Keepin' up with the Prestons!

Lori informed me today that I was getting behind on my blog. Apparently she has forgotten that the only reason she has ANYTHING on her blog is because I put it there. So, here are some evidently long awaited pictures of the girls. Don't worry, Lori. I'll be there soon to take pictures of your kids and post them onto your blog!


Avery wanted to go fishing with the fish and pole I made, but she had to have a boat!

I have no idea what could make her so angry. Maybe it was the gorillas!

Avery's monthly picture. She didn't grow at all this month. Either that, or maybe it's not quite as accurate as you think to have her stand in front of a wooden board, put a book on her head to make sure it's straight, and mark with a sharpie how tall she is. Who'd've thought!

So, this could have been the coldest Easter ever! I thought last year's was cold. And apparently we thought it was a good idea to go to the base Easter egg hunt- along with about 500 other little kids!

Hayes Picture

Anyone who would like to see a picture of Hayes can go to:

hospitalportraits.com

Then look up March 4 and Hayes G.

It's a cute picture! He's even smiling!

Updates on Prestons

So, I never post anything without pictures, but today I am! Since my family is so horrible at posting on their blogs, I am putting some updates on mine. Kim and Jake had their baby last week, March 4th. He is a healthy baby boy named Hayes Preston Gordon and was 7 pounds 5 ounces and 20 inches long. I have not received any pictures, but saw him on the web cam and he looks exactly like Toby and Tryce did. So exactly like their daddy! Kim is doing well and is ready for some sleep.
Brett is getting married on April 25th to a beautiful girl named Lindsey in Salt Lake. We have yet to meet her, but everyone says she is perfect for Brett and really nice & fun!
Bart and Lori are having their third child, due on August 26th. (Gpa Harry's birthday!) They are excited, as are Rylee and to a lesser extent, Cade. He is more interested in the Wii!
Mom has been walking a lot better, but milking the handicapped sticker everywhere she goes. I think she keeps it so they don't have to walk far on their daily trip to Walmart. Apparently the new knee is working well, but I don't think she would like to have the other one done any time soon. Dad is dad. He's happy the weather is nice so he can be back to work landscaping. I wonder if it's the being helpful, the money, or the being outside he likes the best.
Tricia, Kevin and the boys (and step boy & girls) are as busy as ever. With seven kids, I wonder how they have time to think straight. Tyler drives now, so he can help cart everyone where they need to be.
Well, you know about the Byrdhouse, so that's the update on the Preston fam! Maybe one day they will learn how to use their blogsites!

Sick of Sick!

Avery and Haley have been sick for over a month, as you can see by their monthly pictures. Every time we would get them better, we would go to church or babysit some kids and they would catch something else. Then, the night after Avery's picture (21st), she started complaining about her ear, no SCREAMING that her ear hurt. ALL NIGHT LONG!!! And, of course, Kev was on alert. So, fed up with no sleep, the VERY CRANKY Paula took both girls to the doctor. I yelled at the front desk guy because he said Haley didn't have an appointment, so it didn't start off well. The doctor was about an hour late, and said Avery had an ear infection and Haley just had a cold. I asked for antibiotics for both of them since they had been sick for so long, but they only gave them to Avery. (This is a really long story, I know, and I'm sorry.) So, then comes Haley's monthly birthday (29th).

As you can see, she did not have a very good day... more like week. At first, we thought she just was cranky from her teeth coming in. (If you look closely at the pic above you can see them) Then when her fever kept getting higher and higher and then the tylenol was not keeping it down from 102.4, we decided there might be a problem. So, since it was Sunday, the only clinic open was the Urgent Care Center on base. I hate the UCC. But, we went and an hour and a half later learned that we had a very healthy 20 pound 9 month old. With a fever of 102.5. So, we went to church since tylenol brought her fever down and when we got home, her fever shot back up to 102.9 and she couldn't have meds for another 2 hours. We called the doc we had seen hours earlier and he told us to go to Children's Hospital. So, 3 rectal temperatures, 1 catheter, a bunch of blood, 1 chest x-ray, 2 shots of antibiotics and 4 hours later, they sent us home telling us she had a bacterial infection in her blood and to go see the base doctor tomorrow. So, that's today. I took her in to a base doctor and 2 1/2 hours later found out he doesn't think she has a blood infection, she has a horrible ear infection and put her on antibiotics. So, I am not only done with kids being sick, I am done with doctors! (Sorry if my doctor friends are reading this!) But, I am trying to figure out how her ears can be clear and "perfect" (as the UCC doc said) and 10 hours later be a bulging horrible ear infection! So, if anyone has any thoughts of how this can actually occur, please let me know!

