BOY OH BOY!!!

 We are excited to share that we are having BOYS!! I am meant to raise some awesome and handsome boys!! I really felt from the start that these 2 were boys and I'm so glad I was right!! I would have loved 1 girl, but I was really scared of more than 1 girl!! LOL! Seth said he felt the same way, he would have loved to have a Daddy's Girl, but feels more comfortable with boys! ;) Plus we are going to save so much money with me not buying girl stuff!! We've known since last week, I told our Dr after the bad news that we needed good news and could he please check and see what the genders were?! He was more than happy to comply and it was pretty clear once he looked!! It's been nice to be excited for these healthy sweet boys this last week, they will be identical and it's going to be so much fun!! We did these photos to share the fun news and my favorite is the one of Mitch with the outfits!!! He is going to be such a good big brother!!! YAY!!!

 

                        

Not the best news, but trying to stay positive

I've been having a hard few days. We lost another baby. We've had an idea this may happen, but didn't want to worry everyone unnecessarily, cause we know how much everyone is pulling for us and our babies. At our 12 week appointment we had an NT (Nuchal Translucency is an ultrasound test. It screens for Down syndrome (trisomy 21, meaning an extra copy of chromosome 21) and other disorders that are caused by extra copies of chromosomes (trisomy 13, trisomy 18), as well as congenital heart defects. Fetuses who have an extra chromosome may have more fluid at the base of their necks — a spot known as the nuchal fold — and this can make their necks larger. This fluid can be measured on a sonogram during weeks 11 to 14 when the base of the neck is still transparent.) scan on all 3 babies again, we had done the week before and they were all perfect, so we were not worried about it. We watched calmly and I saw the ultrasound tech measuring each one on the identical set and it was perfect. Then she was struggling with finding the fraternal's and then I saw that it was super thick, I asked her if that was it and she said, "Yes, I'm going to go get the Dr." Not what we were wanting to hear. So we listened to what the Dr thought was happening and his recommendations. He wasn't sure what it was and there was a 50% of it being nothing, but wanted to do a CVS(where they get a sample of the baby's placenta via a long needle) to test to know for sure in 2 days. We left and I cried and I knew instantly that I did not want to do anymore tests, but I knew that the health of the other 2 babies were at risk if it was something other than Down Syndrome or a heart defect. We would welcome a baby with Down Syndrome(or/and a heart defect) and was not scared of that. But we knew Trisomy 13 or 18 would not let the baby have life outside the womb AND could cause me to deliver much to soon and bring complications to the other two babies. I felt peace right after I let myself have a good cry and we decided to not worry so much and to not be hasty in our decisions till we knew more. Seth and my Dad gave me a beautiful blessing to help me to do just that afterwards as well.

I consulted with a couple friends who have experienced this type of situation and got great advice and hope from them and we went to our next appointment feeling prepared to tell the Dr we did not want to do the CVS test. We decided we wanted to wait to see if the ultrasounds could give us more info and wait for an Amnio(Amniocentesis is a prenatal test in which a small amount of amniotic fluid is removed from the sac surrounding the fetus for testing) in a few weeks, if anything. The placenta of the baby was just too close to my bowels and intestines to get a good clear path to do a CVS safely and the Dr could not tell where the baby's placenta ended and the twins begin, cause they are right next to each other. So that meant if the test came back normal that we would think it was the twins and need to do an Amnio on top of that. Doubling the risk to the pregnancy. I know the risk of those are not high, but we have tried too long and too hard to be okay with any risk to these babies. So after talking to the Dr he agreed that the best choice was just to wait, it was such a relief that he understood and agreed with us! Love him!!

We came back the next week on Halloween and the Dr was able to see signs on the ultrasound that the baby did not have Trisomy 13 or 18. He was sure that if it was something, it would be Down Syndrome and possibly a heart defect and those things would not effect the pregnancy or the other 2 babies. It was a good day and we were so happy we had waited!! We decided to keep moving forward with only ultrasounds, no Amnio since we were fine with those and we would know more clearly of what to expect in the weeks to come.

