IT'S A GIRL!

REESE ELIZABETH WAS BORN JULY 24, 2009 AT 12:43 PM WEIGHING 7 LBS 3 OZ AND WAS 18.5 IN

We finally have internet!

Wow, it has been a long time since our last post. It has been a crazy busy year but hopefully now we can keep you all up-to-date on everything. Yes, it is the 4th of July and I am on the internet. I am so excited to finally be connected again!
We enjoyed fireworks at the Capitol on Thursday night and will go to see them again tonight.
As many of you know we are expecting #3 in three weeks. We are scheduled for a c-section on July 24th. Regan and Kael are getting very excited for their new sibling.
Regan will be 5 on the 22nd. She has been swimming, playing with friends and riding her bike without training wheels! She got it on the first try and has had a few minor scrapes, bruises and the loss of a fingernail but it hasn't stopped her!
Kael has turned into such a big boy. He will be 3 in August. He loves to ride his bike, swim, play ball and watch his favorite movie CARS! Every morning when he gets up he wants to watch 'My Mac' as he calls it.
Ryan just started year number 3 of his residency. Only three to go! He keeps busy at the hospital and we cherish the time we get to see him. He has good intentions for home improvements but has accomplished only a few of them. He did manage to get the bathroom done after only 4 months and has been working on the landscaping this summer without any help from me. I can't do a whole lot but I can tell him exactly what to do!
I continue to stay home with the kids and try to keep our lives somewhat normal. We traveled a lot in May but our Dr. thought it would be a good idea to stay around home the rest of the summer till the baby arrives. We wanted to make it to July so we are doing good! The other two would have been born by now so we are happy to have made it this far. Last weeks heat was a little much but airconditioning has helped.
We will let you know when the baby arrives and hopefully get pictures up soon after. I will try to upload some pictures of the kids from this summer also.
We hope this finds everyone doing well. There are so many of you we haven't seen or talked to in a long time.

Hi Everyone, I know it's been 6 months so I apologize. As most of you know we moved to Ankeny, Ia this past summer and things are finally starting to feel like home. We haven't had internet since we moved so that is why there have not been any updates. We will be connecting after Christmas so I will put more pictures up at that time.

The kids are getting big. Regan is 4 and Kael is 2. Regan goes to preschool every MWF and Kael always wants to go with her! Ryan is working a lot but seems to like it here. I have been keeping busy with the kids and working on the house.

We hope everyone is doing well.

Kari

Just wanted to let everyone know that we will be moving this weekend. We have almost everything packed and will pick up the truck tomorrow after Ryan gets off work. We are going to pull the car so we each don't have to drive alone. Ryan will stay for a week and then fly back to Denver on Memorial Day. He finishes his contract at the end of June so he will join us then and start his new job a IMMC. We won't have internet for a while so don't expect updates any time soon.

Ryan's Grandma Garry passed away last week so we made a trip back to South Dakota for the funeral. The kids stayed with Ryan's parents so the packing was much easier than anticipated.

We will update when we have internet again otherwise feel free to call us anytime. Our cell numbers are the same.

Just a quick update: We finally got the call today that everything on our house has been fixed. Our inspector went through again this morning and everything checked out ok! We are still going to close on the 19th of May and we are very happy about that. I have packed a few boxes but hopefully I will get more accomplished this week. We have been enjoying the nice weather and hopefully we can get to the zoo a few more times before we move. The pool opens on Thursday but the weather is suppose to be chilly. Maybe next week! We hope this finds everyone doing well. We are sorry we haven't talked to many of you in a long time. After we get settled and Ryan is able to join us in late June we hope things get back to normal. We look forward to seeing many of you this summer.
Kari

Downtown Aquarium

We got a couple to inches of snow last weekend so we enjoyed making a snowman and playing in the snow. We haven't had much so we were taking advantage! Today is suppose to be 75 and the rest of the week is going to be nice as well. Amazing how the weather can change so quickly. Yesterday we went to the Downtown Aquarium and got to touch the sting rays. We also watched many people feed them which was pretty neat. Regan and Kael enjoyed watching the fish and turtles. Regan was afraid of the sharks and the Tiger but Kael didn't seem to mind them. We are looking forward to my aunt Cindy visiting this week as she is here for work. This weekend Brent will also be here to visit for work and we hope to do something fun with him.

