I am on night 3 of being in the hospital with my sweet Audrey. She was admitted on Thursday with Pneumonia and we are still here. Before she can go home she has to be off Oxygen for at least 12 hours including while she is sleeping. Today she was off the oxygen quite a bit, but literally as soon as she fell asleep tonight her blood oxygen level went down and they had to put her back on. She is on a very low level, but she is still on it. Let's pray that she can get off the oxygen without anymore problems.

I will post some super cute hospital pictures of her when I get home (whenever that will be).

Here she is with her little Oxygen tubes

Here she is in the ER after getting her IV

BLUE SKIES!!!!!!

WHOEVER SAID THAT IT ISN'T SUNNY IN MICHIGAN DURING THE WINTER!!!!

Oh Happy Day!!!!!!

Last month Audrey started Nursery!!!!!! All LDS (Latter-day Saint) moms know that this is a very blessed time in our lives :) For those who are not LDS, Nursery is the class in our church that our little ones can start going to when they turn 18 months. Nursery takes place during the Sunday school hour and then during the hour that all of us women have a gospel class together (also during that hour all the men have a gospel class together). So, now I can go to class without my little girl wiggling and running all over the place. Not to mention it is a chance for her to play and learn some stories about Jesus too. Of course, now this means that I need to be good and actually go to all of my classes :) This is something that I really need to work on.

Here she is doing the little song before they have a snack.

I just loved that it was her first day and she was totally doing the motions along with the other kids in the class. (She had only visited the class once before this with Dad.) I just love my baby girl.

Audrey Turns 1!!!!!!!!!!

*I feel like such a bad mom because Audrey turned 1 years old on May 22nd and I am just now blogging about it.

My baby girl turned 1 years old on May 22nd. I just can't believe that the day has already come. We didn't do much on her actual birthday, but we did have a big party a week later. We invited some friends and family over and had a great time. Before I get into the party pictures, I wanted to tell some of the things that Audrey is doing now a days.
-She is 22.6 lbs and 30 in. long.
-She is walking all over the place and has been doing so for about a week now. Before that she would walk, but she would still crawl a lot. Now, she pretty much never crawls.
-She yells and babbles all the time.
-She has her top 4 and bottom 4 front teeth (which she has had for quite a while) and she also has 4 molars.
-She does great with a cup and never uses a bottle.
-She adores her mother and always has a smiling face for her.
-She loves to play with her brothers and likes to get in on the action when they are playing.
-She is an awesome napper, but is still working on sleeping completely through the night.
-She loves big people food and wants nothing to do with baby food, except for baby cereal.
-She loves being outside and has even gotten better about walking in the grass. (Before, she didn't want the grass to touch her.)
-Her dad can really make her laugh.
-Whenever she hears music she can't help but to start shaking it and bouncing.
-She has enough hair for a very cute ponytail on the top of her head or for two very little pig tails.
-She likes to rip out her pony tails and barrettes.
-She is such a wonderful part of our family and we all feel blessed everyday to have her with us.

Now to the party pictures.......

You can't tell from the picture, unless you click to enlarge it, but we did a flower theme.

I was pretty happy with the cake I made. I rented a flower cake mold, which made it so easy.

Here is the birthday girl taking a turn to hit the flower pinata. She had some help from her daddy.

Logan showing us his awesome batting skills.

Look at Parker go!!!!!!

Bradyn with his power swing. He was the first one to crack it open. (The boys had their opening day for baseball that morning so, that is why they are all in their uniforms. I will blog about that later.)

When the pinata finally fell, it didn't let all the candy out so, here is my friend Lisa dumping the rest out for the crowd of kids we had there.

Audrey is having her very first sucker that she got from the pinata. Let me tell you, she really did enjoy it too.

Here she is looking at her own personal cake. I made a smaller version of the big flower cake so that Audrey would have one all to herself to do what she wanted with it.

She dug right in!!!!!!!

However, this is pretty much all she did with it. I think she may have put a little bit in her mouth, but that is about it.

Present time!!!!!!

She really enjoyed this balloon and ball. It is so funny to watch her play with a ball sometimes. It is almost like she is a little puppy because when she was crawling she would chase it around.

"This is such a fun party mom and dad, thanks for having my friends over" -Audrey

"Mom, I know you think these are so cute, but get them off my face"- Audrey

All and all it was a great party and I am so thankful for all those who could make it to celebrate with us.

HAPPY BIRTHDAY to our sweet little girl!!!!! We sure do love you!!!!

Pig Tails

Audrey wore her first set of pig tails on Saturday. I LOVE IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

New Favorite Toy

This is Audrey's new favorite toy. Now that she has been trying to walk more she just loves pushing this thing around. As you can see she also loves sitting on it. It is so cute because she can totally get on it all by herself. However, we have to watch her because she also likes to try and be an acrobat and she will stand up on the seat too. Why are littles ones so daring sometimes? I mean come on, aren't they at least a little bit afraid that they will fall?

