quite proud since I made the template myself. And the best part is that Travis adored it.

my cowboy with his cake.

We did fireworks in honor of Travis and had a BBQ at Grandmas house with his cousins. They were attempting to dance behind a strobe light, but it was kind of cheap and lame...You get what you pay for!

Hailey jumping over a firework after watching daddy do it--oops! That came out of nowhere.

My bigger dork.

Travis did not think this was as funny as I did :)

My little sniper with his pistol, cowboy hat and all. He got those boots from his friend Bennett, and they did not leave his feet that whole day. In fact we have to hide them if we want him to wear anything else. Thanks Hambeltons!

And we pretty much repeated the same events on the 4th of July as well. Good thing we had leftovers.

It got pretty cold at night, so the kiddos took turns snuggling with Grandma.

Daddy setting a bad example...But look at the delight in Travis's face

Lets just hope that Travis waits a few years before copying daddy like Hailey did.

Hooray, it worked for me today! Enjoy this amusing video of "drunk" Hailey. The sad thing is that in this video she was starting to snap out of it a bit. She was really gone for a while, which was both sad and funny. I'm sure she will hate me someday for posting this. Enjoy!

Surgery Success...We Hope!

So bright and early Wednesday morning (5:30 be be exact), we drug Hailey out of bed and hurried to the hospital as not to be late for her surgery. They wanted us there 2 hours early of coarse, but by the time the doctor arrived to begin, it was 9:00! He had apparently had a sick child, and had to wait for his wife to come and trade off with him. This was all fine and dandy, but if you look at the picture above, you can see that Hailey was more or less "drunk" well before he arrived. They gave her some very amusing medication at about 7:30, and within 10 minutes she was blitzed--It's probably sad that we found this so amusing, but she was higher than a kite, and it was sooo funny! We took many videos of her random comments and strange songs:)


I could not get my before pictures to upload for some reason, so I will start with these two "out of it" photos. She started off kind of serious, then quickly became limp, smiley, and laughed at everything. She lost her coordination as well, the poor thing.


The actual surgery itself lasted about 5-10 minutes we were told, but the whole process was about 45 minutes. The shorter the better for two nervous parents! She came back very grumpy and whiny, and just wanted to snuggle with mom and dad.

The exhausted little girl immediately fell asleep, and stayed that way until they made her wake up to drink, and use the potty. She was not a happy camper.

Hailey's pink giraffe was her favorite thing that morning, and was quite a hit with the nurses. Giraffe even got her own bracelet and hair net so she could accompany Hailey to surgery. I love this picture of the two of them sleeping together. Hailey loves stuffed animals, and I think this one helped her to be brave and calm...in the beginning anyway. But all in all, we were told that the deflux procedure was a success, and now only time will tell if it worked this time around. We are hoping and praying that she will have no more issues or infections, and that this is the end of all that pain for Hailey.

Pregnant, and feeling very much so!

I am one of those woman who obnoxiously love being pregnant, and miss it when the 9 months are over. This being said, no one lets you in on the little secret that by pregnancy number 3 you are ten times bigger ten times faster, and you have no energy to keep up with the other children. Don't get me wrong, I am still loving being pregnant, but I do not feel quite so cute and energetic this time around. In fact, I feel like a whale every time I have a doctors appointment, and go up an average of 5 lbs each time. "How did that happen?" I ask myself as I shove a handful of potato chips in my mouth :) It truly baffles me though, because I have finally found the energy to work out at least three times a week, plus walking. I guess it is not enough to counteract all the junk food huh. OK, I know a lot of you are probably rolling your eyes and saying "yah right, Kim always thinks she's fat", but here is the truth. I am 28 weeks pregnant, and I weigh 9 lbs more than I did the day I gave birth to Travis, and I started off lighter...yikes. I am showing A LOT, and look about the same as I did at 8 or 9 months with my last. This is a lot for a vain girl like myself to swallow. Oh well, 2 1/2 months left to go!