Our Family - Nov. 2014
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
I miss blogging...
Scott and Daniel are in town picking up some dinner for us to have tonight and I am here hanging out with Lydia in our house that definitely needs to be cleaned up! It seems like the days have gone by so fast and I haven't been able to slow them down to enjoy them more! I loved our Christmas and the past few weeks, but it's sad at the same time that they are already past and our little Lydia's first Christmas is over! Definitely makes me realize how fast time passes and how much I need to enjoy the moments I have. I think tonight since we are actually home and no one is coming over maybe I can make the time and sit down to update this blog... Sometimes I forget how relaxing and stress-relieving it is to me to sit down and journal or blog, which is just about the same thing for me. I need to make the time for it more often because I think it helps me think through the days and remember how blessed we are and how much we have to be thankful for! But for now my boys just got home so I need to go get dinner ready! Hoping tonight will be a fun time hanging out just our little family! Then tonight Scott and I are watching the new Harry Potter movie finally... maybe if I can concentrate on both blogging and the movie I can type and watch it at the same time! :o)
Friday, December 16, 2011
A few pics...
Just because I haven't put new pics on here in awhile, here are some of the kids... 3 month old Lydia and a cute one of Daniel because he is ALWAYS a cutie! :o)
Busy Days = Short Post
It has been such a long time since I wrote anything on here which is so sad I know! I want to really catch up with everything we've been up to and I wanted to tell all about our trip to Kansas and Texas last month, but I know that sometimes moms just can't do it all! :o( I have been having a wonderful Christmas season, though, but I can hardly believe it's only a week and two days until Christmas already! AND, only a week until we celebrate with Scott's side of the family! Goodness! How does it seem to come faster each year?! We haven't done too many Christmas activities and fun stuff like I really wanted, but we have been working lots on several Christmas gifts which I will tell about and post pics after Christmas. :o) I had really wanted to do some Christmas activities with Daniel, and now that I'm almost caught up with all my gift making, maybe I can figure out some things to do next week. Thursday night we are joining my sisters and niece, Vienna, to make Christmas cookies, decorate them (which Daniel should love if he doesn't just eat them all), and then go drive and look at lights! AND, tomorrow night the plan is to go downtown and watch Fruita's little Parade of Lights before dinner with Scott's family. It has been an amazing few weeks, though, and each night as I've been staying up late working on stuff and Scott has been working on wood-work projects in the garage, I'm reminded again and again how amazing our life is and how much God has blessed us! :o) I know there are so many of our friends and family who are going through tough times right now, but even through it all I'm reminded how much God loves and cares for us all! I don't know how I could make it through some days without that reminder... Being a mom is so enjoyable but it is also one of the most difficult things I've ever done!
Well, I would stay up later and write more but this morning was the first time in over 6 weeks that Lydia woke me up before the sun came up so I should head to bed just in case she does that again... :o/ Plus we have another busy day tomorrow... our last full day off to work on stuff before all our Christmases next week! I hope everyone is enjoying their holiday season, also, and I promise I will write more as soon as I can!
Well, I would stay up later and write more but this morning was the first time in over 6 weeks that Lydia woke me up before the sun came up so I should head to bed just in case she does that again... :o/ Plus we have another busy day tomorrow... our last full day off to work on stuff before all our Christmases next week! I hope everyone is enjoying their holiday season, also, and I promise I will write more as soon as I can!
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Lydia Grace - 3 months and 3 days old!
Dear Lydia,
Hello my dear little one! You are napping right now as your brother is running around playing with his toys! Mommy has been very busy working on Christmas gifts lately, but I wanted to sit down and write you a little letter letting you know everything you have been busy doing this past month! First of all, you are getting so big! We were not able to get you in for your 2 month appointment, so it won't be until next month for your 4 month that we'll be able to see exactly how much you weigh and how tall you've gotten, but everyone can tell that it is a lot! You are such a big girl and so in love with your life!
