Our Family - Nov. 2014
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Camping / Quilt / Other Random Pics!
Here are finally some pictures since I haven't posted any for quite awhile! :o) We have lots of ones from camping and then one of our now walking all over the place little Daniel 'vacuuming' my kitchen! Then, to finish up there are a few pictures I've taken so far of the stages of making Lydia's quilt! I got two rows sewn today after cutting out all the fabric yesterday! It's been so much fun! :o) Anyway, here they are and enjoy!!
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
31 Weeks ALREADY?!
Goodness! Sometimes I can barely believe that our little girl is already 31 weeks along! It's hard to believe that we only have 9 or 10 more weeks to go, even though I know that usually those last weeks take the longest from our previous experience with Daniel. :o) In some ways I'm freaking out though because I know that we still have SO much to do! I think Scott is going to try to 'fix' our crib that we had bought at a yard sale awhile back, because we found out that it is a drop-side. :o( They had said it wasn't but the lady we talked to had actually gotten it from her sister... and I didn't know what to look for to see what it was. It wasn't one that had been recalled, but I would still feel much better if it would not budge for us! So, since we'll probably just throw it away instead of resale or give to anyone anyway, we figured Scott could always try to screw / bolt it together so that it wouldn't budge and we could see if that works. It's such a nice crib, so I hope it works! Anyway, that's the first step to accomplish so we can get that put up in her room! Otherwise, the beginning of August we'll be giving my parents the couch that is in her room now since I have decided that it would just not fit with everything else very well... :o( Then we can move everything into their places and get the changing table out of Daniel's room and switch it with a dresser that we now have in Lydia's room. Then I can decorate the walls, hopefully soon put up the quilt I am making (YAY!), and add the other things people have been making for her room! Oh! And repaint a bookshelf that my dad had made me when I was a little girl... it is blue right now so that just won't really go with her decorations so we'll probably be painting it a cream color or something different. I really want Scott to build something for her, too, since he had built Daniel's bookshelf for him, so I have been looking up things online built out of wood and think I have found something cool for him to build! :o) I just need to show it to him now!
Other than that, I still need to buy hangars and start hanging up all her clothes we have gotten so far from yard sales, friends, and thrift stores. I'm getting really excited for my baby shower, which will be in just 4 1/2 weeks! That'll be fun to get all the final touches and fun things then! I'm also working as hard as I can on her crocheted blanket, which I am over half-way through. I should take a picture of the progress so far, although just to warn everyone, it is a VERY simple one! :o) Not too exciting, but it'll look better once I do a border of a different color on it, too! I just washed and ironed the material for her quilt today, and I'm looking very forward to getting together with some friends tomorrow to work on cutting out all the material and maybe even start sewing it together! My goal is to get all of the sewing together done by the end of next week and then I'll have three or four weeks to work on quilting!!! :o) I'll try to take pictures at the various stages so everyone can see those, too! I love the material. It'll make her room so bright and cheerful!
I experienced what I think was my first pregnancy vertigo today, which wasn't much fun! :o( I never got dizzy or lightheaded like at all with Daniel, so when I started getting that way this morning I wasn't so sure what it was from! I talked to my midwife, though, after it had lasted an hour and she said to drink lots of fluids and keep my feet up, so I did. My awesome mother-in-law came and watched Daniel for me for a few hours so I could take a nap and after I woke up I have been feeling great so far! Hopefully I won't get it again! The hardest thing is taking care of Daniel while feeling so dizzy! I felt like I was going to fall over just carrying him around! ;o(
Soooo, for other news!!!!
We went on our very first 'real' camping trip (not in a cabin) as a family this last weekend! (The first time was when Daniel was 5 weeks old, but we stayed in a cabin so I don't really call that too roughing it.) We took our new pop-up camper and it was SO much fun! We stayed up at a place 30 min. past Paonia up in the mountains called Erikson Springs and were very thankful that they had spots open considering you can't reserve anything and it was 4th of July weekend! But, we got a perfect spot and enjoyed setting up the camper and then making dinner Friday night up in the beautiful mountains! Daniel loved sitting on the benches and beds inside the camper while I set up all the kitchen stuff and made the camper more like 'home' inside while Scott grilled out BBQ chicken and made mac n' cheese! We also had lettuce from our garden which was fun and delicious and enjoyed eating outside under all the trees! Daniel fell asleep very quickly around 8:30 and Scott and I enjoyed a campfire and read our book for awhile outside until we finally went to bed around 10:30. We all slept until 6:30 when a little someone woke us up, and we began our day with some delicious cinnamon rolls from the Amish Bakery in Delta, bacon, and eggs! (Scott is quite the camping cook! He was amazing!)
We hung out and took a walk that morning and then in time for Daniel's nap we headed into Paonia, driving around awhile to give Daniel more naptime and us a chance to see the area. We went to the Cherry Days festival there and walked around the booths for a little while before playing for quite awhile on the playground equipment. Daniel swung for a LONG time on the swings - his very favorite - and after we were ready for something different (we as in Scott and I, definitely not Daniel), we bought a bag of cherries and enjoyed eating those while we sat in the grass and listened to music. Daniel pushed around his stroller for awhile (he loves doing that - it is so much cooler than sitting in the stroller!) and we left shortly before lunch to head to City Market for more ice and some things for dinner (we got stuff for chili) and then went to the Diner in town for lunch. That was delicious, especially the amazing sundae for dessert!