So this week I went to a regular OB appointment and decided to take my Mom and Mitch with me cause Seth was working and I wanted them to be able to see the babies. I was excited for them both to see them moving and see how cute they are! The OB checked on the twins first and then moved over to the fraternal baby. I immediately noticed that it wasn't moving as much as it normally did and said so, it usually moves so much that it's hard for them to get the heartbeat. There was movement, but we weren't sure if it was from it or from the twins because they are all so close in there. Plus the ultrasound machine at the OB office is not very good in comparison to the high risk Dr's machine. I already had an appointment scheduled for the next day with the high risk Dr, so she warned me that we may have lost the baby and that he would be able to tell us tomorrow for sure. I felt awful that my Mom had to witness that, she was so great and supportive tho!! Mitch did not have a clue what was happening and I decided to stay positive till we knew for sure. Then Obama won the election that night, let's just say that didn't help!

The next morning was hectic cause our Dr appointment had been moved up, I was trying to get Mitch taken care of, while waiting for Seth to get home from work and cleaning up for our new couch delivery we had scheduled for that day. As I was doing the dishes I had a little breakdown. And then Seth got home and I had another breakdown on our drive to the Dr, I just knew something was wrong. We got there and I watched a woman cry in the waiting room while her husband was trying to console her. I felt bad for her and thought how blessed we were to have 2 other babies who were doing good still. When we got to the room the Dr had not been aware of how my appointment went the day before, so we told him and they got the ultrasound started. We immediately saw that we did indeed lose the baby. There was no heartbeat, no movement and I felt sad, Seth was sad which made me sadder. We then focused on the twins, measured them, redid the NT scan and everything was perfect. The Dr said that we are such an unusual case and that he did not foresee the twins doing so much better than the other two. He complimented us on being wise in our decisions and following our heart and gut, not listening to the advice to reduce the twins from our IVF Dr. If we had not made the decisions we had, that we would have no babies right now. I am so thankful for that, so thankful for Heavenly Father's hand in all of these decisions. For the comfort I have felt when I needed it, for the love shown to us from family and friends as we've dealt with this! I know how blessed we are, but I still mourn the babies we've lost. We were so excited for them, after the first initial shock! We had started to give up so much and were willing to sacrifice a lot to bring them here safely. And not having them just makes my heart hurt. So far I've had moments that are good and moments that are not. These are the things that help me focus on the positive...

*We have no regrets for decisions we've made, we gave them over to the Lord and will be blessed for it.
*We still have 2 healthy babies that have defied the odds.
*We have a healthy 3 and a half year old who is super excited for these babies.
*The chances of having the babies really early and causing problems have significantly diminished.
*Which means hopefully no NICU time and the babies will be able to come home with us right away.
*It also means I will have very little, hopefully even no hospital bed rest before the babies get here.
*Bed rest will most likely happen at home now and I won't have to be away from Seth or Mitch for that time.
*We won't have to get a new car.
*I will be able to breastfeed easier and hopefully not have to rely so much on pumping and formula to help feed them.
*We can get a smaller stroller, instead of the $1,000 triple stroller that would be the only way to get out of the house on my own.
*Less diapers to purchase and change.

But as I read these I also know that we would have done anything and did to have 4 babies in ours and your arms... so that's where I'm at. Trying to stay positive. It's hard for me to talk about without getting emotional, I'm not sure that will ever change. And that's why I'm so glad I have this outlet to not only document, but to share with others who care so much for us and what we are going through. I'm sorry that I haven't been able to reach out to each person who does care for us in a more personal way to tell you. But I just can't, it's too hard to talk about for me. I'd be a wreck and no one wants or needs to see that. It just isn't great news to share, so I wanted to get past it so the healing can begin. I have faith it will and I know in time it will get easier. We hope to have better news in the next week if all things cooperate and for now we look forward to that! I made a fun little sidebar voting thing so you can put in your guesses in the meantime! Thanks for reading, understanding AND loving us and our babies!

