Catch Up

Well it's been awhile and there really hasn't been TOO much that's been happening for us. First of all, Shelby was in her school Science Fair in January. She and Curt worked on her project that was on Earthquakes and Soil Liquefaction. For those of you who are like me and need an explanation it's about when there's an earthquake and if there's lots of water in the soil then it makes the water come to the surface compacting the soil underneath and causing buildings on top of that soil to sink. Anyway, they had a really cool demonstration for it and she won 1st place in her grade level at her school which meant that she got to go to District. She was so excited. When they went to district she ended up getting Superior and one of the top ten. She didn't take the overall award so she didn't get to go to state but we were VERY proud of her and the best was that she was proud of herself. She did an AWESOME job.

Then after 7 years of waiting Kaylee FINALLY lost some more of her teeth. She lost her two bottom teeth late last year when she was in kindergarten and then she finally lost her top two teeth and another one of her bottom teeth. I really thought that we were going to have to have them pulled out because they were just not loose at all for the longest time. Her teacher tricked her and pulled her first top tooth out. She was so excited that she lost it at school. Then the other fell out while she was sleeping. We told her that she was lucky she didn't swallow it. The other one I think just fell out on its own after we begged and begged to pull it but she was going to have none of that! So now she has a goofy smile but she thinks her teeth are coming in BEAUTIFULLY!

Carson has started soccer for the spring. We haven't taken any pictures yet but they will be coming soon. This is his last week of practice and then the games start. He is very excited to be playing and we are sure that there will be some meltdowns when he gets passed up on the field and isn't always the first one. Should be interesting!

Austin is now 5 months old and rolling over from his back to his tummy but has yet to master from his tummy to his back, which they say is the easiest one. We like to do things the hard way in our family! He is getting so big. When we took him in for his 4 month check up he was 87% on his height and 23% for his weight. He really wasn't the easiest baby to feed. He would really fight it even when you knew he was hungry. But then we started him on solids and he LOVES it. He has gotten a little chubby since then. He really likes to eat now. He is also our smiliest baby. Really if he has a full tummy and has a good nap all you have to do is look at him and he will grin so big. He is just the cutest thing ever and we all just adore him.

Blessing Day

Today, Sunday January 11th, 2009 we blessed our little angel (and sometimes devil)! We've waited for awhile to do this because we don't take him out too much because we don't want him to get sick. Anyway, this morning when we went to get him dressed I had to get the shoes that Carson wore for his blessing day and noticed that we picked out the exact same blessing outfit for Austin that we had for Carson. I guess I like what I like regardless of how many years go by!

He was REALLY good for the blessing. I prayed that he wouldn't cry through it because of late he's been really hard due to gas problems and colic but my prayers were answered but we didn't make it through the meeting. He started fussing during the sacrament and we had to go out in the foyer. I hate to wish my children's lives away but I truly can't wait for that magic 3 month, 3 1/2 month mark when they usually grow out of the colic and become my sweet little babies (and sleep!)

After the meeting we had our family and friends join us for lunch and some great conversation along with pictures. Here are just a few of what we took. Doesn't he look cute!

This Kid is Unbelievable!

Okay...those of you who know us and Carson you all know that he can sleep anywhere. Well the other day he was taking a bath before bedtime and I noticed that it had gotten quiet in there. So I went to check on him and this is what I found. Needless to say this is not the first time that we've found him like this. It's a wonder he hasn't drowned! With him being 5 now you'd think you wouldn't have to keep that close of an eye on him like a toddler or an infant...but I guess we will have to now. On the video you can even hear him snoring!

New Year, New Posts

Okay...so I know that I'm a little behind but with a new baby, working and TRYING (I say trying because I'm not doing that great of a job) to take care of a family I'm a little behind on our blog. So I've decided to use this first day of the new year to get caught up.

Life is pretty hectic for us but nothing extraordinary has happened. Austin is now smiling and here are a few pictures (amateur ones of course) of some of his first smiles. When he smiles it makes my heart smile and I just melt. He makes me want to just squeeze him so hard because I love him so much and can't imagine our family without him. He definitely has completed our family in such a great way.

We had Thanksgiving, but of course I forgot my camera so here are a few pictures that other family members sent me of that wonderful day. We went to my mom's house early on but this year was the year to be at Curt's mom's house. We had a great time and ate a LOT of food. Then the girls all cleaned up (of course) and talked while most of the boys went downstairs to play Guitar Hero (Curt's favorite). Later the kids decorated their gingerbread houses and had a blast! We also got a four generations picture with Great-Grandpa Moss, Grandpa Nye, Curt & Austin.Here is a picture of Tre (1 year old) and Austin (1 month old). What a difference a year makes!

