birthday weekend update, baby weigh in results (they are GOOD), and pictures coming soon.
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Sunday, January 31, 2010
We were working on Valentines tonight
and I think someone might have a crush on Grace....(she got xxxoxox and loads of heart stickers!!!)
birthday weekend update, baby weigh in results (they are GOOD), and pictures coming soon.
((((((check out "J's pic of the day" on the sidebar for more pictures))))))
birthday weekend update, baby weigh in results (they are GOOD), and pictures coming soon.
((((((check out "J's pic of the day" on the sidebar for more pictures))))))
Thursday, January 28, 2010
seven
This sweet baby turned 7 yesterday.
I was talking to my mom last night and we were remembering all the things we've done in the last 7 years.
And how I NEVER would have guessed that we would be in Alabama today.
And how when my water broke at 930pm I called her and she came right down.
And my dad came too.
And my Aunt Terri.
And then my dad went and got my sister.
And I sent them to our apartment to get my slippers which were actually already at the hospital with me.
Oops!!
When she finally made her grand entrance the next morning at 8:19 she was the most amazing thing I had ever laid eyes on.
And then everyone left and it was just me and her and my arms were so shaky I thought I was going to drop her.
That night she wouldn't sleep so the nurses kept bringing her back to me. My mom was staying with me (so Lew could get some rest, we had all been up the entire night before).
The only way she would sleep was if she was being held.
She never had a crib. Ever.
We fought for every minute of sleep that girl has ever had.
She was born ready to take on the world.
She was talking at 8 months.
She was ready to run the preschool at age 2.
She has drive and dedication to spare.
And an INCREDIBLE memory like her dad.
She is a reading machine.
She is a stubborn, sensitive and hard working.
She is a great sister.
She chose a Vietnamese restaurant for her birthday dinner.
And chocolate cake with chocolate icing and vanilla ice cream.
We're heading to Atlanta tomorrow to spend the night and hit the American Girl store with Kit and Ruthie the next morning.
What's your favorite story or thing about her? (she'll love if you share)
And how I NEVER would have guessed that we would be in Alabama today.
And how when my water broke at 930pm I called her and she came right down.
And my dad came too.
And my Aunt Terri.
And then my dad went and got my sister.
And I sent them to our apartment to get my slippers which were actually already at the hospital with me.
Oops!!
When she finally made her grand entrance the next morning at 8:19 she was the most amazing thing I had ever laid eyes on.
And then everyone left and it was just me and her and my arms were so shaky I thought I was going to drop her.
That night she wouldn't sleep so the nurses kept bringing her back to me. My mom was staying with me (so Lew could get some rest, we had all been up the entire night before).
The only way she would sleep was if she was being held.
She never had a crib. Ever.
We fought for every minute of sleep that girl has ever had.
She was born ready to take on the world.
She was talking at 8 months.
She was ready to run the preschool at age 2.
She has drive and dedication to spare.
And an INCREDIBLE memory like her dad.
She is a reading machine.
She is a stubborn, sensitive and hard working.
She is a great sister.
She chose a Vietnamese restaurant for her birthday dinner.
And chocolate cake with chocolate icing and vanilla ice cream.
We're heading to Atlanta tomorrow to spend the night and hit the American Girl store with Kit and Ruthie the next morning.
What's your favorite story or thing about her? (she'll love if you share)
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Friday, January 22, 2010
New digs
Do you like our new place? A little bit of a fixer-upper, but.......
This cute little house is a part of our zoo. I really do want a big porch like that someday. And maybe a little farm to go with it (then I can put these 2 to work)!!
Can you find the chicken? 
B's favorite part is always the sheep. He loves sheep, isn't that funny? Maybe it's because he loves brushing them. Just looking at these pictures of the barn makes my eyes itch. So maybe I should rethink the whole farm idea.
The weather was so nice on Monday and since we had no school and there were no Martin Luther King Jr. activities going on (weird but whatever), we decided to head over to the zoo. Our zoo has the coolest play area in and on a big rock and a fun petting area.I was so glad to have the warmer weather back. I feel entitled to warm weather in the winter now. How will I ever live somewhere cold again? Our cold few weeks here just about did me in.
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
2 words
Tas-ty!!!!
This sweet vampire baby has her 18 month check up next week. Her goals are to be 20 lbs. and to have her iron at 11.0. If we reach those we might get to quit going in every 3-5 weeks to weigh her and prick her finger. Keep those fingers crossed! But isn't she yummy just the way she is?!?! Being 20 lbs. is overrated.
