Aden turned 3 September 9th. He had his well child check on Monday. His weight is 27 pounds and is in the 11th percentile.  His height is 35 3/4" and is in the 12th percentile. His blood pressure is normal.

Aden is fully potty trained and has been for about a year, but when he has to go potty, he can't hold it. When he drinks a lot or swims and swallows a lot of water he has to go pee 10 times in 2 minutes, literally (and he goes every time). The doctor was concerned and wanted to do some tests. First, she pricked his finger and did a diabetes test. The first time it came back abnormal. She brought in a new machine and did it again, this time it came back normal. Then, she thought he might have something wrong with his kidneys or bladder, so she wanted to do a urine test. Of course, Aden couldn't go potty (but really?, who goes potty on command?). So, she sent a cup home with me ( I was going to return it on Wednesday when Taygen had her appt.).

 Aden had to go pee when we got home, so I went ahead and took the sample back to the Dr.'s right away (same day). I waited out in the waiting room, she called me back and said his glucose was fine, but they were worried about some blood that they found in his urine sample (not a red tint or anything, I had no clue there was any blood in there). The nurse was going to talk to his pediatrician and they would call me back. By this time, I was freaking out! It could just be an infection or something minor, but as a concerned mom, you tend to think the worst anytime you hear the word blood. They finally (what seemed like forever) called me back, the Dr. said she wasn't worried because it was very little blood, but next time he has blood in his urine he is to go to the ER. I said ok, but actually, I was thinking, how will I know that there is blood in his urine when I didn't see any in the first place?

He's doing pretty good. He starts music school on Thursday, so I'm sure I will do another post about that :).  He has grown up so much in the last couple of months. Being a stay at home mom you hear everything that your kids do, fight, argue, yell, so on, (when they are at a daycare you don't get to hear any of that during the day), that used to be constant with Aden because he didn't understand how to wait, so he wanted everything right then and when Keira didn't give it to him he got upset and started yelling at her which in turn made Keria yell at him. Anyway, he has grown up so much and has learned to take turns, share, and that he can't always have his way. They have stopped fighting and yelling at each other, which makes my life a lot easier.

This is another one of my favorite stories of an unexpected family time that I just loved.

It was a Saturday. We went out to eat supper and shopping as a family. While we were in the store, it started pouring (came out of no where), lightning and thunder. The lights flickered in the store, but never went out. Paid for our stuff and just waited around until the rain was light enough to be able to walk to the truck.

We were on our way home at this time, we got onto our road and noticed all our neighbors sitting/standing outside. One of the neighbors had their door open and I could see it was dark and they had candles lit, right then I knew the power was out. Dan hit the garage door button, just out of habit, of course, it didn't work. I realized that I DO NOT have a house key on my truck key ring. I do however, have the screen door key on it, which did not get us anywhere, by the way!

It was still light at this time, about 8:30 p.m, we realized we were locked out of the house and there was no way we were getting in, so we let the kids get out of the truck and just run around and play. It started getting darker and started sprinkling a little bit, so we loaded the kids back up into the truck. We didn't know what else to do so we just drove around the neighborhood looking at the damage the storm had done about an hour ago.

One of our neighbors had said that there was a power line down by Harley Davidson shop, so with Dan being a Mechanical Engineer and dealing with power lines we had to go look at it.  The kids were great, it was almost 10 by this time. We stopped at a gas station, got the kids a snack and some strawberry milk and just had a little snack picnic in the car. We drove around some more.

Got back to the house about 11:00 or so and just sat in the drive way and talked with the kids and had a blast. There was nothing we could do, so we just enjoyed the time we had as a family. Dan decided to go around back and look at our basement window, this time is was about 11:30, I looked down the street and the street lights were coming on one by one, finally, the neighbor's porch lights came on and we were in the garage. Later, I found out that he was about to come get Keira or I to climb through the window because he had it opened.

I know being stuck in an SUV with 4 other people (3 kids and your spouse) doesn't sound like much fun to some of you, but it is those times that you want to make the most of. The kids are more likely to remember that kind of adventure or family bonding time than doing something super expensive.

It's always nice to have a day planned out, but it's even better to have an unexpected day out with the family! This Saturday was the air show with the Blue Angels at the airport. We live by the airport, so we just sat in our drive way (or in the neighbors drive way) and watched. The show started at 11 a.m. Dan let me sleep in until 11, I got up, got the kids dressed, and we all went outside to watch. We took a couple of our deck chairs and brought the kids' rocking chairs outside for them to sit. It was a great day! It was so nice outside! The kids played with their chalk, bubbles, and rode their bikes around the drive way and inside the garage. We are a close neighborhood and everybody knows everybody, Keira is pretty good friends with one of our neighbor boys, so Keira and Aden went over to play. I stayed around the house because Taygen was napping at that time. When Taygen woke up we went over their and chatted for a bit while we watched the show. Keira's friend had a couple Nerf guns that they played with. The kids have never played with guns, not even squirt guns, fake guns, any kind of toy guns. No, my kids are not deprived, I just want them to be innocent as long as they can be ;).

