Monday, May 21, 2012

Birthday Week!!

So like I said May is a big month for us.  First it is Mothers Day in which I sat and did nothing.  Best Mothers Day ever.  Then my Taylor turned 6!  Wow we now have a 6 year old.  I feel as if I should not be that old.  She is growing so fast!  So we had a family BBQ/birthday party for her.  
Yay for BBQ!!  I love BBQing here and in Cali the weather is mostly BBQ weather so we do it often:)

  
Happy Birthday to the birthday girl!!

 My girls:)

 My handsome boy:)

 Blowing out her birthday candles

We had to cancel our Colorado trip so instead we were blessed with someone giving us their tickets to Disneyland!!  So we were able to get the kids up there and enjoy a day with Mickey and Minnie!  The day was a lot of fun and the kids had a blast!  Brecken went on the Buzz ride a million times and Taylor rode everything!!  Bailey went on all the rides mommy was allowed to ride with Jayce in her belly. 
 My cute Minnie girl:)
 Brecken likes Mickey but he asked for Buzz all day.
Here we are in front of the castle:)  

Doug took the entire week off so it was an awesome week and a nice break for me.  I got to sit on my 29th birthday and do nothing which usually makes me feel guilty but not that day!  We had a lot of fun and got a lot done around the house which was nice.  I am 22 weeks pregnant with Jayce so I am trying to get as much done as possible before he arrives.  We all know after the first baby that they all seem to come a lot faster!  Time is flying!!  So all in all birthday week was a HUGE success!!!

Saturday, May 5, 2012

May!!!

May is a BUSY month for our family.  First there is Mothers Day.  Then my Taylor turns 6 on the 15th.  I turn 29 on the 17th and my mom is turning the big 50 on the 19th.  Plus Doug and I started dating May 24th which will put us at 12 years together this month!  So here is an update on most things.

Doug is finally back from a couple TDYs and is not supposed to leave for a while.  This is good for me because I am now starting to get uncomfortable doing some things around the house like giving kids a bath and some of the cleaning.

Taylor only has a couple more weeks left of school and is really doing great!  I cannot believe how big she is getting and there are days I stare at her thinking "Gees....when did she become such a beautiful and loving child and how on earth did she learn all this from being around me all the time?".  She is still in dance class and loving it.  She really is good at it too!  I am not a dancer at all but she definitely has talent from somewhere.  She also has found a great friend out here whom we have pay dates with at least once a week and see at church.  I am SO grateful she has someone who is as great a kid as she is and has a passion for Jesus like Taylor does:)

Brecken is doing great!  He is up to 5 therapies a week now and really progressing.  I can see it the most in his physical therapy.  His speech is going great too!  He is still signing most of the time but he seems more willing to try vocalizing.  He still uses his speech machine at school and the teachers and volunteer parents are always telling me how crazy it is that he knows how to use it so well!  He is really loving school and he will be doing summer school.  The kids are so great to him and help him all the time!  I saw a little girl help him up the stairs the other day and I just feel blessed that so many other families have taught their kids to be such great kids!  His occupational therapy is going well but they did have to up his time doing it.  He was not progressing like they want to see which is great that they are so on top of things in seeing where he needs more help!  He is being seen in June by a specialist to make sure he is all on track:)

Bailey is doing awesome!  I love this age!  She is zooming around the house and learning to talk and getting so crazy!  She dances all the time!  She is a CUDDLER big time!  The other 2 kids were daddys kids but Bailey definitely is a mommy's girl:)  People say she is the one kid who looks exactly like me so obviously she is super cute:)

I am doing GREAT!  I am 20 weeks pregnant with another boy!  Jayce Christian Levy.  We are really excited to add another boy to the mix.  Brecken is WAY excited.  I am getting big fast but I am still feeling pretty good.  I am feeling him kick and he is starting to kick where I feel it on the outside.  Taylor keeps asking when she can feel him but she has not yet.  I am just feeling blessed that everything is going well and life is back on track for now.