Sommerfeldt Family: March 2009

Monday, March 30, 2009

Nola ...

Well I've been thinking alot about my grandma Clark lately. Drew and Marty just moved into their house last weekend and it feels strange not to always think of it as Grandma and Grandpa Clark's house. My grandmas house had a certain smell. It was a combination of sweet baking and laundry. It always made you feel at home.

There are so many thing I remember about my grandma:

I remember having sleepovers at her house. She would always put a treat under our pillows at night. I would wake up in the middle of the night just to check if it was there. Sometimes she would forget and have to be sneaky and slip it under when she came into wake us up.

She was one of the best cooks I have ever known. She sure knew how to throw a Sunday dinner. She had so many specialties. (Quiche on Christmas morning was my fav) I now do it for my family, except they want it all year round. She also made the best roast beef dinners. My grandpa was strictly a meat and potatoes man so this was great for him.

She was always busy doing something for someone. She was a wondeful example of service.

She loved her grandkids so much and you could feel it every time she gave you one of her famous bear hugs.

She was such a hard worker. I remember driving by the agency late at night and still seeing the lights on. We all poked fun at her, that sometime she would fall asleep in mid conversation with one of us after a long day at the agency.

It's hard sometimes, I feel like it has been so long and I hate that I have a hard time remembering what her voice sonuded like. I'm so grateful to know that we will see her again. I know she would be so proud of us and all of her great grandchildren.

Even though Kaiya never had the chance to know grandma she still talks about her often. We have told her many of our memories and my mom brought her to the grave side once and she has never forgotten it. Kaiya is a very sensitive girl. She took it really hard when Grandpa past away. I'm so gald she has memories of him.

I know it is hard for my mom to let go of grandpa and grandma's house but I'm glad Drew and Marty are there. I know they will take good care of the place. I sure do love and miss them...

Friday, March 27, 2009

While the kids finger painted I decided to take a few new pictures of Cooper. He is only 6 1/2 weeks old but it feels like he has been around for much longer. It's strange, I can't even imagine our family with out him. I'm so happy he has started to smile and give us more expression.

Thursday, March 26, 2009

MAKING A MESS AND LOVING IT!

Today was one of those days to throw away your cares and make a mess. Anyone who knows me, know that I hate messes, but for my kids and for the sake of fun we went full force. Chocolate pudding finger painting! The only way to go. Have fun and have a yummy treat at the same time. Kaiya started out real neat but soon followed Jagers example. Living in Southern Alberta it can sometimes be a challange finding thing for my kids to do. It's either too cold or too windy. Sometimes I wonder why we stay. The other day Kaiya asked me if I would like to live somewhere, where it's alway hot? I said yes, of course. She them told me that we should move to Mexico because Mexico is magic, cause it's always hot there. I said she was right Mexico is magic. I can't wait till we can go again. But until then I guess we always have CHOCOLATE PUDDING.

Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Snow day

Snow day at Grandpa Clarks. I have so many memories of Grandma and Grandpa Clark and their house. Their place has so much
room to run and play. Our kids unfortunately only got to know their Great Grandpa Doug but would have been adored by their Grandma Nola. She would have been right out their with them, or inside making hot chocolate and warm cookies. The kids had so much fun this year with all the snow. The drift were huge. They would slide down over and over and over. Jager was mostly interested with his shovel. This was Jack and Macy first 's real winter. Jack loved the snow, but poor little Macy wasn't sure what to think of the cold. A great time was had by all.

Kaiya's snack day March 18th 2009

Every snack day is exciting, but today was special. Kaiya got to bring Jager and cooper to school. Jager was very excited.

Kaiya being a great big sister helping Jager open his pretzels. Thats what I like to see. I love when they get along!

Cooper and I stayed for the first part just until show and tell was over. Geoff and Jager stayed the rest of the day, lucky him. Kaiya brought her new floopy puppy and Snacks the bear, and most importantly her new baby brother Cooper. Kaiya was so proud to hold Cooper on her own, although she can get a little to comfortable sometimes. Kaiya loved being the center of attention. She also got to call on some of the kids with their hands up to ask her questions about the things she brought. All of her friends thought Cooper was pretty special.

