Halloween and Kiersi's first clogging competition

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I don't have a picture of Jackson's costume on my camera! I know, horrible mom,but my sister in-law took one and I can't seem to save it on my computer so that one will come! the bottomtwo pictures on here with Kiersi in a blue skirt was her first cloggng competition! she actally did her freesyle!! I was soooo proud of her! she got 1st place and got her medal, she was soooo excited to get a medal, thats the only reason she did it, I told her if she didn't do it she wouldn't get her medal=)

Kiersi's funnies =)

OK, so I never remember to write down the funny things that Kiersi says, but here are a few from the last couple days!

*There is a little girl Jessica in our neighborhood that goes to kindergarten, and the school bus stop is the corner at our house. Kiersi always hears the bus and has to run and look out the window. Well one day she says "mom, I wanna go to school with Jessica." I told her that she isn't old enough and that she had to be five years old. well, just a minute or two after that she said, "mom, my hand is big now, holding up five fingers, I can go to school with Jessica now" she figured that since she had five fingers her hands were big enough and she could go to school! I laughed pretty hard and told her she is only 2 and that she had to be 5 years old, not just have five big fingers=)
*Today while eating lunch, which always takes her FOREVER, I told her to just take a bite and eat her lunch! she just looked at me and said "I don't have time" Then just a little bit later, still eating I again told her to take a bite and she looked at her noodle on her fork and said "let me think about it!"
*While playing with her friend Alex she told him " Alex, don't worry about it" I can't remember what they were doing, I jsut remember hearing her say that over and over! =)
*Last night I went to a recipe group and Devin said she asked to hold Jackson( who weighs almost as much as she does=) Devin put him on her lap and she said "Jackson you are heavy" kinda grunting as she said it!
*Today while teaching preschool, we were doing show and tell and it was a little boys turn named Coleman, well he wasn't listening so I said his name kinda singing it, and Kiersi looked at me and said "mom, not Coleman(singing it) just Coleman"
She is talking so much lately sometimes I have her to just stop talking and go play =) She says so many funny things I just can't remember them lately, I need to write them down as soon as she says them so I can remember cause I know there is a lot more that she has said lately!
I sure love her and she is getting so smart and even more funny as the days go!
Jackson on the other hand is just getting bigger and bigger and loves to jump when I hold him and he loves to lay on the floor, looking up at the ceiling, and just scream, a happy scream that is! I am pretty sure he is seeing angels and they are telling him jokes cause he is just so happy doing it!

Jackson 4 months!

4 months old means FOOD!! but as you can tell he doesn't really like it much! and 2 weeks later he still isn't really sure! The doc said you can basically start them on fruits and veggies first, skip rice cereal, no nutrition, and then go right into the rest of the foods! so far I have given him sweet potatoes and squash, not so sure about either, but we are trying! I thought for sure he would just go crazy for it since he wants to eat like every 5 minutes, but not so much, soon though, he just needs to get used to it!!
(see his 4 months stats below)

Here are some pictures of the last couple weeks!

Kiersi and her cousin Ethan at the zoo!

more cousins, Levi, Kiersi, Dakota, Colton, and Ethan.

Kiersi found this at my neice D'laina's house, she thought she was so big to ride this!

Jackson(right) and Brock(D'laina's-left, just incase you didn't know=) Brock is 4 weeks YOUNGER than Jackson! would you even guess!
what cute boys! they will be best-est friends!!

Wow, 4 months has gone by fast, yet so slow!=) I thought for sure when I took Jackson in for his 4 month well visit the doc. would tell me he is huge=) but his stats are:

weight: 14lbs 12 oz--50%

hight:25inches 50%

head:17 1/4 inches 75%

My little guy is an average little thing! I am compairing him to his sister that to this day is still not on the charts for her weight, so compaired to her he is huge! he is 15 lbs and she at 2 1/2 is 21 lbs, so he is going to catch her before to long! but I sure do love both of them, well most days=)

lately they are both driving me crazy! I asked Devin the other morning if I could call in sick being a mom cause I didn't feel good and I was tired, he said good luck with that=) I am greatful to be a mom though, I wouldn't trade it for anything, some days are just hard and I'm just tired. I teach preschool in the mornings, teach dance Wed. and Thurs. afternoons, and also on Wed and Thurs for 4 to 5 hours I watch Alex, my neighbor's little boy, and boy is he full of energy. He is Kiersi's best-est little friend though and we sure love him! I know its not a lot but when I have 2 high maintainance kids my self I am exhausted by the end of the day! 2 kids is definatly plenty for me right now!=) I don't know how people do lots of kids, maybe when Kiersi is older it may be easier! ok, sorry, enough whining! I LOVE MY KIDS!=)

WAY BEHIND!