Christmas was wonderful this year. I love the Christmas season and for the first time ever I think was sad to not listen to Christmas music once it was over. Usually I've heard it all so much that I can't wait for normal music. I love the feeling it inspires and the thoughts of our Savior it provokes. I also love listening to Carson as he tries to learn the Christmas carols...but he gets some of the words wrong. My favorite this year is instead of singing, "Oh-ho the mistletoe" he sings, "Oh-ho the mystery dough." It's a classic!

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

For gifts our family tried to scale back this year and focus more on emergency preparedness. Of course the kids got toys too but Curt and I got stuff to add to our storage. In this day and time you never know what's going to happen and we want our family prepared for those situations, whatever they may be. Santa brought Shelby a couple of DS games, Kaylee some Barbie Peek-A-Boos (like a tiny barbie doll), Carson a Hot Wheels trick track and since this was Austin's first Christmas and being the fourth child and the second boy he really didn't need anything so Santa brought him formula which he can ALWAYS use! :o) Then as a family we all got Mario Kart for the Wii. We've had a TON of fun playing that!

As many of you know the Nye Family has a LOT of birthdays in December but the end of December is crazy. We have Carson's and two nephews' birthdays all within a week, the 23rd, the 29th and the 31st. So instead of having three birthday parties we all get together and do one big one to make things easier. So on Saturday the 27th we all went to Chuck E. Cheese (or Chuck E. Cheese He** as one distinguished family member puts it...you know who you are!) and celebrated the boys' birthdays. On Monday, the 29th Carson turned five years old. He had been waiting for his birthday since Kaylee's in September. He would always ask me, "Is my birthday tomorrow?" I would always tell him that it was after Christmas. Then when it was time to put up the Christmas tree he kept saying, "My birthday's tomorrow?" He is a crack up! We think he's on present overload since we had Christmas, the joint party and then his real birthday. The poor kid gets all of his presents in one week and then has the wait the entire year before he gets more! He got some more Hot Wheels tracks (his new favorites), some cars, a book, of course clothes and a brand new big bike (for the big kid that he is!) He has so much fun playing with his new things. No wonder he couldn't wait!

Make a Smilebox scrapbook

As for the New Year we had a couple of friends over for a small get together. Curt invited a friend from work and her husband. They are both from Romania and are very nice. They were teaching us how to speak some Romanian words! Now I'm semi multilingual (yeah right!) We also had some of our neighbors come over. We played card games and the Wii and the kids played and watched movies until the magic hour hit. We all kissed in the New Year and then went outside to light fireworks. They sky was alight with fireworks ringing in the new year with all the glorious hopes for it to be a good one.

Make a Smilebox greeting

Well although it is brief and short I am now caught up with all major highlights of these past couple of months. I'm not going to promise to keep it up to date but I can promise that I will try. Happy New Year everybody. We hope that it is a great one for all.

Austin Marshall Nye!

He's Here!

Well on Thursday October 23rd, 2008 at 12:22 p.m. Austin Marshall Nye made his first appearance in the world at 7 lbs 15 oz and 21 inches long. He was relatively easy to get here. With only three pushes he was here. On the first day he was very inquisitive and just wanted to look at his new surroundings. As most of you know our other babies were not the easiest babies due to colic and acid reflux but so far he has been very good and is a very good eater. Needless to say his two sisters just adore him and at first his big brother wasn't too sure about him but has gotten better and is a very good helper to give him his binkie and to tell Mom when he is crying. He also likes to give him kisses on his head. We are so happy he's here and very relieved that he is healthy and a part of our family!

1 Little, 2 Little, 3 Little Pumpkins at the Pumpkin Patch!

On Tuesday October 7th we went for Carson's Pre-School field trip to Black Island Farms and got to ride the tractor and the kids got to pick their very own pumpkin. We did this when Kaylee was in pre-school as well but this time the pumpkins were not as big as before. They were kind of puny but they kids still had a bunch of fun.

After the tractor ride the kids got to play on all the fun toys they had there like the hay slides and the giant pumpkin bounce house. They even had piglet races which was hilarious to watch! I can honestly say that I've never seen a pig race and I doubt that I will ever see one again but it was an experience that I highly enjoyed but not quite sure why. All it was was four piglets racing in a circle. It doesn't take much to entertain someone like me!

SPLISH SPLASH!!!!!

Well after almost a full year of Kaylee's begging when the girls were off track we put all three of them in swimming lessons. The girls have had them before but it had been a while and this was Carson's first time. I really didn't worry about the girls but Carson I was a little nervous about because when we went swimming this year he would cling to whoever was with him if he couldn't touch the ground. Surprisingly he did very well and even got used to sticking his face in the water which I never thought would happen. The girls did very well, too. Shelby had kind of a hard time at first until we got her some goggles because she said the water hurt her eyes (can't say as I blame her because I'm the same way!) I had them in the same class and they were very fun to watch! All three of them passed their classes and can move onto the next ones. We might do this again the next time they're off track...but we'll have to see if I'm up to it again!