20 week ultrasound

On Monday, the 14th, we had the privilege of going in to the doctors office for our 20 week ultrasound. Josh and I have been going back and forth on if we will let this baby surprise us and not know the gender til it's born. I feel like it's a nice idea but I'd rather know. Josh is really excited to have it be a surprise so we'll see. It was really hard to be in the ultrasound room knowing she could just tell us at anytime but I do think that it will be really fun to find out the minute it's born. We have the hardest time picking names so we just made it like twice as hard on ourselves, better start working on it now. The one thing that I have been worrying and worrying about was if it was okay and if the baby looked healthy. And so most importantly everything looks good on the baby, it looked healthy and it's right size and all of it's organs and brain looked just as it should so I'm so very happy about that. I also had the ultrasound technician just checked to make sure it had a gender and it does.
It is always fun to see that little baby on the screen that is in your tummy because it makes it so much more real. This baby slept through the whole ultrasound and sucked on it's thumb. Very cute!
Also on Wednesday the 16th, Hailey had her 4-year-old check up. She weighed 33.4 lbs, 50th percentile, and was 40 in tall, also 50th percentile. She also got 4 shots which in some ways is harder now that they are older but she handled it like a champ. I like how you can reason with a 4-year-old. I told her we had to get these shots to help her body fight off the germs. They would help keep certain bad germs out of our body. She is very interested in germs if you can't tell, we talk about it all the time. And luckily none of us have been sick for a while! What a huge blessing!

Happy 4th Birthday Hailey!!!

Happy Birthday Hailey and Happy Valentine's Day. Hailey is now 4-years-old now! Wow it is really hard to believe that I have a 4-year-old! Hailey is a very vibrant, energetic, sweet, smart, sassy child. Hailey recently moved up to Sunbeams at first she really missed Nursery but I think she's warming up to it. (We have amazing nursery leaders right now!) Hailey is very thoughtful if we are pretending to leave Troy so that he will come with us she shouts, "No, we can't leave Troy." And is very concerned and worried that he might get left behind or lost. One thing that has been a little tough is when we tell her to do something like put her shoes on and we come back a minute later and still the shoes are still next to her. A few more times of saying it nicely and then we are feeling cross about it which makes her mad too. I'm not sure how to adjust this situation so that it doesn't happen any more but it appears it might be getting better. A few other funny things Hailey says is "Leave me along.", "Stop it copying me." and "Hanitizer" And "Baby-oniter" Hailey loves everything princess and loves putting on her dresses and pretending that Troy is her Prince while she yanks him around the room for a dance. Usually doesn't last for long. She loves to do pretend scenarios about anything and she also really love Preschool! Hailey sure is a sweetie and a Joy to have and we feel so very lucky to have her in our family! We love you Hailey!!

Hailey's Party

On Saturday we had Hailey's Birthday Party. We were trying to explain the difference between "Today is your party but on Monday it's your real Birthday." She asked, "So is today my pretend Birthday?" "Well not exactly." Oh well very cute though. We invited all of our family that lives in town and some of Hailey's friends and her preschool friends too. We had it had Peter Piper Pizza and were very blessed to have a great turn out. Hailey had so much fun and the time really flew by. She had a princess theme which I loved because it was so easy to find any where you went. I'm planning on doing an all about Hailey post tomorrow.

Black out fun

With the snow we also got to reap the benefits of rolling black outs. The night time ones were especially hard but the last black out we whipped out all our left over birthday candles and the kids had a blast with it for a long time.

Snow day

Well I must say I am grateful to live here and rarely to never get weather like this! On Tuesday we drove from El paso to here and the wind was blowing and the snow was falling. It was so hard to see where I was going a few time I was unconfident of where the road was or if I was going the right direction, all I could see was white! We saw so many accidents and many almost accidents. The next day I was basically snowed in because I wasn't going to try my luck on the snowy roads and the power went out a total of three times. Oh how I LOVE electricity. We also tried our luck playing outside but that didn't last because as soon as Troy's hands got wet which was after maybe 5 minutes he was done! Unfortunately I couldn't find out tiny waterproof gloves. It is safe to say I'm looking forward to warmer weather!

Special Annoucement

I'm not sure why I've kept this off of the cyber world for so long but I'm expecting Baby number 3. I think I partly wanted to wait til 2011 so that this entry could be in the new baby's blog book. It wasn't unplanned but we were definitely surprised. We got pregnant the first month, that has never happened before. (Sorry if that is TMI) We are due July 4th (according to ultrasound) or originally June 27th. I'm 18 weeks and I've been recieveing weekly injections of Progesterone to help me hopefully carry this baby full term. (Starting at 16 weeks through week 36) They will also start checking the for fetal nectin starting at 24 weeks, every 2 weeks. If that test is negative then there is a 99% chance I won't deliver for 2 more weeks. There will also be ultrasounds to go with those appointments to check the cervical length. I'm hoping and praying that I will be able to go to 36 weeks with this one and hopefully no bed rest! We will see, and time will tell. For the time being I feel really good so hopefully that will continue. We have our 20 week ultrasound in 2 weeks and I'm so excited. We are seriously considering letting this baby totally surprise us with the gender. I must admit it is the perfect set up to be surprised but I'm not sure if I can handle it. I think I can, I think I can, I think I can.

Scott and Natalie's Wedding

Scott and Natalie got married on January 8, 2011 in Albuquerque NM. I am truly hoping I'm not pregnant for the next big wedding. That is my next post. It was a lot of fun and alot of work! They are a very cute couple and so sweet. The funny/cute thing about it is that Natalie is Leslie's sister. So brothers married sisters. Natalie is super sweet just like her sister Leslie so I'm one lucky sister-in-law! We are very happy to have her join the Kohler family!

Troy could not get enough of this water, in fact he was dying to get in. Did I mention it's pretty cold outside! Can you tell it nap time?


Hailey and Madison became instant buddies and were inseparable. They had so much fun together!
After the reception the four kids got to dig into the cake. It was Troy, Hailey, Carter, and Madison. This was such a treat for them!