THE RAMSAY'S: April 2011

Friday, April 29, 2011

baby's first!?!

I didn't think it would be this soon... but Kleyton got his first BLACK EYE the other day :( Sad I know!! And he looks so stinkin sad in this picture too. I was feeding them and Kollin started throwing a fit when I started to burp him and threw himself back, head butting poor little Kleytons eye. Kleyton didn't even cry, he just sat there and looked at Kollin like "what the HEck big brother!?!" but 10 minutes later he cryed, and cryed, and cryed and his eye got redder and puffier and sadder looking and then he threw up....a lot. I started freaking out, because what if it hit him so hard that he got a concussion? I mean, you never know! and since it was almost nap time, and since I had just watched a ghost whisperer that had a kid with a concussion on it and we all know how everyone on that show ends up, and since I'm a paranoid new mom I had a little panic running through my veins. I checked the pupils of his eyes and they still dilated and I called Kole and he said that if they are dilating he should be fine. But needless to say I pretty much checked on him every 5 minutes when I finally put him down for a nap. He's fine, he such a little trooper and woke up like in the picture but very happy and giggly. (for some reason in the picture he looks super grumpy, I think he knew 'oh mommy is taking a picture of my eye, better look upset' because 2 seconds later he started laughing...) It started to get better that night, so when Kole got home he had to ask which eye it was. But the next morning it was pretty swollen and hard for him to open... but through out the day you couldn't tell again. Thankfully Kleyton is too little to know about revenge.... otherwise I'm sure Kollin would have had an equally black/ swollen eye.... I grew up with mostly sisters and I know all the bumps and bruises I got from that, so have twin boys: WHAT AM I GONNA DO WHEN THEY GET BIGGER!?!?!

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Easter Weekend!

Because we had just gotten back into town from being away for so long we decided to keep it pretty low key. No camping trips, no leaving town., just relaxing and having fun with our little family.

On Friday night we went over to Kris's house and colored eggs with the kids. It was a lot of fun designing eggs and trading with everyone.

Saturday morning we went to the LaVerkin city egg hunt. No we were not those wierd parents who takes their 5 month olds and gets candy, because obviously they're not eating it..lol we just hung back and watched Madi, Karter, and Charlie get eggs. But the babies did get to meet the easter bunny and Kollin thought he was the coolest! He kept smiling and giggling at him:)

Easter Sunday we woke up and the easter bunny had visited us. We all got clothes and the boys got toys and kole and I got candy. We spent the morning and the afternoon hanging out and having fun with just us 4.

Then Kole's mom came over and brought the boys presents from her recent trip to mexico.

That night Kris, Danielle, and their kids came over for a yummy ham dinner. And we spent the night playing with all the kiddo's and catching up:)

It was a great, relaxing weekend. I love my family and am so glad we were able to spend this amazing holiday together.

Sunday, April 24, 2011

Road Trip!!!

While Kole was away at summer camp for 3 weeks I decided it would be a good time to go on a trip. It is finally warm enough and RSV season is over, so we went up to northern Utah to visit family. (Some of which the boys have never met, and I haven't seen in 7 months!)

They were great on the 3 hour drive to my sister Donna's house. Kollin started getting fussy so I stopped at the Levan freeway exit and gave him a binky and he was fine the rest of the way. I spent the first part of our trip there. The kids had spring break and Donna was helping me with a project that I am giving to Kole while he is away. Kole was at the post 45 minutes from my sisters house and he had Wednesday off so he spent Tuesday night with us and we all hung out on Wednesday. It was good to spend time with him after not seeing him for over a week. We were also able to go to dinner with his brother Kasey that night. Then for the couple days after that we:......

Played with the babies...

The babies fought over Lucas's Mickey Mouse......

We visited my sister Lucy.....

Watched lots of Mickey Mouse Club House(it's all the boys favorite).....

Had Tummy Time.....

Hung out with momma.....

Tried new veggies.....

Went to William and Emily's birthday party and got to meet a bunch of family the boys haven't met yet.....

Donna and Jared baby sat the boys one night so I could go pick up Kole and go on a REAL date:) Joe's crab shack!!! my favorite!

Then on Sunday we drove further north and visited my friend Sara and her baby Lexi for Lunch. And finished the drive to Brigham City to spend time with my parents.

One night While My dad, my two nieces and I went to Crystal Hot springs my boys........:

Helped Grandma sew....

And Did a photo shoot with Aunt Julie.....

for the next couple days we hung out with my momma......

Kollin liked to watch TV with Grandpa so he could stay up late....

