The new kid on the blog

We have a new kid in our family. His name is Bybee. He just barley turned one in October. He is taller than alot of kids his age, and he can already walk and talk a little. He loves the song, Jesus Wants Me For A Sunbeam. When we wrestle for fun, he is always watching out for us and cries a little. We love him so much.                -By: Kylee Dayton, 10 years old.

Yep, I actually just did this....

It has only been like 6 months since I blogged last. I think that is an all time record. Well, we have computer issues. Joe is the only one with a normal computer and he has it with him all day, and when he gets home he is doing homework on it, so I can NEVER BLOG!! Well, he doesn't do homework on Sunday's (what a good boy) so I decided to try it out....yep, I actually posted something. WOW! I know you are going to be sad not seeing that poop blow out anymore!

Well, ABQ (that would be Albuquerque, I am not going to type that out every time so remember that) is treating us quite well. The weather is nice, and the people are even nicer. Kylee is loving school at Tierra Antigua.....translation...ancient earth....she loves her teacher Mrs. Piccininno (like pitch-a-knee-no) that is how they taught it to Ky to remember. She is also making lots of new friends, I know hard to believe. Jack is playing soccer and loving it, he actually had his last game yesterday sad. He is playing 2 years up, so he is 5 and most of the rest of 'em are 7. Mia is keeping me busy, making messes everywhere. She is still the same little fireball...maybe even more so. Heber is so fun, and growing too fast. He has 4 teeth. Two on top, and two on bottom. I think I can see more coming in on top, and he is drooling pretty bad. Joe is enjoying school and glad to be done with the first semester. This is our family in front of his school the first week we were here.

Here is the basics about ABQ. Jack said when we first moved here after being out and about that first week. "ABQ is pretty much the same as Utah....there is a Chuckee cheese, there is Carls Jr. they have everything we have....it is just that everything is a lot smaller here!" Funny kid right? But he is right they pretty much have everything, it is just smaller. UNTIL.....we went to the new Golden Coral when Barbaloot came and visited us.....HUGE. They had everything imaginable...every type of food, they had cotton candy, they had a fondue bar thing, they had ice cream and not just the soft serve either (they had that too though) but they had scoopable yummy icecream, the had a little doughnut maker. Anyway, ABQ is smaller except the Golden Coral. Here is Mia with a messy face after having some fondue fun!

Now for the most important....EASTER. Today we had a special Stake Conference. We got to hear from Elder Claudio Costa of the Seventy. I feel like I have a special connection with him. I remember meeting him in Brazil when my dad was Mission Pres. He was awesome. The whole meeting was awesome. The importance on Temples was spoke about quite a bit. I know that the Savior died for us so that we could repent and live together forever...we need Temples for that. I am so thankful for the Temple. Elder Costa spoke about the people in Manaus Brazil, how they would sell everything that they had to spend 15 days traveling to get to the nearest temple. They are still doing that. They have a temple that will be dedicated soon and they are so happy. His words touched my heart and made this Easter very special. I am so thankful for the Gospel and for my Savior, that he died for us, and that he resurrected three days later. Joe's 101 year old grandma died a couple of weeks ago. She was the oldest of 6 kids and the last to go. She out lived her family members and he husband and obviously her parents. I can't help but think of the reunion she must have had when she passed. I am thankful to have the knowledge of being together forever!

Sorry this post is so long, that is what I get for waiting so long to post. Deal with it!

Worth it

So a month or so ago ( I just didn't have time to post it then) Heber had the biggest blow-out of his life. I mean it was MAJOR! It was everywhere. It went through the car seat (you know where the buckles come in and out) and onto the base. These pictures just don't do it justice. Anyway, I had a thought while I was trying to change all the mess. He is so FREAKING CUTE! Even though he made a huge mess everywhere it is still worth it. I guess I am just going to keep having these little munchkins. Too bad we have to wait while Joe is in school.