Halloween Spooks Outside Your Window

The title of this post is the first line of our favorite Halloween song, even Mitch is singing this year! It's so creepy and funny!! We had a good Halloween, despite Mommy being so out of it!! Thankfully Daddy pitched in and Mitch was able to enjoy so many fun Halloween activities at Preschool this year!! So glad he didn't realize how lame Mommy was this year in comparison to the years before!! He was able to do to a Trunk or Treat with my sister and his cousins and I wasn't going to take him to ours, but actually felt good that day so we ended up going! He loved it and I'm so glad it worked out!! Love watching him enjoy Halloween! It was the first year he picked his own costume and he was so stoked about it!!! We let him look at costumes online and he decided on the "Green Guy with a mustache" AKA Luigi from Mario Bros costume! ;) We love how excited he was to put it on for his first Halloween activity!! He kept saying, "I love this costume, I look so cool!!" He sure did!!

Our Cool Luigi :)

Making cookies with Daddy! ;)

Carving his pumpkin with Daddy!

The Preschool Halloween Party

We had an ultrasound on Halloween day and got the babies in on the action too! LOL!

12 Weeks And Bittersweet News

We decided to move on early at 8 weeks from our IVF office to our health care provider due to the high risk nature of this pregnancy this time, we didn't with Mitch till 12 weeks. We saw a regular OB and then were immediately scheduled with an excellent Maternal Fetal Medicine Doctor(MFM) at Kaiser who helps with high risk/multiple pregnancies and he wanted to see us right away! So we were to see him at 9 weeks! The day before we got a call from Seth's brother Ethan who works with a guy who's father is an MFM in another state and he told us that if we'd like, he would love to talk with us. Of course we jumped on that, we want all, the info we can get!! We had a great positive talk with him about our situation and what to expect. He had a lot of good advice and was telling us about a Dr he went to school with from Arizona who had just moved his practice to Orange County. AND he had delivered 2 sets of quintuplets last month, all healthy and doing well!!! So crazy!! He told us if we'd like he could get us an appointment with him, we really would have considered it, but we are covered through Kaiser 100% (no copays, no fees for hospital or NICU stays) so that makes us want to give this Dr we were already scheduled with the chance to help us first. He asked his name and I had just internet stalked the guy so thankfully I knew and he started laughing and told us that we'll be just fine with him too!! He went to school with him as well!! LOL! Made us feel so much better!! He told us to tell him he says hi and to call him or the other Dr if he needs any help! :) It was so awesome to be able to walk into that appointment and say, "Oh, by the way your friend says hi!!"!! Put us on a good page right away, but I know we didn't need that to get the care we're getting from him. He is so great and we are really happy to be in his care!!

At the first appointment with him he came in and just sat down and talked with us for 45 minutes!! Asked us what we were hoping for, talked to us us about our concerns and made us really feel comfortable! Then he started the ultrasound and became really quiet... for at least 5-10 minutes!!! It was super awkward for us, we didn't know what was happening because I had only had a vaginal ultrasound by that point and he was doing an abdominal, so it looked completely backwards to us. I finally broke the silence and said, "We aren't used to seeing the abdominal view, huh Seth?" SILENCE. He finally said "Sorry I'm so quiet, I'm trying to figure out what is happening..." FEELING OF DREAD!!!!! He kept talking and started counting the babies for us from left to right, pointing and saying, "Ok, 1 here in the top bunk... 1 here in the bottom bunk... 1 here in it's own room... the 2 identical over here in their own room... I think there is 5..." UMMMMMM WHAT?!!!!! Seth and I were in shock!!! I finally got out, "I told them to make sure there wasn't a 5th!!". He kept counting and going back and forth. And then he said, "We've lost this little one here tho." OK... back to 4. :( Sad to admit, but in that second I felt relief, cause I knew the odds of 5 for these babies. He counted a few more times and then finally realized he was counting the baby in the bottom bunk TWICE! It was the backside of one of the identical set!!! All that took about 15 minutes and after that to make sure, he did a vaginal ultrasound! So we now have 3 babies thriving and 1 little Angel. After all was said and done I was sad to have lost the 4th, but I know this gives the other 3 so much better chances. Longer gestation, less time in the NICU and we just can't ignore that. So glad we didn't need to make that decision ourselves because the baby wasn't thriving and causing the other 3 to suffer, Heavenly Father is looking out for us and has a plan for us. It's been hard with the ups and downs, but we're so glad to have 3 healthy babies doing so good. The Dr told us that our situation is unique and he's never seen it before, with the way the babies are placed in there - the twins in the middle and the singles placed on either side. And also the placentas are all right next to each other. He was able to see that the twins share a placenta, but are separated by membrane in their sac. Really good news!! Means that they won't get tangled up in each other's cords. They still have the risk of twin to twin transfusion by sharing the placenta, it's when one gets most of the nutrients and starts to outgrow the other. But with that membrane the chances of that are lowered by a lot, only 15% chance of that now and they are both on track and mirroring each other's growth! So bittersweet.