We drove back to the campsite after that and tried to put Daniel down for a nap which did not work out (either it was because he was in a new place and doesn't always nap well in his pack n' play or it might have been because the camper was SUPER hot inside at that point of the afternoon!), so we ended up just playing with him before making chili for dinner and having that. Daniel had a great time picking up rocks, sticks, etc. around the site and bringing them to us one at a time or putting them in a bowl and mixing them up with a spoon. :o)
He ended up going down for bed by 6:30 which was earlier than we really wanted but he was exhausted after not having his nap. All was well after that until Scott and I headed for bed around 9:30 and something must have woken Daniel up because he woke up crying and screaming for awhile until I finally couldn't handle it anymore so I got up and walked him around until he almost fell asleep on me. I put him back in the pack n' play, he fell back asleep, and then once I was falling asleep he woke up again screaming! This happened at least 3 or 4 times and I have no idea what time it was when we finally could not handle it anymore so Scott moved over to the other bed and Daniel slept with me for the rest of the night. Goodness! It was pretty crazy, but I do love cuddling with my little buddy! :o)
Sunday we basically just ate breakfast, packed up, and then while Scott loaded and put down the pop-up, I walked Daniel around and around while he picked up stick after stick and weed wacked all the plants! ;o) He was too cute! We headed out and although our plan was to stop somewhere for a picnic lunch, we ended up driving all the way back to GJ because Daniel took a LONG, much needed nap in the car! We stopped at a park in GJ because I really wanted my picnic (lol), and ate sandwiches and let Daniel swing some more before heading back to Fruita! It was a great weekend, but goodness, it takes awhile to recover from a camping trip! Being 31 weeks pregnant doesn't make that any better, either! ;o)
Okay, I need to go check my laundry and Scott is about home, so I will talk to you all later! Ohhhh, I'll try to put some pictures on later, too! I know it's been awhile. Just don't have time right now.
Other than that, I still need to buy hangars and start hanging up all her clothes we have gotten so far from yard sales, friends, and thrift stores. I'm getting really excited for my baby shower, which will be in just 4 1/2 weeks! That'll be fun to get all the final touches and fun things then! I'm also working as hard as I can on her crocheted blanket, which I am over half-way through. I should take a picture of the progress so far, although just to warn everyone, it is a VERY simple one! :o) Not too exciting, but it'll look better once I do a border of a different color on it, too! I just washed and ironed the material for her quilt today, and I'm looking very forward to getting together with some friends tomorrow to work on cutting out all the material and maybe even start sewing it together! My goal is to get all of the sewing together done by the end of next week and then I'll have three or four weeks to work on quilting!!! :o) I'll try to take pictures at the various stages so everyone can see those, too! I love the material. It'll make her room so bright and cheerful!
I experienced what I think was my first pregnancy vertigo today, which wasn't much fun! :o( I never got dizzy or lightheaded like at all with Daniel, so when I started getting that way this morning I wasn't so sure what it was from! I talked to my midwife, though, after it had lasted an hour and she said to drink lots of fluids and keep my feet up, so I did. My awesome mother-in-law came and watched Daniel for me for a few hours so I could take a nap and after I woke up I have been feeling great so far! Hopefully I won't get it again! The hardest thing is taking care of Daniel while feeling so dizzy! I felt like I was going to fall over just carrying him around! ;o(
Soooo, for other news!!!!
We went on our very first 'real' camping trip (not in a cabin) as a family this last weekend! (The first time was when Daniel was 5 weeks old, but we stayed in a cabin so I don't really call that too roughing it.) We took our new pop-up camper and it was SO much fun! We stayed up at a place 30 min. past Paonia up in the mountains called Erikson Springs and were very thankful that they had spots open considering you can't reserve anything and it was 4th of July weekend! But, we got a perfect spot and enjoyed setting up the camper and then making dinner Friday night up in the beautiful mountains! Daniel loved sitting on the benches and beds inside the camper while I set up all the kitchen stuff and made the camper more like 'home' inside while Scott grilled out BBQ chicken and made mac n' cheese! We also had lettuce from our garden which was fun and delicious and enjoyed eating outside under all the trees! Daniel fell asleep very quickly around 8:30 and Scott and I enjoyed a campfire and read our book for awhile outside until we finally went to bed around 10:30. We all slept until 6:30 when a little someone woke us up, and we began our day with some delicious cinnamon rolls from the Amish Bakery in Delta, bacon, and eggs! (Scott is quite the camping cook! He was amazing!)
We hung out and took a walk that morning and then in time for Daniel's nap we headed into Paonia, driving around awhile to give Daniel more naptime and us a chance to see the area. We went to the Cherry Days festival there and walked around the booths for a little while before playing for quite awhile on the playground equipment. Daniel swung for a LONG time on the swings - his very favorite - and after we were ready for something different (we as in Scott and I, definitely not Daniel), we bought a bag of cherries and enjoyed eating those while we sat in the grass and listened to music. Daniel pushed around his stroller for awhile (he loves doing that - it is so much cooler than sitting in the stroller!) and we left shortly before lunch to head to City Market for more ice and some things for dinner (we got stuff for chili) and then went to the Diner in town for lunch. That was delicious, especially the amazing sundae for dessert!
