This Wonderful Thing Called Life: April 2014

Friday, April 25, 2014

Easter 2014

We love the Easter Bunny!

We had our annual egg hunt with our church family, but I didn't get any pics because I was not feeling well and something weird was going on with my camera.

The EB always leaves a trail of eggs for the kids to follow down to their baskets :)

Aylin was equally excited about every little thing she got!

Hilton's favorite present was this little nerf gun, he runs around saying "pow" all the time.

The EB brought some big treats for Louie that he tried to eat through the wrapper instead of letting me open it first :)

Friday, April 18, 2014

April Awesomeness

These are what our days in April have looked like :)

We got a screen door and the box is STILL lying in my living room floor! The kids LOVE it. First we traced things on it, Hilton's favorite (bottom left pic in above pic) was when we traced his beloved PupPup :), it has been colored upon almost daily, it has been a ride, a tunnel, a blanket, a wrestling mat, you name it :)

We play outside as much as possible, I do not know what I am going to do when I am 8 months pregnant and/or have a newborn and it is too hot to go outside…Hilton will drive me crazy banging on the door and windows to get out there.

Hilton got this sweet FREE hand-me-down 4 wheeler! He is a little to short to reach the pedals but Aylin is enjoying it :)

Louie loves to be out to and go with us to pick up Aylin from preschool, he does NOT like the tornado sirens though…he howls at them :)

Hilton was released from physical therapy!! He will miss the fish tank :)

He and I went to story time again :)

Some shots from Laney Claire's and Reed's 5th birthday parties:

Family Matinee Movie Date:

We like to rock out in our house:

Hilton's favorite spot to sit:

Aylin on the way to preschool and this cute little bunny she painted there :)

And finally, we are gearing up for a dual birthday party in about a month. Aylin wants a pink and purple Sophia princess party and Hilton is all about the construction trucks right now :) I tried to take some pics for their invitations today :)

AJ:

HI:

Louie, the Boxer

Buster is 4

Our 2nd little blessing, Hilton Isaiah, was born 3 weeks early via an emergency c-section also because of preeclampsia. He was already 8lbs8oz and spent 9 days in the NICU because of a spontaneous pneumothorax (popped right lung); he also had a heart murmur and had to have a blood transfusion his very 1st night. Poor guy suffers from febrile seizures, and also took physical therapy for about a year b/c of delayed gross motor skills. We are so thankful to have this little man blessing our lives.

Puppy is 2

Our 3rd blessing, Weston Julian, was born 5 weeks early via another C-section because of preeclampsia. This pregnancy was a rough one: at 24 weeks I started having severe stomach pains and at 28 weeks had an emergency umbilical hernia surgery, and have been on bed rest ever since because of preeclampsia. At 32 weeks I started having daily headaches and frequent migraines (at least 2 a week). At 33 weeks our ultrasound technician discovered my amniotic fluid was decreasing and he was not showing much growth, so now we started twice a week visits and at least 1 ultrasound each week to keep a closer eye on him. We are incredibly thankful that our last little blessing arrived safely and weighed 5lbs 13oz and did not have to go to the NICU.