Our Little Turtle is One!

We celebrated our last "1st Birthday" in the Kish household. It happened to fall on mothers day so the party took on a little bit of an adult feel. I went all out and made Jordynn a turtle dress and turtle cake. It is amazing that I have been blessed with four amazing daughters and that my youngest one has already lived out her first year. I am so happy that I have gotten to see her go from being a tiny baby to be a full fledged walking toddler. She finally got her first two teeth just a couple weeks before her first birthday. She also learned to walk about the same time and was sporting some pretty nice road rash just prior to our big celebration.
Now some details about Jordynn. She loves her monkey, soother and bottle. She is fiercely stubborn and can be quite the little pincher. She is also tender hearted and loves to snuggle. She weighs about 20 pounds and is my pickiest eater so far. She loves to "taste" food before she eats it. Did I mention how much the girls and I love her? The girls tote her around like a little doll and Jordynn's face lights up whenever she sees them. Kinna loves to tickle her and kiss her, Kamryn loves to carry her and Charlee loves to talk to her two inches from her face.
I will never regret my children getting older. I count it an amazing blessing everyday that I get to spend with them. Although some moments (like now with two kids crying and several requests flying from the bedroom) I may not be as composed or nurturing or loving as I wish I could be I do know that my children know they are loved. What a blessing to be called mom.

First tooth

This weekend was a busy one. I had a booth at the Children's festival so Jordynn and I hung out for the day. Anthony took the rest of the girls with him to grandma and grandpas. It was fun to spend the day with Jordynn in the wrap. Not too long and she will be walking everywhere and not needing momma to carry her.
Saturday night I pulled out Mckinnas first tooth. I didn't have to pull hard, it pretty much popped right out. She was so excited.
Today was such a beautiful day that we went out for a bike ride/walk to the park. We picked up snow bobs and had a picnic supper. The girls played on the park and we watched and threw balls for the dog. It seems so simple but we are so very blessed to live in a country where we can do things like this. It is so amazing to be safe and secure and to have so many great parks so close by.

We have a walker...kinda...

So I think that I am ready to make it official. Over the past couple days Jordynn has been trying her best to take some steps. Today she succeeded! She has been cruising from object to object and has managed to take as many as four or five totally unassisted steps to bridge the gap between objects. She is a brave little monkey and throws herself fully into whatever object she is aiming for. Almost overnight she has grown by leaps and bounds. She claps and dances, says the regular mama, dada, nana. It is hard to believe that in under a month she will be one. Amazing!
Mckinna is still working on getting her first loose tooth to fall out. She had hoped it would fall out almost immediately but now has resigned to the fact that it may take some time. The new tooth has sprouted up behind though so who knows how long it will take.
Kamryn is on a horse, wedding kick right now. She is all about marrying Brennan from preschool but apparently her and Jack Huggins also recently got married. Jack informed his mom (Tammy) that I cannot know of this marriage because I will probably give her a time out. Every night before she goes to sleep she asks me where we are going to meet. Often she suggests the barn or the racetrack for us to ride our fast horses. I am glad that she still wants to be a cowgirl. I was worried that after she fell off the pony she might not be so keen on the idea. She is a strong, brave little lady that is for sure.
Charlee is getting better and better at talking. She still manages to confuse more then a few people with what she is saying but it is getting better. She is very excited to have a birthday and has expressed her desire for "Mick mouse clubhouse" cake. Should be interested seeing as I am such a domestic diva lol
Have I mention that I love my life? Well trust me I do. I have the most amazing husband and children and we are so blessed to live the life we do. I want to be thankful for each and every single day that I wake up because life is precious and does not need to be taken for granted. I am so thankful that I have gotten to see my children grow to this point and hope and pray that we have many years ahead.

Joys of Technology

So it is late and by late I mean 1:25am. I have like a zillion things going through my head. At the forefront of those thoughts is my desire to be a better blogger. Mostly for two reasons. 1. As much as I say and think I won't forget the important things, I do 2. I want my girls to be able to one day look at this and know that from the very beginning I prayed for them and wanted only to be the very best mom for them that I could be (I screw this one up a lot)
Now this leads into technology how you might ask...well, my amazing, handsome husband upgraded my phone and I just discovered an app that allows me to blog on my phone. To me this is amazing. To any other tech savy person this is probably basic phone 101. At any rate, perhaps just maybe, now that I can blog on my phone I will do it more often. I still need to write about our Disneyland adventure and the fact that Jordynn is just one month away from being one year old. Wow! This has been one amazing year.

Newest Addition

Well, the day has finally come and we were so blessed to welcome a fourth girl to our crew. At about 11:00pm on Thursday May 12th after giving up all hope that I was going to possibly give birth on my birthday I felt my first contraction. After about 15 minutes and a trip to the washroom I started thinking that perhaps we should head to the hospital. I found Anthony still working in the office and almost laughed when he jumped and partially panicked at the sight of me coming in the door. We phoned my mom who arrived at 11:50 and then proceeded to the hospital. We arrived at the hospital at 12:00 to a little bit of a gong show in the ER but that is a separate story. We made our way upstairs and found ourselves in a nice little room where despite contractions about 3 minutes apart the lovely nurse had to ask me like a billion questions. We were whisked into a delivery suite and despite my request for an epidural and the nurses poking me three times I once again delivered too fast to get the good pain drugs. Jordynn Piper Kish was born at 1:09am on our now shared birth date of May 13th. It was a Friday and my 30th birthday so I cannot tell you how amazingly blessed I felt to share that day with this beautiful gift.
Jordynn is so beautiful. I know I am biased because I am their mother but Anthony and I do make absolutely gorgeous babies. She is a little more fussy then the previous littles but I am sure that is because she wants to make sure that she is not forgotten in this chaos. It is remarkable to see the other girls interact with their new baby sister. All day I field a ton of requests for hold time and I spend the majority of my time as a mother of four making sure that no one is kissing, touching, holding Jordynn without an adult.
I know that I have said this before but I am one AMAZINGLY blessed woman. Thank-you God for all the things you have given to me :)