Babies change so fast. Here are the many faces of Baby Kolden.
This little guy is the man!
What are you looking at? Yes I m very cute!
Dang my mom loves me!!!
Can't you just let me sleep?
Don't I look good in blue!
Look at the three generations of Brian Cheesman!
I'm even handsome when I'm asleep.
It's time for my close-up.
Peek a boo!
Look at me. I a just chillin' with my mom.
We went to the hospital again on Tuesday after talking to Dr. Stratford and running to the gym to make the contractions worse. Grandma Creta & Grandpa Brian Cheesman and Grandma Beth Cottam came over to await the birth of Kolden. 
Aunt Karla also came over to await Kolden's birth.
I am smiling in much pain because for sure we are not leaving without Kolden in our arms. They are preparing me for the C-section and I am signing my paper work. My contractions were down to being 2 minutes apart and I was quite tired from a very long day, and yet it was just begining to get really exciting!
Kade is prepared to go into surgery with me. He always gets to be with me until the baby actually comes out and then he goes with the baby to help with the bath.
HERE HE IS!!! Our little Kolden Kade Cheesman has arrived! When they took him out everyone cheered and then the anethesiologist yelled out that there were fireworks out the window. The baseball game had finished and were firing them off. It couldn't have been better timing! Kolden was welcomed into this world with fireworks! He weighed 6 pounds 5 ounces and was 19 1/2 inches long. He is by far our littlest baby, but our cutest and most handsome boy ever! The white stuff on Kolden is called vernex and all babies have it on them. The earlier they are the more they have. Kolden was 37 weeks and 4 days when he was born.
Proud Daddy Kade with his little son Kolden Kade Cheesman. During the delivery Kolden was grabbing the tubes and the doctors had to pull them away from him. Kade said that during the bath he was doing the same things and wouldn't stop grabbing things. He has big hands and he is very strong.
Kade and Grandma Creta Cheesman with Kolden.
Grandpa Brian Cheesman and Kolden. Kolden is the first name carring grandson for Brian and Creta.
Kade, Grandma Beth Cottam and Kolden. Kolden is the first grandson for Grandma Beth.
Aunt Karla and Kolden. Kolden is the first nephew on the Cottam side.
Finally I get to hold him too! Dad, Mom and Kolden. He did a great job latching on and nursing for the first time in the recovery room.
I was sooooo glad to get to hold my baby! After he was delivered the Doctor said that my uterus was extremely thin and couldn't have taken much more labor without rupturing. Consequently I had a tubal ligation performed after the birth because of my sad uterus. We are extremely blessed to have gotten all four of our kids here safely!
Daddy and Kolden again, they are best buds already.
Sisters are SO excited to have a new baby brother. We have a tradition that my dad, Sid, started when a new baby is born to have the dad and any siblings go to breakfast the day after the birth of a new baby. Grandma and Grandpa Cheesman helped Kade take all the big sisters Kari, Kya and Kiera to Denny's for breakfast!
The girls are all now big sisters and they finally get to meet baby Kolden. Kiera just kept on kissing Kolden the entire time she was close to him. 
Kya gets her turn to hold little brother.
Kari gets her turn too! She wants to help change his diaper.
Kiera keeps on kissing baby Kolden. She will say "brother" and "la, la, love you" to Kolden. She is so proud to be a big sister.
Wow! We now have four kids and they are all so wonderful. I can hardly believe at how blessed we are! Welcome to the family baby Kolden! We love you!!!
I feel the need to document our amazing daughter’s personalities. I am curious how much they will change as they grow up more. I am thinking that Kari and Kya’s will stay relatively similar,but Kiera is so young that her’s could still change quite a bit. We will see how much their personalities change as we have our little Kolden around. It will be interesting to see how a little brother will change our family dynamics.
Karinya (age 5):
Kari is our little socialite. She is a party planner and makes new friends any and every place we go, especially boys. She loves to talk to people and is very honest with her comments and questions. Kari is tall and lean. She has always had lots of natural grace and athletic ability. She never learned to walk. One day she just stood up and started running. The walking came as a result of her slowing down a bit. She is a great dancer and her teacher has asked us to have her skip up a dance class level for the fall because of her abilities. Kari loves to sing and perform as she really enjoys life. She loves musicals with mom and action adventure movies with dad. Kari enjoys playing dress-up, being extremely dramatic and using her imagination as she pretends. Kari enjoys learning new things and is finally growing a love for books. She really enjoys learning how to write and identify letters and words. She loves learning Spanish. Kari is not so competitive as much as she just enjoys doing her best because she enjoys life. Kari is growing to be a good helper and have some good work ethic. Her sisters are her “best friends” and constantly reminds them of that.
Kyandra (age 3):
Kya is our nurturer. She is the “little mama” of our family. If someone needs to be taken care of she is the one to do it. She loves calling the shots at home and making sure everyone is doing what they are suppose to be doing. Although, if you get on Kya’s bad side it is not very pleasant at all. Kya is in a pretty dress 99% of the time. She likes her “pretties” (jewelry) and she really loves shoes. She is a girly girl and quite the fashion designer. She is really getting into doing hair as well. Kya prefers the more cautious safe route. Once she knows something is safe by seeing someone else do it then she will cautiously try it out herself until she decides if it is worth doing or not. She has really great work ethic. She will stick to a job until it is done and she seems to enjoy working hard and accomplishing a task. Kya is extremely artistic. She is left-handed and loves to color, paint, draw and do most any type of art. Kya also loves musicals and is constantly singing around the house. She loves to dance and make up her own dances, but she doesn’t really like performing in front of an audience. Kya loves books and always has. She has a real natural curiosity that she often follows and ends up making some phenomenal messes as a result. She likes to cook and enjoys the greatest variety of food out of all the girls. She does a great job helping out in the garden, especially picking weeds and harvesting crops like strawberries and peas.