We drove back to the campsite after that and tried to put Daniel down for a nap which did not work out (either it was because he was in a new place and doesn't always nap well in his pack n' play or it might have been because the camper was SUPER hot inside at that point of the afternoon!), so we ended up just playing with him before making chili for dinner and having that. Daniel had a great time picking up rocks, sticks, etc. around the site and bringing them to us one at a time or putting them in a bowl and mixing them up with a spoon. :o)
He ended up going down for bed by 6:30 which was earlier than we really wanted but he was exhausted after not having his nap. All was well after that until Scott and I headed for bed around 9:30 and something must have woken Daniel up because he woke up crying and screaming for awhile until I finally couldn't handle it anymore so I got up and walked him around until he almost fell asleep on me. I put him back in the pack n' play, he fell back asleep, and then once I was falling asleep he woke up again screaming! This happened at least 3 or 4 times and I have no idea what time it was when we finally could not handle it anymore so Scott moved over to the other bed and Daniel slept with me for the rest of the night. Goodness! It was pretty crazy, but I do love cuddling with my little buddy! :o)
Sunday we basically just ate breakfast, packed up, and then while Scott loaded and put down the pop-up, I walked Daniel around and around while he picked up stick after stick and weed wacked all the plants! ;o) He was too cute! We headed out and although our plan was to stop somewhere for a picnic lunch, we ended up driving all the way back to GJ because Daniel took a LONG, much needed nap in the car! We stopped at a park in GJ because I really wanted my picnic (lol), and ate sandwiches and let Daniel swing some more before heading back to Fruita! It was a great weekend, but goodness, it takes awhile to recover from a camping trip! Being 31 weeks pregnant doesn't make that any better, either! ;o)
Okay, I need to go check my laundry and Scott is about home, so I will talk to you all later! Ohhhh, I'll try to put some pictures on later, too! I know it's been awhile. Just don't have time right now.
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
14 months and 1 week old!
Hello little guy!
So, Mommy is sitting here thinking all about the great achievements you have accomplished this past month! I still can't believe how much you have been growing and growing and learning so many new things! Having kids could really never be boring I have decided, not if we as parents pay attention to every new thing that you learn and do because then it is always an example of what God has blessed us with through you! Daniel, you are 14 months old now (and 1 week, actually) and just growing and growing! You did lots of cool things for the first time this past month, including your very first plane ride (actually six different planes) to Hawaii and back, seeing and playing in the ocean for the first time, walking without assistance (even if it has only been two to five steps at once maybe a total of like 10 times so far), seeing and getting scared by your first guy dressed in a big animal costume (the State Farm bear at your friend, Connor's, birthday party), climbing ALL over the place (up on couches, chairs, boxes, tables, the stairs, etc.), climbing DOWN from things the RIGHT way (from couches, chairs, beds, stairs, etc.), opening doors all over our house (you love our door handles because they are the easy ones to open, although you still have to get on your tip-toes), sweeping (you will push the big push-broom all over the garage without any help!), saying "dog", "baby", "eat", "please", and various other words from time to time, and so many other things that I can't even think of right now! This has definitely been a big month of learning new things for you!
You love walking around all over the place with your walker and fire truck and holding onto our hands / fingers. You also still love to go on walks and play outside and you could swim all day and be okay with it because you LOVE LOVE water! A new thing that you have especially enjoyed in the past few weeks has been 'cooking' yummy 'food' for Mommy and Daddy! You will cook up a storm by measuring out puzzle pieces, dumping them into a big bowl, stirring them with a wooden spoon, and taking them out with the spoon or a spatula and serving them up on a plate. You will bring us 'bite' after 'bite' of this imaginary food knowing that we always seem to like it. :o) You also love to tickle people's feet, especially, which you got from your daddy tickling your feet. :o) You will touch their feet real fast and start to laugh, thinking that that must tickle them as much as it tickles you when daddy does it to your toes. Lol.
You eat anything and everything and definitely always seems to have quite the appetite! The other day you ate an entire half of a hamburger, fixings and all. You LOVE meat, bread, any types of fruit, and sweets, of course... :o) You will eat more veggies than you did before, but your favorites are definitely still sweet potatoes, steamed carrots, raw green pepper, and occasionally some others from time to time.
Oh! Yes! The other thing you have been very into lately is cleaning up stuff, which is a very good thing! Mommy sometimes has to get you started, but then you do such a great job picking up your toys and putting them where they go. Yesterday we cleaned up all your toys in the living room and then Mommy started putting away ones in your room when you disappeared back into the living room and came back with a toy and then an envelope that was left on the floor in there, very happily standing up and putting it on your bookshelf to help clean up. :o) Then, you continued on by bringing me one little piece of rolly-polly or trash or string or piece of carpet at a time from near the front door as you crawled back and forth back and forth cleaning up the floor over there. :o) You were so cute!
Daniel, you are GREAT at taking naps! Definitely one of the things you do best! :o) You take two great naps a day, usually at least 2 hours for each one, which is nice for mommy to be able to get things done, take a break, or nap myself, and I have really enjoyed it because you go down so much easier than ever before, sometimes playing with your teddy for awhile before falling asleep.
The other thing you have really been enjoying is dancing, which I actually just blogged about in my last post! You will dance and move to almost any song you listen to, even if it's just to a little rhythm and not even a song! The other night we were watching a Disney movie and eating popcorn (that was your first ever small bits of popcorn and you LOVED it) with some friends and you were dancing up a storm, moving your hips, bobbing your head, swaying, and raising your arms. It was way too cute! :o) Lol. You were cracking us up and I could have watched you dance all day!