As we were rearranging bedrooms and putting toys in Haley's room to free up some room in Avery's, I was looking at the summer clothes I bought for Avery. She decided she needed to wear her Dora swimsuit for the rest of the day. I think she either needs to grow a lot more or I will need to find her a smaller one for this year. That's what I get for trying to get a $2 swimsuit. As you can see by the kitchen floor, Haley's favorite past time is to get into a drawer of all the kid's cups and plates and spoons and throw them all over. It's really fun for Kev and me. We have since started putting a yard stick in all the drawer handles. That just makes her mad!

My Girls!

So, they were cooperative for about 2 minutes. I wanted new pictures for my wall, but they were not patient enough to let me mess with the lighting or pose them at all! I told Kevin to help me or I was going somewhere and paying to have pictures done! He was done after 2 minutes as well. So, I got some good ones for the blog and scrapbook. Maybe I'll try again, or maybe I will just end up hanging these ones. They are pretty cute, just the shadows really bug me. Oh well!



Seriously, where did she come from?

Ferris Wheel

Scheels has a huge ferris wheel in the middle of the store. Every time we went there for a long time, Avery would be so disappointed that she couldn't ride it. A guy in the gun department even gave her 2 free tokens to ride it one day, but she was always too short! You have to be 36" to ride it. So, right about the time she turned 3, she was finally 36"! She was so excited! And of course, I forgot my camera! This time Kev talked me into only bringing the little camera. I was disappointed because she screamed with delight the entire ride and I wish I had my movie setting. But, I got some good pictures and she had so much fun! Her eyes lit up when we walked in! Haley just had fun trying to find her every time she screamed! And to top off the fun trip to Scheels~ I got a new winter coat! Not only that~ someone had put a little girls Columbia in with the women's and I liked the color and tried it on. It fit and then I realized it was a little girl's coat! So, not only did I fit into a girl's coat, but instead of paying $100 for the women's one, I got it for $60~ and it was a better coat!

Hello

Avery's monthly birthday picture. She did not feel well at all. But, she did manage a beautiful smile for her daddy!Haley's monthly birthday! She is such a happy girl! We are so blessed to have such happy girls!
We went to Minnesota for our nephew Landon's baptism. Avery and Haley had so much fun playing with Kenlyn, Chris, BJ, and Gma Vickie. Haley would have liked to climb all over Landon, but we decided that was a really bad idea!
Here he is! Landon is growing up so fast!
Kenlyn is a really happy girl, too! Her and Avery wore each other out every day running around the house.I guess Kev was wore out, too!We put Avery to bed and she wanted to sleep with this little marble-sized plastic teddy bear. When we went to bed, Kev checked on her and this is what he found. She had gotten her toy bed and tucked the teddy bear in! They are so adorable when they sleep!

Catchin' Up

So, it's been awhile, I know. This is catch up from Christmas, our trip to South Dakota and just random pictures like normal. We hope everyone had a great holiday season and hope everyone is finally caught up from them like I am trying to do!

We went to South Dakota to visit Kevin's brother, sister and dad. Scott (bro) and Chris (sis) just had babies, so here are all of them! Alissa and Mylie (Scott's) Kenlyn and Landon (Chris') and of course Avery and Haley! It was quite a room full of kids! They are so helpful with the laundry, can you tell?Haley, for some reason, covers her ears a lot. Maybe she doesn't like me and Avery's singing!We made sugar cookies for Santa. I found a recipe that looked really easy. Well, it was really easy... and really gross! We ended up throwing them all away! Even Avery would only eat the frosting!Oh! The Christmas pictures! We thought it would be easier to just have the girls in them. Not so much! Avery decided to be very naughty and we only got her to look at the camera a couple of times, let alone smile a PRETTY smile. Haley was done about 2 minutes into it, but we got a couple of cute ones. I swear every year this will be the last, this may have been the last!
Gma Barbie and Gpa Pat got Avery a scooter for Christmas. Luckily, it was about 45 degrees and she could go ride it Christmas Day!
Haley got a baby! I don't know if she likes it, or just likes chewing on it!Happy Girl!Another happy girl being silly!

Here are me & my girls on my 25th Birthday! (Okay my 30th)

Haley got sick of watching football. I did, too, for that matter, after the Cowboys sucked it up in the playoffs and made it just one more year without winning a playoff game. I may have to change teams because apparently they would rather go for a romp in Mexico than get ready for a freaking playoff game! As you can see, it's a bitter subject at this point!