Kierana (18 months):
Kiera is a lovable feisty girl. She is very competitive and comes by it naturally as the third of three sisters. She has a lot of natural athletic ability. She will be a bit of a little bully as she fights for what she wants or just takes what she wants from her sisters and runs. Sometimes she will just take something from them because she knows she will get some attention for it. Kiera talks very well for her age and she is very strong. She handles herself very well on the trampoline with her big sisters and she has an awesome arm as she throws things, especially balls. She loves playing with balls, they are her favorite toy. We can see her being a feisty softball player. She, like her bigger sisters, also loves watching muscials and singing. She loves performing for people and always wants to go into Kari’s dance class to participate. Kiera’s sparkly eyes and charming smile are hard to resist. She has a great love for animals and notices tons of things in nature. She will point out any animals she can find, as well as flowers, rocks, birds, and seems eager to learn all the time. Kiera is fearless and will often take a fall because she just jumps into an adventure without hesitation. She loves being outside all the time and riding her little bike. She is not afraid to get dirty and just play. Kiera is very independent, yet she loves to cuddle and be both a daddy’s girl and a mommy’s girl. She really enjoys being softly tickled while you cuddle, especially on her legs, arms, tummy, back, toes, and face.
We are about 37 and a half weeks along now and the contractions absolutely stink! I am not loving the endless discomfort. The doctor prescribed some good pain pills and even some sleeping pills to help me endure to the end. No, I don't know when the end will be. I am completely at the mercy of when the hospital will allow me to have the C-section since I cannot give birth myself. It is a hard thing to know that in any other time in history I would have died with the birth of our first child. Hopefully the hospital will not make us wait until the baby is in distress because of the contractions and my lack of ability to dialate. I must admit that I feel I must fight for my life. I am no longer worried that the baby is not developed enough. I feel he will be healthy when he is born. I have faith that things will turn out well, although it is really hard to not have any control and no ability to make my body deliver this baby or any of our babies. I am grateful we have three beautiful healthy daughters and we will have a healthy son. I am thankful I am alive and can have a C-section to allow me to raise my children. It is extremely comforting to know of the Plan of Salvation in case anything bad did happen though. We will see when our little man, Kolden, has his birthday.
With yummy ripe summer strawberries and bananas, we decided to experiment with chocolate and peanut butter to find some tasty treats. We dipped strawberries in chocolate, put peanut butter on red apples, and put peanut butter and chocolate on the bananas.
Kya stays fairly clean and does a great job dipping. (She did her own hair today. She is quite the fashion designer.)
Kari also does great at dipping the fruit and gobbles it up almost as fast as she can dip it. Lately she has done an awesome job eating good food. 
Ahhh, Kya shows her true colors when Mom steps out of the room for a minute. Chocolate on the counter and licking her chocolate covered fingers as she enjoys trying out marshmellows in the chocolate.
Four colleges of mine retired this school year and I make individual balloon bouquets for them. This was for our Finance Secretary and has a dollar sign.
This was for our Honors English Teacher. I tried to make a book and taped some paper on the back and wrote some of "Romeo and Juliet" on it.
This was for one of our Resource Teachers. I made an I.E.P. for her, which is an Individual Education Plan that is made of each Resource Student.
This was for our Band Teacher. I made two different note flowers.
We attached a sprinkler to the hose and put it under the trampoline. Kya loves jumping where the water sprays up.
Kari jumps and jumps keeping cool.
Kiera is enjoying her Popsicle off the trampoline. She doesn't prefer water in her face.
Our little plastic pool is just the right size to jump in and out of. Kiera loves it!
Kari and Kya play tag to and from the swimming pool.
Summer is such a great time to play!
Our three girlies play together very well and love being with each other. 
They are "best friends".
Kiera really enjoys playing on the swings. She is even big enough to stay on the "big girl swing" all by herself and pump lightly.
Dogness likes to keep cool too, but doesn't love the hose on and getting real wet.
We went to the Hidden Valley Splash Pad. Kiera just can't get enough of swinging.
Kya definately prefers the swings as well, but she likes the security of the safer swings.
Aunt Karla joined us with Dogness. She owns a townhome in Hidden Valley. Kari takes a break from finding new friends on the slides, which she prefers, to take a picture.
Dad is so god to push Kya and Kiera on the swings for almost an hour. The girls were really enjoying life!
Mom likes cooling off in the water too! Baby Kolden is definately getting bigger and making mommy bigger.
We have a Dixie Direct Card and with it got a free week pass to the Washington City Community Center. Our favorite is the really adventureous pool. Kya pretends she is a "crocodiler" as she walks on her hands in the shallower water.
Kiera is getting braver going in and out of the water over and over again.
The lazy river and water slides are a big hit for our girls. Kiera even gets comfortable enough in the water to jump and land on her buns in the shallow water. Kari and Kya are signed up for swimming lessons in June and mom and dad will do a parent-tot class on our own with Kiera. So far her favorite song to sing at the pool is "Motor Boat".
Three girlies all ready to go swimming again! We love playing in the water in the hot summer sun!
