Kid Videos

Here are some videos of the kids lately.  It was so funny to watch how differently the 3 boys hula-hoop!  Very different techniques.  And just a couple of MJ

This is hilarious!!  She has eaten all these foods before, but I guess after eating our dinner of 'real' food, she didn't want her nasty baby food with peas.  Even the applesauce was a no-go.  After I stopped recording, she stuck her fingers down her throat and spit up the rest, haha!

Kyler is a very calm hula-hooper with small motions to keep the hoop going.  He went for about 5.5 minutes.

Radley gets his whole body into!

He cracks me up!

Damon really shakes those hips!

It's so funny how deep her little voice can get.

'Camping'

We had some weather in the 90's so we thought it would be the last time for a while that Kenney would be able to take the boys camping. It was a very last minute decision, and we didn't have much prepared. However, the boys didn't care and had a blast. After dinner, we all went out as a family to Pioneer Park to play in the water for a little bit before it got dark. Once Bentley was done in the water, all us girls went home. Bentley took it much better than I expected. She planned for us to watch a movie when we got home, but she fell asleep in the car!! Yay for me! I had a nice quiet evening to myself at home sleeping in my bed. The next morning, we brought cereal and milk to the boys for breakfast so all Kenney needed were a few snacks rather than packing and cooking meals.

He said the boys loved riding their bikes around the campsite and were super loud but had a great time.  It took them forever to fall asleep, but they were up with the sun!  They rode their bikes around again until we got there with food.  Kenney said it was a rough night sleeping, but it made the boys happy.  We played in the water for a little bit again and then went home.  Overall, it was my kind of 'camping' and pretty low key.  Next time the boys said they wanted Papa to come cook for them!

She loves splashing around in the water.

Everyone doing their own thing on a beautiful evening.

Building a pond for the minnows and sand diggers they were catching.

I guess Texas can be pretty in the summer

Hanging out in one tent while Dad took down the other.

Breakfast!!

Apparently this is how you reserve the pavilion!!  Hahahaha!!

Gotta love that Pierce Posture!

All 4 swinging

Always wanting a picture with his baby sister.

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Always Something Happening

Waiting for the parade in Childress to start.

I always find pictures like this on my phone.

We picked up some landscaping stones while we were in Amarillo.  This is before they were set in with the liner and everything.

After!!  We think they look so good!

We've never really liked the placement of these trees, but the stones make it look a little more purposeful.

This girl is loving her bathes lately.  She now tries to stand up all the time though.

Building castles at the library with a friend.

I pulled a Kenney and watched a YouTube video to learn how to do something new.  I trimmed Bentley's hair, and it doesn't look half bad!!  It's not close to professional, but it's good enough.

I love this video of MJ watching her siblings play with cars. She found something super hilarious and just laughed!! 

She thinks she needs to eat at all times and LOVES her food! She thinks she starving before I give her a bite of our dinner. 

Here she is again playing and laughing with Dad.  This girl loves to laugh and loves to play! It is such a great sound!

One of the random videos I find on my phone all the time. 

She has become quite the jumper. It's nice she'll play in this while we get some stuff done outside. 

Kenney swears she is saying "Dada, Dada, Dada." I have to admit it's pretty close!! 

Bentley playing baseball with the big boys!! I love how amazing her brothers are with her. They are so patient with her and get so excited for her too!

Kyler's Teeeth Extraction

Poor Kyler had to get some teeth extracted this month.  We've known for a while the teeth were there; we were just hoping they would get easier to pull.  However, the extra baby tooth wouldn't get loose and the extra permanent tooth was blocking his other teeth from coming down possibly causing them to misshape.  So it was time to have them pulled.  Kevin thought it would be best to go see an oral surgeon to have the procedure done.  We finally got the appointment scheduled and drove to Amarillo.  Thankfully Kenney was able to come and Nana watched Damon, Radley, and Bentley so the whole family didn't have to be there.

He was nervous leading up to the extraction, but was keeping it together really well.  They put the numbing gel on his gums and then started the shots.  That was the worst part!  He started getting really anxious and was in pain, so they decided to give him some nitrous gas.  That seemed to help calm him down, and they were able to finish the shots.