Brittany, played with the boys(and so did Bailey and Brock)

And they woke up happy like THIS every morning....

tuesday night we went to Logan and had dinner with my sister-in-law Shiloh and her kids (Forgot my camera)

Kole got out of summer camp a few days early so we headed home on Wednesday.

On our way we stopped and met the boys brand new baby cousin:) (i forgot my camera in the car again!!!)

And we made it as far as beaver but I needed gas and the boys wanted juice.

and then we left on our journey again.

The last hour sucked!!! they kept taking turns crying because they were sick of the car. I was sick of the car too.

But when we got home, Kole was there waiting for us, and all was right with the world! :)

Saturday, April 23, 2011

Rub A Dub Dub!

I know that my last blog was pretty ummm... stressed sounding..lol but that weekend really was fun, aside from my little freak outs. Here are a couple pics of the boys taking a bath. Lucas loved that the babies took a bath with him, he was so excited to splash them and give them toys. My boys loved it too. They didn't know what to think of all the bubbles and being held (they don't sit up on their own yet) instead of being in their baby tub, and they both thought Lucas was pretty funny.

(Kollin & Lucas)

(Kleyton and Lucas)

And this is what I did to entertain some boys for like 15 minutes.... I was trying to get one good picture but I kept cutting my head off, or someone would have their eyes closed, or they were looking away... finally Kollin started busting out laughing because of the flash and we ended up with this:

Gotta LOVE that toothless grin!

Saturday, April 9, 2011

The things you learn

Last night as I was going to sleep I had one big question running through my head. How in the heck did my mom and dad have TEN children and not pull out all their hair or end up in an insane asylum?!?
Yes, My mom and dad had 10 children, all different ages and yes I'm sure it was nice to have older children help with the younger children but seriously How did they do it?

My reasoning for this question that was on my mind was because I had one heck of a day yesterday.. it was a great morning, I hung out with one of my sisters and a niece who is helping me with a calendar for my husband while he is away. It was even good when she left to have a fun-much needed break with her husband in vegas. And it was still running smoothly when two of my other sisters decided to go to the mall. At the mall there was in our group: 4 adults, 13 year old, 8 year old, 7 year old, 2 year old, and 4 babies under the age of 1. I know that we sound NUTS but we had strollers and split up all the kids and went to different stores so we didn't totally scare all the mall employees. I was able to get a few things that I needed and all the kids were on their best behavior.... but then it happened.... My anxiety kicked in. I don't know why it happens but it does. Out of no where I feel like I'm about to panic and everyone around me seems to be talking just a little to loud and the smells in bath and body works starts getting stronger. My boys must have picked up on it because they started to get fussy and it probably didn't help that they both didn't take very long morning naps. It was okay though because we were leaving anyway. We decided who was going with who and who had to go home and who was meeting at my house.

So I headed to my car with my boys and my niece and what little break we had from the weather decided it was done. So I loaded the kids into my car before they could get rained on but I fought with my bags and stroller and got soaked....Yay me! Kollin cried the whole way home and I was ready for a nap myself. When we got back to my house everyone settled down for a bit. The 3 littlest ones took a nap while the 8 year old and 7 year old played and me, my sister mary, and my 13 old niece watched some tv. A couple hours later I started to get antsy so I picked up the house and started making dinner and thats when it all happened......

Within minutes of eachother my boys woke up screaming, the little girls started getting sassy with each other, I found an empty(which was full 2 minutes earlier) bottle of hand sanitizer and still don't know where the contents landed, my nieces glasses got broken, and I burned the crap out of my hand!! Holy Cow I just needed a breather!!! I took a breath.... everyone calmed down.... and we started feeding the babies. Crisis fixed! Right? haha think again.
I took the basket of plants that sits on my kitchen table so we could all sit down for dinner and come to find out I over watered it and my kitchen table is now warped! I had a freak out, directed to no one and sat at the table where everyone looked at me probably thinkin "Holy crap! What side of the bed did she wake up on?" My sister calmed me down and everyone ate dinner with no fussing or fighting. We watched some movies and I calmed down. But when I talked to my husband I broke down... It was like every tiny lttle thing that happened through out the day hit me at once...I started crying and all I could say to him was that I ruined our stupid table and I'm absolutely DONE having kids, because how am I ever supposed to take care of more than the two I have when I feel over whelmed?!!? He told me to calm down and everything would be okay.
My sister took the two little girls home with her. The three baby boys went to bed and my niece and I watched a movie while gorging ourselves in donuts and soda pop...That seem to help:)

Which takes us back to last night where I thought.. How in the heck did my parents handle 10 kids. My thoughts were particularly directed towards my mother because she was a stay at home mom and my dad had to go on business trips quite often. My own husband leaves on trips for work at least once a month.. I'm not saying I want ten children, not AT ALL! But how am I supposed to handle the two that I do have especially when they start crawling, or walking?

this morning I got the answer to my question......... Take it one day at a time, everyday is a new one and they are all different from the last.