We've had appointments every week since the first one too and things are looking good! We are at 12 weeks now and so happy things are going well!! Here are some photos...

This is them at 10 weeks

  

Me now at 12 weeks looking about what I was with Mitch at 5 months!! HAHA!!

Baby A - One of the identical twins. Just chillin' with his arms propped behind it's head! This reminds me of Mitch! It makes me feel like the twins are boys!

Baby B - the other identical twin

Baby C - The lone ranger! ;)

You can call me Quatro-Mom

So we let the cat of the bag yesterday with all of our family, friends and the Facebook world!!! We are not only pregnant, but we have 4... yep, FOUR babies on the way!!!! To say we are excited, crazy, worried and tired already would be a huge understatement!!! ;) We had a couple days of HOLY CRAP, how are we going to do 4???? And that was after the initial finding of triplets, which we had been super excited about!!! The 4th one put us a little over the edge!!! LOL! I'm getting ahead of myself tho, so I'll start from the beginning now!!!

We do in-vitro, IVF to get pregnant. It has been a HUGE struggle and trial for us to grow our family, see previous posts regarding! This was our 4th time doing IVF and we felt strongly about doing 3 embryos, we've always done 3 embryos and actually even did 4 the last time without any results. With Mitch we did 3 and got him. So when the Doctors tried to convince us to do 2(like they always have), we were adamant about doing 3. We felt it was our best chance to have another baby, at least 1 more baby. We felt strongly that if we got twins we would be ecstatic and if all 3 stuck and we got triplets that we would be happy and make it work! So when I started feeling sick, I mean nauseous ALL DAY and super tired at only 4 weeks(I didn't feel this way with Mitch till about 8 weeks and even then it was sporadic!) we felt like it was either a girl or TWINS!!! Eeeeee!!!  So when we went to our first ultrasound at 6 weeks and we immediately saw 3 gestational sacs, there was no mistaking it(or was there?? LOL!)... we had triplets!!! ALL 3 embryos had made it!!! So crazy and I think the chances of that is like 3%?! It was super early they said and things could easily change, like 1 baby not making it. But at that point they were able to see all 3 heartbeats! I was a little wigged out honestly for a second, but Seth was so happy immediately!! :) We were elated, it UBER- worked and I started researching multiples and reading up on all I could so I would be prepared and ready for it!! I could so do it! Be as healthy as possible, gain 50 pounds, be on bedrest at home, make it till 36 weeks and be able to bring home 3 healthy 5-6 pound babies right away!! I was a little worried still, but I knew it was achievable! So when we went in for our 7 week appointment we decided to take Mitch and I was excited for him to be able to see the babies, we had talked to him about it and we really felt good that everything was going to be the same. My mom had called me on the way, she hadn't slept well and was super worried!! I told her I slept really good and don't worry, it was going to be ok!! ;) I then asked Mitch how many brothers he wanted, he replied rather quickly with "3 brothers." So I said, "Oh, you don't want any sisters??" To which he quickly replied again "No, I want 1 baby girl." Which made me laugh and say, "Oh buddy, you're going to be lucky to have 3." He then said, "No Mommy, like this!! Look at me!" I turned to look at him and he was holding up 4 fingers!!! It made me laugh pretty hard, I thought it was so dang cute!!! So when we got to the office I had him tell Daddy(who met us there after work), we had him tell the receptionist, then in the exam room he even told the Doctor!!! We thought it was SO FUNNY!!! So when the doctor started the sonogram I started videotaping hoping to catch Mitch's reaction for a fun way to announce our surprise! About a minute in the video shut off on its own and the