Holiday fun!

We had a really busy few days around Christmas time.. First we always celebrate Christmas Eve with the Patrick side at the Institute...  so while all the adults chatted the kids played in the "playroom"

Bostyn, trying to find out what she wants to do......

And Makai of course knows exactly what he want... hahaha

These two amazed me... I have never seen such young "toddlers" so buddy buddy.. they did everything together. The whole time they were together they would check to make sure the other was following them, I wish we would have got a pic, but they were hiding behind a couch getting into someones diaper bag, so cute!

Gavin playing some ping-pong

Isaiah playing chess...

Aniya posing for the camera...

These are all our kids... my kids my bro kid and my sis kid...

 they are waiting for Santa

and he just walked in... you can tell by some of their faces... I don't think Bostyn was too interested in him.

All the kids ran up to him to hug and "oooh and aaahh"

Except my poor Bostyn sitting in the background... hoping Santa doesn't come her way

The kids still surrounding Santa....

Until its present time!.....

I guess Santa isn't better than presents...

Isaiah with his "loot"

This is the cutest pic ever  Makai sharing his present with Bostyn....

And Bostyn looking like she just got proposed to...

I LOVE THESE TWO!

Time to open!

Checking out what they got.........

Makai and Bostyn were taking turns putting the bow on eachother

What nice little sharers!

Right after this party we all came to my house to open presents once again, (somehow when we were growing up we convinced my mom to let us open ONE present on Christmas Eve when we got back from the party and it stuck....) It was usually pajamas but it has evolved... plus this year Jason and Brittany had to leave that night so we did our exchange with them then too... (no pics once again..someone was slacking)

Then it was Christmas day and we had out own little family time....

The girls checking out what Santa brought

Makai checking out what Santa brought

And the boys checking out what Santa brought

Girls with some of the presents they opened

Gavin with some Bionicles

Isaiah still opening...slow poke!

Then when we were done we went to my moms to spend the rest of Christmas Day and open MORE presents but for some reason I don't have any pics of that...

Then on the 26th we once again celebrated Chirstmas... with Muleks side of the family... we traveled to Yukaipa to have some food presents (once again) and some snow fun...

Walking up the trail to the snow.. My kids have never seen or touched real snow b4 this is everyones first time and they are so excited... I kept saying they are gonna be freezing and crying and they aren't going to like it..

But what the heck do I know....

I was the one freezing and "crying".... I was so cold!!!

(thats makai sleeping in the pink blanket)

The kids sure proved me wrong!! They loved it!!

Aniya throwing snowballs... right at Mulek.

Kalaea trying to slide down on her butt...

Mulek and Makai watching the other kids sled.

Isaiah sledding..........

Gavin found a skateboard (just the board part) and used it as a "snowboard"  what a clever child.. and he actually made it pretty far down without falling... guess we have a snowboarder on our hands!

Makai enjoying the snow as long as he doesn't have to touch it.... poor baby I didn't have gloves for him

The girls trying to make snow angels... but the snow was a little icy so.... Nice try girls..

and the little mini snow man....

We had a blast! I think we are going to make this our new tradition...

I love spending the holiday with Family and Friends... we always have a good time...

Merry Christmas everyone.... and Happy New Year!

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Random...

Here is my belly shot... that I have never done with any of the other kids and now regret so I am doing it this time (the last time....lol)

I hope to do one every month.. I wanted to do one at 12 weeks but man time is flying by this time. first trimester is long gone and I am starting to feel better. I just realized last night I haven't thrown up in a week (or even gagged for that matter)

So anyways here is a belly shot of today... 15w2d

Well I was gonna post a video of Isaiah dancing but I am a retard so... if you really want to see it, it is on my facebook.

Makai is now talking.... Its about time.... When you call his name he says "what?" he says more, mama, sings itsy bitsy spider and everything else he mimics... which until the last few weeks he would REFUSE to do... so I am happy this child is talking Finally! He sleeps through the night (about time) so I guess the next step is potty training... so hopefully by the time #6 comes along he will have the hang of it  (hopefully)

Gavin got his report card today and (they dont do ABC they do # 0-4, 4 being the over the top should be in the next grade) so as for now he has all 3 one 3+ and one 3- so we are on the right track and he is doing really well in school.