NASTY MESS!!!

See, it's all worth it...plus look at Mia in the background!!! She makes me laugh!

Like mother like daughter

So we were at a fun family event for my Mother-in-law a week or so ago, and we were trying to figure out where Mia went. Well, we found her and guess what she was doing? Eating butter. He hands were all greasy, and she was going to town on that thing. I had to get a pic. The first thing I thought was "NASTY!!!" then I remembered some stories told about me when I was a little girl.....I guess I used to go into the neighbors house with my buddy Jason, and get in his fridge and eat his butter. I know I am weird. Then when Kylee was a little girl she didn't say Buffy, she said Butter, so she called me butter for a while! Oh Mia, you make me laugh!

Fall

I love the fall! I was doing something in the house and the neighbor was trying to rake her leaves when the kids discovered the fun. I came out and they were all "helping" her rake the leaves. It was fun for all! I am loving the warm weather, I know it has to end soon, but I am hanging on to every last bit of it.

A first for me

So last weekend I had a first in haircuts (which I guess is crazy since I have been doing hair for like 8 years now) My sweet sister in law Delayne has breast cancer, and she had a double mastectomy and is now enduring chemo and all that fun stuff. Well, last Friday she decided to have a head shaving party since her beautiful hair was falling out. Her husband Brendon did most of the work and I finished it off. It was a sweet experience. She has such a great attitude about everything. She is a young mother (her youngest is Mia's age and her oldest is like 15 or something) and her outlook on life is amazing. I am in awe of her and the things she does. So here are some pictures of her and how beautiful she is even with hardly any hair. She also wanted me to shave a breast cancer ribbon in the back of her hair so there is a pic of that too. (that was another first) Joe decided to buzz his hair the shortest it has ever been....lookin' good!!! LOVE YOU DELAYNE!!!!




BEFORE!!!


DURING!!! (isn't she gorgeous?)


AFTER!!!


Ribbon

Joe and his brother Kenn

Dear Sleep,

Dear Precious Wonderful Sleep,

Where and when would be the best time to meet up with you? I tried to find you at 10:30 last night, but as soon as I was close Jack found me instead. "I'm scared." he said. So I tried to help him find you. I think he finally did. On my way back to find you, Jack interrupted me again, at 12:45. "I'm still scared." he said again. So one more time I tried to help him feel better. Every hour I tried to find you, but somehow everyone else needed me. Jack's arm fell asleep at 2:00, Heber waned to eat at 3:00 Mia had to go potty at 4:00. Kylee and Joe seemed to be the only ones to find you last night. Any chance we can meet up tonight? PLEASE?????!!!!????

Love,

Buffy

Van

So we are thinking about getting a van. I know I never wanted a van, but you know when it makes sense it makes sense. I find myself yelling at the kids not to climb over the seats, I also find myself very frustrated when I go grocery shopping and there is no room for the groceries. Don't get me wrong, I have totally loved the Tahoe, I wish I didn't have to trade it, but fact is, with 4 kids it makes more sense to get rid of it. So, who knows about vans? What is the best of the best. ( we will probably end up with the worst of the worst, cause we are just going to trade the Tahoe straight across) but it is worth a shot. Oh, and this is something that my sister-in-law Barb showed me when she found out we were considering a van....I laughed pretty hard! Enjoy! Thanks Barb.

First Grade

I just can't believe it. My little Kylee....my first born....my baby!!! (well technically she isn't my baby, but I feel like she is still a baby, or that it was just yesterday that she was a baby) She is in first grade. All day. I feel like it should be nice, but it isn't. I am excited for her, and as you can see she was very excited to go. Last year when she was going to kindergarten she cried...this year...not so much. I am so proud of her. I hate that life is going by so fast, but I am thankful to have such a life. We are so blessed. Kylee is my big helper, so we will see if I survive this week, and the rest of the year, since Joe just started his hardest semester yet. Good luck to Kylee,Joe, and good luck to me.

