I was not prepared for this

We have banned them to the floor to watch a movie so that they don't hurt themselves.

You can kind of tell that they are out of it. I wish we had video taped them when they first came out of the dentist.

Today Mitch and Treyton had dentist appointments to get their many cavities filled. I have blogged about this before, but for some reason my boys have bad teeth. No matter how regularly we brush, floss, take flouride, limit pop and candy, they still get a lot of cavities. (I have to insert that Savanna has not had a single cavity yet.) A year ago we took Mitch into the hospital and had him put to sleep and had all his work done, now a year later he had several more to do. Since last years bill was outrageously expensive by the time you pay the dentist, the hospital, the anestesialogist. We decided to try oral sedation rather than putting them totally out. It is so much cheaper. Well it worked, they got all their work done this morning, but I was not prepared at to what it would do to my boys. By some miracle, today was Reid's day off and so he decided to come with me. (Thank heavens!!) They started with Mitch and gave him the medicine and within a few minutes he was totally loopy, they got all his work done in about 45 minutes and when they brought him out he was totally out of it. We made the mistake of laying him on the couch, and when we looked away he fell off it. He couldn't even walk without falling down or running into something. Treyton went next and it was the same with him.

It is kind of weird because when they brought Treyton out Mitchel asked when it was his turn, he completely forgot that he was already done. We have been laughing at them because they are acting so funny! We can't let them walk anywhere with out helping them. When we got home I started making them some chicken noodle soup to eat and I looked over at Treyton and it was like slow motion he tried to pick up a toy on the floor and fell right on his head, he couldn't even put his hands out to catch himself. It's not supposed to be funny, but you can't help laughing. I was not at all prepared for how they would be after the appointment, but I am just so grateful that Reid is home today to help me.

Flower Power

I see these flower bows on tons of babies and think they are so cute, but when I put them on Carolina and don't know. I feel like it takes up her whole head. So tell me to flower or not to flower?

Also I think that the bumbo is the best baby invention in recent history- I love it!!

Best Day Ever!

Mitch and Treyton

Savanna and Carolina

Goofy kids!

Savanna, Treyton and Mitchel

This week has been a little rough on the kids and me. We don't love getting up in the morning (especially Mitchel). So we have been looking really forward to our Saturday since it is really our only day to sleep in. Everyone was up by 8:30 am, but it was nice not to have to be up for anything. We just hung out for a while on my bed, this is why today has been the best day this week!

In other news Savanna now knows what she wants for Christmas! She lost her two front teeth, it is weird to see her smile now without them.

Mt. Borah

Reid went with his friend Doug Anderson and climbed Mt. Borah yesterday. Mt. Borah is the tallest mountain in Idaho, and I guess it was not an easy hike. From looking at the pictures it looks like they should have used ropes to climb parts of it. I am just glad that he made it home safe and sound. He said that he is glad that he did it, but he never has to do it again. It is now crossed off his bucket list. But they made it! This is something I never need to do.

Update

Life has been a little crazy the last couple of weeks: Here is just a brief update of what we have been up to.

Carolina- Just along for the ride. She is so smiley and a sweet little baby, but definately does not let us forget that she is a part of this family. She will not be ignored. She is sleeping really good at night and usually is only up one time per night for a feeding around 3 or 4 am.

Treyton- His speech is improving each day, he is still doing speech therapy, he loves Gunda his therapist. He completely got rid of the pacifier about a month ago- I know it is about time. (He was down to nap and night time for a while. and we finally put our foot down and completely did away with it, it wasn't as painful as I had anticipated it being.) He is really enjoying going to school (Koala Kids) twice a week, he loves being in Leah's class. He is a very stubborn child, who is going through some changes. This for me is the hardest age, you still can't really reason with them, but they know exactly what they want. We are going to work on potty training again here shortly.

Mitchel- Is liking Kindergarten, but hating getting up in the morning every day. We are really struggling in the morning, no matter how early we go to bed. Tuesday night he went to bed at 6:00 pm, and he was still a grump in the morning. He is always happy when he comes home from school however. He doesn't love the homework either, but I have found if we do it right after school he is much better about it. When he started kindergarten 2 weeks ago he could only write (Mit) for his name, but already he can write the whole thing no problem. He does so much better when other people besides Mom work with him. I hope that he can be successful this year. I have a hard time not comparing him to Savanna, because she loved school so much, and everything came so easy for her academically. I just need to remember she was almost 6 when she started kindergarten and her personality is totally different then his. He is a good kid.

Savanna- She is loving first grade, she loves going all day to school and loves eating lunch there. She is very happy and all week has been coming home and playing school in her room with her stuffed animals. She has also started piano lesson and is enjoying it (although she hates for me to interrupt her playing school to have to practice the piano.) She is a really good big sister and helps me a lot with Carolina and even tries to help Mitch with his homework (he doesn't like that very much.)

Rachel- I went back to work after 3 months maternity leave. It is a little stressful getting out the door, but once at work I love it there. I am working 2 days a week and it is the perfect job for me. I feel so lucky to work with such great people and having a job that I like. I get to take Treyton and Carolina with me and so I can feed Carolina anytime I need to. I feel like between work, homework, housework, church callings, and feeding my husband and children I stay way too busy. But I can't complain life is really good and I feel lucky to have everyone happy and healthy at our house.

Reid- Still working a lot at the site and a few side jobs here and there. He is excited to have the start of the college football season going- he loves watching BYU football. He has been helping his brother Ben paint his new store that he is opening so we haven't seen a lot of him the last week or so. He is also been spending some time working on our new (used) 5th wheel and getting it all fixed up. He would go crazy without a project. His little boy Treyton follows him where ever he goes.

That is our life for the past couple of weeks, since I use my blog as my journal I thought I would record some of this. I never realized how difficult it would be to have 4 children, but I wouldn't change it for the world. I have come to really appreciate my parents, and grandparents who raised more children than that. I feel a huge weight of responsibility to get these little spirits grown up to healthy, happy, well adjusted adults.