Regan and Kael Dancing

We rented Alvin and The Chipmunks yesterday so last night after bath time the kids got to watch it! It was very cute and we got some video of them dancing at the end. Kael makes us laugh when he dances. He only stomps his right foot and that's as far as it goes but he does it whenever he hears music.

We may again have a house! The sellers contacted our realtor and want to fix all the issues we found on the inspection. We will wait and see what another inspector says after they remedy the problems. We will let you know!

Well, bad news on our almost new home. Since I last updated, the home has failed inspection and the seller decided not to take any action to fix the problems. What this means is that we no longer have a home! We decided to walk away from the contract because of the problems with the electrical, gas lines, and sewer in the basement. We are so very glad that we decided to get an inspection. Anyway, we are back to square one and we have no idea what we are going to do. I think we just need a couple of days to think about our options and 'cool off' from this experience. We were very spoiled when we built our last house and we didn't have to deal with these problems.
Again, we will let you all know what our future plans are.

We hope everyone had a Happy Easter! We had a fun weekend with the kids and Ryan was even home to enjoy it. On Saturday we colored Easter eggs and on Sunday when we woke up, the kids checked out all the goodies in their Easter baskets. After church we went to Ryan's aunt and uncles for dinner and had a great time. They had an Easter egg hunt for the younger kids and the big kids watched basketball most of the afternoon.



Monday was back to normal so I took the kids to the zoo after we visited Ryan at the hospital. It was a beautiful day but it was packed. Denver schools have spring break this week so needless to say we didn't have the zoo to ourselves as usual.



We signed the last of the paperwork for our house on Monday and Ryan faxed and sent those out. We are having an inspection done today so we hope that all comes out ok. No, I haven't started packing yet but I should probably start getting organized! I dread packing/moving again but at least we know we will be there for four years. There is quite a bit of work that will need to be done the week we move in. We will paint everything, tear down wall paper in the kitchen and bathroom and the bathroom needs new flooring desperately. It currently has carpet and those of you who know me, know that I cannot stand carpet in a bathroom! (Mainly around the toilet because you all know what needs cleaning every day around that!) Anyway, there will be more in the future but that can wait.



I have posted new pictures from Easter. I think our camera may be on its last leg, our pictures have been blurry and dark so I apologize.

Having Fun at The Denver Zoo

Easter Morning!

Coloring Easter Eggs

GOOD NEWS!

We are officially new home owners! We made an offer on a house yesterday and it was all settled this morning. We bought a house in Ankeny (very close to my friend Sara) and it was one of the last homes I looked at before I left. It has everything that we need and will be just fine for the next four years. Their schools are great and the community is as well. We will be closing on May 19th so that only gives me two months to prepare! Ryan will use vacation time that week to help move and then he will have to return to Denver until June 23rd. He will start at Iowa Methodist Medical Center immediately after that. We are very happy to have that all behind us and especially that I won't have to go back and do it all over again!

Other than that big news, not much is new around here. We have spent some days at the park and the mall playing but otherwise we just hang out at home. Kael has been crabby the last few days, maybe he is finally getting more teeth. He only has 7 and I can definitely see one coming in but who knows about the others. He is actually getting his teeth slower than Regan if you can believe that. She still has two more to come in so Kael will probably be 5 before he gets all of his teeth!

We want to wish everyone a Happy Easter and we hope to see you all soon!

Here are a few pictures of the kids from when we were back visiting our family. Kael is getting to be such a big boy and doesn't want any help eating anymore. He even wants to sit at the table and not in a highchair or booster! Regan is still Grandpa Curt's shadow. She goes everywhere with him when we are visiting. She loves to go with him to the bank, post office, and the grocery store and she comes back with a treat every time! The last picture is of Regan at the zoo playing the drums. It was 75 that day! We will definitely miss the Denver weather.