Another great thing about this toy is that she can get a lot of attention from her brothers (because you know, she hardly gets any of that, hahaha). They just love to push her around on it. Here is Parker just zooming with her. Can you see how her hair is being blown back? Yeah, she is loving every minute of it, she just laughs and laughs. Of course, every time they run across the room with her it freaks me out because I am afraid that she will go flying. I have to keep telling them that she is only a baby and to slow down. Again though, she is not afraid and she always goes back for more. Horray for Big Brothers!!!!!!!

Is this the start of something?

(This picture was taken about a month ago)

Today Audrey finally did it!!!!!! She stood up in the middle of the floor and then took about 4 steps. It was so cute and fun to watch. Then, a little bit later my dad set her down and she did it again. It is so funny to watch her because she gets so excited that she goes to fast and then just falls down. She is such a happy little girl that you just can't help but smile at her every minute.

*Now some pictures of our happy baby girl.

Here she was cheering on her Spartan before the Championship game. Even though they lost, she is all smiles.

If only she knew how the game was going to turn out.

Hicks Family Egg Hunt

The weekend before Easter all the Hicks gathered at Les' brother Charlie's house and had a fun family Easter Egg Hunt. The kids had a great time not only hunting for eggs, but also playing with their cousins.

Here are all the Hicks Grandkids.

Bradyn was quite the awesome egg finder.

Here is Logan searching away.

I just thought this was a great picture of Logan from the day of the hunt.

*I thought I uploaded a picture of Parker looking for his eggs, but I guess I didn't. He however was there and had a great time too. He can be seen in the first group picture.

Catch up!!!!!!

I have been a horrible Blogger lately and I think the reason why is because I got so far behind with my posts that I just didn't know where to begin. Well, enough is enough and I need to start up again. Instead of going back and trying to catch up on all the different posts I have missed, I have decided to do a picture catch up all in one post. This way I can still post about some of the things that I wanted to share (and document for my own memories) and then I will be able to start up again with my more detailed posts. So bare with me, I have a bunch of pictures I am sharing. Now, there are so many more pictures I could post, but I am afraid that it would probably be over kill.

Jan. 28th Audrey pulled herself up to a standing position for the first time.

Feb. 10th Logan is such a big boy because today was his first day of Preschool. He was sooooo excited. A lot of people asked why he was starting in the middle of the year and it is because it was the start of the new semester and he was finally potty trained so he was able to enroll. Hooray for Logan!!!!! Now him and Parker go to Preschool together two days a week. Hooray for mommy!!!!!!!

Feb. 24th Audrey had some super crazy hair when she woke up from her nap.

March 5 I thought this pictures was so cute because it looks like Audrey is playing video games with her brothers. She loves being part of the action.

Feb. 27th After Bradyn left for school that morning, Audrey crawled over to the door to look after him. She stood there and watched him at the bus stop.

Feb. 27th I realized that Audrey was no longer in the living room so, I looked down the hall and sure enough there she was in my Grandma's room. She just loves crawling down there and seeing what she can explore and I think that my Grandmas actually likes it too when she comes in there.

Feb. 27th OH GREAT!!!!!!!! She has discovered the stairs. This is always a dreaded day for me because now we have to put up a gate.

March 2nd Whenever one of the boys are laying on the floor Audrey has to come over to them and ATTACK!!!!! My boys are so great because they just let her do it. Here she is attacking Parker.

March 2nd Audrey had a bath in the kitchen sink for the first time. I don't remember what she had been eating but she got covered in it so I just decided to plop her in. I think she really enjoyed herself.

March 16th March seemed to be a sick month for Bradyn. Twice he was stuck home with a high fever. It was really weird because all he had was the fever, no runny nose or cough. When he had Motrin in him he was perfectly fine, which meant that him and his brothers were really crazy either playing or fighting. However, once the Motrin wore off and his fever spiked he was down and out and just plain miserable. In this picture, the Motrin had worn off and I didn't have anymore so we had to wait for Les to get some. So, Bradyn laid on the couch with a wet wash cloth and tried to cool down. (I am not sure why he had the blanket on him, it was probably during one of the times that he also had the chills) While he was laying there Audrey came to see how he was doing. She was worried.

March 16th While Bradyn was home sick we worked on the Leprechaun Trap that he was suppose to make for school. We heard that they liked shiny stuff so, we made a very shiny box with a pot of gold inside. On the top was a rope made of green ribbon so that the Leprechaun couldn't jump out. Unfortunately, the Leprechaun that came to his class was very very sneaky so, nobody was able to catch him. Maybe next year. (Don't you just love Parker and Audrey in the background.)

