Jordan's Big Day! she turned 2!

Happy birthday! she kept blowing out the candles before we could sing
Tanner is looking jealous, he will be 2 soon enough!
"Thanks for the cake mom, this is good."
"but i think i like it better on my feet" she had one bite and then got creative and kept stepping in, her feet were covered in cake and frosting!

They both decided to help me make the cake, and one day a year you are not told no, she loved the frosting!
She couldn't keep her little fingers out of it!
After we frosted the cake she wanted more and there was a little left so she got it directly squirted in her mouth! so healthy. .. I know i am such a good mom!
Her Scooter! she wasn't to big on sharing, nor could she really ride it but more liked to stand on it and be pushed.
The cakes! i am master decorator i know! Brownies were for adults (i am sure the frosting was a bot contaminated.... ) she told me she wanted a heart cake s there it is!

She really seems to be growing up fast! She is talking so well and is such a happy and cuddly kid (except during her stubborn periods) Its sad to seem them get all big on me! I guess that is why i keep having them, so at least ones stays little! We had a fun and really non eventful day. We had mike and Wendy come down and a few friends from the neighborhood to have a BBQ at the park, it was really hot but they had fun! I can't believe she is 2!

nothing new...

Well, I haven't gotten around to taking any pictures, i figure carter basically does the same thing day in and out, eat, sleep and poop, so no news with him, he is a very good napper and sleeper at night, i have had a few rough nights but not to bad. Jordan on the other hand, being the world biggest stinker (which i knew before i had carter) things have been the same, as long as keep her buckled in when i go to store i am fine, she has decided to start talking really loud and yelling "Kailey" is a really mean loud voice, it is very funny but in public not so much. Kailey is my wonder child, she picked up whining awhile back but i figure it comes with the territory of the 4 year old, and we implemented a new rule "no whining downstairs" so whenever she starts we tell her to go upstairs, it usually is followed with the same sentence but in a NOT whining voice, i know the girl knows how not to whine, if only she could not whine all the time! I am a very lucky and blessed mom, i love my kids and i don't know if life hasn't hit me yet but 3 hasn't been to big of deal, i was REALLY worried it would. i am actually looking forward to babysitting again? i NEVER though i would say that. maybe i just like the extra income, or maybe 3 is worse than i though and i have lost my mind..... i will let you know come Aug when i start back up...

Swimming in the backyard

Kailey and Jordan laying out. True girls when they get out and sun bathe
Going down the slide

At home with Carter

Dad with the kids! weird, its no longer Shaun and the girls.... we were trying to capture Carters Awesome fro but its hidden int he black shirt.
Kailey and Carter watching a show. She doesnt seem to get enough of him and is my little go getter girl, she was the same way with Jordan. I wonder if its the oldest?
Jordan has had it for the day! Kailey took this picture, i thought it was funny
Kailey cheesing it up! she has been big into taking pictures so i am assuming she got someone to take this one of her because it ended up on the camera
Kailey and Carter, I am sure there will be a ton of these pictures. The angle on his head makes him look weird, My kids Do have big forheads but this picture makes it look HUGE!

He will be one week old tonight! Kailey LOVES her new baby brother and reminds me of all the things he can and can't do. Jordan is happy as can be but carter has not phased her yet... My mom has been in town the past few days and we have been out and about. Shaun watched the kids while we ran errands a few days. Last night was our best yet, he ate at 10 pm, 2am, 7am and then i woke him at 10am to hopefully keep up the good sleeping! It has been so fun having such a little baby around again, you forget how little they are!

Carter Condie HAS ARRIVED!

We had a shower planned for Thursday the 12th and we didn't tell anyone he was born so everyone was surprised! it was so funny to have had the baby and people show up thinking i was still pregnant! He got some REALLY cute clothes and fun things! Wendy and Jessie and my mom did a great job! and it was a lot of fun!


Jumpin Jacks! The girls LOVED it!

Well, we did it! we had a little boy on June 10th at 9:52 pm. He was 7 lbs 11 oz and 21 in long. He had a TON of hair, that is already receding! poor kid! he looks a lot like Kailey and Jordan mixed together but at the same time not like either! Mike and Wendy watched the kids and brought the girls to the hospital so we lined up all the kids in birth order! 7 kids and 2 moms! CRAZY!
Yes I know, i am such a beatiful mother!

Right after they circumsized him

All cleaned up and wide awake
Dad and Carter!
Kailey gets to hold her baby brother for the first time!

Our first family photo! mind you i have been up since 5 and just had a kid!