You are full of smiles ALL the time, and in the past month you have really began to love to play! You will spend a good thirty minutes to an hour several times a day on your activity mat hitting your toys, grabbing and moving them around, laughing, "talking", and smiling at your Mr. Octopus toy, your bug rattle toy, and the baby in the mirror! Mommy loves bringing scrapbook stuff down on the floor by you, and as you play, I have fun scrapping all of your cute pictures! Your big brother, Daniel, loves to help with whatever he can and keeps you very entertained by making sure you always have plenty of toys around you to play with! And, even though sometimes he will accidently kick you or drop something on your head, you still love him and at least you don't seem to remember for long! Hopefully he will learn soon that he has to be a bit more gentle with you!
You began laughing a few weeks ago and we love to hear you giggle and laugh at us! This morning I was kissing you over and over and over and each time I did, you would laugh really big! You were too cute! :o) I love you SOOO much, little girl!
You love to sleep, which is quite the blessing! For your three naps during the day, you usually sleep in your swing, but you'll also sleep fine while being held, or you love lying down on Mommy and Daddy's comfy bed! Since you still haven't rolled over yet, we are able to put you on that with pillows all around, but enjoy it while you can because I'm thinking you might be rolling over really soon! Ever since you turned 2 months you have been sleeping a good 10 to 12 hours a night, which is absolutely amazing!
Lydia, you had such a wonderful month! We took our long road trip to Kansas and Texas to see your extended family and you had a great time meeting your great-grandparents and lots of great aunts, uncles, and cousins! You did amazing in the car, and even though we were in so many new places you still slept great and seemed as happy as can be being with our little family! :o) We also had Thanksgiving, which we celebrated with both your daddy's family and your mommy's. That was a lot of fun and even though you really wished you could have had some of the yummy food, you still had fun watching everyone and being held and talked to. You LOVE the Christmas tree and all the lights in our home. You try to reach out and touch all the lights and especially like them when it's night and we turn off the rest of the lights in the house.
We love you so much!
~Mommy
Hello my dear little one! You are napping right now as your brother is running around playing with his toys! Mommy has been very busy working on Christmas gifts lately, but I wanted to sit down and write you a little letter letting you know everything you have been busy doing this past month! First of all, you are getting so big! We were not able to get you in for your 2 month appointment, so it won't be until next month for your 4 month that we'll be able to see exactly how much you weigh and how tall you've gotten, but everyone can tell that it is a lot! You are such a big girl and so in love with your life!
You are full of smiles ALL the time, and in the past month you have really began to love to play! You will spend a good thirty minutes to an hour several times a day on your activity mat hitting your toys, grabbing and moving them around, laughing, "talking", and smiling at your Mr. Octopus toy, your bug rattle toy, and the baby in the mirror! Mommy loves bringing scrapbook stuff down on the floor by you, and as you play, I have fun scrapping all of your cute pictures! Your big brother, Daniel, loves to help with whatever he can and keeps you very entertained by making sure you always have plenty of toys around you to play with! And, even though sometimes he will accidently kick you or drop something on your head, you still love him and at least you don't seem to remember for long! Hopefully he will learn soon that he has to be a bit more gentle with you!
You began laughing a few weeks ago and we love to hear you giggle and laugh at us! This morning I was kissing you over and over and over and each time I did, you would laugh really big! You were too cute! :o) I love you SOOO much, little girl!
You love to sleep, which is quite the blessing! For your three naps during the day, you usually sleep in your swing, but you'll also sleep fine while being held, or you love lying down on Mommy and Daddy's comfy bed! Since you still haven't rolled over yet, we are able to put you on that with pillows all around, but enjoy it while you can because I'm thinking you might be rolling over really soon! Ever since you turned 2 months you have been sleeping a good 10 to 12 hours a night, which is absolutely amazing!
Lydia, you had such a wonderful month! We took our long road trip to Kansas and Texas to see your extended family and you had a great time meeting your great-grandparents and lots of great aunts, uncles, and cousins! You did amazing in the car, and even though we were in so many new places you still slept great and seemed as happy as can be being with our little family! :o) We also had Thanksgiving, which we celebrated with both your daddy's family and your mommy's. That was a lot of fun and even though you really wished you could have had some of the yummy food, you still had fun watching everyone and being held and talked to. You LOVE the Christmas tree and all the lights in our home. You try to reach out and touch all the lights and especially like them when it's night and we turn off the rest of the lights in the house.