Long Night

I am sooo tired today. Last night I was woken up 5 times, that is right I said 5 times, by my children. Audrey got up 3 times, one of which was just 1 hour past the first time. Logan came in crying at like 12:30ish because he said that his knee hurt. Then at some point (I am not sure the time because I never looked at the clock) Bradyn came in telling me that his nose was bleeding a little bit, but that it had stopped. I told him, ok then go back to bed and he did. Sometimes he just likes to come in and tell me these things. I am glad that he wants me to know, but I am not exactly excited that he has to wake me up to tell me.

Of course, the side of the bed that I sleep on is closest to the door so naturally the kids ALWAYS come to me. Ahhhhhhh sometimes I am just sooooo tired. Audrey still gets up at least 2 times a night, which I am sure is mostly due to the fact that she has to be in our room. It is really hard because when she wakes up I know that she can see me so, of course she is not going to put herself back to sleep. It will be nice when the day comes that my baby girl will have her own room. Of course, I have no idea when that day will be. For now, I will just be VERY grateful for the blessing it is to be able to live with my parents and pay some things off.

Audrey, quite the big girl

Audrey has been super super cute lately (of course, she is pretty much always cute). Tonight we were getting ready to say our night time family prayer and we were all in the living room. We said, "Ok we are going to say prayers" just then Audrey started folding her arms. It was soooo cute. I wanted to make sure it wasn't just a coincidence so, I said it again and sure enough she folded her arms once more. We all laughed and clapped for her and she just loved it.

I tried to get a picture, but of course I could never get it. The camera kept delaying to much and so when the picture would finally take, it would be too late and she would already have her arms down. When I am able to finally get a picture, I will be sure to post it.

Sick baby update!!!

So, I decided to take Audrey to the Doctor today because her eye was so puffy and draining like crazy. They said that she has a Sinus Infection :( Well, actually they said that by the look of her that they guess it is a sinus infection, but that her sinus' are so small they can't be 100% sure. So, they prescribed her some antibiotics and I hope that they start working quickly.

On a happier note, after two nights of being up from 3-5am, last night she actually slept from about 10:45pm to 6:30am. Hallelujah!!!!!! Lets hope for a repeat tonight, except that she went to bed at 8:30 instead of 10:30.

Sick Babies

We have had a lot of colds going around over here and Audrey just can't get rid of hers. Yesterday I kept her and Logan home from church and luckily Logan seems just fine today. Audrey on the other hand had a really horrible night. She was coughing so much that it made it hard for her to sleep. She did pretty well if Les or I were holding her, but as soon as we laid her down the congestion in her nose would get so bad that she couldn't keep her pacifier in and she was uncomfortable because she couldn't breath out of her nose. It was pretty sad. I even took her out of bed and suctioned out her nose and man I couldn't believe how much came out. She was up and struggling to sleep from 3am to 5am!!!! Which of course meant that we were up too. Finally we were able to get her to fall asleep laying in bed next to us. She NEVER sleeps with us so, I was surprised (but grateful) that she actually fell asleep. She is still pretty boogery today, but has taken some really good naps. Now, lets hope that she is able to sleep better tonight!

*The picture in this post is not of her sick, but I thought that it was really sweet.

Audrey and her cute little pony tail!!!

Baby's 1st Christmas

Part of what made Christmas so fun and special this year was the fact that it was Audrey's 1st Christmas. She is such a fun and sweet little girl. I really don't think that I could have asked for a better daughter. We all just love her so much and she still has her brothers wrapped around her little finger. She has a great personality and is genuinely a happy little person. She still gets up a little more often during the night then I would like, but I love her too much to be too bothered by it :) When I walk into the room and if someone is holding her, she just about jumps out of their arms to try and get to me. She has also discovered food and I must say, she really enjoys it. The week before Christmas 3 more teeth popped through, this time on the top. My 7 month old baby now has 5 teeth!!!!! But anyways, back to Christmas.

Here she is reaching out and getting that lovely green thing with the fun lights. She didn't really start going after the tree to much until the week before Christmas and even then it wasn't too bad.

She was so excited when she got a hold of this present. She liked the stars that were wrapped around it.

Bradyn took this picture for us on Christmas Eve. Audrey was so excited to go to bed and wait for Santa to come :)

"Man, my brothers totally woke me up this morning!!!!!" I think that this picture is so cute, doesn't it look like she is still so tired? I think that she was really excited to look through her pretty pink stocking :)

Gimme that present!!!!! I want to eat it. In her defense, it does look like a big piece of candy.

Ok, the pictures are really started to pick up a theme here :) But hey what can I say, she is 7 months old and loves to put just about anything she finds into her mouth. Which really helps mommy to keep very vacuumed floors.

She really loves the shirt that Grandma got for her. Isn't she doing such a great job sitting up all by herself?

All and all, Baby's 1st Christmas was really wonderful. I think her face says it all, CHRISTMAS WAS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!