I think Jager loved being part of Kaiya's snack day. This is him being a little a little shy. Kaiya's teacher was telling the children about the report cards that would be in their mailboxes. She said, "at the end of class you can go to the back and you will be given something pretty special in a brown envelope to take home to your parents, do any of you know what that will be?" With out hesitation Jager Shouted out, "a Gun"... the teachers all thought this was quite funny. This is just one more reason we love Jager... his obsession with weapons.

Tuesday, March 24, 2009

Kaiya is now five years old and I don't know where the time has gone. I get teary eyed thinking about my little girl growing up. I really regret not keeping a better record of her milestones and I want to make up for it now. Geoff and I were up last night trying to remember as much as we could about Kaiya up untill now. I hope she will enjoy reading these things when she is older.

You were born on July 29th at 3:04am your labour was a fast 5 hours.We had your name picked out before we met you.
When you came out it fit perfectly.
Kaiya you were our little GIRL! You were a very girly looking baby from the day you were born.
You were a happy baby, but weren’t much for sleeping at night. That drove mom a little crazy at times.
You are very generous... When a friend is over you often look for something they can take home.
You love to sneak into mom and dads bed. And when you need to go to the bathroom in the night you insist on waking mom up to tell her were you are going.
You are so loving; always saying I love you.
You give the best hugs and kisses.
You have beautiful curly hair. Although when it get knoty you say “I wish I was a boy”
You love the color Pink and Purple.
You like treats, but you don't need them you often turn down candy just because.
You like to eat healthy things (broccoli)
You won’t eat any candies that are green. No matter what.
You love doing crafts. You have the gift of creativity.
You have always been the peacemaker in our home.
You didn’t cut your first tooth until you were 11 months.
you took your first steps at 11 months
You have an amazing imagination.
When you where about two you use to say “whadee” for love you.
When you would see something cute you would say "so toot".
You love to shop with Mom. Now, at age five you love to pick things up and say" Oh mom isn't this so cute, we should get it"
You love to cuddle. We call you our cuddle bug.
For some reason when you were about two you were deathly afraid of black boots. When Auntie Robyn lived with us she had a pair and you would scream if they got close to you. It came in handy if we didn’t want you touching something, all we had to do was put the boots in front of it.
You called Auntie Robyn Ra Ra for a long time.
You called chips "piches"
You are very motherly. You want to take care of any kid who is younger than you.
You can’t help yourself you love to pick us any kid that's smaller than you, even if they don’t ask you to.
You love to sing and make up new songs.
You are a beautiful dancer.
Your favorite song was Madonna`s time goes by and you had all her moves down from when you were 2 and a half.
You love to sing "i'm trying to be like jesus",
you memorized it and sang it in Grandma Sommerfeldts Relief Society lesson when you were 3-ish.
When you say "I love you" we ask how much and you say "all the way around my back"
You love to abbreviate people’s names. like Gram, Gramp, Rob, Mand...
You love school (kindergarten) You make friends very easily.
Your fav thing to do is going to hotels and swim with your family.
You love having sleepovers at grandmas.
"Have you heard the good news?" "The twins are back."
"She's coming down the hallway wearing my shoe."
You traveled to Australia with Mom, Grandma and Grandpa when you were 18 months to visit Auntie Mandy.
You are very spiritual.
You are an amazing example of faith to your family.
When ever something is missing you say a prayer and ask to find it, you do this on your own and always have your prayers answered.
You already have a great love for the scriptures.
You love to open the scriptures and tell your own scripture stories.
You love to have family Home evening.
When you were 2-ish you told us that you were going to find a boy and get married in the Temple
You love to cook and bake with mom.
You are a wonderful cleaner. When you want to be.
You are a great big sister to Jager and Cooper.
You and Jager fight, but you will almost always be the one to say I'm sorry and make things better.
You love to talk on the phone already...
At age Five you told me you want to be a Doctor, nurse, singer and a MOM when you grow up.
Your fav toy right now is babies and stuffies (snacks the bear) (age 5)
You got your ears pierced at age 3.
Your first stuffed animal was plopper (stuffed dog). It was the first thing your dad brought when we found out we were expecting a baby.
You love your Daddy but you are always on Mommy's side for some reason.
When you were about 2 or 3 you loved going under blankets and pretending that you were in a car driving to the store.
You have an amazing memory.
You Love to be outside.
At the park you love the swings.
from a very young age you were always facinated with animals like cats and dogs,
You learned to ride your bike without training wheels a bit before you turned 5
You love to color and draw.
Your first drawings were little circular swirls.
You love to make presents for people when they are sick.
You are a very neat printer at age 5
When you were 4 you cracked your tooth in half and had to be put under to have it pulled out.
When we are having a bad day, you like to say "Let`s start the day over".
"everyone take deep breaths"
We have to pretend to go to sleep and really start the day over.
When you where 3 you went through a rough time going to bed. We had to put a gate up in front of your room.
When you were 3 you were diagnosed with petit maul seizures and have been on medication since.
You have to get your blood taken every few months and you absolutley hate needles, the only way we can get you to co-operate is to put "magic cream" on your hand, and it has to be done at the hospital as an outpatient because you fight off all of the regular lab workers.
When you were 3 we thought we lost you.
You were suppose to be napping. I went to check in on you and you weren`t there. I called for you but got no answer. I started yelling. After a while of yelling at the top of my lungs. I got scared and called dad, he was scared and called 911 to call and help me as he rushed home. Uncle Drew and Grandma Sommerfeldt came over and helped look for you too (he sped accross town). We looked all over the house and couldn't find you anywhere. Right as the police showed up we checked our room one more time. I put my hand on the bottom of our bed and felt a leg. You had snuck into my bed. You were asleep under the covers, laying flat at the very foot of the bed. You didn`t wake up for another hour after the whole ordeal and had no idea you scared us to death. I thought someone had taken you. I have never been so scared.
Kaiya you have given us so many happy, funny, and crazy memories we love you more than can ever be expressed. We look forward to many more memories.

