Ryan is 4 months

I guess when you have 3 kids time really does fly by! Ryan is now 4 months as of September 14th and getting closer to 5 since I am so behind! At his check up he weighed 21 lbs and was 28 inches long. He is pretty much in 9-12 month clothes depending on the brand. I am so thankful for our friends who have let us borrow clothes! He is going through them so quickly it is hard to catch up! He is such a happy boy and smiles all the time. He did such a great job with his shots and didn't really cry at all. Ryan loves his sisters and smiles when Olivia sings to him and is silly. He can now roll over from his back to tummy and does it very quickly. We put him up stairs to sleep in his big boy bed last night and he did great. Ryan is so easy going and laid back. We feel so lucky to have be blessed with such a sweet, happy baby boy! My dad and Chris and so excited about taking him to the deer lease but they do not realize that I am not going to let that happen for a while. I remember what went on down there and what happened to Tommy.

The First Day of School!

Yesterday was our first day of school! Olivia and I were very excited and Kylee was not so sure and well Ryan, he just goes with the flow. We were all up and ready to go. I should have taken a picture of ALL the stuff we had to take with us. We had 2 nap mats, 4 lunch boxes, 2 back packs, 1 diaper bag, my school bag, plus my purse, oh and 3 kids. We all made it and were even a little early!! Go  me!! Olivia just walked right in to her class and unpacked her stuff. Kylee on the other hand had a harder time. I am hoping as the weeks go on she will get used to it and it will be easier to drop her off. My  mom said it is payback for doing it to her when I was little. Here are a few pictures I took yesterday before school and as I was dropping them off. Ryan did not get a drop off picture because he was sleeping. Everyone had a great first day and we are so excited about the rest of the school year!!

Yay for new adventures!

Next Wednesday we all start school at KidsEdge. Olivia is so excited to be a Giraffe, Kylee is not so sure about being a Turtle and Ryan is a Minnow. I will be teaching the Bears Pre-K class 3 days a week. I have a great co-teacher and we get a long great. Yesterday was meet the teacher and I am so excited about the kids teachers. They all seem to be so excited about having them in their class and most of them have met the girls due to watching them during teacher work days. I met most of my students yesterday and I am so excited to be teaching again. Today we went and met Ryan's babysitter where he will go Tuesdays. She is very nice and I feel comfortable leaving him there while the girls and I are at school.

Olivia will start soccer next Thursday and she is very excited. She wasn't sure about it until we went and bought all her goodies. We are interested to see how she does and what she thinks about it. She has a few friends that have signed up as well but we are not sure if they are on her team. Of course my family is very excited about going to watch the games.

Chris has started a new "green" company through Direct energy and it will launch next Tuesday, the 4th. I am so proud of him and all of his hard work! He has been working very hard on this since last November. I will post more details if you want to sign up with New Leaf Energy once they launch.

Ryan is 3 months and the girls

I can't believe that Ryan is already 3 months! Time really does fly when you have three young kids! He is such a sweetie and is happy all the time. He loves being around his big sisters and smiles and tries to laugh at them. Olivia is obsessed with him and loves to hold him and be around him. She can calm him down when he is upset. She is such a big helper too. We have had a busy month! Chris took the day off on my birthday and we went to the Downtown Aquarium. It was so much fun! The kids and I are getting ready to start school September 5th. The girls and I will go Monday-Wednesday and on Tuesdays Ryan will go to a sitter as they do not have a class for him. I am very excited to be teaching Pre-k and my co-teacher and I get along great and I look forward to working with her. Ryan will be in the Minnow class, Kylee the turtle class and Olivia in the Giraffe class. Olivia of course is very excited about going to school. Kylee has done pretty well the couple of times we have gone so I can work. We are all very excited and can't wait to share our stories!! 

Family pictures

I do not usually win things but I was very excited to win a mini session from a photographer. Funny enough, Chris went to high school with her. This was our first family of 5 photo and they all turned out great! Chris and I were very surprised considering we were hoping we got at least one good family photo. We were shocked when she emailed all the wonderful photos of our kids and family. Here are a few...