She loves to climb, but is afraid of heights.She has added some new tricks to her "who's the cutest baby" routine:
running away while yelling no!!! or ahhhhh!
saying "hi ya ya", no no no no no no no to everything, gigi (georgia), cheese, Jesus, Brooksie (in her own language), DenDen (aiden), bye, baby, bear, amen while folding arms, says shhhhh with fingers up her nose
waving bye bye
loving books and her monkey and bear
and being cute as a button
Monday, January 18, 2010
A won a major award!!!
My kids' elementary school does this award every grading period. It's an award for good citizenship and A has been disappointed every time she hasn't won. This time, she did win and she was thrilled.
She's been going through this major "that's so embarrassing" phase so I was worried she wouldn't want to get up in front of the whole school, but she did fine.
Two of her friends from her kindergarten class won this time too.
She's been going through this major "that's so embarrassing" phase so I was worried she wouldn't want to get up in front of the whole school, but she did fine.
Two of her friends from her kindergarten class won this time too.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
10 years is a loooooong time!
(us on the beach in Thailand. I was about 7 weeks pregnant with A at the time)Happy anniversary Lewis!! Thanks for 10 years of adventure.
Sunday, January 10, 2010
Part Deux
On Christmas Day the kids and I flew up to Utah while Lewis drove home with Georgia so he could work the next 2 days and then join us up there. (click on any picture to enlarge)
This is the "you might be a redneck if" part of our trip:
Cate became a master at the big wheels. Minus the pedaling part. She also became a master of following my dad around all day long and saying "Hi YaYa" to my mom.
Matt and Lewis took the kids skiing at Alta. Actually, A took a lesson all day and B took one run and begged to not have to do it again. It was freezing and snowing at the time so how could we force him! This is the only picture of that day, though. I took it while driving back down the canyon. A had a great time skiing in her lesson and learned a lot. Lewis, Matt and John also had a great day of skiing in lots of light, fresh powder.
Jordan and I got to see a few of our old pals at a lunch hosted by Brit and Jonna. It was fun seeing everyone and all their cute kids. When did we get old?
We of course rang in the freezing cold, windy New Year in style. Fireworks, poppers, and all.
Some of us rang in the new year with a little Beatles' Rock Band action.
While some of us enjoyed a little snuggle.
Some, however, chose to do a puzzle all night long. Awesome!! Livin' on the edge!
Nana started reading and the kids just surrounded her.
Meet frosty:
He didn't live too long due to the "snow angels" dumping his head and torso into the hot tub that night.
Cate with the enormous, gorgeous tree that Matt and Jordan cut down for my parents' house.
Luckily, we were able to squeeze in an evening with the Bullocks. Our kids love hanging out together and we love talking about the good old days in Provo before kids when we had dinner together every night!
Girl cousins.
These guys are best buddies (most of the time). They just ran and ran and ran and played hard all day every day.
My cousin came over a couple of times and brought his kids. In fact, they were there when we got in late on Christmas and as soon as we walked in the door the kids just took off running and didn't stop for a good half an hour. They love playing together and S even spent the night. We went to this pirate themed restaurant slash arcade the next day and it was a total hit.
B and the boys. It was hard, but they did all look up from the DS at one time.
All in all we had a terrific Christmas vacation. Every time we go to Utah we remember how incredibly beautiful it really is. The billboards crack me up, and the inversion is nasty, but the mountains are so amazing. Oh, and the family is too ;) If I could, I would only take away the day I had nasty food poisoning and the fact that the day before we left A had massive pink eye, B had the pukes, and C had a goopy nose and cold. They were all fine by the time we left, but on the plane A kept yelling about how she couldn't touch anything because of her PINK EYE (right mom!?!?!?!). But then a girl puked behind us and took the attention off us for a minute. Lovely. Oh yeah, and there was that lady traveling alone with her 3 year old daughter who walked by me as I was trying to fold up my stroller while holding Cate and two bags. She said "I thought I had MY hands full" and then we walked by her sitting in first class on our way to the very back of the plane. Classy.
This is the "you might be a redneck if" part of our trip:
Cate became a master at the big wheels. Minus the pedaling part. She also became a master of following my dad around all day long and saying "Hi YaYa" to my mom.
Matt and Lewis took the kids skiing at Alta. Actually, A took a lesson all day and B took one run and begged to not have to do it again. It was freezing and snowing at the time so how could we force him! This is the only picture of that day, though. I took it while driving back down the canyon. A had a great time skiing in her lesson and learned a lot. Lewis, Matt and John also had a great day of skiing in lots of light, fresh powder.
Jordan and I got to see a few of our old pals at a lunch hosted by Brit and Jonna. It was fun seeing everyone and all their cute kids. When did we get old?
We of course rang in the freezing cold, windy New Year in style. Fireworks, poppers, and all.
Some of us rang in the new year with a little Beatles' Rock Band action.
While some of us enjoyed a little snuggle.
