So much can change in a week!!

For starters Andy found out that there was an opportunity to leave Chili's and jumped on it! He put his notice in on Wednesday and his last day was Saturday and he started his new job Today! His brother bought the Hard Hat Restaurant and hired Andy as the service Manager (which is what he was doing at Chili's)... and he got a much needed raise! YAY! We are so excited to start fresh!

Aiden has been smiling so much!! I love his adorable little smile! This picture does not do it justice! But it is the only one I have gotten on camera! Everytime I get the camera out he stops! lol! He loves taking baths... but its a little scary with his brother in the tub! Kyler wishes Aiden was a little bigger, he wants to play with him so bad!! He's been trying to play trucks with him... but it ends up that Kyler is driving the truck on Aiden. We have to watch him very closely! lol! Its a good thing Aiden is tough!

Remembering the last two years!

It's a little scary to think that Kyler is already two years old. It seems like since he came into our lives time has sped up significantly!! Kyler has been such a good boy, he has always been an extremely easy going little boy! I feel so grateful that I was called to be his mother! I was so excited as a little girl to be a mom someday & now I am so grateful for my husband and my children. I am so blessed!

Here are some pictures to recap my little boy's life

September 19, 2007 ~ Kyler Kenneth Boyd was born at 8:40 a.m. ~ Measuring 8 lbs 14 oz and 22 inches long. This picture is my in-laws favorite because it shows just how BIG he was!!!

Kyler loved playing with Andy and all the tricks they had!

He has been such a fun little boy to watch grow up, he's just growing up WAY too fast!!

We love you SO much Kyler!

Aiden's Baby Blessing & Kyler's Birthday

We decided to have Aiden's baby blessing this last week since my brother was going to be in town and since it was so close to Kyler's birthday we did both the same night... it was quite the party! Just with our family and a couple close friends we had invited 70 people. WOW! So this party entailed the baby blessing, a BBQ, cake and ice cream and presents. It was so fun... but I am SO glad it is over! lol!

Aiden in his blessing outfit. He looks so handsome!

Aiden and the proud daddy. He did such a beautiful job on his blessing. Thanks Andy for being such a good husband and daddy. We love and appreciate all you do for us!

My very TALENTED sister made Kyler's Lego birthday cake... Isn't it cute??

Blowing out the candle, it took him three tries to get it out... I hope he didn't spit too much on everyone's cake. :)

Here is everyone who stayed for the birthday party.

Kyler opening his presents. He got a power tool workshop, from us and my parents. Kyler carried the drill around for the rest of the night!! I had to bribe him to put it down to open the rest of his presents. He was spoiled rotten by Grandma Boyd.

1 Month Old!!

Well we made it!! Aiden is a month old! Wow time really does fly! Here is the most recient picture of him... its not a great one... he does look a little bigger!! lol!

This last month has been very busy! We have hardly been home it seems! In the last month we have filled all of the pencil machines from here to Boise. We have taken over managing some apartments over by the temple. They are going to be a struggle, I am afraid, hopefully they are worth the headache. It looks like we will NOT be moving out of our house anytime soon... YAY! We have been camping and boating. Here are some pictures of our adventures the last month!

Kyler and Aiden taking a bath... Aiden survived!Kyler gives Aiden a little too much attention. He will randomly come up to me and say... "Kiss it" and want me to lean down so he can kiss Aiden on the head. I was so afraid that Kyler would not like his little brother... but now I am afraid that he likes him a little too much!

My brother and his family came for a week to visit and we all went camping! It was so fun, being all together as a family up at my grandpa's ranch for the weekend... Andy even had all weekend off! It was great! Here are some pictures...

Kyler drinking out of the hose camping on my Great Grandpa's ranch.Aiden's not really sure he likes camping.

Anna learning to ride the motorbike!

Angie and Brady brought up their six week old puppies. The kids had a ball playing with the pupples. Anna decided to join the puppies in their kennal.

1 Week old!

So this post is a little late since he was a week old on Sunday.... but I still can't believe that he is a week old!! The last week has been so fun!! He has been such a good baby!! We working on getting him to every four hours instead of three... which he does during the day... but not at night. I forget how much they sleep, and I love to watch him sleeping. Sadly he sleeps so much better when he is cuddled up with someone ;). Its so hard not to cuddle with him when he is SUCH a cuddlebug!! Kyler was never that way, so its been kinda fun! I have to make myself put him in his bed so he doesn't get used to sleeping with us. lol!

Kyler is LOVING his little brother, he has to give him kisses all the time. If he gets hurt I have to kiss it better.... and then he tells me that Aiden has an owie too and I need to kiss it better too!! We do have to make sure that Aiden is ALWAYS out of Ky's reach... otherwise he tries to pick him up, but he is loving his brother!! I'm so glad that kyler is a deep sleeper, Aiden hasn't bothered his sleep yet! That is lucky! He wants to be such a big help! He tries to do everything we do. He wants to use all the baby equip. on himself!! He's been so funny! I even caught him with my pump up to his chest... lol!

We are absolutly loving our boys! Its been an amazing week!!

Aiden Austin Boyd

So I guess my sister SueAnn is the winner... she guessed right on his height and weight and was only off on the day by 2 days. But I'm not sure what you are going to win.

Now for the story.... On Sunday morning I started having pretty good contractions, for 45 minutes. After that they continued to be consistent but they didn't even hurt, they were in my back and felt like a low back ache, they were about a minute long and about 2 minutes apart. I called my doctor and he said to go in and be checked. So at 10:30am I was admitted into the hospital. The nurse seemed a little skeptical about me staying. She checked me and I was STILL only at a 3 and 75%. I wanted to SCREAM! She called the doctor and he said to check me again in two hours and if I had done anything I could stay. An hour and a half later she checked me and I was at a 4... YAY!! So at 12:30 they got me an epidural and started me on pitt. The doctor came in at 1:30 and broke my water. At 4 O'clock I still hadn't been checked and I was feeling a lot of pressure. The nurse came in and set up the supplies table and when she was done checked me. She told my sister and my mom, she is going to have a baby... keep her legs crossed!! OH MY GOSH!! She ran out to call the doctor, and at 4:29pm Aiden Austin Boyd was born. I think I pushed 6 times. I love epidurals... they are amazing! The coolest thing about the delivery was that Dr. Leavitt had Andy gown up and he helped to deliver the baby.

So like the post SueAnn put on, he was 7 lbs and 10 oz. and 21 inches long. A whole pound and 4 oz smaller than Kyler. I'm so glad I'm going in the right direction, with smaller babies. :)

The funny part about the whole name thing is that after he was born he were talking about what to name him and we were still stuck on the same two names, Aiden Austin and Easton Andrew. So we flipped a coin, and I lost!!! lol!! After he was born I thought he looked like Aiden anyway. So that is how his name was decided upon!! lol!!

He has been such a good baby. We are definitely enjoying having him home. Kyler... has liked him so far... he likes to point at him, rub his head, hold him, and kiss him. He has tried to pick him up... by himself. We're going to have to watch him VERY closely. If anyone is holding Aiden, Kyler points at him and cries... "mine". He's a little possessive.

Here are a few more pictures:

Andy and Jeff with their babies, Daisy and Aiden.

HE IS HERE!!!!

Aiden Austin Boyd made his way into the world today about 4:20 pm. He weighed 7 lbs. 10 oz. and is 21 inches long. Labor and Delivery went really well and quite fast!! Mom and baby are doing good!!

Way to go Missy!! Congrats on a beautiful baby Missy and Andy!!

--SueAnn