 

Darling

 

I am sorry to say that I think my little Heber might be the most darling little thing around. I hope every mother thinks this same thing about their children. I just had to show him off a little. Thanks Kelly for taking our pics, I will have to post more when I get another minute.

 

Blessing

Heber Cuthbert Dayton was blessed last Sunday, on Aug 1st. It was such a great event. So many supportive family members and friends. Joe was awesome and gave a great blessing mentioning the importance of his name, it was quite a touching blessing. I am so thankful we have the priesthood in our family. My friend Kelly took some pictures for us of our special day. I am sorry to say but I just think I have quite the awesomely handsome family. I love them so much!

It's about time!!!

No, really it is about time...about having time to blog...which thing I am finding it hard to find the time...plus it is about time I did a new post right??? RIGHT! I am such a slacker. Obviously so much has happened since I blogged last. Here is a list of a few of them, not necessarily in any order.

Joe got a black eye- he was playing soccer and someone from the other team decided to put his cleat up as Joe was heading the ball down....I was afraid he had lost his eye, but nope, just a black one for a few days. He looked pretty tough actually.

Mia (my not so much the baby anymore) turned 2. Yes, way back in February she turned 2. She is now potty trained (hallelujah!!) She is also as bossy as ever, but boy does she have a lot of personality. The other day we were with my Grandma Pat (my mom's mom) and she just got a kick out of Mia and said..."You know Buffy, your mom is probably just smiling down on you thinking you are getting just what you deserve." thanks Grandma!

Kylee (my teenager) turned 6 in March. She also graduated from Kindergarten, which thing she loved and I am sure would love to repeat it if she got the same awesome teacher Mrs. Headman. She is becoming such an awesome reader, SO SMART, and she is taking Piano from her favorite Aunt Barbara. Boy does she learn fast. She is also my SUPER HUGE help with the new baby. THANKS KY!!

Jack started soccer. This boy is going to be able to do anything he wants. He absolutely loves sports. He got out there on the first day of soccer camps and wasn't even scared. He is such a fun boy to be around. Any chance he gets, he is playing baseball, football, soccer, or basketball. It will be fun to see what he ends up loving when he is older. He finished his first year of pre-school with the wonderful Mrs. Steele, and loved every second!!

I hiked Stewart Falls 8 months pregnant...need I say more?

Then there is the obvious....Heber Cuthbert Dayton finally came to our home on July 1st at 8:21 pm. He came in at a whopping 9lbs 4 oz. 21 inches long. And he hasn't stopped growing. We went to his 2 week apt. yesterday and he was 10.1 lbs. He loves to eat. He is so fun, I just love babies. He is a great sleeper (so far) he sleeps about 5-6 hours at a time at night. The kids love him...or should I say love to maul him. Here is how it went. Wed the 30th I had my membranes stripped, I started having some contractions, then in the evening they went away...I was so bummed. So Thursday I went back in again, and he stripped a little more vigorous. About an hour later my water broke, and I started having contractions (that was about 1:30 pm. The contractions got pretty bad pretty quick. We went the the hospital about 3:30. I got an epidural (praise them) at about 6:00, and he was born just after 8. FUN TIMES!!!

Thanks to my friends and family I have had quite an easy recovery. I think I am getting tired this week though...hopefully I can stay on top of things.

Update

I feel like today couldn't come any quicker.....it just dragged and dragged and dragged. Thankfully I have had family and friends here to keep me busy. I have totally been blessed with family who fasted on Sunday for us, and I can't even express the gratitude for that, and the prayers that were said on our behalf. I have felt so much comfort (up until this morning at about 5:30 when I woke up and couldn't sleep). I seriously have felt such peace and I know it is from the prayers from all of you. THANK YOU!

Cute Profile pic of Heber!!