Very behind on posting! Here is Ryan Christopher

Here he is, Ryan Christopher Charbonneau. Born May 14, 2012 at 4:54 p.m. weighing 9lbs 13oz and 22 inches long. He is perfect and we feel so blessed that he has completed our family! I was supposed to be induced on the 15th but when I went in that Monday for my weekly appointment my bloodpressure was so high she said she was admiting me to labor and delivery. I was a little freaked out since I did not have my things, Chris was going into a important meeting at 11:30 and I was mentally ready for Tuesday. Needless to say, my blood pressure did not go down for a little while. I delivered at Methodist Willowbrook this time since I had the girls and it was so close. He was the easiest delivery out of the 3! They started to induce me around 1:30 and he was born at 4:54. The girls love him, especially Olivia!!! She is such a big helper and wants to hold him all the time. Kylee is having a harder time because she is used to being the baby and having my attention all the time. But, she is still so sweet with Ryan and I know that they will be best buds very soon. We were lucky to have Chris home with us for 3 weeks after Ryan was born. He is such an amazing husband and father and we were so excited to have him with us and sad when he had to go back to work. Olivia and Chris had a lot of bonding time and she was so happy to have him to play all the time.

We feel so very blessed to have Ryan here with us and are so thankful that God brought him into our lives! He has been a miracle and we will never forget the day that we found out he would be apart of our family. We are thankful to be a family of 5!

Bluebonnets 2012

Here are a few pictures of the girls that I took when we went to see the bluebonnets.Of course neither one of them would really look at me but most of them turned out pretty good. We went with a few of our friends that we work out with and had a fun time playing. They are growing up so fast and next year I will have to try to get 3 children to look at me and smile. That is going to be quite a challenge but I think I can take it!!!

Ryan Update

Here is our growing little boy at 30 weeks. They say he is weighing at 3 pounds 10 ounces. He is VERY active like his big sister Olivia! He moves around all the time which is a great feeling unless it is 5:00 in the morning! I am interested to see when he arrives how he acts. Olivia has been crazy since I was pregnant with her and Kylee was super laid back as she is today so we shall see if he follows in Olivia's footsteps. Chris and I are getting so excited to meet him and see who he looks like. This is a picture of his face. The ultrasound technicion also confirmed he is still a boy ;)!

We have a new computer!!!!

I know I am so behind on updating the blog! Our old computer some how got a virus and I could not open any browsers. So needless to say, I am super behind on things but hoping to update soon!

In a little over a week our smiley Kylee will be 1! It is so hard to believe it has already been a year since we were waiting for her arrival and it has been such a wonderful year. We have enjoyed every second with her and look forward to the years to come. Here are a few of her birthday pictures a good friend from high school took for us.

Olivia is 3!

Three years ago today Chris and I welcomed our first baby girl, Olivia Annell. It is hard for me to believe that it has been 3 years! She makes us smile everyday and we are so thankful for her! She has come so far since I have been home. Her language has improved significantly and we never knew how well she would do. She is a busy girl which hasn't changed since she was in my belly. Olivia is fun, loving, friendly, happy, great big sister, sweet, kind and sometimes stubborn but we love her. Everyday she makes me laugh in some way. Today I went to get her and I told her happy birthday and she said,"mommy, I am three". When we tucked her in tonight I was closing the door and told her goodnight and I love you and she said, " sweet dreams momma". That made my day!!! Here are a couple birthday pictures. Sorry I have been so behind on the blog lately. I guess that will be part of my New Years resolution!!!

So much going on and so little time to blog!

So I have LOTS to catch everyone up on. As most of you know we are expecting our third baby May 21, 2012. This little one was a complete SHOCK and we are very excited. Sadley, I could have been on that show I always make fun of "I didn't know I was pregnant". I guess I was showing signs to Chris and he had asked me to take a test before he changed our health insurance. I kept putting it off thinking he was just crazy but he brought a test home on a Tuesday. I took it right away to prove that I was right and he was wrong. Little did I know that I was wrong! Needless to say, I was frantically calling OB's the next morning trying to see who could get me in that day. Of course, Dr. Gunn could not get me in until the next week and I could not wait that long. I got an appointment at the Methodist Willowbrook and was still unsure that I was really pregnant. So they did an ultrasound first and I saw the baby. I started crying not believing that it actually happend on our own. The technician then proceeded to tell me that I was 12 weeks. Again, started crying thinking... I have a 7 month old at home as well as an almost 3 year old. It took me a day to have it set in and believe it is real but we are all very excited about this little miracle!!!