Sunday, March 22, 2009

Coopers first real smiles

Well He finally gave it up, Cooper smiled for his mom today. He is 6 weeks old today and he smiled 3 time in a row. We all thought he smiled before but these were the real thing. He looked so cute today at church in his little sweater. Cooper sure is popular in primary, all the kids are always wanting a snuggle. I need to take some pictures of him in his church clothes before he grows out of them. Man babies grow up to fast. Although it seems like Cooper has been small for a long time. He's kind of a slow gainer. I had him weighed on the 19th and he was only 7lbs 8oz. which is on the smaller side for a 6 week old. Oh well I'm sure he will catch up in no time.

Saturday, March 21, 2009

catching up (Kaiya's first day of kindergarden)

These pictures are of Kaiya on her first day of kindergarden. She was so excited to go with her new backpack that was almost as big as her. It took her all summer to get excited about kindergarden. She really loved preschool and she wasn't sure she wanted to leave preschool for kindergarden. Kaiya would cry herself to sleep many nights worried about growing up and starting kindergarden. We finally convinced her that it was a good thing and she soon warmed up to the idea. After the first day she said "Mom you were right kindergarden is way more fun than preschool." Kaiya has loved kindergraden since. Her teacher is Mrs. Falwell and she has made so many friends. I just hope she continues to love school, I'm not holding my breath...

Halloween 2008

Kaiya was a cat for her school halloween party. She sure knows how to put on a show. I love this girl!!!

The brat pack

All of the new babies finally together! When Cooper was born it made 13 grandbabies for the Wolsey side

. In this picture Jordyn is about 5 months, Pheonix and Cohen are about 2 months, they are 2 weeks apart and lastly Cooper was about 4 weeks. Poor Jordyn is the girl in the bunch.

