tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22938994219876841942024-03-12T21:19:08.944-06:00The Wilson FamDid I choose you, or did you choose me? No matter, you are mine and I am yours and it will always be.Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10203540993580871199noreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2293899421987684194.post-27806433745962755522010-05-21T07:40:00.002-06:002010-06-10T14:36:08.474-06:00Halle's First YearSo, Halle turned a year on Mother's Day, May 9th, this year. And I've decided I've got to get back into blogging, and what better way to do that than by highlighting some pics and things about our sweet baby girl? <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Nicknames:</span> Halle-Baby, Baby Girl, Bee-bee, & Punkin-Bunkin<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Fav Food:</span> Milk, bananas, graham crackers, Beech Nut yogurt nibbles, yogurt, shredded cheese, raisins, & peanut butter sandwiches.<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Fav Toy:</span> Fisher-Price cookie jar & Mom's box of o.b. tampons<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Fav Words:</span> "uh-oh" (She also says Da-da, Ma-ma, ba-ba (for bottle), na-na (for banana), and "woah-woah" (which is her response to "What does a doggie say?")<br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Fav Songs:</span> Pat-a-cake, If You're Happy And You Know It, Popcorn Song, & Wheels on the Bus. <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Highlights:</span> Sat up at 5 months; crawled at 7 1/2 months; climbed the stairs at 9 months; walked at 10 1/2 months. <br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Hidden talent:</span> Can open any screw-on cap; she has also been able to open a couple of child-proof caps! How's that for hand and finger skills! <br />Following are "some" pics of Halle's first year. (Beware: major picture overload! And instead of writing captions for each picture, I'm going to let the pictures do the talking!)<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWcrLrvH6X_FsLmtS_KnvtXsLgYzk_VsEyEYkKKym5vA-8R8bK6wL3V6iIZKkffVHWRmOCALhXnSTCwpAXFpfxWAIgSVoatSA_iMKMRll9vnClpd4xI9fOl2Rc5w8P0OoBQIeDssjw-XAS/s1600/July+2009+051.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWcrLrvH6X_FsLmtS_KnvtXsLgYzk_VsEyEYkKKym5vA-8R8bK6wL3V6iIZKkffVHWRmOCALhXnSTCwpAXFpfxWAIgSVoatSA_iMKMRll9vnClpd4xI9fOl2Rc5w8P0OoBQIeDssjw-XAS/s400/July+2009+051.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480061938541758882" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFRIQXvuWA08QS50AK-uT7_wGv6dFW79n4RtGbGpZtxqUST6vPX6oK8vcVugPa-M4dV5A0ffLBWirCK4FyL63RkYoJAUVYghHBZTMbmvkAKscMZYrmyZH9txu0MvACYV2GIyzs5AjY94rj/s1600/July+2009+053.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbAB_FPLU4uZCHF2ykd8ZS31bqo7WiT8HA4bvPVlPzkxShiXEQM-8CixY-gJi53Igv1VN1bP2dtVmD9wnbmU5Cks8UCRfPyZbVOttnCMwJbEp0NK4lJn1wY9WTExI2WOFcHtaCMLz1lRfa/s400/May+2010+23.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5480060871264781298" /></a>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10203540993580871199noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2293899421987684194.post-63397863342325614252010-05-20T14:48:00.006-06:002010-05-20T15:02:12.096-06:00Spring Pics!I had this wonderful gal take pictures of my kids...she's AWE-SOME. She really captured my kids' personalities. Here's the pictures she put up for a sneak peek. I cannot wait to see the rest! <img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4WN-sZGjpn1oZSrEzapYJjDFONNxFuqj7-jqDrH2zemzocfn_8YuwMKBdwVdSiHwRT0c_FgDb590387C2okIIAibxanCK3COY6S6npsz2OurlIZnA19mBFoM0MmYBEy-F0aMWnyt0LSdH/s400/wilson+photo+by+emilie+_1380P.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473458507232654178" /> <br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBRdFYXL1lgxFPotGeI344CXyLPl20t0nQsLm8FVSKZ5Is9bDG1AuHGdrAiUkhljLNgd663PRflvktdpGZUsAQ19qHckrClaQ41gITSpXB592JiGX4ldKcjATStO9c4gDZnNseNlhc03My/s1600/wilson+photo+by+emilie+_1353P.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBRdFYXL1lgxFPotGeI344CXyLPl20t0nQsLm8FVSKZ5Is9bDG1AuHGdrAiUkhljLNgd663PRflvktdpGZUsAQ19qHckrClaQ41gITSpXB592JiGX4ldKcjATStO9c4gDZnNseNlhc03My/s400/wilson+photo+by+emilie+_1353P.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473458494052224322" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL-wyrTq8zCG9EZwXxPgI0TQ0lxsgI8HzBT0SOOQDnsyuTlUOT2xbEmaTMiIF6vJwIC-Dfml8IA6FqoJeEU_WOu_qnqdZEcwXhoP3pGEDAufZteu1ywGQdrA_og5lZRSfRt27rzn5e_bSz/s1600/wilson+photo+by+emilie+_1325P.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL-wyrTq8zCG9EZwXxPgI0TQ0lxsgI8HzBT0SOOQDnsyuTlUOT2xbEmaTMiIF6vJwIC-Dfml8IA6FqoJeEU_WOu_qnqdZEcwXhoP3pGEDAufZteu1ywGQdrA_og5lZRSfRt27rzn5e_bSz/s400/wilson+photo+by+emilie+_1325P.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473458488434634338" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1LQfQW9qmkrRbRgQy3Z-scsOF4Qb6WXxbSj60hCYdZKKKDpJnExxMLxZ_tnpmMWQtxFY0YcTa2SSiDy2KohKvW3hJrzB8ayQwNRhXGf3F0S3QfjTxh3hWj65f3EQ9PJutTUC1r5V4a-AP/s1600/wilson+photo+by+emilie+_1313P.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1LQfQW9qmkrRbRgQy3Z-scsOF4Qb6WXxbSj60hCYdZKKKDpJnExxMLxZ_tnpmMWQtxFY0YcTa2SSiDy2KohKvW3hJrzB8ayQwNRhXGf3F0S3QfjTxh3hWj65f3EQ9PJutTUC1r5V4a-AP/s400/wilson+photo+by+emilie+_1313P.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473458472396074034" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc1By3fTYHMcKKNx1K13fv1LOpECg_1Rh8iKo2Z-68VwofhyphenhyphennusGFkE3sRJHKK_JIT72GMFVPaqDjNJlqwIXpntpHNwtpLFZiYru70v-d6L2C9HkDqp-8WURcibugliuygoEyiQLcGtMu8/s1600/wilson+photo+by+emilie+_1096P.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 286px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc1By3fTYHMcKKNx1K13fv1LOpECg_1Rh8iKo2Z-68VwofhyphenhyphennusGFkE3sRJHKK_JIT72GMFVPaqDjNJlqwIXpntpHNwtpLFZiYru70v-d6L2C9HkDqp-8WURcibugliuygoEyiQLcGtMu8/s400/wilson+photo+by+emilie+_1096P.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473458459631451906" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2_CuCSIotfrB2JX5CnZODpNCEILDdRB96AoHp4am3pJS2c1_2oJiWOPRUyMBM4giL_XiYqin2UI61mMH3Ja-rsSXgyzdnDHbJwSD5r1MYvfXMJjb_YV40vO4DPy6beepWy_J01iftUiso/s1600/wilson+photo+by+emilie+_1479P.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2_CuCSIotfrB2JX5CnZODpNCEILDdRB96AoHp4am3pJS2c1_2oJiWOPRUyMBM4giL_XiYqin2UI61mMH3Ja-rsSXgyzdnDHbJwSD5r1MYvfXMJjb_YV40vO4DPy6beepWy_J01iftUiso/s400/wilson+photo+by+emilie+_1479P.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473459602406921090" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzTl_21ihD-A6Fw7lenYmJDnW6EnHSymRLaLQGpJ63B37Uwu1M9yV-HoKrnRir8YVItzxEM5liQXInq0wuhzs15Nrd-9P3UVH6n4ULwD-xc1GR3zLqbDGdgC4-utEbc-BdlWTFe8Z9BdMV/s1600/wilson+photo+by+emilie+_1434P.png"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 286px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzTl_21ihD-A6Fw7lenYmJDnW6EnHSymRLaLQGpJ63B37Uwu1M9yV-HoKrnRir8YVItzxEM5liQXInq0wuhzs15Nrd-9P3UVH6n4ULwD-xc1GR3zLqbDGdgC4-utEbc-BdlWTFe8Z9BdMV/s400/wilson+photo+by+emilie+_1434P.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473459592786575922" /></a>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10203540993580871199noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2293899421987684194.post-75900800495312255462009-06-23T08:46:00.019-06:002009-06-23T11:22:28.886-06:00"Happy Days" and Father's DayWow! What a crazy week this last week has been...where to start?!? Um, let's see, the Halle babe is 6 weeks old as of last Saturday, which means my maternity leave is half over with...Aaaagh! She is so sweet, and as Cooper would say, "Halle sooooo cute, Mom, she sooooo cu-ute!" <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI98ijDS1NqSx2LlHYcs1hOJ7o0KDZ5W79joJT_oG109_J_Hs0fJgYQrP7z9uMiG7kBrnSsfBjB1bvSq0UdtxCtbESFhB3cj0t7BET9pkHwF7BViB1AYsCzfXoYfTSLYUrbp-27TLyF9YS/s1600-h/June+2009+021.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI98ijDS1NqSx2LlHYcs1hOJ7o0KDZ5W79joJT_oG109_J_Hs0fJgYQrP7z9uMiG7kBrnSsfBjB1bvSq0UdtxCtbESFhB3cj0t7BET9pkHwF7BViB1AYsCzfXoYfTSLYUrbp-27TLyF9YS/s400/June+2009+021.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350555715129538578" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbKIIudjQU0OOpaZVo2pluRq_-wNPyw8dCq2XASJB0UIPxtPMEeq7tOkfGX0GFuawN5TjtXmz5EGUn-QxsoZgICVzZiaUdArRR4MlrAnVurBfJiy2HO2LSHxDNj9jTD2t2C3hbHaQtKqh7/s1600-h/June+2009+027.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbKIIudjQU0OOpaZVo2pluRq_-wNPyw8dCq2XASJB0UIPxtPMEeq7tOkfGX0GFuawN5TjtXmz5EGUn-QxsoZgICVzZiaUdArRR4MlrAnVurBfJiy2HO2LSHxDNj9jTD2t2C3hbHaQtKqh7/s400/June+2009+027.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350555724382255074" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtJUcey51Ob7MMWCsbjeSdBxFo6-vxema0sSOIQ3chR4HZgRErEigIW5H3OYOnUb_VG0zvTr8SpoPVPozIDdzpcmmZNfidLQ7CSt0XwgQbbK6LfaBc2YvrlpsZmHdgtXx7zL-skf4eH5eu/s1600-h/June+2009+033.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtJUcey51Ob7MMWCsbjeSdBxFo6-vxema0sSOIQ3chR4HZgRErEigIW5H3OYOnUb_VG0zvTr8SpoPVPozIDdzpcmmZNfidLQ7CSt0XwgQbbK6LfaBc2YvrlpsZmHdgtXx7zL-skf4eH5eu/s400/June+2009+033.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350555740428050594" /></a>Kylie and Cooper love on her a lot. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Y8JH-pM1AcMuKV3IbQ-DFPTWTiKHrkLP8eOY760r23D45tOBkDgyX1qJrDqhPBmpqyluvX64hOvAPXHytzyN6QqE7Vw91hvLEgoOwlnbOH8_xMSR5bRZQ8pFpm-DsYwO2Y1zir38ilp2/s1600-h/June+2009+030.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Y8JH-pM1AcMuKV3IbQ-DFPTWTiKHrkLP8eOY760r23D45tOBkDgyX1qJrDqhPBmpqyluvX64hOvAPXHytzyN6QqE7Vw91hvLEgoOwlnbOH8_xMSR5bRZQ8pFpm-DsYwO2Y1zir38ilp2/s400/June+2009+030.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350555729317718354" /></a>Cooper likes to ask if he can have "a hug of Halle," or "a kiss of Halle." He'll give her a kiss on her head, hug her, and pat her on the head. He's so good with her. I haven't had any jealousy issues with him, except for when it comes to "his" bouncy chair.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_MoHN2sBjEPTPYob4JV70UDDmMX5RJKyXcp5TYAaxldGE9ZobiQM3dZxuclcdDTE-tWyvzcnTeWWKaHRFoWa_25d_UWpn8zXB_0fjEV3AftML6O-8rNCCWrcfcABF9lCGb2dWO6EfdNPU/s1600-h/June+2009+023.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_MoHN2sBjEPTPYob4JV70UDDmMX5RJKyXcp5TYAaxldGE9ZobiQM3dZxuclcdDTE-tWyvzcnTeWWKaHRFoWa_25d_UWpn8zXB_0fjEV3AftML6O-8rNCCWrcfcABF9lCGb2dWO6EfdNPU/s400/June+2009+023.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350557025809385378" /></a>After a week of crazy, pounding rain, we finally got some sunshine, yeah! Cooper woke up one morning, looked outside and said, "Is it happy outside today, Mom?" He has this thing about being happy. He likes to ask everybody if they are happy..."Are you happy, Mom? I'm happy! Are you happy, Mom?" And seriously, if I'm a little moody, which I am most mornings (thank you postpartum hormones), I can't stay that way for too long. I mean, how can you look at this sweet boy's face and NOT be happy?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7D3HZrOax48pAowikQMo37L72j3BhG-amkUiiQ8mwST4QAZfWAakJFB12lg2U91RzF_Qk7L6x_tMRVwTxWUQpKjm-tEUMjFqym1ve4IhNIg1hi_uIXlbhRgomOFcqiZZu4zJv9-hyQGZE/s1600-h/June+2009+029.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7D3HZrOax48pAowikQMo37L72j3BhG-amkUiiQ8mwST4QAZfWAakJFB12lg2U91RzF_Qk7L6x_tMRVwTxWUQpKjm-tEUMjFqym1ve4IhNIg1hi_uIXlbhRgomOFcqiZZu4zJv9-hyQGZE/s400/June+2009+029.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350561053810691186" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnSlsc5cG3qmc7stbpDU4MLh9ChntCKIy3LN1HAsw9-0UMphsMiHH9wt0_aHwd4Lg_UP4vpLaLCs2NBFmZ7kAxYLAgO0CV6kqbxinaSc09wkRglfER3qS4dPwNQ33eraPt57LIuuT1P0VB/s1600-h/June+2009+016.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnSlsc5cG3qmc7stbpDU4MLh9ChntCKIy3LN1HAsw9-0UMphsMiHH9wt0_aHwd4Lg_UP4vpLaLCs2NBFmZ7kAxYLAgO0CV6kqbxinaSc09wkRglfER3qS4dPwNQ33eraPt57LIuuT1P0VB/s400/June+2009+016.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350561051705181842" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrDN2ARxjfePny-fDu4UFu_-dt9z7XsE-9kRxUu_CThpkhUnbb78jetsw4PT-wvuO28qc0EspgRztCNpro1pLmlLyEy3DOZYPcYfdB40HyuL2OM6x7T2b9nJoZ87YJJN2BfkiwZtA20hB_/s1600-h/June+2009+008.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrDN2ARxjfePny-fDu4UFu_-dt9z7XsE-9kRxUu_CThpkhUnbb78jetsw4PT-wvuO28qc0EspgRztCNpro1pLmlLyEy3DOZYPcYfdB40HyuL2OM6x7T2b9nJoZ87YJJN2BfkiwZtA20hB_/s400/June+2009+008.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350561042392848178" /></a>So, anyway, with sunshine, comes the kids' desire to spend almost their entire day outside playing. And with that comes accidents and "owies..." <br />Cooper likes to drop things down our window wells and I am constantly yelling at him to stay away from them. Well, he learned his lesson last week...he FELL, head first, down one of our window wells. I saw him go down and immediately went into panic mode. I jumped down the well without my shoes on and landed on the rocks. It really hurt, but I didn't have time to think about that. I picked him up, checked him for broken bones and cuts. Amazingly, he escaped with only bumps and scrapes on his head. He cried for awhile, while I held him and tried to figure out how I was going to get him and me out. Unfortunately, this window well was the only one of our wells that didn't have a ladder in it. I was able to get him out without any problems, but I had to use some serious arm and leg muscles to climb out. After I got out, I sat down with Cooper and we talked about why we don't play by the window wells. I think he knows now, but I'm wondering if we should just buy some window well covers. What do you think?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHAXUs3dHymZaz2OVXa4yZ8k3ftJUKlplhDZC-w-ReWqL7X5MsYU1yw_OOQ7_gG9uAx2w7-BHEgxy4vUHYuQuK0x3NsqVSI4dRf8Zr5s9RQRE613Jb9QD5GY74te_0VwYhvB74eE1cydiY/s1600-h/June+2009+079.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHAXUs3dHymZaz2OVXa4yZ8k3ftJUKlplhDZC-w-ReWqL7X5MsYU1yw_OOQ7_gG9uAx2w7-BHEgxy4vUHYuQuK0x3NsqVSI4dRf8Zr5s9RQRE613Jb9QD5GY74te_0VwYhvB74eE1cydiY/s400/June+2009+079.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350569976594075922" /></a>On Saturday, I took the kids to Gardner Village to take some pics of them in some of their Daddy's shoes. I made a card for him with a picture of them in his shoes and this poem: <br />These shoes are too big for me as you can plainly see.<br />But even when I'm grown up, they will be big on me.<br />The reason is quite simple, I'm sure you will agree...