As for the girls, Kylee is growing up and is doing great. She is trying to crawl and is so close that we think it will be any day! She is sleeping through the night and eating meats well with veggies and of course a fruit. This Wednesday I took her to the doctor due to a yucky nose and found out she has a double ear infection. Poor baby has never been sick but has been such a trooper. I also went to the doctor due to sinus and now we are both on medicine. Fingers crossed Olivia and Chris stay healthy!!

It blows my mind that Olivia will be 3 in 19 days!!! Where has the time gone?? She has brought so much joy to our lives and we are thankful for her everyday. She is talking all the time and sings to Kylee(which is so cute especially when she sings you are my sunshine) She is a great big sister and helper. She is starting to show more emotions now. For example, today she got to watch a show and then I said okay, we are turning off the t.v. and she made a sad face and said, "but it is still my turn". It was so cute and hard not to laugh. Olivia has given up naps and rest time so I have been trying to do little activities and fun things with her while Kylee is sleeping. She is excited about seeing Santa and also excited about her birthday!

I have lots of pictures to share but our computer has been hit with a virus and so I only use Chris' work computer at night. Sadley, I am too lazy to go find all the pictures and cords to upload. Sorry but I still feel yucky and of course tired. But, I will have lots to share from our new baby, family pictures, Olivia's birthday pictures and the girls visit with Santa.

I hope you are all doing well and had a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Fun with Kylee

Just a few pictures I took of Kylee. We had fun and of course Olivia was a big help!!

Kylee 6 months

It is hard to believe Kylee has been in our lives for 6 months! The time has gone by so quickly but of course we are loving every minute. She weighed 17lbs 13ounces and is 27 and 1/2 inches long. She has eaten all the veggies and we are almost done with fruits. So far the only thing she doesn't like or really doen't set well with her stomach in sweet potatoes. She eats solids 3 times a day, fruit for breakfast, fruit and veggie for lunch and veggie for dinner. She is not a huge fan of cereal anymore so I mix it in with her veggie at night. Kylee now sleeps in her room upstairs and is only waking up once a night to eat and then goes back down until 7:30. She can sit up on her own, roll over both ways, grabs for toys and Olivia's hair. She has not yet shown signs of crawling which is fine with me. With Olivia we were so ready for her to crawl and with Kylee I can wait as long as possible!! Not sure I am ready for 2 busy girls!! She is our smiley Kylee and we love her. Olivia is learning to share and is doing very well with sharing with Kylee and toys.

Slacking

I have been really bad about blogging lately! The girls got the stomach bug, then Olivia had a rash, and the past week she has had an ear infection and virus that she had a fever. So here we go, at then end of September we took our first family trip to Sea World in San Antonio. We left Friday morning and Olivia did great on the drive but Kylee didn't like it as much. Once we arrived we unloaded and went to the River Walk and Alamo. We had our usual Friday night dinner at a mexican restaurant on the River walk. Then we headed back to our hotel to get rested for our Sea World adventure!! The girls were out of their element so no one really slept well that night. Olivia had a hay day running around the room. It was quite funny to see how she thought the freedom was. Kylee woke up every 2 hours even when sleeping in bed with me. So needless to say the next day we were all tired! Olivia woke up that morning and said " I ready to see the dolphins, they are awake"! Of course it was 6 a.m. and we tried to tell her they were sleeping but we were all up. It was so fun to see her so excited about seeing something. We arrived at Sea World right at 10:00 and started off by feeding the dolphins and then wen to the Sesame Street Bay of Play which was Olivia's FAVORITE!!!! She loved seeing Abby, Zoe, Elmo, Cookie, Grover, Count and Murray. She was so happy and in love! After we finished there we went to see the Shamu show. She enjoyed it but of course both girls were getting tired. Chris and I made an executive decision to go ahead and head home. We had a great time but have learned that the girls are not ready for over night stays just yet. Here are some pictures to show how much fun we had.