Kailee's 8 month

This was almost a month ago now, but here are some cute pictures of her! At 8 months she was crawling, saying dada non stop, eating solids like a champ and has the cutest little personality!

St. Patricks Day

On St. Patricks Day we all got in our green and headed to the park!

Allie, Davis, Kissy and Kailee

Crazyness....

I am very behind on my blogging because it has been a very crazy month! First off my sis-in-law had their baby girl on March 12th, which we were totally excited about, but then on March 17th we got a call from Carolyn saying that my SIL was in the hospital. At first they thought the complications were from pieces of the placenta being left in her uterus. All we knew was that she was in septic shock and not doing well. The next morning Chris talked to his brother and was told that she was going in for an emergency hysterectomy and they were going to keep her asleep for maybe up to 3 days. We were freaking out! It was so hard to be here and feel so helpless!

That night Chris talked to his brother again and he said that her vitals were looking a lot better so they were maybe going to try and wake her up the next morning, very good news! Then we got a call that she was awake and doing pretty well, but I still wanted to be able to help in some sort of way so I got the car loaded and drove up on Sunday morning, just me and 4 kids, yeah I said a lot of prayers on that drive! Anyway, the complications actually ended up being from her uterus not closing up and strep A going in there and killed it. I was glad I got to watch my niece and nephew for a couple days and let her sisters have a little break. My kids love playing with them anyway so it worked out perfect! Well kinda, all my kids got sick and Anton stuck beans in his ears and had to go to the doctor to get them out, but other than all that, perfect!

We are just soo glad that everyone is ok. Family is the best!

I didn't take very many pictures :(

Some thoughts!!

Lately I have been going running and it gives me time to think about anything I want to think about, for like 45 minutes!! Most of my thoughts have just been about how much I love being a mom and how helpful my husband is! I have always felt like I wasn't given any "talents", I'm not really good at anything, I can't sing, I can't dance, I'm not creative, I'm not a "social butterfly", but the one thing I have felt successful in, is being a mother. My kids definitely have their moments, but they are some pretty dang good kids. We get comments all the time from random people about how well they behave. My kids are truly a gift and I love them like crazy!

Now Chris is one AWESOME husband and Daddy! He is always willing to stay at home with the kids while I do my own thing. I love that about him. He is very much the kids' hero! After Chris' work week is over, all they want to do is play and wrestle with daddy and he totally loves it! A lot of people tell us we're crazy for having 4 kids in 4 years, but when you have a VERY helpful husband and amazing kids, there's nothing crazy about it!

My husband is my best friend...

and my kids are my pride and joy!

Teeth!

Today Davis lost his first tooth...

and Kailee got her first tooth!

Quick trip

A couple weeks ago we got a call that Grandpa Kohntopp had slipped on some ice at church and broke his hip. He is 93 years old so we knew it wasn't a good thing. They were going to do surgery the next day, but found staph infection in his blood. So they had to get rid of that before operating. Then a few days later they saw pneumonia had started, so they had to take care of that before operating. They finally got that all taken care of and he had his full hip replacement one week after breaking it. We headed up there to Filer to see him and Grandma Kohntopp and it was great to see everyone! Papa (Larry), Aunt Linda, Uncle Robert and Aunt Wendy and their kids were there so it was nice to be able to visit with them too. We got to Filer on Wednesday afternoon and visited and had dinner with everyone then Chris and I headed up to the hospital. We weren't really prepared to see him so weak, but he was as witty as ever! The next morning we drove to the hospital again and Chris went in for a while, while me and the kids watched a movie in the car.

Then it was off to White Grandma's house! The kids were very excited because she said that she had a surprise for them when we got there! She made them each a pillow case and an apron. They LOVE them! Chris and I were able to escape kid free and do some shopping so that was nice too! On Friday we went out to Chris' brother's house and the kids had a blast playing with their cousins, but then we had to leave Saturday morning! So it was a quick trip, but totally worth it!

White Grandma went to the doctor he sent these back for the kids!

They LOVE their aprons!

Kissy's 2nd

For Kissy's 2nd birthday we did the Elmo theme. He LOVES Elmo! Kissy is probably the cutest little man ever! He has such a funny personality and we just love him like crazy.

He is talking very well and keeps us on our toes!