Abby's 1st Swim Meet

This morning Abby swam in her first swim meet. It was held at Williams Field High School at 7:30am. She swam freestyle and was the in the first heat. She was nervous before hand because she did not want to loose. Jeff and I told her that no matter if she wins or comes in last she will get a ribbon and long is she swims her best that is all that matters. Than she was happy! she got 2nd place!!! Jeff and I are so proud of her. WAY TO GO ABBY!!!


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SO EXCITED ABOUT HER 2nd PLACE RIBBON

Long time....

Okay so it has been almost two months since I posted. Things have been crazy in the Otter house. I will try to catch everyone up quickly and I promise I will try to be more regular at posting. Abby and Blake started swim lessons right after spring break at Mrs. Carolyn's they absolutely love her and so do I for the fact that they learn how to swim. Abby only went the first session and decided she wanted to do swim team and has her first meet this Saturday. Blake continues swim lessons and started T-ball. He has his first game next Saturday and his dad can't wait. Ava turned the big "1" on May 16th. We can't believe she is already one. Time flies and it is so sad since she is our last that we will not have anymore first birthday's. She had her big party and it turned out great. Jeff started medic school yesterday and is really excited and nervous about it. For me well, I have been a mom and a wife and keeping up with those duties. That is what we have been up to the last two months in a nutshell.

Fun Times in the Sun

For those of us who are not fortunate enough to have a pool in the backyard we have to improvise. We had Austyn, Chloe and Tessa over yesterday for some fun in the sun. Jeff came home on his lunch and put the slip and slide up for the kids and they all had a great time!! Even Ava. I am already dreading the months to come with the heat and trying to keep the kids entertained. Maybe the pool fairy will drop us a pool!!! Thanks Alicia for letting Austyn come hang out.

Happy Easter

We had a great but exhausting Easter. Abby reminds me so much of myself when I was younger. She was up at 6:30 jumping up and down so excited that the Easter Bunny came. We had to make her wait an hour before Blake would wake up. Then they got to look in their baskets do their first egg hunt of the day (followed by 3 more!!). After all that Ava decided to wake up and peek into her first Easter basket. Then we went to the Lee's house for a brunch which was so yummy followed by the 2nd egg hunt and wonderful Easter baskets from the grandma Susie and Grandpa Kevin!!! Moved on to papa and gamma's house were the kids were spoiled some more with their 3rd Easter basket and 3rd egg hunt!! Then to round out the day we went to the park for the Rooney Easter were we had lunch and the kids did their 4th and final egg hunt. Can I say we have enough candy to last us until next year. We are so blessed to have so many family and friends to share the holidays with. Can't imagine a holiday without all of them. Thanks to everyone for a wonderful day!!

My New Adventure

Well, this weekend I decided to take on a new craft adventure because I just don't have enough to do!! My sister and I made tutu's for our girls. At first, I thought no way will I be able to make them but it was actually quite easy and fun. They actually turned out pretty cute and I am making more as we speak. Abby loves them and think she is a ballerina and has been dancing around the house ever since.

Bath Time

Tonight I put Ava in the bath and Blake came in and said can I take a bath with Ava? My first thought was are you crazy because my kids have not taken a bath in a couple of years together because it takes twice as long and twice as much water because half ends up on the floor. But, I thought what the heck and let him get in. Then Abby comes in and wants to join them so I could not say no. Needless, to say they all three got a bath together and I had to capture the moment so I could blackmail them in the future!! Too cute and actually all the water stayed in the tub this time!!

Our Poor little Ava

I swear our little Ava has had her share of issues since she made her debut just nine months ago. She has had seven ear infections, febrile seizures and urinary tract infections. And I guess she thought this evening she wanted to take another trip to Phoenix Children's Urgent Care. When I got there I was for sure it was another ear infection because she has been so fussy the last couple of days and running a fever. But, much to my surprise they were clear. So I was ready to walk out of the door when I had this weird feeling there was something wrong so I asked the doctor to check her urine. I hate doing this to her because they have to cath her and I know it is painful. Sure enough she has another UTI. Poor baby I can't believe it and what scares me the most is last time she got one she started having seizures. So they loaded her up on antibiotics and pain meds and sent us home. So, tomorrow I have to schedule her two tests to be done at Phoenix Children's to check her kidneys and her urine flow. They are concerned because infants should not get UTI's unless there is a problem with her "plumbing". Please pray for her that nothing serious is wrong and she does not have another seizure.

Fun Filled Weekend

It has been crazy around the Otter's house the last couple of weeks. This weekend was no exception. I took the kids and their buddy Ausytn to see Hannah Montana at the IMAX on Friday and then they played at our house afterwards. Hopefully it gave Austyn's mom a little break!! Then on Saturday we signed papers for our house and get the keys this Thursday. It is in Seville which is in Gilbert and it has a lot more room for the kids to be crazy in. Jeff and I are sad that we will be moving out of our first home that has so many wonderful memories but we will make new ones in the new house. Then the rest of the day was packed full of birthday parties for the family. I swear there is not a weekend that goes by that it is not someone on the Rooney side's birthday!!! Then our little miss Ava thought that she needed her mom and dads attention on Sunday and had us spend the day at Phoenix Children's Urgent Clinic!!! Hope everyone else had a great weekend and HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!


The New house

Abby, Blake and Austyn eating lunch!!! That was a chore because they just wanted to play!!

Ava's first ride with her big brother driving!!

Cousin Caitlyn's 16th birthday party.

Cheese Balls!!!

Okay, we bought this toy for Ava over the weekend. She is are little daredevil and thinks she can stand up on anything and everything. She has seemed to forget she needs to learn how to master crawling!! Anyways I don't know who likes the toy better Ava or Abby and Blake. So as they were all playing with it this morning I decided to capture some pictures because it is a rare occassion that they are all happy at one time. Can we say cheese balls!! Everytime the flash goes off Ava automatically smiles. It is too funny. Gotta love them all!!