Now, the update is great news!! I will just start off with that. The perinatologist brought out the "big guns" and by that I only mean the 3D ultrasound thing. They couldn't find any sign of a cleft lip. Then they did an extensive look at the heart, and said everything looked beautiful. I am so relieved, and at the same time realize how many people have to go through this, and might not end up with good news like we did. The Perinatologist said she has had a a lot of cleft lips this week, so jokingly I said "maybe it is the same girl sending them over to you..." she laughed, and said, "no, but all the other ones really were cleft lips". It made me stop and realize how lucky we are to already have 3 VERY HEALTHY children. The only thing they really found today for us was my placenta is pretty low, but it is okay at this point cause everything usually moves, but if it doesn't move, worst case scenario...c section. They did see a little spot in the left ventricle of the heart, but said it really is probably nothing.

I thought I would share just a couple pics today again...the 3D one is a little weird, so watch out. Thanks again all of you for your support and love. I have the best family and friends in the world! LOVE YOU ALL!!!
This is 3D with his cute little hand in front of his face.


non 3D with hand in front of face.

Baby

Lots of things are going on in my mind right now so I had to jot them down. First of all we had our 20 week ultrasound yesterday, and found out we are having.....(well we kind of already knew, but it was reaffirmed) BOY!!! If you can't tell by the picture...I thought this was the only time I could put a picture of a naked boy on my blog....just kidding. Joe was super excited, and I am too, but Joe really wanted a boy. While we were there, our ultrasound lady was super quiet, and kept going back to the heart, and back to the face, but she wouldn't tell us anything. I was so mad, she had to take us over to the doctors office and have a different nurse tell us that there may be something wrong with our little guys heart. They also said there is a possible cleft lip. I have to go in for an ultrasound with a pereonatologist at the hopital on Wednesday.

Here are my thoughts on both....

Cleft lip. My first thought was, sad, but that is okay, we can fix it, no long term effects...then the doctor said I probably wouldn't be able to nurse....then I cried....and cried a little more.

Heart. Obviously I was thinking of the worst possible scenario. (my brain works that way for some reason) The doctor calmed me down a little and said we are so lucky to be where we are (near Salt Lake and Primary Childrens) cause it is one of the best. He said that IF there is the problem that they "might" see (something about the out track of the right ventricle isn't going out???) then we would have to deliver at primary childrens and they would take the baby right away into surgery, or something like that, and hope for the best. Now my mind hasn't been able to stop. I just keep praying and crying. I know everything will turn out the way that it is supposed to, because that is the way the Lord works, but it is still hard. Maybe his way isn't the way I want it. I am a little selfish that way.

Well, Wednesday we will have most of our questions answered. In the mean time if you would keep us in your prayers, it would be greatly appreciated. I am so glad I have great friends and family! Thanks for everything, and I will re-post on wed.

By the way, we (and when I say we I mean Joe) is pretty sure our little guy is named Heber!

Funny stuff.

So this is a pretty random post, especially since I haven't blogged in so long...I know story of my life. Well, this morning, I was leaving a comment on a friends blog, and you know how it has the "secret word" that you are supposed to type in before you leave a comment? Well, usually they don't make sense at all, but today I had to laugh as I was typing it in....it was bonefart....what the heck is up with that? What kind of a "secret word" is that, besides the type to make you giggle all on your own, cause no one is there to share it with you. I know a little childish, but admit, you would have giggled too.

Other than that, I have not found my camera yet, and our video camera ran out of battery power on Jack's birthday and we can't find the charger, so we have NOTHING. Sadness. Nothing else really going on in our lives, just the same old.

A little behind.

I really wanted to post something on Jack's birthday (Dec. 22nd, he turned 4) but you know how it goes with the holiday's, it is just crazy! So, I am going to post a birthday tribute to my little Jack-a-boo.

