Kittrells go to Disneyland!

I will add captions soon, need to publish because draft isn't working....be back soon.

St. Patrick's Day 2009

Kittrell Kids

Sporting their GREEN!!!

Jaylen celebrating her first St. Patrick's Day

Hudson came downstairs, dressed and ready to go

Carter enjoying matching his greens to his brother

And then there's Avery. She's being an Irish Outlaw today. She said leprechauns are not real and she does not need to wear green. Last year, for some reason, she became anxiously freaked out about the leprechauns and this year I guess she thought she'd test her theory out! LOL

A is for Avery

Avery McGwire turns 5

HAPPY 5th BIRTHDAY AVERY!!!

She got her name because I was telling Rob a story about my friend Jon Avery and said I liked his last name for a girl's name. I just remembered that I last saw Jon when Hudson was 1yo and that I didn't know I was pg with Avery at that moment -kinda poetic! McGwire, of course came from Mark McGwire, Rob's favorite baseball player.

Here's some things about Avery, in her own words ~

I like...dolls

I don't like...Blue

My best friends are...Ruby, Stella, Melanie, and Allie.

I think my mom...is nice.

I think my dad...is nice.

Papa is...nice.

When I grow up I want to be... a teacher, a doctor, and a mom

My favorite movie is...Cinderella

My favorite tv show is...Dora

My favorite toy is...Littlest Pet Shop

I wish that...I could go to Disneyland every day.

My favorite food is...macoroni and cheese.

My favorite restaurant is...McDonalds and In and Out.

My favorite animal is...the giraffe.

I like that Hudson plays with me and loves me. I don't like nothing about him.

I like that Carter likes me. I don't like that he is rude to me and hits me/pinches me/pulls my hair/bites.

I like that Jaylen plays with me and I can't wait to play dolls with her when she gets older. I don't like nothing about Jaylen.

So, yesterday she was talking about

the tooth fairy. She wondered what the tooth fairy would leave her (a toy or money!) She saw where I have a tooth out and I realized I hadn't gotten anything from the tooth fairy because the dentist kept it. She has firmly decided she will not leave any teeth at the dentist. So, you know what's coming right? Today, one week away from turning 5, Avery comes up to me and says, a little nonchalantly, "Mama, look what happened." I ask her were the tooth is and she just giggles and says she doesn't know. Thought it was super funny when I asked her if she swallowed it. I asked her if she hit her mouth on something (no) and where she was. Hudson and I looked on the floor and I found it, luckily! It's so tiny!

Poor Hudson, age 7 1/2, hasn't lost one yet. We were pretty sure his sister would lose one first but not this early. It looks like she's got two more that will join her other one to the outside world. Hudson may have one loose on the top. We're going to be broke with all our kids moving and growing too fast!

Look what the Tooth Fairy brought her:

She said she got up and looked and put it back and went back to sleep! She was so excited she couldn't sleep!

What is wrong with this picture?

She's only 5 months!

Chunky thighs galore

You can see in the close up of the thighs that she's got a roll on her right thigh but not on her left thigh. This is the only sign we had. The Dr said it would be normal for babies with hip dysplacia to put equal weight on their legs and not seem to have any problems, fyi. Interesting fact we learned today.

The ortho appt went very well. After the exam the Dr said he didn't see anything to be alarmed about but we did an xray just to make sure we weren't missing anything. The xray showed all was asymetrical, yeah! So, no frog contraption for Jaylen. And, since she just learned to roll over we don't have to stop her. Or stop the scooching she's doing after the roll over. Wait, maybe this isn't a good thing? LOL! Seriously, she'll move a foot away from where I put her on the ground. This girl is so ready to be on the move. When I'm sitting on the ground with her on my lap she'll trying to stand up. She looks like she'll just get right up and start walking away. She wants so much to go hang out with the big kids! Lord help me. And Papa too!!!

Thanks everyone for your well wishes and prayers! I'm so ever grateful for you all and for our four healthy children!

On an off note, it's 3:40 am and she's been up for an hour and is still talking. yawnyawnyawn.

Jaylen -5 months

Today, Valentine's Day, Jaylen took it upon herself to have a busy day! She is officially rolling over! I put her on her back and she goes to her belly and if she could figure out how to get those arms moving she'd be moving across the room. EEK! And then she moved on to her next milestone and broke in her first tooth! She'd had a few cranky days in the past couple of weeks but today you would never know she was teething!

She had her check up this last Friday. 18 lbs 1 oz! OH MY! Almost 27 inches long. 97%tile in height and weight!

Since she was undressed I was reminded of something I was trying to show Rob -who just made fun of me - and mentioned it to the dr. Jaylen has some chunky thighs but I noticed a few weeks ago one has a crease (a chunky roll) and the other doesn't. Dr looks, said I was right, and "oh, that isn't good." Checked her hips and looks like her left one is clicking and slipping. We go to the ortho next week for more info and xrays and whatever. If it's bad she'll go into some contraption that will hold her legs up (like a frog?) so allow the joint to bond better. Not doing this will ensure future surgeries and doing may prevent them. I'm not going to "worry" until I hear from the ortho, but in the scheme of life, this isn't something to worry about.