Who's Who

Lets see how well everyone can match the correct baby picture with right person. Some of these picture aren't the greatest, but we didn't want to make it that easy. The pictures for the most part are within a couple of days being born. Let us know how ya did if you would like to share!

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1. Adahleigh


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2. Ashley


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3. Adam


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4. Keisha


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5. Charles


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First Encounters

During the pregnancy we've been preparing Adahleigh for the arrival of Keisha. For the last few months she has constantly been bringing her up by asking "Baby sister in Mom's belly?". At first she would also say "I have a Baby in my belly too!!", but we taught her that she had food in her belly so then she would say "Mom has baby sister in her belly, I have food in my belly." She has been really excited to finally meet her and hold her. She told us the week before Keisha got her that she wanted to hold baby sister all day. She didn't know what to think about going to the hospital, but when she finally saw Keisha she got really excited. She loves to hold her and look at her now and Keisha doesn't seem to mind. One of the funniest things Adahleigh has said is "Baby sister's belly is falling out." She said this the first time she watched us change Keisha and saw her umbilical cord there. I asked her if her belly was falling out, so she got a little worried and lifted her shirt up just to make sure then said "Adahleigh's belly not falling out". She isn't quite sure that Keisha is okay even though we've reassured her that it's just her belly button.

We were a little worried about how Charles would handle a new sibling. He's very independent so we weren't too worried about him being jealous of her getting attention, since he doesn't like a whole lot of it himself. The thing that worried us is he likes to pick on Adahleigh and will whack her pretty good sometimes, his favorite thing to do is wait until she's getting her diaper changed and then run up and hit her, since he knows she can't really do anything at that point. He ended up being just as interested in Keisha as Adahleigh was from the start. He wanted to get a good look at her and hold her himself. He has been especially gentle with her and may even be a little more protective of her that Adahleigh is. He really likes to go up and rub her head. We've yet to have any problems with him getting too rough with her.

The Real New Arrival

  Keisha was forced into this world Monday @ 12:31. She didn't want to come on her own, so the Dr decided to induce Ash. Once she was hooked up to the monitors they showed that she was actually having contractions on her own, but they weren't that big or frequent. Once the oxytocin was started the contraction came on with some force and really close together within 30 min. Keisha wasn't  progressing all the quickly and the contraction were strong enough that Ash opted for the epideral. Once that was taken care of she was able to relax and actually take a nap, since we came in at 4 am she was really tired. Things progressed pretty quickly over the next 2 hours. The Dr came in at about 12 and decided things were ready to go. He disappeared for a couple of minutes and by the time he got back the contraction were basically non-existant, but he decided to have Ash start pushing anyway and within 20 min. she was here.
  Keisha weighed 7 lbs 8 oz (now the largest of our 3) she's 20 inches long and has a head circumference of 14 in. She definitely fits in with her sibling with being extremely alert right from the start, she actually doesn't look all that much like a newborn to us either (especially compared to the newborn in our ward). She is more of a fusser than the other two were, but is still pretty happy and has taken really well to nursing.

  At first she came out really blue, but shortly after she started breathing she turned pink almost right away.

  She's the first one that has needed her nails trimmed from her first breath. We had her hands covered so she couldn't get at her face.

  She definitely enjoys her sleep when she finally decides its time to sleep.

                                      

  She also likes to watch everything that is going on.

                                     

The Follower is now the Leader

Charles definitely didn't fall too far from the tree. The kid is a monkey at heart. We thought that Adahleigh was a pretty good climber, but she didn't really start climbing until she was really good at walking. Charles on the other hand has preferred to hone his climbing skill first and foremost. When we leave him alone for a second these are the things we come back to. Adahleigh can reach the VCR for her movies and likes to push buttons, so Charles had to figure out how he could push buttons too. This is his favorite thing to do, especially to Adahleigh. He'll go up to the TV and change the channel or turn it off while she's watching something.

        

It's amazing he didn't fall of during his monkey business, but it wouldn't have mattered much if he had since he has a pretty hard head from headbutting the wall and his mom.

Since these pictures he has also tried to get up to the VCR without the aid of the basket, but he has no problem getting whatever he needs to stand on to be able to climb wherever he wants.

          

                                                      

He managed to get on this table by climbing onto the couch, then onto it's arm, then he made the leap.

         

Adahleigh thought it was way cool where he got to that she wanted to stand up there next to him. He also likes to stand on our rocking foot rest in the bottom of the picture and make it rock while he's on it.

     

Needless to say the kid is lucky he hasn't met his own demise yet due to his risk taking.

Fun with Grandpa!