Making a mess

Jager and Kaiya love to fingerpaint. They love to do anything that makes a mess really. We have these stools that Jager has fallen off of many time and Geoff has said many time he wants to throw them out. I guess I bought the for looks over safety. Anyways this is where they were painting. Jager was happily painting untill he lost his balance and did a face plant into his paint. We were all laughing but he sure didn't think it was funny. Geoff got the video camara and turned the screen to Jager so he could see what his face looked like. Jager thought he looked pretty funny after a while that is...

Valentines Day Breakfast

Heart shaped waffles for breakfast. Kaiya and Jager woke up to a trail of hearts left by the Valentine's day fairy. They followed the trail all the way through the house to find their treasure (candies and a heart sippy cup) They had a blast all day making new trails with all of the hearts.

Friday, March 20, 2009

Our home away from home

We bought this little house in Mexico In Feb of 2008. So far we have taken one family vacation in Nov 2008. We had so much fun. We wanted to get a trip in before baby number 3 arrived and it was well worth it. We spent 2 weeks in Mexico and didn't want to come home. Geoff's mom Jesse came with us and stayed for the first week. It was really nice having help with the kids. We are hoping to go back this Nov. with all three of the kids, but this time I think we want to stay 3 weeks. It really does feel like a home way from home. We have all the comforts of home and can even cook most of our meals there. Although we did enjoy eating out. The kids were at the perfect age to travel. We spent almost every day at the beach soaking in the hot sun. My sister Robyn and her husband Mat and my mom and dad have all gone to stay there.

Kaiya bought this baby while we were in Mexico and she brought it everywhere. She called it her "Mexican Baby"

Oh Jager, What can I say, he's a boy! Kaiya loves to pose. Jager on the other hand in very candid. I love that about him. At least he's keep'n it real.

Because

Well here it goes.I decided to create a blog because life is moving way to fast! I'm not great at keeping a journal and I'm hoping that this blog will help me preserve the memories I have with my family. I'm so grateful to know that families are forever. When we were blessed with Kaiya my heart was so full of love for this tiny little person and you think you couldn't possiably love anything else as much, then another baby come into your life and the same thing happens all over again and again. Kaiya, Jager and Cooper have brought so much happiness into our lives and I pray that they will always feel loved. I have always thought we lucked out in the kid department. We must have done something right to deserve these beautiful children.I want to be able to share these memories with them as the grow.

pictures for blackmail

Kaiya has dressed Jager up in her dresses many times. I finally took a picture for some laughs later on. I'm sure Jager wont be laughing when these pictures surface in his wedding slide show. Oh sisters...

Sleeping on the job

I had Kaiya hold Cooper while I was doing my makeup and was calling down to her every few minutes to check that Cooper was doing ok. The first few times I said "Kaiya is everything ok" she would answer "yes mommy" The third time I asked if everything was Ok and I got no answer. I came downstairs and found this. It was so cute. I had to take a picture to show her when she woke up. Of course I took him away after I took a picture and a little movie. As soon as kaiya woke up from her little snooze she was very confused to where Cooper had gone, but loved looking at the pictures. I asked her what happend and she said that Cooper made her tired,

Best of Friends!

Kaiya age 5 and Jager age 3 are the best of friends most days. They love playing together... that is until one of them has a toy the other wants. I took this picture as a test shot before taking pictures of my sister mandy's kids. I fluked out and got them both smiling at the same time.

Baby # 3 Cooper Sommerfeldt

Baby Cooper arrived Feb 8th at 4:51am. My labor started around 10:00pm on the 7th and we went to the hospital around 12:00am. After a very smooth labor and a wonderful epidural he was here. Geoff and I were both very shocked that it was a boy! Geoff didn't want to find out the sex but be both thought it would be a girl. We were very excited to add one more boy to our already wonderful family. Both the kids are loving having baby cooper around. Kaiya is such a BIG help to me. When I had Jager kaiya was always trying to help but I'm sure you all know how much a 2 1/2 year old can help. Now that Kaiya is five she really is a wonderful helper. She holds cooper for me and knows just how to sooth him when he gets fussy. Jager also like to hold Cooper but is easily distracted by other things. These are a few of the picture I took for the birth announcement. I'm still learning but I love trying.