<br />No one can fill these shoes like my Daddy!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWlHY68qBPw-y4XiBcWzdn3vNxZnTiq1mx3eDikxJxDDOTyFGTreg4Dm9__O3NaM5G9p2eZcM8SOlbqI16cqJc3crRYf-7R-w9J3t7LhKEwXnb9xkVTwF9xbfRN78sr4BDw67rRbPmp0E-/s1600-h/June+2009+058.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWlHY68qBPw-y4XiBcWzdn3vNxZnTiq1mx3eDikxJxDDOTyFGTreg4Dm9__O3NaM5G9p2eZcM8SOlbqI16cqJc3crRYf-7R-w9J3t7LhKEwXnb9xkVTwF9xbfRN78sr4BDw67rRbPmp0E-/s400/June+2009+058.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350570634938130994" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6MH5lwLOjEnSHsZRi872kJx5GZlD98v7mhd_AVa8f4LweiTt-QDDGjOnTpLIIHvo7iQrm_unaDkDnNZQEN8Eseu-GTD_v1UNRIMALGBtukaN2zpoB15d9dshFDO2hYBOCYw21yDIgTasq/s1600-h/June+2009+059.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNSGfDbNVbMFgs-XiXSviYgN4XN2KKaCpaMZpR9JNjTxD0OnLZNsdmsn-hNahaadFIYH56wDrgkB85rb_uoihdFrXrMk4Yn7fTTUTK59EJMT9cYAp7rXfKHH3o-2_M6vgBJafLEIvM6GN9/s400/June+2009+064.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350570652518092114" /></a>The kids played by the water and fed the ducks.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPi9un_sJ9JxEvihxnPBMXo_FxVyBV0KEEkuaBPpcOcGlWib4iic427HDy0Ug-iCAYGgT8fUxRGaUQVdJj8bFM78MHmC54a0xeej22tMoT8wHsJ_oKBbwbLgSC7JkEi1_nzotJpz3IZxbD/s1600-h/June+2009+065.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPi9un_sJ9JxEvihxnPBMXo_FxVyBV0KEEkuaBPpcOcGlWib4iic427HDy0Ug-iCAYGgT8fUxRGaUQVdJj8bFM78MHmC54a0xeej22tMoT8wHsJ_oKBbwbLgSC7JkEi1_nzotJpz3IZxbD/s400/June+2009+065.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350572255007208514" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqwJ5uId6vltbcE1mBv3Ymm2qDvWYljiME-AxZUmUf378BjylPMS6cqGwz6c9MU_MTaM9yBXLqfp_RvtABzqewtqdBJwPpudEkkFEe5opd1R-tS9Co4z0K-PLcRVdckbllJO_oxbjaI1xW/s1600-h/June+2009+067.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqwJ5uId6vltbcE1mBv3Ymm2qDvWYljiME-AxZUmUf378BjylPMS6cqGwz6c9MU_MTaM9yBXLqfp_RvtABzqewtqdBJwPpudEkkFEe5opd1R-tS9Co4z0K-PLcRVdckbllJO_oxbjaI1xW/s400/June+2009+067.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350572259412119058" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ivi2Rx9Tc5PhGANztCTs1lbjm7xK8yxsEmA9uDb6mB6kA3t2WSdsHzFJTwcQkv6GMPAg7OvHfkERP22fYJAZTP6QIfQt8B7j50A8YG3Yld_RGGjsxiug6l1kBrticSeF-62xJ5krQReW/s1600-h/June+2009+070.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ivi2Rx9Tc5PhGANztCTs1lbjm7xK8yxsEmA9uDb6mB6kA3t2WSdsHzFJTwcQkv6GMPAg7OvHfkERP22fYJAZTP6QIfQt8B7j50A8YG3Yld_RGGjsxiug6l1kBrticSeF-62xJ5krQReW/s400/June+2009+070.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350572266445411794" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZPs566CfkZvB2JjFALg5LT6boXUgfcHFDx4dG830xSM8XrIvqzaXp2rW4vACLxGIufnPEbG6M5dP_O0b5HcGBoMIiFq2_6BV0e5n9rLxJbN-7QLVytrZ0damHWBQaoq4c10aKhNbRX-Qk/s1600-h/June+2009+068.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZPs566CfkZvB2JjFALg5LT6boXUgfcHFDx4dG830xSM8XrIvqzaXp2rW4vACLxGIufnPEbG6M5dP_O0b5HcGBoMIiFq2_6BV0e5n9rLxJbN-7QLVytrZ0damHWBQaoq4c10aKhNbRX-Qk/s400/June+2009+068.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350572269043589746" /></a>Before we left, we bought Daddy some jalepeno fudge from Sweet Afton's candy shop. <br />For Father's Day, we gave Daddy his cards and candy and the keys to the Durango, so he could go see his Father's Day present...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4t5IzwUJOHT1Be2FLXdczC-0DRpuOZfIdb2EZcWwMAaxiXDKQfcEGBVVUcGMCGGf8ivYElBAN87PGTUG6P2KFuOhJpOATTZWacH3UjZ6gp3dpj712CrLDU06CIg-pQ21E0OUw9FHTebBS/s1600-h/June+2009+076.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4t5IzwUJOHT1Be2FLXdczC-0DRpuOZfIdb2EZcWwMAaxiXDKQfcEGBVVUcGMCGGf8ivYElBAN87PGTUG6P2KFuOhJpOATTZWacH3UjZ6gp3dpj712CrLDU06CIg-pQ21E0OUw9FHTebBS/s400/June+2009+076.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5350573151136439138" /></a>(Yeah, he had to put together his own Father's Day present. He said he didn't mind, though.)<br />For Father's Day dinner, I made BBQ pulled pork sandwiches, melon salad, potato/onion/mushroom foil packs cooked on the grill, and homemade Rocky Road ice cream! Yum! It was all so good! I think we took pretty good care of our Daddy, don'tcha think?Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10203540993580871199noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2293899421987684194.post-76831599759959459462009-05-13T14:44:00.011-06:002009-06-12T10:24:35.611-06:00Labor and Delivery StoryOkay, I know I'm a blog slacker, but I plan on getting caught up eventually. Anyhow, in my last post I mentioned that I would tell you my labor and delivery story...<br />Most of you know that I had been dead set against having an induction; I really wanted to feel what it was like to go into labor. Well, I got my wish; however, it was not what I had expected...I spent most of Saturday wondering if I was truly in labor or not. My contractions started at 6:00 a.m. and were pretty mild and about 12-14 minutes apart. Then they stopped. I had planned on planting our garden and went to Wal-Mart to get tomato plants and some gardening tools. While I was there they started up again; I told Scott when I got home that we were probably going to have a baby that night, but I was still having doubts of whether or not I was truly in labor (I was just telling everybody that I was and HOPING that I was!) We went to Kylie's soccer game at 2:00. Then we came home; it was on the way home that I suddenly felt like I needed to get the kids ready to go over to our sitter's house. I packed up the kids' bag, finished my packing my hospital bag, and even tried to clean a little. We went to Winger's for Kylie's late birthday dinner--something I realize now we probably shouldn't have done. My contractions before we went into the restaurant were 5-6 minutes apart, but totally bearable. I talked to my L&D nurse/friend who told me I should be on my way to the hospital and not eating at Winger's, but I went anyway, against her advice and my better judgment. While we were in Winger's my contractions were still 5 minutes apart but starting to really hurt. We got our bill right after we got our food, paid, and put the kids' food in to-go boxes. We dropped the kids off and we were on our way to the hospital... <br />We finally got to the hospital and I signed in at 7:00 p.m. On the way there I had decided that I was DEFINITELY getting an epidural. I was NOT in the mood to go through the pains of labor and delivery. I got dressed in the hospital gown, got in bed, put the monitors on, got my IV, and waited PATIENTLY for my epidural. Ha! It didn't happen. I was calmly talking to my husband about what we should name our baby girl and in the meantime, handling my contractions pretty well. (I think my nurse didn't actually think I was in hard labor, until she checked me. I was at a '7'. She was like "Oh, I guess we'll be keeping you here; you're having a baby tonight." NO DUH!) During one really strong contraction, my water broke. I remember thinking that the next contraction was really going to hurt and that they better hurry up and put in my epidural. After a couple of really hard contractions I knew I wasn't going to get an epidural...I felt like I needed to push; I knew baby girl was coming out whether I was ready or not. <br />My mom always told me she could never understand why women had to scream and yell while they were in labor. She said she was a "silent birther." Well, Mom, I don't know how you kept quiet when it felt like your insides were being ripped out and you're pushing what feels like a 15-pound watermelon out your hoo-ha! Yeah, so I was one of those screaming women...I screamed like the world was coming to an end. I think I scared some people, including my poor husband, who never got to use his labor coaching skills. It was embarrassing, but I couldn't help it. It flippin' hurt! Luckily, it was all over with within 10-15 minutes. (Notice I walked in at 7:00; I had her at 7:42).<br />The thing that made this labor and delivery experience so difficult for me was the fact that my adorable OB doc was out of town! The doc on-call wasn't even from his practice, AND she wasn't one I was particularly fond of. But get this, she didn't even make it to my delivery. The "doc-in-the-box" (at St. Mark's, there is always an OB who stays in the hospital at all times) was in my room, but he stood there gowned up waiting for the on-call doc to arrive. He never stepped in to help me deliver until the head was practically out. In a futile effort to "slow" my delivery and wait for the doc to get there, my feet were not put in the stirrups; I wasn't coached through my contractions; nobody told me when to push or for how long...it was brutal. I felt so alone in the most physically painful experience of my life. <br />On a positive note, my recovery was awesome. There is some kind of high you get after having a baby the natural way. Less than an hour after I delivered, it truly didn't even feel like I had had a baby. I felt really, really good. Would I do it again? Nope. Whoever came up with epidural anesthesia is a genious. When, and if, I ever have another baby, I will make sure I have plenty of time to get an epidural. Lesson learned.Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10203540993580871199noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2293899421987684194.post-5168202072018738252009-05-13T10:57:00.015-06:002009-05-13T15:16:20.831-06:00New ArrivalHalle Brynn Wilson arrived Saturday, May 9th at 7:42 p.m. She weighed 6 pounds, 6ounces and was 19 inches long. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYvjvWOLZdvV7EAEbhVBvPCkVvZnYzAkL144d6lo3nJaioKlve-MsE06OUAff9rgYDE9OOS6RNk5E-MMw1JiqZCzDsxZDANZTZQJ15UXetQsIzrY3UfJzuQAtCelTChXl0ph_7gU6auUp1/s1600-h/May+2009+001.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYvjvWOLZdvV7EAEbhVBvPCkVvZnYzAkL144d6lo3nJaioKlve-MsE06OUAff9rgYDE9OOS6RNk5E-MMw1JiqZCzDsxZDANZTZQJ15UXetQsIzrY3UfJzuQAtCelTChXl0ph_7gU6auUp1/s400/May+2009+001.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335357073324014706" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmZpqbQb11X0TvglsdtQo-Ku_i82QDAnRpMQK_D2zrnb4PmMnVu0jK8ffydy8Px6GJIsLtqtCVLY8E6Bn7ocvggAx0EzZHafVH_A01RhQ6f6u_2kwWjiS_AzrB7v7h5wnVWnFOSigNGbSO/s1600-h/May+2009+002.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmZpqbQb11X0TvglsdtQo-Ku_i82QDAnRpMQK_D2zrnb4PmMnVu0jK8ffydy8Px6GJIsLtqtCVLY8E6Bn7ocvggAx0EzZHafVH_A01RhQ6f6u_2kwWjiS_AzrB7v7h5wnVWnFOSigNGbSO/s400/May+2009+002.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335361646653041074" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsPPxn2zedm4FPWa5vRpMQMRWgXIhqY80uZ-d1SL4gGZRqZdHUz6eLprZ9jqo5j8JRDUnAD9G877BIdjop3g3Uf0bxl8JuaQEBmUA5YTV14nnGI5fAwWjrXe_Uh0GKvshTfpYzV1vCaNaS/s1600-h/May+2009+005.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsPPxn2zedm4FPWa5vRpMQMRWgXIhqY80uZ-d1SL4gGZRqZdHUz6eLprZ9jqo5j8JRDUnAD9G877BIdjop3g3Uf0bxl8JuaQEBmUA5YTV14nnGI5fAwWjrXe_Uh0GKvshTfpYzV1vCaNaS/s400/May+2009+005.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335361666068054754" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvlCtE6HYlnRYVI6dFaX1GVxofo7oYx5_uo0aHB7AVyPmXE1xZJ5LZj49j0wyOFQztYhl4qyYkioQcKLcJwHC8Gcc9oAZ-xK_vShlgwwR3ngWQrO5tyvS1aYi0Mq8kX5unwqm0Ubfe4oMI/s1600-h/May+2009+004.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvlCtE6HYlnRYVI6dFaX1GVxofo7oYx5_uo0aHB7AVyPmXE1xZJ5LZj49j0wyOFQztYhl4qyYkioQcKLcJwHC8Gcc9oAZ-xK_vShlgwwR3ngWQrO5tyvS1aYi0Mq8kX5unwqm0Ubfe4oMI/s400/May+2009+004.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335361664402623170" /></a>I got to bathe my sweet baby girl because I was able to walk to the nursery--didn't get an epidural. (Labor and delivery story to be posted later.)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitpFg8uL7rcRNkV0hm_4voiJ9Qvcg7ivLBkCbPyG386mmx74g3EB_XK1flLIn-Fc_86VjlefOwt3d3w6_d3AT-SAmiGoJUub7TYLwdq3N_PiGliXmXpI7u7K8E_9nTZZWfgjJaJ5U_Zo5x/s1600-h/May+2009+008.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 300px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitpFg8uL7rcRNkV0hm_4voiJ9Qvcg7ivLBkCbPyG386mmx74g3EB_XK1flLIn-Fc_86VjlefOwt3d3w6_d3AT-SAmiGoJUub7TYLwdq3N_PiGliXmXpI7u7K8E_9nTZZWfgjJaJ5U_Zo5x/s400/May+2009+008.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335413056719492178" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKbsg_qmKlJ0T_R9wTSyVw8N_HvQAOpGmGuRzsAkc3AUdavjSTHlFOaScq9SLdrtLzM4pIYkalOOkt8giVDQeZ1YyUP91jfmYdPaLuEbiFqgpAKYUyTq9uMHz2GlubjHkpEuMrv-br74ET/s1600-h/May+2009+009.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKbsg_qmKlJ0T_R9wTSyVw8N_HvQAOpGmGuRzsAkc3AUdavjSTHlFOaScq9SLdrtLzM4pIYkalOOkt8giVDQeZ1YyUP91jfmYdPaLuEbiFqgpAKYUyTq9uMHz2GlubjHkpEuMrv-br74ET/s400/May+2009+009.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335413059218103874" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7dVmAmykpSF8A724_Enoq19EoEzz0EgPVmyuUrHg8VPoLH12LDpVXViowY4AfbjgOONrpt_K3QEVoQteAcG0-FChbv2nb7ruFTqmaDioLtdoo3oruGFjWTxcYrythJEqLpIhC5Dz44hEb/s1600-h/May+2009+010.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7dVmAmykpSF8A724_Enoq19EoEzz0EgPVmyuUrHg8VPoLH12LDpVXViowY4AfbjgOONrpt_K3QEVoQteAcG0-FChbv2nb7ruFTqmaDioLtdoo3oruGFjWTxcYrythJEqLpIhC5Dz44hEb/s400/May+2009+010.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335413055686778850" /></a>Daddy is smitten over his new baby girl. He is so in love...I'm okay that I'm not the love of his life any more...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwk3WGLBQMhBuZeTBqAA3fuq2_uO0mvVpcBVz7qQJNG-W-numyCP7qVt69d1Vu74QuR-drGzFw3BQgoYYWycSPmCsC5eWjLW4zLvcjFXW8IPXxpjRDuhPXujEEcGUui08C4z0Qe2eL421z/s1600-h/May+2009+015.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwk3WGLBQMhBuZeTBqAA3fuq2_uO0mvVpcBVz7qQJNG-W-numyCP7qVt69d1Vu74QuR-drGzFw3BQgoYYWycSPmCsC5eWjLW4zLvcjFXW8IPXxpjRDuhPXujEEcGUui08C4z0Qe2eL421z/s400/May+2009+015.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335414212765217154" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXVxMUbe-LCgpcEl7OtWDQOJ0gPSkCkYgzAfi4JU9MiNI40NHt-rHQ47KmHYxK-H3t21wvmQpgv-v7UCVV31Au7Tn3YXq5Zmr2N1rb9CJ-UH0zcht2IsHPuKIAz2O3H9GNWDhvpMY8sO5S/s1600-h/May+2009+014.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXVxMUbe-LCgpcEl7OtWDQOJ0gPSkCkYgzAfi4JU9MiNI40NHt-rHQ47KmHYxK-H3t21wvmQpgv-v7UCVV31Au7Tn3YXq5Zmr2N1rb9CJ-UH0zcht2IsHPuKIAz2O3H9GNWDhvpMY8sO5S/s400/May+2009+014.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335414212609409810" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-rF166wUKhOyLQhg5c7ZcrgT_YXKAUZxbg_8zPDrxGWGum8kAznKa4chyphenhyphenTFVoB3wegeFMkcKnXYGA0naB5CpllTOt2ub_dklziC3i_h446lP5K2YNEWBaqHLA3xOm5OD3-l4MSIh7VQFE/s1600-h/May+2009+012.