Jack is such a big boy. He started pre-school this year and loves every second of it. He goes on Tuesday's and Thursday's, and on Monday, wed, and Friday he is asking if he can go to school. He loves any kind of sport, and for his birthday he got a baseball and a mitt from his dad. He loves it and for the first 2 days I don't think that mitt was off his hand for a second. He is addicted. For Christmas he begged for all the of the "Air Buddies' movies" he loves those little dogs, and could watch those movies all day. Jack has a super big heart, even though sometimes it is hiding pretty far down in his chest!!! We just really love this boy. He is a light in our lives, and a joy! I can't even imagine life without this little guy. Life would definitely be more boring if there were no Jack here to keep us busy!

A little side note, just thought I would announce that #4 will be here in the beginning of July. It really seems far away, but the 1st trimester is done, so that makes me happy!!!

Thanksgiving!!

Oh how I love Thanksgiving. What an awesome Holiday where we just sit back eat lots of food, and think of things we are thankful for. WE ARE SO BLESSED! There are so many things I am thankful for, and I thought I would just name a few. First of all to start off the Thanksgiving week Margaret (my Mother-in-law) had a little fireside, and the guy that was doing the fireside got in a plane crash about 2 years ago and was one of two that survived. It was really inspiring, and he just emphasized how we need to have our priorities in order, and when it all comes down to it, the worldly things don't matter. Family, and our covenants with our Father in heaven is what really matters. So, to start off my list, I thought I would name Family first.

1. Family- What would we be without family? Here we are in a financial bind, and who saves us? Our family....who is always there for us? FAMILY. Who prays for us everyday and we don't even know about it? Family. I am grateful for my own family, my husband who is a righteous priesthood holder, who supports me and loves me no matter what, and who gave me three of the most wonderful kids in the world. I LOVE my kids, they are so important to me. It makes me only have a glimpse of the love our Heavenly Father has for us. I am so thankful for my extended family as well. I love you all so much!

2. Water- Let me just say, I wouldn't be alive without water. Probably none of us really would be. I know it is kind of silly, but I was thinking about it the other day, and we have plenty of water that we can drink, brush teeth, and then take a freaking hot bath for about an hour, and still have some to spare. I love my bath, and I am thankful for water.

3. Friends- Can I just say I have some of the best friends in the world. When we moved, I thought I wasn't going to have to clean my house, and I had everything moved out on a Friday night late, and on the way to unpack the last load at about 9:30, I found out that I had to clean. So I go and start cleaning, and before I knew it, there were 5 or 6 people helping (I NEVER even asked ONE of them, they just offered, and came).....now that says something. I have wonderful friends old and new, and I am thankful for them!

4. Gospel- What am I without the gospel? What is my purpose on earth? I am so grateful for Joseph Smith, and for the saints that lead the way before us and went through what they went through for me to have the gospel so easily. I am thankful for my Savior, for suffering on the cross for ME. I am thankful to know that I can live with my family forever because of that very suffering. I am thankful to be able to carry the light of Christ with me wherever I go.

5. Food- We all know that I am a food-aholic. I think about all the countries in the world that are not nearly as fortunate as we are, and it makes me cry. I am so thankful that we are always blessed with food. I am especially grateful that I don't have to watch my kids starve, that in and of itself would totally break my heart. I am just grateful for my life, and I have my Heavenly Father to thank for it. I hope that I can live my life in a way that would only reflect the goodness of Christ, and Heavenly Father.

Sorry, I kinda went off, congrats if you are still reading this, and have a very HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!! By the way I am thankful for camera's and I have NO idea where mine is....oops.

Busy as a bee.

Seriously, I dare any of you to challenge me when I say I have done the most since I last posted. (these really aren't in any particular order)

1st we got way sick, I could have sworn it was the swine flu, followed by a sinus infection, followed by an ear infection, which in case anyone was wondering I can still hear fluids in my ear, and it is totally annoying.

2nd Joe sprained his ankle...his first sprain ever, isn't that weird since he as played soccer his whole life, and basketball, and a little football now and then.