OK, so this is just a lot of random pictures throughout the last couple months!
This one is at Sea World, Kiersi is starting to like Elmo but of course when she goes to have a picture with him she freaks, so I had to go with her! Lately she is not taking naps, either I'm just out and about or she wakes up to late and isn't tired until later, so this is the result of not taking a nap!=)

Uncle Jason bought her this bike like last summer(yeah he spoils her, he bought her a trampoline a little bit ago too) well, she is finally tall enough to ride this bike and she LOVES it and so does her best little friend Alex. Alex's mom finally gave in a bought him a bike and helmet so then Kiersi had to have one, which is a good thing, just haven't got around to buying her one! she sure looks cute though! a little big cause she has a TINY head, but it works!

Back in San Diego at the beach. the water was FREEZING so we didn't get in but Kiersi liked to play in the sand!

Jackson is now 3 months old, holy cow where does the time go! this is his new bumbo chair. he was watching me as I unloaded the dishwasher!=) I love his arm, he is "just chillin" =)

Kiersi LOVES her little brother. whenever I take a picture of him she has to get in!

He has the CUTEST little smile but whenever I put the camera in front of him he goes somber, little turd but this is one I was able to get, really the ONLY one I can get!! He is STINKIN cute!

This is Brock(left) and Jackson(right) Brock is my neices little one that was born exactly 4 weeks after Jackson. they are about the same size=)

Jackson's blessing day!

I can't remember how old he is exactly but maybe one month!

kiersi is NOT a beautician!

SO KIERSI AND KIERA, HER 3YR OLD COUSIN DECIDED TO PLAY BEAUTICIAN TODAY! NOT SO MUCH A GOOD IDEA! I went upstairs to put some clothes away and then Jackson got crying and I went to make him a bottle when Kiersi came up and said "mom cut hair" I don't think I have yelled that loud in my whole life, I let her and Kiera have it! then I cried and yelled some more! I instantly called Amber, Devin's sister who cuts hair and she came over and this is the end result! I am still not happy about it and when I look at her I still cry! her hair was just getting so long and pretty and I could do pigtails! but I guess all little girls have to do this right??? Kiera just got her bangs and you can't even tell that it was cut, Amber just blended it in and it looks fine, Kiersi on the other hand!!!

THE RIGHT SIDE!

AND THE FRONT! SHE LOOKED LIKE SHE HAD A MULLET CAUSE THE BACK WAS NOT TOUCHED! STILL LONG AND PRETTY!

Hopefully it grows fast casue I really wanted to do family pictures with Jackson, now it may have to wait a little longer!

I need advice/help!

OK, so I figured that since only women read these, I need HELP! I really am trying to nurse Jackson, I triedwith Kiersi but didn't produce much and am having the same problem with this one. I have tried herbs, a mothers milk tea, the prescription but nothing seems to really help. I just may not be the nursing type but I really really want to, and fomula is just expensive and I don't want to have to use it, he likes it which is awesome but I want to nurse too! So... if any of you have any thoughts on this I would love some advice.
ALSO, lately I have been getting bloked ducts, which hurt like the DICKENS! I get them on one side only and it takes everything out of me. I've tried everything I can think of. I just don't think its normal for them to come back on the same side every stinkin time! anyway it hurts and I don't know what to do. All ofthis really makes me want to stop nursing him but I am trying my best to keep it up cause I know its good for him!
Anyway, kinda a dumb post but I figured different people may have gone through the same thing and would have some help for me cause I REALLY need it!

JACKSON NOAL OLSON

So, the pictures are out of order. I guess I'm still new at this and don't know how to fix and put these at the end=) Obviously these two are us getting ready to take him home!

cuddling with my daddy!

My big sister is the best! She is going to be a good helper, maybe too good=) She couldn't get enough of holding him!

