Summer Utah Trip (post 3)

The last part of our Utah trip was the 4th of July and spending time with my family.

Fireworks
Jovin & Ang doing crafts at Sandy City's 4th of July activities.
Jovin, Cory, Mayer(in stroller), Mom, Dad, (front) Kaylie, and Makayla waiting for the parade to start.
Jovin waiting for the parade.
Mayer asleep during the parade.
Jovin waving the flag at the people in the parade.
We had a very enjoyable trip to Utah. We miss everyone and hope to see you all soon.

Summer Utah Trip (post 2)

Well my next post is about Mayer's blessing. Cory did a great job and it was nice to have family and friends there to share that with us.

Ang, Cory & Mayer (Jovin was taking a much needed nap)
Gracie and Mayer having a baby conversation.
Ryan and Mayer
Joe, Chad, Cory, & Kip enjoying a animated conversation.

Summer Utah Trip (post 1)

Well we've been back for a while but I have been sick so that is why it has taken a while to get things posted. (By-the-way I am feeling MUCH better now.) I'm really not in the mood to journal every day and event so this will be just a lot of pictures.
We went up to Utah mainly for the Killpack Family Reunion.

Anna holding Mayer.
Jovin (2), Mayer (3mo), Abby (3mo), Anna (2) & William (4)
Kristin, Mum, Kip & William eating dinner at the camp out.
Chad playing with his new camera.
Tasha roasting a hot dog.
Preston, Orson & Clayton playing at the campground.
Jovin using the light saber to stab a chipmunk in the bushes...

Well I'm pretty tired now so I'll post the rest of the trip tomorrow or the next day depending on when I get around to it...

The Pirates are Coming...

The pirates are coming!!! The pirates are coming!!!!
Well in a few days at least! We are really excited to come back up to Utah and see family and friends. (Also to be out of the 112 degree temps we've had lately.)
Anywho, Cory and I went on a date for our anniversary and saw Pirates 3. It was SO good! Well, that weekend we were on a pirates kick and dressed the boys as pirates. Hence the cute pictures.
Can't wait to see you all in a few days!

Guess who is 2!?!

JOVIN!!! This morning we let Jovin open two of his presents so he could enjoy them for most of the day. We gave him a Blue's Clue's DVD, and a golf set. He loves the golf set! I think we may have the next Happy Gilmore.


We watched the Blue's Clue's DVD and as I found out to my dismay... it is 3 hours of continuous Blue's Clue's!!! Jovin of course LOVED it! I on the other hand may have nightmares from it. (Although, I am really excited that he likes it so much.)

When Cory came home from work we opened the rest of the presents from us and the family. He really likes the Cars track set we gave him (which has a circular track and comes with a Lighting McQueen and a Mater that race around it), the books from his grandparents, and his lawn mower from his other grandma.




I can't believe he is two already! He is such a big boy now.

2 Month & 2 Year Check-ups

Well our boys are getting bigger and growing up faster! I got them in on the same day for Mayer's 2 month check-up and Jovin's 2 year check up. They are doing great!


Mayer is now 24 inches long, and 13lbs 10oz!! He is in the 87th percentile for both! What a chunk he is becoming. He is getting those really cute fat rolls that are only cute on babies and not adults.


Jovin is almost 36 inches tall, and 31 pounds!! Whoa! He is also in the 85th percentile for both. He can count to 12, (actually he can go to 20, but his teens all sound the same "uh-teen")and he can say most of the alphabet and recognize the letters. His doctor was impressed by that.

So here is our little post to brag about our wonderful boys. They grow so fast it is great to the enjoy the momentous occasions in their lives. I will always treasure these moments of them so little cause pretty soon their little hands wont fit in my palm anymore.

Pool Party

Okay Caleb here you go...



On Wednesday Jovin had a little play date with his friends. Jack is the same age as Jovin and Katelyn is 5. We had lunch and then went into the backyard to play in the pool. As you can tell from the pictures our lawn is FINALLY perking up. It's not full lush grass yet, but at least it is green and growing.
So the boys would throw water on each other and scream. Then they would take turns sitting next to Katelyn in the pool. Oh, Mayer didn't want to be in the pool so he chilled next to me and Kathie in the shade.



After a while we got tired and went inside and put in Jack and Jovin's favorite movie... CARS! It was cute they would point to the TV and scream "McQueen" and dance along to the music.



It was a fun day.

Who's Afraid of Who...

Well Jovin and Mayer are getting used to each other... but they do have their moments. Hence the next two pictures.

Jovin wasn't too sure about sitting next to Mayer.

Mayer is still a little bit afraid of Jovin's "soft" hands. Luckily he wasn't getting smacked in the head this time.

But just to show that they are happy boys when they aren't next to each other here they are separately.

Frustration Everywhere...