I have a confrence with Zae's teacher tomorrow and with Aniya's teacher on Wed so I will update their progess later this week..

I have had enough... well maybe not. :)

Some days when I have just had a bad day and just had enough..... The kids always do or say something to make me think I can do this just one more day... And today was one of those days:

Makai is teething and possibly has a earache, he hasnt been sleeping well lately...(after a few weeks of sleeping through the night) So today he got up at like 5:30-6am... Okay really?  Its saturday... can I sleep in until like 7 or 8... but no... so I was up early... Then Mulek had to work, so he left and then I get a call that his car breaks down... REALLY... So I have to go get him and take him to work, then figure out how to get the car back to the house... so I get that all straightend out... it took me about 2-3 hours and the kids had to sit in the car the whole time... so they were getting bored... and what better to do when your bored than to irritate your siblings... I mean it SOOOO much fun!!  so I have a car full of crying kids... My Grandma gave them gum... and well of course it is now stuck in someones hair... So for the 2nd time this week Kalaea has gum in her hair... So I tell her "well you dont get to have gum anymore because you keep getting it in your hair."  and she said... ( lol)  "Well, I was just trying to save it back here" (as she points to the back of her neck) "I was gonna save it for Gavin, I was just gonna save it." 
 "SAVE IT???"  Then I remember they have been watching  'Willy Wanka'  and that one girl puts gum behind her EAR  to save it cause she is trying to set the world record .....  So that is why she had gum stuck there TWICE this week.... so now that my bad day has come to and end... I cant stop laughing, and thinking what my life would be like with out seeing the world through my kids eyes, and this just makes all my bad days worth it...  So as Thanksgiving is right around the corner I have alot to be thankful for   definately for my kids and the laughs they bring me everyday... I am even grateful for the bad days... I am gratefull my husband still has a job, that I can stay home (finally) and  gratefull that we have the opportunity to bring these babies into our family!   Happy Thanksgiving!

Say what?

As many of you know, Aniya goes to preschool this year.. well she came home one day telling me what happened at the end of the day... (At the end of the they have lunch then all sit on the floor with a book until the parents sign them out, oh there are 2 bean bags and the rest is a carpet that they have to sit on)  She said she was done and got called first to get a book so she got to sit on the bean bag, but she forgot to push her chair in so she had to get up to puch it in and while she was doing that another child got on the bean bag.. so she had to sit on the carpet... then she started saying "so and so is a little "midget"  and I was like HUH? First of all thats not very nice, second of all does she know what a midget is? So, I asked her if she knows what that means and she says... " Yeah, you know those little white worms, that go in the trash."  Then I was confused for a second..... Oh ... She meant  MAGGOT!! .... OH my gosh!! Thats even worse!.... But it was SO funny.. It cracks me up everytime i think about it...

Ok, I have been a little behind on my blog... I know, I know.... What's new... But I do have really good reasons this time.... Soon after school started I found out I was pregnant... YAY!.... but then a few weeks later I started feeling super sick... I have what they call Hyperemesis Gravaderum (severe nausea and vomitting during pregnancy)... So in two weeks I had lost a fair amount of weight so they put me on some meds to help with the nausea....the  first day it worked great then the next day not so much... I actually had to days with no meds and felt wonderfull.... yeah well those two days came and went... but I finally hit my 12 weeks so by 16 weeks my Midwife says ... I should be fully "better"... Go back to Midwife on monday to see if I gained or lost weight.. if I gained Yay! If I lost... well I may have to go to the hospital for IV's. I have had 2 ultrasounds so far.. and they moved my due date back about a week so May 29 is now the day..(even though I wont make it even close)  I have a little belly ( I think its mostly fat, but it is bigger than before) I do plan on doing belly pic this time... I didnt with any of the other kids and now I am a little bummed.. We get to find out the sex of baby #6 on DEC 22nd.... Mulek is hoping for a girl.... I have a feeling its a girl  and the kids are convinced they are having a sister.... Any guesses???....

