Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Kendyl Jane Alexander

 April 18, 2013 at 3:14pm 
Kendyl Jane Alexander
was born!
 I was induced late Wednesday night and after a LONG afternoon
 of waiting... and waiting...
Kendyl FINALLY decided it was time! 
When Dr. McNeal asked Ryan if he would like to cut the umbilical cord
he responded with I was hoping to help deliver the baby!
 Before I could even say anything they had Ryan dressed and ready to
deliver!? 
 WARNING: I tried to edit the pictures as much as I could!
I swore I would NEVER be one to post delivery pictures...
but since Ryan was in on the action I wanted in documented.
Sorry. ;)






Ryan and I had such a hard time deciding on a third girls name.
I've always liked the name Kendyl and for a middle name,
Blake and Kenzie both have our middle names and
Peyton is named after Ryan's grandma Liz.
So with Kendyl we talked about different middle names and agreed
on the name Jane. Almost 6 years ago Jared and Karen had a 
still born baby named Alice Jane, so we decided to name
Kendyl after her sweet cousin Alice. 
 Our first visitors were the older kids! 
Peyton came RUNNING into the room ready to meet her new baby sister!
 Blake is an AMAZING big brother and is SO good to his little sisters!
He is such a good sport about being the only boy. ;)
 McKenzie couldn't have been more excited to have another
little sister! She is always so sweet with Peyton, even when it comes to Peyton
getting into all her stuff!
She was so excited to mee Kendyl she didn't want to leave the hospital!
When it was time for them to go she cried all the way home... and even cried
herself to sleep. She really wanted to have a slumber party at the hospital! ;)
 Ryan and Brittany came by that night also to come and visit and
meet Kendyl! We are really hoping they have a girl in a few weeks so our babies
can be BFF's! ;) 
 Granna had a piano recital and Papa was out of town...
so later that night granna came by to meet Kendyl and to bring her
a new blanket!
 The next day while the older two kids were in school Ryan
and Peyton came down to visit!
 Sarah, Justin, Carley, Mason, and Camille also came by for quite a party!! ;)
 My poor babies always hang out in their hospital outfits til Sarah
comes to "doll" them up! ;)
 Later Dr. McNeal came by to check up on me...
After having her deliver all four of my babies I'm so sad she
will be moving to Louisiana. :(
I'm just glad she was able to deliver all my babies!
 The next morning our favorite visitors came back to visit and to 
bring us home! While Ryan was checking out and paying the bill I had
all four kids in the room with me! 
FOUR kids?! ;)
 Like I said... Blake is always such a good, protective big brother!
Not sure what I would do without he and Kenzie, they are both
HUGE helpers!

All ready to go home!! :)
When we got home we were greeted by Granna and Papa...
 Gwen 
 and Karen! 
We have all enjoyed having Kendyl here, 
its so fun to have a new little spirit in our home.
Everyone is adjusting great! I was a little worried about Peyton, but
she has turned into such a good big sister and is always 
looking for ways to help! 
Welcome to our family Kendyl! 
You fit in perfectly! :)

Monday, April 29, 2013

McKenzie's birthday and PARTY!

McKenzie's birthday breakfast of choice... DONUTS! :)
 On her way to the bus stop I snapped a birthday picture of her! 
I still can't believe she is already 6! 
 After school we went to SanTan mall to do some shopping, playing, and eating! :)

 We took her to the Disney Store to let her pick out some presents... 
she picked a Rapunzel art set and a new Minnie Mouse water bottle to 
take to school! ;)
 Her dinner of choice was In n Out Burger.
 Cute Birthday Girl!
 Two days later on Friday we had her birthday party!
She had been planning this for months and knew exactly what she wanted!
-pinata
-zebra decorations
-beauty salon party
Were her ideas of what she wanted! :)
We called up three of our favorite babysitters, the Checketts sisters!
They of couse were so nice to say yes and showed up dressed as salon girls
ready to help! 
(at 38 weeks of my pregnancy I couldn't have done it without these cute girls!)
 Eating dinner before the makeovers started! 
 Pinata Time!
 Makeovers!
Mikala applied makeup to the girls...
here is Kenzie's cute friend Bailey getting her makeup on!
 Gabby painted fingernails.
 and Kenzie did their hair!
The girls all loved being made over.
 Happy Birthday!
 Present time! :)
I LOVE this picture and how it shows that Sarah and I locked
Peyton and June outside to eat their cupcakes! 
They knew they were missing out on something!! ;)
 The party girls!
June, Brooke, Kenzie, Kaylin, McKenzie, Hannah, Mikala, 
Lyvi, Peyton, and Gabby!
 All of McKenzie's ideas turned out so cute and everyone 
had a ton of fun! 
Happy 6th Birthday Kenzie!

Saturday, April 13, 2013

SIX!!

Kenzie has turned SIX!!
She was SO excited to FINALLY be six and had been planning a birthday party 
months before!! :) 
McKenzie is THE BEST big sister EVER! I really hope she always will be...
she is always so caring to Peyton and has had to share EVERYTHING she owns with her
sassy two year old sister! (and another on the way!) 
She is a very social little butterfly and makes new best friends everywhere we go.
She LOVES EVERYTHING about school and loves to play school when she gets home using her
school work from the day! :)
She has been in tumbling for 8months and looks forward to Thursdays when she gets to go
learn new tricks.
She has lost 4 teeth, two on the bottom and two on top! 
She loves to save EVERYTHING...
Money
Halloween candy
birthday party candy
Easter candy...
which is total opposite of her two siblings!! :)
McKenzie adds SO MUCH fun to our family and is always being silly and making everyone laugh!
She is SO excited to get to be a big sister AGAIN to ANOTHER little sister!
Everyday she gets off the bus she comes running to me to see if the baby came yet...
I guess my big belly doesn't give it away! ;)
Kenzie's Favorites at age 6:
Favorite color: Pink & Sparkles
Favorite Food: Costa Vida ;)
Favorite tv show: Jesse
Favorite toy: trampoline & playhouse
Best Friend: Bailey
Favorite thing to play: School
Favorite dessert: dessert pizza
We LOVE McKenzie SO MUCH!
Happy Birthday Cute girl! :)

Wednesday, April 10, 2013

Easter Weekend!

 Saturday before Easter Rob and Amy had us over for
lunch and an Easter egg hunt! We started out for a baby hunt in
the front yard for all the 2 year olds. Peyton loved filling her bag
up with as many eggs as she could! We then had to teach her to give some to
Austin and Brycen! ;) I give Blake and Kenzie credit for that one...
days earlier they would go outside and have "practice hunts" with
each other! :)

She was SO excited to get her prize from 
Grandma Jeanne. A new baby!!
 Then it was time for the big kid hunt! I'm so impressed with
how many (buried)  eggs they were able to find!! I am the
WORST when it comes to finding eggs the 
Alexander way! ;) 



 Before the prizes it was time to eat! Everything looked
so cute displayed! 
 PRIZES!!
 Blake checking to see how much money was in his
money egg!! :)
 Kenzie posing with cute bunny glasses...
 Peyton trying to. ;)
Everyone had SO much fun and left with way too many 
prizes!! 
~
Easter morning! 
I was able to get a picture of the kids before church when
they still were clean...
so here they are after 3 hours of church! ;)
HAPPY EASTER!