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-rF166wUKhOyLQhg5c7ZcrgT_YXKAUZxbg_8zPDrxGWGum8kAznKa4chyphenhyphenTFVoB3wegeFMkcKnXYGA0naB5CpllTOt2ub_dklziC3i_h446lP5K2YNEWBaqHLA3xOm5OD3-l4MSIh7VQFE/s400/May+2009+012.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335414209924581042" /></a>Big sis, Kylie and Big Bro, Cooper came to visit...Kylie immediately wanted to hold her baby sister; Cooper seemed indifferent. He did seem to get that this was the "baby in Mommy's tummy" and that she had finally come out.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvX1KwTB5Yao_uGxpRKT39LT7GwG__5N2MFd0ifrkSF5nmd5GBcma1V6HtnqCeSSYRmrRhy7z28G9QKs2T5Xhl7yWwKdcyq1tNl8u6nQvdW9HrlMOqun_MCGMncKH9R2HDG8RqslvogFPm/s1600-h/May+2009+018.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvX1KwTB5Yao_uGxpRKT39LT7GwG__5N2MFd0ifrkSF5nmd5GBcma1V6HtnqCeSSYRmrRhy7z28G9QKs2T5Xhl7yWwKdcyq1tNl8u6nQvdW9HrlMOqun_MCGMncKH9R2HDG8RqslvogFPm/s400/May+2009+018.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335416158465050946" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT6ABrYs7AI_7lISU6nRuP2mW54MAwEvJQNrNg9KUOrtlFq77left5btt-IUGBqpnsX8jE0JEfe4pyEKnC5aCeXqzWGY3-F9Hmk48aZlUsTaF9VE10NfTKOOlL3oTLcY4CXqrBBJsU7xEx/s1600-h/May+2009+017.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT6ABrYs7AI_7lISU6nRuP2mW54MAwEvJQNrNg9KUOrtlFq77left5btt-IUGBqpnsX8jE0JEfe4pyEKnC5aCeXqzWGY3-F9Hmk48aZlUsTaF9VE10NfTKOOlL3oTLcY4CXqrBBJsU7xEx/s400/May+2009+017.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335416156385012514" /></a>We came home Monday morning. Here's sweet baby Halle all ready to go in her carseat...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMlJWbiab_m2W__Z34e7y9ZqTWn_R2YFNGiUrfvNaab2vyUHgu_T_ZP6zQ3Uz7yRvPsJn6XIom3F5dsYh2spUCVOWcoTvQoHCuDPwdZys4QG31OTyvL8LW-e-qVRicEFP0mj_sY63WkvMq/s1600-h/May+2009+022.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMlJWbiab_m2W__Z34e7y9ZqTWn_R2YFNGiUrfvNaab2vyUHgu_T_ZP6zQ3Uz7yRvPsJn6XIom3F5dsYh2spUCVOWcoTvQoHCuDPwdZys4QG31OTyvL8LW-e-qVRicEFP0mj_sY63WkvMq/s400/May+2009+022.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335417496574551458" /></a>Baby Halle gets a "Welcome Home" from her siblings...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTeDPw2RaYEGKG1A1QeD6fNzmQBbd42Og3kUcJDk80dpRDDXGENlLLEHQVwZhw2wa1Qq-DjPb-BY7cnQ1brLpt4ChHraV0kD00GVyb3O5aa0rqt7IpCc-CXW7moNEUbzktL5Lltfe1llUx/s1600-h/May+2009+023.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTeDPw2RaYEGKG1A1QeD6fNzmQBbd42Og3kUcJDk80dpRDDXGENlLLEHQVwZhw2wa1Qq-DjPb-BY7cnQ1brLpt4ChHraV0kD00GVyb3O5aa0rqt7IpCc-CXW7moNEUbzktL5Lltfe1llUx/s400/May+2009+023.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335418184824952578" /></a>Here is our crazy family of 5! I can't believe we have three kids! I'm loving it, though. I love my growing, adorable family!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdxJBN8PA2kEHD2j9lM5bSrs1G7Mx8O0uBEmdf25bSFbaLRgAEhrUE2Ok6N0cAu_lT1a3AZpfAmWi5CPreQHVrujD1XtCENbe_mZNu8f_rxrMubPKOVhk_Jh1urmE1nnD-75VVNb9L529-/s1600-h/May+2009+024.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdxJBN8PA2kEHD2j9lM5bSrs1G7Mx8O0uBEmdf25bSFbaLRgAEhrUE2Ok6N0cAu_lT1a3AZpfAmWi5CPreQHVrujD1XtCENbe_mZNu8f_rxrMubPKOVhk_Jh1urmE1nnD-75VVNb9L529-/s400/May+2009+024.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335418188851802418" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWRxac4EetHTN68BoIuPdOp_-cD-wcCVwgmssujBsABz2FuAdhyHDLt8OM6gi7M1riQoT6rHMiIoxw2SJlfjKF1op-CNJBfihcU-lm44qhhpC0gpL5D4lFwEqYUIojpvJpSLvv3foYEIBU/s1600-h/May+2009+026.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWRxac4EetHTN68BoIuPdOp_-cD-wcCVwgmssujBsABz2FuAdhyHDLt8OM6gi7M1riQoT6rHMiIoxw2SJlfjKF1op-CNJBfihcU-lm44qhhpC0gpL5D4lFwEqYUIojpvJpSLvv3foYEIBU/s400/May+2009+026.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5335418223776154706" /></a>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10203540993580871199noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2293899421987684194.post-16276658453611912272009-05-04T21:30:00.003-06:002009-05-04T22:31:45.598-06:0039-Week Check-upOkay, I went in for my 39 week check-up and I'm now dilated to a '5'! OH, COME ON! Why can't I just go the whole way? None of this put-putting along. Geez, Louise! Talk about a trial of patience! (*Deep breath*) So, anyway, my OB gave me some options: 1) Wait another week and see if I go on my own. 2) Go in sometime this week and break my water and see if contractions start. 3)Go in sometime this week and break my water and start pitocin.<br />At this point, I'm thinking I'm going to wait another week. I really, really do not want to be induced...in any way. I always clown on the girls that come in for elective inductions when they still have a few weeks to go. I'm like..."Sooo, you couldn't handle being pregnant for 2 more weeks?" <br />My OB, however, was concerned that with me being "half way" dilated if my water were to break at home, I wouldn't have much time to get to the hospital before having the baby. That does scare me and that would be the only reason why I would be induced. <br />But, for now, I'm going to hang in there and see if I can do this on my own. I'll keep you posted!Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10203540993580871199noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2293899421987684194.post-78796954734130899782009-04-21T08:05:00.004-06:002009-04-21T09:14:14.235-06:00Baby UpdateOkay, so I know I'm the lamest blogger ever. I'm so behind; there are things I need to blog about including Scott's parents' visit to us back in March, Scott's birthday, Kylie's birthday, my birthday, our little trip down to St. George WITHOUT the kids for an early 10th wedding anniversary get-away, Easter, etc., etc. But...I'm not going to blog about any of those things today. I'm just too excited about Baby Girl's impending arrival, which I hope will happen sometime next week. I went to the doctor yesterday and I'm dilated to a 4 and she has come down, which explains the pressure and back pain I've been feeling lately. My OB said she could very well come this week or the next. I'm hoping she'll hang out in my uterus for at least another week because I'M NOT READY! I have a massive list of things I need and want to do before she gets here. One of the things on my list requiring the utmost priority was getting a carseat, which I finally went out and bought yesterday after I realized she could be coming any day now. Cooper and I had a blast trying out the strollers while we were in Babies 'R' Us. He would ride around in a stroller and check out all the things he could open and close on it. Then he would point to another stroller and say, "Try that one, Mom; that one for the bee-bee, okay? Try that one for the bee-bee, okay?" (I really need to blog about Cooper's entertainingly advanced verbal skills.) I ended up buying the kid one of those classic Fisher-Price cash registers because he's so gosh dang cute. (Does anybody else ever do that? Just buy their kids toys because they're being so good and cute? And yes, I buy things for Kylie for the same reasons.)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEwT0Rf1t1jkgd2_pUia_0ZSme5Uh0Q_JRETPTF77-GttE2fGeSaJokfFCK5Is9_S2dgVpHodA8qP2tEIB-_iNfJd9_5BSV18YgKixXFHt_BPV3K3lAndER_yKw0jflPDqG6a9dyx45kem/s1600-h/April+2009+063.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEwT0Rf1t1jkgd2_pUia_0ZSme5Uh0Q_JRETPTF77-GttE2fGeSaJokfFCK5Is9_S2dgVpHodA8qP2tEIB-_iNfJd9_5BSV18YgKixXFHt_BPV3K3lAndER_yKw0jflPDqG6a9dyx45kem/s320/April+2009+063.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5327163118517850146" /></a><br />Anyway, that is our family update for now. I'll try to catch up on everything else in the next couple of weeks.Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10203540993580871199noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2293899421987684194.post-769306718715721452009-03-02T21:59:00.004-07:002009-03-02T22:09:34.117-07:00Diaper Cake Anyone?So, I decided to make a diaper cake for my friend, Jennie (who's going to be having her little girl sometime this week or the next), and I just thought I would post a picture of the end result. I think it turned out pretty cute, if I do say so myself. It was lots of fun to make, though, not so much fun finding all of the stuff for it. Now that I've done it once, the next one I do should be pretty easy. There are 15+ pregnant girls in our ward and I have a pregnant sister-in-law and three pregnant cousins, so I'm sure I'll get plenty of practice!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTyUCFYBTL6xySBNcEcrNW6CnCGA359mUjaMljdt-bCmcOV1OEdVvr8xNxZih0_McGtqtyuf65DAXub1yKH1rVlQYTsvqovFqS-FEwhsH8JAgDfatwYyfuVguadPifO0JCHI1mSX2bds1u/s1600-h/February+2009+012.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTyUCFYBTL6xySBNcEcrNW6CnCGA359mUjaMljdt-bCmcOV1OEdVvr8xNxZih0_McGtqtyuf65DAXub1yKH1rVlQYTsvqovFqS-FEwhsH8JAgDfatwYyfuVguadPifO0JCHI1mSX2bds1u/s320/February+2009+012.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5308823735661886946" /></a>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10203540993580871199noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2293899421987684194.post-91599626346193670032009-02-28T07:48:00.005-07:002009-02-28T07:55:09.979-07:00It's A...I've been meaning to post something like this for the last 2 and 1/2 months, but I really wanted to announce the gender of our baby with a cute picture like this...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrf8DDqYdySLCRIVDgSSWv0RVyZKf360BxMw0ZUpUKZ_hnT3fMrZAFazg-MiFzw4jGagKIWX_ztkBNHRc_SUSw4pgT92WGwHUq7wC7hHwHz9lKcb4o7ywHzaEnSMoH0_1ZATdRw99pHDyS/s1600-h/February+2009+018.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrf8DDqYdySLCRIVDgSSWv0RVyZKf360BxMw0ZUpUKZ_hnT3fMrZAFazg-MiFzw4jGagKIWX_ztkBNHRc_SUSw4pgT92WGwHUq7wC7hHwHz9lKcb4o7ywHzaEnSMoH0_1ZATdRw99pHDyS/s320/February+2009+018.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5307861349210440722" /></a>and I kept putting it off. So, here it is, finally! This is for those of you that STILL don't know what we're having. Well, now you know!Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10203540993580871199noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2293899421987684194.post-80608926381032850552009-02-03T14:16:00.020-07:002009-02-05T11:10:50.912-07:00Cooper Turns 2!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaKl0_Qg1POg8vtR_mIasFVTU0pkAeEVKZ6XLSLubfWLjczdbBcchKF75P8C74gxeVsKUngzjLYcWlK5-ZsurnUQJqZWUnbRoBT0WPrt9oLfgODtJSjkrHsusamo3zRvOVU1weqCLhrg8x/s1600-h/January+2009+010.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaKl0_Qg1POg8vtR_mIasFVTU0pkAeEVKZ6XLSLubfWLjczdbBcchKF75P8C74gxeVsKUngzjLYcWlK5-ZsurnUQJqZWUnbRoBT0WPrt9oLfgODtJSjkrHsusamo3zRvOVU1weqCLhrg8x/s320/January+2009+010.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298689304929203266" /></a>I can't believe it; my baby is 2! We celebrated his birthday the day after his real birthday on January 31st with family. I decided to go with a train theme because one of the big presents we got him was a Thomas train set. (It was actually one of the gifts we got him for Christmas, but he never opened it because he was so into his Dirt Devil vacuum.) So, I dressed the kids up in train conductor garb. Cooper is actually wearing his Daddy's overalls that are like 28+ years old. Awesome, isn't it!?! Don't they look adorable!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwxPZ74WzMTmke9rF5wVn6JeqAvJgBiJw_jbIbym-ikBYybMgTvpSiB95HMz9P-V84F0NNXsIM1Za0EFP8ENaOWqtqsA03GyJeVYWB8-vF6yDBRvZOn8jmAqrU42DgxckUj_25a64ALBQa/s1600-h/January+2009+012.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwxPZ74WzMTmke9rF5wVn6JeqAvJgBiJw_jbIbym-ikBYybMgTvpSiB95HMz9P-V84F0NNXsIM1Za0EFP8ENaOWqtqsA03GyJeVYWB8-vF6yDBRvZOn8jmAqrU42DgxckUj_25a64ALBQa/s320/January+2009+012.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298689854702518242" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpgOQbGCBAvxVZ9oT1vRm3U7DZ4_-vTtmauVacUfCUVch3fpGHwLyarOYiWU67FwWiS_GbGeEtP4b0TDgrgzHspd-PfKTjL9tO3C2ZnM4HnaLmja7llCYE3XAqp2B_7l4zA2qz3xV0EK61/s1600-h/January+2009+011.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpgOQbGCBAvxVZ9oT1vRm3U7DZ4_-vTtmauVacUfCUVch3fpGHwLyarOYiWU67FwWiS_GbGeEtP4b0TDgrgzHspd-PfKTjL9tO3C2ZnM4HnaLmja7llCYE3XAqp2B_7l4zA2qz3xV0EK61/s320/January+2009+011.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298689859769089458" /></a>Jill and Elizabeth came dressed appropriately as well...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHqgTFgaT2ciyJQ5RqLh6STcpCXomLq_gPXrIZ6EFBtwY6YesJc0VBaA7zkmH9xrZY8r8W5Zh2fsCIxq_fHUM7xqMOi4XJKFF2ESlQNfRI8EkdVUAahaXP9Bj6HO7hE7ouIWF5_AkMRnSz/s1600-h/January+2009+013.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHqgTFgaT2ciyJQ5RqLh6STcpCXomLq_gPXrIZ6EFBtwY6YesJc0VBaA7zkmH9xrZY8r8W5Zh2fsCIxq_fHUM7xqMOi4XJKFF2ESlQNfRI8EkdVUAahaXP9Bj6HO7hE7ouIWF5_AkMRnSz/s320/January+2009+013.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298689861659453362" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggcBaAi_nxA2O-V4rhcXVZMKMrmLc4UQpwAg5RmcguVoZEGq46P9HDC6aEROlvSXzI510t0gxc-di_uVND_q5Q-bYp9F6y2Fu7kuZKh6dm1YU8LHS6ZqQZtPueO1A6jSY4E7UJUDHGTm45/s1600-h/January+2009+014.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggcBaAi_nxA2O-V4rhcXVZMKMrmLc4UQpwAg5RmcguVoZEGq46P9HDC6aEROlvSXzI510t0gxc-di_uVND_q5Q-bYp9F6y2Fu7kuZKh6dm1YU8LHS6ZqQZtPueO1A6jSY4E7UJUDHGTm45/s320/January+2009+014.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298692017477263650" /></a>The first party activity we did was make trains out of gum and different pieces of candy. Cooper managed to eat 4 or 5 Hershey kisses before starting to make his...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6ZG-L6oeIkhvHHX97laG2OXvfE0XX6f1OPm-gu9TFJedl7SftKvsP7TRO205pGIKgVNgQUxtuiHE1E6ltloXdbTA3NQYO7Bib67XabpIEHJ0PJeRhsdGUJ_JQWWCK0kcou06QnaUdpGgF/s1600-h/January+2009+015.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6ZG-L6oeIkhvHHX97laG2OXvfE0XX6f1OPm-gu9TFJedl7SftKvsP7TRO205pGIKgVNgQUxtuiHE1E6ltloXdbTA3NQYO7Bib67XabpIEHJ0PJeRhsdGUJ_JQWWCK0kcou06QnaUdpGgF/s320/January+2009+015.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298692488725387874" /></a>Here's Cooper's cousin, Amber, making her train...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi05KylynMmUxj_uBzaqCqagiLLUwNmFS6i11TpLlYkqt06qGFJvFUty8cRClTToc3h2ZOlP91CuF_7zMjGmESRAtbukbEWUqU3-oXakJMfd0JEIvDAb18nARjCc84PiT9LFknTGzrEFxLG/s1600-h/January+2009+016.