The moral of the story is...I am not an outside person (bugs and dirty) but I was outside for 6 hours today and had a blast with my family!!

Here are some pictures of the kids eating outside and playing with the neighbors.

The kids riding their bikes. Keira is pushing Aden on her bike. He has a 3 wheeler but I guess Keira's is more fun.

Some pictures of the airshow

We are going to build house in the next 2-3 years. We have been looking at land in the Fallbrook area or The Bridges in Denton. Dan wants to build in The Bridges because they are Green and they use Geothermal.

Here are some of examples of the houses in The Bridges that we were looking at if we were going to just buy a house...
The Bridges houses...

WoodsBros.com

Fallbrook house...
We actually looked at a different house in Fallbrook, it was lovely but we did not like the basement. I think 2 of the rooms (I can't remember if it was 2 or 3) were in the basement. The basement actually had a kid slide built in, with a little hole in the wall for the kids to climb onto the slide. The basement was all brick, it felt like a dungeon down there, just creepy and cold.

Woodsbros.com

Aden turned 3 September 9th. He is such a big boy and amazes me more and more everyday. I thought it would be a problem with having 2 girls and a boy, but Aden plays with Keira and Taygen pretty good. There are times when he just wants to be alone to play with his trucks, cars, or the iPad :) He always tells Keira that she is his best friend and that he loves her.

Aden doesn't seem like he is only 3. He is so much more mature than other 3 year old boys. Aden loves to golf, just hit balls around in general :)

For Aden's birthday, Daddy and grandpa took him golfing at Highlands Golf Course.

Pictures....

My little golfer

Using his own golf clubs

Driving the golf cart

Keira lost her first tooth Aug. 25. I was a little worried the first time she came to me and told me that her tooth was loose. I called her Dentist and she said that was normal because she had all her teeth pretty early, so that meant that she would lose them pretty early. So, the day she lost it, of course, she wanted to put it under her pillow right away. The tooth fairy left her $3.00, she was super excited to show us in the morning. She told us that the tooth fairy was going to bring her a barbie, we told her that the tooth fairy only brings money and that she had to buy it with the money the tooth fairy leaves. When she found the money, she asked if she could put it into her piggy bank to get a barbie.

She lost her second one Sept. 5th. We sat down to eat supper and she was crying because her tooth hurt her when she ate. I looked at, it wiggled it, front to back a couple times then it popped right out. She was fine after that :)  This time she got $5.00 because the tooth fairy didn't have any change.

I am not a morning person! So, I usually don't get out of bed until the kids come in my room to let me know that they are awake and that's usually between 8 & 9. When Keira was younger she would come in my room in the morning and just climb in bed with me and snuggle or sometimes she would go back to sleep and then when Aden woke up we would both get up and get him, sometimes I would just let her sleep in my bed if she did fall asleep. Aden used to crawl into bed with me also and just cuddle. This was my favorite time of the day because it was so peaceful and quiet, having one or more of my babies snuggling with me. Now that Keira and Aden have gotten older, when they come into my room, they just say, "Mom, the sun's up time to get up." They don't want to lay down with me anymore because they think they have to go back to sleep if they do, which they don't have to, we just lay there and talk.


I've come to realize that I don't want to be that mom that the kids have to wake up every morning! I want them to come downstairs and see that I am already awake and start our day. I told myself about a month ago that I was going to set the alarm for 7:30 a.m, get up, get ready, and get some stuff done around the house before the kids got up so I could have some time for myself. I have done that about 5 times in the last month and have felt really good! Keira and Aden get so excited when they come down stairs and see that I am already awake. Keira says, "Mom, you're awake!" Aden says, "Mommy, you awake." It just makes your day seem more brighter and more clear. When you are woken up and have to get up that's when your day doesn't go so good because you are groggy and just don't feel like doing anything the rest of the day. When you get up on your own, you feel so much better, you are just more energized and have a better look on the day. That's just my opinion anyway, What do you think about getting up in the mornings?

The kids and I decided to do a "camp out." The kids don't have a tent or sleeping bags (because they have never needed them) so we decided to just do a camp out on the family room floor. The kids slept on the couch cushions and I slept on the floor for most of the night then moved to the couch. The kids slept really good. Aden stayed on his pillow and the cushion for the most part, Keira was all over the place but stayed asleep. I woke up one time to find her over by the TV, picked her up while she was still sleeping and put her back to bed.

Some pictures of the kids having fun on their camp out.