The Many Faces of Pierce

Well I realized that it has been over a month sine I posted a picture of Pierce. He is SO cute! I know I'm totally biased and all, but he has the best facial expressions for a 2 month old. And these aren't even half of the expressions that I get all day long. Now the pictures are in chronological order so the top was about a month ago and the last was a couple of days ago... ENJOY!







I don't know if you noticed but most of these he seems to be scowling at the camera, or well me actually I get that look most of the day... I'm not quite sure what that is about.

Table Buddies

Well, we finally got Mayer out of his highchair. We got him a booster seat and he now can eat right next to Jovin. Mayer was really excited the first time they had lunch together. Then later that night they had a food fight with each other. Cory then asked me if we really want to have Mayer out of the highchair or not. It has been a couple of weeks now and they are doing a lot better. It keeps the mess to at least one side of the table.
This is Mayer feeding himself a yogurt. Boy doesn't he look proud of himself?? Yeah, he got a bath right after this picture was taken cause the yogurt was EVERYWHERE!!!

Saturday at the Zoo

So it has been a long time since I have posted anything... I know I'm terrible! We have done some exciting things.
We went to the zoo one Saturday and Jovin got to ride on the merry-go-round. He was so excited to finally go on it, and I took him up to pick an animal to ride on and he got scared. Why? Well it didn't help that every animal on the stupid merry-go-round looked as if it was ready to eat you. They all had their mouths open and teeth barred. When I would try and suggest and animal to sit on he told me they were "scary". I finally got around to the side with the giraffe. Luckily he didn't look ready to eat us and I got him on it. Unfortunately he didn't go up and down. He was the ONLY one that didn't move. Oh well, Jovin was so distracted by the other animals surrounding him he didn't notice that he wasn't going up and down. He finally really started to enjoy the ride by the time it was over... hopefully next time he will pick one that isn't too scary for him and he can go up and down while spinning around.


Then the boys (Cory, Jovin and Mayer) spent some time in a big play house with slides at he zoo while I fed Pierce.


We went pretty early to the zoo that day so by 10ish it was over 100 degrees so we went home to cool off.

Breaking Dawn Baby!!!

So yeah, if most of you don't know by now I'm a HUGE Twilight fan!! Okay so I'm a little OCD about it... :) Well I went to a Breaking Dawn Vampire Prom Midnight Party at our local Barnes & Noble. I took one of my young women with me cause she really wanted the book as bad as I did and we couldn't wait until Saturday morning to get the book. My good friends Angie and Becca came and joined in the fun too. (BTW - it was Angie's idea to go and get our arms painted with apples on them...) I just wanted the book... But, thanks Angie and Becca for coming along and making it fun.

I read it and had it finished by Sunday evening. It was the best of the series. I really enjoyed it and I HIGHLY recommend anyone who hasn't read it to do so...

Just an Update...

Well as you can see all three boys are alive, healthy, and happy... (okay so Pierce doesn't look all too happy in this picture, but can you blame him... a 3 year old is holding him.)


So I have been surviving pretty well the past 3 weeks with the boys. I have even ventured out to the store with all three by myself and I didn't leave anyone behind like I was afraid that I would. Now I'm not saying that three kids are easy or anything, but so far, it hasn't been as terrifying as I thought it would be.


Jovin is a real help. He gets diapers, and if Pierce or Mayer are crying he will give either one a binky or blanket and tell them that "they are okay, and to calm down." He's such a great big brother. Mayer is doing surprisingly well, he likes to go up to Pierce while he is in the bouncer and talk to him. It's pretty cute.

Pierce Ryan Killpack

On Tuesday, July 8th we welcomed Pierce Ryan Killpack into our family. He was 8 lbs 6 oz, and 21 inches long.
We went into the hospital to induce labor at 7:00am. They started me on Pitocin and they then broke my water around 11:00am. I ended up having him at 4:20pm. I started pushing around 4:00 and on my second push they told me to stop cause he was ready to come out and the doctor wasn't there yet. As soon as the doctor came in I gave another push and out he came. Yeah, I was pretty happy that this delivery went a lot smoother and quicker than the last two.


Cory's Mom came down to take care of Jovin and Mayer while we were in the hospital and help out the rest of the week. They came to the hospital the next day and Jovin was really excited to meet Pierce. Mayer was a little indifferent, but he really enjoyed running around the hospital room. We came home Wednesday night.
The boys have been really wonderful with Pierce. Jovin loves to hold him and Mayer will stand by the bouncer and talk to him. Cory's Mom went home a day early cause his sister Natasha had an emergency appendectomy Thursday morning. Luckily she is okay and doing better. But we had to say goodbye to Mom a day early. We were really bummed about that. We do appreciate her coming down to help and play with us.