doctor told me before I start taping again we need to discuss what was happening. We immediately thought that one of the babies didn't make it. :( She then explained that there was a 4th baby!!!! One of the embryos had split!!! AAAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!! That's what was happening inside my head, panic had set in and Seth and I were SILENT. My legs were trembling and I'm not sure how I didn't faint! The doctor then went into how much of a high risk pregnancy this was, all the complications we could have, all the morbid possibilities and then recommended that we reduce(meaning abort) the 2 babies from the embryo that split. She finished up the exam while explaining all this and then asked if we had any questions. I finally spoke and said "No." and then burst into tears as she left. It was so sad and crazy AND I really lost it. All the heartbeats at that point were audible, strong and where they needed to be. So far we had 4 healthy babies, so I was devastated to hear that I should reduce them. Perfect little spirits, how was I to even consider that?!!!! Especially after all we've been through to have children, to already have experienced having a baby and the emotional connection and love for him!!! Knowing that a person's life starts when their heart starts beating... reducing was just not an option for us. So we took a few days and I heavily researched, we talked a lot, I also talked with my parents, Seth's Mom, my girlfriends and our Bishop and I knew what I was feeling was correct, that it just isn't an option for us. If these babies continue to grow healthy and strong, we will not stop them!! The only way we would even consider anything is if my life is ultimately in danger or if a baby stops growing and it is threatening the lives of the others. That is how we feel about it, these babies and their lives are precious, A BLESSING to our family!! Something we have yearned for, prayed for, sacrificed for and are being given by the grace of God! We will continue to yearn, to pray, to sacrifice, to be worthy of these babies and we know that God loves us and has prepared us and will continue to prepare us for these blessings! A week later we went in for our next sonogram, which was yesterday. All four babies are still doing great and their heartbeats are strong!! It was a much different experience thankfully, we are on board and are hoping for the best! We are still educating ourselves and will do all we can to have these babies be the healthiest they can be!! We are excited and are gearing up for our new life, a life that is going to be CRAZY... but OH SO BLESSED!! :)

This Big Brother knew something before we did, crazy boy!!!! ;) He is going to be the BEST big brother!!

This is what we are looking at...

*We are 8 weeks now, on average Quads are born at 30 weeks.
*Best case scenario would be 34 weeks, this is our goal!!!
*That means strict bed rest probably sooner than later, I'm pretty much lying around all day already.
It also means I will most likely be in the hospital by 28 weeks, if not sooner.
*Most quads have a NICU stay of about 30 days, more or less depending on their weights and how long they were in gestation, I think it was my friend Amy(my sweet friend/IVF nurse who answers all my crazy calls!!!)that told me that for every day past 28 weeks is 6 days shaved off of their NICU stay! And if we get to at least 28 weeks, they will most likely be viable and able to survive outside of the womb.

 Our Litter :)

So those are the odds so far! More will come I'm sure, as we approach further testing and more exams. As for the odds of this happening, we aren't quite sure... but we do know it is very rare. We have fantastic health coverage through Kaiser, who delivered Octo-Mom actually!!! So if she can do 8, I can surely do 4!!!! You can call me Quatro-Mom!!!! LOL! (thanks Daniel Limburg for my sweet new nickname!!) PLUS, I have the support of an awesome husband, family, church and friends!!! So we got this!!!