Well, there is so much more I could say about you and what you have been up to, but I need to end sometime! ;o) I'm so excited for this next month with you, especially to see what new things you learn! Maybe you'll be walking more than the occasional steps when we trick you into them. :o)
We love you SOOOO much!!!
Love,
Mommy
So, Mommy is sitting here thinking all about the great achievements you have accomplished this past month! I still can't believe how much you have been growing and growing and learning so many new things! Having kids could really never be boring I have decided, not if we as parents pay attention to every new thing that you learn and do because then it is always an example of what God has blessed us with through you! Daniel, you are 14 months old now (and 1 week, actually) and just growing and growing! You did lots of cool things for the first time this past month, including your very first plane ride (actually six different planes) to Hawaii and back, seeing and playing in the ocean for the first time, walking without assistance (even if it has only been two to five steps at once maybe a total of like 10 times so far), seeing and getting scared by your first guy dressed in a big animal costume (the State Farm bear at your friend, Connor's, birthday party), climbing ALL over the place (up on couches, chairs, boxes, tables, the stairs, etc.), climbing DOWN from things the RIGHT way (from couches, chairs, beds, stairs, etc.), opening doors all over our house (you love our door handles because they are the easy ones to open, although you still have to get on your tip-toes), sweeping (you will push the big push-broom all over the garage without any help!), saying "dog", "baby", "eat", "please", and various other words from time to time, and so many other things that I can't even think of right now! This has definitely been a big month of learning new things for you!
You love walking around all over the place with your walker and fire truck and holding onto our hands / fingers. You also still love to go on walks and play outside and you could swim all day and be okay with it because you LOVE LOVE water! A new thing that you have especially enjoyed in the past few weeks has been 'cooking' yummy 'food' for Mommy and Daddy! You will cook up a storm by measuring out puzzle pieces, dumping them into a big bowl, stirring them with a wooden spoon, and taking them out with the spoon or a spatula and serving them up on a plate. You will bring us 'bite' after 'bite' of this imaginary food knowing that we always seem to like it. :o) You also love to tickle people's feet, especially, which you got from your daddy tickling your feet. :o) You will touch their feet real fast and start to laugh, thinking that that must tickle them as much as it tickles you when daddy does it to your toes. Lol.
You eat anything and everything and definitely always seems to have quite the appetite! The other day you ate an entire half of a hamburger, fixings and all. You LOVE meat, bread, any types of fruit, and sweets, of course... :o) You will eat more veggies than you did before, but your favorites are definitely still sweet potatoes, steamed carrots, raw green pepper, and occasionally some others from time to time.
Oh! Yes! The other thing you have been very into lately is cleaning up stuff, which is a very good thing! Mommy sometimes has to get you started, but then you do such a great job picking up your toys and putting them where they go. Yesterday we cleaned up all your toys in the living room and then Mommy started putting away ones in your room when you disappeared back into the living room and came back with a toy and then an envelope that was left on the floor in there, very happily standing up and putting it on your bookshelf to help clean up. :o) Then, you continued on by bringing me one little piece of rolly-polly or trash or string or piece of carpet at a time from near the front door as you crawled back and forth back and forth cleaning up the floor over there. :o) You were so cute!
Daniel, you are GREAT at taking naps! Definitely one of the things you do best! :o) You take two great naps a day, usually at least 2 hours for each one, which is nice for mommy to be able to get things done, take a break, or nap myself, and I have really enjoyed it because you go down so much easier than ever before, sometimes playing with your teddy for awhile before falling asleep.
The other thing you have really been enjoying is dancing, which I actually just blogged about in my last post! You will dance and move to almost any song you listen to, even if it's just to a little rhythm and not even a song! The other night we were watching a Disney movie and eating popcorn (that was your first ever small bits of popcorn and you LOVED it) with some friends and you were dancing up a storm, moving your hips, bobbing your head, swaying, and raising your arms. It was way too cute! :o) Lol. You were cracking us up and I could have watched you dance all day!
Well, there is so much more I could say about you and what you have been up to, but I need to end sometime! ;o) I'm so excited for this next month with you, especially to see what new things you learn! Maybe you'll be walking more than the occasional steps when we trick you into them. :o)
We love you SOOOO much!!!
Love,
Mommy
Monday, June 27, 2011
Our Dancin' Daniel
So we have known this for awhile, but our Daniel LOVES music and loves to dance to almost any beat he hears! Right now he is sitting on his fire truck and pushing the buttons that make alarm and music noises and then he dances to it, bobbing his head back and forth and swaying his body as he sits on the truck. :o) He is so funny because even if he hears a little bit of music or a beat on a commercial, he will dance to that! Last night we were hanging out with our friends, David and Jessica, and because our little guy was really happy the entire time over at their place, we were able to eat a delicious dinner, hang out and talk, and then watch The Princess and the Frog. If you've watched that movie, you know that it has quite a lot of songs and singing in it, which Daniel LOVED! He stood up for awhile eating bits of popcorn (loved that) while he watched the movie, full on dancing whenever music was playing! We were all dying laughing watching him move his hips, shoulders, and head, and lifting his hands in the air as he danced it out. I so wish we had a video camera on us because it was super cute! I'm not sure where he gets all of his dance moves other than the one he does sitting down, which is just the small shoulder moves left and right as he bobs his head (that's from mommy - lol). Maybe he'll be our little musical boy!