So we are surviving pretty good on our own right now, but we'll see how I do by myself come Monday. It should be pretty interesting. :)

They Say it's Your Birthday...

Well on Wednesday Jovin turned 3!!! He has been waiting for his birthday to come for a long time. Mainly since Mayer's birthday. He got to open presents at 6:30am and pretty much eat whatever he wanted and whenever he wanted all day long.

That evening we had a combined birthday party for Jovin and his friend Lindy. It was a lot of fun. Jovin and Lindy are HUGE SpongeBob SquarePants fans so the whole party was themed after him.

Jelly fishing game
Lindy and Jovin with their SpongeBob cake
Parker, Lindy, Scott, Jovin, and Katie (just a few of the friends that came)

Princess Jovina

A couple of weeks ago my friend Stacy watched Jovin and Mayer for me while I went to a doctor's appointment. When I got back to pick them up I saw this...
Princess Corinne and Princess Jovin

Apparently it did not take much to get Jovin in the dress. They did offer him the Cinderella dress first but he wanted the "blue one" and pointed to the Snow White dress. I did have a hard time getting him out of the dress when it was time to go. He was okay wanting to go home with me but he still wanted to wear the dress. I have to thank Stacy for thinking of taking a picture of Jovin dressed up as a princess. These pictures will be great bribe and/or blackmail when he is a teenager. :)

Clones

Well last night we figured out that we are pretty much cloning Cory. Cory's Mom found some pictures of Cory when he was the same age as Mayer and sent them to us. We were totally blown away. We didn't think that Mayer really looked like him or me that much, but after comparing the pictures, you might come to the same conclusion we did. We are producing a bunch of "mini Cory's".

Tag Time

Again I usually don't do tags, but when I read this on my friends blog and started to think about my answers they were pretty interesting to me and since I'm not the greatest at keeping a journal, if I do this tag then I have documented at least some of the stuff that I have done...

5 things I was doing 10 years ago:

1. I was getting ready to go on my first date with Cory. I asked him to girls choice formal our Junior year. We went to the zoo during the day, dinner was at Sweet Tomatoes and then the dance at the State Capital. (I still can't believe that was 10 years ago.)

2. Working as a checker at Ream's grocery store.

3. Hanging out with friends. Going on dates with Cory.

4. Learning Japanese.

5. Wondering where I should go to college.

5 things that I was doing 5 years ago:

1. Getting married to Cory.

2. Going to a lot of bridal showers.

3. Working at Zion's National Bank

4. Finishing my last year as a Ballroom Dance Coach at Jordan High School.

5. Going to Vegas on our Honeymoon.

5 things that I was doing 1 year ago:

1. Spending a week in the Children's Hospital with Mayer. He had rsv.

2. Tyring to get the hang of having two children.

3. Preparing for a trip to Utah to visit family.

4. Swimming in the kiddie pool with Jovin every day. It was a lot hotter last year at this time of the year.

5. Teaching a lot of Relief Society lessons.


5 things on my to do list:

1. Clean my house since my sister-in-law is coming to visit tomorrow.
2. Get Cory's presents wrapped for his birthday tomorrow.
3. Finish folding clothes.
4. Take a nap. (This is more of a wish than a "to do".)
5. Play Guitar Hero with Cory.


5 snacks I enjoy:

1. Nachos
2. chocolate covered nuts
3. peanut butter m&m's
4. apples
5. granola bars

5 Things I would do if I were a billionaire:

1. Pay off students loans
2. Get a second car
3. Get a bigger home
4. Travel
5. Save the rest for kids and retirement


3 of my bad habits:

1. Impatient (just ask Cory)
2. Hard time finishing big projects (scrapbook, home movies...)
3. the clothes may stay in the laundry basket for a day before I get to hanging them up.


5 places I have lived:

1. Phoenix, Arizona
2. Salt Lake City, Utah
3. Sandy, Utah
4.
5.
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5 jobs that I have had:

1. Mom
2. Administrative Assistant
3. Loan Processor
4. Customer Service Representative
5. Checker/Cashier (whatever they are called now.)