So our last post talked about Jovin sharing a cold with Mayer. Well last Saturday Mayer had a fever of 101.2 along with the stuffy nose and a horrible cough. So I called his doctor and they said to take him to the ER. So I did. They ran a bunch of test on urine, blood, a spinal tap, and did a chest x-ray. Everything came back normal. So at 12:30am they sent us home and chalked it up to a bad cold. At 4am I tried feeding Mayer and he threw up what I had fed him and bile. This continued for a couple of hours. I then could not wake him up to eat. So Sunday I ventured out to a different ER to get him re-hydrated or so I thought.
As the nurse in ER was getting his vitals she stated that he needed to see a doctor right away. The doctor came in and immediately ushered us to a "special" ER room for infants. As soon as I laid him down on the bed to be examined about 12 doctors, nurses and specialists surrouned Mayer. I was left in the corner of the room scared, and very confused. As it turns out Mayer was having some major breathing problems so they sedated him and put a breathing tube in him. This ER did a bunch more tests and x-rays and could not figure out what was wrong. I was then told that they were going to life flight Mayer to the Children's Hospital in Phoenix.
So Sunday afternoon Mayer gets to be the first one in our family to fly in a helicopter. (I think Cory is jealous.) We got to the Phoenix Children's Hospital and they put him in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit or PICU. They end up running some tests and it turns out that Mayer had RSV. CRAP! So Mayer ends up getting a feeding tube put in too cause of the breathing tube. Hence the picture below.



Mayer got the tubes taken out Tuesday and started eating better but was put on oxygen. We (Mayer and I) were transferred to out of the PICU in the middle of the night to the regular floor rooms. And there we stayed until this morning. Mayer finally did well throughout the night with no oxygen helping him. I was so BORED being in the hospital all week long. See even Mayer was bored...



It is so good to have Mayer better, finally eat good food, and to be home with Cory and Jovin. Also, Mum (Cory's mom Dianne) flew in last night to help us out for a few days.
You know it really sucks when your child gets sick!

Why is it...

that the first thing Jovin learns to share with his brother is a cold.

that after delivery the only shorts you can wear are your husbands shorts that are too big for him.

that men can look older with facial hair, but then shave it off and look 10 years younger.

that a family of 4 can go through 4 gallons of milk in 4 days.


that you can live in one of the hottest cities in America and catch a cold when it is 90 degrees outside.

that the moment you give attention to one child, the other either gets into something they shouldn't, or is having a mental breakdown.

that you can somehow function on 2 quality hours of sleep, when a few weeks before you were atleast getting 8.

These are the just some of the off the wall wonderings I have had while adjusting to life with two kids...

What You Lookin' At?

Lights Out

I will never forget the Christmas that Jenny opened her last present to find pet food dishes. I was laughing hysterically in my head thinking of all the humor that kind of present implied (ah yes, precious material for a little brother!) when Mom and Dad directed our attention upstairs to their bedroom. They had gotten a cat...
He needed a name but first we needed to figure out if it was a boy or a girl. Consensus was drawn among the family - "it's a girl" had to be. Dad liked the name Suzie Q, and for the first few weeks that's what we called him. Until the Vet corrected us, "no, it's a boy". So we changed his name to KC (which was the second choice - a more sex-neutral name). But as I recall someone was enrolled in Spanish class and made the connection that KC could also be spelled QUE-SI (meaning WHAT-YES). Well it stuck.

Quesi grew up, and I think we all have fond memories of this little fur ball. Snuggle ball on anyone's bed, the tin foil paws, Chad's squiggle pen, blowing in his ear and hitting his brain, the arch-enemy window cat, dive bomb magpies, and my personal favorite "commando-kitty!" More recently, as Quesi got older he finally took his retirement fund and moved down to Phoenix to live with us. We enjoyed having him, though I think he was bummed that our house is so small compared to his last one. Jovin learned how to pet him "softly" and was tickled pink every time he got to pet the kitty.
As we just had another addition come to our house, Quesi decided it was his turn to go. I can only imagine that he is running free where he is unencumbered by his age any more. We'll miss him.

Introducing Mayer Tyler Killpack...

Monday, March 26th, after 12 hours of labor, at 6:58pm, little Mayer decided to join the world. He was 7lbs 8oz, and 20 3/4 inches long. We are home now and adjusting to life with two kids. :^)

It's A Hot One...

Well we have officially reached the 90-degree period time of the year. I'm still not used to this yet. I mean it is the middle of March for crying out loud. I know I'm pregnant and I'm like an oven, but even Cory drives with the a/c on in the van. I have been on bed-rest for about a month now and I still have 2 weeks to go. Well with it so hot outside, it in essence is hot inside too. So today after my doctor's appointment I picked Jovin up from my friends house and we stopped off and got a kiddie pool to play in. I figure I can relax and play with Jovin in the pool just as much as lying on the couch and playing with him.
Here he is playing with the pool toys.

Here he is trying to water our brown/green grass with the fish toy.

Splash, splash, splash. It was a lot of fun.