Our week has been really good, although it did seem extra long after getting back from Denver. I can't even remember everything we did right now... let's see. Monday we had small group that evening, which was great to see everyone again! We talked about what we wanted to study over the summer and decided to read through the book of Ecclesiastes, listening / watching occasional podcasts, DVDs, and talks that speakers have done on it. I'm excited because I've never studied anything on this book before, so it should be interesting! I'm also excited because our friends, Laura and Brandon (who are in town for the summer), are going to be joining us, so that will be extra fun!
Tuesday night I had my girls' Bible study over at our place because the regular host was out of town for the week. That went well - we had lots of good conversation on the book "Crazy Love" that we have been going over.
Daniel and I have been having fun during the days, too, which has been fun. He has been in a very big 'cooking' mood lately so I got down some bowls, spoons, plates, spatulas, and containers for him to play with and he has kept very busy cooking, serving food to me, and greatly enjoying the entire process! I just ordered a few books on Toddler Activities online which came in a few days ago, so I've been having fun reading through those and am working on adding to my craft supply and working on a schedule to keep Daniel busy with new activities and things each day. Makes me feel like a teacher again! He is still taking two naps a day, so it's a little hard finding enough time to do much, but even a few minutes a day doing something new and fun would be great! :o) (Oh, that also reminds me... my little boy is now 14 months old - I need to write a new 'letter' on here, updating everyone on his new achievements! How the months have flown by! Crazy!
Wednesday I had a chiropractor appointment at noon because my hips, legs, and lower back have been killing me ever since Hawaii, and was worse after all the walking and stuff in Denver. :o( While I was there, Daniel hung out with his Aunt Amanda and cousin, Vienna, which he LOVED! We are excited about getting together with them again sometime soon... maybe on Wednesday we can go swimming at Lincoln Pool with them since it's free day for kids! Anyway, that evening was softball for Scott, so we went to the game with him (they WON!!! YAY!) and then hung out with David and Jessica a little bit after the game at our place.
Thursday I just got ready for all my family to come over that evening for Father's Day, so that kept me busy enough. Scott grilled out burgers and bratz and between everything everyone brought to eat, we had quite the feast! We also enjoyed celebrating with all the fathers (Scott, Dad, and soon-to-be dad, Wayne!). Yep, Wayne and Lelia are pregnant and are SUPER excited!!! I'm really excited to be pregnant at least a little while with Lelia, also... it's been fun talking about everything with her, too.
Friday, Daniel and I went in to visit Lelia at Starbucks for lunch and otherwise didn't do too much all day until Scott got home and we dropped Daniel off with his grandparents while Scott and I went to Movie Under the Stars to watch "How to Train Your Dragon". We had a lot of fun eating, playing Phase 10, talking, and watching the movie, although we did leave a intermission so that we wouldn't be out too late for his mom, who was over at our house staying with our sleeping son. :o) It was so much fun and a wonderful evening out!
Saturday the big news of the day was that we bought a pop-up camper! We have been looking at them all summer pretty much and had been looking at older ones, until we talked more to my parents and thought more about it and realized maybe it would be better to spend a bit more and get a new(er) camper so that hopefully it'll last years for our family! We got one that is fairly simple overall (it was the cheapest one they had), but it has good space inside and will easily fit four adults and six total with kids! We should be able to go pick it up tomorrow and have a time where they tell us all about it and how to work everything, so we are super excited about that! Our plan is to go camping up above Paonia this weekend Friday through Sunday, so we are excited to try it out and see how Daniel likes it, especially. :o) I'll post pictures once we get it so everyone can see it!
Other than pop-up camper shopping which took much of the day, we also began clearing out Lydia's room, which was fun! We got the desk and filing cabinets moved into our room (we'll be getting rid of our entertainment center and TV in there so we'll have enough room) and moved all my scrapbook stuff into the dining room. So far everything is going well, but we still have the closet to clear out and some other things. We were going to put together her crib which we had bought at a yard sale awhile back, but realized it is a drop-side crib which we did NOT want. :o( Soooo, Scott spent awhile looking at the crib online and realized it had not been recalled for anything but there is a part that you can get for free from the place to convert it from a drop-side to a stationery side, so we ordered off for that. Hopefully it won't take too long to get in and then we can see if that'll work or if we need to buy a different one. I'm sort of bummed about that because I've been REALLY wanting to get the crib set up and start decorating so it looks like her room! Oh, well... I will be patient!
Yesterday we went to church which was great and had a relaxing afternoon here before going to David and Jessica's for dinner with them. I talked about that up at the beginning of this post, so I guess that's all the catch up I need to do! I hope everyone has a wonderful week! Daniel just went down for his nap so I should start getting ready for the day finally (since it's after 10 already) and then maybe I can organize my scrapbook stuff because I REALLY want to scrapbook!
Our week has been really good, although it did seem extra long after getting back from Denver. I can't even remember everything we did right now... let's see. Monday we had small group that evening, which was great to see everyone again! We talked about what we wanted to study over the summer and decided to read through the book of Ecclesiastes, listening / watching occasional podcasts, DVDs, and talks that speakers have done on it. I'm excited because I've never studied anything on this book before, so it should be interesting! I'm also excited because our friends, Laura and Brandon (who are in town for the summer), are going to be joining us, so that will be extra fun!
Tuesday night I had my girls' Bible study over at our place because the regular host was out of town for the week. That went well - we had lots of good conversation on the book "Crazy Love" that we have been going over.
