Twists and Turns of Life

Koko and I feel so blessed to be where we are in our lives right now. We have been married just over three years and we have been blessed with so much! First of all we have the best relationship ever! We say every day how funny it is with how comfortable we are with each other, there are no secrets here, even things that I'd rather him keep to himself he shares with me ha ha! I love being married to such an incredible person! He makes me want to be better. Not saying that sometimes its hard and he gets on my nerves, but at those times when we look back on it we just laugh! He is the guy I'm going to spend the rest of my life with, so we better make awesome memories and have fun doing it! I am grateful for what a hard worker he is! He has been at his job for six years and has had many promotions to where he is now at a point where he is comfortable and will stay for more years to come. I am so grateful for how motivated he is and how much he cares for Kai and me, we are so lucky to have him! I love being able to stay home with Kai and play with him, teach him, and raise him.

So, the newest news for us is that we recently bought a new home!! It is so beautiful and is the home of our dreams! This is one huge blessing that we've been able to have. It's in a beautiful area with great neighbors and so many little kids that Kai will be able to play with once he starts running around. I can't believe at our age and at this time in our lives we've been able to have so much. We owe so much to our Heavenly Father for guiding us and helping us to make the right choices. It is crazy how things work out, especially when you don't see it coming that way. Anyway, we are happy with where we are and look forward to many more opportunities and fun adventures with our little family!!

Wagon Ride!

We bought Kai a wagon for his birthday. I think it is so fun! He is so adorable in it.. and he actually sits in it better than he does in his stroller when we go for walks. So here are a few pictures of him, because he is so cute!! (and Koko was so excited when we found that Jordan hat, so we had to get it for him for his birthday too! He even keeps it on his head.. for the most part!)

Kai is One!

I can't believe my baby is one! That is pretty much all that has gone through my head this past week! I can't believe it's been a year already since he came into our family! I love him more than words can say! He brings so much joy into each and every day! He has the most incredible laugh and smile! He is so perfect! His Birthday Party was so much fun! We had a BBQ (Armenian Style!) at the park down the street. The weather turned out to be perfect! I was afraid most of the day that it would end up raining, but it stayed nice and cloudy, but not cold or rainy! Kai had so much fun destroying his cake and opening his presents! Thanks to everyone who came and celebrated our sweet boy!!

Firsts

Here are a few of Kai's 'firsts' during his first year! 

First Dog

(We don't have Akeeta anymore, but she was so good to Kai and he loved her too! We miss her!)

First Jordan Jersey

First Pumpkin Carving

First Halloween

First Rice Cereal

First Christmas

First Trip to the Zoo

First Haircut

First Haircut

First 4th of July/Fireworks

First Birthday! 

First Birthday!

Kai's First Year: By The Month

Kai Kai

Kai is the best little guy ever!! He has brought SO much joy into our lives! It is the greatest blessing being a mom!! He has been so incredibly awesome! He is already one, but I'm going to do a few post to catch up on his first year! Right now, though, he is 18 lbs. 30 inches. He's just a little guy, but he is so perfect. He is crawling so fast and follows me around all day. He plays really well with his toys. His favorite things to do are throw balls (and everything) and push his cars (and everything) around the house. He is such a boy when it comes to balls and cars! He's been really stubborn when it comes to walking and throws fits when I try to make him stand with me. It's cute and funny right now when he falls to the ground and cries, I don't know how much longer it will be though. I hope I will be a good mom to him and be patient and understanding as he gets older. I have been trying to teach him some sign language. He does a few signs like light, more, eat, dog, hat and all done. He can also say most of those words too. He says Dad all day long and occasionally he'll say Mom. He has started to say uh-oh! It is so adorable!! I'm pretty sure they don't come any cuter than my little guy!! He has eight teeth, four on top and four on bottom. I think he's getting more by the amount of slobber he has on his shirt by the end of the day. I have had such an amazing first year with him! I am so grateful to be his momma! I love him more than anything! He is growing so fast, this year really flew by.

July 30, 2012

Kai was born July 30, 2012 at 6:07am. He weighed 7 pounds 10 ounces and was 19.5 inches long. It was the most perfect thing when he came into this world!! A little about my labor... on sunday we did our regular schedule, got up and went to church, came home and relaxed a little bit. I don't remember what I was getting up for, I'm thinking it was to get us some ice cream (haha) but as soon as I got up I felt like I peed my pants! I went to the bathroom to check it out and decided that it wasn't pee.. MY WATER BROKE! Even though it was a week before my due date I had a bag packed and I was ready to go. So we got in the car and headed to the hospital. We got in and they did some test and stuff to make sure it was amniotic fluid and to see if I was ready to have the baby. It was about an hour until we got officially admitted, which was about 7 or 8 pm on Sunday night. We waited and waited, but nothing happened, I wasn't even having contractions! So they gave me pitocin to speed it up. Shortly after that I was getting contractions, got an epidural, rested for a little while, and then we were ready! When the nurse came in and told me I was at 9cm I didn't know what to think except for it's too late now, I gotta push this baby out!! As I was pushing Koko kept asking me if I was ok?! ...seriously?! ha ha why would you ask a woman that who is going through child birth at that moment!? I told him to stop asking me that because I didn't know how to answer it! What a sweetheart for caring though. So before you know it out came our sweet boy KAI! His cry was wonderful!