JACKSON NOAL OLSON

Jackson was born Last Tuesday, May 18, 2010 at 9:33 p.m. I am sooo glad he is here and he is such a handsom baby boy! I fell more in love with him the moment they put him on my chest! It is truly a miracle how these little ones get here and I am sooo greatful to be a mommy again!

Kiersi LOVES her baby brother, she was not sure about me being in the hospital hooked up to the iv and such, she didn't want to be in there but as soon as she saw Jackson she wanted to be in there=)

Me and Jackson shortly after he was born!!

He weighed 6lbs 10.9 oz but they round that up and just say 6lb11oz.

Pretty much this one is right after he was born, isn't he so cute!!!

birthdays/easter

Here are a couple Easter pictures, kinda random but I can't figure out how to re organize them, so enjoy!!
OK, so I turned these and they didn't turn! oh well, she loves coloring eggs!

finding eggs at gmas and gpas house!

Easter morning, looking in her basket after finding eggs!

Loving her new movies the Easter bunny(ok aunt cyndi) gave her!

coloring eggs at gmas house! she loved doing this!

So Smiths had an egg hung and yeah, do you see how much candy there was and there was only like 8 kids so nonethe less we have about 10 pounds of candy, really, we weighed it!! I am going to bottle some and save it for Halloween =)

This one is albertsons, she got maybe 20 eggs but she did love looking for eggs!

and I just threw this one in, she LOVES to sit and watch movies lately on our portable dvd player so this is her with fingers in and all. sometimes she sits on the banana chair with the movie on the preschool green chair or she will sit on the bean bag with the chair in front of her, but I loved this of her on her belly!

OK, so a little late but here are some pictures of Kiersi's and Devins's b-days! mostly Kiersi though=) This one is her helping Devin blow out his candles!

Her new scooter! grandpa Callister found this scooter at the DI for 6 bucks and we spray painted it purple, it was harley davidson with orange flames on it, not too girly! she LOVES it!

Her new cheesey smile, and the shirt aunt cyndi bought her!

Her cupcake cake, I did turn this picture but it obviously didn't turn. another cheesy smile!

I love my Kiersi and can't believe she is 2! she is a joy in our lives and is going to be such a good big sister!

SEAWORLD/SAN DIEGO ZOO!!

SO, yesterday(Jan. 21st) was Devin and I's 5YEAR anniversary! So last weekend we took Kiersi California and went to Seaworld and the SanDiego Zoo! We had soooo much fun as a family! here are some pictures from our trip!! We got to touch these dolphins! the guy next to us knew how to get them to come up to us, Kiersi loved it but I don't know who loved it more, me or her! I could have stayed there FOREVER petting the dolphins, it was soooo cool to feel them, but I figured the kids waiting behind me needed a turn=)
This is the dolphin show, well, half of it, they are remodeling the dolphin stadium so we just got a little bit of it at the shamu staduim, nontheless it was cool!! I hope to go back before the end of the year to see the full show in the new stadium that opens end of May!!

At SeaWorld they have a play place for kids and this was Kiersi's highlight!! this place is kinda bouncy and had the blocks, she LOVED it. this is her running back towards me!

This is my FAVORITE picture of her, there were just these little tunnels and she went through and through them millions of times, I made her sit there and say cheese and I actually got a good one! =)

Kiersi and daddy playing!!

Kiersi's new thing is to "raise the roof" she says "woo woo" so this is her standing on the top toy thing doing her "raise the roof" wity daddy! yes, she is a DADDY'S girl!

This is at the zoo, this panda was just basking in the sun eating what ever that is=) there is a new baby panda but he is only out for 2 hours first thing in the morning so we didn't get to see it!

And for my highlight of the zoo, the KOALA!!! You can't see very well, but there is a baby on the moms tummy, its kinda more brown, I tried to get a better picture, but just couldn't seem to get it! but, I LOVE koalas, they are my most favorite animal and they had TONS just sleeping in the trees, it was awesome!

Anyway, we had a good time, it was good to be home, but loved the trip. I can't believe it has been 5 years, sometimes it seems like it should be longer, but other times it doesn't seem that long! I love my husband and it was fun to kinda celebrate our anniversary a little early with Kiersi there with us, she definately makes our life exciting and its fun to have her around, she has more energy than I remember any kid having =) We are excited to now have a BOY though, it will definately be different, but we can't wait to see him and see what he is like!!!