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi05KylynMmUxj_uBzaqCqagiLLUwNmFS6i11TpLlYkqt06qGFJvFUty8cRClTToc3h2ZOlP91CuF_7zMjGmESRAtbukbEWUqU3-oXakJMfd0JEIvDAb18nARjCc84PiT9LFknTGzrEFxLG/s320/January+2009+016.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298694477692470882" /></a>And here's conductor Kylie working on her train...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhesPj1Yvah7fHbjfJvJ9t6LBTzqSmbN1_8dt62mY-Bg3CwvIhxmFSukM3WzZPIZHQKVE_ZmgoLCeulKetdqHYU5eFQL7TCnIcFhboRHOjMS3NkCxeqJuuQNg3CuOcEopIFL_lQTkzWrnkS/s1600-h/January+2009+017.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhesPj1Yvah7fHbjfJvJ9t6LBTzqSmbN1_8dt62mY-Bg3CwvIhxmFSukM3WzZPIZHQKVE_ZmgoLCeulKetdqHYU5eFQL7TCnIcFhboRHOjMS3NkCxeqJuuQNg3CuOcEopIFL_lQTkzWrnkS/s320/January+2009+017.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298693368845609074" /></a>And ever the kids at heart, here are Jill and Elizabeth with their finished candy trains...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNG7P7V6iNSLtjdNUWasDrVsJN8rxpwK9uqmkQDK3K7MOCp_QGW6K7JK3M2x8GVNmqUwLCiGDUSIrcpEouS90CMIjMBPC3oKBR4QY1aqk6nLy9W182_-EGvvcV7jFqEID3ezTpDCtxDV7N/s1600-h/January+2009+021.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNG7P7V6iNSLtjdNUWasDrVsJN8rxpwK9uqmkQDK3K7MOCp_QGW6K7JK3M2x8GVNmqUwLCiGDUSIrcpEouS90CMIjMBPC3oKBR4QY1aqk6nLy9W182_-EGvvcV7jFqEID3ezTpDCtxDV7N/s320/January+2009+021.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298693383451965874" /></a>Here's Cooper with his train. (Note: Whenever I point the camera at Cooper, he says "cheeeeeeese" with no prompting, which explains why all of his pictures look like he's saying...well, "cheeeeeese!")<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzIx1l6-McVpU3hpjrXeHRisxtLPjUpwtb-jrubX0nqhmyHQgYJXaZAe8hqN8VNaJnl9OdHRkQrvVQRf7JevmKdTlxD_b2h-03gQfN6PDGcib_UAoA5MOxrY1zZaoYfNI4AYpLK9P0ugqq/s1600-h/January+2009+019.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzIx1l6-McVpU3hpjrXeHRisxtLPjUpwtb-jrubX0nqhmyHQgYJXaZAe8hqN8VNaJnl9OdHRkQrvVQRf7JevmKdTlxD_b2h-03gQfN6PDGcib_UAoA5MOxrY1zZaoYfNI4AYpLK9P0ugqq/s320/January+2009+019.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298693373743936722" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRQExShuOxKPIItugUXKnu-XwkTZZWHFtb-4fBxPLIIaV3x6rpNNzJAUtTlBRCFhrJkHyWqT8WCDbo0jEmLnDJGzDbKTuglCe0A_Ozisq4EbTsrEBkaKRAbg5c8zfXXU9MiRJ54AEXKWw1/s1600-h/January+2009+020.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRQExShuOxKPIItugUXKnu-XwkTZZWHFtb-4fBxPLIIaV3x6rpNNzJAUtTlBRCFhrJkHyWqT8WCDbo0jEmLnDJGzDbKTuglCe0A_Ozisq4EbTsrEBkaKRAbg5c8zfXXU9MiRJ54AEXKWw1/s320/January+2009+020.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298693375275868562" /></a>We then played pin the #1 on Thomas, which I didn't get any really good pictures of. (Sorry.) Next, Cooper opened his presents.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8KOgWcA1eLhyphenhyphenSwpx9gLflug52CAs0TSPk5iC_Tm863NnvcyCP69pyEBtV4m7ahIE_PFkRrqw_xgpPMFiNEaWSHFn1wRRpBGV2bYXGroS3HWgxYlwvh6eHErWcfcmPSPMGRn04uuLGIZtw/s1600-h/January+2009+024.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8KOgWcA1eLhyphenhyphenSwpx9gLflug52CAs0TSPk5iC_Tm863NnvcyCP69pyEBtV4m7ahIE_PFkRrqw_xgpPMFiNEaWSHFn1wRRpBGV2bYXGroS3HWgxYlwvh6eHErWcfcmPSPMGRn04uuLGIZtw/s320/January+2009+024.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298698081289764866" /></a>He got a cute wooden train with individual magnetic pieces that spelled out his name.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimfh_2FfPevidINM4I7a1Y-GD2Un8Mbc_WxJj-L9XqsjTcyebIwwNrVaB1nQuka4Iyh8WWqutl6ycrv-WKCwIzkwq9FUzCiDV5-KACj0w28KhpmlpoAZfoIT45uQCjIPTJKxW9OePnkA8C/s1600-h/January+2009+025.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimfh_2FfPevidINM4I7a1Y-GD2Un8Mbc_WxJj-L9XqsjTcyebIwwNrVaB1nQuka4Iyh8WWqutl6ycrv-WKCwIzkwq9FUzCiDV5-KACj0w28KhpmlpoAZfoIT45uQCjIPTJKxW9OePnkA8C/s320/January+2009+025.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298698081264642226" /></a>He also got new puzzles, lots of clothes, a mini Cooper car, a cute dog named "Jazzy" dressed in Jazz uniform from Build-A-Bear Workshop, a real Elmo CD player, 4 new CDs, his Thomas train set, and a tool set.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv_91mxSTouOt2IoaZ_jkVi7OOOQZKzhujb-qzDP3tlx6GNvA20eaG5F86TCfYtrFhKxPc-39KpCa09z7ipasEiiT4zAlIJFLeihu2OPNhTXvRQxzdZLT-JY-LtcIc9hzPckftBlPhX1dq/s1600-h/January+2009+026.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv_91mxSTouOt2IoaZ_jkVi7OOOQZKzhujb-qzDP3tlx6GNvA20eaG5F86TCfYtrFhKxPc-39KpCa09z7ipasEiiT4zAlIJFLeihu2OPNhTXvRQxzdZLT-JY-LtcIc9hzPckftBlPhX1dq/s320/January+2009+026.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298698084000266850" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkZQW6o9vU7GyT_7GMtOeCyGCgAib80cnvR5B_rXTo1LukFZf1QSsd-HUL8nyxwqQxOl6oVJT0r4UEjhFx4vReoaEjX2yrpPcEqdyngxsdW0v9UXxyR1UzMkl5hPGSxKKiUaNA2EawSo6y/s1600-h/January+2009+028.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkZQW6o9vU7GyT_7GMtOeCyGCgAib80cnvR5B_rXTo1LukFZf1QSsd-HUL8nyxwqQxOl6oVJT0r4UEjhFx4vReoaEjX2yrpPcEqdyngxsdW0v9UXxyR1UzMkl5hPGSxKKiUaNA2EawSo6y/s320/January+2009+028.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298698091374457442" /></a>Cake time! Happy birthday to you; happy birthday to you...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqbOGmhAXLuPk0VQ59pGNAyVTAJopyR3yc7kkNjAMRn0wasUUKfGCN2OkEI-6YGqxQe5_qsblCzb2uX-bfiweS1x_hbhF_zd52fmSoFT4mSrB335xFELe06Gr9eytIJ7n3i8EdU1CjIIsu/s1600-h/January+2009+029.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqbOGmhAXLuPk0VQ59pGNAyVTAJopyR3yc7kkNjAMRn0wasUUKfGCN2OkEI-6YGqxQe5_qsblCzb2uX-bfiweS1x_hbhF_zd52fmSoFT4mSrB335xFELe06Gr9eytIJ7n3i8EdU1CjIIsu/s320/January+2009+029.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298702335404754946" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkwk1MfQRsc0-WQEz6oogGyfc4zvDw56qm0GwTrHhhyFThmoRSdMD7HTgvE3CDJQX8C5eISGfpMq1bHq79cHUPhPLYmF0jMNunLUPCU8L83u7o1fB0ZEb3c4C9L381sOrYVSq2L-Rax7_b/s1600-h/January+2009+030.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkwk1MfQRsc0-WQEz6oogGyfc4zvDw56qm0GwTrHhhyFThmoRSdMD7HTgvE3CDJQX8C5eISGfpMq1bHq79cHUPhPLYmF0jMNunLUPCU8L83u7o1fB0ZEb3c4C9L381sOrYVSq2L-Rax7_b/s320/January+2009+030.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298702342485345938" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8TQpTiAIv2y7rnU8xeFMIXcUVhz8euMnSwnxK6RPqelKO_NDnZkFADU0PYKpe3RZX_ltexYAr98NBLRbg3yPMQZZjZJ0JJg1QzOvct0sBJvLL5z4HF7G-jWSAHp_BpwQ_NCTgDTxAwDfk/s1600-h/January+2009+031.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8TQpTiAIv2y7rnU8xeFMIXcUVhz8euMnSwnxK6RPqelKO_NDnZkFADU0PYKpe3RZX_ltexYAr98NBLRbg3yPMQZZjZJ0JJg1QzOvct0sBJvLL5z4HF7G-jWSAHp_BpwQ_NCTgDTxAwDfk/s320/January+2009+031.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298702343454378258" /></a>After lots of encouragement, Cooper blew out his candles all by himself.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-z4TUejyzF1hiuhxMR4TTOoSm1JPktLI0v8-eEWfrfABxa9TM0gBT5FXDyRKyonFBBUy6rjZys6x79Dg9sj8-64qIv4VKf0vLZR6DsgcoHWQ-oa5RS8tQ1YB990XetlTHurKJuIkaJkIs/s1600-h/January+2009+032.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-z4TUejyzF1hiuhxMR4TTOoSm1JPktLI0v8-eEWfrfABxa9TM0gBT5FXDyRKyonFBBUy6rjZys6x79Dg9sj8-64qIv4VKf0vLZR6DsgcoHWQ-oa5RS8tQ1YB990XetlTHurKJuIkaJkIs/s320/January+2009+032.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298702344510033618" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihrA4V_5hzgCuJVkPO291H5aNFteiIP9Q7AiCPW0QhIhM2WD8GsRSoOhvSwMYGy7bXx_6gZTOOjb1D94uodPVgz_77sUSm2tETSNxTYFcoDg3WuziILMMOBJetbW9SgVKrR4X9StKyYH8f/s1600-h/January+2009+033.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihrA4V_5hzgCuJVkPO291H5aNFteiIP9Q7AiCPW0QhIhM2WD8GsRSoOhvSwMYGy7bXx_6gZTOOjb1D94uodPVgz_77sUSm2tETSNxTYFcoDg3WuziILMMOBJetbW9SgVKrR4X9StKyYH8f/s320/January+2009+033.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5298702348452982098" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0_vgFj2x_Nk6hWdH5FacPijGzYZcKY4qgbajaaCd2F3lIXzZwvHRihNOWaPdSpIx1tohVC1Hz8UQKoP0hckqM_X_A5mdo9k6-xw_4P6DdbcWx6tSr0zoPRSBzXzRHwQ9yFSoV8jf8f4nG/s1600-h/January+2009+034.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0_vgFj2x_Nk6hWdH5FacPijGzYZcKY4qgbajaaCd2F3lIXzZwvHRihNOWaPdSpIx1tohVC1Hz8UQKoP0hckqM_X_A5mdo9k6-xw_4P6DdbcWx6tSr0zoPRSBzXzRHwQ9yFSoV8jf8f4nG/s320/January+2009+034.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299373330436106402" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV4o0kedPy0S8lXyTKYEkYpV_2jja6LDe1kpMYTIEzeyIrd-F7ZXFCpRd6jGy_QkSTzzH0Iqpfqg0yNIvtSfTJ1Xxe7Au49PKKGEgVfn2SZznVSS7_sXi5XR4MBjv0X3Mj6mXB0iUVOmZi/s1600-h/January+2009+035.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV4o0kedPy0S8lXyTKYEkYpV_2jja6LDe1kpMYTIEzeyIrd-F7ZXFCpRd6jGy_QkSTzzH0Iqpfqg0yNIvtSfTJ1Xxe7Au49PKKGEgVfn2SZznVSS7_sXi5XR4MBjv0X3Mj6mXB0iUVOmZi/s320/January+2009+035.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299373331797270338" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl8HDupYb4aWQPZddHe7UKioO1M-yhFDPU6Y5aaBHiA7y8dk9CK00_-Uhyphenhyphen8HoYUe9sLK__vJUkfaKWjTZ2-sxhLuDOlA3HmC54M_yF9rndtgsnA8anlwqHJzEQZ46iQvnrnF3Hm3Z6mDLQ/s1600-h/January+2009+036.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl8HDupYb4aWQPZddHe7UKioO1M-yhFDPU6Y5aaBHiA7y8dk9CK00_-Uhyphenhyphen8HoYUe9sLK__vJUkfaKWjTZ2-sxhLuDOlA3HmC54M_yF9rndtgsnA8anlwqHJzEQZ46iQvnrnF3Hm3Z6mDLQ/s320/January+2009+036.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299373335980072594" /></a>Cooper eating his cake...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLJOGRACERVQxi6qvD6H6AF7yDQXZ05FV0kYArUwjdBOwDpoUOWgOm0atO4tfqdDL5Ka7vyO8dj0NzUUeEPAOcbEhLHxB_SAGD36BEQwQy-C04bFaEN38bzn19ir2ZxrSs9ToGGEt4mmEO/s1600-h/January+2009+037.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLJOGRACERVQxi6qvD6H6AF7yDQXZ05FV0kYArUwjdBOwDpoUOWgOm0atO4tfqdDL5Ka7vyO8dj0NzUUeEPAOcbEhLHxB_SAGD36BEQwQy-C04bFaEN38bzn19ir2ZxrSs9ToGGEt4mmEO/s320/January+2009+037.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299373752641684274" /></a>The kids played with Cooper's new toys...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjc4Iz8IWtpEzAA4YLhENdC78vPJnYMkxeGbiCzUfn2tYi228c7AAMpwcVa_h7xDJplrsvUPLUkVcMqj6kqGSzjovhMGp4pIT8wWCdkkt_9uytHbFLcnDp7L1thqIw_8UscNMR6uLUfszzz/s1600-h/January+2009+040.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi88K4yw1fisY_kFPKKOoGt3Keh0YFUjoNI4kyGln7_zpzIRKRO1BEtoNxAZoEch4lzMrbGyFFkPZHVl_81sMDFwIYfmjFUSE4bGlAo6tcjeQImoLRvE4DlxoAuXG3ou5Fwc-PIjDKmDHEu/s320/January+2009+041.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299374214381464370" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYyzUuTmh3YqcJgX3Yhec_xgTsKcGavJfYsRAzMiOO-g80tvkDq80UFwidUyOYN6I916fEMokBHFmySQxNzVrRqR2UCV2oFpSrNvCwvGHLmJsGoVhrZfo88Mq_XVhUMq8IgT54XeivaSJ-/s1600-h/January+2009+043.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYyzUuTmh3YqcJgX3Yhec_xgTsKcGavJfYsRAzMiOO-g80tvkDq80UFwidUyOYN6I916fEMokBHFmySQxNzVrRqR2UCV2oFpSrNvCwvGHLmJsGoVhrZfo88Mq_XVhUMq8IgT54XeivaSJ-/s320/January+2009+043.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299374224994588882" /></a>Momma and the kiddos in their train conductor clothes...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjohqp58dRJXXfV1J2QQ05biXYBMyIAIjw4yyZNkcGdEF_bnknsQPnRXam0_CB1iwqcuZ9P8UmrMlHY-svrBtDH4tb1kenS4VZ6JNmqCprnWV7Uo0b2MbK0jC2VrwSjh4zIrf3kiOz4BJPu/s1600-h/January+2009+044.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjohqp58dRJXXfV1J2QQ05biXYBMyIAIjw4yyZNkcGdEF_bnknsQPnRXam0_CB1iwqcuZ9P8UmrMlHY-svrBtDH4tb1kenS4VZ6JNmqCprnWV7Uo0b2MbK0jC2VrwSjh4zIrf3kiOz4BJPu/s320/January+2009+044.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299375379867467170" /></a>Cooper all pooped out after his party...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCnqOl0RhZqpW4KQTLOXSkmn99VCLQ6AQnd7_3LfqlakKBkaHR73C2W8BwDOPXCfCRbAFIzArQJ5btg0Q-7SZLAeN2LU0I8YcLAApuFpjvLuP6xp24OxqSHx1rE8G-LtqFkKW_iIXJXabK/s1600-h/January+2009+047.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCnqOl0RhZqpW4KQTLOXSkmn99VCLQ6AQnd7_3LfqlakKBkaHR73C2W8BwDOPXCfCRbAFIzArQJ5btg0Q-7SZLAeN2LU0I8YcLAApuFpjvLuP6xp24OxqSHx1rE8G-LtqFkKW_iIXJXabK/s320/January+2009+047.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299375383776212274" /></a>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10203540993580871199noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2293899421987684194.post-64894018934727426012009-01-24T15:18:00.006-07:002009-01-26T08:36:22.647-07:00December RecapI know, I know, it's a little late to being posting about things that happened in December, but I'm determined to blog about them nonetheless...<br />Kylie had her first ever dance recital December 17th. Call us biased, but we're positive that her class did the best. She was fun to watch. After it was all over, she told us, "When I was up there, I thought to myself, 'This is cool!'" It's nice to know that she gets excited about performing. We just might have a little showbiz girl in-the-making!<br />We celebrated Christmas at Great Grandma Russon's house this year. We had our traditional Christmas Eve dinner by candlelight and the kids opened their Christmas pajamas from Nana and Papa. We left the kids in the care of Grandma & Grandpa & Aunt Jill, while we went back home to sleep for the night. The next morning we awoke to find a huge snow drift blocking our alleyway. Scott was not to be bothered by it; he kicked the Durango into 4-wheel drive and we drove right through it. Scott was all about driving through it again, but I made him get on the road and we made it back to Grandma's house in time for breakfast and present opening. Kylie got the fish, scooter, and helmet that she asked Santa for. Both kids got new winter/snow gear and a new sled. Kylie also got new Leapster games and a case for her Leapster, movies, clothes, a sundae kit, games, art kit, etc., etc. Cooper wasn't really into opening presents. We helped him open the Dirt Devil vacuum I got him and it was pretty much over after that. There are a couple presents that he never even opened; I'm rewrapping them and giving them to him for his birthday this month!<br />The kids had a 2nd Christmas when Nana, Papa, Uncle G, Peyton, & Ashley came up to visit. We had a second round of present opening...the surprise gift we got was a tote full of things to take on our Wilson summer trip to Oceanside, CA in July.<br />All in all, it was a great Christmas holiday... <br /><div><embed src="http://widget-b8.