No Tricks...Only Treats

This year for Halloween Kaiya dressed up as a vampire and Ella was Snow White (her favorite Disney princess).The Saturday before Halloween the girls had a couple of Halloween parties they went to. Kaiya had one at her dance studio that her dad took her to. As soon as she got home Cirdan took her and Ella to our wards Trunk or Treat/Chili Cookoff party. Besides eating and trunk or treating they had a bunch of activities for the kids. Ella enjoyed having a butterfly painted on her cheek and Kaiya liked the haunted house.

I was trying to get a good picture of the girls. My friend Sandy was over and Ella was trying to show off more than take a good picture. She was not cooperating.

Ward party...

On Halloween Cirdan took Ella over to Greg and Stacie's house to start the night. Then they trick or treated around their neighborhood (Greg and Staci live in the neighborhood across the street). Junior went with Kaiya around our neighborhood. Both girls came home with a ton of candy. Ella was on a major sugar high and again would not cooperate for our annual Halloween picture on the stairs in front of the house. These were the best we got. I was not a happy camper about it.
We hope everyone had a wonderful Halloween!!

Little Jaundice Baby :(

While we were in the hospital Jett's jaundice levels were borderline. The doctor at the hospital told us to get his level checked again at the doctor appointment we made the day after we got home. Having been through this with Ella I knew he was looking a little too yellow and probably would have high levels of jaundice.

I was right. That Friday night the doctor called and told us that his level was at a 16.5 and that a nurse would be bringing by the lights for him that night. I was sad that I would not be able to hold him but glad that they caught it so it wouldn't get worse.

Jett was able to come off the photo therapy lights on Tuesday. It was a long weekend. He had to lay on the lights all day and night unless he was out to get fed or to have his diaper changed. I also had to record every feeding, his temperature and diaper change. The nights were long. On Monday his level was down to 14.9 and the doctor said that he could get off the lights. The nurse that called about his level was confused as to why my doctor would say to take him off the lights (they usually like their levels to be at a 12) and she advised to keep him on them until the next day when someone would come pick up the equipment.

Here is a picture of him on his baby tanning bed (as Cirdan calls it).

Coming Home

While Cirdan and I waited to be discharged from the hospital we took a bunch of pictures. Here's a few.

Getting Jett dressed in his first outfit...looking forward to taking him home.

Good timing on Cirdan's part. Caught me taking a picture of Jett on my phone while he happened to smile.

All strapped in! Jett is ready to fly home.....

He looks so small!

We are home! My mom was waiting for us with Ella when we got home. Ella was happy we brought her baby brother home. Kaiya was still in school.

After stopping to drop off my prescription and get some food for Cirdan we were finally home! My friend Kristel brought us over some yummy dinner and we were able to relax with our new baby. I was extremely tired.

Kaiya came home after dance so she could spend time with Jett.

Kaiya's School Accomplishments

It's only the beginning of the year but 3rd grade has been great so far! In Kaiya's class they had everyone who was interested in being the ASB representative let the teacher know. Each of the kids had to give a short speech about what they would do for the class. Kaiya's speech went like this...

"I am a good leader because I will encourage all students to have fun and do what they are supposed to do. But at the same time be learning and I will help with all of the school strategies that we use."

After the kids gave their speeches they all voted for 1 boy and 1 girl to be their new ASB representative. Kaiya won the votes for the girl and Mac won the votes for the boy. Mac lives in our neighborhood and is friends with Kaiya. We are super excited for Kaiya! She will have so much fun this year in her new role at school!


P.R.I.D.E.
Kaiya's school has a program named P.R.I.D.E. Each quarter teachers choose a student to receive the award. They will choose one student that best exemplifies the letter...
P- Positive Attitude
R - Respectful
I - Integrity
D - Dependability
E - Effort
The goal is for the student to receive each letter before they leave after 5th grade. There is a very short list of students who have received all the letters over the last few decades. If they do, they get their name on a plaque in the office and they honor you at the assembly (not sure what else they get).
Kaiya received the letter P in 1st grade and in second grade she received the letter D from the music teacher. This year she has already received the letter R! Unfortunately she received the award while I was in the hospital so we couldn't go to the assembly but thankfully my Mom, Ella and her dad were there to support and congratulate her. My mom has pictures on her camera...I will post in the next couple days. We are very proud of Kaiya!

Welcome to the World, Little One

The day of Jett's birth was busy! He had a lot of visitors at the hospital. It was very nice of everyone that stopped by to meet him. We appreciate all the love!

Stacey and Casey were our first visitors...

My mom, Amy, Emma and Ella then came to meet Jett. Ella was excited to meet her brother. She seemed to understand that the baby came out of my tummy. It's interesting to see how much she understands with Jett being born.


My cousin Matt, his wife Carla and 2 of his kids (Josh and Brooklyn) came by. It was very nice of them to think of us!





Nathan stopped on his way home from work.


Kaiya was receiving a surprise award at school that day so I told her she had to go to school. As soon as it was over Meema brought her and Ella back to the hospital so that Kaiya could meet Jett. She thought he was really cute.






Papa showed up a little later....

My friend Sandy stopped by about the time my family was leaving.

After Sandy left we had about a half an hour and then Kristel and Heather came to the hospital. I think at that point I was beyond exhausted and forgot to take their picture with Jett. Darn.

Cirdan and Jett relaxing...