6 weeks

This was supposed to be posted on January 22nd
but a month later I am finally finishing it up and posting;)
These past six weeks have kind of just been one big blur.
A brief run through of the blur:
Kolt was the perfect little birthday present for my 31st.

In the hospital Monique, Leisl, BriAnne, Bishop and Lana were my visitors,
along with Shandiin who was right down the hall with her precious new baby girl.
When Kali and Krew came to visit with daddy, Kali was excited about holding baby Kolt
while Krew wanted nothing to do with him.
Grandma and Grandpa Wood drove to WA from UT and picked me up from the hospital.
Kali and Krew got to play at Grandma Yount's house, Lana's house and Hawkins house while Aaron was in Walla Walla finishing his finals for his Masters program.
Once Kolt was home, Krew finally showed interest in him and loved him and the first night wanted to
do everything Kolt was doing, sitting in a car seat, drinking a bottle, etc.
Luckily he was over that by the next morning;)
With Christmas right around the corner family came flooding home which is ALWAYS a good time.
With fresh snow on the ground Tucker took the kids outside to play and build a snowman
which became so big he had to call for reinforcements to get it put together,
the end result was a 9 ft masterpiece.

Excitement filled the air as Christmas Eve rolled around and we read and acted out Christ's birth,
I got to watch my kids faces light up on Christmas morning as they saw what Santa brought them,
and later tore threw neatly wrapped presents.
Aaron gave Kolt a wonderful blessing which was the last major family event before some of the family
boarded the jet planes and headed back to their current homes.

A couple more days passed when all of a sudden I found my self all ALONE with 3 children.
3 am tends to be Kolt's magical hour to wake up and be fussy,
I usually have him calmed, fed, changed and ready to fall asleep around 6 am
7 am Kali and Krew wake up and want me to make them breakfast after asking them to let me sleep a little longer about a dozen times I finally roll out of bed and help them with breakfast, turn on a movie and pass out on the couch.
Walking around like a zombie all day trying to be somewhat coherent for Kali and Krew.
Kali wanting to do the routine we normally do, school, projects, etc. and Krew wanting to get into and play with all the things he shouldn't made it a little rough.
I ended up putting Krew back in diapers until he was ready to be a big boy again.  He would dance around and I would ask if he needed to go to the bathroom, when he said no, I would pick him up and put him on the toilet, he would hold it and tell me there was not pee in there.  When I finally let him off the toilet he would pee on the floor.  So, I decided to deal with that later when I was not so sleep deprived and could think straight.
On the up side I loved watching Kolt smile and laugh in his sleep.  SO CUTE!
He really is sweet, he is just EXTREMELY gassy, which in return makes him fussy.

Then there are the days when Aaron is home, those are my vacation days, he watches the kids while I get sleep in the morning and he will feed Kolt while I play with Kali and Krew.  Those days are nice.

New Years happened somewhere in the blur:

New Years Eve

7:30 pm Aaron decideds he can wait and breaks into the martinellis

we all drink.

10:00 pm

Aaron holds Kolt while Kids and I go downstairs and watch bedtime stories on my laptop

Krew falls asleep

After movie Kali and I go upstairs to check on daddy and Kolt

20 min till midnight Aaron gets tired goes to bed

Kali, Kolt and I are up watching Carson Daleys NYC NYE countdown

And kali asks why we are not at some big party or at a concert

I explain we couln’t really go anywhere this year with Kolt but promised her we would make next years new years eve  BIG.

Count Down starts, I ask kali if she is still awake she said she was going to fall asleep, I told her she had to stay awake for a few more min.

Count down comes when they say 1 Everyone yelled Happy New Year, Kali said we didn’t yell Happy New Year, So we yell it.
HAPPY NEW YEARS!

Jan 1^st 2011

6:00 pm

I explain to Kali we probably won’t be able to go to church tomorrow

Because everyone is sick
Kali freaks out she hates missing church

Kids are out of control

Aaron goes down stairs and puts them to bed

10:00 pm

kids wake  up

Aaron is tired and wants to go to sleep

I am tired but someone has to take care of the kids

Kolt falls asleep after eating, so I only have to worry about 2 kids

Kids want to make brownies, Kali has been asking me to make brownies for 2 days now

I decided now is as good as any

We make brownies

We start a movie in hopes the kids will fall asleep

I fall asleep kids stay awake

Brownie timer rings

We all have a bite

Movie ends

1 am

we go to bed

Kolt wakes up

Finally Kolt goes back to sleep at 3 am

I wake at 6 am

And think wow I wonder I can’t believe I am up in time to get ready for church

And the kids, including the dad is sick and hacking away

Next thing I know I wake up and it is 10:30 am

Kali wakes up and asks if she can go to church, I tell her church is almost over and she is sick we don’t want to get others sick

She is worried because she is supposed to say a prayer today in church

I tell her I can call someone and see if she can do it next week.

Now six weeks later, I can work out again and Kolt has been doing better at night time, not being so fussy, so I finally feel like myself again and might be coming back to the world again and getting back into a routine.

As you see everything has been a little crazy around here.
It is time to dust off my camera and start taking pictures.