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" scale="noscale" salign="l" wmode="transparent" flashvars="cy=bb&il=1&channel=2233785415197424056&site=widget-b8.slide.com" style="width:400px;height:320px" name="flashticker" align="middle"></embed><div style="width:400px;text-align:left;"><a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=2233785415197424056&map=1" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-b8.slide.com/p1/2233785415197424056/bb_t001_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide1.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=2233785415197424056&map=2" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-b8.slide.com/p2/2233785415197424056/bb_t001_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide2.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=2233785415197424056&map=F" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-b8.slide.com/p4/2233785415197424056/bb_t001_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide42.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a></div></div>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10203540993580871199noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2293899421987684194.post-31190483940370241872008-12-30T10:21:00.011-07:002008-12-30T11:11:53.177-07:00Christmas PicsI got some great Christmas pics of my kids thanks to Zoie, who I met at our GNO Twilight night. She is awesome! (Check out her blog link on the side.) I've definitely found a long-term photographer to photograph all of our future family picture needs (or wants, heh, heh). No more JC Penney or Kiddie Kandids for us! And get this, all of these pictures were taken in natural light; she does not use ANY lighting equipment. 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVgM755YF-exbu4ah91gZny9oY4lZq81Ml5p3tCILS-DsI-N_uWgWCXZAd-_0G0Q4nkianrcjOEzRynxsX5KpnS0nOpNYrVsM8Adr1G7Z4Yh9l8ztqOGz9PMOXg4tpuE3VNaUlYPsg4ae3/s320/Wilson027.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285644858950759602" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwEqh0fKgnlOf43Iw9y85vh6cFBPLEfXSU81ENc2DVPO4PzRxetQTcDKGG7wLzas4ZkvFLDwb4gshwpRl5bz_1GSbT7c628AFLjZYd0no-I4u4FcrQ6OLwkjKwrQI6ENhZ2pN5g13KTB02/s1600-h/Wilson036.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 214px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwEqh0fKgnlOf43Iw9y85vh6cFBPLEfXSU81ENc2DVPO4PzRxetQTcDKGG7wLzas4ZkvFLDwb4gshwpRl5bz_1GSbT7c628AFLjZYd0no-I4u4FcrQ6OLwkjKwrQI6ENhZ2pN5g13KTB02/s320/Wilson036.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5285645215415722098" /></a>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10203540993580871199noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2293899421987684194.post-87987224913288400802008-12-14T18:19:00.008-07:002008-12-15T11:07:30.115-07:00Christmas Tag1. Wrapping paper or gift bags? I do both.<br /> <br />2. Real or Artificial: I love the smell of a real tree, but that's about it. I hate the care & clean-up involved with a real tree. Next year we are definitely doing artificial.<br /><br />3. When do you put your tree up? Whenever I feel like it. This year I've been feeling like crap, so it didn't get put up until the second week in December.<br /><br />4. When do you take the tree down? Whenever I feel like it. (Usually sometime after New Year's Day).<br /><br />5. Do you like eggnog? No. (Do you know how many fat calories there are in that stuff?)<br /><br />6. Favorite gift received? Probably my first Cabbage Patch doll.<br /><br />7. Hardest person to buy for? My husband.<br /><br />8. Easiest person to buy for? My kids.<br /><br />9. Do you have a nativity scene? Yes. It's a Willow Tree set from Deseret Book.<br /><br />10. Mail or email Christmas cards? Mail.<br /><br />11. Worst Christmas present ever received? I can't really remember being truly disappointed with a gift I received from anyone. I'm not that ungrateful.<br /><br />12. Favorite/Worst Christmas movie? I like "Elf" & "The Muppet Christmas Carol." I can't think of one I don't like.<br /><br />13. When do you start Christmas shopping? Sometime after Thanksgiving. I always think I should start earlier, like in September or October, but it's hard to get motivated about Christmas shopping then.<br /><br />14. Have you ever recycled a gift? Maybe once or twice.<br /><br />15. Favorite thing to eat at Christmas time? Anything chocolate-y, caramel-y, and/or peanut-y...and my Mom's cheeseball.<br /><br />16. Lights on tree? White.<br /><br />17. Favorite Christmas song? "Joy to the World," especially when it's sung by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.<br /><br />18. Travel on Christmas or stay home? Traveling to Lehi this year.<br /><br />19. Can you name all of Santa's Reindeer? Yes.<br /><br />20. Angel or star on top of tree? Star.<br /><br />21. Open presents on Christmas Eve? Yes, just one. Usually, they're pajamas from Nana and Papa.<br /><br />22. Most annoying thing about this time of year? The cold & the snow.<br /><br />23. Favorite ornament? My S'mores ornaments. (The marshmallows make snowmen engaged in different activities and each one is sitting on a piece of chocolate bar and graham cracker.)<br /><br />24. Favorite food for Christmas Dinner? Spiral honey-baked ham & "funeral" potatoes (eaten in the candlelight). <br /><br />25. What do you want for Christmas this year? For my family to be healthy & happy.<br /><br />I tag Mom Wilson, Sarah, Karen, Becky, & anyone else who wants to do this.Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10203540993580871199noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2293899421987684194.post-46236578817838916022008-12-06T10:19:00.005-07:002008-12-13T07:54:22.964-07:00Belly Picture!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoAmRqhUD4D9Pg7QwPnVNM2D1uK2WZOIO3v1tlEwshDKEYoz5ovOpIAWRoI8DNx9HF9MLuG9MhDYkoY27NVfRWWtGhtnskBCGnRqlH2g6zYvQ0x42EdqX_i1bBtfDTmlTLD_VbH344ABWJ/s1600-h/December+2008+013.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoAmRqhUD4D9Pg7QwPnVNM2D1uK2WZOIO3v1tlEwshDKEYoz5ovOpIAWRoI8DNx9HF9MLuG9MhDYkoY27NVfRWWtGhtnskBCGnRqlH2g6zYvQ0x42EdqX_i1bBtfDTmlTLD_VbH344ABWJ/s320/December+2008+013.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5279031439306881666" /></a>Okay, I'm posting a belly pic to appease a certain one of my friends who, for some reason or another, is obsessed with pictures of her pregnant friends' expanding waistlines. Here's my belly at exactly 18 weeks. (Sorry, I'm not going the naked belly route...maybe later.) I find out what the little runt is on Thursday, the 18th. I'm pretty dang sure it's a girl, though I will be pleasantly surprised if it's a boy...Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10203540993580871199noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2293899421987684194.post-20056268809389231542008-11-20T08:53:00.004-07:002008-11-20T09:15:42.852-07:00Twilight Tonight!La, la, la, la, la, la, tonight is Twilight Night! I'm going to a GNO (girl's night out) with 55 other girls to Cheesecake Factory for dinner and then to the Twilight movie at midnight tonight. I am SOOOOOOOO excited! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEzs4U-3jfLckSAWDuroczjg0JaoVGu7jiNmlfY-FEBhK99iLJfvMkWlgJF_WLlv1Yyj3GLG6bwjuuIRKHS1k5Q-2BqreU9rxXO_SEjtxqBxvGJMQ0Q-oRDkahXVnwCz_sw2av-5pdpvEp/s1600-h/cover-2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiEzs4U-3jfLckSAWDuroczjg0JaoVGu7jiNmlfY-FEBhK99iLJfvMkWlgJF_WLlv1Yyj3GLG6bwjuuIRKHS1k5Q-2BqreU9rxXO_SEjtxqBxvGJMQ0Q-oRDkahXVnwCz_sw2av-5pdpvEp/s320/cover-2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270773405424872978" /></a>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10203540993580871199noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2293899421987684194.post-56114063991659434672008-11-18T11:12:00.011-07:002008-11-20T08:42:10.977-07:00Halloween '08Here are our Halloween pictures, finally!<div><embed src="http://widget-be.slide.com/widgets/slideticker.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" quality="high" scale="noscale" salign="l" wmode="transparent" flashvars="cy=bb&il=1&channel=2233785415196498622&site=widget-be.slide.com" style="width:400px;height:400px" name="flashticker" align="middle"></embed><div style="width:400px;text-align:left;"><a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=2233785415196498622&map=1" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-be.slide.com/p1/2233785415196498622/bb_t001_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide1.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=2233785415196498622&map=2" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-be.slide.com/p2/2233785415196498622/bb_t001_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide2.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a> <a href="http://www.slide.com/pivot?cy=bb&at=un&id=2233785415196498622&map=F" target="_blank"><img src="http://widget-be.slide.com/p4/2233785415196498622/bb_t001_v000_s0un_f00/images/xslide42.gif" border="0" ismap="ismap" /></a></div></div>Kylie had lots of fun in her class Halloween party and was the star of her class play. She played the smart ghost who knew how to pull the pumpkin out of the pumpkin patch.<br />For all you Twilight fans, Mr. Plott, Kylie's teacher was dressed as Jacob Black. He said he was a werewolf (currently in human form) and he had on a hole-y t-shirt that said "I love Renesmee" on it. Funny stuff!<br />Trick-or-treating was lots of fun. Cooper got the hang of things pretty quickly. He kept saying, "doorbell," like "darbell." He knew that each time we rang the doorbell, he was going to get candy. Smart kid! He would go get a large fistful of candy, come put it in his bag, then go back to the person handing out the candy, wait until he got his or her attention, then wave and say "bye!" in his cute little high-pitched voice. Adorable! I didn't think to take pictures of the kids actually trick-or-treating. I know I should have. <br />So, that was our Halloween this year. The kids got way too much candy, so we're still eating it!Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10203540993580871199noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2293899421987684194.post-56181336087201577972008-11-09T15:00:00.010-07:002008-11-10T08:02:19.360-07:00Cornbelly's Corn Maze & Pumpkin FestI just wanted to let you all know that, in spite of having a very sick mommy, my kids did get to have a little bit of Halloween fun last month. I'm just now feeling somewhat well enough to post this and some pics. I decided that I needed to do it now, before it becomes REALLY old news.<br />So, I took the kids to Cornbelly's at Thanksgiving Point one Friday afternoon. My sis, Jill, was so good to come with me and help me play with the kids and take pictures. I couldn't have gotten through the day without her. Thanks, Jill!<br />The first thing we did was go through "The Haunted Creature." It was this big inflated animal that made all these different scary noises as you walked through the "maze" inside him. At the end, it "farts" you out of his behind. Ha-ha! I don't know if you can tell from the pic, but Cooper is crying and Kylie is clinging to me. They did not like it at all! Thankfully, from here on out, it was all fun and games.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHaCnKg36mNY_COdueBwLzXb050h26K1eN4bJhsIDF4DKpqFiF-28FGBNs0Pdj9FE2lWrziLQrF8Q3UIuPkTDuXiL8HmivOmxYwJwpkER2255OKmhhBz5Y-bJ8lrQ959uOsWAaI722Xp7d/s1600-h/October+2008+053.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHaCnKg36mNY_COdueBwLzXb050h26K1eN4bJhsIDF4DKpqFiF-28FGBNs0Pdj9FE2lWrziLQrF8Q3UIuPkTDuXiL8HmivOmxYwJwpkER2255OKmhhBz5Y-bJ8lrQ959uOsWAaI722Xp7d/s320/October+2008+053.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266769210290546626" /></a>Next, we jumped on the giant pillows. It was very bouncy! We didn't have to do a whole lot of jumping ourselves. All the crazy kids already on there were making it plenty bouncy.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggPpY5wsQMZjcz3k71Jg4vUUxRTwwLy6W_OhxtWxG7RHgjveP_xSajZR4p2oOaqAEe_8gFG0_OrZ3KJPpVqQ3MOXTUH5j0ijtZbvN9b-ChxofYgtUCPwz3GLhH3eftmG4WbMfkBmGkvGiF/s1600-h/October+2008+055.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggPpY5wsQMZjcz3k71Jg4vUUxRTwwLy6W_OhxtWxG7RHgjveP_xSajZR4p2oOaqAEe_8gFG0_OrZ3KJPpVqQ3MOXTUH5j0ijtZbvN9b-ChxofYgtUCPwz3GLhH3eftmG4WbMfkBmGkvGiF/s320/October+2008+055.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266769228844088322" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipTK38TnvgJehXW_R8hzNkcXb7aa35WLTyXUhkuylxS0ZISx38V61VHFDzhaK1U6_DawIQGwPV4wEEQyupBORt_Sx4Z0rqP2Y3fYFaWbguBD5mKJmCdcMrQVxFeo12TVO5slWuVgv9ENvg/s1600-h/October+2008+054.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipTK38TnvgJehXW_R8hzNkcXb7aa35WLTyXUhkuylxS0ZISx38V61VHFDzhaK1U6_DawIQGwPV4wEEQyupBORt_Sx4Z0rqP2Y3fYFaWbguBD5mKJmCdcMrQVxFeo12TVO5slWuVgv9ENvg/s320/October+2008+054.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266769220346760242" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIQ0k2IRGc8c6A23iyHLJtg8sdkcWJ8GBVgFngHPBiPDcp4s7nuentIwTs1wmrDgBlYGUWZNaGnVB5jEJgrWSpqLSWWjynU5iHKlzYha9AjzApD8So1St1I9dH5TRqigfe1es6gRM-R6p9/s1600-h/October+2008+057.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIQ0k2IRGc8c6A23iyHLJtg8sdkcWJ8GBVgFngHPBiPDcp4s7nuentIwTs1wmrDgBlYGUWZNaGnVB5jEJgrWSpqLSWWjynU5iHKlzYha9AjzApD8So1St1I9dH5TRqigfe1es6gRM-R6p9/s320/October+2008+057.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266771974408789378" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgxfWPnXTAa6XcsNK6tbnuJ6rk6DPU92hjvIdpE6G-2vAUntfrTQsptH4TLifknY4Bmc2JeAkOfCQMO-2CA5o7j-HAM-XxQxgDudnpGe_QuLVTV9AQxtSWeO2fHk1omukhV3ICQbbUhyphenhyphenxj/s1600-h/October+2008+059.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgxfWPnXTAa6XcsNK6tbnuJ6rk6DPU92hjvIdpE6G-2vAUntfrTQsptH4TLifknY4Bmc2JeAkOfCQMO-2CA5o7j-HAM-XxQxgDudnpGe_QuLVTV9AQxtSWeO2fHk1omukhV3ICQbbUhyphenhyphenxj/s320/October+2008+059.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266772002433186290" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Pvl2MG8OeWkwIJJDLYj3WAAu1TekUXqbRJAfR8bFtiGEMIZNIRZFFE_UHFXQxVMrfADGduCox2OxwVmFw8CGHk5OogR-HBDXpLM8qAIojjVcTq1slfPoyoEcKovFTG3XxTME6PKH-U5R/s1600-h/October+2008+058.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Pvl2MG8OeWkwIJJDLYj3WAAu1TekUXqbRJAfR8bFtiGEMIZNIRZFFE_UHFXQxVMrfADGduCox2OxwVmFw8CGHk5OogR-HBDXpLM8qAIojjVcTq1slfPoyoEcKovFTG3XxTME6PKH-U5R/s320/October+2008+058.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266771980255532642" /></a>Next we pedaled karts around a racetrack...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZqYF3jQLYmOfKd_0MrJxP7drCmhQ3EskJntVLVnVH-yXtnviktd4tgmPaXGqby1NaeligUBToLVA_lmK2_Xsg9WY0jTNnzUfamH6iB8kv310C7biQC58HTljYAdqlo0pOGufOEvIkJt7K/s1600-h/October+2008+060.