The first baby tooth came out super easily and quick!  The next one was super tough!  The Dr kept trying and trying, digging and digging, and pulling and pulling.  However it wasn't coming out!!  At one point he left the room to go look at the x-rays another time.  He decided they needed to pull out another tooth.  They pulled another baby tooth.  Once that tooth was pulled he could get to the permanent tooth.  Unfortunately, it was laying horizontally so the regular plier-like tool he used for the other teeth couldn't grab the tooth.  Eventually he worked it out and pulled it out!  After 3 stitches he was done.  Kyler did great!  He sent us home with some instructions and a prescription.

Kyler was really hurting right after the procedure.  30 minutes later when he was able to take out the gauze to stop the bleeding, we game him some Tylenol.  We thought we would need to fill the script and give him something stronger, but he did amazing!!  He never asked for medicine again.  I was shocked!  We ran a few errands, and he never complained.  He got a milkshake and tried to eat a french fry.  The fry was too salty and it stung, but the was able to eat the milkshake.  Dad let him pick out a few things from Target, so he got a Rubicks cube and a box of Pokemon stuff.  We were surprised and really proud of how he handled everything.

That night he slept really well and never complained again.  He got hit in the mouth twice playing with his brothers and had a scare when he pulled on a loose stitch.  It started bleeding really bad and it scared him.  Overall he still has a really big hole in his mouth and it takes him even longer than normal to eat, but he's doing really well.          

Super calm and a little cold before it all started.

Looking at his teeth here on the right, the baby tooth behind his front tooth was the easy one too pull.  They ended up pulling the other baby tooth next to it also.

Trying to calm down after feeling the shots going in.

Taking deep breaths through his nose.

At the top on the left is the unexpected 2nd baby tooth that was pulled, next to it is the extra baby tooth.  Below the 2 baby teeth is the extra permanent tooth.  The bottom picture is the same teeth but the opposite side of the extra tooth.  That is exactly how it was laying in his gums.  The Dr told us extra teeth are often large and weird shaped.  That definitely describes this tooth!

One week after

He's got a good sized gap now.

Radley Can Swim

We've been telling Radley the whole summer that he could swim, but he finally believed us and took the plunge!  I told him at the beginning of the summer I wouldn't give him and kind of floatie or puddlejumper.  The first few times we went swimming he hung out in the kid area; it didn't seem to bother him.  But when all of his cousins got together and the boys his age were all in the deep end and going off slides he felt left out.  He was much more motivated to test his skills after that!  Now he is doing awesome!  He still mostly doggy-paddles, but his under water swimming is improving and so is his confidence.  And now my stress level at the pool has drastically decreased!

He was nervous to jump off the diving board but having Dad close gave him the courage he needed.

He was trying to push himself down to reach the bottom of the pool, but he didn't quite make it. 

Radley and Bruce were showing me their front flips, and then Bentley decided she would jump off the diving board too!

Here's a little of Mackenzie and some better swimming by Radley

MJ likes to splash around in the pool too.

It never fails, someone will always be there to mess with a happy baby.

Luke and Damon

Kyler, Tyce, and Bruce

Bentley refused to let me take a picture of her

No toys, so she chewed on her toes!

After getting a shipment from Sam's Club, the boys decided to camp out in these boxes for a few days!!

Weirdos!!

On the Move

I really feel like Mackenzie would have been crawling a week or two ago if we hadn't left for the beach. She was really close before we left, but while we were gone, she was held a lot. She loved being held, but she didn't progress in her crawling. However, since we have been home she is on the move!! She loves the independence of being in control of her body. All the kids get excited when she does something new, and it's fun to watch!

I love these planks she does while trying to figure out how to move!

She wanted one more milestone before turning 7 months, so she started crawling!

Getting Longer

Now for the real party!

And what happens when everyone bugs her.

Sisters!!  Same bow, same outfit, and almost the same age

Much like Damon, this girl is hard to hold! She jumps and crawls and twirls while being held. It's a miracle she hasn't been dropped! 

She's getting closer and closer to 'real' crawling. However, she can get where ever she wants now. 

She gets on her knees then backs up, then gets on her knees then backs up, but she's not really moving forward on her knees just yet.