Kids have been doing good in school. No major happening with them lately and not too many outings since I have been staying close to the toilet... .....

A little update

The kids have been in school for a month now...Things are going a little more smooth around here... Gavin is in the sencond grade and not too sure about his teacher... Apparently she likes to scream at the kids and he isnt too comfortable with that... We have debated on whether or not to take him out of that class into a "nicer" class but relized there are going to be people in his life that he needs to learn how to handle.. So we are praying that the year goes by smoothly for him. He is such a smart boy and we know he will figure out how to get through this year with a "crazy" teacher.  Zae is in Kindergarten and he loves going to school, he is picking up lots of new things and LOVES his teacher... He has had to pull his color a few times so... not exactly sure what is going on there... I think he just talks to much.... He must get that from his Dad.  Aniya is in preschool 3 hours a day and she Loves her teachers too... she is up and ready to go everymorning... she even picks out her hairstyle and clothes the night before... Everything has to be just perfect!  She is more like a teenager... dont know what I am gonna do with her when we get to that point! She is also starting speach therapy this year... she isnt too bad just a few sounds  but I am glad we are getting is over soon hopefully  we wont need speach next year... And Kalaea and Makai stay home with me... I told Kalaea torwards the end of summer "Its just gonna be you and me!"  and everyday when I drop off the kids at school on the way home she says "Mom its just you and me, and me and you !"  so cute... she wishes she could go to school so bad.. she askes everyday when it is her turn..  Makai is getting bigger... still not saying much  just MaMa and Uh oh  and he sings "itsy bitsy spider"  And thats about it.
      
     As for our sleep training.... cant tell if its going good or not... he was waking up the same amount then all of a sudden last night he only woke up once... so I am totally cluless...

   And One last thing.. if you havnt noticed the ticker at the top of the page .... Yes we are having Baby #6....

"Mommy Sleep Diaries" (or non sleep) Night 1

I have deciede to track my progress with Makai... I am totally at my wits end with this waking up every hour (literally) I mean come on its been A YEAR! So I have gotten alot of advice from alot of people and most of it is either Cry-it-out.. or deal with it... I new Cry-it-out was not for me... so I decieded to deal with it.. then I just wanted it to end... so I tried a version of Cry-it-out... I put him in bed, but I stayed there patting and shh shh shhing and reasurring... but he got so up set with me pushing my hands away when I would try to pat him and just screaming MaMa MaMa... I was done after 20 minutes...(It felt like an hour!)... So I am on my quest again 3 months later to get some quality sleep. I went to the library and got four or five books on sleep... There was one "No Cry Sleep Solution" so I am trying that...

Last Night was night number one..... This is how my night went

7:00 Bath
7:30 Boys bath and girls go to bed
8:00 Boys in bed and time to get Makai to sleep
8-8:30 I nursed him and he fell asleep
Oh maybe I should say last night was his first night in the boys room, no more sleeping with mom and dad!
9:45 he wakes up and I just nurse him back to sleep
11:15 up Patted him rocked him and back to sleep pretty quickly
(really my point is for him to sleep with out being nursed, that is the only way he will fall asleep)
1:20 up patted him , shh shh, and had to eventually take him out to rock him...
3:00 up patted , shh shh shhed, so I lay next to his bed on the floor and keep shhing cause he seems to be falling asleep on his own...
I am thinkin oh my gosh I am gonna get him to sleep, this is so great

3:30 pops up with Mama Mama and refused to lay down... He started screaming so of course I picked him up and took him to my room and nursed him (but didnt let him falls asleep nursing) I "popped" him off and layed him on the floor (yes on the floor) in my room and he put himself to sleep in 30 minutes...
4:15 he wakes up with Mama Mama and i say shh shh and he looks and me and lays down and goes back to sleep WOOOOO HOOOOO (maybe)
6 back up sh sh and back to sleep
7 up shs shh and back to sleep
7:30 up for the day....