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZqYF3jQLYmOfKd_0MrJxP7drCmhQ3EskJntVLVnVH-yXtnviktd4tgmPaXGqby1NaeligUBToLVA_lmK2_Xsg9WY0jTNnzUfamH6iB8kv310C7biQC58HTljYAdqlo0pOGufOEvIkJt7K/s320/October+2008+060.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266772007358431010" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUdudHhkybh_Duv4S7CMHOUYlx56qTD10ZG7AZHXRKGYewOYTHxYEu6TjPW16a1E-LvMToe7xahrTzpBy2AnWFK5Ppmgz5r6ydPKhCwyEKQ5SncKXVp3VNmCiXfvhtd625_LURDl8VPyVZ/s1600-h/October+2008+064.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUdudHhkybh_Duv4S7CMHOUYlx56qTD10ZG7AZHXRKGYewOYTHxYEu6TjPW16a1E-LvMToe7xahrTzpBy2AnWFK5Ppmgz5r6ydPKhCwyEKQ5SncKXVp3VNmCiXfvhtd625_LURDl8VPyVZ/s320/October+2008+064.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266773453132494578" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFBjQLxDh4PMpi2l1kDYadsQD6DPnsJlSQItGX4lwPATR22TYMJ4wNppeWbqN3nQmMQNU65-46LGUfrSm_AIbC39iqtUNlvnMUGQE9XdVWVWQha2OkbaSE4mLm0wlRnXN3KnCIuafPioPa/s1600-h/October+2008+063.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFBjQLxDh4PMpi2l1kDYadsQD6DPnsJlSQItGX4lwPATR22TYMJ4wNppeWbqN3nQmMQNU65-46LGUfrSm_AIbC39iqtUNlvnMUGQE9XdVWVWQha2OkbaSE4mLm0wlRnXN3KnCIuafPioPa/s320/October+2008+063.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266773449401523458" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4kkCTfWfurMp_cfjnF-tHPPHc2rI-30WNb_6tBFc21na_vd11OsD-mQ7l511FFFO6zve56OP5U4KEDd8V0L_DHsJQfSajqUV_8cKHK1SamzleEP0INikUEF3-qKTLy-2mzz9bNs5wd8gO/s1600-h/October+2008+067.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4kkCTfWfurMp_cfjnF-tHPPHc2rI-30WNb_6tBFc21na_vd11OsD-mQ7l511FFFO6zve56OP5U4KEDd8V0L_DHsJQfSajqUV_8cKHK1SamzleEP0INikUEF3-qKTLy-2mzz9bNs5wd8gO/s320/October+2008+067.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266781147129668450" /></a>Kylie playing in the playhouse in Kiddie Courtyard.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0wxwU9pBAqwiHlLZ7j7QizI-gv89wYFlRJXlU_x_aHpMJHhCN1B03wbcFrFLtFzl3xqr-kRh9-GN2J19E5ROtDUE101kwWE_8h42psf-6rSOU9-dSkTRINsId99iIY4z4GmSLGjf0eYlO/s1600-h/October+2008+072.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0wxwU9pBAqwiHlLZ7j7QizI-gv89wYFlRJXlU_x_aHpMJHhCN1B03wbcFrFLtFzl3xqr-kRh9-GN2J19E5ROtDUE101kwWE_8h42psf-6rSOU9-dSkTRINsId99iIY4z4GmSLGjf0eYlO/s320/October+2008+072.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266781166818056514" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLuUfgLr7E-XqZ30wAJ1198hIC5QKstrP_I5BuzNi_5JQHrZdXIXQ8_Vu3uahX2bqmJ9AVSAN7iSTaVH9vNNOcblFn-Vjg5bRBxxAPipYOWdOHGu1FXQlQl-dsIhQ_mUnLk72O0NffLQZT/s1600-h/October+2008+068.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLuUfgLr7E-XqZ30wAJ1198hIC5QKstrP_I5BuzNi_5JQHrZdXIXQ8_Vu3uahX2bqmJ9AVSAN7iSTaVH9vNNOcblFn-Vjg5bRBxxAPipYOWdOHGu1FXQlQl-dsIhQ_mUnLk72O0NffLQZT/s320/October+2008+068.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266781154743104354" /></a>Jill, Coop, and Kylie sitting in the Pumpkin Princess' pumpkin carriage.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPIlRvHU7_pofb079N4h0t1xn13ZQSoOaW1UShO_kBfX5_VczjHsosm-wlgk0BFEsJQgMpt4E4S0PqeJV-8xR57pcKI8sI_z5DWgSx3_p5lUqqOeLUuFgcAev5i4-VAPRjlVQGJ9iwrc_x/s1600-h/October+2008+069.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPIlRvHU7_pofb079N4h0t1xn13ZQSoOaW1UShO_kBfX5_VczjHsosm-wlgk0BFEsJQgMpt4E4S0PqeJV-8xR57pcKI8sI_z5DWgSx3_p5lUqqOeLUuFgcAev5i4-VAPRjlVQGJ9iwrc_x/s320/October+2008+069.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266784802179983298" /></a>We listened to the Pumpkin Princess tell a story about Spookley, the square pumpkin.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid98P29hAWnj-45mc6_q-TiWVJ0KV0vfy_aHWB3DaWOi5uUY0J8Dw1zTgneohR2J2yl0EnsgfPg7g3fFxKWPdki7uCMUfwsTZ6jQNrRCv7l4Aj0QZRkDXXmno4Sut6rCliQxhTvD0xe4mb/s1600-h/October+2008+070.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid98P29hAWnj-45mc6_q-TiWVJ0KV0vfy_aHWB3DaWOi5uUY0J8Dw1zTgneohR2J2yl0EnsgfPg7g3fFxKWPdki7uCMUfwsTZ6jQNrRCv7l4Aj0QZRkDXXmno4Sut6rCliQxhTvD0xe4mb/s320/October+2008+070.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266784794790190770" /></a>Taking a picture with the Pumpkin Princess.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfneCKnyED_J_JTbFr3_06yTTm137qZKOQ4naao8NX-u0ZvHMQ-QsW9KGV2wfRzXazLQdUnjqO5psNyTykq04Ijs80WgV0Dk9fPebIdvLs99BQc6Z0L4QhB-27fRKPfvGeob_mvPYynOg3/s1600-h/October+2008+071.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfneCKnyED_J_JTbFr3_06yTTm137qZKOQ4naao8NX-u0ZvHMQ-QsW9KGV2wfRzXazLQdUnjqO5psNyTykq04Ijs80WgV0Dk9fPebIdvLs99BQc6Z0L4QhB-27fRKPfvGeob_mvPYynOg3/s320/October+2008+071.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266784784559728946" /></a>We spent a lot of time in the Kiddy Courtyard. We played with the water pumps, pumping ducks across the pipes...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoxjMlxXUZ6_JJOakTU-ubcGSb9JG5KDo8X0JWH4cg1ZIKblLI-Wf7kJR8JRqjDVuk_W8aZ9ZKji3U1LaoMJFOOmiZ2GzAHlCnSSzdynFxr7ZjOXThoJDgdZ_UMmIz8Z_TWaSlEKNVzl0t/s1600-h/October+2008+075.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoxjMlxXUZ6_JJOakTU-ubcGSb9JG5KDo8X0JWH4cg1ZIKblLI-Wf7kJR8JRqjDVuk_W8aZ9ZKji3U1LaoMJFOOmiZ2GzAHlCnSSzdynFxr7ZjOXThoJDgdZ_UMmIz8Z_TWaSlEKNVzl0t/s320/October+2008+075.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266787940291143442" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLZ049Kit2kFvcloJcS4ZQxR1CCGetyzjLL6M_VsVVH5O9el5Qdo7qnrY1GSh5E-2uX6huWj5XQ2g9PmSIq6RiXry9hopdMagTu6q4cPX8mmiCzFd5QYptB5leulbXAnZD4ZsiF5K2NVfR/s1600-h/October+2008+076.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLZ049Kit2kFvcloJcS4ZQxR1CCGetyzjLL6M_VsVVH5O9el5Qdo7qnrY1GSh5E-2uX6huWj5XQ2g9PmSIq6RiXry9hopdMagTu6q4cPX8mmiCzFd5QYptB5leulbXAnZD4ZsiF5K2NVfR/s320/October+2008+076.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266787927787273746" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQEpXgF0DmtaHSbeLDbeDVcj5M9U5WkIXCT0WyddQPtwhdYklq9lzdJrPH01U4oeWif6irfB0xkAcg7YAZni3sfMusCVAhJEv2MgtOuNEWY0AVt4Yws8oHNB3DDHH4cFcSFhZrIh4feNyy/s1600-h/October+2008+074.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQEpXgF0DmtaHSbeLDbeDVcj5M9U5WkIXCT0WyddQPtwhdYklq9lzdJrPH01U4oeWif6irfB0xkAcg7YAZni3sfMusCVAhJEv2MgtOuNEWY0AVt4Yws8oHNB3DDHH4cFcSFhZrIh4feNyy/s320/October+2008+074.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266787915481150610" /></a>"Milked" a cow...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbrbq_46WvHGZb8Oyirf9gJggFY3yDrkGPCr5RTXzrAKKHe4f3z472ImGSfM08QT79KJxXOKAoRjMGFJzsiiYLTVcZXRM-1Bl5WMoTkcuhs__CU6-fB8YMb2NN0NCZGS3P-yMH_ejvQYJR/s1600-h/October+2008+077.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbrbq_46WvHGZb8Oyirf9gJggFY3yDrkGPCr5RTXzrAKKHe4f3z472ImGSfM08QT79KJxXOKAoRjMGFJzsiiYLTVcZXRM-1Bl5WMoTkcuhs__CU6-fB8YMb2NN0NCZGS3P-yMH_ejvQYJR/s320/October+2008+077.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266789360249596370" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirrmgUStGtCwvtPsk1xzqLS3peEeJA5NCIUeDVLaWyVbW8-CkZUtHi0zWlVQrYBTBfyeYBL_oFODn5b0nNtcrMxeIGxkhQZEEr-kTYP1z4GPcQuC1dLRqsB338q7upNIIA592Hc-sCxRLL/s1600-h/October+2008+078.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirrmgUStGtCwvtPsk1xzqLS3peEeJA5NCIUeDVLaWyVbW8-CkZUtHi0zWlVQrYBTBfyeYBL_oFODn5b0nNtcrMxeIGxkhQZEEr-kTYP1z4GPcQuC1dLRqsB338q7upNIIA592Hc-sCxRLL/s320/October+2008+078.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266789351545561330" /></a>Played in the corn kernel pit...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0YScC4pr9BPWZd4D8lI3YUSogJiqvpRdW7_8dqTb-vW0tQTSdOUEb8eHqtDlDTmtiXvFxlYy8PpVsmrFDpkU4J4SKQR2KcgtYdNvUtDnURfwWNe56dxnKvH7hzW6kxb0bqoh87lNGCGF3/s1600-h/October+2008+083.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0YScC4pr9BPWZd4D8lI3YUSogJiqvpRdW7_8dqTb-vW0tQTSdOUEb8eHqtDlDTmtiXvFxlYy8PpVsmrFDpkU4J4SKQR2KcgtYdNvUtDnURfwWNe56dxnKvH7hzW6kxb0bqoh87lNGCGF3/s320/October+2008+083.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266790500477459746" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZcfeP8A6XqAU6IVe1YSbUfF9aRLngpZnMc83P7aZVItg3suquYNBpk1TXEeXy0JgE1oDO-f2kJHxJ6jW6RsfD1DN7AD2VhetRS_SD0U4RU7SuS6K2TpN5Usc7yptWKW82HH5TlsdjVIos/s1600-h/October+2008+082.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZcfeP8A6XqAU6IVe1YSbUfF9aRLngpZnMc83P7aZVItg3suquYNBpk1TXEeXy0JgE1oDO-f2kJHxJ6jW6RsfD1DN7AD2VhetRS_SD0U4RU7SuS6K2TpN5Usc7yptWKW82HH5TlsdjVIos/s320/October+2008+082.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266790487679329106" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgORMQn-fhwbLsFNSk0Z5jgxJvK3JLl-yWMpSg-8bq6EHTS9xU3ZDU0lbxX81m-tQp2kV0NZJ4jTknVjV8mQ0xoA6Zh-009zK08jrU4cVhh9fRnPeciEliY9IRrNtkDUs3be-f4DmzpJGy2/s1600-h/October+2008+081.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgORMQn-fhwbLsFNSk0Z5jgxJvK3JLl-yWMpSg-8bq6EHTS9xU3ZDU0lbxX81m-tQp2kV0NZJ4jTknVjV8mQ0xoA6Zh-009zK08jrU4cVhh9fRnPeciEliY9IRrNtkDUs3be-f4DmzpJGy2/s320/October+2008+081.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266790475848034802" /></a>Played on the wooden train...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIKnIPMQgN_9PiQW0JJF52V7Ixlbj2GVxLlNMIb__LqQwUsz9_7QLW50psNKpvkyvZhpa4ydxgSPvTcd_kpSte2Ooz6rQXKW3AKU0Xe4T9D7xsxdM7ioUIG6H9mC8Bt6hj8djMYv5kIliC/s1600-h/October+2008+080.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIKnIPMQgN_9PiQW0JJF52V7Ixlbj2GVxLlNMIb__LqQwUsz9_7QLW50psNKpvkyvZhpa4ydxgSPvTcd_kpSte2Ooz6rQXKW3AKU0Xe4T9D7xsxdM7ioUIG6H9mC8Bt6hj8djMYv5kIliC/s320/October+2008+080.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266790467291991986" /></a>Played on the slides...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguiHgMK8i6arhT1xa3oA1U5_O90EhNO64cvqVFIZTvB_iTWV-kTX1hALTW_gQb0eLl2IXujk8zD5vatWiHlPOZgHIIWQ34cujYRQQ_h3hRRj88y3z1JViqh_UoDFSIjZJdtyxAPsFRYq39/s1600-h/October+2008+085.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguiHgMK8i6arhT1xa3oA1U5_O90EhNO64cvqVFIZTvB_iTWV-kTX1hALTW_gQb0eLl2IXujk8zD5vatWiHlPOZgHIIWQ34cujYRQQ_h3hRRj88y3z1JViqh_UoDFSIjZJdtyxAPsFRYq39/s320/October+2008+085.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266793246420435170" /></a>And "worked" in the country store...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicP4HxXSAmwDIW6kw7_lSfc3DmlZ1IuioflN5uNrlNaEt_hV_r5MqQ-4Qy6pdNjOItTgi4kzHibAhyaGEqgrE8bTjRgTm2tLf_Twwb9xuqZg4_zG7ydv9DkrIWVorLP-dvyXGkBbhUWjTs/s1600-h/October+2008+084.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicP4HxXSAmwDIW6kw7_lSfc3DmlZ1IuioflN5uNrlNaEt_hV_r5MqQ-4Qy6pdNjOItTgi4kzHibAhyaGEqgrE8bTjRgTm2tLf_Twwb9xuqZg4_zG7ydv9DkrIWVorLP-dvyXGkBbhUWjTs/s320/October+2008+084.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266793254707793074" /></a>Next, we went through the kiddie corn maze. There were all these black and orange plastic eggs along the way with little prizes in them. Kylie found one with vampire teeth in them--she thought they were so cool.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ4UqgLOJrE5OHRkJtHQIiHBnVAd9EXTtgG9-lJ0Y1LhD3J68rJQkte5ef9R03VIZ9XxUymWUNfaio6_VztQKi5Ql-exjDlK8oTYxN7wOJ0WR77cv-trBHl8XN0G92NkKgD1lIxZfdUmaj/s1600-h/October+2008+088.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ4UqgLOJrE5OHRkJtHQIiHBnVAd9EXTtgG9-lJ0Y1LhD3J68rJQkte5ef9R03VIZ9XxUymWUNfaio6_VztQKi5Ql-exjDlK8oTYxN7wOJ0WR77cv-trBHl8XN0G92NkKgD1lIxZfdUmaj/s320/October+2008+088.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267034119213313602" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX6XCZlGVhObC-GpGiejoIUg_fbQ068WlOONMeV78W5WZPBApwJ3LS33fAXemotSXCu0cvKMkQ0WMFkobgexO2d7OzHUL0F3XxSbUi09duFCJp3QdU2ZKRoSGugmNOrgQCeyHqFRpYLNuv/s1600-h/October+2008+087.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX6XCZlGVhObC-GpGiejoIUg_fbQ068WlOONMeV78W5WZPBApwJ3LS33fAXemotSXCu0cvKMkQ0WMFkobgexO2d7OzHUL0F3XxSbUi09duFCJp3QdU2ZKRoSGugmNOrgQCeyHqFRpYLNuv/s320/October+2008+087.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267034117630975506" /></a>Next, we watched a little bit of the chicken show, where some animated chickens sing songs, tell jokes, and share interesting facts about chickens.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaVCxI5mHbFpWhite9OGiq4Of7ZHuRKTMsyPtLv8Zln4EIdgUcgxy3OEhXYzOMGiejIWLfbYNF6EXIXs6vAGKQvpUjeyQQw2QKUwtSDzrlWKJ7QHdQzqzyzh46UMkONBaymjY-eBlXqkwg/s1600-h/October+2008+090.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaVCxI5mHbFpWhite9OGiq4Of7ZHuRKTMsyPtLv8Zln4EIdgUcgxy3OEhXYzOMGiejIWLfbYNF6EXIXs6vAGKQvpUjeyQQw2QKUwtSDzrlWKJ7QHdQzqzyzh46UMkONBaymjY-eBlXqkwg/s320/October+2008+090.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267035209828610994" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6xYEN0JNRh8ze3BBQ7TA1qVWt-YOPQfCAsuBOzC_bo0WDUdFWhXGZHMkxbLyXwwKY-g0jKdywTMjcLQpNE50q8hxRV7UAcj4vm_7AWbqqYgSeRQ_ikvcHp86OhyJztaSgaTP2Y_MtXGBM/s1600-h/October+2008+089.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6xYEN0JNRh8ze3BBQ7TA1qVWt-YOPQfCAsuBOzC_bo0WDUdFWhXGZHMkxbLyXwwKY-g0jKdywTMjcLQpNE50q8hxRV7UAcj4vm_7AWbqqYgSeRQ_ikvcHp86OhyJztaSgaTP2Y_MtXGBM/s320/October+2008+089.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267035204036785666" /></a>Riding the cow train was a highlight. Cooper couldn't wait to get in and go. He kept saying, "In, in, in, in!" Aunt Jill was a good sport and took him, while I stayed out and took pics, of course.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf1qce486YK376bp7xfH8w26-fa3TQqtNlRhCSl0O31CPGdNYjPJZMjXkoy5oQmTjKyxK-DplC3UJN2c6F0qOkuV_Fk5aE795ox4yEt03rr5voxgO0KpqZ72GbDhsZ8HxcUhEAyOEqL8HB/s1600-h/October+2008+091.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf1qce486YK376bp7xfH8w26-fa3TQqtNlRhCSl0O31CPGdNYjPJZMjXkoy5oQmTjKyxK-DplC3UJN2c6F0qOkuV_Fk5aE795ox4yEt03rr5voxgO0KpqZ72GbDhsZ8HxcUhEAyOEqL8HB/s320/October+2008+091.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267036106533783266" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRSHGS6IG4WA5O3FnQMqoGMXWsw3to1J8bvp_rUbyxY7hOYePwGPaHESyAHApbxqvP1MtZK8l7I4_UqiEMccP7AnrEJNBTNjhKLRwTDlaLKVX2PCce_cdug74CEOhayEgTNVHQfCNVtnuY/s1600-h/October+2008+092.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRSHGS6IG4WA5O3FnQMqoGMXWsw3to1J8bvp_rUbyxY7hOYePwGPaHESyAHApbxqvP1MtZK8l7I4_UqiEMccP7AnrEJNBTNjhKLRwTDlaLKVX2PCce_cdug74CEOhayEgTNVHQfCNVtnuY/s320/October+2008+092.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267036095732385954" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjIJ4I70Omq3i23fkel92h-Elb8rypHzoPiK_wO8clbMKNaBDsjqtHCkFudhDcyMJaqEF0LG3gmE85m3tPcYBVFv3odgU_OyB1rMiaLlkRIGPdo3iEsfq118Ma2QrH0j51lhdEvBGxzGgU/s1600-h/October+2008+093.