what happens when your blog gets left signed in....

This is Adam's little sister, Rachel. I have been living with Adam and Kasey this semester, watching Adyson and my own baby, Jett, as my husband has been gone for basic/AIT training stuff.
I've been waiting for the opportunity to post on their blog since I got pictures of Ady trying to breastfeed her baby doll....that's what happens when we all share Adams laptop and everything is left signed in!
At first when I got here, I was a little worried about Jett's survival being around Ady. As he was learning to crawl and pull himself up to a stand at the couch, she would go out of her way to knock him over. It's not uncommon for children to do such things when they fear competition for attention....but has still been extremely frustrating for me as it's my baby bonking his head on the hard wood floor every time.
Turns out....with a little effort....I may have convinced Ady that Jett can be her friend. They are now playing together and feed off each others giggles and she even lets him jump on her bed with her now!

Best part is that Ady now imitates EVERYTHING I do as a mother.....she is going to be a super sister!

She breastfeeds....(to be honest, I'm suprised it has taken this long before she started this)
She's teaching her baby to walk....
Feeds her baby cheerios....
Rocks her baby to sleep.....
Wakes baby up by poking her eyes out....(I didn't teach her this)....
Tickles her baby.....
plays with her baby....
More breastfeeding.....more discreetly....
Gives piggy back rides.....
And she also gives Anakin Skywalker pod racer rides.....

Happy Thanksgiving!

This is how much Ady loves the beach! I'm glad I finally got some video footage of her.




And by the way, it's a healthy boy! The ultrasound technician was very sure about it yesterday at our appointment. He now weighs 1 pound. We are very happy, actually I am very happy...and Adam is "just as happy as if it was a girl-it doesn't matter what it is, he would be the same." I just think it makes for a nice round even family. I am also half-way with the pregnancy...finally! I am feeling huge already-is that normal to just bulge out on the second one since you're already stretched? I'm very glad the 1st trimester is over, but the sickness lingers some still-along with all the other horrible pregnancy things like heartburn and lack of initiative to do much.
Even with all the lack of motivation, I was motivated enough to give my bosses a 3.5 week notice this week(I know- normally you give 2 weeks, but they already know Adam is graduating and they wanted as much notice as possible). I am on my way to my next job of being a full time mommy! I never thought I would be really excited to stay home, especially since we don't have a set plan, but I am. I am sure it won't be easy, especially if I am to become a great home wife/mom, but I am sure staying home as a mother will be the most valuable thing for my family.
Adam is considering going to grad school to get an MBA(no, he doesn't have a fever--and yes his study habits changed tremendously for the better these last 2 years). He is looking into returning to USU for their one year MBA program.
Well, just want to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving! We are so thankful for this life and the opportunities it gives us to enjoy, grow, become, and be blessed.

In the last month

So I have been informed that it has been over a month since our last post, and Kasey thinks it is my turn to update the blog. For Halloween Ady was once again a Lady Bug. She still kinda fit the costume and being as we are preparing to move in 6 weeks, we decided to save money and just reuse the one from last year. She loves picking flowers, even these yellow ones which are basically a weed.

We've also been to the beach many times in the last month, and Ady loves playing in the sand. She even likes to be buried.


Sometimes Ady likes to be buried all the way up to her neck.

This is Ady playing with her cousin Jett at the beach. Ady seems to really like Jett at times, and is nice to him, and other times she is kinda rough with him.

Kasey's cousin Heidi and Aunt Patrice are here visiting right now, Ady loves to hang out with them and loved going to Haleiwa to get shave ice. She couldn't quite reach the hole for the photo, but you can see the top of her head and tell that she really wanted to put her face in the hole for the photo like everyone else did.
As for the the rest of the news for the month... We've been really busy. School is almost done for me. Kasey is looking forward to Christmas vacation and seeing family. We have one way tickets to Utah purchased, but no job or final destination lined up for us. I have another interview in a couple days. I've been trying to negotiate a purchase of a resort we like in Minnesota but can't come up with the 250 thousand dollars needed as a down payment. As for the baby, they no longer think that the baby has down syndrome, they have decided that the baby probably isn't as far along as originally guessed. Being as they thought the baby had a spinal problem or neurological problem we had to go in last week for lots of tests and a special ultra-sound. They measured the baby's various parts and determined that it was probably a week or so off in the guess of the due date. So the new date is April 15th and everything looks healthy now. Other than a crazed two year-old terrorizing her cousin, stress from doctors and a pregnant lady that lives here, and the lack of an answer to everyone asking us what we are doing and where we are going next, things are going really well with our family. Until next time...