We love you so much!
~Mommy
Friday, November 25, 2011
Christmas is just around the corner...
I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving! This month has been such a busy one for us, but I have to say that I'm looking SO forward to Christmas which is seriously coming up way too fast! Tomorrow I really want to go to the craft fair in town just because they are amazing and get me all in the Christmas spirit and then in the afternoon / evening we are putting up our Christmas tree, village and decorations! SO excited! I'm also really excited this year because I know it'll be the first one that Daniel will actually sort of realize what's happening, so that makes it even more special... even though it'll be good times keeping him away from the ornaments on the tree! I'm also excited to maybe start some more Christmas / winter family traditions... for one, we are definitely going to take the family up on the Grand Mesa or on Glade Park to go sledding! Daniel will LOVE that, and Lydia is such a great little girl who loves doing pretty much everything as long as she is with people who love and hold her! :o)
Our Thanksgiving Day was great! We spent the entire day over at Scott's parents with his parents and Scott's brothers. Daniel had a great time running back and forth between his uncles and his grandparents and all his toys! The meal was amazing and it was nice to just hang out, rest, watch the parade and football, and look through lots of ads! :o) Last night while Scott stayed home with the sleeping kids, I went out to brave the crowds and got some things at Walmart and quite a lot at Kohls, which was awesome! Getting super close to finishing our Christmas presents, other than the ones we still need to make! :o) It was actually a lot of fun getting out and shopping, even with the crowds. I've decided I'm just really laid-back because I just walk through all the crowds in no big hurry, getting what I need and then visiting with people in line. :o) I got back by 2 a.m. and got some sleep before the kids woke up this morning around 8.
We had donuts for breakfast (Daniel LOVES going to City Market to get donuts with Daddy!) and then after cleaning up some around the house Scott and I headed into town for a quick date while his parents watched the kids. We watched the new Twilight movie which was really good, although definitely more gory and bloody than the others! As soon as the movie ended I headed over to Joanns at the mall to get some shopping done there while Scott went back to help with the kids. It was so much fun getting to shop and look all around the store just by myself and not in the middle of a huge crowd or in the middle of the night! :o) We had dinner at Scott's parents and now I'm just hanging out with Scott while he is watching Lydia and Daniel just went down for the night.
Well, I need to go now but I'll try to update again soon. I want to tell all about our trip to Kansas and Texas next time! Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!
Our Thanksgiving Day was great! We spent the entire day over at Scott's parents with his parents and Scott's brothers. Daniel had a great time running back and forth between his uncles and his grandparents and all his toys! The meal was amazing and it was nice to just hang out, rest, watch the parade and football, and look through lots of ads! :o) Last night while Scott stayed home with the sleeping kids, I went out to brave the crowds and got some things at Walmart and quite a lot at Kohls, which was awesome! Getting super close to finishing our Christmas presents, other than the ones we still need to make! :o) It was actually a lot of fun getting out and shopping, even with the crowds. I've decided I'm just really laid-back because I just walk through all the crowds in no big hurry, getting what I need and then visiting with people in line. :o) I got back by 2 a.m. and got some sleep before the kids woke up this morning around 8.
We had donuts for breakfast (Daniel LOVES going to City Market to get donuts with Daddy!) and then after cleaning up some around the house Scott and I headed into town for a quick date while his parents watched the kids. We watched the new Twilight movie which was really good, although definitely more gory and bloody than the others! As soon as the movie ended I headed over to Joanns at the mall to get some shopping done there while Scott went back to help with the kids. It was so much fun getting to shop and look all around the store just by myself and not in the middle of a huge crowd or in the middle of the night! :o) We had dinner at Scott's parents and now I'm just hanging out with Scott while he is watching Lydia and Daniel just went down for the night.
Well, I need to go now but I'll try to update again soon. I want to tell all about our trip to Kansas and Texas next time! Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!
Sunday, November 6, 2011
2 months old already!