5 Things most people probably don't know about me:

1. When I put food on my plate I hate it when my food touches. I usually won't eat the piece of food that has been touched by something else. As in, a roll that has jello on it. I'll eat the roll but I'll leave the "contaminated" part on my plate.

2. I also will only eat one thing at a time on my plate. I will usually eat the veggies first since I hate veggies. Then go on to working on just potatoes and when they are gone I'll start on the roast, then the roll. I don't mix my food. Cory says I have gotten better at this since we have been married, but I don't like mixing flavors. I can't stand to watch people scoop corn, potatoes and roast all in one bite. Yuck!

3. I've always wanted to dye my hair blond... but I've been WAY too afraid to do it. I think I'd look stupid. But I still want to do it.

4. I hate the dentist. I don't like my teeth being worked on. The noise of the tools and the way they feel on my teeth drives me nuts. Plus the last time I went to the dentist he dislocated my jaw and I still have problems with it.

5. Ever since I worked at a call center I hate talking on the phone. I'm way better at email. I could type for hours about whatever. But to talk on the phone drives me nuts now. It's not that I don't like talking. Just ask Cory. I could talk your head off but, I'd just rather talk to you in person than over the phone.

Well that's pretty much it. I won't tag anyone. If you feel like doing it then do it is a pretty fun one to do. :)

Lake Powell

Two weekends ago Cory's work paid for their employee's and a guest to go to Lake Powell for the weekend. We left the boys with some very wonder friends and headed on a 6 hour chartered bus trip to Powell. The ride up wasn't so bad. It was a really nice bus. It had tv screens every couple of seats and they played movies on the way up and back.
We arrived at the hotel and had dinner and a fun couple hours of Bunco before heading off to bed. (btw, I won $20 for the most wins.) We got up early the next morning ate breakfast and got on a boat for a tour of Lake Powell. It was really nice. It took 3 hours to get to the place where we were to hike a mile up to Rainbow Bridge. I decided to say on the boat and work on my tan a little. I wasn't about to induce labor by hiking 2 miles. :) Cory said it was beautiful and by the looks of the picture it was. When everyone came back to the boat we had lunch and then took another 3 hour boat ride back to the hotel where we boarded the chartered bus again and headed on home to Phoenix. We did stop in Flagstaff for dinner.
The ride home was a little bit tougher for me at least. See when I decided to say on the boat and "tan" we then decided to stay on the top of the boat in the sun on the way back to the hotel. We both fell asleep in the warm sun. Needless to say I didn't tan I cooked like a piece of bacon! So just the tops of my legs, arms and face got bright red. Stupid sunscreen. Cory was a little pink but nothing like me. He is now nice and tan and I am pink still and peeling like crazy... (I know tmi.)
Anyway, It was a fun little trip and it was nice to get away for just one night and do something without the boys. Funny thing when the boys woke up Sunday morning and saw us home Jovin said, "You're back" and ran onto our bed. Mayer just kept looking at me and then Cory over and over again with a huge grin. Apparently they missed us a little.

Cory and I before we got on the boat and burned like bacon.


Rainbow Bridge
The moon and sunset at Lake Powell.
The sunrise at Lake Powell.

First Bike

A couple of weeks ago Jovin got his first bike. He had a friend who is a year older than him that got a new bike for his birthday so he gave Jovin his old one. Jovin loves the bike. He is still trying to master pushing the peddles with his feet to get the bike to move, but it is coming.

Afternoon in the Sprinklers

It was about 90 degrees outside the other afternoon and I decided that I would be a fun thing to see if Jovin would run through the sprinklers this year. Last year he was afraid of the water and I could only get him in the swimming pool.

He did enjoy the sprinkler very much.
As you can tell he enjoyed picking up the sprinkler and running around with it instead of through it.

Here's a video of Jovin being the tease that he is.

Mayer is 1!!

Well my little baby is not so little anymore. Mayer turned 1 yesterday. He had a wonderful day of napping, eating, and opening presents and playing with his toys. Although we had a heck of a time explaining to Jovin that the presents were for Mayer and not him.


We have also come to the conclusion that when it comes to cake and/or sweets our boys do NOT like them at the age of 1.

We gave Mayer his cupcake to tear into and all he did was poke his finger into the frosting and then turned himself around in the highchair and proceed to claw his way out of the chair while crying. Yeah, it was his party and he cried cause he wanted to.

Now I know I'm not the best cook around, but Cory said the cupcakes were pretty good, and I enjoyed them. I think Jovin did too.