Almost every winter Grandpa Wilde has a bunch of cows he has to feed every night.  Grandpa invited us to tag along one night. Adahleigh had been looking forward to grandpa getting home all day. 

Grandpa, Charles, and Adahleigh after feeding the cows!

Adahleigh sitting and watching the cows. She was sitting on a mini tool box that makes a great seat for little kids. (I know because thats where i spent my younger days riding with dad as he did the farm work.) I'm glad my kids get to experience some of the things i did growing up on the farm. 

Charles enjoying watching the cows.  He lost interest only minutes later and began seeing how many buttons he could get his little hands on inside the tractor. Last year adahleigh got to go and sit on the trailer with her dad while grandpa fed the cows and i drove the tractor. This year they both got stuck in the cab because i was driving and grandpa had to feed the cows.

Charles didn't know if he liked getting so close to a cow. 

The cows waiting to eat.

Playing on the trailer after all the hay had been feed. Adahleigh enjoyed picking up all the loose pieces still on the trailer and throwing them off the edge saying "here cows"!  On the way back to the house the rocking of the tractor rocked poor little charles right to sleep.

We enjoyed feeding the cows with grandpa.  A few days later Adahleigh kept asking me if she could go and feed the cows with grandpa except only days before the cows were rounded up and sent home so they could have there babies.

We have enjoyed what seems like the last two weeks at Grandpas and Grandmas house.  We had alot of fun hanging out and playing!

Monkey See Monkey Do.

Now that Charles has gotten bigger and is able to get almost anywhere he wants, he enjoys playing follow the leader. He love chasing Adahleigh around the house, and the thing she loves best about it is teaching how to do all sorts of different things whether it be throwing balls or running laps around the house (of course she isn't selective in teaching him things that are allowed or not). Lately, he's been crawling on furniture, she showed him how to climb all the way onto the backs. He did come up with a new way to get off the chair in their room all by himself. Sometimes he'll even dangle from the top rail before dropping down to the floor.

We've also been impressed at how well he can get off some of the bigger toys they ride on, like Adahleigh's bike, he just throws his leg over it and then sits there with his legs barely touching the ground.

The Big 01

Charles just turned 1 today. It amazing how fast time flies and how many changes kids make in their first year of life. He is definitely a mover and a shaker. For a while we didn't think that he was going to walk before his birthday, but three weeks ago he started making the attempt and now he walks everywhere even though he isn't completely stable yet. He has also found that since he has gotten taller he can climb on higher objects, such as the couch. He watches Adahleigh crawl up on the back of it and now is trying to do it too. We ended up celebrating his birthday on Sat. so that Ash's fam. would be able to make it. For his birthday we went all out in making a cake again (which was done after everyone was asleep to avoid the unnecessary help that would otherwise be demanded). Ash is really proud on how it turned out and is now worried how she can top this one when the next one turns one (since we only make the really elaborate cakes for their first birthday that they get to destroy).

I was wondering if Adahleigh would be able to tell what it was for sure, but when we showed it to her there was no doubt in her mind that it was a tractor.Last year Adahleigh wasn't too sure what to do with her cake when we gave it to her, so we wondered if we would need to coax Charles into getting into it. As soon as it hit his tray he dug right in. He started with the large donut tire. That was all he wanted to eat till we took it from him, them he dug right into the cake. He loved every bite and really didn't make a very big mess (most ended up in his mouth instead of on his head like food usually does).

He ate so much that we had to start giving him drinks to wash it down so he could keep going.

He thought the whole process was the coolest thing ever. He also ate up all the attention he was getting.

This little squirt ate about half a 9X13 pan of cake and frosting, because we used almost the whole pan of cake to make the tractor plus 4 donuts for tires (he only ate one of those though, Adahleigh and Taylor had to have one each).

We also learned that when you add red, black, and white frosting to a small child you get some pretty interesting colors on the outside. Even more interesting is what you get the next day; several poopy diapers that are grey-blue in color and about the same texture as frosting, but definitely not the same smell and I can't verify the taste.Charles was a little better about opening presents for his birthday than Christmas, but Adahleigh still helped. He felt he had to show off his balance by standing on one gift while opening another.

He ended up getting quite a few (some of which were extras from Christmas) since we didn't want to bring any gifts that we had here down to Brigham for Christmas just in case we didn't get a van, since we were already short on room. Don't break the ice was one of those gift, and amazingly Adahleigh wanted Charles to play it with her and he went right to it.

Grandpa knew exactly what little boys want for their birthday. A nice big tractor. Charles loves to play with them at their house and this one wasn't any different. As soon as he had it opened he wanted it out to play with.