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjIJ4I70Omq3i23fkel92h-Elb8rypHzoPiK_wO8clbMKNaBDsjqtHCkFudhDcyMJaqEF0LG3gmE85m3tPcYBVFv3odgU_OyB1rMiaLlkRIGPdo3iEsfq118Ma2QrH0j51lhdEvBGxzGgU/s320/October+2008+093.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267036086443932242" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmU86wi2Y6JwBv0n2_2UFmiAkkmXxiJmclCKGagjTjLKuYT-9S_kwhjovCAN_nQf6Nfa4dWZmvMDZahNAwpBSA5O2pPSyQEKYFFx_KobxyVKCixjJmlgaciF0ARWq0_HRFD7Fm_dsEBh2w/s1600-h/October+2008+094.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmU86wi2Y6JwBv0n2_2UFmiAkkmXxiJmclCKGagjTjLKuYT-9S_kwhjovCAN_nQf6Nfa4dWZmvMDZahNAwpBSA5O2pPSyQEKYFFx_KobxyVKCixjJmlgaciF0ARWq0_HRFD7Fm_dsEBh2w/s320/October+2008+094.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267036074390559442" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZuAsubtMLR_qpllE9PNOjSm-H5QaG6OH8VmQ0wz-gWERuQ6g4fJMuMAUSxHngGHCtB60aSuCduhCKOsEMxoWIaGfrQu7GJqgmcjbtkL5CzjaNT9ni9r-LvLVUplvjjF8HE5tG39ODpUQ7/s1600-h/October+2008+095.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZuAsubtMLR_qpllE9PNOjSm-H5QaG6OH8VmQ0wz-gWERuQ6g4fJMuMAUSxHngGHCtB60aSuCduhCKOsEMxoWIaGfrQu7GJqgmcjbtkL5CzjaNT9ni9r-LvLVUplvjjF8HE5tG39ODpUQ7/s320/October+2008+095.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267036076614278546" /></a>We then had dinner. Kylie and Jill went over to play on Cornbelly Mountain, while Cooper and I finished eating. Then we went on the hayride, where Jill and Kylie proceeded to snap "goofy pics" with my camera. (Yeah, we can clearly see who's the wacky one in our fam. And she's passing on her talents...)<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDEqZXfm9J7WMNCiaEwmS_3xLb7HAbhKXDxT-3qLp4LvG7dNvvR3lt08W3SejJuXGH3fH9SEsqDgTd7_JVUJywqMuRm3kI-YTAk9Mb3468sVukNX_XxGHpO15aHtd5lCHcRO-5Rn3ZsuAH/s1600-h/October+2008+096.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDEqZXfm9J7WMNCiaEwmS_3xLb7HAbhKXDxT-3qLp4LvG7dNvvR3lt08W3SejJuXGH3fH9SEsqDgTd7_JVUJywqMuRm3kI-YTAk9Mb3468sVukNX_XxGHpO15aHtd5lCHcRO-5Rn3ZsuAH/s320/October+2008+096.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267040294987042002" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjADlxxpxgydxPPM81V7w_DAcq62FDmi_3cQ5yvQOjAicJtFIAIDKsupe6BkAYB_9z7SnKEOIjxKdx8AHWLtUbmddit107bf2TaPynVZmKJz50X96jEuhlovH1_FFIWIwmkEllnU6sMGhKP/s1600-h/October+2008+101.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjADlxxpxgydxPPM81V7w_DAcq62FDmi_3cQ5yvQOjAicJtFIAIDKsupe6BkAYB_9z7SnKEOIjxKdx8AHWLtUbmddit107bf2TaPynVZmKJz50X96jEuhlovH1_FFIWIwmkEllnU6sMGhKP/s320/October+2008+101.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267040289502040162" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMBbR8hVbj6hwfJTrMwZcU2q3nGFr1Uod8LVUlNX6XkXxVyC5yccfWkgFTN83VGzKOyTq_BosWhyPY3OuZG3ax0QmLZ2aQiUaOJZEjCCaRmPWtz2xblWt4iQaxrRS4bT4aMvl0IpesObTl/s1600-h/October+2008+099.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMBbR8hVbj6hwfJTrMwZcU2q3nGFr1Uod8LVUlNX6XkXxVyC5yccfWkgFTN83VGzKOyTq_BosWhyPY3OuZG3ax0QmLZ2aQiUaOJZEjCCaRmPWtz2xblWt4iQaxrRS4bT4aMvl0IpesObTl/s320/October+2008+099.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267040277695835362" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1AkwvhHAnyzthBALO4-7wR6HYLwJQuga6RxfH7tuL3RcNzD19aXRsVwC-Y3qTdl6KZaZsBLcvU7vw-oZA5YxK1hs_24q_gntbBS7UZ5r0fXmuH6BjFx-VvUVaQIAjLWqmoIukH4i-t77s/s1600-h/October+2008+100.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1AkwvhHAnyzthBALO4-7wR6HYLwJQuga6RxfH7tuL3RcNzD19aXRsVwC-Y3qTdl6KZaZsBLcvU7vw-oZA5YxK1hs_24q_gntbBS7UZ5r0fXmuH6BjFx-VvUVaQIAjLWqmoIukH4i-t77s/s320/October+2008+100.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267040272012281970" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJKzE8kwmm3uX404TsFLKnHuf2w2HNevoMa3jM1PsVkbSNfEmk4HKNMShEfI90Sq8CrwkA-ty9tlUIh1zYf5ITPjl3d2DD4mpZMwrP8iPJy89-UO-sNByPI4QpqCjdte5-2TPm79lb42Ha/s1600-h/October+2008+102.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJKzE8kwmm3uX404TsFLKnHuf2w2HNevoMa3jM1PsVkbSNfEmk4HKNMShEfI90Sq8CrwkA-ty9tlUIh1zYf5ITPjl3d2DD4mpZMwrP8iPJy89-UO-sNByPI4QpqCjdte5-2TPm79lb42Ha/s320/October+2008+102.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267040262764785954" /></a>Of course the night couldn't be complete without a balloon hat from the balloon man, some pumpkins from the pumpkin patch (sorry, no pictures; my camera started to die), and a final picture in the giant Cornbelly's rocking chair.<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZjT16IPA1DR4CeA9xgyDjE3KGOPbUjCJfzyKHlqHvI6EGWwD7p4QkD25_y1ShrN8qi02-v5Qn3a2dufwBOOP_2LuuLxfMzRKlmMoZcXbw4Rmn8BWwM-TkwXOgJc5Msj65Bz8fOctOzpl4/s1600-h/October+2008+105.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZjT16IPA1DR4CeA9xgyDjE3KGOPbUjCJfzyKHlqHvI6EGWwD7p4QkD25_y1ShrN8qi02-v5Qn3a2dufwBOOP_2LuuLxfMzRKlmMoZcXbw4Rmn8BWwM-TkwXOgJc5Msj65Bz8fOctOzpl4/s320/October+2008+105.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267042319436665970" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqo6R69QuSci4A8tKbXzS-jWxSi2VoSNhcU-JoThhK6__O9RrJ6s39gafxu_9RgIJnjvbMR9nYPnKr0cHX3ga5kOs6T8bENll9sSlcCGuyIprJJdeyaC1SCyGno38kmjVYk-nKbRSOoW8W/s1600-h/October+2008+106.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqo6R69QuSci4A8tKbXzS-jWxSi2VoSNhcU-JoThhK6__O9RrJ6s39gafxu_9RgIJnjvbMR9nYPnKr0cHX3ga5kOs6T8bENll9sSlcCGuyIprJJdeyaC1SCyGno38kmjVYk-nKbRSOoW8W/s320/October+2008+106.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267042328276799218" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0eqxV352yBlTonFH7BZXpyEedzvmjglWZViGGY4wAzsDnoX-_6F3WwxH65p707Y0WBXL8B_rfQmhSlveU4LqizpMvoWCd89cS8irDgSUkjhSSFaOzuL-s_xB4Asd8Dmj2fGof5t_c2RNm/s1600-h/October+2008+103.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0eqxV352yBlTonFH7BZXpyEedzvmjglWZViGGY4wAzsDnoX-_6F3WwxH65p707Y0WBXL8B_rfQmhSlveU4LqizpMvoWCd89cS8irDgSUkjhSSFaOzuL-s_xB4Asd8Dmj2fGof5t_c2RNm/s320/October+2008+103.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267042332002395298" /></a>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10203540993580871199noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2293899421987684194.post-31292439484156651072008-11-01T12:47:00.005-06:002008-11-01T13:40:13.734-06:00Tuna Fish?!?!I know, I know, it's been two weeks since I last blogged, but I have a good excuse. I have been so sick and pukey. At one point I weighed 9 pounds lighter than normal. Now, I'm just 7 pounds shy of my "normal" weight. I can say there does seem to be a light at the end of the morning sickness tunnel. I have not had to throw up for the last two days. Yay! Maybe I'm finally getting a gist of what my stomach will not tolerate or maybe one or all of the three drugs I'm taking are finally working for me. While I do still feel like crap much of the time, I can't tell you how nice it is to not have to see what I just ate come back up in the toilet. <br />There are only a few foods I can eat where I don't feel like I need to hang around the bathroom toilet after eating it. One is chunk light tuna out of the can. Who would have thought? I just tried it out one day after searching the pantry for something to feed my starving body and growing fetus. I remember thinking, "If this comes back up, it's not going to be good." After mixing the tiniest bit of mayo in it and slapping it on a half slice of bread with a thin slice of cheese, I ate it; oh, it was so good! I waited for the icky, fishy taste to surface in my mouth as my stomach prepared to send it back up, but it never came! <br />I have since had a half tuna fish sandwich just about everyday for lunch, and sometimes for dinner. I've added three pickles slices, and it's my little slice of heaven for now. The time after I have my tuna sandwich is the time where I can feel "okay" for a few minutes after I eat and not feel like I could just lay down and die. And, thanks to my funky eating habits, my kids are hooked on tuna now, too. Kylie actually requested to have a tuna sandwich for lunch today. Cooper ate all of his half-of-a-half tuna sandwich as well. <br />I'm hoping I can venture away from my "tried and true" morning sickness foods in the near future, but it is good to know that I can always have a tasty, healthy tuna sandwich, if nothing else!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoydqpf-3i01B6VNIoqng0fIt6a6w8-6Hxe1uOu-af83yuvm55AyEsXZ8hu1XfIunlLwteF8Ynfi92prChzi0-FfH2WN9EYePjvaN4p3G6N41t9j83jYIOmQv6bi2IY870xkjk9MUifJoJ/s1600-h/2299234840.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 86px; height: 125px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoydqpf-3i01B6VNIoqng0fIt6a6w8-6Hxe1uOu-af83yuvm55AyEsXZ8hu1XfIunlLwteF8Ynfi92prChzi0-FfH2WN9EYePjvaN4p3G6N41t9j83jYIOmQv6bi2IY870xkjk9MUifJoJ/s320/2299234840.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5263775744091019778" /></a>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10203540993580871199noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2293899421987684194.post-3539842730227393322008-10-18T08:55:00.009-06:002008-10-18T10:30:53.533-06:00Shoes, Dresses, Jewelry, Make-up, & BabiesThere's a certain someone who loves putting on dress-ups, necklaces, and jewelry, and can be found hunkered down in my closet trying on shoes. This certain someone knows what to do with make-up if he gets his hands on it. Yep, it's not Kylie, it's Cooper! <br />My sister watched my kids last night while Scott and I went out. She was telling me how he put on Kylie's pink dress-up shoes and walked around in them while he took care of his "Beebee." He actually plays more with Kylie's dress-ups and girlie things than Kylie ever did.<br />Here's my little man getting in touch with his feminine side:<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT1DHtPQfsrGnWCYYxGs5cru0ykS1SbCZAWw7_h1IrHZeDJCpmNfi2XNqDLGs2dfDyNwT9C_jNgh6UC3SKVKhEEERfZt-9Zlc9LYicQyQZt5yw-m5cXCmboYXxDnWjOgD9cE2laQJEgXo6/s1600-h/August+2008+106.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgT1DHtPQfsrGnWCYYxGs5cru0ykS1SbCZAWw7_h1IrHZeDJCpmNfi2XNqDLGs2dfDyNwT9C_jNgh6UC3SKVKhEEERfZt-9Zlc9LYicQyQZt5yw-m5cXCmboYXxDnWjOgD9cE2laQJEgXo6/s320/August+2008+106.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258513784930945826" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiv_3t52ZYTLrPUMCJsQtSs5-4C0m8QMjdD23aOiqWF_COAS6PkW6IL19gJi8nOLx9yqBemSXRr-XD2m9-aFL5mLWWGyyY4EpfjRrS9FCU8bNqC36Drk7ZgB_P4kT1NVGQ17mzX3BI4eJvg/s1600-h/August+2008+105.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWDdcWmJpWMdBnjymWOMO61ySvTBJ6Jj-QKkjFsMPn7XJmOqVRAF4Q8J5DObDCom67pQGyo9kvUuuXfuRrjv331St9-PXdcUZ_3MnrcvrPN61f1H1Kdrbe7AU7NPspj9aiwRkhZOpDBdHi/s320/August+2008+104.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258513816608910962" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVA0y_mzQ6NvTLMGr0-S0_XYTzuZyrL6DUorHWzmVNRxwPcl3ayV0TGdgJgyyb0DT5kBSxYgm0YeuKuXs4FHCPrAvyXG1snLDkOGwRW-P44zUrzRyqbio6-6xYfdAK4vdhJRx1CGOoEaFI/s1600-h/August+2008+033.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVA0y_mzQ6NvTLMGr0-S0_XYTzuZyrL6DUorHWzmVNRxwPcl3ayV0TGdgJgyyb0DT5kBSxYgm0YeuKuXs4FHCPrAvyXG1snLDkOGwRW-P44zUrzRyqbio6-6xYfdAK4vdhJRx1CGOoEaFI/s320/August+2008+033.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258515106487834994" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOv2rHLsaYG8WiQMRpmJHwx1_lxRuNqGNMu4TdUvv8Mp17ajz_CUn2p5EWnp-_mTU6K05XQFyOs1qiAAr6sN0VsF_pojXhz4bIaDHt_nykCb6VczicckNGVHJ96Ue8U_ePkcZi7E9Obq2i/s1600-h/August+2008+034.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOv2rHLsaYG8WiQMRpmJHwx1_lxRuNqGNMu4TdUvv8Mp17ajz_CUn2p5EWnp-_mTU6K05XQFyOs1qiAAr6sN0VsF_pojXhz4bIaDHt_nykCb6VczicckNGVHJ96Ue8U_ePkcZi7E9Obq2i/s320/August+2008+034.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258515114503995810" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhjZvlzsVqIrBKUxD3_-8IdbK01-gPtScGcWQp_cKISkq250WtF9DJ9I6AcGdm-spYb5U_MzX4iv_E6s-2itRKQl1BMYrKDi_QhMvw_jQt7wPAKLG2rF6Sq0AE85VRUCIyT5JTO1eY3xFo/s1600-h/July+2008+034.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhjZvlzsVqIrBKUxD3_-8IdbK01-gPtScGcWQp_cKISkq250WtF9DJ9I6AcGdm-spYb5U_MzX4iv_E6s-2itRKQl1BMYrKDi_QhMvw_jQt7wPAKLG2rF6Sq0AE85VRUCIyT5JTO1eY3xFo/s320/July+2008+034.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258515119194297138" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLNSfxcnCp4-NJVbrrYoQ8WPsra-P5nsXHS2zX4gir3tu43SWvoBs9fLaTToM3gfnLHqMbrQ1-sCmYdCVCuj0ffYHqkcriO0QppDr_XJ2-Jch517J2nvVu_5rXUQn9SnxIahpfn2BzfyU9/s1600-h/May+2008+027.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLNSfxcnCp4-NJVbrrYoQ8WPsra-P5nsXHS2zX4gir3tu43SWvoBs9fLaTToM3gfnLHqMbrQ1-sCmYdCVCuj0ffYHqkcriO0QppDr_XJ2-Jch517J2nvVu_5rXUQn9SnxIahpfn2BzfyU9/s320/May+2008+027.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258516660322001058" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR3ECqxAGREdmZf97MUBSi1S_xV5DwYo-Wo1njqngtN2LrJHQn_yx-ldli0etDUNh2EyX5Wy9VR3_jeGgiyr4V-4Y0F7OLPMiU-o85GNweLaz2z9JWI_lnCqu0xdjF5tY4b34R8oaFmoyM/s1600-h/Disneyland+and+Cooper%27s+Birthday+004.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR3ECqxAGREdmZf97MUBSi1S_xV5DwYo-Wo1njqngtN2LrJHQn_yx-ldli0etDUNh2EyX5Wy9VR3_jeGgiyr4V-4Y0F7OLPMiU-o85GNweLaz2z9JWI_lnCqu0xdjF5tY4b34R8oaFmoyM/s320/Disneyland+and+Cooper%27s+Birthday+004.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258516665362395026" /></a>Oh, he's got his male traits too, thanks to Daddy...<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzM7PhC2eDndwTW08kFDKlhU443Go_WSH3Qb0N0HJkSjwhb0AvrWlCEvK30OuCTNFJUEErEqWH9NncoMvLj37LhyphenhyphenQlIh2Zn9g6pby3VOyAf5pU1dTS5z20BZ5vN7ZusbuwkHoSNXJNoU2p/s1600-h/August+2008+101.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzM7PhC2eDndwTW08kFDKlhU443Go_WSH3Qb0N0HJkSjwhb0AvrWlCEvK30OuCTNFJUEErEqWH9NncoMvLj37LhyphenhyphenQlIh2Zn9g6pby3VOyAf5pU1dTS5z20BZ5vN7ZusbuwkHoSNXJNoU2p/s320/August+2008+101.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258517557147980962" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilRi0_N93ymtYNKzAWszR4J2S_IhY3E0AhXIOGw9eXRoWP23WhmWP768-kPTaj__KXYMO-ttpJ4LN-D-yLsA19zUv422IAmHX2cXE9iC-zFeGvFP_iAck_5Ihsdz6GLTwrxrUxkYiZX5O1/s1600-h/August+2008+102.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilRi0_N93ymtYNKzAWszR4J2S_IhY3E0AhXIOGw9eXRoWP23WhmWP768-kPTaj__KXYMO-ttpJ4LN-D-yLsA19zUv422IAmHX2cXE9iC-zFeGvFP_iAck_5Ihsdz6GLTwrxrUxkYiZX5O1/s320/August+2008+102.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5258517567903346194" /></a>Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10203540993580871199noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2293899421987684194.post-47010968090170381932008-10-08T09:07:00.003-06:002008-10-08T09:27:06.545-06:00Just Because<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-MGVzXz3T-x0qHLqiqAnzTiKNzi7HBG6cEkcJXZgiiYbIpkJSw0Iv5l4z-CmCI1pwG5XNJEpXKhkwwgVIXrOJ9x2Ga94nBluHqts5vW3RZzgKtaKFfT5B-xWDMS6OvL0MdTV198nvs3e2/s1600-h/October+2008+001.