Daniel and I have been having fun during the days, too, which has been fun. He has been in a very big 'cooking' mood lately so I got down some bowls, spoons, plates, spatulas, and containers for him to play with and he has kept very busy cooking, serving food to me, and greatly enjoying the entire process! I just ordered a few books on Toddler Activities online which came in a few days ago, so I've been having fun reading through those and am working on adding to my craft supply and working on a schedule to keep Daniel busy with new activities and things each day. Makes me feel like a teacher again! He is still taking two naps a day, so it's a little hard finding enough time to do much, but even a few minutes a day doing something new and fun would be great! :o) (Oh, that also reminds me... my little boy is now 14 months old - I need to write a new 'letter' on here, updating everyone on his new achievements! How the months have flown by! Crazy!
Wednesday I had a chiropractor appointment at noon because my hips, legs, and lower back have been killing me ever since Hawaii, and was worse after all the walking and stuff in Denver. :o( While I was there, Daniel hung out with his Aunt Amanda and cousin, Vienna, which he LOVED! We are excited about getting together with them again sometime soon... maybe on Wednesday we can go swimming at Lincoln Pool with them since it's free day for kids! Anyway, that evening was softball for Scott, so we went to the game with him (they WON!!! YAY!) and then hung out with David and Jessica a little bit after the game at our place.
Thursday I just got ready for all my family to come over that evening for Father's Day, so that kept me busy enough. Scott grilled out burgers and bratz and between everything everyone brought to eat, we had quite the feast! We also enjoyed celebrating with all the fathers (Scott, Dad, and soon-to-be dad, Wayne!). Yep, Wayne and Lelia are pregnant and are SUPER excited!!! I'm really excited to be pregnant at least a little while with Lelia, also... it's been fun talking about everything with her, too.
Friday, Daniel and I went in to visit Lelia at Starbucks for lunch and otherwise didn't do too much all day until Scott got home and we dropped Daniel off with his grandparents while Scott and I went to Movie Under the Stars to watch "How to Train Your Dragon". We had a lot of fun eating, playing Phase 10, talking, and watching the movie, although we did leave a intermission so that we wouldn't be out too late for his mom, who was over at our house staying with our sleeping son. :o) It was so much fun and a wonderful evening out!
Saturday the big news of the day was that we bought a pop-up camper! We have been looking at them all summer pretty much and had been looking at older ones, until we talked more to my parents and thought more about it and realized maybe it would be better to spend a bit more and get a new(er) camper so that hopefully it'll last years for our family! We got one that is fairly simple overall (it was the cheapest one they had), but it has good space inside and will easily fit four adults and six total with kids! We should be able to go pick it up tomorrow and have a time where they tell us all about it and how to work everything, so we are super excited about that! Our plan is to go camping up above Paonia this weekend Friday through Sunday, so we are excited to try it out and see how Daniel likes it, especially. :o) I'll post pictures once we get it so everyone can see it!
Other than pop-up camper shopping which took much of the day, we also began clearing out Lydia's room, which was fun! We got the desk and filing cabinets moved into our room (we'll be getting rid of our entertainment center and TV in there so we'll have enough room) and moved all my scrapbook stuff into the dining room. So far everything is going well, but we still have the closet to clear out and some other things. We were going to put together her crib which we had bought at a yard sale awhile back, but realized it is a drop-side crib which we did NOT want. :o( Soooo, Scott spent awhile looking at the crib online and realized it had not been recalled for anything but there is a part that you can get for free from the place to convert it from a drop-side to a stationery side, so we ordered off for that. Hopefully it won't take too long to get in and then we can see if that'll work or if we need to buy a different one. I'm sort of bummed about that because I've been REALLY wanting to get the crib set up and start decorating so it looks like her room! Oh, well... I will be patient!
Yesterday we went to church which was great and had a relaxing afternoon here before going to David and Jessica's for dinner with them. I talked about that up at the beginning of this post, so I guess that's all the catch up I need to do! I hope everyone has a wonderful week! Daniel just went down for his nap so I should start getting ready for the day finally (since it's after 10 already) and then maybe I can organize my scrapbook stuff because I REALLY want to scrapbook!
Sunday, June 19, 2011
Weekend in Denver with Hubby...
So we are back home from our awesome weekend in Denver! It was sort of busy, but overall very relaxing and SO nice to spend all that time with my amazing husband! I love that man so much and having this time with him definitely made me see that we need more times like these... Therefore I'm telling myself right now that it will not be over a year again before we have another weekend just us again! I didn't take as many pictures as I wanted to, and not too many good ones of the both of us (since we didn't have anyone to take a picture of us mainly...), but I will post a few good ones that we took! Here is quick run-down of our time...
Friday afternoon I took Daniel over to Scott's parents' around 3 right before Scott got home from work to change and start our trip! It was so sad saying goodbye to little Daniel because I knew I would miss him like crazy, but although he cried for a minute or so, I heard he stopped shortly after that, so that made me feel much better. :o) I had packed up and gotten everything ready before Scott got home (it's amazing how little you have to pack without a kid! definitely NOT used to that anymore!), so we were on the road by 3:45! We made it all the way to the gas station in Fruita where we filled the van up with gas and grabbed some candy bars and drinks (that's what I consider the start of a road trip, because otherwise I like NEVER get candy bars!) and then we were off! We went through KFC's drive-through in Rifle to grab some dinner and then went the rest of the way without stopping... Well, without stopping and leaving the car, that is. We got stuck in some crazy stop-and-go traffic in Glenwood Springs all the way through the Glenwood canyon because of lots of road construction, so it ended up taking us a good 5 hours to get to Denver instead of the normal 3 1/2 - 4 hrs. But, it's okay because the weekend was to spend time with my hubby, and we had some great time to just talk and listen to music and read our book on my Nook! (I can't remember the name of the book, but whatever it is, it's been really good and we've both enjoyed it!) We made it to our hotel, very thankful that it was in Lakewood which is on the west side of the Denver area, by 9 and checked in, brought in our luggage, and then changed into swimsuits and went swimming! That was fun because there was no one else there, so we enjoyed our time hot-tubbing and then hitting a big blown-up beach ball back and forth in the hot-tub and the pool, keeping score like volleyball. Lol, I felt like such kids making lots of noise and having tons of fun! :o) We also talked a lot about Daniel and Lydia and life and everything that's been going on lately! It was awesome!