How he came to be: on Tuesday I woke up about 5 am painted my toes and fingers, did 4 loads of laundry, cleaned the house for my mom to come in town got my carpets clean and cleaned my kitchen while he was doing that, then i went with Wendy to Jumpin Jacks to take the kids out of the house while the carpets dried. Jordan climbed up on of the big slide and got stuck so i took her down, it was so steep and fast the baby definitely liked it, as we were leaving i picked up Jordan to put her in the car and my water broke! never had that happen before! i wasn't sure if i peed my pants so i didn't want to say anything, especially because they were totally wet ( kinda embarrassing) anyway, Wendy followed me home and took the girls and Shaun came home to go with me to check if it was really my water, i wasn't feeling contractions so we stopped by target, and Barnes and Nobel to get some books and got to the hospital about 5, it was my water so they moved me to a room, hooked me to pitocin and checked me so Shaun could go get lunch, it was about 7 by now i was a 4 and 80% so Shaun left and came back and i started to feel some contractions so they gave me the epidural. it only worked on half of me so they had me lay on one side to even it out, they checked me about 9 and I was a 5 and feeling contractions pretty solid, they didn't hurt too bad but i couldn't stop shaking. i told them it wasn't working and i felt like i needed to push, she checked me at 9:20 and i was ready! they called the anaesthesiologist in he gave me a direct shot of epidural and in came the Dr just as i started to feel nothing he told me to push but i couldn't feel how, so on the next contraction pushed and out he came! it was pretty easy! he was healthy and here! no stitches, no medicine and we left the hospital about 20 hours after he was born and 1 hour after he was circumcised. I know i am crazy but i was looking forward to my bed, and surprisingly i feel really good! i am sure it will wear off soon and sleeplessness will hit me, but honestly i have gotten more sleep with him out of me than when he was in me!

He has been waking up about every 3 to 3 1/2 hours to feed and is a really good baby! i don't know if he has woken up to the world yet but so far, we'll keep him! :) It is so weird seeing all this blue, luckily no peeing on me thus far! I am so blessed to feel so good, have so much help and have such good kids! Kailey LOVES him and asks lots of questions and Jordan is trying to claim his blankets and toys but also know she wont get away with it. They both are doing good with a 3rd one around. the only one really getting the shaft is Anna! she has been outside most of the days. Today we are going for our first family outing to art city days to get Kailey's face painted and do some crafts! I know I am crazy, but we gotta leave the House someday!

The Cheese Monger

Big bites!
this was all the work of jordan!

monday we were making quesadillas (we means Shaun.) He left the block out and Jordan loves her cheese so she went for the whole thing, it was so funny, she took HUGE bites and after each one said ummm, yumm, so we got it on camera! it is so handy to have cameras that have videos, otherwise i am sure we wouldnt have any video!

Our gift from heaven!

This may look like some boring old picture of a truck parked outside a house but it is much much more than that! (long sotry ahead)

You see it all started when we moved in last Aug.... The first 2 weeks we moved in these people started mowing our lawn, but then we noticed they stopped and we assumed they figured out we were no longer a model home but a real home, we were sad to see the grass get longer but figured it was only a matter of time. Then winter came and with the first snow came these people came and shoveled our sidewalks and driveway. At first we thought it was just some neighbor being nice but we noticed every time it snowed they came and did both our house and the model home next door. These people were shoveling for us, and they did a totally AWESOME job, it lasted all winter long and it looked like Shaun was the best shoveler in the neighborhood. Then about a month ago Shaun pulled out the lawn mower and did one strip of yard before the lawn mower gave out, we knew it was on its last leg but had high hopes, we almost bought a new one but went out of town and wanted to save money. So the wed we got back these magical people came and mowed the lawn, I was home with the girls so I ran upstairs and pretended i didn't live there. the kids were not allowed to leave the bedroom! The next week the same thing happened except i was at the park with Jess, we didn't go home until they left. then the next week they came again when Shaun was home, he quickly turned off the lights, TV and hid upstairs. This whole time they are only mowing OUR lawn and NOT the model home, we figured they were just mixed up and doing the wrong house. The next day they cam back first thing in the morning and did the model home and NOT our, our days were numbered and we knew it. So Shaun went to look into getting the lawn mower fixed and to our surprise last night THEY CAME BACK! they did both lawns! it was AWESOME! i know this story is long but seriously they do such a good job, they weed, they trim, they edge, they move our crap off the lawn and even get under the boat and in the planters! I don't know why they are doing it but it is such a blessing! and sooooo cool! i hope it continues and Richmond pays them for doing such an excellent job! I'll let you know next wed if they come again!

Roasting Smores

The other day I was craving smores so i made some over the electric stove, it worked fine but shaun decided to be a little more innovative and step it up a notch! notice the awesome drill and golden crisp marshmellow! he is the expert!

I CAN'T SLEEP

ugh, this pregnancy is never ending! It is midnight and I want to be in bed but of course not, my body wont stop twitching, and my feet are aching and the the house is hot. It doesn't seem to bother anyone else because they have all been in bed for hours now. Its just not fair! i even took some sleeping pill to help but to no avail, i am blogging well into Tuesday. if anyone has suggestions help me out, so far i have tried the shower before bed, reading, no napping, being int he sun ALL day, and sleeping pills what am i missing? today i told Shaun to just knock me out but he fell asleep as soon as the lights went out. he is NO help.
I went to the hospital today to have the baby monitored (dr's orders) and everything is good, except they didnt admit me~ they said I am good to be induced on the 13th and that is only 11 days away but that is 11 LONG days....
We have been going to the pool the past few days and Jordan has an awesome tan and Kailey has turned a pinkish tan. They love the pool and being outside and don't seem to get enough of it, and I love i can put them to bed at 7 pm. Clyde (my father in law) was in town this past weekend and we spent the last few days up at mike and Wendy's. the girls LOVE the sand box and especially dumping Jordan with sand until the point it becomes pasted to her head like a toupee, it was awesome! luckily she didnt mind. I wish i had pictures but i keep forgetting my camera! i am sure it will happen again!