3rd SUPER DUPER fun Halloween party at my buddies house. Games...good....food....good....company...good!!!

4th Plan and take care of a Halloween party for Kylee's kindergarten class, which is not as easy as it sounds....for me anyway.

5th Joe went back to school, so we never see each other anymore....well, we do, but not as much.

6th Since Joe went back to school (which I am very glad he decided to do) he has been searching for a job for 2 months, and hasn't had much luck, which leads me to my biggest news yet.

7th WE MOVED!!! Yep, two weeks ago we decided to put our house up for rent, and a day later it was rented out by this way cute couple. We are now living with Joe's parents for a while to try and save money before we get into MAJOR debt. I am still going to be doing hair a few times a week at my house, it really worked out well. BIG NEWS EH? We just moved in this last weekend, and I can't find anything, hence no pictures of anything, but hopefully I will find things and make my blog a little more interesting and up to date!

8th Oh and one final thing that just came to mind....I have a new niece. Jeni had her baby a few weeks ago, a little girl named Kamiryn (think that is how they spell it) I can't wait to meet her....whenever that will be.

Almost disaster

Well, we had an almost disaster today. I was downstairs just minding my own business, and Jack came down asking for lunch. I told him lunch was in a few minutes, and that I would come up in a few. He then told me. "I can have pizza and I know how to work the microwave." I said "YOU BETTER NOT!" I told him to just wait for me and I would do it in a minute. Well, a couple min. later Jack came running downstairs saying, "Ky, MOM, you guys gotta come see this" so I ran up the stairs only to find my whole house totally smokey, and when I say smokey, I mean I really couldn't see my ceiling. I ran to the microwave and turned it off. Then I yelled to the kids to get outside, cause I literally could not breathe. They ran outside. I got a fan turned on, and had to basically lay on the floor cause it was so smokey. I was freaked out. Okay, so here is what happened. Jack put a piece of pizza in the microwave and set the timer for something over 30 min. There was also a plastic food cover in the microwave he didn't bother taking out. Well, the pizza got so hot it started on fire and started to set the other little plastic thing on fire. We are lucky the whole microwave didn't blow!! SHEESH! SCARY! That little Jack really knows how to keep me busy. Here are the pics

Yes, this is/was a piece of pizza

This show 29:45 still left on the microwave had I not stopped it. YIKES!

So Proud!

This is a tribute to Kylee post. I am so proud of her. She started school last thursday (kindergarten) and she is doing awesome! The first day was pretty rough, she held onto me, and wouldn't let go (crying the whole time). It was hard for the both of us, but I didn't break down until I got home. I was too mad at her for clinging on to me the way she was at school. Second day was a little better, and then it has been pretty dang good since then. She did say one thing to me after the first day of Kindergarten, she said "Mom, kindergarten wasn't as bad as I thought!" She is a funny girl. She really likes her teacher, and so do I.

Today she had her first soccer game ever, and let me just tell you my first thoughts as the game started..."I shouldn't be this frustrated watching this, but I am" The first touch of the game all the girls started going the same way, which was the wrong way for our team, and we pretty much gave them a goal. They were pretty proud of themselves. Kylee was kinda like "what? where? Huh?" She just didn't seem that into it. Oh, and before the game started she said "Mom, why did you sign me up for soccer, I don't want to play!" Then, for some reason, it clicked in the second half, and she had 5 of the 7 goals that our team scored. They did awesome. She just kept going and going, I was so proud of her. I am sad cause I didn't have my camera, cause Joe took it hunting. But she did AWESOME! I atribute it to having her Grandma and Grandpa and aunt Barbara show up for the second half. They should come every time. So, when the game was over she couldn't stop saying "I LOVE SOCCER, can I play every day? Do I have a game tomorrow? I want to play right now!" So, she loves it and I am glad that she does. Pictures of her first day of school will be coming soon.