Saturday I slept in until like 6:45 and made myself stay in bed until 7:30 or so when I woke up Scott (oops!). I seriously just can't seem to sleep in much anymore, thanks to my very consistent baby Daniel who likes to wake up by 7 or at the latest 8, usually! We got ready for the day and then headed down for breakfast there at the hotel by 9. Breakfast was great! We had sausage, egg casserole, waffles, orange juice, and coffee! Yumm! We left right after that and headed over to Babies R Us because I just have to go there whenever I'm in Denver since we don't have one! :o) We looked at a lot of things and ideas for Lydia's room, and bought a few things for her room a puzzle for Daniel since he doesn't have one and I've been working on shapes and matching with him lately. It was fun shopping! We headed downtown after that and walked for awhile on the 16th St. Mall. Scott asked me why I always want to go down there considering we don't really go into any of the shops... I don't really know why. I guess I just like to walk and hold hands with him and plus it's cool to be in a big downtown every once in awhile. Oh, and the food is AMAZING! :o) We stopped at The Cheesecake Factory and each got a slice of cheesecake (how can you pass that up?!?!) - Scott got some type of coffee/chocolate cheesecake and I got a Reese's Peanut Butter Cheesecake. Then we took that over to Noodles and Company where we ate lunch and then had our cheesecake for dessert. Let's just say we were WAY full after all that, but it was delicious! :o)
We headed back to our car after that and drove over to the Downtown Aquarium. That was the first time either of us had ever gone there and it was very cool! Definitely will have to take Daniel there sometime, because he will love it! We saw lots of really cool and interesting fish, shark, turtles, seahorses, and more! My favorites were the tiny little seahorses and the GIGANTIC turtles! I can't believe how big those get! I took tons of pictures there, so here are a few of them...
I was very tired and sore from all the walking (definitely need a chyro appointment this week... my hips have been killing me since Hawaii and I can't put it off any longer!) so we headed back to our room to rest a little bit and then got in the hot-tub and pool some more which helped me feel quite a bit better for a little bit at least. Then we drove over to Dave and Busters, which is a nice restaurant / bar with a really big arcade games area (like an adult Chuckie Cheese's). We had Philly Steak sandwiches for dinner and then played arcade games for almost 2 hours. It was a lot of fun, although we definitely have our favorite games that we play again and again - such as Wheel of Fortune, Deal or No Deal, this spin the wheel thing which you make lots of tickets on, and a game where you slice fruit on a TV screen with your fingers - lol. We played a few other ones, too, but those were our favorites for sure. We took all of our tickets to the gift shop area afterwards and bought Daniel a little soccer ball, football, and a blow-up golf club. :o) Then we drove around for awhile and got some ice cream from Baskin Robbins before heading back to the room where we watched a really stupid movie and I went to bed early while Scott finished the movie - I was worn out!
This morning I slept in a little bit later - until 7:50 - and then since Scott told me to NOT wake him up this morning, I fell back asleep until almost 8, when I did sort of wake him up I think because I knew we needed to get ready and get down to breakfast before 10. We had a great breakfast again and then packed up and headed to Silverthorne to go outlet shopping. We went to all three kid/baby stores (Carters, Gymboree, and Oshkosh B'Gosh) where we bought some really cute clothes and shoes for Daniel and Lydia and stopped in at a few other stores, too. :o) Then we went to Pizza Hut for lunch which was yummy and headed home! We were both missing Daniel so much by then, so we just wanted to hurry home! I needed my Danny hug! :o) We got back and spent time with my family who was all here where they had had steaks for lunch and then played games this afternoon. Daniel was very excited to see us and loved his new puzzle and clothes, so we played with him for awhile, tried to feed him some dinner (which he wasn't too interested in) and then put him down for bed by 7. He was exhausted! He did great for my parents all weekend, though, so that made me feel good. I'm so glad he has such great grandparents, uncles, and aunts who love to spend time with him! :o) He is definitely blessed!
Oh, yeah! Another exciting thing that happened this weekend with Daniel is he took two more sets of independent steps! :o) It's so hard because I know he can walk, but it's just that he doesn't seem to want to! Oh, well. I know that he will soon enough! :o) But, with those and the three steps he had taken towards me like three weeks ago, maybe we'll have a walker on our hands by July! :o) We will see!
Well, I need to go get the camera and load all the pictures on here so I post them on here with this. I hope everyone had a great weekend and I'll talk to you all soon!
Friday, June 17, 2011
Clean house!