I also wanted to share this news article/video with you! I found it doing research this week and it really helped me!!! It has a lot of great information about the process we've gone through and what we have to come, it really is the best case scenario we are hoping for!! The video loops with a couple other videos that are interviews with Doctors that share a lot of good info too. So check it out and enjoy!!

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/ivf-success-story-turns-quadruplet-surprise/story?id=13350702#.UGHbUrKPXz4

We have a soccer player!!!

Mitch was just barely old enough to join a soccer team for Fall Soccer!!! He is so excited!!! You have to be 3 and a half by the time the season starts for the Lake Elsinore soccer league! They are really hard core here about soccer, even with the young teams!! We have 2 practices a week and they go for an hour and a half to 2 hours each practice!!! Mitch is so funny about it too! He'll randomly stop and say "I'm just going to watch!" LOL!! We were so happy that he got on the same team as his buddy Brody! They have so much fun running around together and it's nice for Seth and I to have friends there to hang out with for the practices and games!! He is learning a lot and we've realized that we really need to work on his attention and sense of urgency skills!! It is hilarious how much he'll go chill in the other teams huddle and slowly jog about 3-4 yards behind the mass of the other kids!! He is in no hurry to be the star and it cracks us up!! T-ball may be more his game!! ;) But in the meantime it's so fun to experience this as a family! I'm a soccer mom!! Woo hoo!!

First game day, about 10 minutes before it ended he yelled to me "I'm tired, I want to go home!!!" LOL!

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First time he got the ball, love that I got the photo!!! So cute!!!

 I made the team banner for the "Green Knights", it took awhile and I'm glad the kids like it!!

We are expecting!!!

As Mitch would say, "Mommy has a baby in her tummy!"!! It was so fun to call our parents and have him tell them!! We are so happy and excited to be able to experience this tremendous blessing once again! It has been such a hard trial for us and we feel like we've tried everything, but here we are pregnant again!! So amazing!! Seth told me after we got the good news that it is amazing how when we found out that we were pregnant that the work, heartache and patience of trying to conceive or adopt just didn't seem to matter anymore, that he was just happy and excited!! But I had to disagree, it is definitely what has gotten us here and I truly believe it has built our faith in God's love for us and is going to make us even better parents for experiencing it!! He of course agreed! ;) I've got a good man!

If you asked me a year and a half ago if we were open to doing in-vitro again, I would have cried or maybe laughed... I was so done with it!! But it took some other experience for us to just feel right about doing in-vitro AGAIN this time, this has the 4th time. We got pregnant with Mitch the first time we did it and just thought that it was going to be easy for us after it was so successful the first time!! After 2 failed FET cycles(Frozen Embryo Transfers, we used the frozen embryos we had left over from our first in-vitro experience) we were so bummed that it didn't seem to be the answer anymore!! So we delved into adoption,  that was our next answer!! We felt good about it and got completely certified and our profile set up with LDS Family Services! We got a call less then a month later saying a birth mom had picked us!!! ALREADY?!!! It was so fast!! We couldn't believe it, it was meant to be!!! She was due in 3 weeks and we were ecstatic!! Well 3 weeks later after getting that call, we got another call saying she was in labor! So we went to the hospital, spent the night in the waiting room and waited for our sweet angel to arrive! Unfortunately, that's when it all went wrong. That sweet baby wasn't meant to be ours and it was by far the HARDEST thing I've experienced in my life!!! In that moment I felt so cheated, so alone, so sad. But, I wasn't! My amazing husband stood beside me and let me lean on him, my family and friends rallied and made me feel so understood and helped me to vent, my Heavenly Father and my Savior helped me feel their love for me and I got through it. I still felt sad and honestly wary of adoption though. I felt immediately that we should do in-vitro again. But ultimately decided that we needed to give adoption more of a chance if it was to be our answer. Well almost a year later and nothing has come of it, no emails, no calls, no interest. It was our answer to move forward with in-vitro again. All over, from the start with a new fresh embryo cycle, this a post from our first experience with it...http://redvixonishere.blogspot.com/2008/07/got-some-news.html

This is technically a month and a half, 6 weeks!