Because today.........

All the babies woke up happy after giving me a FULL nights sleep!
All three little boys took baths and ate breakfast without crying.
the twins went down for their morning naps where I got to play with my nephew and talk to my niece and pick up the house with out any drama.
My sister and my oldest niece went to vegas for a day trip like they do every year so I was left with an 8, 7, and 2 year old. Plus my two 5 month old babies...
I kept trying to have a good attitude and I think it payed off.
The little girls have been playing great all day with very little fighting all the little boys have had their naps and have been playing happily.
Its like night and day from how yesterday was. We are having a fun time playing together and I've even been able to keep up with house work through this day too. Maybe it's my attitude that changed, I still don't want ten kids, and we're a few years away from decided if they two we have are enough but right now I'm happy to watch my nieces and nephews any time:) And mom and dad I love you and am so eternally grateful for you and I'm sorry for all the fighting and craziness when I was younger. You are my hero's!

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

most asked question....

What have you been up to?

I've been getting asked this a lot lately. Probably because I haven't seen or talked to a lot of the people I normally keep in contact with. Sorry everyone, I seriously never imagined how busy being a mom makes you. I'm still learing how to juggle the babies, family, friends, etc etc. so bare with me until I get it figured out. And to answer the question:

A Lot !

Taking care of these boys is a full time job. Not only because there is two of them, but because they are in the ' I want someone to hold me and play with me all the time' and the 'I'm hungry now... not in a few minutes, but NOW -out of no where' stages... Super fun! But seriously, they are super fun and getting more smiley and playing with toys a little better now and rolling over --sometimes--. I love them so much and they amaze me everyday. I feel like I have the cutest smartest boys ever, but I think most moms feel that way.

Now that the weather is getting better we've been spending more time outside. We go on walks, which don't last to long because they get bored and tired and just want to be held and Kollin has this awful habbit of fighting his sleep. ugh!! They do like to be outside though. Just as long as they are being entertained or held. So while I'm trying to pull these crazy weeds which have taken over our front yard (have I ever mentioned how much I hate zerolandscaping!! Weed city!) the boys play on a blanket in the shade. And we've been able to go to Madi and Karters soccer games. They LOVE going to those because there is so much to look at.

The boys are 5 months old now and I have no idea where the time has gone! I feel like they just came home from the hospital.. They both are getting bigger and I love it. We've been trying to spend more time with family and try to go more places now that it's warm enough but they are also going through the 'I HATE MY CARSEAT' stage. So for the most part we hang out at home and watch mickey mouse and practice their baby food eating, standing, rolling, giggling, toy grabbing skills.

We have also been home bodies lately because we are trying to spend as much time together as a family as possible before Kole deploys...

-I don't think I've mentioned that on here yet. Probably because it's a very hard thing to talk about and everytime I even think of doing all this without him I end up breaking down. I am not at liberty to say when exactly he leaves, where exactly he is going, or how long exactly he'll be gone for: at least on the internet because you never know who is reading this. Our family, friends, and military family have been very supportive and I am so greatful for all the love and offered help from everyone. It is going to be a very trying time for us but we will make it through. We have an amazing little family of 4 and we can do anything together.. even if that means that we'll have to be apart for a little while. I love my husband so much and am so proud of the amazing man that he is. Thank you honey- for all that you do as a husband, father and soldier. We love you more than anything!-

So if I miss a phone call or a night out I hope you all understand that I would rather just be at home with my hasband and kids enjoying the time we have left before he has to go.

....so onto a different note... here are some pictures of what we've been up to lately....

(Kollin wanted to be naked one day, everytime I tried to put clothes on him he would freak out. So I let him hang out in his diaper. but then he got cold. I guess a blanket is ok, but not clothes! lol)

It is finally that time of year where RSV season is starting to slow down and we felt comfortable enough to take the boys to church! Just in time to wear their tie shirts before they got to small:)

Last weekend Kole was getting ready to go to summer camp. This camp he had to take all his gear so they know what he has and doesn't have. They got new backpacks that are supposed to be amazing because they can carry almost everything....looks like he even got the kitchen sink with how big that thing was. He wouldn't even let me attempt to pick it up because it was so heavy. (keep in mind my husband is 6'2". I can't even imagine how this would look on guys shorter than him)