Dear Lydia,
Hello little one! You are taking such a good nap right now so I decided that I would write you a little letter telling all about your big changes since month 1! You are 2 months and 2 days old today, and still growing and growing! Your next appointment will hopefully be this week to be able to see how much bigger you have grown, but as of a week and a half ago, you are already up to almost 12 lbs! You are still wearing your 0-3 month clothes, but I'm thinking that once Thanksgiving rolls around we'll be getting out your 3-6 month clothes!
We love you so much, little one! This morning Daddy and I had you in bed between us after Mommy fed you and we just talked and talked to you, as you grinned at us over and over! You LOVE to smile, and smile at us all the time! You are definitely a happy little girl! I can't wait for you to start laughing! I just know you will have amazing laughs, just like your big brother! You have really started 'cooing' at us quite a lot lately, which is so much fun! Makes me just want to have little conversations all the time with you! Just in the past two weeks or so you have been loving your bouncer so much more and will let me put you in that or on your activity mat / blanket for awhile at a time while I cook, do the dishes, or hang out some with Daniel. You are finally noticing little toys around you and love hitting them with your hands and have grabbed a toy or two from time to time. We leave on Friday for a week trip to Kansas and Texas, and hopefully you'll figure out that grabbing technique fast because you will love being able to play with your rattle toys on your car seat in the car!
You are an amazing sleeper, and that has been a continual blessing to me! For the past week and a half you have been sleeping 9 to 11 hours at night straight, except for two nights when you woke up after 7 and 9 hours, which isn't bad at all either! You love your beauty sleep and you love being all warm under your blanket in bed! :o)
For Halloween this year you were a cute little ducky! You were absolutely adorable! Your mommy, Pappy, Aunt Lelia, and Aunt Amanda took turns holding you as we walked around trick-or-treating which was so much fun! You did really well, even though you weren't able to go as long as Daniel and your cousin, Vienna, were, but you enjoyed the part that you were a part of!
This month you will begin to experience your first holiday season with Thanksgiving and then decorating for Christmas! I so hope you enjoy the Thanksgiving / Christmas time of year as much as I do! It's always been one of my very favorite times of year and I've got so many warm, wonderful memories of this time just like I hope you have one day! :o) SO excited to celebrate with our wonderful little family of four!
Love you SO much, little girl!
Love,
Mommy
Hello little one! You are taking such a good nap right now so I decided that I would write you a little letter telling all about your big changes since month 1! You are 2 months and 2 days old today, and still growing and growing! Your next appointment will hopefully be this week to be able to see how much bigger you have grown, but as of a week and a half ago, you are already up to almost 12 lbs! You are still wearing your 0-3 month clothes, but I'm thinking that once Thanksgiving rolls around we'll be getting out your 3-6 month clothes!
We love you so much, little one! This morning Daddy and I had you in bed between us after Mommy fed you and we just talked and talked to you, as you grinned at us over and over! You LOVE to smile, and smile at us all the time! You are definitely a happy little girl! I can't wait for you to start laughing! I just know you will have amazing laughs, just like your big brother! You have really started 'cooing' at us quite a lot lately, which is so much fun! Makes me just want to have little conversations all the time with you! Just in the past two weeks or so you have been loving your bouncer so much more and will let me put you in that or on your activity mat / blanket for awhile at a time while I cook, do the dishes, or hang out some with Daniel. You are finally noticing little toys around you and love hitting them with your hands and have grabbed a toy or two from time to time. We leave on Friday for a week trip to Kansas and Texas, and hopefully you'll figure out that grabbing technique fast because you will love being able to play with your rattle toys on your car seat in the car!
You are an amazing sleeper, and that has been a continual blessing to me! For the past week and a half you have been sleeping 9 to 11 hours at night straight, except for two nights when you woke up after 7 and 9 hours, which isn't bad at all either! You love your beauty sleep and you love being all warm under your blanket in bed! :o)
For Halloween this year you were a cute little ducky! You were absolutely adorable! Your mommy, Pappy, Aunt Lelia, and Aunt Amanda took turns holding you as we walked around trick-or-treating which was so much fun! You did really well, even though you weren't able to go as long as Daniel and your cousin, Vienna, were, but you enjoyed the part that you were a part of!