So here we are, so happy that we did!! SO EXCITED to experience pregnancy again! SO EXCITED for Mitch to be a big brother! SO EXCITED to decorate a new baby room!! KINDA EXCITED to throw up, feel nauseous, have heartburn again(I know that's crazy, but it helps me know everything is okay!)!! NOT AT ALL excited to do the orange drink test or experience child birth again tho, LOL! But, oh SO EXCITED to hold sweet baby again and VERY HAPPY that we get to experience this miracle again. We truly couldn't be happier!!

Happy 10th Anniversary to US!!!

We've made it 10 years!! Oh yeah, we love each other! ;) We decided to celebrate with a little getaway to Palm Springs! It was so nice and relaxing, we slept in till 9 each day, took naps, went and watched a movie, ate, ate some more and it was AWESOME!! So glad we made the time and I love my husband SO MUCH!! He really is an amazing person and I'm so blessed to have him as my companion!! He still makes me so happy, makes me feel so beautiful and makes me laugh so hard!! I made him a puzzle with this photo from our wedding...

Dancing our first dance!

On the back of the puzzle pieces I wrote 10 reasons why he is the best husband ever! He loved it and I loved watching him open and put together!

                           

This is the view of our hotel from our room, so fun and colorful!

Love this photo!

We also went on the Palm Springs Aerial Tramway up to the San Jacinto Mountain, it was really scary at first for me!! But very cool experience!! You ride in this...

                                       

All the way up to the top, a 10 minute ride at the Valley Station – elevation 2,643 ft. and end at the Mountain Station – elevation 8,516 ft. the platform you stand on inside the tram rotates 360 degrees the entire time!! So crazy!! We got some good photos...

We didn't die and we had a great time and look forward to another 10 awesome years and forever together!!

Mitch starts Preschool!!

Mitch started Preschool and he LOVES it!! He did so well getting ready and posing for photos, made it easy on me! He loves being able to see his friends at school and being in Miss Janitsy's class too! Us too, we're so happy he's able to be in her class now! She is so great with the kids and we know he's going to learn a lot!!

Love how excited he is here!

Class photo - She told them all to keep their arms to themselves and straight down and against their bodies, Mitch is taking this very seriously!!! ;)

Handsome boy

Painting his share bag with his friends

Song Time

Miss Janitsy and Mitch 

Each year when school starts along with a Father's blessing we're going to do this little questionnaire!
1. What is your favorite color? Green
2. What is your favorite toy? Bad guy toy. ok...
3. What is your favorite fruit? Apple, a green apple
4. What is your favorite tv show? Jake and the Neverland Pirates
5. What is your favorite thong to eat for lunch? BREAD, aka PB&J
6. What is your favorite outfit? Soccer clothes
7. What is your favorite game? Bad guys game. hmmmmmm... recurring theme here.
8. What is your favorite snack? Poopy snacky was his first answer...(he thinks saying poop is so funny right now) then he decided chips.
9. What is your favorite animal? Dragon
10. What is your favorite song? The teacher one, the one Miss Janitsy sings. :) So cute!!
11. What is your favorite book? The fishy one, the "In My Pond" book we got him on an anniversary trip to San Diego.
12. Who is your best friend? Mommy! (I love this answer!!!)
13. What is your favorite cereal? Corn Chex
14. What is your favorite thing to do outside? Play in the water (and now he is begging with his "Pretty please" to go outside and play in the water!)
15. What is your favorite drink? Juice!
16. What is your favorite holiday? My birthday
17. What do you like to take to bed with you at night? My silkie
18. What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? POP!(a Gogurt)
19. What do you want for dinner on your first day of school? Pizza!
20. What do you want to be when you grow up? A Fireman. :)

Can't believe our little guy is already this big!!!