I love having a clean house! :o) I have decided we need to have more people come to stay here, because I don't think I've had such a clean house in awhile. Lol. My parents are coming and staying with Daniel this weekend while Scott and I go over to Denver for a weekend away and to officially celebrate our 2nd year anniversary which was a few weeks ago! I'm SOOOO excited about leaving (just three more hours before Scott gets home from work and off we go!) although I know that I'm going to really miss little Daniel because I've only not seen him for one full day when we were in Hawaii, although we did still sleep in the same room with him (he was just asleep when we left and when we got back...). He is taking a great nap right now, though! It's already been two hours and I'm hoping he'll sleep even longer because then he can just have this one nap today. Slowly but surely he has been working on dropping one nap, although some days he still really needs two or he is grumpy! ;o)
Well, Scott just called and said he might try to come home a bit earlier, so I think I only have two hours left before he gets home. Time to go make some lunch and then get up Daniel, who just woke up. This is like my shortest blog ever and very random. Sorry... I'll write again after we get back from Denver and tell you all about our time! Hope everyone has a great weekend!
Well, Scott just called and said he might try to come home a bit earlier, so I think I only have two hours left before he gets home. Time to go make some lunch and then get up Daniel, who just woke up. This is like my shortest blog ever and very random. Sorry... I'll write again after we get back from Denver and tell you all about our time! Hope everyone has a great weekend!
Wednesday, June 15, 2011
Dear Lydia...
Dear Lydia,
Hi little girl! :o) I have been thinking of you a lot lately, as I have for over 20 weeks now, ever since your Daddy and I found out that we were expecting another little one! You are 28 weeks along right now, and it's so hard to believe that in just over 10 weeks you will be joining our little family! We are SO excited to see you face to face and see what you look like, how big you are, and to begin a new chapter of our life with two kids instead of just one! We have tried explaining to your brother, Daniel, that you are in my tummy and you'll be coming out soon, but I think he is a little young and has yet to understand much... :o) I'm sure he'll learn really soon, though, once he meets you! He does love to hit my big tummy, though, which always wakes you up and makes you kick like crazy. Lol. He just wants you to know he is here waiting, I think!
Mommy and Daddy have been busy thinking about what to do in your room to get ready for you! I think we will go with some type of nature theme, so we'll have to find lots of cool things with butterflies, flowers, and maybe watering pots and stuff to decorate with! Daddy is also trying to think of something special to make you like he made Daniel's bookshelf. Mommy is planning on sewing you a little quilt, which will be quite the accomplishment if it gets done because I've never done anything like that before! :o) Otherwise, I've just been working on crocheting a blanket for you, which Daniel really wants but I told him it's for his baby sister...
You have been such a good baby so far! You love kicking, but haven't hurt me at all with any big kicks, which is nice. :o) You definitely are up more in the middle of night than your brother was, though, which will hopefully not be the case once you get out! I'm able to sleep through most of it, I think, but almost every time I wake up at night you are there kicking away. I LOVE feeling you move!
We are so excited that you are a little girl, although if you turn out to be a little boy by any chance, that will be great, also! :o) That's because we love you no matter what! If you are a girl, though, your name will be Lydia Grace Slade, so we've been calling you that for awhile already. Your cousin, Vienna, is already calling you that, also, but she gets the name mixed up a lot so she has called you many other versions of "Lydia", too. Lol. She is VERY excited to meet you! She loves her little cousins!
Daddy, Mommy, and big brother Daniel love you SO much!!! Keep on growing and we'll see you soon!!
Love,
Mommy
Hi little girl! :o) I have been thinking of you a lot lately, as I have for over 20 weeks now, ever since your Daddy and I found out that we were expecting another little one! You are 28 weeks along right now, and it's so hard to believe that in just over 10 weeks you will be joining our little family! We are SO excited to see you face to face and see what you look like, how big you are, and to begin a new chapter of our life with two kids instead of just one! We have tried explaining to your brother, Daniel, that you are in my tummy and you'll be coming out soon, but I think he is a little young and has yet to understand much... :o) I'm sure he'll learn really soon, though, once he meets you! He does love to hit my big tummy, though, which always wakes you up and makes you kick like crazy. Lol. He just wants you to know he is here waiting, I think!
Mommy and Daddy have been busy thinking about what to do in your room to get ready for you! I think we will go with some type of nature theme, so we'll have to find lots of cool things with butterflies, flowers, and maybe watering pots and stuff to decorate with! Daddy is also trying to think of something special to make you like he made Daniel's bookshelf. Mommy is planning on sewing you a little quilt, which will be quite the accomplishment if it gets done because I've never done anything like that before! :o) Otherwise, I've just been working on crocheting a blanket for you, which Daniel really wants but I told him it's for his baby sister...
You have been such a good baby so far! You love kicking, but haven't hurt me at all with any big kicks, which is nice. :o) You definitely are up more in the middle of night than your brother was, though, which will hopefully not be the case once you get out! I'm able to sleep through most of it, I think, but almost every time I wake up at night you are there kicking away. I LOVE feeling you move!
We are so excited that you are a little girl, although if you turn out to be a little boy by any chance, that will be great, also! :o) That's because we love you no matter what! If you are a girl, though, your name will be Lydia Grace Slade, so we've been calling you that for awhile already. Your cousin, Vienna, is already calling you that, also, but she gets the name mixed up a lot so she has called you many other versions of "Lydia", too. Lol. She is VERY excited to meet you! She loves her little cousins!
Daddy, Mommy, and big brother Daniel love you SO much!!! Keep on growing and we'll see you soon!!
Love,
Mommy
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