This month you will begin to experience your first holiday season with Thanksgiving and then decorating for Christmas! I so hope you enjoy the Thanksgiving / Christmas time of year as much as I do! It's always been one of my very favorite times of year and I've got so many warm, wonderful memories of this time just like I hope you have one day! :o) SO excited to celebrate with our wonderful little family of four!
Love you SO much, little girl!
Love,
Mommy
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Halloween
We had a great time Monday night hanging out with family, trick-or-treating, eating great food, and celebrating my dad's birthday! Our little dragon, Daniel, and ducky, Lydia, were super cute in their costumes and even though Daniel hadn't been feeling the greatest for most of the weekend, he seemed to do so much better that evening and played, laughed, and ate until we finally had to put him down for bed at 9!
We put Daniel's costume on before all of my family got here, so that we could get him used to it a little at a time. We had a dance off in the living room with the costumes on, which helped him get more used to it, and then Daniel and I played outside for awhile as he ran around in his cute little dragon costume! After awhile, Scott brought Lydia out so we could get some cute pictures of her and I tried to get some pictures of Daniel, although he would not stay still so that didn't work all that well!
Mom, Dad, Lelia and Wayne got here after a bit, and then right after Tyler, Amanda, and Vienna got here we all headed over to Scott's parents to trick-or-treat. Scott pulled Daniel in his wagon while Lydia was traded off from person to person as we walked around. It was so much fun walking and talking and seeing how excited Daniel and Vienna were each time they got some candy. :o) Anytime Scott decided to not take Daniel up to a house for some reason, he would point to it and make noises as if to say to take him up there because he needed more candy in his pumpkin!
Vienna, Daniel, Scott, and Tyler trick-or-treated around most of our neighborhood while the rest of us went home earlier and started eating some yummy appetizers and I took some maternity pics of Lelia and Wayne. She is only 23 1/2 weeks along, so not super big yet, but it was fun taking a few pictures because she's been needing some belly pics anyway!
We had lots of fun hanging out and eating food before Dad opened his gifts. Daniel had lots of fun playing with Vienna and running around everywhere... maybe had too much sugar with the cupcakes! :o)
Anyway, it was a great evening and so much fun hanging out with my family! I'm so glad that our kiddos were great the entire evening, too, because that made it much more enjoyable for Scott and I and it was so nice to have a happy Daniel again! :o) Hopefully he'll stay all better and not get sick again for a long time!
We put Daniel's costume on before all of my family got here, so that we could get him used to it a little at a time. We had a dance off in the living room with the costumes on, which helped him get more used to it, and then Daniel and I played outside for awhile as he ran around in his cute little dragon costume! After awhile, Scott brought Lydia out so we could get some cute pictures of her and I tried to get some pictures of Daniel, although he would not stay still so that didn't work all that well!
Mom, Dad, Lelia and Wayne got here after a bit, and then right after Tyler, Amanda, and Vienna got here we all headed over to Scott's parents to trick-or-treat. Scott pulled Daniel in his wagon while Lydia was traded off from person to person as we walked around. It was so much fun walking and talking and seeing how excited Daniel and Vienna were each time they got some candy. :o) Anytime Scott decided to not take Daniel up to a house for some reason, he would point to it and make noises as if to say to take him up there because he needed more candy in his pumpkin!
Vienna, Daniel, Scott, and Tyler trick-or-treated around most of our neighborhood while the rest of us went home earlier and started eating some yummy appetizers and I took some maternity pics of Lelia and Wayne. She is only 23 1/2 weeks along, so not super big yet, but it was fun taking a few pictures because she's been needing some belly pics anyway!
We had lots of fun hanging out and eating food before Dad opened his gifts. Daniel had lots of fun playing with Vienna and running around everywhere... maybe had too much sugar with the cupcakes! :o)
Anyway, it was a great evening and so much fun hanging out with my family! I'm so glad that our kiddos were great the entire evening, too, because that made it much more enjoyable for Scott and I and it was so nice to have a happy Daniel again! :o) Hopefully he'll stay all better and not get sick again for a long time!
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