Tuesday, April 16, 2013

ONE MONTH OLD!!

With both of my first kids I took "Monthly" pictures of them. That lasted about the first 6 months and then I would forget... Let's see how long I can remember to take Kylie's Pictures...
These first ones are the out~takes... sad face, to starting to cry, to FULL ON CRY...
 Then we have the accents...
 I should take one of her little feet! They are SO cute!
 Of course Landon wanted to be a part of the action... 
I love that she looks a little chubby here!!
 And of course we wanted to match her BIG sisters ADORABLE sleeping
 "gift from heaven" photo, but someone did not want to sleep...
 then she peed... 
and the photo session was over! :)
But I did get ONE good picture to capture my sweet baby when she was ONE MONTH OLD!
Here she is still wearing her Preemie Clothes, but she has graduated to Newborn Diapers.
We go to the Dr. on Thursday to see how big she is! I am guessing she is around 6-7 lbs!

Sunday, April 14, 2013

Guess What Hailey did...

SHE LOST HER FIRST TOOTH...
It has been hanging out "loosy-goosy" for a few days. I am very squeamish about it!
She has been working at getting it out with Matt.
On Saturday, Matt took the two older kids to Stockton to visit his parents. They went out on the boat with some friends, and while they were on the boat Hailey lost her tooth.
This is how she tells the story:
" I was on the boat, and I was Wiggling and Jiggling my tooth... then BAM it comes out!" with a cute little smile on her face!
She goes on to say "Daddy just kept the tooth in his pocket until we got to Papa's House then we put it in a tiny plastic bag. Then I put that bag under my pillow. Then I went to sleep. Then I woke up and the Tooth Fairy Helpers left me money!!"

FIFTY CENTS! WHAT WHAT!!~ ~
 Here she is showing us where the first tooth fell out...
Little tooth in hand to put under the pillow...

And the next day she lost the other front tooth! This girls is gonna be RICH!~

Friday, April 12, 2013

Sleeping BEAUTY

My sweet little baby LOVES to sleep!
Everyday when we go to pick up Hailey and Landon from school 
THIS happens...
She gets SO content and warm that she just falls asleep on the short drive to school.
Even if Hailey and Landon are being loud... she sleeps! 
I need to appreciate this while I can!
I LOVE SLEEPING BABIES!!

Thursday, April 11, 2013

BIRD TRANSPORTATION...

So... Did I tell you my SAD SAD story...
My Escort (her name was Shelby) died. Matt was returning to work from a lunch trip and while waiting at a stoplight she just went crazy and died. We took it to our mechanic (SHOUT OUT TO SWANNY!) who had JUST done a tune-up on it. (Every year we get a tune-up done to keep her going) So yeah, we JUST put 500$ into this car... and she died on us...
On top of that I had JUST paid DMV for the registration renewal. The car died 2 days before the actual registration was due. We had to make a few trips to DMV to request a refund of the registration and to put the car on Non-Operational Status... And LUCKY me, I got to pay another 19$ in the hopes that they would refund my $100.00 registration fee...
So we sold the car to some guys that were willing to put the work into it...
I made Matt take a picture of me and baby Kylie with the car so she can know she was around for a few days before the wonderful Escort left our family! I officially had 3 kids with that car. Even though it died two weeks before my water broke and I was in the hospital...
Here goes my very first baby...
 This is the second car I purchased; but it was the first REAL car that I made payments on. The car I graduated High School in. The car I made out in... he he... shh no judging. The car I drove to College in, and went on TONS OF DATES...( I guess the other guys drove, but I went on some dates in this car) The car I got married in. The car I brought my first baby home in. The car that moved 9 times in the almost 10 years of our marriage... my baby... it was hard to watch her go.
SO
When you lose a car... 
usually you get a new car...
But with a husband like mine... 
WE GOT...
A Yamaha Zuma Scooter.
This is the SAME year, make, a model of scooter that his dad has.
Matt decided this would be a GREAT purchase.
This is his new mode of transportation to get to work, and run errands around the town.
Somehow in my "pregnant stupor" I allowed this purchase... 
As long as he is safe and cautious I am OK with him driving it. 
It only goes 50 mph, and is not allowed on the highway. 

But with only the one SUV and one scooter the Bird Family was not complete...
So while I was in the Hospital on Bed rest;
Matt bought THIS...
 Our Dodge Grand Caravan Crew...
her name is Sadie. 
(That was one of the names we liked for 
Baby Kylie, I decided I could use it for my new car.)
We were able to "car shop" before I went into the hospital so luckily we were able to narrow it down to what we wanted. I went into the shopping experience fully expecting to buy a bigger SUV. 
How did I end up wanting a Mini-Van you ask...
WELL...
~This car has automatic sliding doors. 
~It has an automatic rear door as well.
~It has a drop down DVD screen with headphones for the kids... 
so I can still listen to music while they watch a movie.
~ It has a backup camera so I won't run over carts at stores anymore...
~ It has stow n' go seats... you don't know what that is... GOOGLE IT! They are amazing! I don't have to remove any seats... with the flip of a lever I can stow any seat in the back in the floor. And when the seats are up... the STORAGE IS AMAZING!!!
~ This car has SO much more, but those things are what sold me on it in the first place...
Those huge SUV's don't have any of this AND they are 20K more...
SO I am now a MINI VAN MAMMA! 
It's my little Swagger Wagon Sadie!!

P.S. NO WE ARE NOT RICH. NO WE DID NOT GET A HUGE PAY RAISE. We did what people call SAVE money for the new car we know we are going to need to get...
Goodbye to my dear old car... hello to the new!!

Friday, April 5, 2013

Elder Preston Bryan Andersen ~

Check THIS out . . .

I am SO excited for the Spanish Speaking People in
HOUSTON TEXAS!!
Little do they know they are about to meet an AMAZING 
young man that is going to change lives!!

Tuesday, April 2, 2013

I hope they call me on a mission...

So I realized this today...
My baby brother Preston Bryan Andersen is going to be serving a mission here real quick!
My sister Sharon Andersen has a year left on her mission...
I will have two siblings on missions!!

I am so excited, yet freaking out at the same time... two of my favorite people in this world gone at the same time... my heart breaks a little every time I think about it.


So friends... it is that time again...
Where do you think Preston is going to serve?

The Bird Family guesses:
Matt ~ stateside Spanish speaking
Melissa ~ Spanish speaking... South America
Hailey ~ Florida with auntie Shar-shar
Landon ~ at the temple in California
Kylie ~ she told me at two weeks old that she thinks he will serve in the FRESNO, CA Mission.


Where ever you serve Preston we know those people are going to get an AMAZING missionary! So excited for you to step into the next faze in your life! CALLED TO SERVE!!
The BIRDS are your BIGGEST FANS!!~~
YOU KNOW I GOT MUCH LOVE FOR YA!!
~ Melissa