Some, however, chose to do a puzzle all night long. Awesome!! Livin' on the edge!
Nana started reading and the kids just surrounded her.
Meet frosty:He didn't live too long due to the "snow angels" dumping his head and torso into the hot tub that night.
Cate with the enormous, gorgeous tree that Matt and Jordan cut down for my parents' house.
Luckily, we were able to squeeze in an evening with the Bullocks. Our kids love hanging out together and we love talking about the good old days in Provo before kids when we had dinner together every night!
Girl cousins.
These guys are best buddies (most of the time). They just ran and ran and ran and played hard all day every day.
My cousin came over a couple of times and brought his kids. In fact, they were there when we got in late on Christmas and as soon as we walked in the door the kids just took off running and didn't stop for a good half an hour. They love playing together and S even spent the night. We went to this pirate themed restaurant slash arcade the next day and it was a total hit.
B and the boys. It was hard, but they did all look up from the DS at one time.
All in all we had a terrific Christmas vacation. Every time we go to Utah we remember how incredibly beautiful it really is. The billboards crack me up, and the inversion is nasty, but the mountains are so amazing. Oh, and the family is too ;) If I could, I would only take away the day I had nasty food poisoning and the fact that the day before we left A had massive pink eye, B had the pukes, and C had a goopy nose and cold. They were all fine by the time we left, but on the plane A kept yelling about how she couldn't touch anything because of her PINK EYE (right mom!?!?!?!). But then a girl puked behind us and took the attention off us for a minute. Lovely. Oh yeah, and there was that lady traveling alone with her 3 year old daughter who walked by me as I was trying to fold up my stroller while holding Cate and two bags. She said "I thought I had MY hands full" and then we walked by her sitting in first class on our way to the very back of the plane. Classy.
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Home again home again jiggety jig
Part I of our Christmas vacation took place in Austin and San Antonio, Texas. We drove over and spent a week there with Lewis' family. It was great having the whole fam together. It reminds me of the Blues Brothers "we're getting the band back together!!"
The kids had a blast playing with the dogs (Georgia plus their 2 dogs), but A is a terrible driver.
We arrived safely at the Austin light show thing (forgot the name) in spite of my claustrophobia in the car on the way there.
Before the lights we had dinner at the largest Whole Foods I have ever seen. It was so amazing. The best part was on the way out when Clint had Daniel using the flat escalator thing as a treadmill.
We even took family pictures. More to come, lucky you!
Then we headed down to San Antone to visit Lew's grandpa, 2 aunts, uncle, cousin and his family. We also snuck in a trip to Sea World where we got to see the Wests. It was so great to see them, but Brittanie didn't give me the Connecticut gossip I was craving.
B loved the dolphins.
C----not so much!
Even though he wasn't tall enough to ride the water roller coaster, B still found a way to enjoy it!
And then we got to ride this log ride.
Where this guy paid a quarter to spray Lewis as he finished. Sweet.
On Christmas Eve, we ran to visit the Alamo really quick. Which was good cause it was closed. And the wind was blowing like mad. And I though one of my kids was going to just get picked up and blown away. But we got the picture.
Then we had a Christmas Eve feast at Great-Grandpa's house and headed home to celebrate with the Christmas pageant ever. Including some lovely costumes.
Christmas morning did not disappoint.
A liked her DS.
C hasn't stopped baking since.
B thinks he is a twansfo-ama. He told me.
The kids had a blast playing with the dogs (Georgia plus their 2 dogs), but A is a terrible driver.
We arrived safely at the Austin light show thing (forgot the name) in spite of my claustrophobia in the car on the way there.
Before the lights we had dinner at the largest Whole Foods I have ever seen. It was so amazing. The best part was on the way out when Clint had Daniel using the flat escalator thing as a treadmill. 
We even took family pictures. More to come, lucky you!
Then we headed down to San Antone to visit Lew's grandpa, 2 aunts, uncle, cousin and his family. We also snuck in a trip to Sea World where we got to see the Wests. It was so great to see them, but Brittanie didn't give me the Connecticut gossip I was craving. 
B loved the dolphins.
C----not so much!
Even though he wasn't tall enough to ride the water roller coaster, B still found a way to enjoy it!
And then we got to ride this log ride.
Where this guy paid a quarter to spray Lewis as he finished. Sweet.
On Christmas Eve, we ran to visit the Alamo really quick. Which was good cause it was closed. And the wind was blowing like mad. And I though one of my kids was going to just get picked up and blown away. But we got the picture.
Then we had a Christmas Eve feast at Great-Grandpa's house and headed home to celebrate with the Christmas pageant ever. Including some lovely costumes.Christmas morning did not disappoint.
A liked her DS.
C hasn't stopped baking since.
B thinks he is a twansfo-ama. He told me. 
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