This is already improvement on the night before where I nursed him to sleep every hour. I only nursed him 3 times ..... The point of this is to try to get him to learn how to fall asleep on his own.... Why after 5 kids is he the one that I am having problems with?? Hoping to get my sleep back soon.

This is for you Brit!

Ok, I need to catch up once again... I promise I will do more once the kids finally get back to school and I have a little more time. First Makai's First birthday just past on Aug 12.. we didnt do anything big yet.. just a small 'Happy Birthday' at our house.. here he is enjoying his first cake..

As you can see it was long gone before I could get a chance to take a pic..







Happy Birthday to my BABY... I am so sad.. he isnt a baby anymore... He is walking, has full on conversations with you (through babble, so freakin cute) and copies everything the big kids do.. The older kids love him so much and he is so spoiled by them.. especially Gavin.. they have such a great bond!

We have had tons of activities going on this summer.. but the last few weeks (since Brittany decieded to ditch me, and kayla has started school) I have just stayed around the house and relaxed while the kids play outside with the neighborhood kids... This is what 7 boys came up with last night....

They decided to make a tree house in the tree in the front yard... They all went collecting wood from eachothers housed and came back and made a little hang out... I have to say it was pretty awsome.. They made a "bed" up there with cushions from a couch and they have a few seats up there.. there is 7 of them... one kid brought his radio and they were bumpin' music and singing, then another boy decided to bring a dvd player and they watched Transformers... It was awsome! (these kids are only 7-10 years old)


Then their "ladder" broke so they decided to use the pieces (rails from a crib) as light sabers... I wasnt too sure I thought someone would get hurt... but .... I thought well I will just let them be... they were having lots of fun!


The boys still playing star wars....

Until..........................

I knew it..... they stopped playing on their own and I wasnt the bad guy....
I love having the neighborhood kids at my house.. I hope it is always like that until they are grown... I would for my house to be "that" house that the kids always come to, to hang out..
They are getting so big.... :(


We also redid the girls room... I re-painted it and put another bed in..

But as you can see they still like to sleep together...

Seriously... I would love to have a bed to myself...

Little miss Aniya... dont ask.... I dont know where she gets her poses from... she just said.."mommy, take my pic" then posed....

Then of course Kalaea had to copy her...

And today Aniya found her way up the tree... I hadnt let her go up because I am afraid she may fall... she is too little...

She soon found that out on her own.,...

(am I mean for taking a pic while she cries?)

Then a bit of relief on her face as I help her down...

summer is almost over and I can not wait for school to start...

Gavin is going into 2nd grade

Zae to kindergarten

Aniya to preschool....

That mean I only have 2 kids part day

and 3 all day.... (sigh)

@*@*@ Summer Fun @*@*@

On our first full week of summer we all decided to go on an outing with the kids.... Jason and Brittany took us to Azusa Canyon...

Here is everyone (minus Brit she was the pic taker)

Family Pic (Mulek was at work)

Patrick Family pic..... Euryk didn't want to cooperate

It was so great, there were deep places for "swimming" and shallow places for the babies to actually sit and just play in the water... I should have taken a pic of the two babies paying in the water but they kept putting the rocks in there mouth...

Poor Aniya got stung by a bee while we were there

Kayla and Natalie joined us too!

"hiking" down to the river

We found the perfect spot, a great shady place to put the babies !
Brittany mastering a diaper change mid air...

Jason and the boys hiking back up the river to our "spot"

Gavin had a blast, when we got home he asked me "can we go there everyday"?

Natalie and Kalaea sitting on a rock next to the river...
Kalaea didnt want to go back in the water after she saw the little fish swimming around... she told me "mommy hurry the fish will get you!" then I realized why she didnt want to go in anymore..

Isaiah and Aniya hiking up the side of the mountain.

Kayla was determined to catch a fish.... and she did .... it was probably only 2-3 inches ha ha but she caught it... so all the kids had to touch it.... then they let it go.....
It was alot of fun to hang out with my brother and sisters and all the kids...