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-MGVzXz3T-x0qHLqiqAnzTiKNzi7HBG6cEkcJXZgiiYbIpkJSw0Iv5l4z-CmCI1pwG5XNJEpXKhkwwgVIXrOJ9x2Ga94nBluHqts5vW3RZzgKtaKFfT5B-xWDMS6OvL0MdTV198nvs3e2/s320/October+2008+001.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5254804793139378514" /></a>Look what my darling husband brought home for me! I think he likes me! No, actually, I know he loves me...I've been shirking my domestic responsibilities lately, because I can't seem to do anything productive for longer than 5 minutes before I have to go kneel in the bathroom and hug the toilet. So, my wonderful husband CLEANED the entire house from top to bottom, toilets, tubs, sinks, floors, kids' rooms, everything!!! He also did ALL of the laundry; he sorted, washed, folded, and put it all away. AND he's made dinner pretty much every night for a few weeks now. I seriously have the best husband in the world and I love him so much!Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10203540993580871199noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2293899421987684194.post-20168446142182294642008-10-02T09:02:00.002-06:002008-10-02T09:51:14.048-06:00First Doctor VisitWell, I'm now 8 weeks along and sicker than ever. I went to my OB on Monday and he actually looked to see if there were two babies in there. Thankfully, there's only one! The heart rate was 173. I'm thinking it's a girl. I was this sick when I was pregnant with Kylie. Or, maybe I just feel sicker because I don't get to lay in bed all day like I could then.<br />Anyhow, can I just tell you how much I love my OB?!? I think I have a crush on him...okay, I do have a crush on him. But how can I not? He's this cute little Japanese guy, Dr. Yamashiro; we call him "Yami" or "Yamo" at work. He calls me "girl"...like, "what's going on girl?" He always tells Scott, "Good deposit," every time we go in for our first pregnancy visit. Once, he told me I needed some pelvic rest, (meaning no sex), because he was "just wrecking the cervix!" (Like my husband needs any more of an ego boost in that area! Ha, ha.) Most of all, he was there for me when I lost my two pregnancies. He's just the most caring, concerned doctor I've ever had. I couldn't ask for any one better!Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10203540993580871199noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2293899421987684194.post-11178099788753619712008-09-20T12:14:00.012-06:002008-09-21T12:44:25.484-06:006 Weeks Pregnant=Sick & EmotionalYeah, so I'm 6 1/2 weeks pregnant and I'm so sick! It's so much harder to do this being pregnant thing when you have to get up in the morning to take care of your kids. <br />I had an especially crappy morning that started with a 5 minute vomiting/dry heaving session, followed by a pounding headache, and an overpowering, crippling sense of nausea not relieved by the aforementioned puke session. I barely made breakfast--pancakes for the kids and a piece of dry toast for me, fed Cooper his pancake, and then went outside to eat my toast.<br />As I sat there, I started thinking about how I seemed to get more miserable and sick with each passing day and how I still needed to take care of the kids I have. I wondered why God made it so that women have to feel like crap when they get pregnant. Wasn't there some way He could have made the hormones, or whatever other bodily changes that occur during pregnancy, not affect us so much? Why does it affect some women and not others? And after thinking about all of this, feeling miserable, and being riddled with pregnancy hormones, I started to cry. I mean, like a real sobbing, hard cry... <br />I had left the door open, and Cooper came walking out. He saw how sad I was and immediately wrapped his little arms around my neck and pressed his chubby cheek against mine. This made me cry even more, so he held me tighter for probably a good two minutes. Then he pulled away and looked at me with his big brown eyes, said "Momma?," and then smiled his contagious little smile. I had to smile back. Who would have thought that a 19-month-old toddler could be so empathetic and caring?!? Could he really understand my feelings in his little egocentric, self-centered world? Maybe for that one little moment, he did. I so appreciated that precious little moment, and it made me feel better emotionally, though not physically.<br />I have since decided, today, to try to do as much as I would have done had I not been sick. I have a husband and kids to love and take care of, a house to clean, a job to work, friends and family to talk to, church callings to attend to, and a slew of other reponsibilities. If I have to puke and cry the whole way through it, then so be it.Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10203540993580871199noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2293899421987684194.post-15671027918757959932008-09-15T14:40:00.005-06:002008-09-15T15:41:50.978-06:00New Floors!Yay! We got a new laminate floor put in last week, hence the reason I haven't been able to blog until now. We ripped up our crappy, cheap carpet that came with our house and put down this:<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHYmldfbtryazx51GgnV0whHodWG0wSUW6R3erGUTE2ibXXC_u9uKHyP0zRXmdAtuaJBJ-3wrIoHHAj-2pR_mivA-nw2gjfTpFylGmQBxkalesC6wkaKBLLlBVg4hZ49N94JJQYcblbiVi/s1600-h/September+2008+004.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHYmldfbtryazx51GgnV0whHodWG0wSUW6R3erGUTE2ibXXC_u9uKHyP0zRXmdAtuaJBJ-3wrIoHHAj-2pR_mivA-nw2gjfTpFylGmQBxkalesC6wkaKBLLlBVg4hZ49N94JJQYcblbiVi/s320/September+2008+004.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246354628084654370" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOpZhUb3pqWA7UBsKw05Mq4I1Yr2IgAkmQHFcvxJYCcCFd7DMrjuMvV9xxiJifhcdMZn9VB7ZA0-iz0OWhASBTBDKCVJFRcZxMYrDjdZNTRIr_OruN0-jYiV2qWqsizUh7I2fyTrn_jd5z/s1600-h/September+2008+001.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOpZhUb3pqWA7UBsKw05Mq4I1Yr2IgAkmQHFcvxJYCcCFd7DMrjuMvV9xxiJifhcdMZn9VB7ZA0-iz0OWhASBTBDKCVJFRcZxMYrDjdZNTRIr_OruN0-jYiV2qWqsizUh7I2fyTrn_jd5z/s320/September+2008+001.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246354622346492818" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbQc4z2Kv1SJlXPhAF2fq2vUrYI6erwrYymYRB6SnxU1y4tOqEgzcRRO9C8BgV0v9tDmq3GPANyO2uptQq2P5horm-Tbqn7ixLRh4572xYUG28FJTfpy21FuKraLcRy6P02vfB8ej-uttK/s1600-h/September+2008+002.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbQc4z2Kv1SJlXPhAF2fq2vUrYI6erwrYymYRB6SnxU1y4tOqEgzcRRO9C8BgV0v9tDmq3GPANyO2uptQq2P5horm-Tbqn7ixLRh4572xYUG28FJTfpy21FuKraLcRy6P02vfB8ej-uttK/s320/September+2008+002.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246354712193512930" /></a>So far, it's been a piece of cake to clean. i.e. It's so much easier to wipe up Cooper's mashed banana off this floor than to scrub it out of carpet! The kids love playing on it. We all got our socks on one night and slid back and forth across it before we put all the furniture back in. (Dang! I forgot to take pictures!)<br />Now, we just need new couches, new carpet upstairs, mud room furniture, bar stools, new furniture for Cooper's room, etc., etc., etc.!Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10203540993580871199noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2293899421987684194.post-66462857215846583182008-09-01T10:03:00.018-06:002008-09-02T11:27:23.231-06:00It's The Forever Kind of Love<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw4wIVOS2DxnaNKIcB3vu-kpUvKy0GKRHXRekexXr69eegrRV7yKsrwf4WJf4GjoJ10rOYF9SRuWQwlzZMuHmq5Wr2u3lsrzqgkx1vxpjV07vPSQN5Isk6nuN5m3K98Iu4j2CcXiQc_KZS/s1600-h/salt_lake_lds_mormon_temple%5B1%5D.jpg"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw4wIVOS2DxnaNKIcB3vu-kpUvKy0GKRHXRekexXr69eegrRV7yKsrwf4WJf4GjoJ10rOYF9SRuWQwlzZMuHmq5Wr2u3lsrzqgkx1vxpjV07vPSQN5Isk6nuN5m3K98Iu4j2CcXiQc_KZS/s320/salt_lake_lds_mormon_temple%5B1%5D.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5241476872416591474" /></a>I copied this directly from my sister-in-law's blog (including the blog title), because I was so touched by what she said about her belief in eternal families. The things she said also hold true for me as well. I'm so grateful to KNOW that our family is forever. I'm so grateful to KNOW that no matter what happens to us or our children down the road, we will be together again someday. My heart breaks for this couple who lost their baby boy just 2 days before his due date. But it's true, as mentioned on the blog, they learned so much from him from the short time he was here on earth. His mission in this life was fulfilled. I know that their loss is made more bearable with their knowledge of the Gospel and the knowledge that their family is eternally bound through sacred ordinances.<br />This is what Sarah, my sis-in-law, wrote:<br />"So my friend, Meagan, posted a link from her blog to another blog. She doesn't know these people and neither do I, but their story is amazing and very humbling to me. Watch the video on their page & read the background to it. It has truly made me grateful for many things. Specifically my family. I am so blessed to have Amber. I know I don't recognize that every day and I don't always feel 100% blessed but I truly am. Even more so, I'm grateful and blessed to be sealed to my family for eternity. I do know that families can be together forever. I don't know how I could go through life not knowing if I'd ever be able to see the ones I love again. It'd be to painful to not have that knowledge. I'm so grateful to my Heavenly Father for giving me that blessing and that knowledge. And I know that not all of you have my same beliefs and that's ok. But I just wanted all of you to know that it's true -- families are meant to be family forever. But please, go this link and seriously -- no matter what religion or faith you have or don't have, you're going to be touched. And it WILL make you cry so grab some Kleenex."<br /><br />Here's the link: http://www.babymckallister.blogspot.com<br /><br />(You'll have to copy and paste the link. I can't seem to make it active.)Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10203540993580871199noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2293899421987684194.post-31022546609330126472008-08-29T16:00:00.001-06:002008-08-29T12:37:56.187-06:00I Got Tagged!Thanks to my friend, Dawn, for this fun tag. Here goes!<br /><br /><strong>20 years ago:</strong><br />1. I was 10 years old and starting the 5th grade in Mr. Wood's class. It was a fun class. Susan Williams, Hilary Jennings, Mike Hales, Brandon Rasmussen, & Tyler Okerlund were all in it. <br />2. I was known as Kimbo, thanks to Mr. Wood's crazy song, "Kimbo the Clown." It was embarrassing! I hated that song!<br />3. I started to wear just one contact. I had one really bad eye and the other one was a perfect 20/20.<br />4. My youngest sister, Leslie, was born in February. I had lots of fun playing with her. <br /><br /><strong>10 years ago:</strong><br />1. I was attending Southern Utah University and had just decided that I wanted to go to nursing school. <br />2. I was dating my husband-to-be, Scott.<br />3. I was working at Cedar Breaks Lodge in Brianhead as a server/hostess.<br />4. I started a difficult cross-stitch that I ended up working on-and-off for the next ten years. (See "This Year" list.)<br /><br /><strong>5 years ago:</strong><br />1. We were living in Paradise Valley, AZ while Scott was attending Scottsdale Culinary School.<br />2. I was working full-time nights at Mayo Clinic Hospital on the Neuro and GU/Orthopedics floors. <br />3. I had an almost 5-month-old daughter.<br />4. We were the Sunbeam teachers in our ward. We had 10 rowdy, rambunctious kids in our class.<br /><br /><strong>3 years ago:</strong> <br />1. We were living in an apartment in Murray, Utah.<br />2. I was working full-time nights at St. Mark's Hospital on a GI floor and working mainly with gastric bypass patients.<br />3. We were saving for a house.<br />4. We suffered the loss of our baby boy after 17 weeks of pregnancy.<br /><br /><strong>1 year ago: </strong><br />1. We bought our first home in Daybreak, Utah.<br />2. I had a 4-year-old daughter who could read 3rd-grade level books.<br />3. I had a 6-month old baby boy. <br />4. I was working nights at St. Mark's Hospital in OB/GYN. <br /><br /><strong>This year:</strong><br />1. I ran my first half-marathon in April.<br />2. I finished that dumb cross-stitch that I started 10 years ago, but never finished prior to this because the picture and the cross-stitch pattern didn't match. I ended up finishing it solely by looking at the picture. It was time-consuming and a huge relief when I finally got it done. (Now that it is done, I don't know what to do with it. It doesn't match any of my decor!)<br />3. We went to Disneyland--the kids' first time going.<br />4. I read all of the Twilight books in 1 1/2 weeks.<br /><br /><strong>Yesterday:</strong><br />1. I got Kylie ready for school, took her to school, and picked her up from school.<br />2. I worked out to my "The Firm" video.<br />3. I studied for my Neonatal Resuscitation certification class and completed my adoption case study assignment for work.<br />4. I worked a 12-hour graveyard shift after taking Kylie to "Skate Night" at her school.<br /><br /><strong>Today: </strong><br />1. I wrote this blog.<br />2. I went to Target to shop for a birthday present and to Harmon's for food for dinner. Then I went to Hobby Lobby to spend more money!<br />3. I cleaned up after Cooper's string of messes, until he finally went down for his nap.<br />4. I washed the Durango.<br /><br /><strong>Tomorrow:</strong> <br />1. I will take Kylie to a birthday party. <br />2. I will take Kylie & Cooper to the library to check out some new books. <br />3. I will practice the piano for the Stake Baptism next Saturday.<br />4. I will paint Kylie's letters white for her room and finish some more hair clips.<br /><br /><strong>Next year:</strong> <br />1. I will run a marathon. <br />2. I will be vacationing in San Diego in July with Scott's family.<br />3. We will add baby #3 to our family. (Don't get any ideas. I'm NOT pregnant! This is called family planning!) <br />4. Our basement will be finished.<br /><br />I tag Sarah, Gail, Jennie, Karen, & Becky.Kimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10203540993580871199noreply@blogger.com3